Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:06:39 -0800 From: "Garrett Cooper" <yanefbsd@gmail.com> To: "Christoph Kukulies" <kuku@kukulies.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mounting Mac OS .dmg files? Message-ID: <7d6fde3d0811221406u38de767fnd22175518b8502bf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4927E659.3010602@kukulies.org> References: <4927E659.3010602@kukulies.org>
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On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 3:00 AM, Christoph Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org> wro= te: > Since the underlying OS of Mac OS is FreeBSD I'm wondering whether itr is > possible to mount a > .dmg file as it is used in Apple software distribution for the Mac OS. I > would like to install an > Apple iPhone configuration utility on my FreeBSD box > (iPhoneConfigurationUtility.dmg). It consists of a > web application that is supposedly capable of doing updates of Apple iPho= nes > through a web service. > (good for company wide distribution of address book information and other > data that iPhones can hold). > > -- > Christoph Kukulies As everyone else has pointed out, FreeBSD !=3D OSX. I think that was the whole point of the Darwin logo (a platypus with Beastie's horns on it: <http://docs.huihoo.com/darwin/images/hexley-2.png>). If you watch the "BSD is Dying" presentation, you'll laugh when you see the reference to OSX as well: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3D7833143728685685343 :). You have two choices: 1. Buy an Xserve loaded with OSX: http://shop.apple.com/ . 2. Compile and maintain your own copy of Apple's version of Darwin: http://opensource.apple.com/ . FYI, according to the Apple folks OSX is based off FreeBSD 5 (not sure which minor version): [Quote -- http://opensource.apple.com]: This fully-conformant UNIX operating system=97built on Mach 3.0 and FreeBSD 5=97bundles over a hundred of the most popular Open Source products. [/Quote] Cheers, -Garrett
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