The Easy Way Of Installing Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger"

[carcus]

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same errors
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yup...


I've just tried it step for step and it's working fine and dandy on my Tiger DVD ISO for me with the............

nvram_file = "C:\PearPC\nvram"

I even download from the links for PearPC 0.40Pre and the 3GB hard disk and it's all ok.

I think you may possibly have a corrupted ISO image.

[Hejsan]

My previous post was deleted :-) Thanks a lot!

[Sebrina]

Hello everyone,

I'm new to the forum and I've read all the wiki's and the topics related to installation, I cant say that I have a problem (yet!) but I'm waiting for my files to convert into img's via the tool. My question is (please don't flame me ) I have 4 cd-rom ISO's copied from my friend which actually owns the OS and I wanted to know if it was possible to still do this via 4 cd's? I know dont use piracy but I'd rather be honest with everyone and to tell you the truth altho I didnt download this via a torrent or anything, I am only using this for evaluation purposes as I planned on buying a nice little Apple laptop soon but I know nothing about the OS or the core itself (this is why I'm here) could someone please explain if this is possible and if I can do this with 4 CD's how would I go about doing it?

Edit: Do'h almost forgot tring to install a copy of Tiger OS X with no previous OS ever installed on Win XP Pro.

- Sebrina

[Sebrina]

Just tried it got this error:

C:\Documents and Settings\xxxx.MAINPC>D:\AppleEmu\ppc.exe D:/AppleEmu/boot.txt
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111 USA

[PPC/VEC] Vector Address: 004d03d0
GenuineIntel
CMOV MMX SSE SSE2
[IO/IDE] <Error> invalid format (filesize isn't a multiple of 516096)

C:\Documents and Settings\xxxx.MAINPC>D:\AppleEmu\ppc.exe D:\AppleEmu\boot.txt
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111 USA

[PPC/VEC] Vector Address: 004d03d0
GenuineIntel
CMOV MMX SSE SSE2
[IO/IDE] <Error> invalid format (filesize isn't a multiple of 516096)

Can anyone sugest something to help me out?

[Sebrina]

Scratch that just got it working but it stays on a grey screen with an Apple logo on it then it switches to a circle with a slash on it as if something went wrong... I think it's when it tries to read off cd #2 since it takes a while as if it's reading before hitting that point, could someone verify? And if so how can I set it up so it reads all my cd's, is there a way to make a pattern of some sort so after cd one runs out it switches to cd 2 and so on?

[Guru3]

The circle slash is not a indication of needing the second cd, it is an indication that the ISO is bad usually...

[Sebrina]

Ah I see thanks for the answer oh well I guess I can wait until I buy the laptop I was just really hoping to try it first I hate "jumping into the unknown" but thanks for your answer.

[Judy]

[quote="Guru3":9354fa0ad8]
The circle slash is not a indication of needing the second cd, it is an indication that the ISO is bad usually...
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This doesn't necessarily mean the cd image is bad, it just means something is wrong. Maybe OS X tried to eject the first CD, in order to request the next one, but can't, because PearPC is constantly reinserting it, and it finally gave up.

@Sebrina: To see where it fails, set prom_env_machargs = "-v" in the boot.txt file. You might also try using the cds directly - I think the Native CD mechanism supports changing cds while PearPC is running. And for trying MacOS before you buy it, I think many Apple dealers will quite happily let you do that.

Judy

[Sebrina]

I found a solution to it thanks to everyone who answered, I simply ran the iso file threw a little java application I found to "fix" the file (I assume it fixed the file size). OS X was orginally burned threw a PC machine here at home not at my friends house where the Mac machine is so after reading a bit I found that it might need a little fixing after doing so all went well.

PS: Yes any Apple dealer would more than likely let you play with the OS and its applications but I feel extremely weird in a store playing with a PC having ppl looking at me, (it's just the way I am) but thanks to everyone who replied and I wish everyone the best this project is THE best emulation script I've ever seen, thanks again and reguards.

[A7V]

Hi,

I haven't played with PearPC for about 2 months and today I decided to download a recent build and test it against a Tiger ISO. Surprise surprise it booted fine and installed!

Notes:
- I used G4 emulation
- I had Realtek emulation on
- after installation, Tiger didn't boot. I watched the verbose boot on an infinite loop waiting for IFC (whatever that is)
- NO extra steps needed!