PPC: Setup of mol (Mac-on-Linux)

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions since 6.4

Mac-on-Linux allows the already installed MacOS to be run in native mode. The package mol.rpm needs to be installed from the series emu (CD4). Mac-on-Linux does not work with MacOS versions 9.0.2 and later.

Update for MOL with MacOS 9.0.4

If you have MacOS 9.0.4, or if you want to use a more current version of MOL, please proceed as detailed:

Obtain the following files:

ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/kernel/2.2.18/vmlinux-2.2.18-0.gz
ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/kernel/2.2.18/k_pmac-2.2.18-0.ppc.rpm
ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/kernel/mol/mol-0.9.53-0.ppc.rpm

The file vmlinux=2.2.18-0.gz needs to be placed in the suseboot folder on the linuxboot partition. The file should be uncompressed with MacGzip (on the first CD) and exchanged with the origional kernel in the suseboot folder.

On the linux side, install the other two files as follows:

rpm -ivh k_pmac-2.2.18-0.ppc.rpm
rpm -Uvh mol-0.9.53-0.ppc.rpm

The machine should be restarted so that the installed modules work correctly with the new kernel.

Mol must be configured before it can be run. To keep things simple, install the package sudo.rpm from series ap (CD1). Running mol requires root privileges, which can be assigned to specific users with Sudo.


Keywords: PPC, POWERPC, APPLE, MAC, MACINTOSH, MOL, MACONLINUX

Categories: Power PC

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