I downloaded FreeBSD-10.1-RELEASE-amd64-uefi-memstick.img, created a bootable USB stick, and booted (keeping pressed Alt/option) on a Macbook pro.
The system booted from the USB (FreeBSD), asked to press any key or wait 10 seconds, after that became IDLE, I pressed the power button to restart it, and for an unknown reason the Mac file system was gone. Initially I thought it was only an issue with the EFI partition, but after booting with an Mac OS USB stick and opening a terminal, I notice that the full disk schema was changed.
Instead of having this schema:
I had now something like:
Any idea of how could this happen? The problem I see, is that anyone wanted just to give a try (without installing) may be ending erasing their own system.
The system booted from the USB (FreeBSD), asked to press any key or wait 10 seconds, after that became IDLE, I pressed the power button to restart it, and for an unknown reason the Mac file system was gone. Initially I thought it was only an issue with the EFI partition, but after booting with an Mac OS USB stick and opening a terminal, I notice that the full disk schema was changed.
Instead of having this schema:
Code:
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *251.0 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 250.1 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3I had now something like:
Code:
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
1: FreeBSD UFS *251.0 GB disk0s1
2. FreeBSD Swap 4 GB disk0s2Any idea of how could this happen? The problem I see, is that anyone wanted just to give a try (without installing) may be ending erasing their own system.