Hello. I've managed to build Qemu as described above on Linux, but I have been unable to get MacOS to boot. I'm not sure what I am doing incorrectly.
Here is what git shows: snoopy:~/repos/q800-upstream/build$ git log
commit 898eade90cc99bde4964403d3bf4a9305a4fdcfa (HEAD -> q800.upstream, origin/q800.upstream)
Author: Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk>
Date: Wed Aug 11 12:16:07 2021 +0100
WIP: revert AUX
And here is the command I am using : snoopy:~/Qemu68k$ ./qemu-system-m68k -boot d -L pc-bios -M q800 -m 64 -bios Quadra800.rom -drive file=pram-macos.img,format=raw,if=mtd -device scsi-cd,scsi-id=3,drive=cd1,vendor="MATSHITA",product="CD-ROM CR-8005",ver="1.0k" -drive file=os80.iso,media=cdrom,if=none,id=cd1 -device scsi-hd,scsi-id=0,drive=hd1,vendor="SEAGATE",product="ST225N",ver="1.0" -drive file=MacHD.img,media=disk,format=raw,if=none,id=hd1
I get as far as the blinking question mark in the floppy disk like the emulated Mac can't find any bootable media. I feel I am missing something simple. Any ideas?
When you get to that point it looks like the iso you try to boot might be faulty. Some iso rips are not "full", they miss vital info for the mac to boot from them.
So you might try other ones.
Thank you for your suggestion. I did try another image (a 7.5.3. installation CD) and that work. I made images of my own 7.5.3, 7.6, and, 8.0 install CDs and they didn't seem to work so it looks like that's where I went wrong. I'll have to play with that further later.
The good news is that I am now successfully able to boot to the installation CD, the bad new is that it isn't seeing the hard drive image. I'll mess with that last on today and see if I can get 7.5.3 installed. I'll try and followup here with any results.
That's what I was expecting. I figured I'd get the message from Finder that the disk needed to be initialized or that I would need to use Apple HD SC Setup to partition and format the emulated SCSI drive. Finder doesn't say anything and with Apple HD SC Setup I get "Unable to locate a suitable drive connected to the SCSI port." So close....
I'd just use Basilisk II, which mostly works for me, but Qemu lets me scale the graphics output (which is great on newer displays).
The good news is that I am now successfully able to boot to the installation CD, the bad new is that it isn't seeing the hard drive image.
Hi, I've got the same problem, I don't know what to do to initialize it. Do you have any suggestion?
Same way you had to on a real Mac: On Mac OS 8.1, Run Drive Setup (found in Applications:Utilities), select the volume, and initialize it. On System 7.1, run Apple HD SC Setup (found in Applications:Apple HDSC Setup f), select the drive, and initialize it.
This is why BII and SheepShaver cheat: it's much easier to present it as a pseudo-floppy, which the OS prompts you to format immediately. But QEmu does the proper SCSI emulation.
