Hi, On Monday 04 October 2004 18:01, Riccardo Facchini wrote:
Hi all,
I know this is probably a little OT, but I would like to know if there is somebody out there with a real-life experience on setting up and using this config:
Apple Powerbook G4 + Virtual PC running a SuSE (or other linux) distribution in the virtual machine.
Not really supported by Microsoft but, yes, you can install SuSE on Virtual PC. In fact you can install other distros as well. (I think the only one that I really had "serious problems" was with Vine Linux...) Anyway, just expect it to be slooow. I'm using a Dual G4 1.42GHz with 2GB of RAM but the virtual machine is running at 636 MHz only--actually it even feels slower than a real 600 MHz laptop :( 'wish there's a VMWare for Mac... anybody? ;) # hwinfo --cpu 01: None 00.0: 10103 CPU [Created at cpu.290] Unique ID: (unique_id_was_here) Hardware Class: cpu Arch: Intel Vendor: "ConnectixCPU" Model: 6.8.4 "ff/08" Features: fpu,vme,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,pge,cmov,mmx Clock: 636 MHz Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Using this setup for development, using the SuSE Virtual PC as server box, and the same Apple Powerbook G4 as client, and maybe a second Virtual PC with a Window$ 200x for other uses.
Depending on your needs, you can actually use your Powerbook as your server even if you're just using "ordinary" (not server) version of OS X. -- - E - SUSE 9.1 | fluxbox 0.9.9-1 | G4 Dual 1.42GHz OS X 10.3 | VirtualPC 6.1 | copperwalls was here ;) "The righteous themselves will possess the earth, And they will reside forever upon it." - Psalms 37:29