Tried every version of OSx86, no success
Hello everybody. I am new to the whole OSx86 thing, but not new to OS X itself. I have a Toshiba Satellite L505D-S5965 with the AMD Athlon X2 64 processor, and have tried every version of OSx86 except for iAtkos and Zephyros or whatever it…
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Hello everybody. I am new to the whole OSx86 thing, but not new to OS X itself. I have a Toshiba Satellite L505D-S5965 with the AMD Athlon X2 64 processor, and have tried every version of OSx86 except for iAtkos and Zephyros or whatever it is. I can't get any of them to work.
With iPC I get some sort of kernel panic related to APCI and Voodoo
With leo4all I couldn't get the DVD Boot to work
With Kalyway I have gotten the farthest:
It loads everything with the modbin kernel that I specify, loads the drivers, and then gives a white blank screen for about 20 seconds. After this, my laptop just restarts and continues to load Windows 7 normally. I really really really (so on and so forth...) want OS X on my laptop. I like it so much more than Windows, and it is easier to use than Ubuntu. Can anybody help me with some sort of tutorial or something?
Thanks ahead of time!
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Thanks for the suggestions! I'll try it when I get done typing this post. I am also trying it right now on my old Compaq laptop with an Intel Pentium Dual Core processor and so far it looks good! It is at a light blue screen right now getting ready to load the installer (hopefully), so I hope it works at least on the old laptop.
EDIT: It turns out that it was the blue screen problem that other Intel users had, not the installer loading. I know that it would have worked if it had the right graphics driver, so I'm not gonna bother patching the .iso. I've already used like 5 DVDs and I don't want to waste more...
I tried Hazard's Snow Leopard and I have to say, the boot screen looks a lot nicer than the other ones. But I still get that kernel panic that I got with iPC: " "local APIC error\n"@/VoodooKernel/xnu-1228.7.58/osfmk/i386/mp.c:809 "
I really want to get OS X up and running (like I said above...), but it looks like I might have to give up! I wish us Toshiba InsydeH20 BIOS users could have more options, but basically we can change the time, the boot order, the password, and enable-disable LAN, Legacy USB, and SATA support.
OK. I tried Hazard with the "cpus=1" (and "-cpus=1", just in case it needs a dash) and it didn't work. I also tried the -x safe mode flag and it still failed. Same error. I attached a screenshot this time. I hope I can figure out a way to fix this!
OK I tried a bunch of flags with Hazard and iPC (saw them on another forum):
-v -x io=0x21 platform=X86PC
"io=0x21" sets the APIC version to look for.
This gets me past the error "Local APIC version not as expected…" but I get another error. Something about ACPI or somethin'. Isn't it funny that all of the errors here involve the letters A, P, I, and C? I don't know what to do…
I will post a screenshot of the new error in a few minutes.
ok heres the screenshot. sorry its a little blurry.
BUMP.
Sorry to be pushy; I'm not trying to be impatient . I actually need this for a school project now (no, my school project is not installing OS X on a PC, but it DOES require OS X), so I would like to get it running.
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Try iDeneb 1.6
I used it on my son's Toshiba L455 and I didn't get sound or netwerking, but it does what I wanted it to.
I used the SATA and the SD drivers, removed the FireWire. Try it with the minimum, then add to it. Try going to Acer's website and search the forums, there is a section about OS X on the D250 and use the recommended settings as a start
I added NTFS read/write capabilities, and moved the User's home to the Windows 7 partition, overlapping its desktop.
What little he does stores on the desktop, and when he reboots, its on his Windows desktop and he is happy.
Try to boot using cpus=1 bootflag - if it doesn't work either, please provide an photo of the full KP message, not just fragments.
keep trying different options with Hazards. I had the same thing, and I honestly don't remember what I selected. Just keep trying
Have you tried the AMD version of Empire EFI?
If you E-Mail me @ 00010.osx86.project (at) gmail.com I can walk you through the install process.
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Sources & Contributor Provenance (5 credited usernames · Thread #5942)
| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
|---|---|---|---|
| @briman0094 | Primary Author | 9 | 2010-04-10 → 2010-04-27 |
| @SportsGuy | Contributor | 2 | 2010-04-11 → 2010-04-18 |
| @JoesMorgue | Contributor | 1 | 2010-04-11 |
| @Imkantus | Contributor | 1 | 2010-04-11 |
| @00010 | Contributor | 1 | 2010-04-27 |