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@eemerge
InfiniteMac community contributor with 41 recorded dispatches, 11 lead technical dossiers (61,280 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 61,280 historical readers.
Dispatches
41
Ranked #172 of 6,691
Author Reads
61,280
Ranked #164 · 11 dossiers
Thread Reach
61,280
Ranked #2,701 in reach
Lead Dossiers
11
5,571 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#2,089
Joined 2008-05-11
Active Window
2008–2009
2008-05-11 → 2009-08-19
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
amd x2 3800+ · 2 G ram · eVGA 8800 GTS · WD 250GB sata (has vista on it) · WD 500 GB sata · WD 80 GB (ide) - has xp on it · Motherboard: Gigabyte-M57SLI-S4
- Archive Standing
- #172 of 6,691 by Dispatches (41 notes) · #164 of 3,454 by Author Readership (61,280 reads across 11 dossiers) · #2,701 by Thread Reach (61,280 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #2,089 · Joined 2008-05-11
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- NVIDIA GeForce (12) · AMD OSx86 (3) · AHCI / SATA (2) · EVGA / X58 (1) · ALC889a / Audio (1)
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @WinLinMac01 (3) @alphabeta23 @lanceomni @nfoav8or @DoiX @SaCleoCheater @maya77 @zephyroth @zuz242
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 3 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @eemerge (11)
61,280 cumulative reads on threads started by @eemerge
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| iatkos 5i not booting after update to 10.5.6 I think i must have misunderstood, but i read that iatkos 5i can be updated like a regular mac..so i applied the update from inside the OS, and on reboot, it hangs. Any ways to make it work or at least rever to 10.5.5 without reinstalling… | Leopard 10.5 | 17,676 reads 2009-01-10 · 32 notes |
| Instalation guide on VMWARE ( request ) I'm trying to install osx 10.5.1/2 on my windows xp via VMWARE. I have downloaded : - Kalyway 10.5.2 AMD INTEL iso - Leo4All - Zephyroth 10.5.1 I've searched forums and google and after lots of tests and changes in vmware configs, the best… | Leopard 10.5 | 5,626 reads 2008-05-11 · 3 notes |
| Dual or Multi boot (Vista, Xp, Leopard) - need some tips I want to install Leopard on my machine, which already has : Vista and Xp (default booting is Vista, i choose from there what to boot, vista or xp). My wishes would be to install Leopard on the same hard drive with vista (xp has another 80… | 10.X Core | 5,510 reads 2008-05-16 · 6 notes |
| os not booting, kernel panic on removal of jmicronata.kext I had a problem for the past few weeks, since i got 4GB of ram , when the ram was almost full, mac osx crashed with the gray screen. I thought it might be the memory modules, changed them with another completely different 2 ...same… | 10.X Core | 5,498 reads 2009-07-27 · 2 notes |
| network problem, stopped working I've been using iatkos for several months , everything worked fine... Today, i ran into a little problem. im sharing the internet connection on iatkos with a laptop. Until today all was FINE, today the laptop didnt communicate with the… | 10.X Core | 5,022 reads 2009-08-19 · 6 notes |
| edit etc/hosts file I need to edit the etc/hosts file on my iAtkos 5i system, but…i have no 'hosts' file in /etc (also tried /private/etc/ , still no hosts file). Any ideeas? | Hardware & Dev | 4,283 reads 2009-01-12 · 3 notes |
| Asus 7300 GT quick advice needed please I wanna get an Asus 7300 GT to use with my iAtkos 5 installation. Right now i have a 7100 GS and since im planning to later do a second pc with iatkos, i thought i get a card that`s "supported" by iatkos (its listed on iatkos wiki of… | Leopard 10.5 | 4,231 reads 2009-01-21 · 2 notes |
| Zephyroth / Kalyway - installing on AMD problems Im having a really hard time installing Kalyway (10.5.2) or Zephyroth (10.5.2 Rev 2) on my AMD based pc. Zephyroth is working, installing..but after reboot, when it should boot up, nothing happens.Not even a 'Disk boot failure' message.… | Leopard 10.5 | 3,986 reads 2008-05-22 · 11 notes |
| gtx 280 / iatkos 5 need some help please i've installed iatkos 5 (the latest version) , didnt work from the 1st try but eventually i managed to make it work, so far works fine (im typing from iatkos) but i have a big problem. As i didnt find any driver for gtx 280 and from what… | Leopard 10.5 | 3,873 reads 2009-01-09 · 1 notes |
| How to change VMWare read-only root to writeable Still no success with my installation of macosx of any kind on my PC in VMWARE...still im trying different stuff I noticed a problem on all of the tried installations: osx installer says at one point something like "root is… | Leopard 10.5 | 2,804 reads 2008-05-13 · 1 notes |
| Is it possible? iAtkos 5 installation on a celeron I am thinking of installing iatkos 5 on a computer on which windows xp takes forever to do stuff The computer is a CEleron 2.4 Ghz, 1 G ram, and a gf mx 64 MB ram ( i know, sucks). Think its possible to install iatkos on this computer and… | Leopard 10.5 | 2,771 reads 2009-01-19 · 1 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (29)
Direct links into threads where @eemerge contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| iatkos 5i not booting after update to 10.5.6 “Good news! I went back to the initial drivers, and following lanceomni`s advice not to have 2 drivers installed, i followed the 'procedure' , removed the nvinject and only left the Titan drivers ..and it works! Generic NVIDIA: Chipset Model…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-01-10 17,676 dossier reads |
| iatkos 5i not booting after update to 10.5.6 “i backed them up. i read the post about the efi strings...im thinking to give it a try..is it still safe so that i wont have to reinstall the whole system? also, do you think there could be a better hope if i put back my gtx 280 ? p.s. list…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-01-10 17,676 dossier reads |
| iatkos 5i not booting after update to 10.5.6 “i looked a little on the Efi post of nfoav8or , downloaded the little tool, and my card is int he list : 7100 128 MB ram...maybe you could give me some instructions to what to do using that? Thanks, and thanks for all the help so far” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-01-10 17,676 dossier reads |
| iatkos 5i not booting after update to 10.5.6 “same thing... I Can Has Model?: Chipset Model: I Can Has Model? Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 256 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x016a Revision ID: 0x00a1 Displays: Display: Resolution: 1024 x 768 Depth:…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-01-10 17,676 dossier reads |
| iatkos 5i not booting after update to 10.5.6 “The id`s from the little tool are: 10de:016a the card is identified as: GeForce 7100 GS im about to reboot now with nvkush” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-01-10 17,676 dossier reads |
| iatkos 5i not booting after update to 10.5.6 “oh oh oh...my big bad.. now i looked on the card box, its a 7100 GS MSI ... im not using this card since i got my gtx 280 so i didnt know exactly, sorry.. so, its: MSI NX7100 GS 128 RAM” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-01-10 17,676 dossier reads |
| iatkos 5i not booting after update to 10.5.6 “just restarted, now im in 1024x768 (before this i was in 1680x1050) System profiler says: Graphics by NVIDIA: Chipset Model: Graphics by NVIDIA Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 256 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-01-10 17,676 dossier reads |
| iatkos 5i not booting after update to 10.5.6 “so far so good...its now fixing permissions ... im waiting , no more operation permitted when doing the commands one by one.. The final result is: p.s. i just checked for Extensions.mkext , is there..should i delete it?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-01-10 17,676 dossier reads |
| iatkos 5i not booting after update to 10.5.6 “-r-sr-xr-x 1 root wheel 48160 Nov 29 2007 /usr/bin/su” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-01-10 17,676 dossier reads |
| iatkos 5i not booting after update to 10.5.6 “hopefully i wont have to do a full reinstall... now what do i do with the Operation not permitted ? (post above last post of yours)” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-01-10 17,676 dossier reads |
| iatkos 5i not booting after update to 10.5.6 “on the " sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions && chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions " command , i get :Operation not permitted ...is it normal ?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-01-10 17,676 dossier reads |
| iatkos 5i not booting after update to 10.5.6 “thanks a bunch im about to try it now, a quick question before: is there any chance my system wont boot aftewards and i will have to do a new install?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-01-10 17,676 dossier reads |
| iatkos 5i not booting after update to 10.5.6 “it hanged once after mounting the other hard disks, and once i dont remember where... anyway meanwhile i reinstalled it and i will keep it to 10.5.5 . also i have changed my video card since i was on VESA with my GTX 280. Now im on a 7200 G…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-01-10 17,676 dossier reads |
| Instalation guide on VMWARE ( request ) “[cite] Puttabong:Sorry, posted the wrong link first Thanks , quick answering I will look into it...i just read a little bit of the requirements and it says it needs Tiger installed..can it be done without ? (i guess only for AMDs it needs t…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-11 5,626 dossier reads |
| Dual or Multi boot (Vista, Xp, Leopard) - need some tips “My mistake i guess for saying "other systems ", all i ment was that i already have vista and xp installed and i dont want to reinstal them. But i see your answer WinLinMac01 covered it all so thanks i am going to try to install Leopard on a…” | 10.X Core | 2008-05-16 5,510 dossier reads |
| Dual or Multi boot (Vista, Xp, Leopard) - need some tips “[cite] DoiX:SOLUTION for Dual/Triple booting Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, on the same Hard Drive thanks..but from what i've seen those tips are for installing macos and the other systems...i already have windows (xp and vista) what if i instal…” | 10.X Core | 2008-05-16 5,510 dossier reads |
| os not booting, kernel panic on removal of jmicronata.kext “Ok i booted with iatkos 7 and managed to copy my backup jmicron in the Extension folder, and mac os booted normally. Still, i am left with the problem of freezes (if i use more than 3 GB of ram). Maybe anyone has a solution for this?” | 10.X Core | 2009-07-28 5,498 dossier reads |
| network problem, stopped working “I think something screwed up in iatkos, since on Vista, everything worked OK without any modifications. Also, this happened suddenly, i didnt change anything on the laptop or desktop. I'll look more into it maybe i`ll find a solution. Thank…” | 10.X Core | 2009-08-19 5,022 dossier reads |
| network problem, stopped working “Ok i set up the connections as you said, still i am not getting anything from my laptop. The problem is it just stopped working during the day. I didnt do anything or change anything, and this is very strange. Until now , i had the laptop o…” | 10.X Core | 2009-08-19 5,022 dossier reads |
| network problem, stopped working “Meanwhile, my internet connection came back. Im not sure if it is because of the fact that i deleted and added again a ethernet connection for the network card that was connecting to the ISP modem , or something else happened; its very stra…” | 10.X Core | 2009-08-19 5,022 dossier reads |
| Asus 7300 GT quick advice needed please “since no one answered , i decided myself so i went for the 256 MB version. Booted up fine, at first boot, and Profiler sees it as it should...so far so good guess this topic can be closed if there`s of no interest to anyone else.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-01-21 4,231 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth / Kalyway - installing on AMD problems “ok so finally it DID boot after restart (im not sure what i did )…now..of course..another issue Loading Leopard takes like A LOT...as im writing this , i have been waiting about6-7 minutes...and im just at a black screen with the spinning-w…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-23 3,986 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth / Kalyway - installing on AMD problems “thanks a bunch zuz242, i will look into all of the things you said... for a specific hdd boot, i dont think it was the case because i only had my Leopard hdd and my dvdrw active when i installed and when i restarted, so only 1 hdd and still…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-23 3,986 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth / Kalyway - installing on AMD problems “well i installed again Zephyroth 10.5.2 rev 2, because i did miss something yesterday...i didnt choose MBR within DiskUtility when installing Leopard. Today i chose it, i isntalled the MBR Boot Loader , but still my Leopard wont boot. Can a…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-23 3,986 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth / Kalyway - installing on AMD problems “Another thing, zephyroth since (i guess) its your version the Zephyroth release , i found a post somewhere on how to make Zephyroth boot after restart, but it requires me to enter -s mode when booting from DVD...the problem is i have a ps2 …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-22 3,986 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth / Kalyway - installing on AMD problems “Gigabyte M57SLI-S4 http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2287 (here are the chipset specs , or you can look at the link above): 1. NVIDIA® nForce 570-SLI 2. Super I/O: ITE IT8716 chip. 3. Integrate…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-22 3,986 dossier reads |
| iatkos 5i not booting after update to 10.5.6 “a big THANKS for all the help” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-01-10 17,676 dossier reads |
| iatkos 5i not booting after update to 10.5.6 “what if i dont have any backups on timemachine?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-01-10 17,676 dossier reads |
| edit etc/hosts file “hey thanks, sorry for the late reply, ur advice worked just fine Thanks again” | Hardware & Dev | 2009-01-20 4,283 dossier reads |