[Mac-telephony-list] Asterisk & Linux on Intel Mac (was: Re:Apple USB modem dongle)

[Edward Eigerman via List]

Thanks for the info. I have done asterisk on Parallels (I used the  
Pound Key distro) but I've never gotten TrixBox to work. Did you do  
anything in particular to get it to install?

When VMWare hits the Mac next year, it might be an interesting option  
for doing a PBX on an Xserve. Not that Parallels is shabby at all.

Ed

On Dec 20, 2006, at 7:40 PM, Tom Rymes via List wrote:

> On Dec 20, 2006, at 1:28 PM, Edward Eigerman via List wrote:
>
>> Well, since you bring that up...
>>
>> Has anyone gotten a linux based set up working on an Intel Mac? I
>> really wanted to do Trixbox, but that seems to be no-go.
>>
>> Ed
>
> Ed,
>
> I haven't installed linux on an intel mac via boot camp or something
> similar, but I am fairly certain that it is quite possible to install
> Linux onto Intel Mac hardware.
>
> Anyhow, I have installed Trixbox, Asterisk 1.4 Beta, Bicom Systems'
> PBXWare, and other Linux software in Parallels Virtual Machines on my
> MacBook.) All have worked quite well, though I use them mostly for
> testing purposes. Using this solution, instead of building directly
> on OS X still has the inherent issues of no PCI hardware, but it's
> possible that the Astribank hardware would work with a virtual
> machine, and you wouldn't have to worry about non-functional music on
> hold or conferencing, because you would have a real, live Linux  
> kernel.
>
> If you are bound and determined to install a production PBX on Mac
> hardware, then this is probably the route I would take. (I would also
> explore booting linux directly, of course. That way you would have
> PCI support, too.) In the end, however, as much as I wish I could
> recommend using Apple hardware and OS X, I still would recommend
> Linux on Standard PC hardware.
>
> Tom
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