Running Yellow Dog Linux in Virtualization on a PowerPC Mac?

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Running Yellow Dog Linux in Virtualization on a PowerPC Mac?

I'm wondering if there is a way to run Yellow Dog Linux on my G5 iMac as a virtual machine. I do not want to Dual Boot, but rather run YDL in a window inside OS X.

Possible or not? Is there a virtualization app that can do this for me? Something either commercial or open source perhaps?

Thanks.

iMac G5 (iSight) 20in 2.1Ghz 1.5 GB RAM 250 GB, Mac OS X (10.4.9), iSub

Posted on May 29, 2007 9:27 PM

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Kappy

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May 29, 2007 9:59 PM in response to McToast

Not possible. There are no virtual machines for your Mac except Virtual PC and other Windows emulators.

If you want to run Linux concurrently with OS X via a virtual machine then you need to buy and Intel Mac - a Mac Pro would be about right.

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McToast Author

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May 29, 2007 10:03 PM in response to Kappy

Yeah, that's what I thought, but wasn't sure. I will buy an Intel based Mac eventually, but not now. I have a Core2Duo iMac on my desk at work, and it is running Parallels and a Windows XP virtual machine. I can install a Linux distro and just play with it there. No need for a Mac Pro, the iMac works just fine!

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