Microsoft KB Archive/824587

Knowledge Base

About Installing UNIX-Based Operating Systems, Open-Source Operating Systems, and Other Operating Systems on a Virtual Machine in Virtual PC

Article ID: 824587

Article Last Modified on 8/19/2003

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac Version 6.1
• Connectix Virtual PC for Mac 6.0
• Connectix Virtual PC for Mac 5.0

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SUMMARY

You may want to install one of the following operating systems on a virtual machine in Virtual PC on a Macintosh computer:

• Be OS
• BSD
• NeXT Software OpenStep
• OS/2
• Apple Rhapsody
• Sun Microsystems Solaris
• UNIX

These operating systems might function correctly in Virtual PC, but Microsoft does not support the installation or the use of these operating systems in Virtual PC. For information about how to contact the makers of these operating systems, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P

60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z

The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

Keywords: kbinfo KB824587

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