Re: When the going gets weird - Mac Mini

On 2/28/23 19:23, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> OK, so I installed 13.1 i386 on an ancient Mac Min Core2 Duo but I cannot for
> the life of me figure out how to eject the CD using a standard PC keyboard
> connected to that machine.  That means it boots into installation media
> every time.
> 
> I've scoured the web for what keyboard magic will do this, but it appears
> that OSX has to be installed for any of them to work.
> 
> So, I interrupt the boot loader and got a list of the known disks, on
> the theory that if I can manually force booting from he internal drive
> I can use BSD commands to kick the installation media out of the drive.
> 
> So... I'd appreciate help with two issues:
> 
> 1.  Once I am in the boot loader at the OK prompt I see two drives
>      I see the boot drive I want:  disk0s1a  What is the magic
>      incantation to force the loader to boot off the drive?
> 
> 2.  Once I have FreeBSD running off the internal drive, what is the
>      magic incantation to eject the installation medium?
> 
> Stupid Apple and their infernal need to make everything moron-proof
> makes things worse  Grrrrrrr....
> 
> 
> TIA,
> 

Inevitably, after hours of being stuck on this (more out of curiosity
than actual need),  I found the answers about 10 mins after I posted the
above.  In hopes of helping other poor souls...

1. Get to the bootloader OK prompt and:

    lsdev
    set currdev="disk0s1"
    set vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/ada0s1a"
    boot

2. Log into root account after its booted and:

    cdcontrol -f /dev/cd0 eject


Sorry for being a pest!