Running Mac OS X on x86 PC!

May 10, 2004

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]

May 28, 2004

i need a mac user to tell how to COMPLETELY Remove all know traces of that network card in os x. Like i said even if i remove it in the config or use the 3com one nothing changes in net preferences

May 28, 2004

i need a mac user to tell how to COMPLETELY Remove all know traces of that network card in os x. Like i said even if i remove it in the config or use the 3com one nothing changes in net preferences

Maybe this is a post for the Mac forums?

Guys, if your question is about PearPC ask it here. If its about Mac OS X, ask it in the Mac forums ;-).

May 28, 2004

Crap i shutdown half way through the 10.3.4 install and now I cant boot. Gonna reisntall now.

May 28, 2004

man u guys r luck i felt so lucky last night to get both sharing and networking working now it wont

willvg : wow 100% of your posts are in this thread...

Why dont you try to reinstall everything...

Tap drivers, download the lastest build of PearPC, make a new config file and reinstall OSX.

Like you said before you already got networking working... it could be your windows configuration?

May 28, 2004

i guess

yea ive had all of my posts since i joined last thursday here

May 28, 2004

ive reinstalled tap drivers, new config file, new pearpc still hasnt changed

May 28, 2004

what do i do with the Win32 Networking R2 Patch and where does it go?

Im posting tooooooo much i gotta stop

May 28, 2004

Me too! But I just hadn't have internet access for a day and the pages jump from 98 to 135!

Just 51 pages here. 40 posts per page setting makes it much easier I think.

May 28, 2004

My install is only 2 hours this time. Hmm odd. LOL 0.2pre is faster.

May 28, 2004

Im posting tooooooo much i gotta stop

3 posts in less than 10 minutes :wacko: :blink:

http://dev.realistanew.com/win32net/

May 28, 2004

For those of us who haven't been reading the 130-odd pages of posts, can someone give a summary of what has been happening on this thread: namely, what are general success rates for installing OS X on an x86 using PearPC, and what is the user experience like (I've read a few posts, and apparently, because it is being emulated, the OS is at least 10 times slower than on a real Mac)? I would be greatful for someone giving a short summary, since I haven't had time to follow this thread in its entirety.

May 28, 2004

typical bush-ite

cant be bothered to read.

May 28, 2004

For statistical purposes, here is a list of everyone who has posted in this thread, followed by the # of posts they posted.

Poster    Posts
willvg             118
Starman   54
ViciousX  52
KlyX        52
Jackalo  48
Liquid  48
amr_01  48
Mav Phoenix  38
jedavis1  36
TheReaperMan  30
niteowl  30
unrealism  28
KeR  27
DKAngel  26
phalanx126  26
Dazzla  26
Fozzieb  26
Moe Szyslak  26
XP-RTM  26
T0Y S0LDIER  24
Emon  23
ubersheep  23
Trek234  21
HellBender  20
Skywing  20
KoL  20
volrathxp  20
bolerodan  19
kwyjibo  19
Kibirinis  18
SkyyPunk  17
ataxy  17
Menge  17
uniacid  17
eaglebtc  17
Dogan  16
cpu killer  16
jazzman  15
panoz  15
AquaFX  15
LE3  15
Alvin  15
Pixelwix  15
HaraldBluetooth  14
SAMeAiM  14
Timan  13
Tekmaven  13
Litespeed  12
Torankusu  12
offroadaaron  12
Rob2687  12
neufuse  11
mecca  11
Pilsbury  11
Dalius  11
okt00  10
jack_canada  10
PureEdit  10
the evn show  10
Naughty Dogg  10
Kurt871  9
NinjaMonkey82  9
evacsoul  9
Bluetooth  9
oik  9
Autumnmist  9
PGHammer  9
five04  9
CyBeRiA  9
iCeFuSiOn  8
aldo  8
jdkramar  8
hanxuuk  8
aka JAWheat411  8
Colin Holywell  8
chAos972  8
Keitero-sama  7
devinlamothe  7
rocks1985  7
fishie  7
nmbr6  7
Adster01  7
Oneill  7
mitodna  7
Elite_graphix  6
sanderg14  6
Jimmerz28  6
NetGX?  6
Rudy  6
molox48  6
VWW  5
Aiwa  5
Smeg  5
Nomisdk  5
werejag  5
Eastwood  5
JK1150  5
Fonze  5
MxxCon  5
XiXora  5
cooldude7273  5
Wildgate  4
Post-It Note  4
drdrew  4
stealthx  4
Hilloki  4
particleWave  4
ultima  4
xSDMx  4
silentprey04  4
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McG  4
nuka_t  4
~~NeYo~~  4
pogz  4
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win2k3man  4
klop  4
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mFC_  3
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misecia  3
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Danrarbc641  3
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Veiva  3
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fred666  2
Xylene  2
SOOPAH256  2
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Caspar  2
Michael Lerner  2
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Stylez Ray.  2
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ZTrang  1
KTamas  1
Rahul?  1
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Zetter  1
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threedaysdwn  1
mrhack636  1
urabe  1
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joa  1
Toxicfume  1
boocher  1
SintaX  1
insanekiwi  1
maximum8  1
fahad  1
Tokar  1
thetman  1
chrischua83  1
Phillip  1
jaffa?  1
gablagloire  1
DrEaMs In DiGiTaL  1
primortal  1
Lucifer360  1
D4F1N  1
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jbartone  1
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dokkta  1
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spacey  1
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randysaba  1
Kimba  1
L0KI  1
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Datalore  1
TrekXP  1
Azadre  1
noir  1
AsiQ  1
J.A.X  1
[saint dark]  1
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jagedEdge  1
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OrangeSoul  1
pax13  1

May 28, 2004

For statistical purposes, here is a list of everyone who has posted in this thread, followed by the # of posts they posted.
Poster Posts

willvg 118

Starman 54

ViciousX 52

etc...

oooh! how did you do that?

May 28, 2004

oooh! how did you do that?

Click on Windows NT4/2000/XP Client up above.

And when you come to this screen, just click on the number under "Replies"

May 28, 2004

i followed this guide exactly and it worked great: http://s87840517.onlinehome.us/pearpc.html

If someone could tell me how to make it run faster i'd appreciate it.

I used Mac OS X 10.2 btw :unsure:

Edited May 28, 2004 by silentprey04

May 28, 2004

wow! that's really cool

May 28, 2004

i followed this guide exactly and it worked great: http://s87840517.onlinehome.us/pearpc.html
If someone could tell me how to make it run faster i'd appreciate it.

I used Mac OS X 10.2 btw :unsure:

Try my guide :) I need people to try it . It runs almost as fast as it will right now though.

My Guide :D

Where can I get a bigger disk image than 6GiB?

May 28, 2004

haha I have 27 posts in this thread.....and this one is 28..... :D

also Liquid in you guide I would advice you to rewrite it without using the darwin .iso because there is no need to download it.

May 28, 2004

liquid, ure method seems longer and more complicated. Also I have mac os x 10.2 not 10.3.

May 28, 2004

well im only using about 52% or of of my cpu so :cool:

Reboot, and turn off hyperthreading. You'll see a significant performance increase (nearly double) because PearPC can now use 100% of your CPU instead of just 50%. The reason it only uses 50% is becuase PearPC is not hyperthreading-aware, and thus thinks your computer has multiple processors. It can only use one of these virtual "processors" at a time, though, and so you can't get 100% CPU usage without disabling hyperthreading.

May 28, 2004

um... i have an athlon xp 2500+ ... theres no HT

May 28, 2004

haha I have 27 posts in this thread.....and this one is 28..... :D
also Liquid in you guide I would advice you to rewrite it without using the darwin .iso because there is no need to download it.

I was not aware you didn't need darwin. I tried without darwin and could not boot.

May 28, 2004

I was not aware you didn't need darwin. I tried without darwin and could not boot.

I did it without Darwin and it worked fine! :) Try borrowing your friend's copy of OSX 10.3 sometime, or go searcfh for the "exploding star" as I mentioned earlier.

May 28, 2004

I was not aware you didn't need darwin. I tried without darwin and could not boot.

there is a way to get around it, but you cant just not install darwin and do it your way.

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