Hello Lundqvist, This is fixable! It will need some kernel patching but it is fixable.
Inconvenience is that on starting the installer and then on the first boot you will need to wait AGES until it gets through the "sd0" bit. Then you will need to apply some kernel patches and re-compile and install the kernel. Basically there are two lines that need commenting out in acpi.c This behaviour is reportedly caused by a bug in the Apple Firmware that causes ACPI timeouts. Anyway, here's the patch and a walkthrough on how to fix it: https://openbsdonapple.wiki/doku.php?id=misc:acpi_patch Yours rqm On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:13:13 +0200 Mäster Lundqvist Machin Snickeri <dlmsage...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have been testing OpenBSD over the years on my 2016 Macbook, and it > has always failed to boot the installer. Linux works and the other > BSDs does boot but with no keyboard support. > The installer gets stuck after the NVMe drive > > I have a photo of the screen uploaded here: > https://pasteboard.co/TMpCvUayCM8I.jpg > > I figure this is hopeless but It would be nice to give this small > nice, old and abandoned hardware a second life. >
