Still a no go with that ROM, but it does allow me to boot without the need for OF commands. I just bombs out at the same place it does with the iBook ROM.
These PVR 80030105 machines seem to be troublesome.
I haven't had any luck removing the Sound from the device tree, to see if that is the issue, the instructions in the thread return and error.
The ROM i provided makes it just so you don't have to go into open firmware to get a boot. The rest of it is fine. The PVR shouldn't be causing a problem.
http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,2727.msg20797.html#msg20797
http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,2744.0.html
This explains the exact issue you have and I was able to work around it by fucking with the audio device. It is what is causing your crash.
So what you would need to do is update the audio device in open firmware. You would have to do that on everyboot, so you may want to add that to an nvram script.
The ROM I posted doesn't adjust the audio device.
In the end, the video driver things there is an external monitor so you have to do an openfirmware hack to at least get the 1024x768 resolution.
Audio will not work and the mouse is incredibly slow.
So all in all, here is what you need to do in open firmware
dev /pci@F2000000/mac-io/i2s/i2s-a
" screamer" encode-string " compatible" property
device-end
" /" select-dev
0 " graphic-options" get-my-property 2drop !
unselect
Thanks, that did it.
We really need a FAQ on models that already work, and download links.
I though this iBook ( PowerBook6,7 ) had a Radeon 9200, but it's a Radeon 9550. I've done a little hacking, and got the LCD to display in Millions of colors, rather than just 256 colors.
Does anyone know how iMac edited the ATI drivers to add support for the 9200 NDRV?
Anyway, what works:
CD-RW/DVDROM with Disc Bruning
USB ( 1.1 mode )
OS 9 Base Extensions
Keyboard
Virtual Memory
Firewire
What doesn't work
Display stuck at 256 colors in 1024x768 mode, with ghost external display.
Sound, no input or output device, even with Apple Audio Extension 2.4
Ram Disk( you can turn it on in the memory control panel, but it doesn't partition the memory.
Airport ( no support for APE in OS 9 )
Trackpad( this is an odd beast, USB TracPad, works in Open Firmware mode( very slow tracking ) with all extension disabled, but using OS 9 Base Extension it doesn't work at all. Doesn't work with 10.4.0 install DVD either, so Apple didn't add the driver until 10.4.x )
Sleep ( no shock here without working display drivers )