Mac osx install help what distro ????

[madmac40]

Hi All

Please help i want to install osx on my desktop, Im new to this but i do have a basic understanding of this and i am willing to try anything (with step by step instructions). i have downloaded a few distros but when i boot from the dvd it just shuts down and restarts (no apple screen, just dawin etc). So i have decide to take a fresh approach with your help (i hope). i have listed my spec below. I do have a working Macbookpro os leopard 10.6.2 and retail disc if needed.

Thanks for your Help

Desktop Spec

CPU AMD Phenom 9550 (2.2GHz, socket AM2+)
BIOS AMI BIOS.
Motherboard Foxconn A7VMX
Memory 4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz (2 memory slots. Max 4GB)
Hard Drive 500GB
CD Drive DVD±RW
Video Card Integrated ATI Radeon 3100 (256MB shared)
Sound Card Realtek ALC High Definition Audio
Network Realtek 8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet

Motherboard Information

Chipset: AMD 780V + SB700
LAN: Gigabit LAN by Realtek RTL8110SC
Onboard Audio: 5.1 channel HD Audio by Realtek ALC662
Video: Integrated ATI Radeon 3100 (upto 256MB of shared system memory)
Connectors:
1x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot
1x PCIe 2.0 x1 slot
2x PCI slots
1x IDE: ATA 133
4x Serial ATA(SATA)/RAID SATAII supporting RAID 0, 1 & 10

Hope this is useful......

[Imkantus]

Try to boot one of those prepatched DVDs by using cpus=1 bootflag.

[madmac40]

Hi Imkantus

Thanks for the reply what prepatched ones would you recommend i try.

Thanks again

[Imkantus]

Well I would give an attempt to two different ones, first one that's using the Voodoo XNU Kernel for DVD boot - any up-to-date distro would fit this like iPC OSx86 Universall PPF5, iAtkos v7 or latest iDeneb - if you can't boot one out of those with the cpus=1 flag either I would give a try to "iATKOS v4a 10.5.4 AMD" as it's using the ToH Kernel to boot.

Ofcourse you can try to boot your Snowy Retail DVD using EmpireEFI AMD CD too, but my personnel opinion is that it's easier to stay with Leopard on AMD if you are able to use the Voodoo Kernel.

Good luck. ;)

[madmac40]

Hi All

Success i have installed osx 10.5.7 with iATKOS v7 all is working apart from the graphics, the screen resolution is 1024x768 and i need 1440x990 i dont think my graphics chip is supported (ati radeon 3100) so is there a way of changing the default screen res if so please step by step

Thanks all very much

[Imkantus]

Try to install this kext using KextHelper b7 (http://cheetha.net/) :

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1727104/RadeonHD/RadeonHD10.5.kext.zip

If you're a lucky fellow, it will make you able to change your screens resolutions in operating and to the ones that fit for your screen.
What this will not do, is to enable CI or QE, as it's not a accelator solution - there isn't such for your card.

[madmac40]

Hi Imkantus

Thanks for the reply but i was not that lucky im thinking of changing my motherboard and cpu, i noticed you have the same mother board i was looking at, does the built in graphics chip work or would i need to get a graphics card? also how stable is it from what i read it seems to be very stable.

Thanks again....

[Imkantus]

So the FrameBuffer driver hasn't been working for you?
i noticed you have the same mother board i was looking at, does the built in graphics chip work or would i need to get a graphics card? also how stable is it from what i read it seems to be very stable.The GA-P31-DS3L ?
It has no onboard gfx. I would get some 8- or 9-series GeForce they work like charm just with adding an EFI Hex String to the bootloader configuration. :)
But I can confirm that it's stable on use and I got it even working allmost perfectly with OS X. :)

[madmac40]

Hi Imkantus

Thanks again yes sorry i was looking at a GA-G31M-ES2L but i will take a look at the Geforce could you point me in the right direction for instruction on adding EFI Hex string to the bootloader configuration and what to do .

Cheers thanks for all your help....

[Imkantus]

Well the only working onboard gfx, coming to my mind on the spur of the moment, would be the GMA950.
So getting some cheap GeForce is a good decission I think.

Maybe you should read this: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/EFI
To add such an EFI String like mentioned in the second sentence, you can use graphical frontentds like EFI Studio or OSx86 Tools, so that it should not be a big deal... :)