From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 22 22:23:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02232106564A for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:23:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 903108FC13 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:23:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-255-48-78.bredband.comhem.se ([83.255.48.78]:63618 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1L40sw-0001vB-5z for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:23:32 +0100 Received: (qmail 83202 invoked from network); 22 Nov 2008 23:23:24 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 22 Nov 2008 23:23:24 +0100 Received: (qmail 92659 invoked by uid 1001); 22 Nov 2008 23:23:24 +0100 Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:23:24 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Garrett Cooper Message-ID: <20081122222324.GA92500@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <4927E659.3010602@kukulies.org> <7d6fde3d0811221406u38de767fnd22175518b8502bf@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7d6fde3d0811221406u38de767fnd22175518b8502bf@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Originating-IP: 83.255.48.78 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1L40sw-0001vB-5z. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1L40sw-0001vB-5z 85de3b712e6dfc6adf56a57de6781f5a Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Christoph Kukulies Subject: Re: mounting Mac OS .dmg files? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:23:34 -0000 On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 02:06:39PM -0800, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 3:00 AM, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > 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 iPhones > > 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 != OSX. I think that was the > whole point of the Darwin logo (a platypus with Beastie's horns on it: > ). 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=7833143728685685343 :). > > 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?built on Mach 3.0 and > FreeBSD 5?bundles over a hundred of the most popular Open Source > products. > [/Quote] Which version of FreeBSD was used in OSX will almost certainly depend on which version of MacOS X you look at. It is quite possible that the latest version of OSX uses code from FreeBSD 5.x, but I guarantee that the first release of OSX did not. (This is easily seen from the fact the MacOS X 10.0 was first released in March 2001. The latest FreeBSD release at that time was 4.2 (released in November 2000.) FreeBSD 5.0 was not released until January 2003.) -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se