From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun May 27 02:03:50 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74510F7360F for ; Sun, 27 May 2018 02:03:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from felixphew0@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pf0-x22e.google.com (mail-pf0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c00::22e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EDFAF69CEE for ; Sun, 27 May 2018 02:03:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from felixphew0@gmail.com) Received: by mail-pf0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id c10-v6so4256072pfi.12 for ; Sat, 26 May 2018 19:03:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=qOs0kpdrD0DztcJHqc8bkBQ+g/WX9wGzWGRUdchc9Vs=; b=peoVGNCcwnLlZ6eNmsYbRK4JXI1dANwy100YUwFtgdGoYAZhsGoI+rNdQ0KnOTsQbB rJnOjxDNoTAd6ZzfIkcP3p54OMu8Xw1Od6nEkQgGfCm2yX9s4s6/ebeCkBRgYRud9BW0 IKnviKQvdiI/LkIAIlTCvy9nkFHS30ZwwJHPLVaSQRqe19ErNqJXKM+NB16KtSETwgX1 5dCDcAzP0swOga1rbWdg1l+Plqyjf7Pc12ltkSbdMJX7HSEwqaIyqx1G09rddimwh505 SEDnqodNcR4iFenJm2GsCp4/BVz1nLU5tKYFvgzR/yD+1ms/JrSfSFp6HWhfD9TFuX11 Xx2g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=qOs0kpdrD0DztcJHqc8bkBQ+g/WX9wGzWGRUdchc9Vs=; b=qANX72/i/KQI4IdONoImzJyT1XoQ6P58B7SRr3Gsf2NFcpQYjVXeXzkLLhodQl6MQ3 zxZNbT8caBPAnMLTJT+kzHzQlstIaYW5agyq4pJrzmayRmrEK/it1zI63A6loSRZgw63 E+RVY87d5hBgEubPdkMpmthU5bQ/WUENVRhKLbuxc1rOJrTOj9qmHNJzJaUIDd4+gdkx w/vF/o86N02wAXYdFRYRlWdBgM4cJkHh4K0Gk/RHw3lyw3MhhiOd+sd7qWqAUGVSWAXI zYQHP8pCK/kqRWRGL0JxcGys10vVLpGT8WwNLEGiwgzN086iCKQ62M9sZzT+HQCuZ5vZ VH4g== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPweXKP5452zfjpVmnN6pHAyLDIy7OxXrc0LPN0oXVtdGgProFz3S CYuyAmvBOh/TtNPYZ/kPeys= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZqmIluVWQ8AYuqQX+92kbmkGmFlZi3N7xcNJMgBMn2YTxWBjQH4tRGuqZgw6HI4FJefUmrGvQ== X-Received: by 2002:aa7:81cc:: with SMTP id c12-v6mr8363942pfn.169.1527386628866; Sat, 26 May 2018 19:03:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.20.68.103] (BnG-nat-02.anu.edu.au. [130.56.207.2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z16-v6sm32726589pge.90.2018.05.26.19.03.46 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 26 May 2018 19:03:48 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.3 \(3445.6.18\)) Subject: Re: FBSD on Mac From: Felix Friedlander In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 12:03:44 +1000 Cc: blubee blubeeme , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: "M. P." X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.6.18) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 02:03:50 -0000 > On 27 May 2018, at 10:23, blubee blubeeme wrote: >=20 >> On Sun, May 27, 2018, 08:02 M. P. wrote: >>=20 >> Hello I have succeded in creating an install disk for Mac but when I = try >> 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? >=20 > I wouldn't recommend trying to run anything not Mac OS on their = machines. >=20 > If your Mac is up to version 11.2 or lower you should be fine. >=20 > The new Mac hardware actively does things to thwart anyone who tries = to run > non Mac OS. >=20 > Even if you do get it up and running, the wifi will be broken so = you'll > need a dongle. >=20 > GPU will give you trouble as well. >=20 > If it's one of the newer Mac with those led buttons you're totally out = of > luck. >=20 > If you are able to reverse engineer custom hardware and write custom > drivers then you might be OK. >=20 > If not, either run FreeBSD in a VM on Mac, sell that Mac and buy a > compatible laptop or ... >=20 > 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 already has drivers for most of the custom or less common = hardware. (The one exception 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=