User:NeoAmsterdam/Customize Mini vMac's disk image

Warning

• I will not provide Mac Plus ROM images.
  If you do not know why this is an issue, then don't run Mini vMac.

Note

• You must provide Mini vMac a Mac Plus ROM image.
• The Mini vMac activity has been crippled (relative to the "standard" version). As a result, it can access only one disk image.
• Mini vMac has no "breakout" support - any file created under emulation will be inaccessible from the XO (and vice-versa).
• This document assumes you are running Mini vMac on Mac OS X and have enabled Disk Utility's "hidden" features.

Requirements

• A Mac Plus ROM image
• Mini vMac
• Disk Utility
• gzip

Instructions

1. Create a new disk image in Disk Utility
   Make sure to use a read/write disk image that is large enough to contain all your software.
2. Convert the disk image
   Mini vMac expects disk images to be NDIF read/write format.
3. Install whatever you like to the disk image
   I recommend System 6.0.8 or System 7.0.1; System 7.5.3 is possible but overkill.
4. Compress and rename the disk image
   gzip vMac.img && mv vMac.img.gz vMac.DSK.gz
5. Copy the disk image to MiniVMac.activity/vMac.DSK.gz

See Also

• About ROM Images
• Apple System Software Page