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]

[Dobee]

:cry: not fair i wanna run osx on my pc...

but i need the cd :cry:

[TheLegendOfMart]

SDL: can't create event thread!

Any ideas how i can make it work?

I have the SDL.dll in the directory and in system32

[TheLegendOfMart]

Ive just read through 100or so posts of this thread and i cant find anything, might be my pc :(

*edit* oops forgot to edit my post instead of post a new post*edit*

[TheLegendOfMart]

yeah well thanks for your help.

[ecotrojan]

:cry: not fair i wanna run osx on my pc...

but i need the cd :cry:

ebay

:pc:

[gazebee_]

same here :whistle:

[Senseotech]

I had this issue, and to fix, I deleted any subfolders I had in the folder with the exe, and also tried setting it to the verbose (i think) startup. You can look back in the thread for how to do that.

[mgleason007]

yeah well thanks for your help.

Someone's a little demanding :rolleyes:

[Ryan Hoffman]

Any ideas how i can make it work?

I have the SDL.dll in the directory and in system32

Grab a new SDL build, or use a non-SDL build. This is a problem with the PearPC code (right after the code reorg), and not a problem with your system, or the dlls you're using.

[Fozzieb]

WOW, there is now native CDRom support (www.emaculation.com)

[santiagomedinasaenz]

Finaly i got my panthere working after trying to set it up for more than 2 months

[EVO VIII]

hmm, with the newer builds i'm getting the following error message:

D:\pearpc>ppc ppccfgnew.cfg

ppccfgnew.cfg: ' " ' expected in line 1.

usuage: ppc configfile

anyone have any ideas how to fix this?

yeah im getting that too :(

[mgleason007]

Do you have any subfolders in your ppc folder?

[Ryan Hoffman]

The reason why you are getting the config errors, is because the video setting has changed. Instead of entering a number for your video mode, the video mode is now expressed in "[Resolution]x[ColorDepth]" format, and as with any string in the config file, make sure you surround the setting with quotes. For example, "1024x768x32". Just to note: the video mode setting isn't required anymore, and it can actually be commented out (you can switch resolutions in Mac OS X or whatever OS you have installed, natively).

To respond to santiagomedinasaenz's problem; the reason why you keep getting permission denied is because in the Mac OS X shell, you don't get root permissions automatticly. Instead of running pdisk, run the command: sudo pdisk. The terminal should prompt you for the password, just enter your account's password. This *should* make everything dandy, however you might not be able to change the partition your booted in.

[eaglebtc]

Thank you Tekmaven, I was wondering why PearPC kept crashing. I should probably check the ppccfg.example every time a new version is released. :)

[basix]

I've been waitng for years to do this!

/crosses fingers and prays that dev continues...

oh and condolences to the dev team for their loss :RIP:

[amr_01]

i can't wait till Gentoo completes their ebuild for Gentoo MacOS, as soon as they do I'm going to try in on pear. I love gentoo, this adds all the best feature of gentoo (such as portage) to OSX!

[Ryan Hoffman]

Alrighty, I was unhappy with the selection of builds available, so I decided to make my own builds.

These are the following builds I'm making:

G4/Altivec (from altivec CVS branch), SDL

G4/Altivec (from altivec CVS branch), Win32

Standard CVS CPU, SDL

Standard CVS CPU, Win32

Each of the above configurations are available optimized for Pentium 4, or AthlonXP, so there are eight builds total. Additionally, each build will stay archvied, so if tomorrows CVS isn't as good as todays, you can go back.

If the folders are missing zip files, its just because it's currently building ;-). http://www.tekmaven.nu/pearpc/builds/

Just one note, if you are using the G4/Altivec builds, be sure to add this line to your config file:

cpu_pvr = 0x000c0000

By the way, did I mention PearPC will now emulate a G4 cpu? ;)

[Fozzieb]

By the way, did I mention PearPC will now emulate a G4 cpu? ;)

Does this mean it runs faster, or just more compatabile

[basix]

Has anyone been able to get a .img > 6gig to work?

I tryed this 20gig image but panther refused to install on it.

What sizes of .img's is everyone using and did you create it with a utility?

Or is it best to stick with the provided 6gigs? - works for me :D

[Fozzieb]

I never got the image tools to work, I just stuck to the 6Gb img.

I wish it would work I would like a 20Gb image.

[amr_01]

i used an image tool to make a 15gb. i used the tool that came with PearPC Front.

[mgleason007]

I made my own 10 gig image with a DOS command dskutil or something, I can't remember. Anyways, I had to format it with the Panther Disk Utility, then reboot ppc. Works fine.

[Orson]

I create my image with the .pdf posted early here. The function is allready build in into windows to make images

[Orson]

:) add the same post above sorry