Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 12:03:44 +1000 From: Felix Friedlander <felixphew0@gmail.com> To: "M. P." <wintermute24x7@icloud.com> Cc: blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD on Mac Message-ID: <E6AC2117-DD7C-4F4A-A8E3-814ECD4D6FAB@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CALM2mEmJNchSMZRrsm1J88tdi0L1nGxKXv8_yNR5UUoDSqEY0Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <D08B9A6C-0E82-44A4-A508-91BC57D10A89@icloud.com> <CALM2mEmJNchSMZRrsm1J88tdi0L1nGxKXv8_yNR5UUoDSqEY0Q@mail.gmail.com>
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> On 27 May 2018, at 10:23, blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 >> On Sun, May 27, 2018, 08:02 M. P. <wintermute24x7@icloud.com> 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=
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