Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:36:20 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org> Cc: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mounting Mac OS .dmg files? Message-ID: <20081122143620.GA88245@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <492810C8.6010109@kukulies.org> References: <4927E659.3010602@kukulies.org> <863ahjc16w.fsf@ds4.des.no> <492810C8.6010109@kukulies.org>
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On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 03:01:44PM +0100, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav schrieb: > > Christoph Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org> writes: > > =20 > >> Since the underlying OS of Mac OS is FreeBSD > >> =20 > > > > It isn't, as someone else pointed out, and hence... > > > > =20 > Always thought that at some point in time it was derived from an earlier= =20 > version of FreeBSD (4.x) Parts of it was derived from FreeBSD (mainly userland stuff.) Other parts of MacOS X (including the kernel) was mainly derived from Mach,= =20 and some parts were of course written by Apple themselves (or taken from other places.) So, even though it is in part derived from FreeBSD, you should not expect any sort of binary compatibility between them. --=20 <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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