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Sorry for being a complete n00b... but we all have to start somewhere (I have been reading around for a while, though). I was wondering which distribution of OSX86 I need for my computer. Here are my complete specs: Dell Studio Desktop…
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- @SportsGuy Published 2009-04-26
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Sorry for being a complete n00b... but we all have to start somewhere (I have been reading around for a while, though).
I was wondering which distribution of OSX86 I need for my computer. Here are my complete specs:
Dell Studio Desktop
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor Q9550 (12MB L2, 2.83GHz, 1333FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit
Linux Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope 64-Bit
GRUB Bootloader
Dell S2409W 24" Full HD Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor
8GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4DIMMs
500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
ATI Radeon HD 3650 256MB supporting HDMI
Realtek HD Audio Card
Any help is much appreciated!
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A tutorial would be great!
also, can i put my ubuntu on the bootloader?
when i boot up iatkos or ipc, it says hd(111,1)
is this the reason they won't work?
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SportsGuy i would say you should try Boot-132 with Chameleon 2.0 to get a retail install woring but if you wanna get started try IPC 10.5.6 DVD.
@SportsGuyokay thanks alot. so boot 132 and chameleon is the bootloader, right?
Basically yes. essentially, download/make a boot132 with the kernel extensions (.kext files) for your hardware .. (look up a tutorial if your not sure on how to make one.)
Pop the boot132 disc in, boot from it, swap it for your Leopard retail disc, enter the disc drive ID (often "9f", can vary) and hit enter. Make two partitions on the HDD, one for the bootloader and one for the leopard install.. (you can have both on the same partition, but my preference is two different partitions..) install Leopard, when its done, boot from the boot132, this time boot from your HDD (where you just installed Leopard, drive ID is 80 for first HD, 81 for second and so forth, hit enter when you select the right partition). Once your leopard install is all setup, install chameleon bootloader to the bootloader partition you made earlier, copy over your kexts, activate it with fdisk, so its set as a bootable partition and ZING! all done. All retail and perfect, you can even now update without too much worry. The first problem is that the chameleon bootloader will try and boot the bootloader partition, causing a kernel panic, so, just add this to the boot plist on the bootloader partition..
<key>Default Partition</key>
<string>hd(0,3)</string>I went through that very quickly, if you want a full tutorial, I will be happy to do that for you and anyone else interested!
boot132
Ok! no problem! I have a fairly busy week this week, I will get the tutorial done the end of the week! I will PM you when its done
As for ubuntu, I havn't a clue, I have my osx86 machine for OS X only, Ubuntu and BSD are on my MacBook , I'll do some research for you
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| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
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| @SportsGuy | Primary Author | 6 | 2009-04-26 → 2009-04-30 |
| @NebKiwi | Core Contributor | 3 | 2009-04-26 |
| @TheHAWKs | Contributor | 1 | 2009-04-26 |