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<LI> <A HREF="#minreq"> Minimum Requirements</A> </LI> |
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<LI> <A HREF="#rom"> Macintosh ROM image </A> </LI> |
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<LI> <A HREF="#b-disk"> Creating a boot disk</A> </LI> |
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<LI> <A HREF="#mount"> Mounting Unix Files</A> </LI> |
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<H2> <A NAME="minreq"> Minimum Requirements </A> </H2> |
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To run Basilisk II, you need both: |
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<LI>A Mac ROM image. Even though there is a ROM in your OS X Mac, |
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it is too new for a 68k Mac to make use of. Any Mac II ROM, |
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and most of the Quadra ROMS, will work. In the near future, |
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Mac Plus, SE or Classic ROMS may also be usable (though only |
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for emulating a monochrome Mac). Quadra 660av and 840av |
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ROMS are currently also unusable </LI> |
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<LI>A copy of the MacOS, which at the moment has to either be on |
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a CD-ROM, or on a disk image </LI> |
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<H2> <A NAME="rom"> Macintosh ROM image </A> </H2> |
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<P> To run Basilisk II, you need a ROM image, which is a data file |
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containing a copy of the ROM chips from a real 68k Macintosh. </P> |
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<P> The best way (<I>i.e.</I> most legally acceptable) to get a ROM |
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image is to produce it from your old Mac. Take a program like CopyROM, |
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download it onto your old Mac, and use it to produce the image file, |
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which you then upload to your OS X Mac. </P> |
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<P> The easiest way to get a ROM image is to get one from someone else |
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(<I>e.g.</I> another Basilisk II user, or an emulation web site). |
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Note that this probably contravenes several copyright laws. </P> |
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<P>Once you have your ROM image, you need to tell Basilisk II to use it: |
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<LI> Open the Basilisk II application </LI> |
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<LI> Go to the 'BasiliskII' menu, then the Preferences...' menu item </LI> |
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<LI> On the Emulation tab, there is a field 'ROM file:'. Either type in the |
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path to the ROM file, or click the Browse button and Open the ROM file </LI> |
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<LI> Click the Save button, so that Basilisk II will be able to find the ROM |
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each time you boot it </LI> |
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<P> If you want to press the Run button on the 'BasilsikII Emulator' window, |
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after a few moments you should see a Mac screen, with a picture of a floppy |
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disk with a flashing question mark. That is the Mac telling you that it needs |
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a disk to boot from. </P> |
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<H2> <A NAME="b-disk"> Creating a boot disk </A> </H2> |
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<P> Basilisk II needs a copy of the MacOS to boot from. Anything from System 6 |
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through to MacOS 8.1 should be usable, although I have only tested System 7.1 |
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and 7.6. </P> |
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<P> It is possible to use Basilisk II with a CD-ROM, but because most bootable |
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CDs have a minimal System Folder, it is better if you use a disk image with the |
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MacOS installed on it. </P> |
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<P> There are two options: either grab an image that someone else has made, |
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or create one yourself. If you have some time, and access to a MacOS install CD, |
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then these instructions will help you do the latter. </P> |
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<H3> Create a new BasiliskII disk </H3> |
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<P> Before you can install the MacOS onto a disk volume, |
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you need to create a disk to install onto: </P> |
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<LI> Start up the Basilisk spplication.<BR> |
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(If it is already running, skip this step)</LI> |
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<LI> Open the preferences. </LI> |
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<LI> Go to the Disk Volumes tab. </LI> |
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<LI> Press the 'Create...' button |
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(go with the defaults, unless you think you will need a huge disk). </LI> |
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<P> If you want to have more than one hard disk available to Basilisk II, |
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you could create additional volumes here. </P> |
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<H3> Installing the MacOS </H3> |
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<P> Insert your MacOS install CD-ROM, and wait a few moments for |
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the Finder to mount the disk. While still in your preferences: </P> |
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<LI> Go to the Emulation tab and check that your emulation is appropriate |
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for your install image |
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<BR>(<I>e.g.</I> I had to change from Quadra900 to IIci, |
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because my generic 7.1 install CD didn't support the Quadra). </LI> |
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<LI> Click the save button. </LI> |
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<LI> In the BasiliskII Emulator window, click Run. <BR> |
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(If it is already running, but showing the floppy with the question mark, |
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press the restart button - the triangle in the bottom right hand corner) <BR> |
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You should get a HappyMac, and the emulator will start to boot from the CD. |
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You should then a dialog asking you to format a disk. </LI> |
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<LI> Click Initialize, then Erase, give the disk an appropriate name |
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(<I>e.g.</I> Hard Disk), then click OK. </LI> |
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<LI> Find the OS installer (in my case the CD booted into At Ease, and one of |
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the first buttons was 'Install System'), and go with the defaults. </LI> |
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<P> After the installer finishes it may try to reboot (or you may need to |
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force a reboot). When it reboots, BasiliskII may exit. Start it again, |
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and you should boot into your installed OS. </P> |
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<H2> <A NAME="mount">Mounting Unix Files</A> </H2> |
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<P> If Basilisk II is running MacOS 7.6 or newer, you can easily access some |
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of the files from your OS X disks. Just set the 'Unix directory to mount' in the |
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Volumes tab of the Preferences. Next time the Emulator starts up, a new disk will |
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appear on its Desktop (called Unix). </P> |
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<P> To prevent clashes with the OS X desktop files, I suggest that the directory |
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you select is not a whole disk (<I>e.g.</I> '/' or '/Volumes/disk'). Mount a |
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sub-folder instead (like '/Applications (Mac OS 9)'). </P> |
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$Id$ |
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Written by Nigel Pearson on 26th March, 2003. |
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