installing: infinite time???

ryo · Post by **ryo** » Wed May 26, 2004 5:22 pm

hi guys!

well.
i'm trying to install pearpc.

i tried with my p3/700, but i read some posts about this slow process. i read about a duron/700 installing in 35 hours...

looked around me.

the fastest machine in this room is a 1.4Centrino with 512M ram, so i installed all the stuff there. i used PearPeeler to config and run it.

well: now it's just 57 (!) hours it's "installing" or so. the CPU usage is always at 100%.
should i still wait???

tia
ryo

Amaranth · Post by **Amaranth** » Wed May 26, 2004 6:42 pm

Yeah, keep waiting. On my 1.6Ghz Duron it took 7 hours.

desertboy · Post by **desertboy** » Wed May 26, 2004 6:48 pm

Move the mouse on the mac

ryosax · Post by **ryosax** » Wed May 26, 2004 7:28 pm

> Move the mouse on the mac

???
just kidding?

ryo

Cybermagellan · Post by **Cybermagellan** » Thu May 27, 2004 12:35 am

Yeah I have a 2.6 Celeron, 1 GB of RAM....took 5 hours...go eat a pizza, read a book, take a college course...give it time

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu May 27, 2004 5:28 am

> Yeah I have a 2.6 Celeron, 1 GB of RAM....took 5 hours

i don't understand.
a celeron 2.6 is somehow similar to a centrino 1.4, isn't it? sure more similar than a P3/700 or a duron/700, i think.

well, my centrino (512M of ram) is now running for 70 hours (almost 3 full days).

i've eaten 12 pizzas till now...
ok for the good lunch, but...

Cybermagellan · Post by **Cybermagellan** » Thu May 27, 2004 5:36 am

Hmmm, 70 hrs.....have you moved the mouse made sure it isn't sleeping....I don't know about 70hrs....might wanna have other people post their Install times.....I just know it was 5hrs for 10.2 and 10.3 respectivly

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu May 27, 2004 7:02 am

yes, i moved the mouse.
the computer is alive.
i keep monitoring cpu usage and it is always at 100%, so it is doing something, but what?

maybe i'm wrong in doing something?

that's what i did:
- expanded the 3gb disk image
- put the macOs iso on my hd
- launched pearpc (see attach "ppc_1.gif")
- choose 1 at the prompt
- attach "ppc_2.gif": what i can see on my monitor since 72 hours...

?

Cybermagellan · Post by **Cybermagellan** » Thu May 27, 2004 7:07 am

Ok, you said that you expanded it? How'd you do that?

Sure your ISO is good? Not sure about the black box in the center though......

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu May 27, 2004 7:43 am

i took one of this compressed files; i expanded it and obtained a file called "PantherImage.img" of 3.145.464 bytes.

one thing i must say, if i run ppc.exe it says:
"[IO/IDE] <Error> invalid format (filesize isn't a multiple of 516096)"
but PearPeeler says nothing.

i've tried another 3gb image too (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pear ... ib.img.bz2 from http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/downloads.html page) but ppc.exe always says there's a size mismatch.

the iso file has been obtained with nero from a working cd-rom my friend has used to install panther on his iBook.