Amiga OS4 on old (PPC) Macs

[DBAlex]

@motorollin:

Holy Cr*p man!

Could you send the files to me perhaps? (Shall I PM you my Email?)

I have a late 2005 G4 Mini with a 64mb Radeon 9200, Will it work?

Thanks, Alex.  :-o [Posted from the Mac Mini]

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@spihunter

Agreed, Although i'm not sure if motorollin is talking about the two different models from when Apple secretely bumped up the mini's specs, meaning one still had a 1.42ghz G4 CPU with a 32mb Radeon 9200 and one had a 1.5ghz G4 CPU with an upgraded 64mb 9200 [The model I own]

Maybe these are the differences he is referring to possibly?

Alex. :-D

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@Raffaele

Holy Cr*p! [Again]

Now my heart is beating fast.. ahhhh! Where do I download it? How do you know I really have the *right* mac model?

And I just bought a 320gb External HD so I can back up the Mac to that... But im going to nuke this machine soon anyway and install Linux, Me and OSX have never really got on...! ;-)

Also, please PM me with details of how you think my mac is the correct model...! and also links to downloads etc ... Thanks!

 :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D  :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)

[DBAlex]

@spihunter:

PM Sent.

@Raffaele:

PM Sent too IIRC  :-)

[DBAlex]

Well, Guess What...

The thing friggin boots to the OS4 Kernel doesn't it!

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Thats using the 1st option on the CD... the other options don't work as well, although I can get to the early boot screen by holding down both mouse buttons and all my hardware is detected... More to come w/ pictures and videos (is that legal?)

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Its amazing though! :-)

I can't get to load the workbench or anything, is that right or not?

I can only access the early boot menu if I use option 4 or 5 in the boot options (shown in the screenshot)...

Its amazing though!
 :-D

[DBAlex]

It works, trust me, I just can't release any information at the moment.

I have it booting to the OS4 Kernel screen here on a 1.5ghz with 64mb Radeon 9200 Mac Mini.

Alex.

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@AeroMan

Nah, It boots just from the files that AmigaMac released on EAB as long as the Mac Mini firmware version is right [1.5ghz G4 - 64mb Radeon 9200]

I'm going to be trying different things to get more of a "successful" boot in the next couple of days.

What a nice present for the new year, hehe! :-)

 :-D  :-D  :-D

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@Colani1200 & @Sir_Lucas:

Hehe, Nah, It will be more amazing when I can boot the workbench...

This is being worked on... More info in the next couple of days...

 :-)  :-)  :-)

[DBAlex]

@gizmo350:

PM Me, I can probably help you. Do you have a machine you think you can boot it on? [I want more people to boot it for proof...]

@Sir_Lucas:

Hehe I have to go to bed soon, and won't be able to update until I *receive* files needed to continue... *hint* I don't own an AmigaOne or Classic PPC... *hint*

[DBAlex]

@kickstart:

Try 5 and try holding down both mouse buttons on the mouse to get to the early boot menu...

Try the same with 4 too.

[If at any point the boot halts just press enter... Also have you tried waiting? It does take a while after the black screen for the kickstart to pop up...]

Alex. :-D

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@kickstart

Hmm, its probably not the right firmware revision then...

You are only holding down the mouse buttons when you see the black screen right?

I'm gonna have another play with it myself in a sec.

Alex.

[DBAlex]

Hehe, hello... Just woke up... Didn't get much sleep though... Heh.

@Raffaele:

Hehe, Thanks for the responses, I replied to your last one...! Nothing to worry about for now I think... :-)

@BooBoo1200:

Thanks! Nope it has to be the mini at either 1.33ghz with 64mb 9200 or the 1.5ghz with the 64mb 9200...! :-)

@AMIGAZ:

No, It wasn't removed by me or Amiga Inc... I've been asleep and in that time my whole hosting has gone down [Im awaiting an email - im guessing ive broke some terms of service... heh...] I'm guessing the hosting couldn't deal with all the traffic...

[DBAlex]

I don't think that the Ghz should make a difference, only the BIOS version.

Yep but the "secret" speed bump that apple made are the only versions of the mini with the correct bios/firmware... [Until someone else confirms running it on a 1.25ghz or 1.42ghz model ] :-)

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@Debaser:

Tried option 1?

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I forgot to tell everyone, also.  All USB devices are recognized (Keyboard + Mouse)... [With option 4 or 5] You obviously knew about the mouse as I got to the early boot screen but just confirming the keyboard works too...! [I can press the caps lock key etc] From looking at the files it also seems that Mass Storage devices can be used... [Boot from a USB key?]

Also, I was fiddling about looking at the files and found out you can also use the command boot cd:\\slb_v2_mm instead of the standard boot cd:\\slb ... The slb_v2_mm is more of a quiet boot, less output on the Open Firmware and it appears to be a little faster...! Also, im going to test plugging in some USB devices today to see if they are shown in Boot Options in the early boot screen.

Alex. :-D