I think OS4 CAN be run on MAC MINI (USABLE)

[gaula92]

Hello guys

I've been following the evolution on this topic for months, and I AM SURE there's people around using OS on their MAC MINIs via the leaked install CD:
Just look at this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHtbB5Xmxf0.

From EAB, user 500n4y says:

For starters, stop the booting sequence and enter the OF prompt by pressing Ctrl-Alt-O-F *right* after the USB keyboard gets detected.

Now, type exactly that:
boot cd:\\slb

Make sure you use the 'MM_Full_silent_USB' configuration, number 5 probably.

You can update those old kickmodules, but *DON'T DO ANYTHING* to the following files (including kernel files):
battclock.resource-via.kmod
macminiide.device.kmod
dbdma.library
nvram_OF.resource.kmod

If you want to do an iso from those files, you can easly use mkisoft by typing:
mkisofs -v -o -R -D -iso-level 3 -h -part -mac-name
-hfs-bless /l

What's more, you can partition the HDD with workbench on the mini, but it needs booting from the CD anyways.

OK NOW: It seems we MUST COMBINE FILES FROM THE BOOT CD with ACTUAL, USABLE kickstart files FROM THE OS4 Final CD, and rebuild the ISO with MKISOFS, the well-known Unix Iso-building program we know and love. It SHOULD result on a working OS4 for Mac Mini.

NOW, have you guys tried like this???

Thanks!!!

[gaula92]

Thanks guys

Skurk, please let me know if you need some help with mkisofs on whatever linux/unix you're using to rebuild the iso with mixed moana and OS4 final files.
Other than that, good luck...

[gaula92]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHtbB5Xmxf0

It works for me; if it doesn't for you, just make a search for "mac mini os4" on youtube.

[gaula92]

Skurk: I've got a Mac Mini G4 here now.

I've the same OF version as you do, so I'm getting the same black screen. It has been proved the moana iso files CAN boot in an 4.9.4f1, so I've been searching for an update, with no luck.
There are other users trying to update to 4.9.4f1 so they can run Amiga OS4 on the MAC MINI...and there are users with 4.9.4f1 that DO run it. But we're lost without an OF update...

[gaula92]

I totally agree: Give us back the AMIGA, as you're just an oversized and corrupted fanboy who went to the dark side!!

Bill McBastard..I hate you and I wish a painfull death for you!

[gaula92]

Ehm...A-pex and I were talking about Bill Mc, actually: he's not a person, he's a...ehmm... horse; that's it, a horse!
Wishing a "painfull death" to a horse is not THAT bad. I lost A LOT of money because of that horse, and so did A-pex. We posted it on an Amiga forum because we...ehm...well, there's an explanation for that, too, but I can't it remember well. It won't happen again! (horses don't read A.org,, and some horses don't read at all, so...)

[gaula92]

If you look for Amiga Moana on Piratebay, you'll see both the Moana files and the combine OS 4 for Mac Mini. They are SO close each other!
We're ALMOST here! (My mac mini, as MOST of them, is a 4.8.9f1, pre-silent update, so we need the safe atiradeon.chip file).

Keep up the good work! How can I help, guys?

[gaula92]

Downloading here, too! Today IS the day...my dusty Mac Mini G4 is AT LAST going to run THE DESKTOP OS. I knew this day would eventually come! (That's why I got PowerPC Minis instead of Intel ones: what a farsighted man I am!)

[gaula92]

I get a garbled/corrupted screen with strange colors on boot, just after OF, when using the ATI_SAFE profile. Any ideas? My firmware is VERY close to yours, TheCrow, being 4.8.9f1.
it's SO NEAR now!! I can heard the beast coming....hehehe!

[gaula92]

I get the same screen with corrupted colors predominating purple using ati_safe, my mini is a 32mb gfx memory.
It's specs are:

  Nombre del equipo:   Mac mini
  Modelo de ordenador:   PowerMac10,1
  Tipo de CPU:   PowerPC G4  (1.2)
  Unidades de CPU:   1
  Velocidad de la CPU:   1.42 GHz
  Caché de nivel 2 (por CPU):   512 KB
  Memoria:   1 GB
  Velocidad del bus:   167 MHz
  Versión de la ROM de arranque:   4.8.9f1
  Número de serie:   YM51295NRHU

What other factors could be causing this'?  I ALSO HAVE Gentoo Linux installed in a partition...But I CAN'Y see the possible relation.

[gaula92]

JJ: That's NOT the point here. We're discussing how to boot it.

[gaula92]

How can we tell the Radeon-ROM version in our minis, BooBoo?
Can it be updated? I tried the controller update for MAC OSX, but it doesn't seem to flash the ROM.. Any ideas?

[EDIT] WE CAN FIND OUR ATI RADEON ROM VERSION IN THE SYSTEM PROFILER.
Mine shows garbled graphics on OS4, and here are it's detalis:
ATI Radeon 9200:

  Modelo de chipset:   ATY,RV280
  Tipo:   Pantalla
  Bus:   AGP
  VRAM (total):   32 MB
  Fabricante:   ATI (0x1002)
  ID del dispositivo:   0x5962
  ID de la revisión:   0x0001
  Revisión de la ROM:   113-xxxxx-116
  Pantallas:
SyncMaster:
  Resolución:   1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz
  Profundidad:   Color de 32 bits
  Core Image:   Incompatible
  Pantalla principal:   Sí
  Duplicado:   Desactivado
  En línea:   Sí
  Quartz Extreme:   Compatible
  Rotación:   Compatible


PLEASE post the details FOR THE WORKING ONES, TOO.

[gaula92]

There's (THAT I KNOW OF) only thata official ATI updater for MAC OSX, but I tried it and my rom version hasn't changed...

It seems PC users have a flashrom utility to hach their cards for G4 usage, but it's obviously unusable from mac mini: other ideas?

[gaula92]

It DOES work, Hans: there's a LOT of people there out using it. THE ONLY PROBLEM comes from an outdated ROM VERSION in our Mac Minis.
For me, it's "as soon as Amiga OS 4 runs on my mini, OSX can go hell".
And I repeat: IT'S usable, IT RUNS, and WE have to find a way to start using it in every Mac Mini with a PowerPC processor.

[gaula92]

Just wait for that RADEON-Rom flashing and you'll see...
There's people here who has it working. I f I become one of them, I'll post pics & videos