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i have 512 ram, how much can i allocate and how do i do it?

PearPC RAM settings HOWTO

1) Open the Windows Calculator ..

2) Go to View ..

3) select "scientific" ..

4) make sure its at "Dec" ..

5) Now type whatever amount of memory you want ..

6) Click on "Hex", memorize that Hex value ..

7) Open your PearPC config file and go to the line where it says #memory_size=0x8000000

8) Remove that # sign and type that Hex value over 80

For example:

256(Dec) = 100(Hex)

So to get 256 megs of RAM you have to type -> memory_size=0x10000000

384(Dec) = 180(Hex)

So to get 384 megs of RAM you have to type -> memory_size=0x18000000

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Hi Guys

im trying to install the language support on my pearpc osx panther, so when i put the panther cd 2 and i set the value of the config to 1 (that is the slave device), it cant boot, it stays at the begining without moving forward to boot the OS, however i want to install mac office 2004 can i do it in the same way if i find a solution!

thanx guys!! :D

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Hi Guys

im trying to install the language support on my pearpc osx panther, so when i put the panther cd 2 and i set the value of the config to 1 (that is the slave device), it cant boot, it stays at the begining without moving forward to boot the OS, however i want to install mac office 2004 can i do it in the same way if i find a solution!

thanx guys!! :D

I don't quite understand your situation...

Is Mac OS X properly installed yet? If so, boot off the hard disk image.

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Hi Guys

im trying to install the language support on my pearpc osx panther, so when i put the panther cd 2 and i set the value of the config to 1 (that is the slave device), it cant boot, it stays at the begining without moving forward to boot the OS, however i want to install mac office 2004 can i do it in the same way if i find a solution!

thanx guys!! :D

change slave device to 1 then change prom_bootmethod = "auto" to prom_bootmethod = "select"

now if you run pearpc .. you will see a prompt that will ask you which drive you want to boot from. Choose the HD and when OS X boots up u will see the 2nd CD on the desktop.

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I finally got windows & OSX to see each other now i can shared files here there

Uh.. I think you might have spyware in Windows...

PearPC is giving me a great chance to learn Mac OS X before I switch over :)

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Uh.. I think you might have spyware in Windows...

PearPC is giving me a great chance to learn Mac OS X before I switch over :)

he does have spyware .. check that stupid blue tool bar .. hate those sooo much ..

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Very much tempted me into buying a mac, whats the bare minimum to be able to run OSX Panther?

My iMac 333 runs 10.3 fine .. I have 384 megs of ram in it

wanna buy it ? :D

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My iMac 333 runs 10.3 fine .. I have 384 megs of ram in it

wanna buy it ? :D

I'm interested

How much you lookin to get for it?

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I would but itd be too much of a pain to ship to the UK, besides i like the look of iBook snow :)

oh .. u r in the UK .. your profile doesnt say that .. :)

well if I were you ..I'd buy something off ebay ..

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change slave device to 1 then change prom_bootmethod = "auto" to prom_bootmethod = "select"

now if you run pearpc .. you will see a prompt that will ask you which drive you want to boot from. Choose the HD and when OS X boots up u will see the 2nd CD on the desktop.

Thanx!!!!!!

Emom, you really understood my problem!!

arigatougozaimasu!! :ninja: lol

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Dont flame me if its already been asked but its hard to find somthing in this thread.

I installed the first CD PearPC closed after he finished. I restarted and tells me theres no bootable partition.

I tried PearPC bootfix (http://s87840517.onlinehome.us/fixboot.html) changing the prom_env_machargs = "-s" but it doesnt seems to work...

Is there a way to fix this? I dont want to use darwin. :(

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How do you think it would fare on my 1.4 gHz with 256mb of ram. And yes I read about the emulation being 1/40 of what it should actually be. Will I get at least sub-par performance or usable enough to use? :shifty:

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right now i dont think its usable enough to use for anyone :/

its slower than my Apple II with os 7.1 and im running ppc on a p4c 3ghz, 512 ddr400

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