Re: Suggestions for running Mac OS 9.0.1 on debian-x86-64

[Christian Jaeger <christian@jaeger.mine.nu>]

Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> I didn't try running MacOS, but my (Ubuntu's) qemu has:
>
> | $ qemu-system-ppc -M ?
> | Supported machines are:
> | g3bw       Heathrow based PowerMAC (default)
> | mac99      Mac99 based PowerMAC
> | prep       PowerPC PREP platform
> | ref405ep   ref405ep
> | taihu      taihu
>   

Thanks, this was an important hint. I'm getting in fact the same iff I 
choose the right qemu binary. I was using qemu-launcher, which doesn't 
offer those options (d'oh, I get to try a gui tool *once* in a long time 
and it's of no use..).

$ qemu-system-ppc -M \?
Supported machines are:
g3bw       Heathrow based PowerMAC (default)
mac99      Mac99 based PowerMAC
prep       PowerPC PREP platform
ref405ep   ref405ep
taihu      taihu

Using -M prep shows some text, which said it couldn't read/understand 
the disk format, so I realized that it probably wants a partition table. 
So I've created a sparse file big enough (named lombipseudodisk) and run 
"parted lombipseudodisk" on it,
(parted) mklabel mac                                                     
(parted) print free                                                      

Disk /mnt/sda14/tmp/lombipseudodisk: 2147MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: mac

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name   Flags
1      0.51kB  32.8kB  32.3kB               Apple      
       32.8kB  2147MB  2147MB  Free Space              

(parted) mkpart primary 32.8kB 2147MB                                    
(parted) cp lombi-hda10 1 2                                              
Warning: Unable to open /mnt/sda14/tmp/lombi-hda10 read-write 
(Permission denied).
/mnt/sda14/tmp/lombi-hda10 has been opened read-only.
Warning: Unable to open /mnt/sda14/tmp/lombi-hda10 read-write 
(Permission denied).
/mnt/sda14/tmp/lombi-hda10 has been opened read-only.
Warning: Unable to open /mnt/sda14/tmp/lombi-hda10 read-write 
(Permission denied).
/mnt/sda14/tmp/lombi-hda10 has been opened read-only.
raw block copying... 6%    (time left 
00:49)                                
(parted) quit

$ qemu-system-ppc -M prep -boot c -snapshot -m 512 -hda 
/mnt/sda14/tmp/lombipseudodisk -localtime
# now shows a graphical sceen with a broken Mac icon and prints to 
stdout/err:
Mac OS X Loader
Failed to infer Boot Device Type.

Hm. Wondering what it is still missing, some of those strange partitions 
with unknown binary content ("drivers"?) on them which Mac disks usually 
carry? Sadly I can't get at my original disk since it is (or at least 
seems to be) broken (and on top of that I don't have an adapter for 
those laptop disks).

Christian.