Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 11:41:12 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: John Krebbs <JEKrebbs@worldnet.att.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD - Compatability Message-ID: <19980222114112.15775@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19980222002511.AAA5045@[12.68.160.142]>; from John Krebbs on Sat, Feb 21, 1998 at 07:28:31PM %2B0000 References: <19980222002511.AAA5045@[12.68.160.142]>
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On Sat, 21 February 1998 at 19:28:31 +0000, John Krebbs wrote: > > Greetings. I'll be attending College this fall, as a Computer Science > Major. We are required to obtain a copy of FreeBSD for use during the > spring semester. Now, I'm a devoted Macintosh user, and would like to > purchase one for my college years. The problem is, FreeBSD apparently > doesn't run on it. Now, I've been thinking of buying VirtualPC, a program > from Connectix, in order to run Windows on my Mac. If I did so, would it be > possible to run FreeBSD from the Mac also? I don't know this product, so I can't say whether it would work or not. I'd be surprised if it would work. One way or another, I think it would be a very bad idea, though. It would certainly slow things down a lot, and you would probably end up with more problems than things are worth. I'd strongly recommend a second machine. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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