Thread: Re: [Mac-on-linux-users] Ubuntu 7.04 & MOL issue

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# -*- perl -*- (for emacs syntax coloring)
#
#  /etc/mol/molrc.macos 
#
#  Mac-on-Linux master configuration file for MacOS (classic) booting
#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Parse other config files (these files are in /etc/mol/)
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------

include        ${etc}/molrc.video    # video configuration
include        ${etc}/molrc.input    # mouse and keyboard
#include        ${etc}/molrc.net    # networking
include        ${etc}/molrc.sound    # sound

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Misc Settings
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ram_size:        256        # should probably be increased
disable_altivec:    no        # 

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# HFS Volumes
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
#    To use a HFS disk in mol, add a blkdev line. The syntax is
#
#        blkdev:        <device>   [flags]
#
#    where <device> can be an entire disk (/dev/sda), a single
#    partition (/dev/sda6) or a disk image (/home/samuel/moldisk).
#
#    Valid flags are
#
#        -rw/-ro        read-write / read-only [default]
#        -force        export non-HFS partitions (be careful!)
#        -whole        export the complete disk rather than individual
#                partitions (be careful!)
#        -cd        CD/DVD
#        -boot        boot from this disk.
#        -boot1        boot from this disk (ignore other -boot flags)
#    
#    If the --cdboot switch is used, then MOL will boot from CD

blkdev:            /media/cdrom0    -cd ${cdboot}
#blkdev:            /media/cdrom0    -cd
blkdev:            /dev/hda5    -rw

#ifeq ${session} 0 {
    # default configuration
#    blkdev:        /dev/hda    -rw
#    blkdev:        /dev/hdb    -rw
#    blkdev:        /dev/sda    -rw
#    blkdev:        /dev/sdb    -rw
#}

ifeq ${session} 4 {
    # alternate configuration (startmol --alt)
    blkdev:        /tmp/hfs.image    -rw
}

ifeq ${boot_type} oldworld {
    # oldworld booting (for MacOS 8.5 or older) 
    blkdev:        /tmp/oldworld.image -rw
}

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# SCSI Configuration (also relevant for IDE CDs and other SCSI-like devices)
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# By default, MOL automatically scans for non-harddisk type SCSI devices.
# If only specified SCSI devices are to be used by mol, change the
# the autoprobe setting below.
#
# Change the generic_scsi_for_cds setting to 'no' if the patch to
# the 'Apple CD/DVD Driver' has not been installed (refer to the
# readme file in the 'MOL install' volume for instructions).
# Without the patch, CDs will (probably) not show up on the desktop.
# Of course, without generic SCSI there will be no CD-burning...
#
# Note: By passing a command-line argument (e.g. 'hdc=scsi') to the kernel,
# IDE CDs are seen as SCSI devices. This is how IDE CD burners are accessed
# in linux (and in MOL)...

generic_scsi_for_cds:    yes        # use generic SCSI for CD/DVDs
autoprobe_scsi:        yes

# If SCSI autoprobing is disabled then devices must be exported manually.
# The generic_scsi_for_cds setting is ignored for explicitly specified devices.

#scsi_dev:        "0:0:0"        # host/channel/id
#scsi_dev:        "1:0:0"        # 

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# USB Configuration
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Generic USB support. Devices that are _not_ claimed by specific
# USB drivers are seen by MOL. Note: Make sure the kernel is compiled
# with 'Preliminary USB device filesystem' support. Also, for best effect,
# turn off drivers for specific USB devices (like 'USB Scanner support').

enable_usb:        yes

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# MacOS ROM Newworld Configuration
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
#    By default, MOL loads the 'Mac OS ROM' file directly from the System
#    Folder of the startup disk. If this is not desirable (unlikely),
#    then the ROM can be loaded from the linux side by using the
#    newworld_rom keyword. Note that the ROM file must be copied to the
#    linux side as a *binary* without any kind of encoding (avoid
#    MacBinary in particular).
#
#        newworld_rom:    /BK/roms/rom.1.6.nw

----- Original Message ----
From: Nathan Smith <nda...@gm...>
To: Bradley Walker <mod...@ya...>; mac...@li...
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:50:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Mac-on-linux-users] Ubuntu 7.04 & MOL issue

On 6/13/07, Bradley Walker <mod...@ya...> wrote:
> I'm writing because I've ran into issues with running MOL 0.9.72 on Ubuntu
> 7.04.  I went through installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu on my dual G4 which
> went fine.  I installed all the nessecary files such as autoconf, m4,
> libncurses, etc.  Then I extract the gzip file and do the following steps:
>
> 1.) ./autogen.sh
> 2.)  make (including the make menuconfig part)
> 3.)  make install
> 4.)  run molvconfig
>
> Afterwards I immediately go and configure my /etc/mol/molrc.macos config
> file to show 256mb of memory and to adjust the disk devices that it can
> access.  I did have to temporarily disable the included molrc.net file
> because I was having tun0 errors, but for now I'm not worrying about that.
> Instead when I run 'startmol' and have a Mac OS9 disc in there... the screen
> goes to full screen for a brief second but kicks me back out to the terminal
> window with an error that no SCSI devices could be found.  I watch and the
> CDRom is not even accessed during this time.  At first I figured it was a
> configuration error, so I checked and my molrc.macos file references
>
> blkdev:         /media/cdrom0 -cd
>
> I tried using paths like /dev/hd(x), /media/cdrom, you name it.  Nothing
> happened.  Does anyone have any ideas???

Could you paste your molrc.macos somewhere so we can take a look at
it?  Also, I assume you are looking to install OS 9.  To boot from cd,
you need to pass the --cdboot flag with startmol in order to boot from
the install disk. You will want to make sure that you have somewhere
to install it (and include a blkdev entry in your molrc.macos).

Also, you will want the blkdev entry for the CD-ROM to reflect the
actually device reference (/dev/hd?) and not the mount-point.  I hope
that helps.

-- 
Nathan Smith
nda...@gm...

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