Subject: Re: Can't run or open anything in MOL
From: Philip Good (phil@redplanetx.com)
Date: Tue Oct 31 2000 - 23:55:38 MST
Ewen Bell wrote:
> Jeff wrote:
> >
> > >I'm using YDL 1.2.1 on a Pismo with XFree86 4.0. I can get MOL started
> > >(very cool) but can't run any applications or open any files, my
> > >MacOS disk always gets mounted in read only, even though I have:
> > >
> > >blkdev /dev/hda -rw
>
> 1. make sure you do not have the mac partition already mounted under linux.
>
> 2. is your macos on hda? perhaps it boots off /dev/sda for example, which is still marked read only?
>
> just a suggestion.
That doesn't seem to be it. My Mac partition is HFS+ and its on hda4. I can get it to boot by either:
blkdev: /dev/hda -rw
or
blkdev: /dev/hda4 -rw
but it always comes up read-only. My swap disk also comes up read-only with a warning that it is already mounted under linux.
Any other ideas?
>
>
> > Shouldn't that be 'hda#' where '#' is the partition number of your
> > mac os partition (e.g., hda5)?
>
> by not specifying the partition number the "default" blessed folder will be used for booting macos.
>
> if you wish to boot a different macos partition on the same device, use pdisk to preview the partition table and enter /dev/hda# (eg /dev/hda4) as per the information given by pdisk. (look for Apple_HFS type partitions).
>
> this is useful when trying to boot from a zip disk by the way. (mount the zip under linux, reference it in molrc /dev/sdx#, install/copy macos from your live system, boot mol with it!)
>
> - e
>
> --
> Ewen Bell
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