Hello all,

I am a first time user of PearPC and I decided to give it a try.  It looks like I am having a problem though and I'm wondering if anyone can help me.

I am running pearpc on windows xp and I used pearpc control panel to configure the configuration file.  All of that was easy enough but now when I try to boot off the iso so that I can install Mac OS X, I get a grey screen with circle with a slash through it.  My assumption is that means the iso is not bootable.

My question is, can anyone tell me how to make a bootable iso that I can use?

The way I created this iso is as follows:

Put the Mac OS X dvd into a mac dvd rom
Drag and Dropped it to a program called ISOlater
Moved the ISO to my windows xp machine

Please let me know if I need to add more information.

Thanks,

Lovell

Thanks for the response Hugh.  I got home and looked on the wiki site and copied the configuration file that they showed but I still got the same result when I tried to boot up my mac iso. 

I am not sure how to debug this.

Here is what my config file shows.

ppc_start_resolution = "800x600x15"

ppc_start_full_screen = 0

redraw_interval_msec = 40

key_compose_dialog = "F11"
key_change_cd_0 = "none"
key_toggle_mouse_grab = "F12"
key_toggle_full_screen = "Alt+Return"

prom_bootmethod = "select"

#prom_bootmethod = "force"
#prom_loadfile = "test/yaboot"
#prom_env_bootpath = "disk"

#prom_env_bootargs = ""
#prom_env_machargs = "-v"

prom_driver_graphic = "video.x"

#page_table_pa = 104857600

#cpu_pvr = 0x00088302
#cpu_pvr = 0x000c0201

memory_size=0x8000000

pci_ide0_master_installed = 1
pci_ide0_master_image = "C:\pearpc40\pearpc6gb.img"
pci_ide0_master_type = "hd"

pci_ide0_slave_installed = 1
pci_ide0_slave_image = "C:\pearpc40\tigerinstall.iso"
pci_ide0_slave_type = "hd"

pci_3c90x_installed = 0
pci_3c90x_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:34"

pci_rtl8139_installed = 1
pci_rtl8139_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:35"

pci_usb_installed = 1
nvram_file = "nvram"

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Subject: [Pearpc-users] How does it work - newbie

Hi - I'm new to all this... I want to run Final Cut Pro (professional video editing software) and am on the verge of spending £1,000 plus on a Mac... then I heard I could buy software that would let my PC load Mac OS-X, and therefore behave like a Mac...

So can anyone help me... how does it work... does it work at all...does it slow your PC down...etc any info fgreatfully appreciated

Phil


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Hello all,
I am still having trouble trying to run pearpc on my windows xp machine.

I try to boot off the .iso so that I can install Mac OS X (10.4), and I get a grey screen with circle and a slash through it.  My assumption is that means the iso is not bootable.

I copied the config file from the pearpc wiki but I still get this same problem.

Can anyone help me make some sense out of what is going on so that I can make some progress in getting this installed.

Thanks

Config File Below:
==================
ppc_start_resolution = "800x600x15"

ppc_start_full_screen = 0

redraw_interval_msec = 40

key_compose_dialog = "F11"
key_change_cd_0 = "none"
key_toggle_mouse_grab = "F12"
key_toggle_full_screen = "Alt+Return"

prom_bootmethod = "select"

#prom_bootmethod = "force"
#prom_loadfile = "test/yaboot"
#prom_env_bootpath = "disk"

#prom_env_bootargs = ""
#prom_env_machargs = "-v"

prom_driver_graphic = "video.x"

#page_table_pa = 104857600

#cpu_pvr = 0x00088302
#cpu_pvr = 0x000c0201

memory_size=0x8000000

pci_ide0_master_installed = 1
pci_ide0_master_image = "C:\pearpc40\pearpc6gb.img"
pci_ide0_master_type = "hd"

pci_ide0_slave_installed = 1
pci_ide0_slave_image = "C:\pearpc40\tigerinstall.iso"
pci_ide0_slave_type = "hd"

pci_3c90x_installed = 0
pci_3c90x_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:34"

pci_rtl8139_installed = 1
pci_rtl8139_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:35"

pci_usb_installed = 1
nvram_file = "nvram"

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Hello - sorry I can't offer any help, but I am interested in what you are doing... I have a high spec PC and want to use Apple's Final Cut Pro  video editing software...but don't want to shell out £1200 on a Mac....

 

I'm interested to know ..should the Pear software allow you to load Os-X, and then boot your PC  tricking it into thinking it's a Mac...???

 

Phil

 

Lovell Mcilwain <lovell.mcilwain <at> gmail.com> wrote:

Hello all,
I am still having trouble trying to run pearpc on my windows xp machine.

I try to boot off the .iso so that I can install Mac OS X (10.4), and I get a grey screen with circle and a slash through it.  My assumption is that means the iso is not bootable.

I copied the config file from the pearpc wiki but I still get this same problem.

Can anyone help me make some sense out of what is going on so that I can make some progress in getting this installed.

Thanks

Config File Below:
==================
ppc_start_resolution = "800x600x15"

ppc_start_full_screen = 0

redraw_interval_msec = 40

key_compose_dialog = "F11"
key_change_cd_0 = "none"
key_toggle_mouse_grab = "F12"
key_toggle_full_screen = "Alt+Return"

prom_bootmethod = "select"

#prom_bootmethod = "force"
#prom_loadfile = "test/yaboot"
#prom_env_bootpath = "disk"

#prom_env_bootargs = ""
#prom_env_machargs = "-v"

prom_driver_graphic = "video.x"

#page_table_pa = 104857600

#cpu_pvr = 0x00088302
#cpu_pvr = 0x000c0201

memory_size=0x8000000

pci_ide0_master_installed = 1
pci_ide0_master_image = "C:\pearpc40\pearpc6gb.img"
pci_ide0_master_type = "hd"

pci_ide0_slave_installed = 1
pci_ide0_slave_image = "C:\pearpc40\tigerinstall.iso"
pci_ide0_slave_type = "hd"

pci_3c90x_installed = 0
pci_3c90x_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:34"

pci_rtl8139_installed = 1
pci_rtl8139_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:35"

pci_usb_installed = 1
nvram_file = "nvram"

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well with that attitude you're certainly not going to get any help...and I believe the reason for less and less people visiting and helping out at the support avenues for PearPC is because the macs are now all Intel and since all mac software is moving to Intel and PearPC emulates just the PowerPC processor, PearPC is becoming obsolete and in the near future will no longer be of much use...if you want to use OS X it's worth buying a mac because since they now have the Intel processor you can now run, Mac OS X, windows, pc linux/unix distros, bsd, etc...it's basically a pc except with no limitations as to what OS they can run :-D ....and to top it off they all come by default with enough power to be vista capable