Hi Ron, For running PPC, there are instructions [1] But, I do not believe there is an amd64+Mac system available for Virtual Machines.
regards, Phill. 1, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing/PPC%26Mac64 On 9 August 2012 23:44, Ron Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>On 9 August 2012 22:52, Jackson Doak <[email protected]> wrote: > > does the mac version work in a virtual machine? > > > > Tried that here using Virtual Box. Attempted to boot the virtual machine > from the CD. That failed. > > Ron Mitchell > > > > On 2012-08-09, at 3:18 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > Hi Jackson, > > as far as I know, there is no legal VM for amd64-mac system. There is for > the older PPC systems (G3, G4, G5) > > Maybe get him to start with Live CD, then install as side by side? Once he > sees the difference I'm sure he will be a convert :) > > Regards, > > Phill. > > On 9 August 2012 22:52, Jackson Doak <[email protected]> wrote: > >> does the mac version work in a virtual machine? i have access to one but >> windows is installed and my brother wont allow ubuntu to be put on. >> >> jackson >> >> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 3:47 AM, Nicholas Skaggs < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> A special thanks to all of our testers this week! >>> >>> gregfaith, victor.zhou, redmar, larsnooden, carla-sella, michael-kroll, >>> doak-jackson, k1fri, sjskaggs, kate.stewart, fabiomarconi, smartboyhw, >>> lbsolost, robinc >>> >>> The status page (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Cadence/Status) is >>> showing we still need some help on amd64+mac, along with some test for >>> wubi, and ARM. I'll be testing ARM tonight and tomorrow, those of you with >>> ARM hardware consider also pitching in a result this week if your able :-) >>> I know Tobias is still working on results for wubi as well, and I can help >>> with the cd boot helper tests. That just leaves us with the amd64+mac >>> builds to test. Does anyone have mac hardware who is willing to test an >>> install for this iso? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Nicholas >>> >>> P.S. I've seen bugs and reports that ubiquity is buggy and unstable in >>> todays build. If you find that to be true in testing, don't panic! File any >>> bugs you find and try to complete the install. If it fails, still report >>> it. A failed to install is still a valid result! >>> >>> >>> On 08/08/2012 04:47 PM, Nicholas Skaggs wrote: >>> >>> What I've taken to calling 'cadence' testing, is the testing of the >>> daily builds of isos (specifically those focused on the desktop and ubuntu) >>> over the course of a non-milestone week, with the intent of insuring the >>> mandatory testcases for those isos pass. I know this has been a difficult >>> thing to understand, and sadly, right now the isotracker doesn't allow us >>> to do this testing in a nice and easy to see way. We plan to fix this by >>> allowing you to better browse history but for now we'll have to work-around >>> the limitation (BTW, if anyone knows drupal and wishes to help land >>> this quicker, I would be happy to help set you up. We can always use more >>> developers!). >>> >>> I've put together a wiki page that I will update once a day this week >>> (about 1400 UTC, manually) with the targeted testcases and their status. >>> The page is located here. >>> >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Cadence/Status >>> >>> I hope this proves helpful to everyone, and as you can see we already >>> have results for many of the testcases. We need folks who have access to >>> ARM and MAC to also contribute a result for a testcase to help round us out. >>> >>> As you can see, I've placed a quick summary of our progress on each of >>> the isos and testcases at the top, followed by the raw results in a tabular >>> format of those who have tested. Please don't panic if that raw list is >>> missing some of your testing! I still see the results submitted from those >>> of you who have tested server, or alt images, or another flavor. For >>> brevity's sake on this page, it's filtered to only show the runs for the >>> isos above. >>> >>> I hope this helps and thank you for sticking with the testing on this. >>> ISO testing is going to continue to be something for all of us to iterate >>> upon and improve to make better. We as a community want to provide solid, >>> dependable results and good feedback, while still being mindful of our >>> efforts and time spent. Thanks, >>> >>> Nicholas >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ubuntu-qa mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-qa mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa >> >> > > > -- > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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