118 lines
6.0 KiB
HTML
118 lines
6.0 KiB
HTML
<HTML>
|
|
<HEAD>
|
|
<TITLE>Setting up SheepShaver</TITLE>
|
|
</HEAD>
|
|
<BODY BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF>
|
|
|
|
<H1>Setting up SheepShaver</H1>
|
|
|
|
In the "SheepShaver Settings" window that pops up when you start SheepShaver,
|
|
you can configure certain features of SheepShaver. When you click on <B>"Start"</B>,
|
|
the current settings are saved to disk and will be available next time you start
|
|
SheepShaver.
|
|
|
|
<P>The settings are divided into four groups: Volumes, Graphics/Sound, Serial/Network and Memory/Misc.
|
|
|
|
<H2>Volumes</H2>
|
|
|
|
<IMG SRC="volumes.gif">
|
|
|
|
<P>The main part of the volumes pane is a <B>list</B> that contains all volumes to be mounted
|
|
by SheepShaver. If this list is empty, SheepShaver will try to detect and mount all
|
|
HFS partitions it can find. A CD-ROM drive is always automatically detected and used.
|
|
|
|
<P>SheepShaver can use HFS partitions, whole HFS formatted drives, and it can also
|
|
emulate hard disks in single Linux files ("hardfiles").
|
|
|
|
<P>To add a Mac volume to the list, click on <B>"Add..."</B>, go to the "/dev" directory
|
|
in the file panel, click once on the partition you want and click on "OK". The selected
|
|
partition device name should then appear in the volume list. After adding volumes to
|
|
the list, you should unmount them on the Linux side. To remove a Mac volume, select it
|
|
in the list and click on <B>"Remove"</B>.
|
|
|
|
<P>You can create a new, empty hardfile by clicking on <B>"Create..."</B>. Enter the file
|
|
name and the size of the hardfile and click on "Create". The hardfile will be created (this may
|
|
take some seconds) and added to the volume list. The so-created hardfile will have to be
|
|
formatted under MacOS before you can store something in it. If you start up SheepShaver,
|
|
the Finder will display a message about an "unreadable" volume being found and give you the
|
|
option to format it.
|
|
|
|
<P>Double-clicking on an entry in the volume list will add or remove a "*" in front of the
|
|
device name. Volumes marked with a "*" are read-only for the MacOS under SheepShaver.
|
|
|
|
<P>SheepShaver will show a "Linux" disk icon on the Mac desktop that allows access to Linux
|
|
files from Mac applications. In <B>"Linux Root"</B> you specify which Linux directory will
|
|
be at the root of this virtual "Linux" disk. The default setting of "/" means that the
|
|
"Linux" icon in the MacOS Finder will correspond to your Linux root directory. The MacOS
|
|
will try to create files and folders like "Desktop", "Trash", "OpenFolderListDF" etc.
|
|
in the directory you specify as "Linux Root" (provided that you have access rights
|
|
to that directory). If they annoy you, you can delete them.
|
|
|
|
<P>To boot from CD-ROM, set the <B>"Boot From"</B> setting to <B>"CD-ROM"</B>.
|
|
The <B>"Disable CD-ROM Driver"</B> box is used to disable SheepShaver's built-in CD-ROM driver.
|
|
This is currently of not much use and you should leave the box unselected.
|
|
|
|
<H2>Graphics/Sound</H2>
|
|
|
|
<IMG SRC="graphics.gif">
|
|
|
|
<P>With <B>"Window Refresh Rate"</B> you can set the refresh rate of the MacOS window.
|
|
Higher rates mean faster screen updates and less "sluggish" behaviour, but also require more CPU time.
|
|
|
|
<P>The <B>"Enabled Video Modes"</B> controls allow you to select which graphics modes
|
|
are available for displaying the MacOS desktop. You can, for example, disable the window modes
|
|
when you want to run some Mac programs in full-screen mode that would otherwise erroneously
|
|
switch to a window mode. If your X server doesn't support DGA you should disable the Fullscreen
|
|
mode. The actual mode to be used is selected in the "Monitors" control panel under MacOS. The
|
|
color depth is always that of the X11 screen and cannot be changed.
|
|
|
|
<P>The <B>"Disable Sound Output"</B> box allows you to disable all sound output by SheepShaver.
|
|
This is useful if the sound takes too much CPU time on your machine or to get rid of warning
|
|
messages if SheepShaver can't use your audio hardware.
|
|
|
|
<H2>Serial/Network</H2>
|
|
|
|
<IMG SRC="serial.gif">
|
|
|
|
<P>You can select to which devices the MacOS <B>modem and printer ports</B> are redirected.
|
|
You can assign them to any serial ports you have (/dev/ttyS*), or even to parallel
|
|
ports (/dev/lp*, useful for printing if you have Mac drivers for parallel printers,
|
|
like the PowerPrint package from <A HREF="http://www.gdt.com">www.gdt.com</A>).
|
|
|
|
<P>With <B>"Ethernet Interface"</B> you select which Ethernet card is to be used for
|
|
networking. It can either be the name of a real Ethernet card (e.g. "eth0") or of an ethertap
|
|
interface (e.g. "tap0"). Using a real Ethernet card requires the "sheep_net" driver to be installed
|
|
and accessible. See <A HREF="using.html">Using SheepShaver</A> for more
|
|
information about setting up networking.
|
|
|
|
<H2>Memory/Misc</H2>
|
|
|
|
<IMG SRC="memory.gif">
|
|
|
|
<P>With <B>"MacOS RAM Size"</B> you select how much RAM will be available to the MacOS
|
|
(and all MacOS applications running under it). SheepShaver uses the Linux virtual memory system,
|
|
so you can select more RAM than you physically have in your machine. The MacOS virtual memory
|
|
system is not available under SheepShaver (i.e. if you have 32MB of RAM in your computer and
|
|
select 64MB to be used for MacOS in the SheepShaver settings, MacOS will behave as if it's running on
|
|
a computer that has 64MB of RAM but no virtual memory).
|
|
|
|
<P><B>"ROM File"</B> specifies the path name of the Mac ROM file to be used. If it is left
|
|
blank, SheepShaver expects the ROM file to be called "ROM" and be in the same directory as
|
|
the SheepShaver application.
|
|
|
|
<P>The <B>"Ignore Illegal Memory Accesses"</B> option is there to make some broken Mac
|
|
programs work that access addresses where there is no RAM or ROM. With this option unchecked,
|
|
SheepShaver will in this case display an error message and quit. When the option is activated,
|
|
SheepShaver will try to continue as if the illegal access never happened (writes are ignored, reads
|
|
return 0). This may or may not make the program work (when a program performs an illegal access,
|
|
it is most likely that something else went wrong). When a Mac program behaves strangely or hangs,
|
|
you can quit SheepShaver, uncheck this option and retry. If you get an "illegal access" message,
|
|
you will know that something is broken.
|
|
|
|
<HR>
|
|
<ADDRESS>
|
|
SheepShaver User's Guide
|
|
</ADDRESS>
|
|
</BODY>
|
|
</HTML>
|