Booting mol from a file (was: Re: reinstalling MacOS without wiping a Debian setup (partition, boot))

[Rogério Brito <rbrito@users.sourceforge.net>]

On Sep 09 2002, Jesus Climent wrote:
> You can use "maconlinux" creating a file with "dd if=/dev/zero
> of=/opt/macos9.bin bs=1M count=1024".
> 
> Then install the maconlinux using that file as the "file system" where
> you want to install MacOS9.

	I tried exactly this trick this some time ago to play with mol
	for the first time, before putting it for "production". Since
	I don't have enough space, I created a perforated file with a
	simple perl script.

	The installation of mol from stable was perfect, even though I
	had to compile my own modules for my own kernel. Then, mol
	could boot from CD, be installed on the file (which was the
	target filesystem) and everything was ok.

	But how do you actually boot from the file? The obvious
	methods of treating the file as a block device didn't work for
	me. I suspect that the problem was that the file didn't have a
	partition table.

	Are there any hints for getting mol working with debian's
	woody? Or are you running a newwer mol?

> Personal note: When I was little my mother told me not to stare into
> the sun, so when I was six I did.
> 		--Maximillian Cohen (Pi)

	An uncle of mine lost one of his eyes this very same way when
	he was a kid. :-(


	[]s, Roger...

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