Re: FreeBSD and MacOS

From: Allan Fields (bsd_at_afields.ca)
Date: 06/29/04

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    Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:42:20 -0400
    To: Martin Olsson <mnemo@minimum.se>
    
    

    On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 10:01:49PM +0200, Martin Olsson wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > * MacOS X is based on FreeBSD
    > * there is a x86 kernel for FreeBSD

    And a lot of other sources too. Not a drop-in replacement.

    You can Run Mac OS X or Darwin/PPC on FreeBSD w/ PearPC
    ( http://pearpc.sf.net ). And it's pretty slow at this point.
    Nothing like running MOL on Linux on PPC.

    You can Run Darwin/x86 natively on your PC
    ( http://www.opensource.apple.com , http://www.opendarwin.org).

    You can Run Darwin on FreeBSD on your PC w/ Bochs or VMWare (
    http://bochs.sf.net )

    Why would you want to use Mac OS X w/ FreeBSD anyway?

    The thing about all this emulation/virtual machine stuff is that
    you should ask, is it worth it? I've been thinking about running
    multiple BSDs on one machine for development purposes. Even
    multibooting taught me this fiddling around is quite time consuming.

    > Sincerly,
    > Martin Olsson

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