From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tom Harrington Message-Id: <199901250055.RAA20183@shell.rmi.net> Subject: Re: Linux and Mac together (Was: Re: mac-on-linux project status) To: robin@louis.bidmc.harvard.edu (Robin Colgrove) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 17:55:16 -0700 (MST) Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org In-Reply-To: <36AB7411.F40DFF97@louis.bidmc.harvard.edu> from "Robin Colgrove" at Jan 24, 99 02:28:22 pm Content-Type: text Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: > Maybe I am just not understanding this but if both MkLinux and OS X run on > top of the Mach microkernel, could they both be running simultaneously? If > so, I could imagine using OS X (not OS X server) as my desktop OS while > on the same machine MkLinux was taking care of the internet server things > in the background. I do not need super high performance stuff since I > only "host" a few dozen pretty low-intensity users. Right now I get by on > shareware tools (Quid Pro Quo, Rumor Mill, OTChat, NCSATelnet, Eudora > Internet Mail Server) but I am reaching the limits of what I can do with > these. In principle, yes, Mach is capable of running multiple server operating systems at the same time. I have no idea what's involved in making this happen, but supposedly one of the advantges of a microkernel-based Linux (like MkLinux or L4Linux) is that you can run one Linux kernel while debugging another one simultaneously. You may have trouble, though, if Apple is using a different version of Mach than MkLinux does, or if Apple has stuck some MacOS X Server-specific things into their Mach code. I really can't help you beyond suggesting that the MkLinux mailing lists might be a better place to ask. If you succeed, though, I'd be very interested in hearing about it. Good luck. :-) Depending on how urgent your needs are and how much MacOS you need vs. server stuff, you might be better off waiting for SheepShaver on Linux. [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. To unsubscribe from linuxppc-dev, send ]] [[ the message 'unsubscribe' to linuxppc-dev-request@lists.linuxppc.org ]]