Linux on Mol - invalid device
Samuel Rydh
mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
Sat, 6 Mar 2004 11:00:39 +0100
On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 09:10:41AM +0100, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Gaspar H.Heller writes:
>
> > How can you run Linux, MOL, and another version of Linux within MOL?
> > MOL = Mac on Linux... its not LOL (Linux on Linux).... Can someone
> > explain this to me?
>
> The Mac in Mac-on-Linux stands for the virtual machine that
> Mac-on-Linux emulates.
clever. I have been thinking about changing the name from Mac-on-Linux
to just MOL, but it might not be necessary :-).
> On that machine, you can in principle run
> whatever operating system you like, as long as you get it to work with
> the emulated hardware. Right now, Mac OS, Mac OS X, and Linux are
> supported out of the box.
But it is true that the Linux target needs a special kernel (or kernel modules
for MOL; it is simpler just put all the stuff into the kernel).
/Samuel