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Operating System Specific Discussions => MorphOS => MorphOS -- Hardware requirements and availability discussion => Topic started by: mt12345 on March 27, 2011, 10:28:47 AM

Title: Booting MOS on Powermac G4
Post by: mt12345 on March 27, 2011, 10:28:47 AM: I used to have powermac and I remember that in order to boot from Mac OS install CD, powermac had to be equipped with genuine cd-drive with apple firmware. How does it refer to MorphOS?
Title: Re: Booting MOS on Powermac G4
Post by: Matt_H on March 27, 2011, 02:53:48 PM: Probably has nothing to do with the OS, but whether OpenFirmware can see the drive. I think the risk of buying a PowerMac with an incompatible drive is negligible.
Title: Re: Booting MOS on Powermac G4
Post by: mt12345 on March 27, 2011, 03:12:33 PM: hope you're right
Title: Re: Booting MOS on Powermac G4
Post by: Matt_H on March 27, 2011, 03:17:55 PM: Perhaps one of the MorphOS devs can comment?
Title: Re: Booting MOS on Powermac G4
Post by: mt12345 on March 27, 2011, 03:23:48 PM: Forum at http://www.morphzone.org doesn't take registrations...
Any other place I could try to get some info?
Title: Re: Booting MOS on Powermac G4
Post by: jacadcaps on March 27, 2011, 03:37:48 PM: Quote from: mt12345;625027
I used to have powermac and I remember that in order to boot from Mac OS install CD, powermac had to be equipped with genuine cd-drive with apple firmware. How does it refer to MorphOS?

That's a first time I hear about something like that: I have a Sony dvd drive in a PowerBook and some replacement drive in a Mac mini and had no such issues. Surely if the drive is detected by OpenFirmware, you will be able to boot MorphOS from it. If not, MorphOS can also boot from USB on many Macs or even over network.
Title: Re: Booting MOS on Powermac G4
Post by: mt12345 on March 27, 2011, 03:50:04 PM: This 'feature' affects only powermac G3/G4 (I think). iBook G3 (white), another example, will not detect hard disk drive unless it has apple firmware in it.
Later models accept all generic PC hd and cd drives.
USB boot? powermac G4 doesn't suport it AFAIK. Firewire maybe?
Title: Re: Booting MOS on Powermac G4
Post by: jacadcaps on March 27, 2011, 04:40:07 PM: Quote from: mt12345;625069
This 'feature' affects only powermac G3/G4 (I think). iBook G3 (white), another example, will not detect hard disk drive unless it has apple firmware in it.
Later models accept all generic PC hd and cd drives.
USB boot? powermac G4 doesn't suport it AFAIK. Firewire maybe?

Only had a G4 iBook and it had no such problems. Earlier PowerMacs probably don't support USB boot, but they will boot over network just fine.
Title: Re: Booting MOS on Powermac G4
Post by: Zac67 on March 27, 2011, 04:51:46 PM: Got a PowerMac 9500 (pre G3) - boots fine from generic Toshiba CDROM and Pioneer DVDROM.
Title: Re: Booting MOS on Powermac G4
Post by: save2600 on March 27, 2011, 07:07:03 PM: I currently have a G3 B/W Powermac with a non-Apple supplied hard drive and non-Apple DVD drive. No problems. Had a G4 Quicksilver with similar non-Apple drives and never experienced any OS install or boot issues on that either.

Looking at the link you provided down below, I do remember updating the firmware, but that was AFTER my non-Apple DVD drive was installed and working fine. Was able to boot off CD, etc. Hmm... weird.

As an aside, when I went to perform a fresh install of MorphOS 2.7 on my MacMini, I simply popped the CD in right after I turned on the computer. Never had to hold the C key down. It booted right off! lol
Title: Re: Booting MOS on Powermac G4
Post by: mt12345 on March 27, 2011, 09:56:20 PM: Thanks for replies!!!
Looks like it's only B&W G3 issue.
Look here:

http://www.ehmac.ca/mac-ipod-help-troubleshooting/26890-powermac-g3-will-not-boot-cd.html (http://www.ehmac.ca/mac-ipod-help-troubleshooting/26890-powermac-g3-will-not-boot-cd.html)