Mac OS X

Forum: DSL Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: Mac OS X
started by: manutd

Posted by manutd on Sep. 08 2006,20:23

I don't know if this is possible (given all the differences between macs and windoze) but if embedded DSL could also run on Mac OS X that would be great.

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Sep. 08 2006,21:47

There has been a few threads about osx previously.
I don't see why it wouldn't work.

I took a search on "osx" and several solutions and alternatives showed up.

Posted by manutd on Sep. 09 2006,13:46

the main difference I would see is that mac boots off of Open Firmware.

Posted by dougz on Sep. 09 2006,21:42

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the main difference I would see is that mac boots off of Open Firmware.

Open Firmware wouldn't be an issue on Intel OSX Macs with either the free (Beta) Boot Camp from Apple or Parallels.
< Boot Camp Example >
< Parallels Info >

Linux on a PPC OSX Mac might be better done with a native PPC Linux, rather than DSL. For a list of PowerPC distros, see:
< DistroWatch -- PPC >

Posted by manutd on Sep. 10 2006,19:27

also I just managed to get DSL running (very slowly) off a CD using Q, a QEMU variant for mac.