hi
i have a pc with intel cpu
i check all the requied system for mac & i have it
but when in want to install iatkos 10.5.7
after bood and press F8 & type -V
but i get this error
16558af/c/cd f1f0=16 maxbaud=115200
how i can skip it!
plz plz say how in can fix it!

made it to finish setup but i cant start after the install,
when i hit F8 after installing booting with parameters it starts from the cd again if i hit nothing it boots from hdd (i think) but i get an error. cause i cant set any parameters.
when i disable the Iso in the VM i get an error "operating system not found - so what should i do now?

got it to work,starting with another method by using the darwin.iso.

but now my VM runs with a retail Snow Leopard
using boot-123 procedure...
audio works perfectly, even system update via apple servers...

Hello,

Thanks for the instructions on installing iATKOS v7 on VMWare 6.5. Everything installed just fine on my Dell XPS M1730 with the instructions provided...except the network.

My network card is a "Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller", which I believe is actually a 5754, for what it's worth.

The really strange thing is, the NAT settings kind of work... I can ping www.yahoo.com, for instance, and get replies. It can resolve the DNS name, etc, and I can ping all my local computers on the network.

However, Safari is unable to visit any website (one of those Can't Find Host or timeout type of errors). I notice upon boot up, Apple can't 'call home' to synchronize the clock. So why it's working in a bash shell and nowhere else, I have no idea why.

If I switch it to Bridged networking, there is just no hope with that.

I have tried both the 9.7 and 9.5 kernel installs. I've tried adding the Broadcom drivers during the install. Nada.

The only other indication that something is off, is that IFCONFIG says my network adapter is on EN2 instead of EN0.

(Note that I'm not concerned about WiFi, as I only do wired).

I see other posts regarding the Broadcom problem, but nothing specific to VMWare 6.5.1.

Any ideas? Are there any kexts I can try?

Thanks in advance!

I managed to fix my own networking problem:

Seems it's an oddity in VMWare. I had to change the virtual network adapter to a CUSTOM network adapter. I switched it to VMnet2 (Bridged), and ensured that VMnet2 was bound directly to my Broadcom (wired) network adapter on the host.

Not sure if this was necessary, but I also deleted all the network adapters in my hackintosh by running this command, and then rebooting:
sudo rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist

This reset my problem with en2 vs. en0.

Hope this helps someone out there in Hackintosh land. ;-)

I have a similar setup - i7 @ 2.67ghz, P6T, 12GB RAM, GeForce 9600GT, VMWARE WS 6.5.3. But I run Ubuntu x64 as my host OS.

I managed to get my VM working as follows:

"-v cpus=1 busratio=20" after the CD bootloader pops up.

Similar custom install to the OP, except I used Voodoo 9.5 (9.7 did not work for me at all)

After the install and at the first reboot, same "-v cpus=1 busratio=20" and I got in. And the sound kext mentioned by the OP also worked for me, after-the-fact. I haven't gone any farther yet, but so far it's functional.

hello all,
im currently trying to install iatkos v7 with VMware. I have tried what is written in the forum, but when it beings the install. its simply fezzes on the spiny coloured wheel.

my computer speks are
AMD 6000+
N3M72-N motherboard
4 gig ram
Nividia 9800GT graphics card

I can get further with install when i try to install it as a second boot, but it just fezzes further on during the install. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I got it to install and boot using kernel 9.5. BTW, in the install instructions it says to enter "-v -busratio=10 cpus=1", I had to leave out the "- " (minus) sign before the word busratio to get it to work. It loaded os X fine and I had internet and so on, but when I shut down the VM and tried to boot it later, it just stalled at -14135 prompt. Any idea what changed? Here is the screenshot.

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I stopped receiving notifications on updates to this thread oh well...

@drummer
wow thanks for that typo there, with all the switches out there, I must have blindly put the - in front of busratio. I fixed the first post.
Cannot believe I missed that, its very critical to stop the bouncing reboots in vmware.
About the hang, its not necessary the last line you see is the cause of the hang.
Usually this area of hang is due to some new driver, or graphics setting incompatibility.
Try giving it the graphics mode options to lower resolution.


@yyzyyz
you can go here for the snow guide.
hxtp://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=189969&st=0
Although I used a PC version of snow, not the retail these guys mention. it works good.
again core2duo class and above is a absolute for snow.
The reason for operating system not found is because you are probably using "darwin" setting in the vmx file.
You have to use freebsd for the emulation to boot from regular HD. If you use "darwin" setting in vmx, you need that
darwin.iso boot helper to chain boot to hard drive.

@OffSwitch76
amd 6000+ was before the core2duo line. Its missing sse4 so under vmware sse3 is dog slow.
Its almost unusable, that is why its freezing. There are ways around it, but emulation is still slow.
Your better off trying to separate HD install the leopard installation. This way it will be faster.

Just changed to voodoo 9.5 kernel and everything works like a charm. Thanks Kailm