Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-28 Thread Tovar
this isn't foolproof since MacOS does allow the user to move or rename the System\ Folder to whatever/wherever the hell they feel like it, though i have known very few who actually do that. Yes, indeed, beware of that. I've been naming my System Folder's with its version number

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-28 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 02:47:20PM -0700, Tovar wrote: this isn't foolproof since MacOS does allow the user to move or rename the System\ Folder to whatever/wherever the hell they feel like it, though i have known very few who actually do that. Yes, indeed, beware of that.

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-27 Thread Rohan Lloyd
Fabian Am Donnerstag, 26. April 2001 11:17 schrieb Jens Schmalzing: Hi, I've just finished some very preliminary version of the promised Mac-on-Linux packages and put them into incoming. They should appear Fabian Installation and configuration went fine for me but MacOS Fabian won't boot.

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-27 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: IMO the default molrc should look for the rom in /usr/local/lib/mol/something Is that Debian compliant? I'd expect the rom to be in /etc/mol/. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-27 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:32:24AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: IMO the default molrc should look for the rom in /usr/local/lib/mol/something Is that Debian compliant? I'd expect the rom to be in /etc/mol/. i don't know what policy really says

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-27 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Geert Uytterhoeven writes: IMO the default molrc should look for the rom in /usr/local/lib/mol/something Is that Debian compliant? I'd expect the rom to be in /etc/mol/. If I understand the FHS Section 4.4 correctly, putting the MacOS ROM image under /usr/lib/mol is fine. After all,

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-27 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:32:24AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: IMO the default molrc should look for the rom in /usr/local/lib/mol/something Is that Debian compliant? I'd expect the rom to be in

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-27 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:54:07AM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote: Hi, Geert Uytterhoeven writes: IMO the default molrc should look for the rom in /usr/local/lib/mol/something Is that Debian compliant? I'd expect the rom to be in /etc/mol/. If I understand the FHS Section 4.4

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-27 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: there is also the issue of MacOS upgrades, if MacOS is upgraded and its ROM replaced it will crash the next time mol is run since it deals with mismatched ROMs very poory. ultimatly the user just has to know about this and how to deal with it

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-27 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:55:29AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: My first guess was /var, but since it is some sort of configuration setting, I think it belongs in /etc. The idea is that you can backup your configuration by backing up /etc. Hmmm... this stil doesn't backup yout list of

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-27 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 11:27:43AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: Or make a Debian package of MacOS and put it in non-free? :-) as funny as that sounds its actually possible (not legally), though not very practical since it would be at least a 100MB package. mol works quite fine running

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-27 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Ethan Benson writes: in this case presuming you ask the user via debconf where thier macos partition is and you manage to copy the ROM over yourself, and be sure to remove it on package removal (--purge?) then /usr/lib/mol would be fine. That's what I had in mind. As for the details

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-27 Thread Fabian Jakobs
I had the same problem with trying to run Classic under MacOSX. I looked in http://discussions.info.apple.com and found a link to the following TechNote: http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n106277 It's a problem if you have MacOSX installed on UFS. Maybe the same fix will fix

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-27 Thread Fabian Jakobs
Am Donnerstag, 26. April 2001 18:30 schrieb Philippe Lelédy: On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Fabian Jakobs wrote: Am Donnerstag, 26. April 2001 11:17 schrieb Jens Schmalzing: Hi, Ihr Computer kann mit der Systemsoftware auf diesem Startvolume nicht starten. Installieren Sie bitte die für diesen

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-27 Thread Derrik Pates
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Fabian Jakobs wrote: Now I have it and I'm very impressed. Mol seems to be really fast and stable but what is bothering me is, that I have to start it as root. In an earlier version I could load the kernel modules in an init scrips and was then able to start mol as

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-27 Thread Samuel Rydh
Now I have it and I'm very impressed. Mol seems to be really fast and stable but what is bothering me is, that I have to start it as root. In an earlier version I could load the kernel modules in an init scrips and was then able to start mol as regular user. I found that loading 'molsymglue2'

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-27 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 03:33:03PM +0200, Samuel Rydh wrote: The startmol script has a --loadonly option which does the trick for you. Just add startmol --loadonly to the rc.local file. we don't wear red hats here, there is no such file on a debian system. please read

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-27 Thread Fabian Jakobs
Am Freitag, 27. April 2001 15:33 schrieb Samuel Rydh: Now I have it and I'm very impressed. Mol seems to be really fast and stable but what is bothering me is, that I have to start it as root. In an earlier version I could load the kernel modules in an init scrips and was then able to

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-26 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On 26 Apr 2001, Jens Schmalzing wrote: I've just finished some very preliminary version of the promised Mac-on-Linux packages and put them into incoming. They should appear Coool - I will go grab them immediately :-) Following suggestions on this list, I have split Mac-on-Linux into three

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-26 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On 26 Apr 2001, Jens Schmalzing wrote: I've just finished some very preliminary version of the promised Mac-on-Linux packages and put them into incoming. They should appear in sid within hours, and in woody after the usual quarantine period. In the meantime, you can get the packages and

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-26 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Jonas Smedegaard writes: You don't allow access to the .dsc file - is that on purpose? No, out of stupidity. Should be fixed. Regards, Jens. -- J'qbpbe, le m'en fquz pe j'qbpbe! Le veux aimeb et mqubib panz je pézqbpbe le djuz tqtaj!

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-26 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Fabian Jakobs wrote: Am Donnerstag, 26. April 2001 11:17 schrieb Jens Schmalzing: Hi, I've just finished some very preliminary version of the promised Mac-on-Linux packages and put them into incoming. They should appear Installation and configuration went fine

Re: Debian packages for Mac-on-Linux in incoming

2001-04-26 Thread Philippe Leldy
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Fabian Jakobs wrote: Am Donnerstag, 26. April 2001 11:17 schrieb Jens Schmalzing: Hi, Ihr Computer kann mit der Systemsoftware auf diesem Startvolume nicht starten. Installieren Sie bitte die für diesen Computer notwendige Systemsoftware buttonneustart/button My