Can't install Mac OS X DP4

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vlad557776
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Can't install Mac OS X DP4

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Hello. Recently I tried to install Mac OS X DP4 using configs from DP3 and formatting the drive in Mac OS 9.2. But, when I try to bootup, it starts the booting, but after "ADB Present:c" it hangs and start saying "still waiting for root device" until I shutdown QEMU. One time it even gave me Kernel Panic. I also tried booting with unformatted disk, but still the same.

Here's my QEMU.BAT:

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qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -boot d -m 512 -M g3beige -cpu g3 -prom-env "boot-device=cd:9,\\:tbxi" -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -prom-env "vga-ndrv?=true" -drive file=installdp4.iso,format=raw,media=cdrom -drive file=MacOSDP4.img,format=raw,media=disk -sdl -netdev user,id=network01 -device sungem,netdev=network01
I tried 2 copies: one from MacintoshGarden and second from WinWorld. No one works.

Can someone help me?
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jonirob
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Re: Can't install Mac OS X DP4

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DP4 won't boot with the DP3 command, try:

qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -boot d -m 512 -M g3beige -cpu g3 -prom-env "boot-device=hd:9,\\:tbxi" -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -prom-env "vga-ndrv?=true" -drive file=installdp4.iso,format=raw,media=disk -drive file=MacOSDP4.img,format=raw,media=disk -sdl -netdev user,id=network01 -device sungem,netdev=network01
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Re: Can't install Mac OS X DP4

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Thanks, it installed and booted up.
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Re: Can't install Mac OS X DP4

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For future people getting the "still waiting for root device" error: that error is almost always due to -prom-env "boot-device=<device>:<partition>,\\:tbxi" pointing to somewhere without an EFI image that will boot on the hardware configuration selected.
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