Why QEMU stuck at the BIOS screen?

[Memwhis]

I downloaded Mac OS 9.0.4 ISO and created QCOW2 hard drive but BIOS can't load MacOS with this command:

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qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -M mac99 -m 256 -prom-env "auto-boot?=true" -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -cdrom MacOS904.iso -hda macintosh.qcow2 -boot d

What is the problem about this command?

[Cat_7]

That command line seems OK. The only thing I can think of is that your 9.0.4 image is not new enough for Qemu. Find one with rom version 5.6 or above. You can search for e.g. 9.0.4 for the Cube.

Best,
Cat_7

[Memwhis]

Ok, but I can't boot PowerPC images on BIOS.
Mac OS 8.5 PowerPC:

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qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -M mac99 -m 256 -prom-env "auto-boot?=true" -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -cdrom MacOS85PPC.iso -boot d

Disk Tools 8.5:

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qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -M mac99 -m 256 -prom-env "auto-boot?=true" -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -cdrom DiskTools85_PPC.img -boot d

[Cat_7]

Qemu is not SheepShaver. It cannot run Mac OS below 9.0.4

See our guide over here:
https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/pp ... or-windows

best,
Cat_7

[Memwhis]

1) Mac OS X Server Server 1.1 English ppc
2) Mac OS X Server Server 1.2.Pele1Q10 ppc
3) Mac OS X Server Server 1.0 English ppc

Which Mac OS X Server is bootable on QEMU?

Sorry for the silly questions!

[carbon]

Coincidentally, I'm also just now trying to install a version of Rhapsody.

Apparently only Mac OS X Server 1.2v3 is able to run under Qemu.

I could boot the image exactly once, but I restarted because during install I got an error that the chosen disk is not bootable (or similar).

After this, every time I restart Qemu with that config the boot process crashes, even with a fresh copy of the image! I don't understand that, if somebody would be so kind and explain how that's possible?