Linux and Mac together (Was: Re: mac-on-linux project status)

[Ken Roberts]

>> Maybe I am just not understanding this but if both MkLinux and OS X run on 
>> top of the Mach microkernel, could they both be running simultaneously? If 
>
>In principle, yes,  Mach is capable of running multiple server operating 
>systems at the same time.  I have no idea what's involved in making this
>happen, but supposedly one of the advantges of a microkernel-based Linux

this was explained to the mklinux list quite some time back.  i believe this
will not work because mklinux and osx use different versions of the mach kernel.

from what i remember, mklinux uses a more recent kernel than the official apple
stuff.  the interfaces are different enough so that the two worlds are
incompatible.


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Ken Roberts                                               ken.r at worldnet.att.net
"A mechanism of world intercommunication will be devised, embracing the whole
planet, freed from national hindrances and restrictions, and functioning with
marvelous swiftness and perfect regularity."
                                                        (Shoghi Effendi, 1936)


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