Mac OS 9.2.1 on Powerbook 12"

[Piyush Khengar]

Hi Samuel,

Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately it didn't work :(

Piyush

On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 10:39, Samuel Rydh wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 12:03:56AM +0100, Piyush Khengar wrote:
> > Dear All,
> > 
> > I have managed to install MOL 0.9.69 in Gentoo 1.4 which runs OS 10.2.6
> > with no problems whatsoever.
> > 
> > However, every time I try to boot from my OS 9.2.1 CD (using startmol
> > --cdboot), the system just spits the cd right back out at me! It does
> > this after the "+ Video Driver v1.12" statement in the terminal window.
> > 
> > I've tried loads of different configurations, but nothing seems to work.
> > I even tried to install OS 9.2.1 from within Classic in OS X, and then
> > using MOL to boot it, but that doesn't work either.
> 
> The system folder must be blessed. If you perform the installation
> in classic, then the system folder will typically not be blessed...
> 
> The easiest way to bless a system folder is booting up MacOS 9 and
> then drag the Finder file (in the System Foler) to the desktop and
> back again. Of course, in this case this trick won't work...
> 
> > What could be the problem? Is it possible, or is it just not going to
> > work with a PowerBook 12 (which doesn't support OS 9.2.1 anyway)?
> 
> It should definitely work. You could try commenting out
> all the blkdev lines except the cdrom line in /etc/mol/molrc.macos.
> You could also try specifying the cd as a normal disk, e.g.
> 
> 	blkdev:	/dev/cdrom	-ro -boot
> 
> /Samuel
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