Running Mac OS X on x86 PC!

[S.MULLA]

a new emulator called PearPC seems to be able to run OS X on x86 machines:

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

Check out the screenshots:

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

source:aqua-soft.org [forum]

[Jackalo]

Hm... OS 10.2 always gave an error, but OS 10.3 works... My original theory would seem to hold true for me, but now the question is how did other people get 10.2 to work for them... Odd indeed...

W00T! Install screen!

[volrathxp]

Hm... OS 10.2 always gave an error, but OS 10.3 works... My original theory would seem to hold true for me, but now the question is how did other people get 10.2 to work for them... Odd indeed...

W00T! Install screen!

I'm still trying to get 10.2 to work, I haven't figured it out yet. :pinch:

[volrathxp]

Hm... OS 10.2 always gave an error, but OS 10.3 works... My original theory would seem to hold true for me, but now the question is how did other people get 10.2 to work for them... Odd indeed...

W00T! Install screen!

figured it out!

try this:

prom_env_machargs = ""

[Jackalo]

Hm... Isn't that just turning off verbose output in the command prompt? In any case, I'll have to give that a whirl later, OS 10.3 is installing right now. ; )

I did make a slight adjustment to make the process more bearable...

redraw_interval_msec = 35

Smooth...

[volrathxp]

Hm... Isn't that just turning off verbose output in the command prompt? In any case, I'll have to give that a whirl later, OS 10.3 is installing right now. ; )

I did make a slight adjustment to make the process more bearable...

redraw_interval_msec = 35

Smooth...

i turned it off and OS X 10.2 is installing right now :whistle: :whistle:

[Jackalo]

By the way, whoever made the comment about

[IO/IDE] <Warning> command SLEEP stub

That just means that the monitor turned off due to lack of mouse movement. I hit F12 to snag the mouse and moved it around, then the Installation CD Check jumped from 10% to 57%.

[kvd]

got it to work!!

well, i forever got stuck in the installer at the part where you could see your disk image, but couldn't install onto it, because there was a red exclamation mark saying you can't install onto that disk.

i am using a fat32 partition which has a 4 gig limitation. i extracted the 6 gig file from pear's website, and it stopped at 4 gigs. I used it anyways.

well, after much fiddling, i made two partitions on the image. one a mac os extended of 3.5gigs, and the other a unix partition of 500mb.

after i did that, i could magically finally install!

[Jackalo]

I used the full 6GB, erased it and formatted as Mac OS Extended (non Journaled). I wasn't able to set a partition name without it giving the big red mark, so this time I left it as 'Untitled' and for some reason it worked.

T minus four hours.

[jedavis1]

Has anyone figured out if the emulator can be set to a specific chipset/processor? I have the full install of Jaguar and 10.2.7, but just the upgrade version of 10.3. I can't get to the installer in 10.2, but 10.2.7 will let me get to the installer, but it won't let me install because it is G5 only.

Any thoughts?

[kvd]

does anyone have a copy of MorphOS or Pegasos?

would be interesting to know if these worked, also BeOS PPC...

[pmh]

hmm, good idea kvd.

[CyBeRiA]

I'm running into a bit of a problem

I apparently have 0 bootable partitions. I have the 6GB image from the ppc site and I used Toast to create a .toast image (which I copied to my PC and renamed it as an .iso, which is allegedly ok). I have my config file set up correctly and it reads all the partitions (3 on the cd, one on the "harddrive"), but can't boot from any. Maybe the cd format is bad? how do i convert my .toast/.iso to a different format?

Oh, I didn't install Darwin, but apparently you don't need to (and I can't seem to download it from opensource.apple.com)?

Thanks

[Jackalo]

Has anyone figured out if the emulator can be set to a specific chipset/processor? I have the full install of Jaguar and 10.2.7, but just the upgrade version of 10.3. I can't get to the installer in 10.2, but 10.2.7 will let me get to the installer, but it won't let me install because it is G5 only.

Any thoughts?

This might work, but it's really untested.

cpu_pvr = 0x80020101

[Jackalo]

I'm running into a bit of a problem

I apparently have 0 bootable partitions. I have the 6GB image from the ppc site and I used Toast to create a .toast image (which I copied to my PC and renamed it as an .iso, which is allegedly ok). I have my config file set up correctly and it reads all the partitions (3 on the cd, one on the "harddrive"), but can't boot from any. Maybe the cd format is bad? how do i convert my .toast/.iso to a different format?

Thanks

There should be closer to ten or twelve partitions on that CD.

I heard from a friend in the Mac Emulation Forums that you had to rename the extension on a Mac, then copy it over.

[CyBeRiA]

ugh, i deleted the image on my mac. is there any way to fix it on my pc? this could get real annoying otherwise...plus i don't want to have to wait to get home to try this.

[LeoKesler]

I have installed panther 10.3, but after install, I get 0 bootable partitions !

Anyone have the solution ?

[csabo2]

yeah stop trying to run osx on x86.

[Pootis Spencer]

yeah stop trying to run osx on x86.

Who let the troll out then?

Wish people would keep this thread on topic because it very interesting reading without all the crap.

[Original_]

how can it be sped up?

[jedavis1]

This might work, but it's really untested.

cpu_pvr = 0x80020101

How did you come up with this hex number?

[Atoner]

Conspiracy theory du jour:

I installed the JITC version on a PC last night, downloaded the Darwin 7.01 PPC version and loaded it.

This morning, on a different PC, I downloaded the Darwin 7.01 PPC version -- and it refuses to install.

The only difference between these two PC's is that #1 is AMD 3000+ w/ 1GB ram... #2 is Intel 2.8GHz w/ 512MB ram. They both run the same OS, SP level, etc.

I could have sworn last night the Darwin download came as an ISO file -- it appears to be an .iso.gz file now.

Did Apple get wise to this and pull a switcheroo on the ISO file available for download?

I know, I'll go put on my tinfoil hat. It does strike me as odd, however, because I'm pretty sure I didn't have to unzip the Darwin download from last night.

-A-

[Jackalo]

I downloaded the Darwin ISO yesterday morning before PearPC made the front page on Neowin, and it was *.iso.gz.

[the evn show]

he iso has always been compressed for as long I've been a member of ADC. What's the big deal - the image is compressed (ISO files aren't compressed so it makes sense to zip it up).

just unzip the thing.

[d10p]

I didn't need to unzip it; it worked as a .iso.gz for me.

[Atoner]

he iso has always been compressed for as long I've been a member of ADC. What's the big deal - the image is compressed (ISO files aren't compressed so it makes sense to zip it up).

just unzip the thing.

Oh, I did unzip it. That wasn't the problem -- I just thought it hadn't been a GZ when I pulled it down last night, but as I said, it is entirely possible I am on crack.

-A-