The only slight problem is that the touchpad is so twitchy that I hardly dare touch it - if I even go near it it presses the mouse button. I gues I`ll use a usb mouse instead unless there`s a fix...

edit: Oh, and I haven`t managed to get (wired) networking working yet, it just complains about needing version 0 of bsdsocket library.

[ Edited by Fraggle 28.09.2012 - 10:29 ]

Ok, I have noew installed pack ultimate and a usb mouse - networking is working.

This is my first post from OWB.

I am absolutely OVER THE MOON!

You may now expect me to simply HURL endless money at MOS development from now on.

I am now going to get very drunk :D

Thsanks to all who have helped me.

edit: expect some (nice) drunken posts in a few hours :D :D

[ Edited by Fraggle 28.09.2012 - 11:10 ]

HAHAHAHAHA!!

@fraggie:
:-)
You feel like me when I first booted MorphOS on my mdd after some hard tweaking...
Enjoy your amiga OS mate!

Glad it finally works now for you. I guess some ppl have sweated with you here... Care to tell us which issue was the actual show stopper?
Enjoy the ride (and to tell you something promising: the positive feeling will probably persist, at least I am not bored by my MorphOS machines yet).

Fraggle,
Quote:

That one is nice to get an idea what is available, but it also installs many stuff which may cause trouble later on, as you don´ t know it is there interacting.

Better to go for Grunch: http://grunch.geit.de

It provides most stuff available and installs/deinstalls it properly.

Geit

I used the burn app recommended by itix and then it booted from cd just fine.

I installed pack ultyimate then used grunch to mupodate everything.

Sorry I`m a little drumkl now but I`ll give some details later.

Thanks all again xx

> the burn app recommended by itix

Wasn't that Piru?

> Sorry I`m a little drumkl now

Never mind... ;-)

@Fraggle

You may want to adjust sensitivity in Touchpad system settings if the tp is too twitchy for you.

Me too uses "Burn" under MacOS, much easier..

As a complement to the Mac burning option mentioned above, a free and good image burning proggy for the Windows environment is ImgBurn:

http://www.imgburn.com/

Got a powerbook 5,6 working over the week end and have installed mos on it but i used cheap cdrs and wrote them out at 32x and read in powerbook with out issue then installed the ultimate pack same way.

Just waiting now for my powerbook 5,8 to arrive to which i prefer as a mos/osx machine.

Made up to have mos on the go as soon as i decide which to use i will order the key for it all need now is roll on r300 3d drives but until then loving it.

i'm returning to MorphOS in a few days too. i bought a powerbook 5,8 with 2GB of Ram at the price of 120 euros. it was just too attractive. so after 2 years i'll give morphos a try again.

is there an easy way to install it as a second system with Mac OS X preinstalled?

> is there an easy way to install it as a second system with Mac OS X preinstalled?

http://library.morph.zone/Dual-boot_MorphOS_and_MacOS_X_on_a_Mac_Mini_G4

This should be the same for PowerBooks.

i have set up morphos and mac os x 10.5.8 on my powerbook and both are happy together i used this:-
http://dreamolers.binaryriot.org/dualboot.pdf
but i had to set up the 3 partitions with mac os x and use morph ot set the 60mb partition as os x would not let me go below 1gb but apart from that was really easy to do.

After many months I finally found the time to burn and test a MorphOS 3.1 ISO on my PowerBook:
Code:
It has 1GB RAM and a Radeon Mobility 9600/9700 (vendor 0x1002, device 0x4e50).

But it freezes shortly after booting the kernel:
Code:
Nothing happens hereafter...

I thought PowerBook5,6 with 1.5GHz is supported?

It is not the CD. I just booted the same CD successfully on my Mac-Mini into the MorphOS installer.

Is there a known problem with 1.5GHz PowerBook 5,6?

1,5GHz? only 1,67GHz models are supported.

edit: according to this site, it should work http://www.morphos-team.net/hardware

[ Edited by Cego 22.10.2012 - 16:39 ]

Cego, It does state on the hardware compatibility page of morphos that the 1.5ghz will work.

"* * * - Only the two latest revisions clocked at 1.67GHz are supported at the moment, which includes the models PowerBook5,6 to 5,9, both 15'' and 17'' screens. The 1.5GHz PowerBook5,6 will also work but be careful not to confuse it with PowerBook5,4 which may have almost identical specifications."

Have you tried os x or ubuntu to see if they are fully working.

OS X was perfectly working when I got the PowerBook.
Currently it is running NetBSD/macppc.
I have a free partition for MorphOS...

what version of morphos 3.0 or 3.1 have you tried?

The powerbook should work out of the box.

All you need is inserting the cd, powerup, press and hold c right after the chime to boot it.

It is not required to enter any OF commands or perform other tricks. Just use the C key to force CD boot. Same can be done with the ALT key to get into the graphical boot selection.

Geit

Seems that it is not only not required to enter any OF commands, but also not supported.
I really had to reenable AutoStart in OF and use the 'C' key. Then it suddenly worked!
Strange, although the same OF command worked fine on the MacMini, and there is only this single boot.img for Macs.

so you have it working now?

Yes. Although there are some display-bugs showing up from time to time.
Like flashing pixels on the edges between two colors.