Mac-on-Linux?

[Thomas Morris]

Hello Joshua,
Do NOT use sheep - use TUN only. Please read the docs in the respective
molrc.net files.

magnetic


On 02/24/2005, you wrote:
> Hi --

> I'm still not having much luck with this. I was re-reading the MOL User 
> Guide and noticed the command to boot from CD. That seemed like a good 
> thing to try, at least. So, I got better than a blank black screen, at 
> least, but I'm still not home yet:

> [root at marcomm-file root]# startmol --cdboot
> Mac-on-Linux 0.9.71-pre1 [Aug 27 2004 16:38]
> Copyright (C) 1997-2004 Samuel Rydh
> Starting MOL session 0
> Loading Mac-on-Linux kernel module:
>     /usr/lib/mol/0.9.71/modules/2.6.8-1.ydl.7/mol.ko
> The kernel module '/usr/lib/mol/0.9.71/modules/2.6.8-1.ydl.7/sheep.o' 
> appears to be missing.
> Running in PowerPC 750 mode, 48 MB RAM
> Timebase: 24.93 MHz, Bus: 99.73 MHz, Clock: 400 MHz
> Using USB mouse on /dev/input/mice
> OHCI USB controller registered
> Could not open '/var/lib/mol/x11.kbd'
> Fullscreen video on VT 8.
> Could not open '/var/lib/mol/console.kbd'
> Cache enabled for console-video
> Video driver(s): [xvideo] [console_video]

>       640* 480, depth 8,15,32   { 59.9, 72.1, 74.9 } Hz
>       800* 600, depth 8,15,32   { 60.3, 70.0, 72.1, 74.9 } Hz
>      1024* 768, depth 8,15,32   { 0.0, 60.0, 70.0, 75.0 } Hz
>      1152* 864, depth 8,15   { 0.0 } Hz
>      1280*1024, depth 8,15   { 0.0 } Hz
>      1600*1200, depth 8,15   { 0.0 } Hz

> Autoswitching to console
>-----> Can't open /dev/sheep_net, please check module is present !
> Failed to initialize the sheep-<eth0> device
> DHCP nameserver exported: 192.168.4.1
> Ethernet Interface (port 1) 'tun-<tun0>' @ 00:00:0D:EA:DB:EE

>      ip/mask: 192.168.40.2/255.255.255.0  gw: 192.168.40.1
>      broadcast: 192.168.40.255  nameserver: 192.168.40.1

> Signal INT
> One more to kill emulator
> cleaning up...
> Terminating threads...
> DONE
> [root at marcomm-file root]#


> Then I remembered Anil Samuel's suggestion to try -X:


> [root at marcomm-file root]# startmol --cdboot -X
> Mac-on-Linux 0.9.71-pre1 [Aug 27 2004 16:38]
> Copyright (C) 1997-2004 Samuel Rydh
> Starting MOL session 1
> Running in PowerPC 750 mode, 96 MB RAM
> Timebase: 24.93 MHz, Bus: 99.73 MHz, Clock: 400 MHz
> Using USB mouse on /dev/input/mice
> OHCI USB controller registered
> Could not open '/var/lib/mol/x11.kbd'
> Fullscreen video on VT 8.
> Could not open '/var/lib/mol/console.kbd'
> Video driver(s): [xvideo] [console_video]

>       640* 480, depth 8,15,32   { 59.9, 72.1, 74.9 } Hz
>       800* 600, depth 8,15,32   { 60.3, 70.0, 72.1, 74.9 } Hz
>      1024* 768, depth 8,15,32   { 0.0, 60.0, 70.0, 75.0 } Hz
>      1152* 864, depth 8,15   { 0.0 } Hz
>      1280*1024, depth 8,15   { 0.0 } Hz
>      1600*1200, depth 8,15   { 0.0 } Hz

> Autoswitching to console
> DHCP nameserver exported: 192.168.4.1
> Ethernet Interface 'tun-<tun1>' @ 00:00:0D:EA:DB:EE

>      ip/mask: 192.168.41.2/255.255.255.0  gw: 192.168.41.1
>      broadcast: 192.168.41.255  nameserver: 192.168.41.1

> OSS sound driver

>      CD    /dev/cdrom       CD/DVD         <read-only>   ------ BOOT1
>----> /dev/hda2 might be a boot-strap partition.
>------> /dev/hda5 is linux-mounted with write privileges.
> Could not open '/dev/hda5' with read-write permissions
> No volumes found in '/dev/hda'
>------> /dev/hdb5 is linux-mounted with write privileges.
> Could not open '/dev/hdb5' with read-write permissions
> No volumes found in '/dev/hdb'
> No volumes found in '/dev/sda'
> No volumes found in '/dev/sdb'

> SCSI devices:

>      SCSI  /dev/cdrom       [CDROM/DVD driver]


>  >> ==================================================
>  >> MacOS X Boot Loader 0.9.70
>  >> read: scsi_cmd failed
>  >> read: scsi_cmd failed
>  >> read: scsi_cmd failed
>  >> read: scsi_cmd failed
>  >> read: scsi_cmd failed
>  >> SyncRead: error
>  >> SyncRead: error
>  >> --> Boot loader failure: No bootable disk found

> cleaning up...

> Message from syslogd at localhost at Thu Feb 24 09:31:57 2005 ...
> localhost kernel: unregister_netdevice: waiting for tun1 to become 
> free. Usage count = 3
> Terminating threads...
> DONE
> [root at marcomm-file root]#


> Any help would be greatly appreciated!


> -- Joshua


> On Feb 21, 2005, at 4:26 PM, Joshua Wehner wrote:

>> Hi --
>>
>> I've freshly installed YDL 4.0 with Everything. I've run the MOL video 
>> mode probe. When I try to run MOL, I get a blank black screen. (At 
>> first, I was getting the leftovers from the video probe.)
>>
>> I was originally asking about this on the YDL mailing list, but it 
>> seems it may be more of a MOL issue. I'm a total YDL/MOL newbie, but 
>> I've some Linux experience. I'm trying the whole "extend the life of 
>> my ailing hardware with Linux" thing. I've got this old Mac and I'd 
>> like to get YDL, Photoshop, etc. up and working. I'm not sure where 
>> I'm going wrong.
>>
>> Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
>>
>>
>> -- joshua

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