Help with DP3

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Meow_2004
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Help with DP3

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Hi! Been a long time again, im trying to install DP3 with the latest build from the offical source on Windows 10 and it gets stuck on the happy mac. Here is my line:

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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=dp3.iso,format=raw,media=cdrom -drive file=dp3.img,format=raw,media=disk -device usb-mouse -device usb-kbd -sdl
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Re: Help with DP3

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Hey Meow... which build are you calling the latest? 2.9.0 or 2.10.0rc3? Because 2.10 changes the way the VGA handling works, and 2.9 may not handle DP3 with that configuration. I'd try with the rc3 build if I were you; it has a lot of fixes rolled in that used to be in the custom builds that were needed for DP booting.
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Re: Help with DP3

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2.8.50.0 from the official source that Cat_7 recompiled
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Re: Help with DP3

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The build from the 19th of May contains the vga driver etc.
That is the most advanced we have.

There are some quirks with the DP's. Perhaps not using usb, using g3beige as machine and less memory can help.

so try
qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -boot d -m 256 -M mac99 -prom-env "auto-boot?=true" -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -prom-env "vga-ndrv?=true" -drive file=dp3.iso,format=raw,media=cdrom -drive file=dp3.img,format=raw,media=disk -sdl

or
qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -boot d -m 256 -M g3beige -prom-env "auto-boot?=true" -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -prom-env "vga-ndrv?=true" -drive file=dp3.iso,format=raw,media=cdrom -drive file=dp3.img,format=raw,media=disk -sdl

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Re: Help with DP3

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Both commands dont work, first one says MacOS: Unable to find a usable NVRAM partition, using offset 0x1400, and freezes there, and the 2nd command says this image is not for this platform, No has been set or load by initial program. Any help with this?
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