MorphOS 3.0 released - PowerBook G4 support and new pricing

[bbond007]

Is there a secret to burning the ISO?

I can't seem to get the CD to be recognized on my Powerbook5,8.

The DVD drive works, in fact, its new, it was one of the things I had to replace...

I burned it with UltraISO(Windows7) at 4x setting on 2 different burners...

I even tried using an external USB BR/DVD drive to boot. Can I not boot off of USB? I pressed the Alt(option) key... did a refresh...nothing

"Morphosboot" is able to be read on the external in OSX. The internal just rejects the disk.

EDIT:
just for the sake of trying something different i tried to burn a CD with my A1200 using MakeCD. Still won't boot
Thanks.

[bbond007]

I burned it with Makecd as well and it worked just fine on my PB 5.9.


make sure to use the "add track button" in make cd, after that a new windoiw will open, there's a button there you click to select the track type, select "image file", select the ISO with the requester and burn, it should work that way.


Good luck,


Dragster.

exactly what I did with makeCD... I even made sure to tell it to close the CD

UltraISO on the windows side has never failed me either.

I guess I'll try and get some different media.

Thanks

[bbond007]

The old powerbook I have lying around was one of the last powerPC ones sold. Is there any easy way to tell what model it is?

go into "about this computer" in the osx menu. you may need to go to "more info".

[bbond007]

Ok, I tried a different brand of CD-Rs and I used MakeCD exactly the way Dragster said.

I also checked the MD5 checksum and it was correct.

I'm guessing the CD drive in my Powerbook5,8 does not read CDs correctly. It seems to play video DVDs just fine. Very strange.

I guess Powerbook5,8 does not support booting off of USB because I can't get boot off an external USB BR drive.

What do I need? A new drive? Can i boot off of Firewire?

Can I put the MorphOS ISO on a external Firewire HD somehow?

Thanks!

EDIT: I burned it to a DVD-R and it was able to read that... Installing now. I have a SSD drive. Probably already done.