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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 >
< LI > < A HREF = "#b-disk" > Finding a boot disk< / A > < / LI >
< LI > < A HREF = "#install" > Installing the MacOS< / A > < / LI >
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< LI > < A HREF = "#mount" > Mounting Unix Files< / A > < / LI >
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< LI > < A HREF = "#import" > Importing Mac Files< / A > < / LI >
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< LI > < A HREF = "#net" > Networking< / A > < / LI >
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< H2 > < A NAME = "minreq" > Minimum Requirements < / A > < / H2 >
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,
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.
< BR > (Quadra 660av and 840av ROMs are currently unusable.
I don't know about Mac LC ROMs. In the near future, Mac Plus,
SE or Classic ROMS may also be usable, though only for emulating
a monochrome Mac). < / LI >
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< LI > A copy of the MacOS, which at the moment has to either be on
a CD-ROM, or on a disk image < / LI >
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< H2 > < A NAME = "rom" > Macintosh ROM image < / A > < / H2 >
< P > To run Basilisk II, you need a ROM image, which is a data file
containing a copy of the ROM chips from a real 68k Macintosh. < / P >
< P > The best way (< I > i.e.< / I > most legally acceptable) to get a ROM
image is to produce it from your old Mac. Take a program like CopyROM,
download it onto your old Mac, and use it to produce the image file,
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which you then copy or upload to your OS X Mac.
A good page which describes this process is
< A HREF = "http://mes.emuunlim.com/tips/capturing_a_mac_rom_image.htm" > here< / A > .
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< P > The easiest way to get a ROM image is to get one from someone else
(< I > e.g.< / I > another Basilisk II user, or an emulation web site).
Note that this probably contravenes several copyright laws. < / P >
< 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 >
< LI > Go to the 'BasiliskII' menu, then the Preferences...' menu item < / LI >
< 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 test this, press the Run or Power button
(in the top right corner of the 'BasiliskII Emulator' window).
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
a disk to boot from. < / P >
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< H2 > < A NAME = "b-disk" > Finding a boot disk < / A > < / H2 >
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< P > Basilisk II needs a copy of the MacOS to boot from. Anything from System 7
through to MacOS 8.1 should be usable.
< BR > (Felix Eng and I have only tested System 7.0.1, 7.1, 7.5.3 and 7.6,
although Felix also got System 6.0.8 to work with SE/30 Roms) < / P >
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Basilisk II can currently boot from:
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< TD > CD-ROM < / TD >
< TD > Most (not all) MacOS Install CDs will also boot your Mac. I also think
that some old Norton Utilities install CDs might have booted 68k Macs < / TD >
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< TD > Floppy disk image < / TD >
< TD > Jonathan C. Silverstein reports that
< A HREF = "http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Utilities/Network_Access_Disk_7.5.sea.bin" > this< / A > Apple floppy disk image will boot Basilisk II < / TD >
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< TD > Preinstalled Basilisk II disk image < / TD >
< TD > Another Basilisk II user might be willing to loan you the disk image
that they are using < / TD >
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< P > It is possible to use Basilisk II with a CD-ROM or floppy image, but
because most bootable CDs have a minimal System Folder, it is better if you
use a disk image with a more complete MacOS installed on it. The next section
tells you how to do this. < / P >
< P > Note that there is currently no Install CD image on Apple's Web site, but
they do seem to have MacOS 7.5.3 floppy disk images (all 19 of them). Burning
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those images onto a CD (not in the extended format) should allow you to install.
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< BR > Thanks to Attilio Farina for this tip! < / P >
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< H2 > < A NAME = "install" > Installing the MacOS < / A > < / H2 >
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< H3 > Create a new BasiliskII disk < / H3 >
< P > Before you can install the MacOS onto a disk volume,
you need to create a disk to install onto: < / P >
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< LI > Start up the Basilisk application.< BR >
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(If it is already running, skip this step)< / LI >
< LI > Open the preferences. < / LI >
< LI > Go to the Disk Volumes tab. < / LI >
< LI > Press the 'Create...' button
(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,
you could create additional volumes here. < / P >
< H3 > Installing the MacOS < / H3 >
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< P > Insert your MacOS install CD-ROM, and wait a few moments for the
OS X 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
for your install image
< 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),
and that you have the RAM size set appropriately
< BR > (< I > e.g.< / I > 8MB RAM may not be enough for a 7.5.3 install). < / LI >
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< LI > Click the save button. < / LI >
< LI > In the BasiliskII Emulator window, click Run. < BR >
(If it is already running, but showing the floppy with the question mark,
press the restart button - the triangle in the bottom right hand corner) < BR >
You should get a HappyMac, and the emulator will start to boot from the CD.
You should then a dialog asking you to format a disk. < / LI >
< LI > Click Initialize, then Erase, give the disk an appropriate name
(< I > e.g.< / I > Hard Disk), then click OK. < / LI >
< LI > Find the OS installer (in my case the CD booted into At Ease, and one of
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
force a reboot). When it reboots, BasiliskII may exit. Start it again,
and you should boot into your installed OS. < / P >
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< P > If Basilisk II is running MacOS 7.5.3 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 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
you select is not a whole disk (< I > e.g.< / I > '/' or '/Volumes/disk'). Mount a
sub-folder instead (like '/Applications (Mac OS 9)'). < / P >
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< H2 > < A NAME = "import" > Importing Mac Files< / A > < / H2 >
< P > If you are not running MacOS 7.5.3 or newer, the above trick won't work.
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This makes getting files into Basilisk II harder. Luckily, Apple's 'Disk Copy'
or 'Disk Utility' can create a disk image file that is compatible
with Basilisk II (< I > i.e.< / I > you can add it as a disk volume). < / P >
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< LI > Open 10.1's 'Disk Copy' program, and create a 'Mac Standard' image,
< BR > or 10.3's 'Disk Utility', and create a 'read/write disk image',
< BR > or Disk Copy 6.??? in Classic, and create new image < / LI >
< LI > If the image is not mounted, mount it < / LI >
< LI > Copy any files that you want to access in the emulator to the mounted
image < / LI >
< LI > Unmount the image < / LI >
< LI > In Basilisk II's preferences, go to the 'Disk Volumes' tab,
add your new image, and start the emulation < / LI >
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A new disk should appear on the emulation's desktop which contains the files
that you wanted to access. If the emulator complains about a disk needing to
be formatted, you may have chosen the wrong type of image type in 'Disk Copy'
or 'Disk Utility.'
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< P > If your Mac is networked, then your emulated MacOS can also access that
network:
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< LI > Open Basilisk II, go to the Preferences, then the Hardware tab,
and set the emulator's EtherNet interface to slirp < / LI >
< LI > Start the Emulator < / LI >
< LI > In the emulated MacOS, open the TCP/IP Control Panel and set:
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< LI > 'Connect via:' to EtherNet, and < / LI >
< LI > 'Configure:' to 'Using DHCP Server' < / LI >
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< LI > Restart the emulation. < / LI >
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You should now be able to surf the web, or FTP download software,
in the emulated Mac. Not sure about AppleTalk networking, though. < / P >
< P > Note that this does not require the OS X Mac to be using EtherNet,
any working TCP/IP networking should be fine. I have tested it over
DHCP EtherNet (ADSL modem/router at home), and with a static IP
address at work (which also has an external web proxy/firewall). < / P >
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$Id$
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Written by Nigel Pearson on 26th March, 2003.
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