Use teh nightly optimized builds. much better.
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Quote - (Liquid @ May 18 2004, 23:45)
Use teh nightly optimized builds. much better.
using it as we speak
.. I don't see any performance boost though ..
Quote - (Liquid @ May 18 2004, 22:45)
Woo, thanks for the link!
lol
*lol* too, realliy nice this screenie.
About the Nightly builds. I'm trying these for days now an at the moment with the athlon xp optimized and it looks like this would not be much fastern.
And about the RAM: I think 256 MB is quite okay, because there is a little difficult: PearPC has to emulate the RAMs. So it works slower if it has to emulate more RAM, BUT on the other side it should speed up the OS X System. So 256 is the mid-way (or something like this
).
About the Nightly builds. I'm trying these for days now an at the moment with the athlon xp optimized and it looks like this would not be much fastern.
And about the RAM: I think 256 MB is quite okay, because there is a little difficult: PearPC has to emulate the RAMs. So it works slower if it has to emulate more RAM, BUT on the other side it should speed up the OS X System. So 256 is the mid-way (or something like this
).
hmm yeah I didn't notice a big difference either in the optimized builds
Quote - (phalanx126 @ May 18 2004, 21:33)
sorry about the confusion, but i changed it to D in my new config as well. i tried evacsoul's suggestion and i managed to get the PPC screen, but then i get this message:
[CPU/MMU] new pagetable: sdr1 = 0x00300003
[CPU/MMU] new pagetable: sdr1 accepted
[CPU/MMU] number of pages: 2^15 pagetable_start: 0x00300000 size: 2^18
[IO/PROM] <Error> Can't open boot file
right before i get the last line with the error, PPC shows only one bootable partition, labeled:
"1. partition 2 of 'disk0' (Apple_HFS_Untitled_2/Apple_HFS)
i pick this as my choice and then i get the error...
[CPU/MMU] new pagetable: sdr1 = 0x00300003
[CPU/MMU] new pagetable: sdr1 accepted
[CPU/MMU] number of pages: 2^15 pagetable_start: 0x00300000 size: 2^18
[IO/PROM] <Error> Can't open boot file
right before i get the last line with the error, PPC shows only one bootable partition, labeled:
"1. partition 2 of 'disk0' (Apple_HFS_Untitled_2/Apple_HFS)
i pick this as my choice and then i get the error...
What's the name of your install cd image?
ok well im thinking about trying it, now i have a question for you guys
i have both Fedora Core 2 and Windows XP Pro installed on my PC.....Which one should i use? the Linux version on Windows? I was thinking Windows because the drivers for my hardware are better but i dont know if it matters or not
i have both Fedora Core 2 and Windows XP Pro installed on my PC.....Which one should i use? the Linux version on Windows? I was thinking Windows because the drivers for my hardware are better but i dont know if it matters or not
Quote - (Rudy @ May 19 2004, 01:18)
ok well im thinking about trying it, now i have a question for you guys
i have both Fedora Core 2 and Windows XP Pro installed on my PC.....Which one should i use? the Linux version on Windows? I was thinking Windows because the drivers for my hardware are better but i dont know if it matters or not
i have both Fedora Core 2 and Windows XP Pro installed on my PC.....Which one should i use? the Linux version on Windows? I was thinking Windows because the drivers for my hardware are better but i dont know if it matters or not
u probably should try it on Linux .. Networking works there but doesn't work in windows
how do you think this would run on a athlon 64 with say 1gig of ram??
Ask Dazla, i think thats his setup
Quote - (Emon @ May 18 2004, 23:56)
Networking works there but doesn't work in windows
what about in the nightly build??
Quote - (ubersheep @ May 19 2004, 03:43)
hehe, monkey island!
Howd you get american flag there
Howd you get american flag there
You get a flag in the menubar when you choose a different keyboard layout than US (in my case polish). The flag is used to switch between laouts. Just like the language bar in Windows' taskbar.
nightly build seems faster (the trunk one)
Josh
Josh
does anyone know how to make more then just 2 drives? is it possible to make 3 or 4?
Josh
Josh
Quote - (niteowl @ May 19 2004, 04:34)
I got that error for a while. What is the exact filesize of your disk image when you get that error?
When I recieved that error, I found that my 6gb images were only extracting to ~4 gigabytes (hence, the faulty disk geometry). I checked the disk the PearPC was on and found out to be a Fat32 drive.
A Fat32 drive will only support filesizes up to ~4gb in size, hence the whole disk image could not be extracted and used.
I converted my drive to NTFS and it created the whole 6gb drive file that worked perfectly.
When I recieved that error, I found that my 6gb images were only extracting to ~4 gigabytes (hence, the faulty disk geometry). I checked the disk the PearPC was on and found out to be a Fat32 drive.
A Fat32 drive will only support filesizes up to ~4gb in size, hence the whole disk image could not be extracted and used.
I converted my drive to NTFS and it created the whole 6gb drive file that worked perfectly.
Here lies that issue, all my drives are NTFS.
Ok im new here but i satrted installing 10.3 and the installer stops at 21 mins left at the Running installer script stage. Could I have a bad iso? And command prompt keeps saying <warning> command sleep stud.
wait for it...it takes a while sometimes
mine worked... it all installed then it quit... i booted it again ( after changing the slave to 0 ) and it started installing again!
it got to the installer script again then... it stuck at like 49 mins for like 8 hours...
oh well.
it got to the installer script again then... it stuck at like 49 mins for like 8 hours...
oh well.
Mine got stuck at the installer script too. But apparently that is normal, and even when it quits OS X is all installed properly.
Here is the guide I followed:
http://www.emaculation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1102
Here is the guide I followed:
http://www.emaculation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1102
evacsoul, the name of my cd image is 'Mac OSX 10.3 CD 1.iso' . is this supposed to be an .img file?
also, i used ultraiso to convert Mac OSX 10.3 CD 1.dmg to Mac OSX 10.3 CD 1.iso, but i've heard that converting from .dmg to .iso on a PC isn't possible. could this be the problem?
also, i used ultraiso to convert Mac OSX 10.3 CD 1.dmg to Mac OSX 10.3 CD 1.iso, but i've heard that converting from .dmg to .iso on a PC isn't possible. could this be the problem?
anyone know about multiple drives yet?
their is a way to use ur existing cd as it, just needa edit the config to see it
My installation has been stalled for a long time, anyone know if this is normal? How long should I leave it?
Josh
Josh
depends on what u mean by 'a long time'. i left 10.3 over night from like 8-10pm to 6 am for disc 1
It stalled at 21 mins for over 6hours so i quit install. Do u think if i switch slave to 0 osx will still boot up. If not ill reformat and start install over
When I got my "command SLEEP STUB" I had to keep moving my silly mouse to keep it active, it seemed to take longer if I let it freeze. 
After a few more hours though I got it working! Going to try the Nightly bulids for P4 to see if it helps any. 
After a few more hours though I got it working!
Going to try the Nightly bulids for P4 to see if it helps any.
Got 10.3 installed on a P4c 3ghz, 512 dual chan.
the icons in the dock seem to be messed up..
the icons in the dock seem to be messed up..
Guys, I did not see any performance difference in the nightly build for P4. Any ideas??
Unrealism
Unrealism
It takes me just under 4 1/2 minutes to boot into it...if i could disable it waiting for network extensions thatd probably take a minute or close off.
Quote - (unrealism @ May 19 2004, 10:21)
Guys, I did not see any performance difference in the nightly build for P4. Any ideas??
Unrealism
Unrealism
I dunno, but there's something wrong with the install on my 2.2GHz P4... for some reason I can't get set the redraw rate below 105 without it completely bogging down the cpu. Even 101 causes it to choke and the mouse hardly moves. But I can get the redraw rate down to 30 on my AMD 2000+ Athlon-M notebook and it will run smoothly.
i got it to install in 3 hours, takes about 3-4 minutes to boot, its pretty fun, it will be sweet once they get speed improvments
-bolero
-bolero
? for people who have a mac, ran virtual pc, then ran pear pc inside virtual pc. How's the performance? Is it really earth shattering or does it seem to be typical?
I'm gonna try the nightly builds to see if they help... I have my doubts though.
I'm gonna try the nightly builds to see if they help... I have my doubts though.
Quote - (Josta2317 @ May 19 2004, 20:37)
? for people who have a mac, ran virtual pc, then ran pear pc inside virtual pc. How's the performance? Is it really earth shattering or does it seem to be typical?
I'm gonna try the nightly builds to see if they help... I have my doubts though.
I'm gonna try the nightly builds to see if they help... I have my doubts though.
I know, the nightly builds don't provide any significant boost in speeds so far.
Until someone figures out how to accurately tweak the running clock speed of PearPC emulation (ie. get it running above 10mhz), then not too much speed increase will take place.
Ok so im starting the install over again for the 4th time hopefully now that im moving the mouse around it will install. For those who have gotten 10.3 to install try out EXPOSE its really cool. Whats the hex number in the config file to run 192 or 320 mb of ram. Im running it on a Sony Vaio 1.8 ghz with 512 ram and a GeForce FX 5600 256mb. Are there any real necessary updates for 10.3 yet. Do u think ill be able to run Final Cut Pro yet?
320mb Ram
memory_size=0x14000000
memory_size=0x14000000
Quote - (willvg @ May 19 2004, 21:49)
Ok so im starting the install over again for the 4th time hopefully now that im moving the mouse around it will install. For those who have gotten 10.3 to install try out EXPOSE its really cool. Whats the hex number in the config file to run 192 or 320 mb of ram. Im running it on a Sony Vaio 1.8 ghz with 512 ram and a GeForce FX 5600 256mb. Are there any real necessary updates for 10.3 yet. Do u think ill be able to run Final Cut Pro yet?
LOL! Even Safari take like 1min to open, how could you run Final Cut Pro on it ?
Yea true about safari well i got another hour of installation thanks for the info about changing the ram. Do you think if i run 320 on it do u think since i only have 512 total that the rest of the ram (192 mb) will be enough for windows
the changecd button seems to be working intermittently for me.. i works before i boot anything and during the 10.3 installation. but when i boot into 10.3, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt.
Quote - (Rob2687 @ May 19 2004, 11:01)
the icons in the dock seem to be messed up..
also back/forward icons in "Finder"
Quote - (PureEdit @ May 18 2004, 21:14)
Well, it works. OS X Running Windows Running OS X 
lmao thats ace man
@Rob2687, eject the idsc in panther then use the change cd button.
ok so 10.3 install just finished after seting slave to 0 in config file i start pearpc up and it says i have no bootable drives. I know that 10.3 was installed so how to i get it up do i need cd 2?
Quote - (willvg @ May 20 2004, 01:06)
ok so 10.3 install just finished after seting slave to 0 in config file i start pearpc up and it says i have no bootable drives. I know that 10.3 was installed so how to i get it up do i need cd 2?
there was a post a ways ago about using darwin to edit the drive, because the boot sectors are incorrectly ordered for it to be bootable
tonight i will compile all the good articles together for this and put them in one spot
yea if u can compile something that would be great, but is there any easy way to get it up without darwin. I mean i want quit installer when i restarted and went to startup disks and selected 10.3 but that didnt work.
PearPC inside of VPC on OS X is slow as hell. Took about 10 minutes to boot. The install didn't take place in VPC (that would have taken days), the image is just a copy of one from a friends PC.
Somebody should try running OS 9 in PearPC, it would probably be FAST actually.
Last time I booted into OS 9 on my iBook, I was amazed how fast it was compared to OS X.
Somebody should try running OS 9 in PearPC, it would probably be FAST actually.
Last time I booted into OS 9 on my iBook, I was amazed how fast it was compared to OS X.
Quote - (willvg @ May 20 2004, 02:07)
yea if u can compile something that would be great, but is there any easy way to get it up without darwin. I mean i want quit installer when i restarted and went to startup disks and selected 10.3 but that didnt work.
the darwin thing isnt too hard, you dont have to format it or anything, as long as its already successfully installed (or you expect will ask for disk 2) this will make it bootable
http://www.emaculation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=971
Quote - (PureEdit @ May 20 2004, 02:14)
PearPC inside of VPC on OS X is slow as hell. Took about 10 minutes to boot. The install didn't take place in VPC (that would have taken days), the image is just a copy of one from a friends PC.
Somebody should try running OS 9 in PearPC, it would probably be FAST actually.
Last time I booted into OS 9 on my iBook, I was amazed how fast it was compared to OS X.
Somebody should try running OS 9 in PearPC, it would probably be FAST actually.
Last time I booted into OS 9 on my iBook, I was amazed how fast it was compared to OS X.
OS 9 huh?
I might have to look into that.
Quote - (niteowl @ May 19 2004, 18:33)
OS 9 huh?
I might have to look into that.
I might have to look into that.
I would try it, but I dont have an OS 9 disk.
If you have OS X running, you can just drag an OS 9 folder onto a HD to install it, but for PearPC you will need a real disk.
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