E-Maculation

Trying cd:,\\:tbxi...
this image is not for this platformNo valid state has been set by load or init-program

qemu-system-ppc: Trying to execute code outside RAM or ROM at 0x12181020
This usually means one of the following happened:

(1) You told QEMU to execute a kernel for the wrong machine type, and it crashed on startup (eg trying to run a raspberry pi kernel on a versatilepb QEMU machine)
(2) You didn't give QEMU a kernel or BIOS filename at all, and QEMU executed a ROM full of no-op instructions until it fell off the end
(3) Your guest kernel has a bug and crashed by jumping off into nowhere

This is almost always one of the first two, so check your command line and that you are using the right type of kernel for this machine.
If you think option (3) is likely then you can try debugging your guest with the -d debug options; in particular -d guest_errors will cause the log to include a dump of the guest register state at this point.

Execution cannot continue; stopping here.

qemu-system-ppc -L pc-bios -m 256 -M mac99 -prom-env “boot-args=-v” -prom-env “auto-boot?=true” -prom-env “vga-ndrv?=true” -hda MacOS.img -cdrom mac_osx_server12.iso -sdl -device usb-mouse -device adb-keyboard -boot d

Cat_7 wrote:Just follow the steps here:

Mac OS X Server 1.2v3

Installation requires several steps:
Step 1: boot from installation CD, use disk utility to partition disk as Apple Server, Start the installation and let it fail. Quit Qemu and reboot with command line in step 2.

qemu-system-ppc -L pc-bios -boot d -M mac99,via=pmu-adb -m 256 -net none -prom-env "auto-boot?=true" -prom-env "vga-ndrv?=true" -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -sdl -cdrom OSXServer1.2v3.iso -hda OSXServer1.2v3.qcow2

Step 2: initial installation (note machine and CPU, otherwise no desktop is shown).

qemu-system-ppc -L pc-bios -boot d -M g3beige -cpu G3 -m 256 -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -prom-env "auto-boot?=false" -net none -sdl -hda OSXServer1.2v3.qcow2 -cdrom OSXServer1.2v3.iso

At the boot prompt enter "boot cd:9,\\:tbxi" Initial installation starts. Quit Qemu after completion.

Step 3: Installation continued. Boot with the following command line to complete the installation.

qemu-system-ppc -L pc-bios -boot c -M g3beige -cpu G3 -m 256 -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -prom-env "auto-boot?=true" -net none -sdl -hda OSXServer1.2v3.qcow2 -cdrom OSXServer1.2v3.iso

Step 4: Boot the installed system:

qemu-system-ppc -L pc-bios -boot c -M g3beige -cpu G3 -m 256 -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -prom-env "auto-boot?=true" -net none -sdl -hda OSXServer1.2v3.qcow2 -cdrom OSXServer1.2v3.iso

Cat_7 wrote:Hi,

Did the installation in step 2 install stuff? I noticed the disk could not be found to install to if I didn't at least start the installation from CD image in step 1 and let it fail.
After that, the installation in step 2 succeeded. You have to wait for the installation to show that it has synced disks and is about to restart. Then I could boot to the second phase installer in step 3.

What is your command line for step 3? Do you use -g to set the graphics size?

Best,
Cat_7

Cat_7 wrote:There is no need to copy the qemu video driver, as the one in the pc-bios folder is the same as the NO256 one.

At step 2, you should wait until "continuing" as you did. At this phase, qemu doesn't restart by itself.
I would suggest you try step 3 without the -g 1024x768x32

I now redid the installation in Linux and Windows, and both succeeded. I'll retry in OSX later to see whether there are issues on that platform.

Best,
Cat_7

Cat_7 wrote:Hi,

I just redid the installation in OSX. With the inclusion of the additional start of the installation at Step 1 it went correctly.

At step2 I saw:
continuing
done
md_shutdown_devices() called.

and I then shut down Qemu. However, I did not see those additional lines in other installations.

Best,
Cat_7

Cat_7 wrote:I followed your command lines exactly and also failed on step 3.

I think I found the issue. The installation in OSX doesn't like the qcow2 image to install to. Please try with a raw image. You can make one like this:
./qemu-img create -f raw -o size=2G OSXServer1.2v3.img

Best,
Cat_7

Cat_7 wrote:Yes,

But without networking, and it is dead-slow

Best,
Cat_7