The Moron's Guide to Tiger on PearPC

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This guide will take you through the installation of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger on PearPC, without requiring a preinstalled Jaguar (10.2) or Panther (10.3) installation.

Contents

What do I need?

  1. A legal Tiger Install DVD, to install Mac OS from.
  2. A bootable HD image, to install Mac OS on to.
  3. MagicISO, to rip the install DVD image. Optional, not needed to follow this guide unless you have trouble installing direct from the DVD.
  4. Transmac, an alternative program for ripping the DVD image.
  5. The HD Resizer, to make the Tiger DVD image a size PearPC can understand. ONLY if you are going to use Transmac to copy the DVD to your hard disk.
  6. PearPC 0.4 Official. Download the version called "pearpc-0.4-win32-jitc.zip".

If you have trouble installing Tiger with PearPC 0.4, try installing using PearPC 0.3.1, available from the page linked above.

Step 1: Preliminary Setup

First, create the folder C:\PearPC. Into this folder, extract the bootable HD image (by double-clicking the icon and choosing the PearPC folder you created) and the PearPC program (using your usual procedure for extracting a zip file). Next, insert the Mac OS DVD into your DVD drive, and continue on to the second step, configuration.

If you have trouble installing using the native CD option, consider using MagicISO. MagicISO can rip your Tiger DVD in under 5 minutes. You may also use Transmac as stated in the What do I need? section. See Using Transmac to rip the Mac OS X CD for more information. This is only recommended if you have trouble installing using MagicISO, as Transmac can take a long time to copy the CD to your hard drive.

Step 2: Configuration

Create a text file named "ppc.txt" in C:\PearPC using Notepad. Copy the following into the text file: 

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 IDE Config
##
##	Drive type will be set according to file extension:
##		.img: Harddisk (filesize must be multiple of 516096)
##		.iso: CD-Rom
##	Or you can override this by specifying the type via
##	pci_ide0_master_type / pci_ide0_slave_type
##
##	Valid drive types are:
##		hd:		A hdd image should be specified
##				e.g. "test/imgs/linux.img"
##		cdrom:		A cdrom image should be specified
##				For Linux or BeOS a cdrom device can be specified as well
##				e.g. "/dev/cdrom"
##		nativecdrom:	Platform dependant
##			Win (SPTI): drive letter, e.g. "d:\"
##			Win (ASPI): SCSI host adapter,target,lun e.g. "2,0,1"
##			BeOS (ATAPI): device path, e.g. "/dev/disk/ide/atapi/0/master/0/raw"

pci_ide0_master_installed = 1
pci_ide0_master_image = "c:\PearPC\6gb.img"
pci_ide0_master_type = "hd"

pci_ide0_slave_installed = 1
pci_ide0_slave_image = "d:\"
#pci_ide0_slave_image = "2,0,0"
#pci_ide0_slave_image = "/dev/cdrom"
pci_ide0_slave_type = "nativecdrom"

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

pci_rtl8139_installed = 0
pci_rtl8139_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:35"

pci_usb_installed = 1
nvram_file = "nvram"

Be sure to change d:\ to the letter of your CD drive and to save the configuration file when you are done. You are now ready to begin installing Mac OS!

Step 3: Running PearPC

PearPC itself does not have a graphical interface. If you open the folder where you installed PearPC and double-click the pearpc.exe icon, you will see a black window flash on your screen and nothing will happen. To run PearPC, you have to run it through the Windows command prompt. To access the command prompt, click Start>Run, type cmd, and click OK. Type the following into the command prompt, pressing enter after each line (assuming you have installed PearPC in c:\PearPC; if you have installed it elsewhere, change the path appropriately): 

cd c:\PearPC
ppc ppc.txt

You will now see another window pop up. This window shows a PearPC logo along with some colorful text. Press "1" and press enter to load the Mac OS installer. You should now see the gray Apple boot screen.

If you have trouble getting the installer to start from your CD drive, try copying the CD to your hard drive. See Using Transmac to rip the Mac OS X CD

Step 4: Installing Mac OS

Select your language, and follow the installer's instructions. This could take anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours, depending on your system, so be patient. After the installation is complete, shutdown Mac OS properly (DO NOT click the PearPC close button) to exit PearPC.

Step 5: Running Mac OS

To run Tiger when PearPC is installed, repeat Step 3, except choose "2" and press enter. Congratulations!

If you run into trouble after installing Mac OS

If Tiger fails after the first startup, repeat Step 3 exactly, with the Mac OS X CD in the drive if you installed directly from the CD-ROM. Select your language, but instead of following the installer's directions, select the Utilities menu and click Disk Utility. Select the 6 GB disk image, click Repair Disk and choose Repair Disk Permissions.

Exit from the Disk Utility, and select Utilities->Startup Disk. Choose the HD Image as the preferred boot device. Exit Startup Disk and shut down Mac OS.

If this guide does not work for you, ask for help on the PearPC.net Forums] or post on this guide's Talk page.

Note: This guide is provided as-is and without warranty. It may or may not work, depending on your version of PearPC and Mac OS.

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