FreeBSD and MacOS

Geert Hendrickx geert.hendrickx at ua.ac.be
Fri Jul 2 16:55:57 PDT 2004


On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 10:01:49PM +0200, Martin Olsson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> * MacOS X is based on FreeBSD
> * there is a x86 kernel for FreeBSD
> 
> Does that mean I can buy a copy of MacOS X, download an x86 kernel for 
> freeBSD, do some (or quite alot of) hacking and then get MacOS X running 
> on my PC?
> 
> I realize that such hacking would be quite substantial but maybe if I 
> forgot about audio and all that, just how much work would it be? Could 
> it be done?
> 
> 
> Sincerly,
> Martin Olsson


I think you are misunderstanding something: the kernel is not the only
architecture-dependent part of an operating system.  You would have to
port the entire OS X, most of which is closed source.  

GH


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