Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!news2.arglkargh.de!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Creating a restore "partition" on DVD (SL 10.6) Date: 3 Oct 2015 22:23:44 GMT Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <5607248c$0$16450$b1db1813$e2fc9064@news.astraweb.com> <560c8c3a$0$7237$c3e8da3$66d3cc2f@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net K1TM2W9pI+xP7v2hZqNk3QWgcCEivBJjPC+DLorAsdomYBFZsr Cancel-Lock: sha1:O309nFECNS/s0WOhB/SdHgufosY= sha1:ksqjEODiFbF4IaVg2gvzMPm/FrE= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.0 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:81438 Andre G. Isaak wrote: > In article , > Jolly Roger wrote: > >> On 2015-10-03, Andre G. Isaak wrote: >>> In article , >>> Jolly Roger wrote: >>> >>>> Andre G. Isaak wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Do what I do -- install snow leopard in a virtual machine and continue >>>>> to use newswatcher. >>>> >>>> Which VM are you using? >>> >>> Parallels Desktop 10.3; Mac OS 10.10.5 (Host OS) and Mac OS 10.6.8 >>> Server (Guest OS). >> >> Ah. Server, ok. I have 10.6 *client* running in VirtualBox, but it's >> quite buggy. For instance if I allow software updates, it refuses to >> boot properly afterwards. I may bite the bullet some time and pay for >> Server. > > Considering that the server version is only around $20.00, I'd say that > it's worth biting the bullet rather than dealing with the various hacks > needed to get the client to run (I've not used VirtualBox so I don't > what's involved there). Yeah. I'll buy it next time I really need a 10.6 install for something. VirtualBox didn't require any trickery, but it's rather buggy. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR