Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 16:14:50 +0000 (UTC) From: doug <doug@safeport.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: running FreeBSD on an iMac - solved - well sorta Message-ID: <ed99d3c-4f4a-4fb9-8898-62b3eb799554@safeport.com> In-Reply-To: <6dacac24-722b-3148-4fe-4f925ad32840@safeport.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.2212201107030.24756@bucksport.safeport.com> <2193562.sMrx5ctUpN@curlew> <alpine.BSF.2.00.2212201519360.24756@bucksport.safeport.com> <6dacac24-722b-3148-4fe-4f925ad32840@safeport.com>
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On Wed, 21 Dec 2022, doug@safeport.com wrote: > > > On Tue, 20 Dec 2022, Doug Denault wrote: > >> On Tue, 20 Dec 2022, Mike Clarke wrote: >> >>> On Tuesday, 20 December 2022 16:37:16 GMT Doug Denault wrote: >>> >>> > freebsd-update will not attempt 9.2 --> 12.3. Any way to get 10.x or >>> 11.x >>> >>> > to see if that will update? Google has not, so far, turned up any 10 or >>> 11 >>> >>> > CDs in the wild. >>> >>> http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/ISO-IMAGES/ >> >> Thank you > > I really appreciated the feed back. It turned out what I needed was a 700MB > cd. That does not match the media that the 9.2 image was written on but using > cdrecord from cdrtools version 2022.09.18 (the current version from pkg) > worked fine using the bootonly image. Now onto Xorg. Should be easy right :) I did install 12.3, Xorg (zero issues), xfce and firefox. All that works perfectly except cut and paste. It turns out there is a community of people doing what I am trying to do. These are great systems even if Apple will no longer update them. There is even a FreeBSD wiki. It turns out that there seems to be a way to install FreeBSD as the native OS without completely wiping the disk as I did. I am not sure why cut and paste seems to depend on the BIOS which is really gone. The Apple method of booting to the BIOS does not work so I assume some part of it (the BIOS) are physically on the hard drive. I have tried the native xfce clipboard app and an X11 based app getting neither to work. Again this is me begging for ideas. My neighbor found his installation CD so I can put OS/X back and do this the "right" to see what happens. But if there is a way to cut and paste I have no need to do this.
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