Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 09:52:27 +0200 From: Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be> To: Martin Olsson <mnemo@minimum.se> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and MacOS Message-ID: <20040701075227.GB97086@lori.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <40E1CAAD.3000303@minimum.se> References: <40E1CAAD.3000303@minimum.se>
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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 > > Does that mean I can buy a copy of MacOS X, download an x86 kernel for > freeBSD, do some (or quite alot of) hacking and then get MacOS X running > on my PC? > > I realize that such hacking would be quite substantial but maybe if I > forgot about audio and all that, just how much work would it be? Could > it be done? > > > Sincerly, > Martin Olsson I think you are misunderstanding something: the kernel is not the only architecture-dependent part of an operating system. You would have to port the entire OS X, most of which is closed source. GH
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