Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 14:28:02 -0700 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: "Mikhail T." <mi@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.org, vbox@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on MacBook -- can the original MacOS be booted inside a VM? Message-ID: <17FEA6D8-C18C-4548-A312-103EEAA8F9F5@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <54B6DA34.50701@aldan.algebra.com> References: <54B6DA34.50701@aldan.algebra.com>
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On Jan 14, 2015, at 2:05 PM, Mikhail T. <mi@aldan.algebra.com> wrote: > I'll have a new laptop soon and would like to run FreeBSD on it (dual boot). > However, I may still need the capabilities of the original MacOS from time to time. > > One obvious solution would be to simply reboot into MacOS, but I'm wondering, if > the original OS can not be run inside a VM (such as VirtualBox) -- with FreeBSD > being the host. > > Has anyone done that before? Any thoughts on why this would not work? Thank you! > Yours, VMware Fusion certainly allows Mac VMs to run under MacOS, but I imagine there is some secret sauce involved. Generally speaking this question isn't FreeBSD-specific, nor does it matter (much) that the underlying hardware is Apple's. Do a Google search for "hackintosh" and "virtualbox" and you should find some resources to get you started. Good luck! JNhelp
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