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Member #3,297 · 2008-11-10 → 2008-11-12
#710 by Dispatches #405 by Author Reads #2,094 by Thread Reach Member #3,297 NVIDIA GeForce AMD OSx86 Retail DVD / USB

@iPodAddict181

InfiniteMac community contributor with 11 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (27,546 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 113,061 historical readers.

Dispatches 11 Ranked #710 of 6,691
Author Reads 27,546 Ranked #405 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 113,061 Ranked #2,094 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 13,773 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #3,297 Joined 2008-11-10
Active Window 2008 2008-11-10 → 2008-11-12
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
"The only absolute is relevancy itself."
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Apple MacBook Pro, OS X v. 10.5.5/Ubuntu 8.10, Early 2008 Penryn Edition, 250GB, 5400RPM, 2.4Ghz, 2GB RAM. Dell Latitude D800, Fedora 9 (Soon to be 10 on 11.25.2008)/OS X v. 10.5.2, 100GB, 2.0Ghz, 1.9GB RAM.
Archive Standing
#710 of 6,691 by Dispatches (11 notes) · #405 of 3,454 by Author Readership (27,546 reads across 2 dossiers) · #2,094 by Thread Reach (113,061 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #3,297 · Joined 2008-11-10
Hardware & Kernel Topics
NVIDIA GeForce (2) · AMD OSx86 (1) · Retail DVD / USB (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 5 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
7 (64%)
10.X Core
1 (9%)
General
1 (9%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @iPodAddict181 (2)

27,546 cumulative reads on threads started by @iPodAddict181

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Darwin boot options not working
Okay, I need to remove some Nvidia drivers because they are causing a problem with the GUI. I boot up into OS X (Leo4Allv2, 10.5.2), I choose to have a boot option in Darwin, I try to start up in single user mode, and it skips the shell…
Leopard 10.523,005 reads
2008-11-11 · 5 notes
Which version should I use
Okay, I have been extremely disappointed in Leo4All. After hours of tireless work I'm finally giving up. I have exhausted all resources and looked for answers without end. So now, my question is, which version should I use? Something that…
Leopard 10.54,541 reads
2008-11-11 · 9 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (9)

Direct links into threads where @iPodAddict181 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Leo4allv4.1 AMD released
“argh, i cannot seem to find a way into the green demon's belly! i must be invited inside to dine. and those salty sea dogs aren't doin it for me!”
10.X Core2008-11-10
42,911 dossier reads
Darwin boot options not working
“nano does not work in the live cd, i cannot seem to find any other kind of editor either”
Leopard 10.52008-11-12
23,005 dossier reads
Darwin boot options not working
“boot into the install DVD and then open Terminal. You should be able to edit the com.apple.Boot.plist file on your installed Hard drive. (in the following example, simply replace "MacHD" with your Hard Drive name) now just edit the boot fla…”
Leopard 10.52008-11-11
23,005 dossier reads
Issues with Leo4All v2-4.1
“at the darwin prompt it will not let me use boot options. when i try to boot into single user mode it just skips the shell and goes directly to boot with GUI. this even happens with verbose. i'm going to download v3 and see how that works o…”
Leopard 10.52008-11-10
11,778 dossier reads
Issues with Leo4All v2-4.1
“i am having the exact same problem. its really weird, what kind of processor do you have? Intel or AMD? UPDATE: i checked the Leo4All site and it addresses this issue. here is what it says: My system freezes right before the desktop loads I…”
Leopard 10.52008-11-10
11,778 dossier reads
Booting screen - can we change it
“i've always loved the rainbow apple logo. i used the one included with the sample photos. anything that i will conjure up in photoshop will be too big and probably fail”
Software & Kexts2008-11-11
11,482 dossier reads
First websites you visit when you fire up your web browser
“1. Google & Gmail 2. InfiniteMac 3. Facebook 4. Engadget 5. TUAW 6. Digg 7. Current 8. AddictedBlogging.com (My blog, just to check if it's running) 9. PSD Tuts 10. Hong Kiat”
General2008-11-10
7,567 dossier reads
Cocoa Finder and ImageBoot coming to Snow Leopard
“yay! finder will finally be cocoa! its about time, carbon is getting really outdated”
Releases & News2008-11-10
6,444 dossier reads
cannot detect my hard disks
“when you boot into Leo4All, at the install menu, open up the disk utility, select the disk, and format it as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). this is the only type of partitioning it can read/find. i had the exact same problem, tell me if it wo…”
Leopard 10.52008-11-10
5,333 dossier reads