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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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 <rm2892@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >>>>On 9 August 2012 22:52, Jackson Doak <doak.jackson@xxxxxxxxx> 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 <doak.jackson@xxxxxxxxx> 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 <
>> nicholas.skaggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
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