Installing OS X (10.2) on a PC

[Emon]

Yeah there's a disgustingly huge thread going on about this.

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=165720&st=0

:laugh:

"disgustingly huge" :rofl: ... and I read all 71 pages of that ... gosh I need to get a life .. :pinch:

[ahfunaki]

haha, well I never looked in that part of the forum...

I really need to get some osx cd's...

[plainold]

okay, now I am in the boot screen, but nothing happens should I wait? does it take long time?

here a screeny

[drarok]

All I get is this!

:(

[krmathis]

All I get is this!

http://phobos.fatboylan.co.uk/~drarok/ppc-lose.jpg

:(

You need to partition your hdd image.

All you need to know is described in this topic! ;)

I use the real thing (PowerBook + Mac OS X), so thats all the help I can give you!

[drarok]

No, I didn't. I had the pre-prepped HD image, but the ISO was crapped.

Re-did it and it worked, it's booting now.

Unfortunately, it's booting on my home machine and i'm at work, looking at it on Terminal Services, so it'll be DOG slow! lol

Edit:

Is this meant to happen after the apple logo?

http://phobos.fatboylan.co.uk/~drarok/rightornot.jpg

?

Edit2:

Never mind! It was booting, but SO slow!

Edited May 19, 2004 by drarok

[plainold]

hmm, after step 13. (change the value of "pci_ide0_slave_installed = 1"

to "pci_ide0_slave_installed = 0" it won't boot :( heres a screenshot

does this mean I have install everything again on the hd.img?

Edited May 19, 2004 by pojo

[emel]

does it support USB mouse cz I cannt move my mouse in the language selection screen.

[Chr1zt1an]

Well... i have a MX700 Logitech mouse, on USB an it works. :yes:

[fahad]

hmm, after step 13. (change the value of "pci_ide0_slave_installed = 1"

to "pci_ide0_slave_installed = 0" it won't boot :( heres a screenshot

does this mean I have install everything again on the hd.img?

I get that too..did you fix it?

[plainold]

no, still getting that message, I'll try installing on a different hd.img and see if it works then.

[Rek]

im getting the same pojo any help on this anyone?

[plainold]

I think I have found the sulotion, but I can't try it cus I have 2 hours left of instalation, but others can try it.

look at this guide, from step 9.

see if it works, I really hope so :(

[Rek]

I tried it kinda :/ but i got lost :|

#
#	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"
prom_env_machargs = ""

#
#	This is needed if you want to boot Mac OS X
#

Go into your config file and change the "prom_env_machargs" to read "-s". Thats SMALL s, not capital s. Obviously if the line is commented out, remove the # so it works

Soooooo which one do I edit :|

[plainold]

#
# 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"
prom_env_machargs = ""

#
# This is needed if you want to boot Mac OS X
#

hmm, it is said to edit "prom_env_machargs =" - not -"#prom_env_machargs =" you see the difference?

try also to change the one with "-v" -to- "-s" after trying the other first :) good luck!

[Jimmerz28]

Very nice guide. Now I just need to get an .iso of the CD's :no:

[Ruciz]

After you have MacOS X installed to a PC via the image. is it possible to burn that image, the install CDs and whatnot to a DVD in UDF format and then just copy the image back to your computer and run it without installing again?

[Rek]

After you have MacOS X installed to a PC via the image. is it possible to burn that image, the install CDs and whatnot to a DVD in UDF format and then just copy the image back to your computer and run it without installing again?

Yes I done it to my server :)

[Rek]

#
# 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"
prom_env_machargs = ""

#
# This is needed if you want to boot Mac OS X
#

hmm, it is said to edit "prom_env_machargs =" - not -"#prom_env_machargs =" you see the difference?

try also to change the one with "-v" -to- "-s" after trying the other first :) good luck!

gee thanks :D

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

Was getting the same problem with 10.3 as those above... after waiting hours for the installer to run and commenting out the slave thing, it just wouldn't boot.

Will try this PROM thing out tonite!!

[plainold]

yessss, I did it!! heres what I did:

before step 13 in this guide you'll have to follow the prom thing.

the important thing is to put the partitions in right order:

the right order is:

1.the map partition

2.the osx installation partition (the one thats 2.9 GB)

3. the rest

4. the rest

after this you do step 13 in this guide :)

good luck

[insanekiwi]

hrm. can someone please help me over here:

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=12&t=168960

and what's explicit pathing?

[ahfunaki]

and I get this...

[plainold]

check your ppc configfile, or the files to have correct names.

[ahfunaki]

I'm pretty sure everything is right, i didnt touch the config file though