Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #3,510 · 2008-11-24 → 2011-01-09
#581 by Dispatches #2,844 by Author Reads #386 by Thread Reach Member #3,510 ALC889a / Audio AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce

@foster

InfiniteMac community contributor with 13 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (3,281 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 1,177,026 historical readers.

Dispatches 13 Ranked #581 of 6,691
Author Reads 3,281 Ranked #2,844 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 1,177,026 Ranked #386 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 3,281 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #3,510 Joined 2008-11-24
Active Window 2008–2011 2008-11-24 → 2011-01-09
Archive Standing
#581 of 6,691 by Dispatches (13 notes) · #2,844 of 3,454 by Author Readership (3,281 reads across 1 dossiers) · #386 by Thread Reach (1,177,026 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #3,510 · Joined 2008-11-24
Hardware & Kernel Topics
ALC889a / Audio (3) · AMD OSx86 (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (2) · Gigabyte G31M / P35 (1) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1) · AHCI / SATA (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 4 technical boards

Releases & News
5 (38%)
10.X Core
3 (23%)
Leopard 10.5
3 (23%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @foster (1)

3,281 cumulative reads on threads started by @foster

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
How to clone or copy HD drive and partitions
I am upgrading a 500GB to 1TB hard disk I need to copy the data from each partition to the new drive I do not want to have to install each OS again. 500GB partitioned as follows Darwin is installed on the MBR for the HD and handles booting…
Leopard 10.53,281 reads
2008-11-24 · 6 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (12)

Direct links into threads where @foster contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3
“I actually tried the HDA patcher after grabbing the codec dump for mine. which allows me to pick my speakers (back speaker/line out) or headphones (front jack) Inputs do not match anything (Internal Speakers and Internal Mic) I will try the…”
10.X Core2009-01-06
965,272 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3
“AMD Athlon X2 5400+ Asus nVidia MCP61 (custom board for HP) 4GB DDR2 800 1TB WD HDD Optiarc DVD PNY nVidia 8400GS (low profile) Only thing is what sound kext to use for sound I know its a Realtek ALC888, it is functional but no input and ca…”
10.X Core2009-01-06
965,272 dossier reads
PRE-INSTALL AUTOMATOR v1.1 For easily installing vanilla snow leo.
“I did have to use Voodoo HDA kext to enable sound and to save me some grief with network bought a Netgear GA311 I really wish to use the onboard Gigabit Ethernet and not have to use voodoo HDA. But everytime I try AppleHDA I get a KP from k…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-13
155,730 dossier reads
PRE-INSTALL AUTOMATOR v1.1 For easily installing vanilla snow leo.
“This works great on the Gigabyte G31M-ESL motherboard with Intel e5300 one question can I enable 64 bit kernel without any issues?”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-10
155,730 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 out in public beta
“I just deleted the System Folder, it installed the final I didnt apply nforce 1.1 ppf or whatever it is. (the one after 5) I do not have the looking for root device issue. So I don't think I need the fix unless it fixes the following: any D…”
Releases & News2009-02-03
44,965 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 out in public beta
“I use Mac OS X so I dont have Data loss. My point is this, the installer scripts should be able to handle an existing Mac OS X install just as easily as a blank partition.”
Releases & News2009-02-03
44,965 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 out in public beta
“Can not and will not format any partitions I am not going to erase data. The installer scripts should be able to handle an existing Mac OS X install, exactly like Apple does. Come up with another idea like how to recover previous working Ma…”
Releases & News2009-02-03
44,965 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 out in public beta
“Yes I am over ipc beta with ppf1 and ppf2 applied. Formatting any of the partitions will not happen. If I have to go in and remove a few files to get ti install that is ok as long I dont have to recreate my user on the system.”
Releases & News2009-02-03
44,965 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 out in public beta
“I do not know why the beta with 1 through 5 ppf applied stops on a critical error about boot.efi file as determined by watching the full log window. Operation not permitted related to boot.efi The MD5 for the ppf 5 patched iso matched the p…”
Releases & News2009-02-03
44,965 dossier reads
8400gs problem......help please
“try pciroot set to 1 in the boot plist for chameleon in your extra folder on the EFI partition PciRoot 1 I have the same MB and a PNY nVidia 8400GS thats how I get my video card to work I downloaded and installed 10.6.6 and have no issues.”
10.X Core2011-01-09
4,698 dossier reads
How to clone or copy HD drive and partitions
“I only have 2 sata connectors both hard disks are conencted to them. DVD drive is currently disconnected is why I can not use any thing from DVD right now.”
Leopard 10.52008-11-24
3,281 dossier reads
can I install OSX86 on a sata hardrive
“Yes you can install OSX86 on a sata drive get iPC 10.5.6”
Leopard 10.52009-02-06
3,080 dossier reads