thanks for the reply man :) umm but now i have a weird problem dont know what it is. i got the Mac OS X Retail 10.5.6.dmg image however it would not burn on my current OS X build so i converted it to .iso via disk utilities and burned it to a dual layer disk via my XP system, it loads fine when i put it in my computer and i am logged in. however when i try to boot from it it just hangs and never boots from the DVD any ideas?

please re-read what i have previously wrote. Have you read the link? It doesnt mention burning the disk if you have an existing install and a spare drive or partition this is a unneeded step. You can restore the image to a hardrive or partition and then install osx in about 6mins. This method is fast and easy due to voodoo kernel. Personally i would steer clear of 10.5.6 unless needed for your graphics card as there is no matching kernel produced by voodoo yet

This project will now be called the Lawless Project :D if i get this working it will be all thanks to him and his help. he has been so helpful to me :) thanks bro, your the best! :)

oh and i didnt know what was wrong still couldnt figure out why it was hanging at the "mDNSResponder[22] couldn't read user specified local hostname, using default bMacPro.localb instead" so i reformatted my disk :O and i reinstalled it. took about 10mins :P i love having the image on my hard drive, i put the kext's back in, fixed the permissions and now it hangs at not only that but i get more errors after :P it says:

kextd[9] : IOKitWaitQuiet ( ) timed out waiting to write kernel
configd[33] : InterfaceNamer: timed out waiting for IOKit to quiesce
configd[33] : no network interfaces, could not update platform UUID
configd[33] : Could not establish network configuration : Success!

lol dont know why they would put success in the message when it DOESNT BOOT GRR :)

any help would be great, cheers.

okay :) i think i worked out what i am going to do :) ill install Leo4All because at least that will BOOT :) and then i will delete kexts one by one, and then when my system doesnt boot ill know i have deleted a vital kext, and i will record all the vital kexts, copy them over to a memory stick, then do a retail install and install these vital kexts and hopefully it will work :D what do people thing? will this work, because its going to be a long process. So if you know an obvious reason why it wont work please tell me so i dont waste my time :)

Thanks

i have decided to conclude my Intel osX86 journey as it seems to be much more work then i expected and i seem to only be able to get a running distro if i use a osx86 distro and i cant do a retail install on it. what makes it even more frustrating is that i cant even do intel OS X updates on my intel machine! with the retail vanilla kernel it freezes and with the latest voodoo kernel once i update and reboot it hangs at the blacklisting personalities "Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X" i dont know if this is because i am using standalone updates to get to 10.5.5 instead of the combo update but ive given up.

Even when i did have a working 10.5.2 distro working the sound drivers and ethernet drivers which were supposed to be designed for P35 motherboards didnt work!

So now im on a mission to get my AMD machine working as well as i can until i buy myself an iMac atm my main problems are my ethernet and my sound drivers, if anyone could help me ide be greatly appreciative, i have an nForce 4 motherboard and according to the booklet i have a sound card running ALC850 Codec and onboard lan called a "VITESSE 8201 phy" if anyone knows which kexts i need to make this work i would be extremely greatful. At the moment i have an ALC850 kext running but it doesnt work very well, the sound cuts out sometimes when i pause iTunes and only works after i toggle the mute button and even that doesnt work sometimes and i have to restart my computer, and my ethernet freezes my computer sometimes as well, im using either the "nForcEthernetDriver" or "Forcedeth" its been so long since ive tried to get it to work i forgot which ones i installed.

I hope someone will be able to help me :D

Just a quick post regarding your Q6600 box, almost the same config as mine. Only thing is a slight difference in the mobo. My rig is working flawlessly.What is causing you troubles ?

i really dont know, ive been working closely with lawless and we havent been able to solve the problem, it just hangs at this mDNSResponder message saying couldnt find some name using default MacPro-00000000 well actually there are 4 messages which slightly differ, but they all have mDNSResponder and are all about not being able to find something and using the default MacPro-00000000 or something like that. he thinks its got something to do with dsmos but ive checked all the permissions like a million times and i cant see whats wrong

Hey!

I just read me thought your thread.

Funny, because I didn't expecriance these issues with my board, even if it's the same as yours. Is this because you try with a retail Leopard DVD?

I never tried with that, right now I almost can say I tried everything from A to Z. I just grabbed Leo4All and iPC....after this post I will burn those and try them.

How are you with installing so far?

Btw. I write you 2 PMs....if you might have the chance would be nice if you could reply. Thanks! ;)

or he could just instal Mac drive 7.
it will allow you to access every file on your OS X hdd

i have MacDrive 7 :) and as for this install, ive got a fully working retail install all thanks to Milanca i.e. the name of my computer is now Milanca Project :D