Subj : Re: Virtual Boxen
To   : Barry Martin
From : Ky Moffet
Date : Sat Dec 07 2019 22:35:00

BARRY MARTIN wrote:
> -=> KY MOFFET wrote to ALL <=-
>   KM> https://www.osboxes.org/virtualbox-images/
> 
> Thanks!  Took a quick look and looks interestign; saved for later
> reference.

Yeah, if a person is being lazy... or doesn't want to deal with a 
painfully slow installer, like Debian's...

>   KM> I've been trying to get a MacOSX .vmdk to work... it boots, but
>   KM> only to a Shell> prompt. If I Exit from that, I get a menu with
>   KM> several items, all of which return to the Shell> prompt. I have
>   KM> no idea how to get past this. Everything I see says it should
>   KM> Just Work. Well, it doesn't work!

And having rooted around elsewhere.... apparently there's a whole series 
of hoops to jump through, including a commandline patch. Ah well, at the 
moment too much work.

> BTDT!  Reminds me of when WFWG came out: for me only worked if I started
> at DOS (6.x? - forgotten) then loaded WFWG but crashed/locked up if I
> tried WFWG and shell to DOS.

Okay, you're officially weird too. Now I'm not so alone. :D
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