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Old 11-18-2008, 06:31 PM
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Installing OS X on an AMD Phenom

First I have to say, that im not american or english, so i want to apologize for every mistake im going to do
Now my problem: A few weeks ago i got a new pc, which looks like that:
Mainboard: ASUS M3N78-EH (nForce 730a)
GraphicCard: Gainward NVidia 9600
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9950

Now i wanted to ask if its possible for me to use macOS. If so, then please tell me where to download the stuff i need. thanks

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Old 11-19-2008, 07:44 AM
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First I have to say, that im not american or english, so i want to apologize for every mistake im going to do.
Now my problem: A few weeks ago i got a new pc, which looks like that:
Mainboard: ASUS M3N78-EH (nForce 730a)
GraphicCard: Gainward NVidia 9600
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9950

Now i wanted to ask if its possible for me to use macOS. If so, then please tell me where to download the stuff i need. thanks
We can tell you WHAT to download, but not where... this forum does not wish to establish any connection with any torrent sites which point trackers to people seeding this stuff all over the world on the net.

Next, check around for the support of nForce 730... before reading any other distros support sites, the first thought that comes to my mind is LawlessPPC's 10.5.4 AMD distro. This was a great Phenom supporter and still is the best (IMO). You might have support from iDeneb (although I am not sure about their Phenom support). Best of luck searching the sea for a pirated version ;-)... little torrent humor there for ya.. Har Har... OK its late. I'm going to bed.

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Old 12-11-2008, 09:06 PM
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After I startet the Lawless-PCC DVD the system holds on with the following issue: "waiting for root device". I think thats because of my chip. Is there any chance for me to get MacOS working?
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Old 12-11-2008, 09:27 PM
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Hi KingBecks,

http://www.infinitemac.com/f5/possib...-device-t1467/
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Old 12-11-2008, 10:26 PM
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Unfortunetly, none of this works for me Anything else I can try??
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Old 12-13-2008, 10:36 AM
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no ideas??
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Old 12-13-2008, 11:27 AM
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You need a distro w/ nforce support. Not sure if Lawless has it but you need to boot with the flag nforce. I know its a common problem with all nforce boards. Look into in this forum or other osx86 forums

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Old 12-13-2008, 01:00 PM
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check over at insanely mac via this link:
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=127212


however this is only for Intel... I would try to grab any kexts they are using and attempt to fix your install DVD's .iso file with it.


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Old 12-13-2008, 01:09 PM
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nfoav8or, as i can see in your signature it is possible to use MacOS with an nForce chipset. Did you do anything special for the instalation?

Some weeks ago i tried to install OpenSuSE on my pc. But I also couldnt connect to my hard drive. I think the 730a is a bit roblematic

Is it possible to get this chip supported by myself or do i have to wait for another version of LawlessPCC?

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Old 12-13-2008, 01:18 PM
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well mine's an earlier nForce chipset that doesn't have as many complications... thats why I gave such short advice earlier in the thread... because thats all that was needed for mine to work. It helps that I've got OS X running on my macbook so I can create a flash drive installer that I can edit later and put the correct kexts on it... EXCEPT that the correct kernel extensions are already on these install DVDs that we've been mentioning...

so I'm kind of at a loss as to what is going on with your 730...



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