Will S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nils Mueller-Scheessel) >> >>Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 00:07:52 +0200 >> >> >>My second attempt was not successful, either, unfortunately. I tried >>every possible combination with installing from my CD-ROM-drive as >>well as from my CD-burner. I removed both PCI-cards and plugged the >>monitor in the built-in-video. I put the old processor back in. >>Finally, I even copied the content of the installation CD-ROM to >>another partition of my IDE-drive to install MacOS X from that to >>the SCSI-drive I had set aside for this purpose (properly terminated >>and formatted with the Apple disk tool) - to no avail. The screen >>remains black, the drives do not speed up, the keyboard does not >>work. >>So, in the end, I am afraid that XPostFacto still does not work with >>our c500/c600 (Apus 2000/3000) machines. >>Or is there a point I have missed in the end? >> >>Still hoping, >> >>Nils >Well there are so many things to check and all it takes is one small >difference... It "may" be that OSX needs to go on the IDE drive?? I >also read that any older Mac with a built in ATA/IDE controller maybe >affected by the need to put OSX on the first 8gb of the drive. >Putting OSX cd on a hard drive was a good idea on your part. I just >sent Ryan a note asking for help. Let's see what he has to say. He's >busy so not sure how soon I'll hear back. I hope to have time in the >next few weeks to dig out my trusty old C500 and give it a try my >self depending on what Ryan tells me. don' give up yet ;-) Will S > I don't know if you read works from this guy. Perhaps it 'll help you too. 6400 has the same alchemy card I guess. It 's a OF problem as he says.
6400 and Mac OS X ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This should also work on the 5400/6320 This is only a brief resume of what have been done. Last Update : 5/17/2002 unfinished Booter and OpenFirmware Problem - THe 6400 OpenFirmware is partially broken: some bugs prevent it from loading from an other device that the Mac ROM, which loads Mac OS classic. But Mac OS X booter, also called BootX, can't be loaded from the old Apple ROM. On the 6400 and a lot of 'Oldworld' Mac (7600/8600...) the OpenFirmware loaded in ROM can't updated, that's why the bugs can't be corrected. Don't worry a last solution consists in writing in the nvramrc some code which will be loaded at the early startup of the OpenFirmware. These code patch the OpenFirmware, and try to fix these bug. But what was wrong in the OF? Improper ata (ide) boot (I only have a work around but which make the ata working) ATA device doesn't have any property 'compatible' and 'interrrupt' The video Frame buffer is located at the virtual address 0x0 The video Chip doesn't have any address property uncorrected bug remain you can't boot directly from an scsi drive, but there is a work around which consists in adding in the boot-command a param for changing the Root Disk (usefull for installing MacOSX from a SCSI CD-Drive, in the OF do: setenv boot-command 0 bootr rd=*scsi/#SCSI_ID,SCSI_BUS:PARTITION_NUMBER Here is the patch(http://homepage.mac.com/steg/Alchemy.r). You can apply it using XPostFacto or the Apple System Disk. Mac OS X booting There were only a few problem when booting Mac OS X: The cache Coherency bug preventing the dma to work. Pointed out (http://www.darwinfo.org/devlist.php3?number=16927) by Benjamin Herrenschmidt ... Here is the modification to the PowerStarPE and the new PowerStarCPU classes (http://homepage.mac.com/steg/PowerStarPE.sit). You should also get the AppleOHare and OHareATA kext from Apple. The best way to install Mac OS X will be XPostFacto Contact : Pierre d'Herbemont __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
