hemzet Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 (edited) Hello folks, With the availability of the virtualization software Xen in most of the new Linux Kernels is it possible to run MacOS as a client on it like other Linux or Unix systems and Windows 2003 or Vista? Has anyone experiences with that or is interested in it? Cheers Edited January 22, 2007 by hemzet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmarsh Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Hello folks, With the availability of the virtualization software Xen in most of the new Linux Kernels is it possible to run MacOS as a client on it like other Linux or Unix systems and Windows 2003 or Vista? Has anyone experiences with that or is interested in it? Cheers Mine works in VMware under Linux, but I have to use -legacy boot flag to keep kernel in 32 bit mode under 64 bit Linux host. I was going to try XEN, but had issues with my graphics card. Stopped trying after I got VMware working. Would be interested in your results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke2642 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 *bump* Any results on this? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurora Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I gave this a shot a while ago, but could never get the installer to boot properly. But I've recently come across some information that suggests it is possible so I'm going to give it another go. I'll keep y'all posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewantsmoore Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 please do... i am very interested to run osx server as a xen guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suanczan Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 here is some info about succesfull running macosx under xen (russian language) - http://blogs.mail.ru/mail/vanderpool/76BA55E357348565.html and another one: http://old.nabble.com/OS-X-on-Xen---Workin...td15699064.html . Would be glad to hear about results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewantsmoore Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 here is some info about succesfull running macosx under xen Holy thread revival Batman I am still interested... might give it a try when I have time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoTie Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Bump! Anyone has successfully done this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeXa2 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Bump!Anyone has successfully done this? Two post above there is a link to the article written in russian with the complete instructions how to install and run Mac OS X 10.5 (non-vanilla, using Voodoo 9.5.0 Intel/AMD kernel) inside the Xen guest domain. Even more, the author of the article claims that he had successfully used PCI/DMA relocation to the guest system for one of the onboard USB controllers and integrated sound card. So, it is technically possible to get Mac OS up and running in Xen but is still not an easy task and will require a lot of tries and efforts to succeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sangeth Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I've used this method successfully. Unfortunately, you only get half-duplex networking but it's better than nothing. http://www.bisente.com/blog/2011/03/15/mac...-on-a-xen-domu/ You could probably solve the networking issue by adding an additional NIC and using PCI Passthrough to give the VM direct access but you'll need a CPU with VT-d which mine doesn't have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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