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docs: add older macos versions incompatibility instructions (#1428)
* docs: add vm installation instructions for older macos versions Signed-off-by: mlbiche <[email protected]> * docs: add older macos versions incompatibility instructions Signed-off-by: mlbiche <[email protected]> * docs: mention opencore legacy patcher Signed-off-by: mlbiche <[email protected]> * docs: add dedicated section in FAQ.md Co-authored-by: Abiola Ibrahim <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: mlbiche <[email protected]> * docs: revert changes Signed-off-by: mlbiche <[email protected]> --------- Signed-off-by: mlbiche <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Abiola Ibrahim <[email protected]>
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README.md

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## Features
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Support for Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, and Linux
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Support for Intel and Apple Silicon macOS, and Linux
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- Simple CLI interface with sensible defaults
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- Automatic Port Forwarding
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- Volume mounts
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colima start --cpu 4 --memory 8
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- create VM with Rosetta 2 emulation. Requires v0.5.3 and MacOS >= 13 (Ventura) on Apple Silicon.
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- create VM with Rosetta 2 emulation. Requires v0.5.3 and macOS >= 13 (Ventura) on Apple Silicon.
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colima start --vm-type=vz --vz-rosetta

docs/FAQ.md

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Feedbacks would be appreciated.
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## Are older macOS versions supported?
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Colima is supported and regularly tested on the latest macOS version. However, Colima requires macOS 13 or newer.
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You may be able to build Colima and it's dependencies from source on older macOS version. Colima requires [Lima](https://github.com/lima-vm/lima) and [Qemu](https://www.qemu.org/).
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## Does Colima support autostart?
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Since v0.5.6 Colima supports foreground mode via the `--foreground` flag. i.e. `colima start --foreground`.

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