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Date:      Sat, 21 Feb 1998 17:21:02 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        "John Krebbs" <JEKrebbs@worldnet.att.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD - Compatability 
Message-ID:  <199802220121.RAA27410@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 21 Feb 1998 19:28:31 GMT." <19980222002511.AAA5045@[12.68.160.142]> 

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>    Greetings.  I'll be attending College this fall, as a Computer Science
>Major.  We are required to obtain a copy of FreeBSD for use during the
>spring semester.  Now, I'm a devoted Macintosh user, and would like to
>purchase one for my college years.  The problem is, FreeBSD apparently
>doesn't run on it.  Now, I've been thinking of buying VirtualPC, a program
>from Connectix, in order to run Windows on my Mac.  If I did so, would it be
>possible to run FreeBSD from the Mac also?

   Unfortunately, no. If you really want to run BSD on the Mac, you might
consider NetBSD (www.netbsd.org), although that is probably inconsistent
with your college's requirements.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

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