[aklug] Re: Mac + linux

2011/9/29 Joshua J. Kugler <joshua@eeinternet.com>
> On Thursday, September 29, 2011, Jeremy Austin elucidated thus:
> > And if you're really keerazy about it, you can boot into linux and
> > run Mac OS X under virtualization. Let us know how it goes if you
> > do. :)
>
> Can you expound on how that is possible? I was under the impression
> that you could only virtualize OS X on top of OS X using Apple's
> software. It would seem that the VM would not present an "Apple
> machine" to the OS, thus the OS would not run (Apple's restrictions,
> plus driver issues).
>
> Can you point me to some docs on how it could be done?
>
>
I think I was mistaken. The SLA only allows virtualizing on Apple hardware,
and ONLY the server version.

Someone has done it, though, with a Windows host OS:

http://www.sysprobs.com/guide-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-on-virtualbox-with-windows-7-and-intel-pc

jermudgeon

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Received on Thu Sep 29 19:24:20 2011