[Discussion] [MAC] eCS 2.0 Install (Chuck McKinnis)

[Chuck McKinnis]

If you would send me the key file that you got from Mensys, I would be 
happy to make up a floppy image file that you can mount in VirtualBox.

On 6/5/2010 11:35 PM, D Burch wrote:
> Thanks Dushan,
>
> I have the Silver release running fine but have not got GA going yet. My
> key file is not being recognized yet manual entry seems ok. Have
> experienced some install hangups, so retyping all those stinking coeds
> each time gets a bit tedious.
>
> Waiting for some guidance from Mensys regarding the key file format.
>
> Don Burch
>
>
> On 5/29/10 12:30 PM, Dushan Mitrovich wrote:
>> Chuck McKinnis<mckinnis at sandia.net>  wrote:
>>
>>> Trying to dual-boot will probably screw up everything and not work.
>>>
>>> VirtualBox is getting better and better.  I have also used Parallels
>>> when it was the only choice for the Mac.  I think that VirtualBox will
>>> win out because of the strength behind it (Oracle).
>>>
>>> A friend in the local user group has been running eCS on his big Mac
>>> since the first release of Parallels but is in the process of moving to
>>> VirtualBox.
>>>
>>
>> I think Chuck's referring to me, and the moving process is long done.
>> I haven't touched Parallels in months and don't intend to.  VirtualBox has
>> been doing a fine job so far of running my eCS 1.2r VM, and is what I'll
>> use for the GA when I get to it in the next few days.
>>
>> I agree that trying to dual-boot on your Mac will likely lead to a mess.
>>
>> - Dushan Mitrovich
>>
>>
>>> On 6/3/2010 3:12 PM, D Burch wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have space on my Mac Mini HD to install ECS2.0 GA. and run the machine
>>>> dual boot for a bit.
>>>> Has anyone tried this?
>>>> If not, would anyone be able to speculate on the chances that LVM is
>>>> going to raise hell with my OS X partition?
>>>>

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Chuck McKinnis
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