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RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[email-od.com:dkim] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4PRHrq4zKDz3GyF X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N 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!