From: Kyle Koerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [PCI] BeOS?
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:54:47 -0500
Hi All,
I would like to try BeOS on my PowerMac, but I can't find a way to
make
a bfs volume on my hard drive (blank). Anyone have experience getting
BeOS to work on a PowerMac?
BeOS will work fine on almost all PCI PowerMacs. It will not work on
NuBus PowerMacs.
Although you can set the computer to start into BeOS, at least a
minimal part of the Mac OS will need to load. If you are looking to
create a machine mostly for BeOS, you need to start with a Mac
Installer CD. Use the Drive Setup to create 2 partitions, one small
one for a Mac OS, and another one that you can leave unformatted.
After you have installed the MacOS on the small partition, start up
the computer with the Mac OS and insert the BeOS CD. You should find
more detailed instructions on the CD, however simply put, install the
items from the BeOS CD that are needed into the Mac partition. Once
those items are installed you can click the Start BeOS icon on the
Mac and the system will do a soft restart and BeOS should boot up
from the BeOS CD.
BeOS will boot into the installer and from there you can initialize
the partition for Be and select the items you wish installed on the
BeOS system. The BeOS install will install a boot loader on your
system which will give you an opportunity to select either the BeOS
or MacOS for use. The loader can be configured to default to either
OS with a user determined time delay.
The minimal MacOS install for a BeOS machine should be either OS 8,
8.l, 8.5.x or 8.6. BeOS will not start from a minimal OS 9 install.
If you plan on running just BeOS it does not matter how you format
your Mac partition, but from within BeOS you can run an application
called SheepShaver, which will allow you to run Mac the Mac OS in a
runtime environment. SheepShaver will not work with HFS+ volumes.
bill
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