Install Mac OS X Leopard OSx86 on PC Dual Boot Windows 7, Vista in 9 Easy Steps

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 | #Tags: Apple, Guide, howto, leopard, MAC OS X, OSx86

OSx86 Install Recently, I installed Mac OS X (OSx86 Project) on My HP Laptop. It took me 24 hours to experiment witha ll possible procedures and install. Most of the guides available on the wikis and blogs are complex, in-accurate. I Promise to keep this one easy and effective.

I`ll try my best to answer questions in the blog itself, Still, feel free to ask questions.

Looking for Snow Leopard? Here is another New and easy Guide: Install Snow Leopard on PC or Install Snow Leopard on VMWare

Before you Begin

There are Several Flavours of OSX86 Project available. Few of the popular ones are:
iPC, iATKOS, Kalyway, iDeneb etc.

None of these is perfect, but as time passes, they approach perfection.
iPC is the most advanced you can get, keeping into consideration that it supports largest database of hardware, followed by Kalyway, iDeneb and others. Most Important thing you should check for is your Hardware compatibility List (HCL) on OSX86 wiki.

If you have any doubts, you can get them cleared @taranfx on Twitter

Steps to install:

1. Download OSx86 10.5.x

Go to your favorite torrent site and Download 10.5.x of your favorite flavor among the listed ones. Latest version is 10.5.7. Though 10.5.6 is also a fair deal. Burn the downloaded “.ISO” file to DVD using PowerISO / MagicISO or any other burning software.

2. Create Partition, preparing Disk:

In windows 7 or vista, Right click My computer > Manage, click Disk Management. Here create a primary partition with minimum 8GB space, though recommended is 15GB. There is no need to format this partition. After Partition is created, right click > Mark Partition as Active.

Burn the OSX86 ISO that you downloaded from torrents on to a DVD and reboot with Boot from DVD. Now you should see Darwin load screen.

3. Booting and starting Installation

As countdown from 10 starts, press F8 key and you will be able to have some more option’s. Now type -v and press enter now entered in VERBOSE mode, this will enable you to see any errors if they occur. In case your screen freezes for more than 10 minutes than note last lines and google them to find out a solution for your problem. If every thing goes fine after 15-30 minutes installation screen appear’s hold your breath we are not quit yet here.

Alternatively, to skip the booting errors, you can try these parameters on Boot: prompt

-cpus=1, -cpus=2.

4. Configuring Installation

After boot, you enter the Graphical interface and you should be able to see a top menu. From the menu Click Utilities > Disk Utility.

Here, select the destination drive where you want to install Mac OSX. this will be the same partition we created earlier in step 1.

Now click on ERASE on right hand side and under the format option select “MAC OSX Journaled Extended” and click Erase. The disk will be erased and mounted. Close the disk utility and agree to the terms and conditions, then select the partition which you erased recently.

5. Customize the Install

The most important part is this step. Now, choose wisely what all components you need to support your running hardware. Browse at http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Navigate to the HARDWARE section and choose your version(10.5.x) and computer type (Portable/Desktop). This page should give sample hardware examples that people have tested, and modules they have selected.

If you have doubts, you can check the Insanelymac.com forums.

For most of the INTEL based systems Vanilla Kernel works very smoothly & for AMD system try Voodoo kernel. It is recommended to remove all the extra unnecessary languages as they take up about 2 gigs. Also, dont add extra Drivers (.KEXTS) which might cause conflicts. e.g. if You have NVIDIA geforce on your laptop, you should select NVDarwin from the “Graphics” section, not all.

Hit Ok when you are convinced!

6. Checking the disk and Installation of System files

Now your disk(DVD) will be checked for consistency, then, installation begins. It will take 20-45 minutes as per your hardware juice. After the installation is over, it will ask for a reboot. Remove the DVD after it has rebooted.

You should be able to automatically boot into OS X at this time.

7. Setting up the Boot Loader

Now that OS X is all working, we have to make the previous installation of Windows 7 or Vista to work. for this, I`ll use the Windows boot loader rather than chameleon boot loader built-in to OS X. This helps you prevent re-fixing MAC OS installation when you re-install windows at some time in future.

Put in your windows 7 or Vista disk, and boot from it. When installation starts, it prompts for “Recovery”. Select the recovery option. On you will be prompted to choose tools available for recovery. Select “command-line”.

DISKPART> list disk // displays the available HDD
DISKPART> select disk n // select the disk which has windows installation
DISKPART> list partition // list partitions on the selected disk
DISKPART> select partition n // select the partition number where windows was previously installed.
DISKPART> active //sets partition active
DISKPART> exit

REBOOT.

Now your vista /windows 7 should boot, If it doesn’t try this:

Boot with installation disk into windows setup, choose recovery again, and select automated recovery of boot area. Windows should fix the boot automatically, then click Fix and reboot button.

8. Adding MAC to the Boot menu via Windows:

Boot into windows normally and download EasyBCD from google. Open it, click “Add/Remove entries” navigate to “Mac”. Select Type in the dropdown to “Generic x86 Pc” and give some name in the text box below. This name will appear in your boot screen. Click “SAVE” when done and REBOOT.

9. There is no Step 9. You should be able to boot into booth MAC OSX Leopard and Windows without any issues.

Enjoy the wonderful world of MAC!

Note: If you need any assistance or have any doubt, you can get in touch with us @taranfx on Twitter. Don’t hesitate.

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Stanca

To the point 4 my mouse cursor is always frozen.

Paul

I must admit, you had been a very helpful guy for all your guides.
We appreciate your blogs.

Best Regards
Paul J.

harrison

When booting into MAC OS X get a frozen screen and then it plays some odd music! any help please email me. Other wise thank you so much this is an insane thing!

Taranfx

@Repititor

Retail DVD installs are possible, you can use this guide: http://www.taranfx.com/install-snow-leopard-on-...
REtail DVD installations need more manual work on getting the right KEXTs for your hardware

stanovitch

thanks you just saved me a lot of pointless torrents and frustration!

Guest

Taranfx,
Boot 132 method has allowed for retail installation for some time now. In fact, There is only 1 Modified install disk in existence (that I know of) at this point for Snow Leo. Retail install can easily be achieved even with Pentium D/AMD Systems. And if you have a core 2, duo Core or Quad core YOU DO NOT NEED A MODIFIED KERNEL YOU CAN USE THE EXACT SAME KERNEL IN A REAL MAC. True, Pentium 4, D, celeron, AMD and a few others need a modified kernel, but not today's Processors. Modified/Custom Kexts are needed to address some motherboard quirks/unsupported devices (network, Graphics mainly), But the HARDWARE IS NOT SO DIFFERENT, IT"S THE FIRMWARE. Macbook Pro's use the same INTEL CHIPSETS, ATI OR NVIDIA Graphics and very similar components. Enough so to allow for retail installs even with 10.5 as of late. Just Google "Retail Install OS X" or "BOOT 132 OS X" or "USB Retail Install OS X". And quit spreading misinformation. @Repititor - DO BUY A RETAIL INSTALL DISK AND SUPPORT APPLE's SUPERIOR OPERATING SYSTEM, EVEN IF YOUR NOT GOING TO BUY A MAC.

nil911

Hey taran,

I figured what was wrong before,

now my problem is after installation its not detecting my mouse and keyboard, and its not even pc/2 mouse in keyboard its like attached to my laptop? what should i do?

Help , thank you

pwkn0

Reinstall, and when you are setting the customization options, find the option that says ps/2 keyboard fix and select that. That should fix your problem.

Will

its says

mac framework successfully initialized using 14417 buffer headers and 4096 cluster 10 buffers.

I really appreciate your help

Taranfx

@steven
holy crap!
How many partitions you already have?
I'm afraid vista sucks at this. you will have to delete an existing partition and make it MAC.
else some other partitioning tool

Gun

I should burn the .iso file into DVD or extract them and burn? because I burned the .iso file first but when I restart and select boot from cd/dvd , its not recognizing the disc as a boot disc!

and while extraction, it is asking a lot of times to replace certain files of some finite size with same files of 0 bytes! I pressed no in all the cases...
What might be the problem?

Marco Almeida

Thanks for the reply, but I have to say that I decided to just have the Mac OSX on my laptop. So no need to worry on XP or Vista. Heheeheh

But I have a new problem... I used the iPC 10.5.6 version. Everything works fine, except the audio input. My onboard is a Realtek, and I used the Azalia driver, so I get just the audio output.

So, do you have an idea of how I can fix this???

Thanks again!!!

Taranfx

@Steven galindo
Partitions never vanish.
I assume you used your disk manager in vista or 7 to shrink.
When windows shrinks the drive, immediately creates a new drive marked "Unallocated 7.95GB" for your case.

eddy

ok guys this method works fully. i followed if to dual boot windows 7 and leopard 10.5.6 (ideneb). people with intel chipset should install ICHx fix

zottd

I`ll try this soon

pegger

Will be trying this tonight. I am curious, which distro did you use

Taranfx

I used Kalyway 10.5.6

Cherin

thnaks dude
this ws the most simplest site i browdes among 100 others for installing mac on pc
thanks 1ce again

Lisa S.

Hello. Great job. I did not expect this on a weekday. This is a great story. Thanks!

Lisa S.

Wow! Thank you! I always wanted to write in my site something like that. Can I take part of your post to my blog?

Tim

I installed with my windows xp, Windows 7. MAC OS works superb. Waiting for your next steps.

Thanks for an easy guide.
Superb!

steven galindo

help me please in step 2
u say Here create a primary partition with minimum 8GB space,
and so i looked it up so i srank the size of one of my c drive
and left my recovery drive alone
and i snrank it to 8192 vollume and it did it but it was un locatible wht do i do bc i think i messed up

Gun

Please state any torrent link you recommend... Let me know when you reply to this comment..

I'll surely spread this site.. But let me know about the torrent link for Mac OSX iso... Thanks a lot so far.. I just need that.

:)

Taranfx

Gun,

wait for couple of hours, i`ll do as soon as i reach home, i`ll mail you the link

Gun

Ok... ill wait.. Thank you

Marco Almeida

Hi there, Taranfx.

My my question is that I´ll try to do the whole process on a Windows XP notebook. So I was downloaded the EasyBCD program but realized that it is only for Vista or Windows 7.

So, is there any other program such as EasyBCD that works with Windows XP??

Best regards,

Thanks in advance!!!

Taranfx

@Marco Almeida

As EasyBCD is not compatible with Windows XP, try the following. Add this line to the boot.ini file:
C:\chain0=”Mac OS X”

chain0 file should be available on ur osx86 disk, copy it from there to c:\

Now U reboot, U`ll get two options at boot.

Repetitor

Hi and thanks for the guide... Nice job. I have a problem tho... I have windows 7 installed, did the partition part and I'm trying to install OSX from a retail DVD. I used the Boot cd, and replace with retail OSX method, and everything works fine on the testing (-v) part. I see the white screen with apple logo and get into the background screen with stars and purple ligt and get the colourfull beach ball spinning. And it just sits like that. Tried to leave it for hour and a half and it just keeps spining...

Can anyone please help me to get to the next step?!?!

I have laptop with:

Core 2 Duo P9500
Intel PM45 ICH9-M
4GB DDR2 ram
9650 GTM graphics card with 512 MB GDDR3 ram
250 GB HD 7200 rpm

steven galindo

yes i will but how do i creat a new drive

Gun

After extracting, I got 182 errors when extracting from winRar...

I can state all if its ok, but it'll simply waste site space... so heres a sample of the list..

1. ! C:\Documents and Settings\Gun\My Documents\Downloads\XxX_10.5.6_Leo_Install_Disc.iso: Cannot create System\Library\PrivateFrameworks\Apple80211.framework\Versions\A\Resources\ClientDialogs.bundle\Contents\Resources\Dutch.lproj\AirPortClientDialogDialDynamic.nib\keyedobjects.nib

steven galindo

How do i create a new partition?
im trying to make a duel boot up so i can have windows and mac on my Dell insiron 1525, but the problem is when i try to make a new primary partition by shrinking my OS (C:) I shank it by 8192 8gs
then i waited for it to finish and when it did it said "unallocated"
and idk what im suppose to do? i tryed expanding it and trying over but it didnt work and i have a 212 gs left so i know i have room for it wht should i do? here is a link to the web site of what i want to do

http://www.taranfx.com/blog/?p=1204#comment-2004

read it and help im on step #2

* 21 hours ago
* - 3 days left to answer.

Additional Details
yes and also when i try to fromat it it says "you cant creat a new volume in this unallocated space bc the disk already contains the maximum number of partitions "
and the link some one gave me is wrong it dont take me any were

21 hours ago

steven galindo

can u help me with that that is wht is hap;ping

Taranfx

@ Marco
can u gimme ur sound chipset adn intel chipset numbers before i can help u

@Gun
NO, u shouldn't extract it, burn as is. Its bootable by default. chekc if bios settings are corect else, reburn the DVD. all osx86 iso's are bootable.

@Steven
Right click "unallocated" and select "create new partition".

steven galindo

nah it didnt work read wht i posted please helpo me =[

Marco Almeida

Taranfx,

I do not know my sound chipset, and do not know how and where to get it. All I have is the video chipset which is the INtel GM945 in one notebook and the Intel GM915 in the other on.

Thanks for helping!!!

sweettooth

hi! how do i get on the internet? right now "no airport card is detected" thanks.

Taranfx

@Marco
In that case gimme ur laptop model

@sweettooth
Actually, by default WLAN is not detected. Can you gimme your WLAN model. e.g. Intel 3945abg
so that i can help u

Marco Almeida

Tarranfx,

I think I managed to find out, they are:

1 - On my Acer Aspire 7104WSMi: the chipset is Intel 925X/XE, and Audio is Realtek High Definition Audio;

2 - On my Positivo Mobile W58: the chipset is Intel 82801G (ICH7 family), and Audio is the same as the Acer.

Thank you once again!!!

Dale

Taranfx, can you help me. i have a Acer Aspire 5315 with:

Graphics Card: Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
Sound Card: Audio Realtek 268 v6.0.1.5477
Internet: Atheros AR5BXB63

I might be Wrong so could you check this yourself. the graphics card works when i install mac osx tiger but the wifi and sound does not.

im gonna install leopard instead but need to know how to get my internet and sound working

thanks

Taranfx

@Marco
Sorry but audio input is not supported on ur sound card yet. this is written on osx86 wiki :(

@Dale
Looking at your sound card in wiki, It should work if u install correct driver "realtek". But I'm afraid ur wifi will not!

Marco Almeida

It´s ok Taranfx, and thank so much for your help!!!!

nmk

Thanks a lot dude..Its the best and easy guide available.

My friend is facing a problem while installing.His keyboard and mouse are not working when installation screens appears..we hve tried USb mouse and keyboard also..

Evargho

Can i please have the link to the torrent of Kalyway 10.5.6

Evargho

Can i please have the link for Kalyway 10.5.6, Thank you Taranfx

Taranfx

@Evargho
Will mail u.

@nmk
can u gimme sm hardware details before i can help u. like motherboard, chipset.

Samrat Chouhury

Well I have them both installed but at startup I select vista and vista works fine but if I select mac os x i get an error saying Chain Boot Error and has also tryed copying chain0 to drive c. but its not working plz hlp

Taranfx

@Samrat.
You didnt follow one of the steps: 8.
Are u sure u used EasyBCD here? when u use easyBCD, u dnt have to worry abt copying chain0.
Dont MODIFY any of the steps ELSE it WILL NOT work!
follow the procedure blindly!

Samrat Chouhury

i have tried all the options but its not working its the same again and again [Chain Boot Error] . i have been using an hp laptop and the os version is leopard 10.5.1 9b1b is this a low end version or any __________. the mac os is working only for 1st time and then is the same prob. plz hlp plz plz

Samrat Chouhury

i have tried all the options but its not working its the same again and again [Chain Boot Error] . i have been using an hp laptop and the os version is leopard 10.5.1 9b1b is this a low end version or any __________. the mac os is working only for the 1st time and then is the same prob. I have tried installing the mac again and again but its the same. or els if u suggest i can try re-installing my vista and thn the mac again. plz hlp plz plz

Taranfx

@Samrat
Please re-install from scratch, you missed/misconfigured step 8. Best way is to start from scratch.
If you follow the steps as it is, there's no way tht u will get chaining error.
I have installed mac on 7 machines using same method, never faced chaining.

Vipul

intel core 2 duo E7200 2.53GHz 4.01Ghz
ASUS P5n MX, Nvedia Geforce
160GB HDD
2GB DDR2

will it work on my system, i have started to download iATKOS 5i.
please reply

dyas bagus satyawan

I`ll try this soon,
good luck

Samrat Choudhury

Did you mien 2 say just 2 follow the step 8 as it is. and to avoid the option "add entry". if not so i have done all right. plz plz hlp me out of this chaining prob. Anyways thnx 4 all the hlp.

Will

Hi Taranfx,
i make the install fine (using ideneb), however, on the reboot it stalls at the apple logo and never actually properly boots into the desktop screen. Please can someone help?
Many thanks,
Will
PS i am running a Core 2 duo 2.33ghz on an Asrock G41M-LE with integrated graphics and sound.

Taranfx

@Samrat
I had actually asked you to so it all over again from scratch. Sorry for confusions.

@Will
Next time you boot, at boot options enter "-v" for verbose, this will print error at console before halting. Give me the error message, I`ll help you out further.

Samrat Choudhury

The only error it shows is "ERROR: FireWire unable to determine security-mode; defaulting to to full-secure" i dont thnk so it coz any harm and if so we can disable the firewire in bios b4 booting isnt it. So what next........

Taranfx

@Samrat
Look carefully, you didnt get it. I asked you to re-do everything from scratch. tht -v was for "will"

Will

It doesn't halt at the console, it finishes and goes straight to the installer. I format the disk ready to install then install it. It says it installs fine but when it reboots after that it freezes at the big apple logo and I have to restart and boot from the disk again. Any ideas?
Thanks

Taranfx

@Will
Thats what i told you, during BOOT enter -v. To see boot option u have to press F8 or F10 till see options menu

dan6289

same problem as Will. did the -v and only error is "ERROR: Firewire unable to determine security-mode; defaulting to full-secure" Please help me.

Danny Boy

hey! Its a great guide so far:)
Im very eager to try it however if you could send me a torrent it would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance :)

snmac

Can i please have the link to the torrent of Kalyway 10.5.6..Thanks

Shakul

I need help..I messed all things :(

When Mac was installing, it was checking dvd for consistency and it said to try again ater cleaning the dvd.

Then, I restarted and my windows 7 doesnt load..it missing OS.

Then, I went to cmd for recovery.

When I select my partition it says:::

Virtual disk service error

This operation is not allowed on an invalid disk. This disk may be invalid because it is corrupted or failing or OFFLINE.

Please help me

Thanks in advance

Taranfx

@snmac @others
Links sent to those who requested

@Shakul
Shakul, seems like your dvd wasn't burned properly or there is some issue with your drive. Try reinstalling with same dvd without doing the consistency check, see if it works.
Else with windows 7 dvd goto Recovery >> startup recovery. It automatically detects and fixes the issue with boot.

Shakul

Thanks for replying..

I tried auto recovery, it says no windows found.

Also, my partition were dynamic.

If I use CMD, and select my partition, then it says hard disk is failing, invalid or offline.

I tried to get disk online, but it says it is already online.

My laptop is under warranty, should I call my manufacturer and tell them that my hard disk failed and get a new one?

nil911

Hey, i might sound weird..

but i been searching for ages to convert my windows xp computer to mac os... i have dell inspiton 1501..so before i go ahead and crash my computer i was wondering following:

should i upgrade to windows 7 and then follow your steps?
or is there possible way to upgrade from xp. I have my data backed up so i am not worried about that. hope you can help.

anant

Hey Taran,

Can u please help me with the best torrent location? I want to dual boot my system with Mac OS.

I am using Windows 7 64 bit on my custom built system. The specs are: Intel Core 2 duo E 4500 @ 2.2 and 2 GB RAM with 512 MB Geforce 8400 GS.
Board: Intel Corporation D945GCNL AAD97184-103
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz

Thanks in advance
Anant

awesomeguy

Do I have to download the torrent file onto a dvd? And by dvd do you mean a cd-rw? I'm a bit confused with this part in the tutorial.
Also, I advise for you to download firefox as there's a lot of spelling errors.
Please, answer my question asap. I love this tutorial nonetheless as it's sleek and simple to read, and doesn't confuse me with complex language.

bob

Excellent article. I am awaiting snow leopard to do this installation but might mess around with a spare drive I have for my toshiba satellite laptop. I thank you for being detailed and very clear.

Taranfx

@Shakul
It shouldn't be a hardware issue, so your vendor will do nothing but reinstall vista or something. May be you should start over with win 7 and then mac os.

@nil911
There's no way to convert one OS to another.
You seem to be new to computers, I would not recommend you to straightaway follow this. Get some person whose good at computers, show him this guide, it would be all fine.
In case you want to proceed, Upgrade to win 7, then try this, since Mac os dual boot works best with vista, 7.

@anant
sent

@awesomeguy
The torrent has an ISO file. Use Power-ISO or equivalent software to burn DVD. OSx86 ISO image is around 3GB meant for only DVDs.

Nil911

Hey taran,

i did upgrade to windows n followed all the steps,
i used iPC to burn dvd n when i went into darwin mode and started booting. My screen froze at waiting for boot volume with uuid ... And waiting on IOProviderClass .......i googled but reached dead end everywhere let me know if you know what i am dealing with..thankx

nil911

hey taran,

Can you also get me website where you downloaded kalyway 10.5.6 or even kalyway 10.5.6 for amd....

I tried my installation with iPC and am getting error as i posted above, as i tried to find the error in many different form, and all were inconclusive, so please help me out.

ProbsterZ

Hi,
I got Desktop PC with GA-VM900M board, Intel E2140, 2 GB RAM. I'm want 2 try 2 install mac on my pc.
could you give me all the link of software that i can use, i'll download it.
what OSx86 you recommend to me based on my PC spec.
what problem might occur and how to fix it...

waiting for your reply...
thnks..you guys geniuzzz...
P.

ProbsterZ

Hi,
I got Desktop PC with GA-VM900M board, Intel E2140, 2 GB RAM. I’m want 2 try 2 install mac on my pc.
could you give me all the link of software that i can use, i’ll download it.
what OSx86 you recommend to me based on my PC spec.
what problem might occur and how to fix it…

waiting for your reply…
thnks..you guys geniuzzz…
P.

Tegs

Hey there,
I have studied this guide of yours. I have downloaded kalyway 10.5.2 from torrent site. Here's the situation, the first thing that i did when i downloaded kalyway is extract the ISO and burned it to a DVD disc, but i just read in a post here that i should've burnt the ISO directly. Okay so i did, but when i tried to boot from DVD, nothing happens! just a flashing cursor at the topleft corner, after a few seconds, it continues to boot into my original OS. Same thing with the ISO burnt directly, but this time there were a bunch of numbers and two letters "RE" 3rd line. The first two lines were these if i remember correctly
!5455554

RE
There, it just freezes and nothing happens.
What's wrong????

Tegs

Hey!
Here's the numbers that show up when booting

!56555351
A0000014
B000001d
RE

It freezes there :s

kbuman

Yes i was wondering if i could run MAC OSx86 with my hardware. i couldn't find anything about it, here are the details:
MotherBoard - ABIT - AT-8-32x
Audio - Realtek High Definition Audio
Wireless LAN PCI Card - Ralink RT-2500
OnBoard LAN Ralink RT-8168B/8111B
Graphics Card/NO ONBOARD GRAPHICS - NVIDIA GeForce 6200
CPU - Dual Core AMD Opteron Proccessor 165 1.8GHz

Grayson

Ok, I'm using iAtkos v7. I press the F8 key and go into verbose mode and everything seems to go fine up until about the middle of the screen where the scrolling text just stops and my computer restarts real quickly.

If I just skip the F8 and -v commands and just hit any key to continue, text starts scrolling, then I get a screen with smaller white text on a black background for a second, then I see the white apple logo screen really quickly and then my computer restarts.

I'm very sure this can be done with my hardware, but what else could be my problem? Thanks for such a helpful guide by the way!

HP Pavilion Elite m9040n

Asus Berkeley IPIBL-LA motherboard

3gb RAM

Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @2.40ghz

Raj

this SWEET and SIMPLE guide. Good work Taran. One question is I installed on my Dell latitude d630 laptop mouse and wlan are not working any pointers.

ProbsterZ

Hi,
I got Desktop PC with GA-VM900M board, Intel E2140, 2 GB RAM. I’m want to try to install mac on my pc.
Could you give me all the link of software that i can use, i’ll download it.
What OSx86 you recommend to me based on my PC spec.
What problem might occur and how to fix it…

waiting for your reply…
thnks..you guys geniuzzz…
P.

Taranfx

@Nil911
try this - Use the cpus=1 flag and turn off some things in the BIOS. -USB Legacy Support > Disabled, Execute Disabled bit > Enabled, Max CPUiD Value Limit > Disabled
I`ll mail you the link for kalyway

@ProbsterZ
900M will go fine with Kalyway. I`ll mail the download link to you aswell.

@Tegs
There could be 2 reasons.
1.You didn't burn iso properly using tool like PowerISO, MagicISO.
2. You don't have "Boot from CD/DVD" enabled in your BIOS. do that and change the Boot priority giving highest precedence to CD/DVD.
You should be able to boot.

@kbuman
Ok, you have a AMD Phenom. I've installed once on a quad-core phenom using a OSx86 distro called "LawlessPPC-Leo-10.5.4-Phenom&AMD;". Search for "Lawlessppc" on google you should get it somewhere.

@Grayson
I'm really sorry but I'm clueless. Till I see a message that quotes certain error, It's hard to predict what went wrong. Did you install a new driver or something recently?
Try booting in safe mode and fixing things up- Here's how you can boot into Safe mode-
use "-x" at the boot prompt

@Raj
Dell d630 has Intel 3945ABG, You can try the experimental wireless project- http://code.google.com/p/iwidarwin , but this might crash Mac from booting next time as well. Install at your own risk. If it crashes, boot into safe mode and remove the driver.

Nil911

Hey taran

thanks so much for help so far. And hopefuly i will stop bugging you as my issue get resolved thos time aroound.

As i completed instillation, i ran into yet another problem, when i restart without installation cd..my computer starts booting mac but it get stuck at white screen, so i tried running it in -f mode and same problem. Then i tried to run it in -v mode to see the problem and i says
still waiting for root device.

It showed that messeage 10 times as i waited for 15 mins, hopefully there is solution please help asap.

Thank you

anant

Hey Taran,

All done. But once I get to the boot option and click on Mac OS, it gives me an error \nst\nst_mac.mbr... what do i do?

Carlos

Hi Taranfx,

I have this error when run my installation dvd. I use iPC.

Please contact the Voodoo Kernel Dev-team……
panic (cpu 0 caller 0×00209500): nfs_boot_init failed with 6/n “0/voodookernel/xnu-1228.7.58/bsd/nfs/nfs_vfsops.c

Do you have a URL for Kalyway 10.5.6?

Thanks for your help.

Regards!

arron

any body know how 2 download "mac os" via internet without getting any cd>>plz reply>>

suman

I have OSX 86 10.5.6 DVD. Do i use it to start the installation process or Particular ISO is required to start? I have HP Latest laptop with windows 7.

Alex

Hey,

Awesome site and tutorial- wondering if it's possible to install it on a separate 500gb external hard drive (apparently not removable from its case... otherwise I would install it in my tower?...)

- Alex

Taranfx

@anant
it's possible that "Active Boot Partition" isn't pointing to the right place on your PC.
If that's the case, give this a shot:
EasyBCD | Change Settings
Select the Mac entry.
Change the drive from "BOOT" to C:\
Save

@carlos @arron
sending you an email with link

@suman
when you download osx86, its in .iso format, andu have to use a software like PowerISO to burn to a DVD. If you ahve already done that, it's show time, boot from dvd.

@Alex
I'm afraid, it doesn't yet work on USB drives (externals) though SCSI/RAID builtin is supported.

@nil911
Did you mean its laptop keyboard and usb mouse. USB mouse should work if its attached before boot, by default usb peripherals are not detected after boot.

n111

I have mac os x g5 instal disc. been trying to instal with pearpc but it only works with os's to g4. will this procedure work an apple instal disc ?. Thanx in advance

CJ

I have everything installed and my computer starts up in the MAC welcome screen. I start to fill out the welcome screen and when I click to tell it to import no data it freezes, and then loops back to the beginning, and starts the welcome screen over. Any ideas of how to solve this?

jamies

i have another problem...

i have a sony vaio laptop
2gb ddr2 sdram / 200 gb hd/ intel core 2 duo processor t7250, enchanced intel speedstep

BUT

in this laptop I don't have windows... the hd is empty...
i want there to have only mac... when i follow the steps i instal mac, but it asks for a restart after the installation [it does it anyway after few secs] but when the computer starts again ask for reboot... and if i eject the dvd it says: non-system disk, press any key to boot [thats when the hd is erased on sata] and boot1: error [when both partitions, the normal hd and the 16gb part are in mac]

what's wrong?

Alex

Hey there
I hope you can mail me back or sth.
I have a netbook acer one A150.
so yeah hace already a partition for mac.
ain't got no cd or somthing so .. Is it posible to do it from windows?
By mounting the Iso file on it ?
Anyway
where can I get it ?
I wouldn't like to use a torrent thing.
Thanks for al your help
:)

gmg9

hello,
i have dell studio 1535, tried many distros, but failed to install.

where from i download the kayway 10.5.6 ??
cause in usual torrents sites i found 10.5.2 !!
plz email me the link.
thx a lot.

dharm

hi taran, nice blog post and tx for takin time out to help others who need, needed ur help too with the torrent link for kalyway 10.5.6, and need to know if it shld work in my ststem
System details::
Acer Travelmate 5730
C2D 5870 2.0 Ghz GM 45 Chipset
2 GB Ram/320 GB HDD///

thanks again !!!!

awesomeguy

Hey taran could you send me the best torrent download link?

Also, what's the difference between dual-booting and regular booting?

AmorEtam

I want to use leopard on my PC for audio production and video editing.
I just want to know if i can use the original leopard DVD installer to do this..

Also, is this hardware list ready for leopard installation:

MOtherboard: XFS 750i SLI (nforce)

Video card: Gforce 9400

HD: Hitachi HDP725050GLA SCSI

Proscessor: Intel (R) Core (TM)2 Quad Q9400 2.66Ghz

Thanks in advance

AmorEtam

also, i forgot to say that i have windows xp x64 bit installed on my PC. Can I do this with this version??
I ask this because i can read that you are talking about WINDOWS 7, i never heard of that..

Thanks!!

PCtoMACDUMME

ok so i dont know what to do i dowloaded iatkos v7 and i dont know how to boot it help!!!

Chakra Vedi

Hello Taran,

Thanks for all the tips that I see here.
My focus is to build a system with a true Quad-core Phenom processor.

Is it safe to assume that, if I follow the exact items listed in the WikiOSx86 and pick the processor and the motherboard (hoping they are easily available), that I will be fairly safe and successful.

Thanks in advance,
cv

Taranfx

@n111
No, Pearpc can't emulate powerPC architecture of G4, G5.

@CJ
I didnt understand your problem. Be more descriptive.

@Jamies
I understand your concern but in order to follow this procedure you will have to install windows (u can remove it later)

@Alex
Mailing you the link. torrents are the only solution.

@gmg9
sent

@dharm @awesomeguy @PCtoMACDumme
It will work. sent

@amoretam
you cannot use original dvd. link sent.

@ChakraVedi
for Phenom search for "@kbuman" on this page.

HR

hello..taran
i have'nt found my laptop on the hardware compatibilty list on wikipedia. i have tried to install kalway 10.5.2 it installed successfully but after reboot my system cannot detect any OS. not evn the XP. plz help me out.

i have dell inspiron 1501 wid AMD athlon X2, 1 gb ram and 80 gb hard disk and ati readon 1160. plz let me kno which verion of OSx86 should i install.

PCtoMACDUMME

how do i boot iatkosv7 i put it in the pc and idk what to do next

kiran

Hi i am using iATKOS v4 on my intel dg33fb board,,, it starts good and when it enters grey screen with apple logo it hangs, i tried using -v command, then it shows some drivers has direct dependencies on com.apple.kernel and com.apple.ktx,, select only one... then it hangs.
whats going on? Thanks for ur help..

anirban

i want to ask one thing i have two hard disk one is sata 250gb another is 160gb on ide. on 160gb i have 4 partition two primary rest logical one primary for vista nd one primary for windows 7. and now i want to install osx on 250gb hard disk which have 6 partition 3 primary and 3 logical. i want to install osx on one logical drive. so can i do it . and what will be the disk no and what would be partition number . and is there anything else i should do. thanks in advance.
and i more thing i downloaded iatkos 10.5.6.
and my hardware is
dual core 2.0ghz
2gb ram
intel dg31pr mother board
nvidia 9800gt 512mb with cuda and sli
so for drivers should i go for voodoo or vanilla.

and initially vista is on active partition so after sholud i make this active again or window 7.

please help i am a lot confused. thanks

Michael David Simmons

Thanks very much for being one of those helping kind of people. Amazing, I haven't followed your instructions yet but I trust you.

-MICHAEL

Zoolo

Hy i have a small question :P like everyone else :D ... ive instaled ipc 10.5.6 .. folowed all the steps and ... everithing went fine till i needed to start the program ... and after i press enter in te boot menu the coputer freezes on a fliping underline... do you have a unser for that ?? ive instaled the program i think 5 times and same thing :( and btw i have Xp on the sistem ... i did the c:chain0 thingy

Mario

hey how the hell do i shrink my hd i have tried shrinking the C: drive and it just dont let me it gives me this bs and i fucked up my backup drive which had all my piks!!!which i have shrunked before up to 4.5gb thats as long as it had let me and the real recovery drive that bs wont let me shrink or extend or nothing i cant even save shit there wtf is going on!!

Balaji

Hi taranfax,

Below is my system detail. Currently I have Windows XP installed.

Microprocessor 1.6 GHz Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology featuring Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T5200

Microprocessor Cache 2MB L2 Cache
Memory 1024MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
Memory Max 2048MB
Video Graphics Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Video Memory up to 128MB (shared)
Hard Drive 120GB 5400RPM (SATA)

I am interested in Iphone apps dev.

Will the steps provided by you work for me. Or should I Follow different set of operation since I have XP running on my system.

What is the torrent site you used ? That would be very helpful.

Will the torrent contain the details on how the image has to be written ?

Eagerly expecting you reply . Thanks In aDvance :)

mahendra

Hi,

Please send me the links from where I can download MAC OS X, I have windows XP SP2 on my PC.
Can I go by your method for windows vista and windows 7 on windows xp; if not then what all changes required.

jweb

installed 10.5.7 on a dell optiplex gx270 running win 7. After step 6 os x would not start. had to do windows recovery and downloaded easy bcd. let me add os x to the list but when i try to boot it from the menu is just hangs at the pic of the camilion and reboots. Any ideas?

Seb

excuse the stupidity of this question, but will everything on my computer be deleted?
i have an acer aspire 6920g if thats any help.

kiran

Hi i am using iATKOS v4 on my intel dg33fb board,,, it starts good and when it enters grey screen with apple logo it hangs, i tried using -v command, then it shows some drivers has direct dependencies on com.apple.kernel and com.apple.ktx,, select only one… then it hangs.
whats going on? Thanks for ur help..
and when i used i deneb i had same problem...
when i used -v command i got this msg
waiting on IOProviderClassIOResourcesIOResourceMatchboot-uuid-media
Pls can any one help???

Cye

Hey I already installed ipc osx86 way before this article how to & this is my 3rd mac build & OSX86 installation, but might I say I wish I had this how to on my first hackintosh install project because this how to article would have saved me a ton of wasted time that is when I was a hackintosh newb. This article is great & I will refer others to it because you did a very good job on it, keep up the good work.

Soccerkidguy

OK before i do this, i have a pretty basic computer. but i want to do this anyway... I have 2 drives C: and D: i use C for my regular stuff... do have windows 7 on it. Ok so heres my question. Can i install Mac on D: and keep Windows 7 on C:?

Taranfx

@HR
Ofcourse Dell 1501 is supported. I guess you did something wrong over creating partition and setting it active. May be you set active a non-required partition. What error you get?

@PCtoMACDUMME
Reboot with boot from CD/DVD set in BIOS, then follow the guide.

@kiran
I think while installing, you selected two kernels. Like vanilla + some other. You should make sure, you select only one.

@Michael David Simmons
welcome

@zoolo
I guess I`ll need the detailed error message, before i can answer that.

@Cye
Appreciate that.

@Soccerkidguy
There is no C or D on MAC, you will have delete D and create new Mac Journaled Drive.
How basic is your hardware?
Least I ever installed on PC was 1.5Ghz Atom Netbook (single core), low cache CPU with 1 GB RAM. Ran fine.

more answers soon...

Soccerkidguy

I am running Windows 7 Ultimate.
Acer Intel Celeron CPU @1.73GHz

1G RAM

I have 2 hardrives i have a C drive and a D drive. The problem is that my C drive only has 5G free space. My C drive is called ACER so i may be able to format my DATA:D drive to mac?

sal

Can u guys post a link to download the mac latest ? i just can't find a valid one anywhere

Zoolo

Hy thx for the unser .... theres no error ... after the instalation and seting up the chain0 i restarted my computer and i had to chose between xp or osX ... so i pres enter on osx and thats it .. black screen .. no message no nothing ... i tried 2 versions of IPC but still no diference .... im hopping that win7 will make things easier ... but need to w8 till october for finel vrersion.( i dont like betas) :p

Juan Luis

Hi Taranfx,

I'm from Spain, so my English is very poor..

I have an EX38-DQ6 (Gigabyte) as a motherboard, with an Intel Q6600.
The chipset is the X38 and ICH9. I have downloaded the iPC 10.5.6 version.
This will work? I need any "extra" patch?
Thanks a lot for this easy guide!!!

Jeremy Wayne

can you please email me a step by step on burning iatkos v7 to a dvd ... so i can make sure i did everything the right way.

Taranfx

@soccerkid
yes, theres no other way I can think of.

@Sal
Latest Mac? that would be snow leopard. Covered in the other guide. search for "Snow leopard" on this page. but it's a guide not download links. I regret for that, we don't put piracy studf here.

@Zoolo
Win 7 is out. look for "windows 7 rtm" on torrents. you will get it.

@JuinLuis.
Thats a quad core. It would work with inbuilt KEXTs but

@Juan Luis
Your CPU is supported out of the box, but very sure of your Motherboard. Give it a shot with "iDeneb".

@Jeremy Wayne
That's easy. follow step1. I updated it. let me know if any issues.

davide

hi, really nice guide there, but i'm a little bit concerned:
my specs: asus p5q, intel e8500, ati 4870, 4gigs ram, currently running vista 64bit..
now, which would be the best version for me? I downloaded iPCx86 10.5.6 as suggested in the guide, is that correct?
besides my inbuilt network adapter doesn't even work on windows without installing the drivers from the asus cd, will I be able to find and install the drivers once i have mac?
thanks in advice...

Jeremy Wayne

another problem ... i boot into the dvd .. press f8 .. and type -v and my screen freezes with this error:

bsd process name corresponding to current thread kernel_task

any suggestions?

Gurvinder P Singh

Hey Taran,
I am stuck with an issue not discussed in your blog. Installation went well however keyboard and mouse did not work. During the installation keyboard and mouse worked but not when it actually boots.
Rgards

GPS

HR

actually yaar installation was successful but after that windows doesnot detect any OS not even Xp or macintosh

HR

and plz tell me which version of OSx86 should iinstall on inspiron 1501... and where could i get it?

davide

damn!
I get in the darwin screen, I tipe in -v it writes about 3 lines of code, then my dvd reader starts sppinning real fast and my pc restarts..
specs written 4 posts above..
could the ati catalyst 9.7 driver the problem?
please help!

kojoseph

hi,I read the article and what I don't clearly understand is that what do I do at the command line.
Just type every line you posted at there?

DISKPART> list disk // displays the available HDD
DISKPART> select disk n // select the disk which has windows installation
DISKPART> list partition // list partitions on the selected disk
DISKPART> select partition n // select the partition number where windows was previously installed.
DISKPART> active //sets partition active
DISKPART> exit

please!help me.thank u the genius!

knoxlogic

I have installed this flawlessly on an old DELL Optiplex 755! Its up and about and runs smoothly!

THE ONLY problem is, is doesn't recognize my built-in NIC adpater on the motherboard? Any solutions for this? How can I find the drivers for this for a MAC os?

George

Hi. I have the next problem. After I installed the osx I get the next error. I boot and only get a white screen with the apple logo on the middle. I reboot and type -v and this is the error I get: mac framework successfully initialized using 14417 buffer headers and 4096 cluster 10 buffers.
I used iDeneb v1.3 (10.5.5). My pc: cpu: intel q6600, motherboard: asus p5ql-pro, gpu: asus 4850, hdd: 640 gb WD caviar blue edition. I tried all the versions of the osx...kailway..ipc..iatkos but iDebeb was the only one that would get installed.

xcrunner509

Hey i followed your installation guide (worked fine). Except that my audio wifi and ethernet is not working. i've checked every where but i can't really find a forum that addresses this. please help me. I have a Compaq Presario V5000.

the Beta Guy

Hey,

My laptop's DVD writer doesn't work. Do you have a method using USB ?

Thanks.

Taranfx

@davide
iPC would be good. and regarding your Ethernet NIC, I`ll be honest- Since it has been hard to support on windows, it would be even harder to find on Mac. But I believe your Ethernet chipset should be RTL1000. If yes, it's supported, iPC, Kalyway comes with this KEXT driver!

@Jeremy Wayne
You are running into a gneeric Kernel Panic. This could be anything among RAM, HDD ATA issues. I recommend checking these resources :
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/kernelpanics.html
http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?thread...

@Gurvinder P Singh
Try accessing your BIOS during boot (F2 or F10 Key). Look around for USB options and enable them including “Legacy USB devices”. That might help.

@HR
10.5.6 Kalyway or iPC 10.5.6 is latest. Google it or look over thepiratebay

@davide
Can you give those 3 lines of error? It's hard to comment without that. since it crashes at very early stage, I doubt if it's some serious compatibility issue.

@kojoseph
Goto RUN > cmd. New command prompt opens. Type "DISKPART" and enter
the prompt changes to "DISKPART" then type those commands and follow instructions for each command towards right side of //

@knoxlogi
I guess you missed it during install. You had to tickmark the right Intel Ethernet driver. Don't worry you can Search for the adaptor model "KEXT" in DVD or Google, you should be able to find it.

@George
Clueless on this. This line is not an error.

@xcrunner509
Is that a Turion?
Your NIC is Realtek RTL8139/810x, it's supported in iPCs, Kalyway. Your audio is Conexant.
Did you miss them during customizing your installation?
Your wireless will not work directly. You can try the experimental wireless project- http://code.google.com/p/iwidarwin , but this might crash Mac from booting next time as well. Install at your own risk. If it crashes, boot into safe mode and remove the driver.

@the Beta Guy
Yes you can. I haven't tried it but this should work. http://www.taranfx.com/blog/?p=1772 Guide is for Windows installations from USB flash drive, but should work for ANY OS. :)

Siren

Hi Taran,
Ive read the post but think I still need a little guidance please...
I just recently lost my beloved quad core mac pro266 in a bushfire. Im desperate to emulate since I could only just afford a pc in replacement, and its just NOT a mac :-7
Here are the important numbers

FUJITSU SIEMENS AMILO Pi 3540
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz
(RAM) 4.00 GB
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
1533 MB Total available graphics memory
Primary hard disk 29GB Free (92GB Total)
Windows 7 Ultimate
System type 32-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 2
64-bit capable Yes
Total size of hard disk(s) 289 GB
Disk partition (C:) 29 GB Free (92 GB Total)
Disk partition (D:) 86 GB Free (197 GB Total)
Media drive (E:) CD/DVD
Dedicated graphics memory 256 MB
Shared system memory 1277 MB
Display adapter driver version 8.15.11.9038
DirectX 10
Network Adapter Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN
Network Adapter Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)

If possible can you supply me with a list of files I would need for a complete* successful install (I know how to find/use a torrent)
Thank-you in advance, Siren
*other than the wireless adapter, which I never use anyway & Im pretty sure isnt supported if I read the above posts correctly.

fLaMePr0oF

I posted full instructions for installing OSX 10.5.8 on the PI-3540 on the InsanelyMac form, just try a search and you should find it there ;o)

fLaMePr0oF

Here's the list of settings you need for a successful instal with iATKOS 7 (OSX 10.5.7), you can then use software update to get 10.5.8

xcrunner509

Taran, about a month ago you told me "Your wireless will not work directly. You can try the experimental wireless project- http://code.google.com/p/iwidarwin , but this might crash Mac from booting next time as well. Install at your own risk. If it crashes, boot into safe mode and remove the driver." But i have a question how would i go about installing/and or uninstalling this driver. ,xcrunner509

Taranfx

Choose the right iwidarwin for your wireless card. Then download .dmg file. Double click and install

Kai

can i install mac on my second hard drivve

snakebitezz

Hey man could u please send me the url for the iso I have a dell insiron 2200 idk the full details of it but the url would be greatly appreciated

Ron

cud u pls tell me wud i b install osx on a non core intel processor

MrSmitten

Taranfx ,

First thank you so much. This looks awesome and I would love to give it a try.

I have a good desktop but it is a bit dated and most of my hardware is not listed in the HCL for 10.6.0

Could you give my hardware a looksy and let me know if you think it would jive. I also havn't looked at the HCLs of earlier versions, would those be more compatible with my setup?

Thanks Again!

Desktop Rig:
MSI neo4 Platinum SLI
onBoard Creative Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit
3Gigs ram
2x Nvidia 6800 Ultra (trying to get in SLI but so far unsuccesful in Vista x64 or win 7 x64. Could I do this in snow lepoard?)
2x WD 200GB harddrives (would like to have Mac OS installed on these in a Raid 0, possible?)
Linksys WMP11 Wireless-B PCI Adapter

MrSmitten

O and I forgot to mention processor is a AMD FX53 64bit

Tony-Z

Hi Taranfx,

I've tried both iAtkos v7 and iPC 10.5.6 on my Gateway P7805u laptop..The installations went thru but when it came to reboot the screen just showed all black with a cursor. Then it said sth like "Killing all processes..Continuing.." and the screen flashed once..After that it went straight into my windows 7, no Mac at all...Please help me out..Thank you very much!!

Fritz Teich

I think this article is extremly complicated!! I had Windows XP, FreeBSD and an empty dos partition, now also Ubuntu that seems to be rather perfect for thinkpads, above all the nicenst FreeBSD bootmanager, just F1, F2, F3, no ugly overfeaturism. You can install it also without FreeBSD, just get the installation CD and boot and go into "patitions", write w, say yes, go out.

Anyway, I installed ideneb 1.5 on that DOS partition and I had to do NOTHING!

I could say F3 and behind it the chamaeleon or whatever slightly ugly thing appeared, some animal. I wished I could go directly into MacOSX, but it is not so important. What is much more important is how to read email, Thunderbird, on 4 OS with one profile folder on the NTFS partition. It works, but sometimes it does not.

Btw, much better that that famous Windows partition manager from powerquest or whoever: get an Mandriva install CD to shrink your NTSF filesystem, perfect!!!

But in all cases, during installation of a new OS: if you have SATA, run on compatibility mode in your bios or it might trash your partition table.

Tantalus

I have 2 hard drives on my laptop. One has vista and I tried to install Leopard on the other. I've gone through all the steps but when I try to load Mac from the boots screen it just restarts and brings me to the boot screen again until I choose vista.

Any ideas of what may be causing that?

David Kenny

Hi there, I have tried all the different hardware. My hardware is compatible but my problem just is proving hard to find the answer via google. So I hope you can help I have videoed the problem so you can maybe see more as to what goes on.

Here is my spec it is just a summary but if you need any more I can tell http://i29.tinypic.com/zo89s5.jpg

The version of iATKOS was v7

here is the link to the video
http://www.twitvid.com/47F31

Any questions please ask away

Thanks
David

Mayank

Hey Taran .. thanks for all the work you are doing here.

I am trying to install dual boot Vista Extreme Edition (Ultimate hacked by Amit ) and MAC OS X on a oldish IBM T43 I have. I installed Vista pretty smooth. It works fine. I am following these steps to install MAC OS X. I downloaded the iAtkos v1.0i, wrote to a DVD at minimum possible speed (DVD + R) and now booting on it. It boots and gives the F8 option and when I press -v it does a series of steps but halts at a point and then just reboots. The last message I can see is this..

iopccardbridge start failed
Got boot device .. (something)
major 14 minor 6
(pauses for some time)
syncing disks
done
killing all processes
(reboot)

Am I missing something? Is IBM T43 good enough for OSX?

This is the config
Intel Pentium M - 1.8 Ghz
2 GB RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon X600 - 64MB
60GB SATA HDD.

Thanks in advance.

Alaa

every thing goes ok with me , but when it say it must reboot and i get out the dvd (iATKOS v7) a message said that (boot failure ) please insert any system cd/DVD
and mac didn't start up so i correct the windows 7 boot with it's dvd and log into windows and did this step of Easy BCD and reboot and choose mac and a black screen appear for 5 second and i returned back to the boot options windows or mac ??
please help quickly !

kinchit

hi...i have finished till installing easyBCD..now when i restarting my laptop...it will show bootmanu with mac and window 7..but when i click on mac...i can see only that apple staring screen..with that waiting round animation...please help as soon as possible....

jamsoolee

When I try to boot to MAC OS X Leopard 10.5.6 (iPC), it gets stuck at the boot loading screen with the Apple and the "Busy" mouse. After a minute or so, a circle with a slash through it appears on the apple and I cannot progress any farther.
This is on a desktop that has Windows 7 RC1 7260 on it.

Oh and I just realized my problem is probably the same thing as kinchit's.

Okay, I realized that I didn't choose my drivers and such...
But I'm not sure what drivers to pick...
SPECS:
ASUS P5K Pro Motherboard
4 GB G-Skill RAM 1333 Mhz
250 GB Seagate Barracuda HDD
1 GB DDR3 nVidia EVGA 9600 GT
Core 2 Duo Processor E8500 3.16 GHz, 6MB L2 Cache, 1333 MHz FSB
And I got my speakers I had for my old Dell E520, not sure what sound drivers to get though...

Please help as soon as possible, I'd like to get MAC OS X Leopard soon, as well as upgrading to Snow Leopard soon.

Thanks.

amolsura

Can I get a torrent link ???
for Snow leopord
Thanks in advance
btw Nice website

mich159487

Will my sony FW285D work?

Ratha

@ Taranfx,

I just folow your instruction today and i use iDeneb1.6 OSX1.5.8 Lite, and I found that I could not format the PRIMARY partition that I have create in Win7 and get it to be mounted.
I need your help to clearify as below,
1-Is the partion for OSX must be PRIMARY partition? or must be LOGICAL?
2-Is it needed to be set as ACTIVE?
3-is it because I use lite edition that I can not format it and get it to be mounted?

Regards,

Chimchiminey

Hello taranfx, thanks for this great tutorial.

I just have a question.
OK lets say I've successfully did this installation. Now when I save a file using windows OS, then I reboot via Mac OS, can I access that file (and vice versa) and open it, since theoretically they are saved in the same free space of the hard drive?

Jian

I have a Q6600 C2Q processor, 2GB DDR2, GeForce 8800 and 1TB HDD, currently running Windows Vista and planning to remove Vista and upgrade to a Mac OS and Windows 7 dual-boot. I've googled for downloads of Mac OS X Snow Leopard and the file type is "dmg"...is the download a suitable one??

Taranfx

No, you needs an ISO that you can burn on DVD. DMG is Mac executable.

Jian

i just realized my brother has a Macbook Pro, and the laptop comes with a Mac OS X Installation DVD, can I use that?

Jian

and sorry for double-replying, but is my computer spec enough for running Mac OS X and Windows 7 smoothly?

Core2Quad Q6600 stock
2GB DDR2 667
8800GTS G80
1TB HDD

xcrunner509

Taran, about a month ago you told me "Your wireless will not work directly. You can try the experimental wireless project- http://code.google.com/p/iwidarwin , but this might crash Mac from booting next time as well. Install at your own risk. If it crashes, boot into safe mode and remove the driver." But i have a question how would i go about installing/and or uninstalling this driver. ,xcrunner509

xcrunner509

Taran you told me for my networking problem to "Choose the right iwidarwin for your wireless card" but how do i figure out what the right one is (basically how do i figure out my wireless card). thanks, xcrunner509

Taranfx

In windows goto Device Manager > Network Adapters. There it should list all wireless and Ethernet adaptors.
Most Notebooks ship with Intel 3945abg.

xcrunner509

OK here are my adpters: Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter and Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection But im still not sure which one to use.

xcrunner509

OK here are my adpters: Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter and Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection But im still not sure which one to use.

filip

Hi,congrats! you are among first 15 when i searched google :D
i have a question,how will leopard work on this pc?
MSI K9N6PGM-V
CPU SAM2+ AMD X3 Phenom II 710, 7.5MB 64Bit
ATI Radeon 4350 512MB/DDR2,/TV-Out/HDMI/DVI/Silent

Thanks

jttkill

Hello i need help on where to download the OSx86 10.5.x .iso file
Thankyou
This is a great post

MrWhizKid

jttkill, you can download the torrent off of any torrent website. I use Mininova, so the fastest link is: http://www.mininova.org/tor/2849479

Im jus waiting 4 it to download! Can't wait to have windows 7 + Snow leopard!!!

xcrunner509

OK Taran,
Ive come to the conclusion that i cant use the iwidarwin thing because my wireless is a Broadcom 02.11g Network Adapter and the iwidarwins are devoted to intel. so what can i do to get my wifi working i also installed the IntelPro100VE pkg for my ethernet but thats not working either

Again here are my networking specs: Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter
Intel(R) Pro/100 VE Network Connection

Please help me out.

Jian

hey xcrunner, if you're talking about wireless stuff, you better go away, this topic is about Mac OS X.

xcrunner509

jian Why are you targetting your anger at me do you not see basically everyone here asking questions on how to get their mac os x to work properly/completely. So if you want to answer my question then go ahead and if it works then I will stop posting but until then. Don't tell me what to do.

JGDeRuvo

INstalled just fine, but when I boot, I get hung up on the gray Apple screen with a "NO" sign. Please advise.

winse7enandmac

Taranfx,

could you please send me the link? thanks in advance

Maninder

Taran,
SSA Bhajee
i have a lenovo t400 ( model 2764CTO), i installed SL on a partition using snowosx_universal_10.6 GM v 3.5.
The OSX seemed to install fine, when started to prepare for first use :
did not find keyboard
# System Model: 2764-CTO
# Chipset: Intel GM45
# Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 (2.53GHz)
# Video: Switchable, got Intel X4500 working at 1024x768 (ATI 3400)
# SATA: Working with Intel AHCI driver
wireless intel 5395
can you help, i wanna dual boot win7 and SL

Taranfx

kidaa. check in your BIOS if USB-keyboard is enabled. apart from that is ur USB working for other stuff?

Mathic

Hi,

I downloaded and burn the mac osx 10.5.6 ISO using magic ISO burner i followed the instruction carefully but still my PC unable to boot from the mac DVD which i have burnt eventhough i selected First boot device as DVD....Kindly help me please....................

Taranfx

Two possibilities: 1. DVD is not bootable 2. CD/DVD Boot is disabled (separate option from Boot Precedence)

Mathic

How I can make mac bootable DVD and how to find out the mac version from the burnt DVD thanks in advance please help me...........

Mathic

Taranfx please give me the link for mac torrent download becoz i suspect i might have downloaded a corrupt ISO file I burnt using magic ISO but it doesnt boot from the DVD, well u want me to try using Power ISO/Ultra ISO.............

Thanks in Advance,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.................

gary420

hi taran,,,

i downloaded ideneb 10.5.5 and burned the .iso file on a DVD. I partitioned the secondary hard disk and the installation works fine. When the computer restarts, it automatically boots Vista for some reason. I cant get it to boot it from the secondary drive. I dont know what to do. Any suggestions ,,,

Taranfx

Download and install EasyBCD then add an entry for "x86 Generic PC", that should do it.

paullaurencelaureles

Hello Taran :)

My name is Rence, thank you for your post. Well i downloaded 2 macosx86 os, first is the ipc 10.5.7 and the other one is iatkos v5. I installed both os with no luck well actually it completed the installation, but after booting when i remove the os on the drive it says boot error and when i leave the dvd on the drive it hangs on the apple logo screen. i tried this a couple of times about 10 times, 5 times using ipc and 5 times using iatkos, when that happens i always use startup recovery using windows 7 then i delete the partition where i installed the mac osx86 then i recreate it. well i have a guess that the drivers that i used in installing is not compatible can you help me with this because i searched forums and the links you provided in this post to no avail, i am installing it to my laptop its a compaq presario v 3000 series, v3532TU to be exact:

the specs are (this is from dxdiag):

Intel core2 duo cpu t1700 1.8 Ghz
ram: 2560
display: mobile intel 965 express chipset family 358 MB
Sound: Conextant high definistion smartaudio

If you can send me an email for you reply it would be a great help
Please help me thank you in advance :)

gary420

hi taran,,
thnks for the reply,,,,
tht problem looks like it is fixed ,,, but there is a new one now ,,,,
when i add generic x86 in EasyBsd it shows me in the Boot Menu,,,
Now when i click enter on MacOSX in the boot menu it shows me a an error message that i have to restart my computer,,, and when I restart it doesnt help
This happens when i click all the checkboxes under the Customize option in the IdeNeb installation screen ,,,,
When i click some selected ones it shows me a new error message that the installation is not properly or something

The OSX86 wiki is really vague in terms of telling u what u have to choose for the Customize options in the IDeneb installation screen ,,,,

I have an HP dv9500 series Laptop and have been trying for the last week to Install MAC but no luck ,,,,

I basically need to run Final Cut Pro for a short movie i have to edit soon and dont have the budget to buy a MAC ,,

Please do help me

Gary

lukas77

Hello, I really need to get the mac os on my pc but strangely enough, I'm stragling to get a good iso. Could you please post me the link for one you used in this tutorial. I would really appreciate it. Also, could you please confirm me that HP Pavilion dv6700 is supported? I can't find it on OSX86 wiki. Thanks

William ....

I can't get past step 5, it either installs and when it tries to boot up freezes or doesn't install and i get an error.

jay

how bad did i eff up? lol....

I got up to step 3, i made my partition thing, burned the DVD

but upon re-starting my laptop... it says " missing operating system"

i cant press f8

im guessing theres no way to reverse this process... annnndddd i'll have to complain to best buy and have them fix it for free?

any help GREATLY appreciated..

jay

scratch that... i got it to work, but it doesnt let me choose WHERE to save the drive

Mathic

Hi,

Taranfx please email me the working torrent link for mac osx leopard 10.5.6 or which ever latest i downloaded it from http://www.btmon.com/Applications/Mac/Mac_OS_X_... and burnt it to dual layer DVD of size 7.5 GB but it doesnt boot frm it as u mentioned i checked the DVD boot option frm Boot Precedence but no go please email me the torrent link for mac.... Thanks in advance.........

Mark

Can't you get in trouble installing multiple O/S's by downloading a torrent?

Mathic

hi taranfx

have downloaded and burnt ipc mac10.5.6 it has got only voodo kernel while i boot frm the DVD it shows error:0x0020950D and the last line is : Kernel Version:Darwin kernel Vs 9.5.0 sat Dec 6 19:39 Release 1.0:xnu-1228.7.58/BUILD/obj/RELEASE_I386 any help in this regard is highly appreciated....Thanx in advance

Computer H/W
Intel processor:2.7 Ghz
2GB RAM
512MB Nvidia Geforce
160 GB HDD
MainBoard : Via chipset Intel
Realtek Sound card

sokoban

Hello Taranfx, I used ideneb 1.5.1 ( 10.5.7) to setup osx86, everything was good, I setup leopard, I customized the setup with components as written in the setup guide, but when I rebooted the system I went to leopard. it passed the white screen of apple, I taped -v, -f , it started to write a lot of lines, then nothing it's a black screen I can't enter to mac leopard system! do you know why? please I need your help

rahulrana

if i have install leopard in my pc then a error is come firewire unable to determine security made; defaulting to full secure

rahulrana

if i have install leopard in my pc then a error is come firewire unable to determine security made; defaulting to full secure

justasking007

can i install mac os x on VMware?

Anthony

I am installing to a gateway laptop with intel core 2 duo t6600. I have follow the process above.
I am using ipc ox 86 10.5.6. I finish installing but when I reboot I come to a screen indicates that my keyboard is not hookup and i cannot go beyond that point. In the installation on step 5 above, I do not see the desktop and laptop option. I have reinstalled it twice and got the same result. Any suggestion is greatly appreciate.
Thanks.

DenDries

Hey, I tried several things with the custom install in step 5 but nothing seems to work.
After installation on the apple boot screen it shows a stop/error sign after a while and nothing happens after that.
I guess I chose something wrong with the custom install, but I don't seem to find what I have to choose to make it work.

Maybe you can help me.
Just send me a mail so I know your email adres so I can send my hardware info.
It's quite a list and I don't know what you need to know about it.

Thx in advance

Arthur

Hi i just install the MAC OSx86 and I made perfectly Installed but i have a problem I don't have an option to choose which Ethernet (i dont have a Network) and also i dont have a Sound and the rest it works perfect..... Pls. help....

Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g Wifi Adapter
Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221

Thx and advance.....

Bacheegs

Greatttt Guide! Easy for newbies!
Only thing I have an issue with is my dvd/cd rom drive. I have the SONY CD-RW/DVD-Rom CRX880A and people who have installed uphuck have said that it works out of the box just like their wireless on their Dell Inspiron 1501. I used ideneb v1.3 10.5.6 and my wireless works but my dvd/cd rom doesn't. Do I have to play with bios and change to IDE or SATA or maybe I have to install the driver on the WIndows XP to get it to work on the MAC OS? I am a newbie so sorry about the questions. Thanks!!!

John Xie

Hello Taranfx,

Hi there. I need some help here with installing MAC OS X Leopard on my HP Notebook. Its one of the newer notebooks bought about one month ago. Can you check the hardware that I have and let me know if they work well with OS X?

Model: HP G60-535DX
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual-Core T4300 2.10Ghz (I'm sure all the tests pass for the SSE2 and SSE3 and all this and that because I checked.)
Memory: 3GB DDR2....
Graphics: Intel 4 Series Graphics. Actual Model number is 4500M. (If it doesn't work, let me know if there's any way to set my resolution to something like 1600x900.)
Sound: Connexant Pebble High Definition SmartAudio
Touchpad & Keyboard
Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller (for Ethernet Wired Internet)
Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (doubt it would work...)
Western Digital 320GB SATA Hard Drive (Working when I installed Mac OS X last time)

I actually installed MAC OS X before but I think I messed up at one part so I will try again. However, many of my hardware did not have drivers installed so I had to use external equipment. Help me outt! Thanks.

chrisdewitt

ok i've always been interested in trying the supposed supremacy of a mac and stumbled apon your site. I read the 1st bit where it says check the wiki for compatibility and on the several versions i have looked up i can't seem to find my acer aspire 5375 in the portable pc list... before i pointlessly follow the rest of the instructions can you tell me. Does this mean it will not work on my laptop? by the way.. considering you put up all this info for free i admire you for being so helpful.
thanks

Guest

OK i have been looking at trying the supremacy of a mac for a while and this seems like the sensible way to do it without committing to spending a fortune. I have followed your 1st step in looking for my laptop in the wiki but i cannot seem to find it. I have an acer aspire 5735. As it is not in the list does it mean that it will not work or do i just have to check the hcl for all my individual components? I don't want to waste my time and a disk to find it doesn't work. Oh and i'd just like to add that considering you've put all this info up for free i'd like to say i admire you for being so helpful.
Thanks!

chrisdewitt

ok i already have stumbled apon another problem. i compressed my c drive to get 16gb of free space and it won't allow me to make the free space into a primary partition, it comes up as unallocated space then i can make a new simple volume from the menu but once i so that it comes up as a logical drive and i cannot make it a primary partition. Is there a method i need to follow? i'm using vista

streetlightman

Just did it, works great!

Thanks for the awesome guide

Caleb D

I read once this inst possible with my certain laptop.

Compaq Presario CQ60
AMD Athlon X2 64
nVidia GeForce 8200M

Can anyone confirm this either way please?

dan6289

I need help. after i installed it successfully, there seems to be a problem during the reboot. It just freezes on the white screen with the gray apple. what should i do? can i boot back into my windows 7? please help!

gaurav18nov

hello Taran,
I've just gone thru hundreds of posts and finding your's the perfect.Before i say something i want to tell u that i'm a novice to mac OS.Everywhere it is directed to use iATKOS v7 for dell inspiron 1545(i'm using).should i go with iPC.or please send me a torrent link which siuts my lappy best.(3GB DDR2 ram,intel core 2 duo 2.0 GHz).Also under HCL(the link given in your post)..it says...to get 1366x768 resolution one need to have a working linux in the system and also to replace the bootloader with GRUB2.PLz help me with that aand plz send me the link of the torrent if possible.
regards
Gaurav

Andre Wayne

Hi I have lenovo ideapad s10-2 and have the boot able flash with snow leopard article here
http://tech-chimp.com/2009/10/300-macbook-netbo...
with windows 7 already installed, I try to install snow leopard retail but then loose the windows 7 install if I repair windows 7 snow leopard stops working please help

Virik

Hi!

I just tried this guide. Created partition, booted with dvd. Typed -v and all that. But when I get to the next part, where the screen turns light blue, nothing happens. What can be wrong here?

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