About Qemu-system-ppc, a PPC Mac emulator for Windows, macOS and Linux that can run Mac OS 9.0 up to Mac OS X 10.5
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vlad557776
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by vlad557776 » Tue Dec 31, 2019 5:09 pm
Hi.
After taking a long break from Macs and installing tons of Windows betas, I went back to Mac betas.
And I ran into a problem - the build refuses to boot the installer saying "Still waiting for root device".
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=Mac_OS_X_10.1_5F24.iso,format=raw,media=cdrom -drive file=MacOSX101-5F24.img,format=raw,media=disk -sdl -netdev user,id=network01 -device sungem,netdev=network01
Please help!
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by Cat_7 » Tue Dec 31, 2019 6:05 pm
Perhaps you can try -cpu g3 for this build. Where does that install image come from?
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Cat_7
vlad557776
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by vlad557776 » Wed Jan 01, 2020 8:09 am
Had no luck with -cpu g3. The ISO originated from WinWorld. A quick search on MacintoshRepository and MacintoshGarden turned up nothing.
jonirob
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by jonirob » Wed Jan 01, 2020 1:34 pm
Try this:
qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -boot d -m 512 -M g3beige -cpu g3 -prom-env "auto-boot?=true" -prom-env "boot-args" -prom-env "vga-ndrv?=true" -drive file=Mac_OS_X_10.1_5F24.iso,format=raw,media=cdrom -drive file=Mac_OS_X_10.1_5F24.img,format=raw,media=disk -sdl -netdev user,id=network01 -device sungem,netdev=network01
It works for me with build 5F24.
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by Cat_7 » Wed Jan 01, 2020 2:32 pm
Which qemu build are you using? I get a kernel panic...
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by jonirob » Wed Jan 01, 2020 2:44 pm
QEMU Build 08-01-2019 on Windows 10, I tested it again about half an hour ago, I used a pre-formatted 2GB drive for convenience, it installed without any issues.
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by Cat_7 » Wed Jan 01, 2020 4:29 pm
Ah, that panics in my place too!
But not anymore after setting qemu-system-ppc.exe to run in
Windows 7 compatibility mode
Whatever might be going on there....I thought we had left those issues behind.
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Cat_7
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by vlad557776 » Wed Jan 01, 2020 6:32 pm
Thanks, this config worked. However, I slightly modified it for verbose boot.