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Running Mac OS X on x86 PC!

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I have been trying this but I cant get it to boot can anyone telly me what this error message means?

I'm not sure that I setup my img file properly. The error is APPLEMAC IO TEST FAILS

yea mine does it to, it takes a while to actually load though, thats normal what you see

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This might feel like a kick in the balls...

http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/installmacos.html

Note step four.

I don't think a full Darwin Installation is required, only the partitioning.

We're done with the partition map. Enter reboot and wait for PearPC to quit.

Now restart PearPC.

Wait again (and possible wait some more again) and when asked enter  1 as device, 0 as partition and then yes to confirm  the installation to the selected disk.

Its funny that the installation of darwin asked for the last stuff, when the partitioning didn't, maybe this is why no one can install it?

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I'm building an unofficial guide (like I did for SheepShaver) for PearPC. You can follow it over at E-Maculation.

http://www.emaculation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=934

I left out the whole Darwin partitioning bit, but I'm feeling lazy/tired at the moment.

If anyone who has successfully gotten Mac OS X to the installer or beyond sees something that I'm not doing (or doing wrong) in the guide, please let me know.

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I'm building an unofficial guide (like I did for SheepShaver) for PearPC. You can follow it over at E-Maculation.

http://www.emaculation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=934

I left out the whole Darwin partitioning bit, but I'm feeling lazy/tired at the moment.

If anyone who has successfully gotten Mac OS X to the installer or beyond sees something that I'm not doing (or doing wrong) in the guide, please let me know.

ah I knew your name looked fimilar, from emac!

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install2.jpg

no darwin or anything...

i was installing panther but i forgot the panther i have is upgrade, so i am now installing 10.2, then may put panther on tomorrow...

# PearPC Configuration File

#

# Resolution

#

# 0: 640x480x8 (indexed)

# 1: 640x480x15

# 2: 640x480x32

# 3: 800x600x8 (indexed)

# 4: 800x600x15

# 5: 800x600x32

# 6: 1024x768x8 (indexed)

# 7: 1024x768x15

# 8: 1024x768x32

#

# The indexed modes are unsupported.

#

# default: 4

ppc_start_resolution = 5

#

# Redraw interval (in ms)

# must be between 1 and 999

#

# If you set this higher, PearPC will spend less time doing redraws (and so run faster)

# but feel less responsive. You should adjust this to your computer speed and personal

# preference.

#

redraw_interval_msec = 200

#

# Loader

#

#

# Boot method

#  this can be

#  1. "auto", prom will boot the first bootable partition found (default)

#  2. "select", prom will show you a list of bootable partitions

#  3. "force", prom will load and boot the local file prom_loadfile

#

prom_bootmethod = "select"

# Example of how to use "force":

#prom_bootmethod = "force"

#prom_loadfile = "test/yaboot"

#prom_env_bootpath = "disk"

#

# bootargs: don't change unless you know what you are doing

# machargs: set to "-v" to get a verbose startup

#

#prom_env_bootargs = ""

prom_env_machargs = "-v"

#

# This is needed if you want to boot Mac OS X

#

prom_driver_graphic = "video.x"

# This will adjust the position of the initial page table (don't change)

#page_table_pa = 104857600

#

# CPU Config

#

# Processor Version Register

# Defaults to 0x00088302

# Only change if you know want you are doing

#

#cpu_pvr = 0x00088302

#

# Main memory (default 128 MiB)

# must be >= 64 MiB

#

#memory_size=0x8000000

#

# IO Devices

#

#

# PCI IDE Config

#

# Drive type will be set according to file extension:

#  .img: Harddisk (filesize must be multiple of 516096)

#  .iso: CD-Rom

# Or you can override this by specifying the type via

# pci_ide0_master_type / pci_ide0_slave_type

pci_ide0_master_installed = 1

pci_ide0_master_image = "myHD.img"

pci_ide0_master_type = "hd"

pci_ide0_slave_installed = 1

pci_ide0_slave_image = "D:\Isos\Applications\PearPC\os102.iso"

#pci_ide0_slave_image = "/dev/cdrom"

pci_ide0_slave_type = "cdrom"

#

# Network (unavailable on windows)

#

pci_3c90x_installed = 0

pci_3c90x_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:34"

#

# USB

#

pci_usb_installed = 1

#

# NVRAM

#

nvram_file = "nvram"

i made my iso of the OS10.2 DVD and Panther CDs on my PC using Roxio Media Creator, and they all load fine.

When the install booted up, i went to Installer, Disk Manager, and erased my virtual disk and formatted as MAC OS something (not the journaled one), this was the 6gb file downloaded from their site. then i went back and went through the install as normal

install3.jpg

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no there is no darwin installation needed you only need that to make the hdd for installing but you can just download the one off the site and use disk utility to format it

-click on the disk

-macos extended

- and erase, leave the name as is or it won't work

and install

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