Linux Qemu Mac OS X 10.0

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DominicH
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Linux Qemu Mac OS X 10.0

Post by DominicH »

When trying to boot off the terminal with the command line:
qemu-system-ppc -boot d -m 1024 -M mac99 -prom-env "auto-boot?=true" -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -net nic,model=sungem -net user -drive file=MacOS.iso -drive file=MacOS.img
I get a trying cd:\ppc\bootinfo.txt...
I'm wondering how to fix this?
Here is an image of what I see.
https://ibb.co/0mQ03F2
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Cat_7
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Re: Linux Qemu Mac OS X 10.0

Post by Cat_7 »

Hi,

I guess there can be two reasons why you cannot boot:
1. You don´t tell Qemu that the iso you are using is a cdrom nor that the img is a hard disk. Change the -drive lines to:
-drive file=MacOS.iso,format=raw,media=cdrom -drive file=MacOS.img,format=raw,media=disk

2. The iso is not bootable. Some iso's are not created from the whole disk, just from a partition. Qemu will not boot from the latter.
If 1 doesn´t solve your issue, you might want to try another iso.

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Cat_7
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