Coming Soon: iPC OSx86 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 (10.5.5)

[pcwiz]

Well,

I've decided to post this here and on my site because apparently InsanelyMac doesn't want this as shown by the fact that any threads regarding this are deleted. I am the one and only pcwiz and I would like to present my upcoming OSx86 distro, iPC OSx86.

What sets iPC apart from other distros is that it is as close to a vanilla install as possible, and there is superior driver support to accommodate close to all common hardware. Here's a screenshot of the options list:



What is not on the list that will be included in the final release is NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX Drivers, all the language packages (yes, I removed the languages to free up space but ultimately I will put them back in) the 9.5.0 Voodoo kernel, and of course the AMD patch. 9800GTX package is done, I'm in the process of building the DVD to make the AMD patch, and I'm waiting for the voodoo kernel to be released.

At this current time the DVD is sitting at 10.5.4, I'm waiting for the Voodoo 9.5.0 kernel to be finalized before I update it to 10.5.5, but ultimately the final release will be 10.5.5 Now I need YOUR input. Any questions, suggestions, and comments are really appreciated!

[nfoav8or]

I think this sounds like a rockin distro! I only wish I had the time and energy to make my own updatable distro. But alas, not to be so I'll rely on those better than me. Keep up the awesome work and thanks for introducing this to us all.

[R0GUE]

Thanks PCWizz, looking good!! Btw, you're more than welcome to post here.

[LawlessPPC]

fine work. just what the doctor ordered

[roisoft]

Sounds Cool! thanks for this

[lcn0825]

Hi pcwiz,

Looking good. You may want to add "NullCPUPowerManagement" as default in case that "AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement" is installed by accident and cause kernel panic.

In addition, can you add uli526x NIC driver (PCGenUli526xEthernet.kext) on your iPC OSx86? I am using this driver for ASUS K8U-X motherboard. Here is the link (Post #17): http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.p...p;#entry274469

Thanks in advance and look forward to it.

Chun-Nan

BTW, I guess "VIA/SiS/Marvell/SB Chipset Drivers" includes "AppleGenericPCATA", "AppleOnBoardPCATA" and "AppleVIAATA". If so, is it possible to make three independent packages (at least "AppleGenericPCATA" separated from the other two)?

I have found that even though "AppleOnBoardPCATA" and "AppleVIAATA" have been injected extra ids to try to work on other PATA devices, in some case it is still not stable and will cause kernel panic or medium error, etc. Although "AppleGenericPCATA" only supports "PIO 4" mode on PATA, it is generic and much more stable.

[lcn0825]

Hi again,

Here are the beta5 IOPCIFamily and IOPCCardFamily I have revised. You can consider to add them to your iPC OSX86.

IOPCIFamily:
Basically, it is the same as the beta3 IOPCIFamily. It will try to fix devices/bridges misconfigured by BIOS, including pccards, ethernet/wireless, etc. (ie. most of the laptops and desktops with pci-pcmcia cards)

In beta5 edition, it will double check ethernet/wireless device entry (class code 020xxxx) to see if they really get the correct memory resources. (ie. bcm4311 in compaq laptops)

IOPCCardFamily:
For CardBus/PCMCIA PC Cards support. I have revised it based on pcmcia-cs 3.2.8 and apple's pcmcia-cs 3.1.12. It needs to be installed with IOPCIFamily at the same time.

Chun-Nan

[pcwiz]

Hey guys, thanks for all the comments. One person I would like to thank immensely is bhast2 for answering all my questions and helping me with my problems

Now onto the suggestions. For NullCPUPowerManagement, the final release includes Disabler.kext by Kabyl which will not only disable AppleIntelCPUPM but kexts like AppleEFIRuntime as well as they cause problems on some systems.

Chun Nan,

Thanks a lot, I will include those if I can

[naquaada]

The installation options menu is looking fantastic. But is your image created competely new or it is based on an older image? If so, have you tested some known issues, f.e. Zephyroth's image wasn't able to play mounted Video DVD images, DVD Player and FrontRow are exiting. So it's a system problem, not a problem of the program.

What is the difference between the drivers with ATI Radeon X1000 Series ID 71c2 and the Radeon X1600 drivers? I vae this card with ID 71c2, it's a X1600Pro, ATIInject detects it as a X1650. On which driver base versions are the patched ones, 10.5.5 or an earlier version?

What is the difference between the PCI-E and AGP versions? In Leo4All V3 I had for the X1600 a PCI (?) and an AGP version. It seems that the AGP version only adds the AGPGart driver, the others are the same. But I have to install the AGP version, the 'PCI' one is not working. In the system I can delete AGPGart.kext, it isn't even loaded. If only AGPGart is the difference the PCI-E versions could maybe be skipped because AGPGart won't be loaded on PCI-E systems.

What about the 9.5 Kernel and Zephyroth's AMD Updater?

[Voyn1x]

Wow, some comprehensive hardware support you have there

Looking forward to testing it out!