aedil Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 I came across this rather interesting webpage: http://alex.csgraf.de/self/?part/projects&...s/id=Qemu%20OSX It is mostly interesting because it results in a pretty speedy MacOS X install (albeit virtual) on pretty much any PC hardware, although it is of course against the EULA to run it on non-Apple hardware. But theoretically, there is no reason why this wouldn't work at all. The patches that are provided at that site do need a bit of tweaking to get them to apply against the latest KVM release. I'll try to find a place to make them available for download, since I already did the forward-porting work anyway. There are some things that do not work right, like the 'About my Mac...' application. I also haven't really tested sound just. Networking works perfectly, which is the main thing in my case anyway. Due to issues with mouse pointer handling between vncviewer, QEMU's VNC server, and mouse acceleration handling between host and guest system, quite annoying discrepancies between mouse pointer positions happen. But... Since MacOS X (at least Leopard) includes a remote desktop feature using VNC anyway, you can just enable that, tell QEMU to redirect a host port to the VNC server in Leopard, and you end up with access to the virtual Leopard without mouse issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroke64 Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Hi. Any luck with putting together a download for this? Even a brief how-to would be great. I had a go at compiling KVM with the patches but failed every time. Would appreciate any input you can give. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 If you want a virtual OSX, why not run it in VMware? Retail Leopard works flawlessly if you have the right CPU/setup to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aedil Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 Well, you can do that also of course. But VMWare is a commercial product that doesn't always manage to keep up with the Linux kernel development. I do appreciate the advantage of being able to test things on current kernels, and not lag behind. In my case, it also means that I can fix problems I run into without needing to file bugs that may or may not be addressed in the near future. But it is for sure a personal choice, and I do realize that using KVM as virtualization layer may not be for everyone. If you want a virtual OSX, why not run it in VMware? Retail Leopard works flawlessly if you have the right CPU/setup to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroke64 Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 If you want a virtual OSX, why not run it in VMware? No offense, I'm sure VMWare works fine for you, but KVM is the target plaform for what I'm trying to achieve, for precisely the reasons aedil made. My intention is not just to get OSX running as a VM, but also understand why and how it runs as a VM. KVM provides that learning curve. Thanks anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dornkaat Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 hello, i'd try to get osx run on suse linux but have no success to conpile kvm ... any ides that helps ?? regards dorni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l3golas Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 http://d4wiki.goddamm.it/index.php/Howto:_Mac_OSX_on_KVM If you use a OSX version like Iatkos, Kalyway, JaS, XXX, etc. , you don't need OSK1 OSK2 keys and bootloader. It works ok for me, except for the audio that doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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