install MacOS-9 from linux

[christophe barbe]

In case it can be useful to somebody else, here is a short description
of my install of MacOS-9 on a file under linux:

As root in the /root directory

~$ dd if=/dev/zero of=disk.hfs bs=1M count=500
~$ hformat -l "Classic" disk.hfs

hformat is part of the hfsutils suite. I have not find the equivalent to
format an hfs+ filesystem.

Then in /etc/mol/molrc.macos, I have (among others) the following lines:

# Session 0, boot from harddisk
ifeq ${session} 0 {
   blkdev:     /root/disk.hfs -rw -boot
   blkdev:     /dev/cdrom  -cd
}

# Session 1 (boot from install CD)
ifeq ${session} 1 {
   blkdev:     /dev/cdrom  -cd -boot
   blkdev:     /root/disk.hfs -rw
}

I then install MacOS-9 from the CD with:

~$ startmol -1

As the as the install is complete, I start the freshly installed OS
with:

~$ startmol

NOTE that under debian, you need to install the appropriate driver
package, here mol-drivers-macos.

Then to get the sound you have to copy the MOLAudio file from the Mol
disk (the red ball) into the 'Extensions' folder (located in the System
Folder) and then restart mol.

You can then add 
   mount_mol_disk: no
in /etc/mol/molrc.macos to remove the red ball from the Mac desktop.

I have yet not figured out how to get the sound via esd. If I set esd in
the config file I still get: '----> Sound Disabled. Failed to open /dev/dsp'
So the only way I get sound is by disabling esd (esdctl off) and using
the dsp driver.

Christophe


On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 06:44:06PM -0500, christophe barbe wrote:
> My current config is Linux on ext3 and MacOS-X on HFS+.
> I would like to add MacOS-9. I can't find a way to install it on the
> same partition than MacOS-X. If I boot with the MacOS-9 CD no partition
> is seen (why?, because of yaboot?) and I can't install it from MacOS-X 
> (the install program is as expected a Classic App and then already needs 
> Classic installed).
> 
> So I was wondering what could be possible using mol. Is it possible to
> install Classic using a file as device (like the loop device on linux)?
> In the end my goal is to use Classic under linux using mol so I don't
> care if I can't use it directly.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Christophe
> 
> -- 
> Christophe Barbé <christophe.barbe@ufies.org>
> GnuPG FingerPrint: E0F6 FADF 2A5C F072 6AF8  F67A 8F45 2F1E D72C B41E
> 
> There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're
> talking about. -- John von Neumann
> _______________________________________________
> mol-general mailing list
> mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
> http://lists.maconlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/mol-general

-- 
Christophe Barbé <christophe.barbe@ufies.org>
GnuPG FingerPrint: E0F6 FADF 2A5C F072 6AF8  F67A 8F45 2F1E D72C B41E

Cats are intented to teach us that not everything in nature has a
function. --Garrison Keillor