MorphOS on unsupported MACs?

[Amigamia]

Hi everyone,

I know I'll get flamed for this but I don't care. It is a legit question.

Is there a way to trick MorphOS to install on unsupported MACs?

I am not asking MorphOS team to support this. I know and I understand their policies. I am asking to see what would happen if for example we could manage to get it running on an iBook G4 for example.

Has any one tried?

[Amigamia]

The main reason only certain Macs are supported is that Apple seems to change it's base configuration such as video cards about as often as Steve Jobs changes his liver.  So the drivers just are there.  Even if you could install Morphos it probably wouldn't work.

LOL Funny analogy. I thought it was his kidney? Anyway, I understand that drivers won't work but I would love to at least see what a heck happens during the boot process. Instead MorphOS stops right at the boot with a Quark message.

[Amigamia]

You can download the trial and test it on your mac.

I did try the trial with the 30 minutes limitation but of course it will not install on an unsupported MAC.

[Amigamia]

Hi... what happens if you install it on an supported mac, than install the HD in an unsupported mac? I mean we got leopard running on g3's.... well one hurdle would be the binding of MOS to the HW....

hmmmmm that is actually not a bad idea. However, a hell of a job lol. I have an eMac with MorphOS installed and an iBook. I would have to figure out how to clone the HDD from the eMac to a laptop hard drive and then totally disassemble the iBook. Tactical but totally unpractical.

Oh well! I really like MorphOS but I don't use desktop computers anymore unless I am at work.
I am totally mobile when at home and the road and I use the iBook as my playtime/hobby machine. Would love to have MorphOS boot on it.

[Amigamia]

Hmm i see it quite simple. But only in my mind : )
Firewire target mode. Carbon copy cloner..... and a bit voodoo

Firewire target mode if we were talking about OS X. I think I can't use target mode while running MOS can I? The idea here is to have MOS installed on a 2.5 HDD and then implant it into the iBook G4.

[Amigamia]

The unsupported models are unsupported for a reason: they need extra work. The network adapters are different, Radeon driver needs extra handling for laptop displays, etc, etc.

Oh as I said before: I am well aware of that! This is just pure curiosity. Obviously there is a check at boot that if the mac is not supported, it will not continue. My curiosity is: what if there wasn't a check, how far would it go? Where would it stop? No more, no less. If you ask me, an iBook  G4 has a VERY similar hardware to a Mac Mini G4, with the exception of the touchpad and maybe some extra stuff.