Problems with installing Mac OS X PB

[vlad557776]

Hello. Recently I was installing Mac OS X Public Beta, but it won't install. If I install Mac OS 9.2.2, set the date to December 1, 2000, boot from the Public Beta CD, it will start to install, but, when it ends, it gives me "no such file or directory" and prompts to restart the install. When it restarts the installation, it gets stuck at "Preparing BSD Subsystem - Checking disk". When I do a clean install (without Mac OS 9.2.2), it installs, gives me Setup Assistant, but after it,it yells at me "this beta copy had expired" and giving the option to shutdown PC.

Here's my QEMU.BAT:

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qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -boot d -m 512 -M mac99 -prom-env "auto-boot?=true" -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -prom-env "vga-ndrv?=true" -drive file=macosxpb.iso,format=raw,media=cdrom -drive file=OSXPublicBeta.img,format=raw,media=disk -sdl -netdev user,id=network01 -device sungem,netdev=network01

Can someone help me?

[adespoton]

You need to remove:

-netdev user,id=network01 -device sungem,netdev=network01

Because by default it sets the clock using Apple's NTP server during boot.

Once you've got it installed, you can go into the Preferences and disable setting the time over the Internet, and then enable networking again.

[vlad557776]

That didn't work: it's still giving me "no such file or directory" and hangs at "Preparing BSD Subsystem - Checking disk". Maybe that'll work on clean install, but I don't think so.

[adespoton]

That was the fix for the clean install, no OS 9. You have to install OS 9 after you've already set up the disk.

[vlad557776]

Thanks, I'll try it now.

[adespoton]

I just noticed... it still won't work. I had thought you were setting the date in QEMU, but it appears you were setting it on your existing OS 9 install. You'll need to set the date in your command line config.

I don't have my config handy, but I'm sure I documented this multiple times; I've just got to figure out what the command line is

[edit] try:

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-rtc base="2000-09-14T16:01:21"

or

-prom-env "decimal dev rtc 00 00 00 14 09 2000 set-time"

[vlad557776]

It's now saying "no bootable device" after installation. Here's my QEMU.BAT:

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qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -boot c -m 512 -M mac99 -prom-env "auto-boot?=true" -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -prom-env "vga-ndrv?=true" -drive file=MacOSXPublicBeta.img,format=raw,media=disk -sdl

[adespoton]

Using a cleanly formatted image like you did when you got to "this beta copy has expired" use the following command line:

qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -boot d -m 512 -M mac99 -prom-env "auto-boot?=true" -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -prom-env "vga-ndrv?=true" -drive file=macosxpb.iso,format=raw,media=cdrom -drive file=OSXPublicBeta.img,format=raw,media=disk -sdl -rtc base="2000-09-14T16:01:21"

Once you've got it to install, you change -boot d to -boot c and remove the -drive flag for the iso and boot PB. Go into System Preferences and disable network time syncing. Then shut it down, and add -netdev user,id=network01 -device sungem,netdev=network01 back. Then you'll likely have to go into System Preferences again and add the network device.

[vlad557776]

Thanks, I'll test it tomorrow.

[vlad557776]

Now it's saying: "invalid datetime format"

[Cat_7]

Use
-rtc base=2000-09-14

[jonirob]

This command line to install works for me:

qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -boot d -m 512 -M mac99 -prom-env "auto-boot?=true" -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -prom-env "vga-ndrv?=true" -drive file=macosxpb.iso,format=raw,media=cdrom -drive file=OSXPublicBeta.img,format=raw,media=disk -sdl -netdev user,id=network01 -device sungem,netdev=network01 -rtc base=2000-08-29

[vlad557776]

It's still saying "no bootable device". Here's my QEMU.BAT:

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qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -boot c -m 512 -M mac99 -prom-env "auto-boot?=true" -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -prom-env "vga-ndrv?=true" -drive file=MacOSXPublicBeta.img,format=raw,media=disk -sdl -rtc base=2000-09-14

[adespoton]

Did you install PB already at that point? Because unless you've installed it, there will be nothing to boot. Otherwise, you'll need to -boot d and load your CD installer image first, to get things set up.

[vlad557776]

Yes, I installed. I powered QEMU off when it said "the software installed successfully" and updated the config to boot from the hard disk.

[adespoton]

Strange; the only thing different from my successful image is I have -m 128 instead of -m 512, because no machine back then had more than 128MB RAM. But that wouldn't cause your error. That error is caused by not being able to find the UEFI image on MacOSXPublicBeta.img.

Maybe it's a problem with how the drive was formatted?

[vlad557776]

I firstly formatted it with Mac OS 9.1, then reformatted it in Mac OS 9.2, then formatted it using Mac OS PB's installer.

[adespoton]

Here's my command line, if that helps:

qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -boot c -drive file="MacOSXPublicBeta.img",format=raw,media=disk -M mac99 -m 256 -cpu G4 -device VGA,edid=on -g 1280x720x32 -rtc base="2000-10-01",clock=vm

[vlad557776]

I'll test it when I go home.

[vlad557776]

Still nothing.