You could also use vmware Fusion on a MacŠ I do this when I'm creating a distributed hadoop cluster with a few data nodes, but just for a single node, you can install that on a Mac OSX, no need for virtualization.
Peter J On 2/26/12 8:28 PM, "Sriram Ganesan" <sriram.b...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hello All, > >I am a beginning hadoop user. I am trying to install hadoop as part of a >single-node setup. I read in the documentation that the supported >platforms >are GNU/Linux and Win32. I have a Mac OS X and wish to run the single-node >setup. I am guessing I need to use some virtualization solution like >VirtualBox >to run Linux. If anyone has a better way of running hadoop on a mac, >please >kindly share your experiences. If this question is not appropriate for >this >mailing list, I apologize and please kindly let me know what is the best >mailing list to post this question. > >Thanks >Sriram
