From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Oct 15 06:40:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA14628 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 15 Oct 1997 06:40:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp20.portal.net.au [202.12.71.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA14448; Wed, 15 Oct 1997 06:38:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA00681; Wed, 15 Oct 1997 23:04:37 +0930 (CST) Message-Id: <199710151334.XAA00681@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-platforms@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD for VirtualPC? (on the PowerMac) In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 15 Oct 1997 08:48:05 -0400." <9710151248.AA00448@mlor.its.rpi.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 23:04:36 +0930 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Secondly, I was wondering if FreeBSD will work under VirtualPC. > I remember someone trying it and finding a bug in the VirtualPC > emulation. VirtualPC was recently updated, and I was wondering > if anyone had tried FreeBSD after that update. (the release notes > for the VirtualPC upgrade have nothing that suggests this bug was > fixed, but that may be just because they don't claim to officially > support FreeBSD at the moment). Yes, it works just fine. The bug was identified and fixed by Connectix about a day after it was identified. If you are interested in a PC emulator for the Mac, this one looks pretty hot. mike