Mac OS 10.1 installer works in MOL on a flat file!

[Alexander Hvostov]

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I've finally figured out how to get Mac OS 10.1's installer to work properl=
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in MOL, when installing into a plain file (rather than onto an actual disk=
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partition).

Here's the steps...

1. Create your plain file, using dd or whatever.
2. Use 'mac-fdisk' on it. For instance:
	mac-fdisk /var/local/lib/mol/mol-disk-osx
=46irst, give the 'i' command to initialize a partition map on it. Then giv=
e the=20
'C' command to create a new partition. Give it the proper blocks, a name, a=
nd=20
the type 'Apple_HFS'. Finally, 'w' to write it (say 'y' when it asks if=20
you're sure), then 'q' to quit.
3. Use 'hformat' (from hfsutils) on it. For instance:
	hformat /var/local/lib/mol/mol-disk-osx 1
The '1' parameter specifies to format partition 1 in this file. Even though=
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this isn't a block device, 'hformat' does the right thing.
4. Set MOL to use your file as a disk, by adding the appropriate line to th=
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appropriate molrc. For instance:
	blkdev: /var/local/lib/mol/mol-disk-osx -rw -boot -whole -force

At this point, you should be able to 'startmol -X --cdboot' and have the=20
installer see this disk and install on it.

Hope this helps!

Alex.

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