Re: Darwin 8.0.1 x86 under Qemu/VPC

On Sep 02, 2005, at 12:17, Markus Hitter wrote:

>
> Am 02.09.2005 um 11:17 schrieb Martin Vrabel:
>
>
>> I'm new fella here and I'd like to ask if anybody has successfully  
>> installed Darwin 8.0.1 x86
>> under Qemu 0.7.1 on PPC Tiger /or Project Q I use/ or VPC 7.0.2.
>>
>> I'd like to possibly switch some of my FreeBSD server boxes into  
>> Darwin x86 to demonstrate
>> that Darwin OS is for server purposes as good as his cousins *BSDs  
>> or Linux OS.
>>
>
> I'm not sure wether it's a good idea to take Darwin 8.0.1 to  
> demonstrate a stable production system. The binary Darwin 8.0.1  
> release was made Apple internally, before the corresponding sources  
> reached the public and is known to have quirks. It can't be re- 
> built from public sources, either.
>
> Alternatives would be the Darwin 7.2.3 release from OpenDarwin or  
> to build a current system on your own. The darwinbuild tool seems  
> to have become quite usable recently and possibly some of the  
> others on this list have an (almost) complete build available  
> privately, already.
>
>

I wanted to take the latest Darwin OS public release, but it seems  
it's not a best idea yet :). Well then I'll go for
Darwin 7.2.3 release and I'll check that darwinbuild tool too. Thanks  
for pointing me out.

>
>> Qemu [...] I use Tiger on PB [...]
>>
>
> The last time I tried it was non-obvious how to get Qemu running on  
> a Mac. Do you have some installation instructions handy?
>

Since there is a nice package from Mike Kronenberg and Andreas Meier  
called "Project Q", now it's not such a
big deal with Qemu :) on Mac. Take a look at http://www.kberg.ch/q  
for further info. Personaly I use commercial
VPC because it's much faster on MAC than Qemu is, but since M$ bought  
Connectix VPC has some weird
features-limitations /such as memory limit to 512MB for each virt.  
machine/ and 7.0.2 hangs more than version
6 I used before.

Regards, Don Martinello.

Martin Vrabel <http://www.scitech.sk>
Unix is not only an OS, it is a way of life.