Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 11:28:30 +0800 From: blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> To: Felix Friedlander <felixphew0@gmail.com> Cc: "M. P." <wintermute24x7@icloud.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD on Mac Message-ID: <CALM2mEm74C3xMJmbkm8i1NgVK1TWnkN2ZtRjSU4Q0tsHENzAxQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <E6AC2117-DD7C-4F4A-A8E3-814ECD4D6FAB@gmail.com> References: <D08B9A6C-0E82-44A4-A508-91BC57D10A89@icloud.com> <CALM2mEmJNchSMZRrsm1J88tdi0L1nGxKXv8_yNR5UUoDSqEY0Q@mail.gmail.com> <E6AC2117-DD7C-4F4A-A8E3-814ECD4D6FAB@gmail.com>
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On Sun, May 27, 2018, 10:03 Felix Friedlander <felixphew0@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 27 May 2018, at 10:23, blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Sun, May 27, 2018, 08:02 M. P. <wintermute24x7@icloud.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hello I have succeded in creating an install disk for Mac but when I t= ry > >> to install single user the process hangs and I get the message Power > Fault > >> Detected. Any Ideas? Does the Mac hard drive have to be formatted for > FBSD? > > > > I wouldn't recommend trying to run anything not Mac OS on their machine= s. > > > > If your Mac is up to version 11.2 or lower you should be fine. > > > > The new Mac hardware actively does things to thwart anyone who tries to > run > > non Mac OS. > > > > Even if you do get it up and running, the wifi will be broken so you'll > > need a dongle. > > > > GPU will give you trouble as well. > > > > If it's one of the newer Mac with those led buttons you're totally out = of > > luck. > > > > If you are able to reverse engineer custom hardware and write custom > > drivers then you might be OK. > > > > If not, either run FreeBSD in a VM on Mac, sell that Mac and buy a > > compatible laptop or ... > > > > Best, > > Owen > > On the contrary, I=E2=80=99ve had great success running FreeBSD on Apple = hardware. > The hardware=E2=80=99s not actively thwarting anything, and FreeBSD alrea= dy has > drivers for most of the custom or less common hardware. (The one exceptio= n > is Wi-Fi, which is unlikely to work unless you have quite an old Mac.) > > When you say the boot process hangs, does the entire OS stop responding, > or just the installer? Is there any more detail in the message than Power > Fault Detected? > > And to answer your question, yes, the hard drive has to be formatted, but > the FreeBSD installer will do that for you automatically. > > - Felix What Mac hardware version do you run? Like I said in my previous reply if the user has newer Mac hardware he's going to be in for a world of pain. I have a 11,4 retina macbook pro and it's so problematic I bought a new laptop. Audio also proves problematic. If the users laptop is newer than 11,2 there will be issues. Best, Owen
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