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How to install mac os 9? #107

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coolkids94 opened this issue Jul 29, 2024 · 6 comments
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How to install mac os 9? #107

coolkids94 opened this issue Jul 29, 2024 · 6 comments
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coolkids94 commented Jul 29, 2024

Hey, so I tried getting this working, it boots fine into the CD but when i finish installing it onto the HDD image it just gets stuck and doesnt progress, then it throws an "bus error, press shift to restart without extensions", so i tried restarting doing that but then it just freezes, i tried installing onto a 1gb empty DSK file.
Im running the alpha windows build.
if anyone knows how to help me boot into OS9 then let me know

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The current workaround is to another emulator to initialize the disk and install to it, then use BlueSCSI to convert it to the correct format. Right now, we're refactoring disk image emulation before we attempt to fix this.

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coolkids94 commented Aug 1, 2024

The current workaround is to another emulator to initialize the disk and install to it, then use BlueSCSI to convert it to the correct format. Right now, we're refactoring disk image emulation before we attempt to fix this.

may i ask, what is the correct format?, also how do i convert the file?

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dingusdev commented Aug 2, 2024

It should have an Apple Partition Map at the beginning of the image. For me, the easiest way to find out if it formatted correctly is with a hex editor. As for converting the file, read up a little bit here.

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dingusdev commented Aug 28, 2024

So, I'll release a new alpha later this year, but it seems the past few fixes have allowed a successful installation:
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I had to do the following:

  • Get a disc image for Mac OS 9.2.2
  • Create a 3 GB blank file through fsutil, to quickly create a hard disk image
  • Initialize the hard disk image through Disk Setup
  • Run the Mac OS 9.2.1 setup

Although it does install successfully, trying to boot the installation crashes on a bus error message.

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bus error message

Same problem, can we fix it?

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MesaBlack commented Nov 24, 2024

9.2.2 on a Beige PowerPC G3 seems to have lower FPS on infinitemac.

Here's the system profiler

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