If you want to quickly image a Mac’s hard disk (create an exact copy saved as a compressed file) and later restore it, Clonezilla is a simple and reliable choice. This method is especially useful for older Intel-based Macs where internet recovery can be slow or unreliable. Here’s how to do it.
Steps # Default install using Ventoy USB with FreeBSD install ISO update pkg by running to install any package ex. pkg install vim pkg install bash Install video drivers for ati - ref AMD section in https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/x11/. This should take the screen to VGE mode with max resolution Make default shell bash: chsh and edit (vim editor runs) the tcsh out with bash install kde5, xorg, xfce, firefox-esr, mc, elinks, htop, libreoffice allow root to login as ssh: edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and set PermitRootLogin to yes; restart sshd Tips # Make root writable in single user mode (if you cannot login as root because you messed up the shell or have some corruption: