MorphOS 3.0 released - PowerBook G4 support and new pricing

[Piru]

The MorphOS development team is proud to announce the public release of MorphOS 3.0, the first ever public version to install on portable computers, specifically PowerBook G4 machines. In addition to the extended hardware support, users will benefit from various new features, enhancements and bug fixes. For an overview of the included changes, please read our release notes.

To celebrate the much anticipated release of MorphOS 3.0, we are furthermore offering special three-tier pricing. The prices for a keyfile are 111.11 EUR for one PowerBook G4 system, 79 EUR for one eMac, Mac mini G4, Pegasos I, Pegasos II or PowerMac G4, and 49 EUR for one EfikaPPC system.

We strongly urge owners of Mac mini G4 computers to carefully read our installation and troubleshoot guides before they attempt to install MorphOS for the first time. Existing users can upgrade via the familiar procedure but are encouraged to read the guides as well. MorphOS 3.0 is available for download in our files section.

[Piru]

Live-CD runs perfectly on my PBook 15" 1.67 (not the high-res one). But when I try to install using manual partition, I'm able to resize OSX partition but I'm a little bit confused about what to do next.
1) I have created a small 1GB HFS Partition + a big 20gb SFS partition. I tried some other options as well, but MorphOS complains about "Not a valid DOS partition" or something.
Where can I find information about what do I need to manually do in order to procceed?

See the Dual-boot MorphOS and MacOS X on a Mac Mini G4 guide. It applies to PowerBook as well.

[Piru]

Well, the OSX partition is not being mounted on MorphOS neither can be mounted/verified/repaired using Leopard installation DVD...
On MorphOS is not even identified as a Mac HFS or any other known type.
I think it's gone, forever!

Any suggestions?

The OS X partition is a goner now. MorphOS doesn't know how to resize the filesystem.

If you wish to have a dual boot setup you need to start from the scratch by installing OS X, and then continuing with the instructions I posted before.

(While it might be possible to reinstall OS X without zapping MorphOS, I wouldn't count on it, and it might require some extensive tweaking. Using the good know procedure is the easiest route to successful dual installation)

[Piru]

Really? I mean, when you say "the masses" you're really talking about that miniscule group of people that a) can be assed getting an ancient Mac b) know what morphos is c) can be bothered to pay the exorbitant fee to purchase it and then install it and d) know that they're using an OS that is crippled in terms of hardware it supports and software it runs.

I think if the wireless isn't ready for those "masses" then it must be a state of non-written-ness.

Are you really suggesting that users should be manually writing cryptic wpa_supplicant.conf files in order to get online? This stuff really is not ready for wider audiences yet.

[Piru]

the people who are going to be paying for this probably are the ones who'd be bothered to fiddle with configuration files.

Considering that:
a) Future update will add the wireless functionality (and it will be a free update) and
b) getting the wireless into 3.0 would have meant even more delay for the 3.0 release

...I don't think this is unreasonable situation. Of course if you insist on having wireless you can of course wait for the update.

[Piru]

@Piru
 
The future update will this be wirelss for pcmcia cards, usb wirless dongles, the bulit in wirless on PBs , the airport cards in mac minis, or all  ?

At least for the moment this does not include the built-in WLAN (airport). Of course having support for the built-in WLAN would be the optimum solution, and it may be that this will be looked into in the future.