[SunRescue] [OT] Macs and SunBlades, and other interesting things

[jborisch]

Chris wrote:
>> I've tried. Apparently it interrogates the chipset and decides it's too old
>> or weak or summat.

Mr Katz wrote:
>I heard OS/X wasn't supported on clones(tm). Just like 2.6 and later
>detects for Sun4m VME-based gear and craps out, OS/X does likewise on
>Mac Clone gear (from what I can gather...)

If it would otherwise work and the hardware detect simply says "NO OSX 
FOR YOU" I think there is some hack that makes the OS think it is running 
on something else. The utility is called Iwishiwere or something like 
that...

Ah, here it is,

>From this url:
http://www.macfixit.com/library/r-z.shtml
>The "Wish I were..." control panel provides a method for a system to 
>identify its hardware as another hardware type, via the Gestalt "mach" 
>selector. This has a variety of potential uses, including fooling an 
>Installer into thinking you have different hardware than you actually 
>have, thereby bypassing the Installer's refusal to run on your hardware. 
>This can allow you to access files from the Installer that might still be 
>useful to you. [Note: This is an out-of-date utility that will likely not 
>work on current Mac models.]

But we are not interested in current mac models. (-:

regards,
jeffrey