MOL on Virtual PC Linux or PowerPC Linux?

[r. may]

MOL won't use your modem.  Instead you have to connect in linux and MOL 
is configured to pass the conection to Mac via an ethernet interface 
which MOL sets up. This can be configured with DHCP or you can 
configure it manually. To do this you have to have the TUN network 
stuff in the kernel, which usually means a kernel recompile ( no big 
deal). We're talking about TCP/IP here, if you have to dial into a 
something that only the MacAuthorize Hub software can talk to then I 
don't think MOL will do the job.

As for what flavor?  Yellowdog is my vote.  It's maintained regularly 
and is PPC specific.  The question is: do you really want to do 
something like this.  Think about how often you would have to reboot 
and do you have any other reason to use linux.  Linux will eat a good 
chunk of drive space.  Is it worth it?  Maybe upgrading your other 
software is the best way to go.

r.May

On Thursday, September 12, 2002, at 12:09 PM, Greg Alexander wrote:

> Definitely PowerPC linux.  VirtualPC linux would be emulating an x86,
> so MOL would not work.
>
> So, you have to boot into PPC linux and then run MOL on top of that.
> (at least until samuel gets MOL working under Darwin).
>
> Once you have PPC linux installed, you can dual boot between linux
> and MacOS X, but you can't run both at the same time (unless you
> run MacOS X under MOL).
>
> The flavor of PPC linux you use really doesn't matter.  I'm not the
> best one to try and suggest a good choice for a beginner.
>
>
> As far as the modem support goes, I'm not sure if MOL supports
> pass-thru of serial data, but adding it shouldn't be TOO hard.
> Getting that serial data to the modem, however, will require that
> the modem is supported under linux, which I'm not sure of for the
> G4 powerbook.
>
> GREG
>
> citizen wrote:
>>
>> Dear MOLers,
>>
>> I need to run Mac OS 8.6 for the MacAuthorize Hub software in MOL.  It
>> will not run on anything newer than 8.6.  My questions are which way
>> should I go when I need the following requirements?
>>
>> I need Mac OS 8.6 running on MOL to communicate with the Modem in a G4
>> 667 powerbook to do credit card transactions!  Is this possible?  Can 
>> MOL
>> communicate with the modem hardware?
>>
>> If it is possible, what would be a better way to go?
>>
>> Run Virtual PC running Linux running MOL over MacOS X?
>>
>> Or run PowerPC Linux with MOL running on top of that?
>>
>> If it is the later, what flavor of PowerPC Linux should I use?  Yellow
>> Dog Linux or PowerPC Linux? Or is there something better and cheaper?
>>
>> With PowerPC Linux, can you set it up to be able to boot into 
>> Linux...and
>> then reboot into Mac OS X?
>>
>> Thanks so much in advance for any insight you can give me,
>>
>> Scott
>>
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