![mac os 7.6 binary mac os 7.6 binary](https://cdn.cyberduck.io/img/cyberduck-icon-384.png)
If you have lots of other vintage Macs lying around, it’s handy to simply connect your Linux HD as a second disk on another working Mac and copy a working System 7.x folder over. It saves a lot of time versus switching floppies or even a CD install. If you haven’t done so already, burn the Debian 4.0 ISO to a CD-R.
#MAC OS 7.6 BINARY PC#
You can use whatever modern PC or Mac you’re comfortable with to do it.
![mac os 7.6 binary mac os 7.6 binary](https://6-28.mastodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/005/957/365/original/a590dcaf5dee3ae2.jpg)
Just make sure you’re actually burning the image contents itself to the CD-R and not just copying the ISO file to it.
#MAC OS 7.6 BINARY MAC OS#
In Mac OS X, you’ll have to use Disk Utility to properly burn the image to a CD. Once you’ve got the CD, you’ll need to get a few files off of it and onto your vintage Mac OS 7.x partition. In my case, I had a Mac OS 7.x extension that could read the Linux CD file system, so I stuck the CD in my LC 575 and copied the files directly. Here are the exact files you’ll need (including the paths to them on the CD): If you don’t have that extension, then you may have to copy them from the CD on your modern machine and copy them over to the vintage Mac via another method (beyond the scope of this article). Once you have those files on your Mac OS 7.x partition, put them all inside a folder called Penguin. Then un-binhex the three HQX files- StuffIt Expander usually works, and I bet you have that utility already if you’ve come this far. Now you’ll have three functional pieces in the folder: the Penguin bootloader program, the Linux kernel (vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-mac), and the RAM disk image (initrd.gz).īefore we go further, I’ll step back and explain what each part does. The bootloader is a Mac OS program that allows us to boot up Linux on older Macintosh hardware. Because of the way older Macs work, you can’t boot directly into Linux right after flipping on the power switch like you can on a more modern machine.
#MAC OS 7.6 BINARY CODE#
The Linux kernel is the basic package of non-Mac binary code that forms the heart of the Linux operating system. The RAM disk image is an encapsulated file system that contains a minimal set of Linux binaries, scripts, and setup files needed to start the Linux installation process. Step 6: Run and configure the Linux bootloader Now that you have all the files you need on your Mac OS 7.x partition, it’s time to run the Penguin bootloader and configure it properly.īefore you run Penguin, it’s best to allocate some RAM to it so it works properly. Click on the Penguin icon and choose Get Info from the file menu in Finder. Down at the bottom there’s a box where you can type in the amount of RAM the system reserves for it at a minimum. I put in 10MB for mine-values less than that caused errors for me when I tried to boot Linux later. Now double click on the Penguin program to start it. Go to File > Settings in the menu bar to open up the settings. In the first tab, Kernel, click on the Kernel button and select the “vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-mac” file.