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mac os 9 & ceviche live(s) !
pajzd:
yeah, dunno, i already moved on, sent the stuff back
i noticed something while dl'ing the iso ... i dl on my macbook pro (64-bit os x 10.13.6) because it is
faster & on the powerbook i can't even go on internet ... for example size of iso : 556 Mb
when i transfer to powerbook , the size is the same ... but when i try to open it
as is suggested with stuffit ... or when i try to restore the image to my fw hdd
then i notice the iso shrinks to 529 Mb ???? Also i get an error message something is wrong with the iso ...
I guess that's the reason the powerbook fw 800 cannot see the mac OS ROM inside the System Folder ... any ideas how to keep the 556Mb, so that the iso is complete ...
i also just tried to restore the image to fw hdd with this os x 10.13.6 intel macbook pro
error -123
its daunting, ppc & intel different shit, so should I dl it with ppc computer,
the only ppc computer i have doesnt DL , naah that cant be it no, allof my ppc stuff i DL through here, this is first time that it doesn't work ...
So, might there be something wrong with iso's on macos9lives in regards to unsuported machines , i read somewhere that you chose a new place to upload them ... ?
IIO:
macOS 13.x should mount HFS images without restrictions, but when it does not work for you using diskimagemounter, did you try toast yet?
pajzd:
i have big anouncement to make !
it was not working through a fw external partition where i wanted to restore/put the .iso boot image ... convinced that the .iso s were corrupt,
but thanks to stewc , i just burned the iso to CD with toast , before i had CHRP boot error with cd in OF,
\\ tbxi cd: or something, did not work, giving the annoying chrp error, but i found a short-cut
multi-boot cd !!! and it booted smoothly for the first time (no disk with question mark) and went way along the mac os 9 boot route ... without manually blessing the system folder & system file(Mac OS ROM) in the system folder ...
(((
the main difference visually is Mac OS ROM system file in the system folder , when i was trying to put the 'Mac OS 9.2.2 for unsupported G4s' boot image on the external FW hdd ( a lacie porsche fw enclosure) was black, no icon/logo, therefore i sought to bless that file & the system folder manually in terminal ... which succeeded partially, sudo bless -folder '/Volumes/Mac OS 9/System Folder' did indeed bless it & created a BootX file in the system folder (sudo bless -info '/Volumes/Mac OS 9/System Folder')... but when restarting , do the OF(OpenFirmware) hacks like described hereunder:
dev /cpus/PowerPC,G4@0
80010201 encode-int " cpu-version" property
device-end
multi-boot fw
got stuck at at disk with question mark
=> conclusion: if you boot from the ISO you burned on CD, the system folder & Mac OS ROM system file will have its normal logos/icons & will, without needing to bless it manually, just start up the installation of Mac OS 9 : ) ! ! ! !
))))
So yeah after 5 days of sweating & crying & desperately staying up late, red eyes & what not
Mac OS 9 officially, i can announce, works with PPC G4 Aluminium Powerbook 15 inch ! 1Ghz
Hurray Hurray Hurray ! -afro-
So tbh the booting of the first iso was the most complex for me
1) finding the right ISO
2) burn to CD
3) OF tricks ending in multi-boot cd
tbh i discovered that nvedit didnt work with me, through terminal,
didnt remember my
dev /cpus/PowerPC,G4@0 et cetera ...
i suppose because my lithium ion small round battery is dead
have to put a new in, so for me it meant no nvedit ... & no restore, & bootscript et cetera
just
every boot typing ( that's okay, at the end, you know what to type from memory)
dev /cpus/PowerPC,G4@0
80010201 encode-int " cpu-version" property
device-end
multi-boot fw
4) from then on just follow the instructions that automatically pop on yr screen
i.e. a) diskdrive mac os 9 app (by that time you are already in mac os 9 (restore) CD disk)
to partition your mac os 9 drive (it's called initialize in mac os 9 lingo )
b) restore through , i forgot the name of the app, image/software restore or something
the .img that is on the mac os 9 CD ...
F7 to go to the right screen ( 2 options for monitor)
5) very important: erase multiprocessing folder (also in trash recyclebin)
install jasper graphic driver (from darth vader)
erase or move all ati & nvidia acceleration & other graphical drivers
to the extensions-off or other map
If you don't do this , it can freeze
if it freezes, just press apple + shift + ESC to put acceleration OFF
++
https://mac-classic.com/articles/mac-os-9-on-unsupported-systems/
i actually followed this, except for the multi-boot fw line after device-end
So yeah, now it boots from an exernal fw hdd partition, that probably i can just put in the internal atapi
or pata connector inside the powerbook ... next step will be probably finding a ssd sata to ide adapter
smilesdavis:
can we sum this up including the proper images
pajzd:
sure be my guest !
I hope I can help people to set this up
just like the forum & members & other mac os 9 fora
& chat gpt, helped me
to find eventually a way :)
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