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Installation on Efika Board.

Andreas_Wolf

# 11
Yokemate of Keyboards

Posts: 12163 from 2003/5/22

From: Germany

> some of those iMacs have onboard (?) pci-e graphics. Does that bus require
> special support?

Even if it does, screenshots of MorphOS running on iMac G5 with PCIe GPU have been shown years ago:

https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=9034&forum=11&start=6

> the quad G5 - I know it's fitted with an Nvidia graphics card, surely it's not a
> big deal to replace that with a supported ATI card - or is it?

Supported (or rather not yet supported) PCIe Radeon cards which come with a Mac PPC ROM or where the needed ROM files for flashing exist are not exactly a dime a dozen. I think the best you can get in this regard is the X1900 (R580 GPU).

https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7648&forum=3&start=14
»12.04.13 - 22:51

SoundSquare

# 12
Paladin of the Pegasos

Posts: 1213 from 2004/12/1

From: Paris, France

it's much faster to install morphOS on an Efika using TFTP, it also avoids issues with lousy usb sticks.
»12.04.13 - 23:06

mt12345

# 13
Butterfly

Posts: 72 from 2011/4/4

From: Europe

Since morphos 3.2 came out I thought I may give it a try, before selling the efika.

Quote:

My advice:
Take a screwdriver
Take out the HD
Connect it another MorphOS-puter
Make it RDB-partioned and create some SFS partitions (Efika-OF can read those)
Place morphos-3.1-efikainstall.img and the full 3.1 ISO onto (well you could just install 3.1 here, but thats not advised)
Put back HD into Efika
Start the morphos-3.1-efikainstall.img from HD (muuuuuucccch faster) and when running iWizard select the ISO from HD

well I couldnt find the screwdriver
so I modified the recipe:

using linux machine:

download efikainstall.img and morphos.iso
copy to fat32 usb pendrive
boot efika from pendrive
create, format partitions
copy efikainstall.img and morphos.iso to hd
shutdown
boot from hd
install

now to boot to morphos I have to type manually:
boot hd:0 boot.img

did I miss something?
»31.05.13 - 00:32

XDelusion

# 14
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 602 from 2010/10/27

Cocoon: I just created this thread a couple days ago. It will help you to get MorphOS auto booting:

https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=9245&forum=11
"I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it." - Jack Handey

Registered MorphOS user, Amiga user, and Atari 8-bit user.
»31.05.13 - 01:20

mt12345

# 15
Butterfly

Posts: 72 from 2011/4/4

From: Europe

thanks! will check tomorrow.

er... who 's cocoon?
»31.05.13 - 01:40

XDelusion

# 16
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 602 from 2010/10/27

Woops, mt12345. Sorry. Didn't scroll up far enough. :)
"I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it." - Jack Handey

Registered MorphOS user, Amiga user, and Atari 8-bit user.
»31.05.13 - 01:49

XDelusion

# 17
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 602 from 2010/10/27

Oh ya, and btw, if you follow my link, you'll find where you will have to type out a line like the one below:

> setenv boot-device /pci/ide/disk@...

In your case you will probably need to type it out like this:

setenv boot-device hd:0 boot.img
"I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it." - Jack Handey

Registered MorphOS user, Amiga user, and Atari 8-bit user.
»31.05.13 - 01:57

mt12345

# 18
Butterfly

Posts: 72 from 2011/4/4

From: Europe

read FAQ before somehow missed autoboot part.
thanks!

> setenv auto-boot-timeout 500
> setenv auto-boot? true
> setenv boot-device hd:0 boot.img
»31.05.13 - 10:38

XDelusion

# 19
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 602 from 2010/10/27

So you got it? Good!

How come your system knows your hard drive by hd:0 rather than ide:0?
"I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it." - Jack Handey

Registered MorphOS user, Amiga user, and Atari 8-bit user.
»31.05.13 - 16:19

mt12345

# 20
Butterfly

Posts: 72 from 2011/4/4

From: Europe

> devalias
»31.05.13 - 20:10

XDelusion

# 21
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 602 from 2010/10/27

I really didn't expect to be the one reviving this thread, yet here I am.

I finally got my Efika to allow me to install MorphOS 3.4. I also went back and re-updated my Firmware just to make sure I took all the steps necessary to resolve the audio popping issues.

Anyhow I'm installed, but I can't auto boot.

I have typed:

> setenv auto-boot-timeout 500
> setenv auto-boot? true
> setenv boot-device hd:0 boot.img

But every time I reboot it says:

"error: error while trying to load or boot."

So I have to manually type:

"boot hd:0 boot.img"

Any clues? Thanks! :)
"I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it." - Jack Handey

Registered MorphOS user, Amiga user, and Atari 8-bit user.
»02.01.14 - 00:56

ausPPC

# 22
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 543 from 2007/8/6

From: Pending...

Try another hard drive if you have one available. Also, just for the heck of it, set the timeout to zero - as it is, the Efika takes long enough to output a video signal and become responsive to user input after power-on.
PPC assembly ain't so bad... ;)
»02.01.14 - 04:18

bigfoot

# 23
MorphOS Developer

Posts: 510 from 2003/4/11

setenv boot-device hd:0
setenv boot-file boot.img
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»02.01.14 - 07:55

XDelusion

# 24
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 602 from 2010/10/27

Bingo, thank you much!
"I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it." - Jack Handey

Registered MorphOS user, Amiga user, and Atari 8-bit user.
»02.01.14 - 12:27

SKOLMAN_MWS

# 25
Acolyte of the Butterfly

Posts: 107 from 2006/10/24

setenv boot-file boot rd rds 32768
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»03.01.14 - 01:08