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Member #3,470 · 2008-11-20 → 2008-12-03
#735 by Dispatches #1,251 by Author Reads #4,577 by Thread Reach Member #3,470 AMD OSx86 ATI Radeon NVIDIA GeForce

@ImEatingSeeds

InfiniteMac community contributor with 11 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (8,959 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 8,959 historical readers.

Dispatches 11 Ranked #735 of 6,691
Author Reads 8,959 Ranked #1,251 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 8,959 Ranked #4,577 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 4,480 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #3,470 Joined 2008-11-20
Active Window 2008 2008-11-20 → 2008-12-03
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
Processor and core logic · Processor: Pentium 4 518 (2.8 GHz/533/1 MB L2)
Archive Standing
#735 of 6,691 by Dispatches (11 notes) · #1,251 of 3,454 by Author Readership (8,959 reads across 2 dossiers) · #4,577 by Thread Reach (8,959 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #3,470 · Joined 2008-11-20
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (2) · ATI Radeon (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (1) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@nfoav8or (3) @Ali C. @LawlessPPC

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
11 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @ImEatingSeeds (2)

8,959 cumulative reads on threads started by @ImEatingSeeds

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
First-Time Install-nearly impossible.
So, I'm trying to get the installation running on an Intel machine, instead of the original AMD machine I had in mind for my little OSX86 project. The first distro I downloaded and tried to install was the latest LEO4ALL distribution.…
Leopard 10.55,892 reads
2008-11-30 · 15 notes
HP DV8309US---Time to ask those who KNOW.
first post on the forums. This place is a GODSEND! So, I got my hands on the latest iDeneb release, as well as the Leo4ALL and also a KALYWAY release too. I keep having random issues with each, and I haven't the patience, or technical…
Leopard 10.53,067 reads
2008-11-20 · 3 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (9)

Direct links into threads where @ImEatingSeeds contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
First-Time Install-nearly impossible.
“the latest I've read this working on is 10.4.5 (but that may need to be updated anyways). I'll keep looking but I suggest you read up on it too. do a search over at hackintosh.org and insanelymac.com as these are the only places I've seen t…”
Leopard 10.52008-12-03
5,892 dossier reads
First-Time Install-nearly impossible.
“I'm having trouble locating that version anywhere on the net. Any suggestions as to where I can look for older distributions/project files?”
Leopard 10.52008-12-02
5,892 dossier reads
First-Time Install-nearly impossible.
“...so what version do you propose I go searching for on the wonderful torrents =)?”
Leopard 10.52008-12-01
5,892 dossier reads
First-Time Install-nearly impossible.
“Chipset-Northbridge Intel 82852GME Chipset-Southbridge Intel 82801DBM ICH4-M =\ The laptop is about..2-2.5 years old.”
Leopard 10.52008-12-01
5,892 dossier reads
First-Time Install-nearly impossible.
“"FireWire unable to determine security-mode; defaulting to full -secure" ^That's the killer message. I got that with the KalyWay 10.5.2 Disc.”
Leopard 10.52008-12-01
5,892 dossier reads
First-Time Install-nearly impossible.
“Well, I've BEEN poking around here and there on the forums, I found a guy with a similar problem. He gets the SAME EXACT screen I get, when I try the -x parameter Looks like this: And when I went with -x -v -f, I got an error regarding my F…”
Leopard 10.52008-11-30
5,892 dossier reads
First-Time Install-nearly impossible.
“It's a laptop, the hard drive is ATA, and the DVD Drive is also ATA. System: Gateway® 7320GZ Notebook Processor and core logic Processor: Pentium 4 518 (2.8 GHz/533/1 MB L2) Chipset-Northbridge Intel 82852GME Chipset-Southbridge Intel 82801…”
Leopard 10.52008-11-30
5,892 dossier reads
HP DV8309US---Time to ask those who KNOW.
“I have now, currently, tried three seperate distros on this laptop, after realizing (of course) what a horrible newb I sounded like. I've thusfar used the THREE following distributions: 1) KalyWay 10.5.2 2) Leo4ALL V4.1 3) iDeneB 10.5.5 I'v…”
Leopard 10.52008-12-03
3,067 dossier reads
First-Time Install-nearly impossible.
“Thanks for the help! appreciate the insightful and extremely quick responses!”
Leopard 10.52008-12-02
5,892 dossier reads