Totally unrelated, but did you pay for fusion? I think it costs money, but I was thinking about trying to find something that is accessible so I can load up xp on my mac and use it for testing. On 8/21/2011 9:30 PM, Cheryl Ann Homiak wrote: > > Hi all. > > I just used the x86 version of the new talking arch iso to install > linux on my mid-2007 model mac mini in vmware fusion 3.1. I have both > braille and speakup running. I really liked Arch when I tried it on a > couple of laptops but was worried about not getting the fan control > right as the temperatures were going up on them so I reinstalled > debian on those and hadn't gotten around to sorting out that issue. I > figured this wouldn't be problem within vmware fusion since it's a > virtual machine and the system shouldn't be running the fan. > > Of course vmware didn't recognize the cd but I pressed "continue" > anyway and then "save" after the steps of creating a new virtual > machine. The iso loaded and I hit enter and came to the prompt with > speech. From there, I followed all the steps just as if I was going to > do an actual install on a computer instead of as a vm. > > I did get one error about locale-gen not running but I went ahead > figuring I could fix that after installation if it was a problem but > everything appears to be fine. > > So now, on my mac mini, I have access to Mac OS X Lion, Windows XP and > arch linux through vmware fusion, plus Macports and fink (though fink > hasn't gained back all of its packages after the changes caused by > Lion). Not only that: when I back up my Mac system with superduper, it > gives me a fully-bootable system, including fully duplicated and > working virtual machines. At any rate, I just wanted people to know > that you can use the arch linux iso for vmware fusion. I had done this > a few years ago with debian and vmware 1.1 but I had problems with > braille using my usbserial cable at the time. I'm not having problems > so far this time around. > > -- Take care, Ty my website: http://tds-solutions.net my blog: http://tds-solutions.net/blog skype: st8amnd127 My programs don't have bugs; they're randomly added features!
