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]

[Menge]

no. that means you need the OpenTAP driver provided with the tutorial and the special build. it will add a virtual network connection to your pc

[Adster01]

OK i tried loading this, and it says:

[TAP-WIN32]: Enumerating TAP devices...
[TAP-WIN32]: Could not locate any installed TAP-WIN32 devices.
[IO/rtl8139] <Error> Open enetif failed: Operation not permitted

So this means I have to have a RealTek RTL8139 installed in my PC, correct? I have a few stored away in a box. Shall I install it?

I hope not. I'm sure I have an Intel onboard network card.

[panoz]

eaglebtc: noop, you don't have to install a realtek card, just installe that openvpn win32 driver, enable ICS and you're off to go.. some minor changes in osx as well, but that's well documented.. sure you have installed the right openvpn driver and rebooted after install?

[eaglebtc]

no. that means you need the OpenTAP driver provided with the tutorial and the special build. it will add a virtual network connection to your pc

I downloaded the RAR mentioned two pages ago, but where is this "special build" that has an OpenTAP driver?

[Skywing]

ok i figured out my problem, for some reason the TAP adapter isnt getting an IP from my main adapter, i have ICS enabled but it just isnt giving it an IP address, wtf is going on here?

[eaglebtc]

*sigh* sometimes I wish the Neowin servers were set to 20 or 40 pages per post, instead of just 10.

I'm downloading OpenVPN right now; is this what I need?

[panoz]

eaglebtc: klicky here

[cpu killer]

Where are you guys getting the 10.3.3 or 10.3.4 combo update? Links on apples site leads to non-existent page :-/..

Thanks :).

[eaglebtc]

Whooo. OSX is now loading.

edit: Eek. I got a "No" symbol in the middle of the screen. The pinwheel thingy is still spinning, though. I guess I have nothing to be worried about :confused:

edit2: OH wait, it's loading the CD. Gotta switch the primary and slave devices. :)

[Acezo]

Where are you guys getting the 10.3.3 or 10.3.4 combo update? Links on apples site leads to non-existent page :-/..

Thanks :).

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/mac...inedupdate.html

[panoz]

cpu killer: (while in ppc) I just clicked on the apple and chose software update.. (Y)

[cpu killer]

cpu killer: (while in ppc) I just clicked on the apple and chose software update.. (Y)

Thanks, updating now :).

[Skywing]

ok, im getting desperate now, here is my current setup

Router IP: 192.168.2.1

TAP IP: 192.168.0.1

OSX IP: 192.168.0.50

if any of you can help and are using aim please IM me at Skywing269

thanks

[Menge]

i just got the update (10.3.4).... the installer hung at "14 minutes left" and the prorgess bar is full. status says "Running Installer Script" and that's it... its been there for about an hour :s

dang... i hope i dont have to resinstall OSX

[boomn]

*sigh* sometimes I wish the Neowin servers were set to 20 or 40 pages per post, instead of just 10.

Check out "Board Settings" on "My Controls". :whistle:

[Torankusu]

Hi guys

i followed the steps to get the network working in mac os x by installing the openvpn-2.0_beta2-install in windows, but i get this as soon as i deleted the ## on the lines of

pci_rtl8139_installed = 1

pci_rtl8139_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:34"

[Litespeed]

I DL'ed the 6Gb HDD image and installed 10.2 onto it. Everything seemed to go fine but when I reboot to the newly installed HDD, it just loops on "still waiting for root device".

I've done the boot disk fix thingy of swapping the partitions around and that didn't help.

I have however managed to install and run 10.2 successfully on my PC at home.

Any ideas?

:(

[Torankusu]

any resolution here is my config:

## 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

## 9: 1280x960x8 (indexed)

## 10: 1280x960x16

## 11: 1280x960x32

## 12: 1280x1024x8 (indexed)

## 13: 1280x1024x16

## 14: 1280x1024x32

##

## The indexed modes are unsupported.

##

## default: 4

ppc_start_resolution = 8

##

## Refresh Rate (in hertz)

## (only applicable in full screen mode )

##

## default: 60

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 = "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=0x10000000

##

## 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:\Documents and Settings\Trunks\My Documents\My Iso Files\PearPC 0.1.2\PEARPC0.1.2\pearpc-6gib.img"

pci_ide0_master_type = "hd"

pci_ide0_slave_installed = 0

pci_ide0_slave_image = "/dev/cdrom"

pci_ide0_slave_type = "cdrom"

##

## Network(available on windows)

##

#pci_3c90x_installed = 0

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

pci_rtl8139_installed = 1

pci_rtl8139_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:34"

##

## USB

##

pci_usb_installed = 1

##

## NVRAM

##

nvram_file = "nvram"

[eaglebtc]

OK, that was weird. At first Windows was not allowing me to share my primary LAN connection. But now I can. :blink:

[eaglebtc]

Check out "Board Settings" on "My Controls".  :whistle:

Man, it's been a long time since I've used Neowin. :rolleyes:

edit: W00T! "Network Extensions" is loading. yay! I think it worked.

[bolerodan]

I'm out of ideas :(

You're completely sure ICS is enabled?

Try adding 192.168.0.1 and scwe3.on.cogeco.ca to your DNS list, just for kicks :unsure:

thats the thing, how can we really tell ICS is working properly? do you have to tell ICS which other connection to share it with or do you just enable the checkboxes and it does it by itself?

-bolero

[.Joa]

They should work on improving speed :(

[Redestium]

They should work on improving speed :(

They have.

[eaglebtc]

They should work on improving speed :(

Are you using the JITC version? It's faster than the regular binary. The JITC's "processor" is about 40-50 times slower than your clock speed, but the I/O is fast and the graphics can be as smooth as you want (refresh rate). So if you have a 3.0GHz Pentium 4 @ 3,000 Mhz, then your PearPC will run like a 60Mhz G3.

[eaglebtc]

panoz came out of the closet to say:

eaglebtc: klicky here

Panoz! Thank you very much! As you can see in this screenshot, I got everything working just great!