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Unable to install Mac OS X on Mac OS 9 emulator (Power Mac G3 256MB RAM) #261

Closed Bonzey2416 closed 7 months ago

Bonzey2416 commented 7 months ago

I am trying to install Mac OS X on the most powerful Mac OS emulator (Power Mac G3 Blue/White with 256MB RAM), but it is failed.

The error is:

A fatal error occurred. “No compatible property in device-tree. (-2539)”

It should be able to run Mac OS X as it meets the requirements: PowerPC G3 processor and 256MB RAM

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ghost commented 7 months ago

That emulator uses SheepShaver, which doesn't emulate the MMU. That is required for Mac OS X to run (and anything above 9.0.4). You can actually boot Mac OS X in the G3 Beige experimental emulator but there is no mouse, keyboard, or really anything. It does boot up but dies when attempting to launch the installer (GPU emulation is incomplete most likely)

that-ben commented 7 months ago

lol "the most powerful Mac OS emulator"... uhhhhh... no :P

It should be able to run Mac OS X

No it should not. Use QEMU instead of SheepShaver for anything above Mac OS 9.0.4 :P

mihaip commented 7 months ago

Mac OS X requires porting a new emulator, either QEMU (#72) or perhaps DingusPPC (#219). I am researching both of those options, you can subscribe to those issue if I'm able to make progress.