Ask FireWire is fast about installation. I'm too lazy to explain

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P.S. - For these large, not quite 68k file, I've decided to move them to the g4 permamnently. Here I will Run a Different HL Server for these files(Cold Storage). I will let all know when I have done this, and further information on how to contact it will be later.

Ok on a lighter note, I DID get through SOME of the installation on VPC5. However I have no clue what drivers to 'use' off the drivers 'disk.' Why the h*ll does all this have to be so complicated. *cries* I WANT MY GUI BACK!!!!! WAAAAAAAAA!!!!

I have pictures and will UL them to my site later on. Anyone else wanna try? i found this site that helps alot: http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/software/nextstep/openstep-win.html

But still, need pointers fro drivers seeing as how OpenStep did this:
'vfs_mountroot: cannot mount root
(type 'r' to reboot or 'm' for monitor)'

HELP??

~The Once Again Insane Penguin

Anyone else trying it and need pointers? I got LOTS.
I am going to do a write up and UL it online later on this weekend. *switches apps really quick* nope, still 'preparing for installation' Let you guys know when it really really works.

*tick tick tick.........*

~The Penguin

Yeppers that is right. OpenStep Is 100% completely installed on my g4 under VPC5. Further details will be posted and a write up has been almost completed. Look for more information later. Gotta go back to playing.....

~The Supreme Geek God Penguin!

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Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 06 Apr 2002 09:35:22

~The OS God Penguin

Jeremy

"I'll see you on the Dark Side Of The Moon" - Pink Floyd

BTW, would someone 'proofread' my installation shtuff? I cant type worth crap let alone stay coherent very long.

~The Exhausted Penguin

OS X apps won't work with GNUStep or OpenStep unless they are recompiled. The dev tools are similar, though.

By the way, where is the dev tools CD image? The great thing about OS X/OpenStep is the programming!

Macs Liberated:
SE, IIsi, Quadra 700, 6100, PB 5300, PowerMac 5400

http://www.peak.org/next/apps/LighthouseDesign/
Some productivity apps for OpenStep

http://www.peanuts.org/
Lots of OpenStep stuff

http://www.caffeinesoft.com/
Free TIFFany 2 for OpenStep

http://www.stone.com/
Create 5 for OpenStep

Macs Liberated:
SE, IIsi, Quadra 700, 6100, PB 5300, PowerMac 5400

Anyhue, someone out there should install it on hardware. I know VPC5 on a dual 800 SOUNDS good, but really, I'm sure a hardware machine would do better, even a windoze one.

~The Penguin

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Anyhue, someone out there should install it on hardware. I know VPC5 on a dual 800 SOUNDS good, but really, I'm sure a hardware machine would do better, even a windoze one.

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yeah, this is my first post, I have been lurking for a while, ever since my brother, Macdaddy, gave me the link...

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yeah, this is my first post, I have been lurking for a while, ever since my brother, Macdaddy, gave me the link...

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If I can manage to get it downloaded, I'll try to put it on my peecee (a PIII/733). I have an empty 1 gb hard drive installed, which should be plenty of space for it.

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Macs Liberated:
SE, IIsi, Quadra 700, 6100, PB 5300, PowerMac 5400

First, download and burn the OpenStep CD image. Disk Copy won't burn the CD image, saying that it won't be mountable after it's burned. You have to use XRay to change the type and creator of the disk image to "RCDm" and "PImg", respectively, and then burn it with Discribe.

NeXT, download rawrite.exe for DOS and put it on the Windoze box you plan to use. You can get it anywhere. Download the install and driver floppy images onto the Windoze box also. Rename the install image to "install.img" (without quotes) and rename the drivers image to "drivers.img" (also without quotes) so RaWrite will recognize them. Double-click on rawrite.exe and the "Micro$oft DOS Box of Doom" will appear. Type in the complete path of the disk image you want to write (for example, c:\openstep\install.img). When asked for a disk drive, type a: or whatever your 3.5" floppy drive is. Insert a blank floppy into the drive and hit enter. The disk image will be written to the disk in the drive. Eject the disk, and repeat this procedure to make the other floppy. Be sure to label them so you know which is which.

That's as far as I've gotten. I haven't tried actually installing OpenStep yet, but I have a 500 MB partition free, so this shouldn't be too hard.

Good luck! I know I'll need it!

Macs Liberated:
SE, IIsi, Quadra 700, 6100, PB 5300, PowerMac 5400

After a bit of guilt about stealing, I decided to buy the real OpenStep 4.2 User CD from someone I know. I'm sure the image on the hotline server will work as well, though I destroyed my burned CD of that for fear of conscience). I do not condone illegally downloading OpenStep, but I do suggest that one of us petition Apple to release it into the public domain.

Here's how I went about installing OpenStep for Mach/Intel:

Create the install and driver floppies, as shown.

Use FIPS, Partition Magic, or something similar to create free partition space starting in the first two gigabytes of your hard drive! Yes, that's right, OpenStep doesn't like anything after the 2047th megabyte to start its partition. (Something with the bootloader, I think). I don't know if OpenStep will install on a second hard drive; I only have one.

Right click on My Computer, and write down all the hardware you have and what drives are attached to what controllers.

Stick the Install floppy in the drive and turn the computer on.
OpenStep will come up. Don't do anything at the boot prompt. Select English as the language, say that you will indeed be installing a fresh copy of OpenStep, and choose the correct drivers for your setup. If you have a dual IDE bus (like I do), choose Primary/Secondary (Dual) IDE and ATAPI driver for both the hard drive and the CD-ROM. OpenStep's installer will then come up in a NeXTish window. Choose the disk on which to install OpenStep, and select to use the free space you created earlier for OpenStep. Wait a long while. Follow the instructions from here on out: it's pretty much self-explanatory.

Once Workspace Manager comes up (after installation is complete), you MUST open the prefs panel (double click on the clock) and set a password for yourself. Then, log out, log in as root, and set a password for root. If you do not do this, your system is not secure. Don't log in as root again unless you're installing packages; log in as "me" instead.

Now that OpenStep is installed, when your system boots, press "d" for DOS/Windoze and "n" for OpenStep.

You might want to try out the apps I mentioned further up the page. They're all great apps, but I haven't had a chance to install them yet; I just got the CD today.

Macs Liberated:
SE, IIsi, Quadra 700, 6100, PB 5300, PowerMac 5400

I think its something like "openstepuser.tgz" or the like...

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