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]

[santiagomedinasaenz]

yes i have those files at those locations.

is that wrong?

[McKrout]

yes i have those files at those locations.

is that wrong?

set your pci slave to 0 if you have already installed the OS and change prom_bootmethod = "auto" to prom_bootmethod = "". see what that does for ya.

TS

[santiagomedinasaenz]

do you mean something like these?

## 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 = 4

fs_refresh_rate = 60

##

## 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 = 40

##

## 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 = "auto"

## Example of how to use "force":

#prom_bootmethod = ""

#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 = "C:\PearPC\HD-OS-X-Panther-PREP.img"

#pci_ide0_master_type = "hd"

pci_ide0_slave_installed = 0

pci_ide0_slave_image = "C:\PearPC\OSX_CD1.iso"

pci_ide0_slave_type = "cdrom"

##

## Network (unavailable on windows)

##

## Choose one of the cards

#pci_3c90x_installed = 0

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

#pci_rtl8139_installed = 0

#pci_rtl8139_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:35"

##

## USB

##

pci_usb_installed = 1

##

## NVRAM

##

nvram_file = "nvram"

[McKrout]

try this one

## 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 = 4

fs_refresh_rate = 60

##

## 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 = 40

##

## 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 = ""

## Example of how to use "force":

#prom_bootmethod = "auto"

#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 = "C:\PearPC\HD-OS-X-Panther-PREP.img"

#pci_ide0_master_type = "hd"

pci_ide0_slave_installed = 0

pci_ide0_slave_image = "C:\PearPC\OSX_CD1.iso"

pci_ide0_slave_type = "cdrom"

##

## Network (unavailable on windows)

##

## Choose one of the cards

#pci_3c90x_installed = 0

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

#pci_rtl8139_installed = 0

#pci_rtl8139_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:35"

##

## USB

##

pci_usb_installed = 1

##

## NVRAM

##

nvram_file = "nvram"

[jedavis1]

do you mean something like these?

## PearPC Configuration File

##

## Resolution

##

etc.

blah

etc.

Your problem I think isn't with your HD images and CD iso's, if it didn't find those, you wouldn't get to the grey screen. The problem I beleive is this line:

##

## 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"

You should turn off verbose startup, sometimes it causes things to hang. It should be this:

##

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

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

##

prom_env_bootargs = ""

Also, let it sit for a few minutes, mine always gets this, but only for a second or two. Longer if I just install or upgrade something.

HTH,

Jon

[santiagomedinasaenz]

well i tried it but still

the gry screen has been ther for over 3 hs

[santiagomedinasaenz]

any ideas?

[santiagomedinasaenz]

Do you think it could be that there were two instalation CD's and i only made an .iso from one of them?

[Emon]

any ideas?

use the EDIT button next time .. double posting isnt a good practice here :)

as for your problem .. I'd recommend re-installing OS X on a fresh image file

[santiagomedinasaenz]

thanks

[eaglebtc]

Could everyone please click the "go advanced" button and attach TXT files of their configurations instead of posting the raw text into the post? It saves wear and tear on the mouse scroll wheel. :D

[Emon]

Could everyone please click the "go advanced" button and attach TXT files of their configurations instead of posting the raw text into the post? It saves wear and tear on the mouse scroll wheel. :D

how about not posting the whole darn file but only the relevant lines from the file ? ;)

[McKrout]

heh, im at work and trying to post between calls, sorry guys. if i was at home, i would paste the file as a .txt to download or would take the time to edit the lines and just post those, but it was easier just to throw the whole file up on the inbetween.

TS

<<edit>>

Edited June 5, 2004 by T0Y S0LDIER

[.Joa]

Now talking in #pearpc.

???? Topic is 'http://pearpc.net | Windows Network Guide: http://dev.realistanew.com/win32net | Nightly CVS Builds and SDL Builds: richardgoodwin.com/pearpc | PearPC conceptual logos: http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?Logos | Win32 SDL with DX- http://www.pnosker.com/ppc.sdl-DXtest.exe

Look at the last sente:woot:oot:

[banli]

Ok, i haven't been keeping up with this topic.

can someone please tell me if its possible to use networking in 10.1 yet?

[ForeverUnknown]

it's possible

[banli]

Its possible in os 10.1?

uh, is there any site that says how? i follow this site and cant figure it out...

[klop]

Now talking in #pearpc.

???? Topic is 'http://pearpc.net | Windows Network Guide: http://dev.realistanew.com/win32net | Nightly CVS Builds and SDL Builds: richardgoodwin.com/pearpc | PearPC conceptual logos: http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?Logos | Win32 SDL with DX- http://www.pnosker.com/ppc.sdl-DXtest.exe

Look at the last sente:woot:oot:

Whats so special?

[FatCat]

Whats so special?

direct x support :woot:

[edit]

No matter what I do I can't get networking to run , there are at least 3 guides out and they all offer conflicitng ways to get it to work, I'm confused as to what I need to set the ip/dns to, if I set those to the same as the nat adapter osx says its being used by the adapter, otherwise it says it's online with a green light but I still can't connect? what gives?

Edited June 6, 2004 by FatCat

[klop]

Its SDL version and I didnt see visual improvements... Animations are slow and sluggish...

It will become smoother and more useable!

[ForeverUnknown]

it all takes time

[Ryan Hoffman]

I'm just wondering.. about how many people are using my GUI? Does anyone have any problems? LOL.. I don't get any feedback.. I think I'm the only one using it... lol

[eaglebtc]

Tekmaven - I tried it. Works fine! It's using an outdated version of PPC though. :)

[klop]

I'm using it and I really like it. I was making a small bug list. ;)

I will let you know soon!

[niteowl]

I'm not going to bother with the SDL build until it is significantly better than the optimized nightly builds.

I am installing OS X again (new disk image). I think I'll try enabling networking when it's complete. :)