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Software / Re: Blokz RAVE released
« Last post by Phlogios on April 07, 2024, 06:30:28 AM »
Thank you ovalking!
The newest version has instructions in the readme (but it is not on macintoshgarden)
I will definitely add in-game instructions, that is excellent feedback.

If you have rendering issues, please send me screenshots of what it looks like and I will try to figure out what’s going wrong. Unfortunately only my iBook works reliably at the moment so it helps a lot.
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Mac OS 9 on Unsupported Hardware / Re: Disk Utility not showing Apple Partition Map with os9 driver option
« Last post by Knezzen on April 07, 2024, 02:25:32 AM »
As I mentioned here you need to partition the drive using a computer that can boot Mac OS 9 native, or boot from the "Unofficial" CD and do it that way.

Moving this thread to the Mac OS 9 on unsupported machines board, where it belongs.
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Mac OS 9 on Unsupported Hardware / Disk Utility not showing Apple Partition Map with os9 driver option
« Last post by macuser on April 07, 2024, 02:05:02 AM »
I am trying to make a bootable hdd for macos9.2.2 in PowerBookG4 (1.5MHz 15" (SMS/BT2 - Al, PowerBook5,6 - A1106). However, I stumbled at the 1st step to install os9 driver ...Disk Utility of macOS 10.3.7 that came with this G4 machine, when trying to partition the hdd, does not show an option for Apple Partition Map with os9 driver installation. 
I had tried Disk Utility in OS1-.4.11 (Tiger) for another machine.....again no option for Apple Partition.
How can I get an installer with an option for Apple Partition Map with os9 driver installation option?

I understand that officially this Alminium PowerBookG4 cannot boot into os9, but here in this forum, looks like participants are thinking all G4 machine can boot into os9.
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Mac OS 9, Hacks & Upgrades / Re: Mac OS 9 Booting and Installing for Beginers
« Last post by macuser on April 07, 2024, 01:43:01 AM »
Quote from: MacTron on September 22, 2015, 11:54:26 AM

To boot a computer with Mac Os 9, we need:

#1- A Mac Os 9 capable computer.
#2- An HFS volume with Mac Os 9 drivers.
#3- A Mac Os 9 System folder.

Notes:

#1- All g3 and most of G4 are Mac Os 9 capable computers. This can be checked at http://www.everymac.com/. Furthermore, some of unsupported Macs can be booted via special procedures ...

#2- An HFS volume can be a Hard Disk, a CD-ROM or an external device connected via USB (including pendrives), Firewire or eSATA.
Drive Setup (in Mac Os 9) and Disk Utility (in Os X) can format HFS+ devices with Mac Os 9 drivers. Gparted (Linux) can create HFS volumes but without Mac Os 9 drives, so aren't bootables.

#3- In the Mac Os 9 system folder, the Mac Os ROM, System and Finder files are the ONLY files needed to boot (well, the Finder isn't really necessary to boot, in fact it can be changed for any other app), the remaining files and folders are optionals and can be fully wiped for troubleshooting procedures.
The System and ROM versions should be the same or later versions from the ones that the computer come with.

The Startup folder should be selected in the Startup Disk control panel:


 This settings can be temporary bypassed pressing the option key during startup:


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Hardware / Re: HOT MINI? (Definitive Step-by-Step Guide to Thermal Paste Mac mini G4 CPU)
« Last post by joeykork on April 06, 2024, 11:42:14 PM »
in case anyone knocked off C447 like I did when removing the heat sink rivets on my 1.25Ghz, I measured it as 9391pF (~0.01uF) on my ESR meter.
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Mac OS 9, Hacks & Upgrades / Re: Mac OS 9 Booting and Installing for Beginers
« Last post by Knezzen on April 06, 2024, 11:02:41 PM »
Quote from: macuser on April 06, 2024, 07:28:09 PM
However, I stumbled at the 1st step to install os9 driver ...Disk Utility of macOS 10.3.7 that came with this G4 machine, when trying to partition the HD, does not show an option for Apple Partition with os9 driver installation.

That option wont be shown if the machine isn't officially supported by Mac OS 9, so you need to boot from the Mac OS 9 for unsupported machines CD and partition your drive that way. Or take the drive our and put it in a supported machine. Not sure if you can "trick" the OSX Disk Utility to show this option regardless though. Can't remember.
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Mac OS 9, Hacks & Upgrades / Re: Fresh install problems
« Last post by Knezzen on April 06, 2024, 10:58:17 PM »
Is Mac OS 9 on the first partition on the drive?
I had this issue many years ago when installing Mac OS 9.2.2 when previously only OSX resided on my MDD. It got solved by resetting the PMU using the CUDA button.
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Mac OS 9, Hacks & Upgrades / Re: Fresh install problems
« Last post by Jubadub on April 06, 2024, 10:44:23 PM »
I also used to use my MDD with a KVM switch, a DVI-D Dual Link one from Aten with 10 slots IIRC. Never had issues with it.

I'd try replacing the HDD with an SSD + a Marvell-based adapter for the IDE slot to convert it to SATA. They work excellent on the MDD, more reliably than when I used a PCI SATA Card with the same SSD (SATA Card firmware isn't as good and thus cannot handle as many types of SSD, and even when it worked, it functioned at the same speed as the main IDE connections anyway, for whatever reason, which I benchmarked time and time again).

Replacing the HDD with an SSD may or may not solve your issue, but it would DEFINITELY improve EVERYTHING. Using HDDs simply SUCKS on ANY computer, and is a whole bag of hurt, especially when SSDs are dirty cheap and available, at least the likes of 128GB are cheap.

How many partitions do you have on your HDD? What is the size of each partition, and in what order are those partitions? (These things can matter.)
Finally, what program did you use to do all the partitioning? Which OS or OS version? Did you format them all as APM and HFS+, plain HFS or perhaps even JHFS+? (All of those work, but just curious.)
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Storage / Sawtooth Not Fun
« Last post by aBc on April 06, 2024, 08:54:20 PM »
Quote from: chrisNova777 on April 05, 2024, 01:57:37 PM
i thought this was caused by my PCI Sata card, so the solution should be to put it on the main IDE controller with an IDE-SATA adapter....
im trying this now but having some problems as its been awhile since i messed with a G4...

Quote from: chrisNova777 on April 06, 2024, 06:43:57 PM
it seems to start up normally but just takes some time needs to be left alone for a few minutes if you try to be fast the finder is unresponsive.

So you have now completely removed the SiL3112 card and instead, placed the drive on the main IDE controller with an adapter AND it now needs to be left alone for a few minutes before fully operational?

Which IDE-SATA adapter and which SSD, mSATA, etc. “drive” are you using?
(Sorry no AHT for the Sawtooth.) Disable all unnecessary extensions & CPs too.

Think I’d be most inclined to reformat and clean install OS 9.2.2 again with drive + adapter on main IDE controller.
And of course, remove any multiprocessor files and any other unnecessary video extensions.
Seems that tonight's special here is the PMU reset too with any new hardware changes. ;)
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Mac OS 9, Hacks & Upgrades / Re: HELP - G4PB 1.5 GHz 15" (AL)
« Last post by aBc on April 06, 2024, 08:24:46 PM »
Quote from: macuser on April 06, 2024, 07:28:09 PM
I am trying to make a bootable macos9.2.2 in PowerBookG4 (1.5GHz 15" (SMS/BT2 - Al, PowerBook5,6 - A1106). However, I stumbled at the 1st step to install os9 driver ...Disk Utility of macOS 10.3.7 that came with this G4 machine, when trying to partition the HD, does not show an option for Apple Partition with os9 driver installation. 
I had tried Disk Utility in OS1-.4.11 (Tiger) for another machine.....again no option for Apple Partition.
How can I get an installer with an option for Apple Partition with os9 driver installation?
Only thing I can find is this link:
http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=4278.msg29411#msg29411

Sorry not much help, I know. But maybe someone else can chime in here?
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