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Member #34,058 · 2010-09-07 → 2010-10-10
#499 by Dispatches #989 by Author Reads #2,722 by Thread Reach Member #34,058 AMD OSx86 Chameleon / Boot-132 Voodoo / XNU Kernel

@kneegrowplease

InfiniteMac community contributor with 16 recorded dispatches, 3 lead technical dossiers (11,663 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 59,040 historical readers.

Dispatches 16 Ranked #499 of 6,691
Author Reads 11,663 Ranked #989 · 3 dossiers
Thread Reach 59,040 Ranked #2,722 in reach
Lead Dossiers 3 3,888 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #34,058 Joined 2010-09-07
Active Window 2010 2010-09-07 → 2010-10-10
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
MCP61PM-GM

Nvidia 7900GTO 256MB

6 GB RAM

750GB SATA HDD
Archive Standing
#499 of 6,691 by Dispatches (16 notes) · #989 of 3,454 by Author Readership (11,663 reads across 3 dossiers) · #2,722 by Thread Reach (59,040 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #34,058 · Joined 2010-09-07
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (2) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (2) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (2) · EVGA / X58 (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
16 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @kneegrowplease (3)

11,663 cumulative reads on threads started by @kneegrowplease

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Kernel Panic/crash problems. logs included. understand
I've got my triple boot iPC OS X, Windows 7 and Ubuntu going great (well, good) . having recurrent Kernel Panics. All the logs say the same thing. I DO NOT understand the logs. Can someone more knowledgeable please help?…
Leopard 10.54,583 reads
2010-10-01 · 1 notes
Easy One how do I mount HDD and restore com.apple.boot.plist via DVD terminal
Here's the thing, I st my Chameleon 2 timeout to -1 thinking it'd remove the timeout and wait for my selection. (it was 8AM and had been up all night) don't know why I didn't just remove the number. (thats how right?) I have an AMD with…
Leopard 10.53,748 reads
2010-10-07 · 4 notes
Still ironing out the wrinkles....
Ok, Let me explain the deal a little bit... installed iPC 10.5.6 Universal on My eMachine et1330 and updated to 10.5.8 with iDeneb universal update. Befor the update everything worked (Almost) the problem was that I couldn't reliably get…
Leopard 10.53,332 reads
2010-10-09 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (13)

Direct links into threads where @kneegrowplease contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Testing OSx86 on a eMachine ET1331-02 with AMD Athlon 2 x2
“Ok, got it able to reboot now, still a few errors on startup, and sometimes my video just displays a blue screen. I need to figure out my Video Drivers. I have an Evga 256Mb 7900 GTO,”
Leopard 10.52010-09-28
21,521 dossier reads
Testing OSx86 on a eMachine ET1331-02 with AMD Athlon 2 x2
“Which version of osx did you use Kalyway, etc...?”
Leopard 10.52010-09-07
21,521 dossier reads
Mac OS X Leopard on the eMachine Et1331-02
“Still having problems with this install. after first reboot I get a kernel panic...”
Leopard 10.52010-09-28
10,803 dossier reads
eMachine W3619 Install Guide
“There's a few of those MOBO's on ebay right now, think I'll build one. I just want one that runs right. no quirks. right now I get a blue screen EXACTLY every other boot! frustrating! and any installer, except for pacifist hangs and stops r…”
Leopard 10.52010-10-10
7,248 dossier reads
eMachine W3619 Install Guide
“Doesn't sound that bad. Think I'll buy a mono and build one. Shut I've got at least 100 hrs in this damn et1330 and it still won't start reliably or sleep. Ever get yours to sleep after the 10.5.8 update? Pedro”
Leopard 10.52010-10-09
7,248 dossier reads
Kernel Panic on Boot...
“I think you need to use a distro that has AppleNForceAtatest by medevil to get past the still waiting on root device”
Leopard 10.52010-09-28
3,960 dossier reads
eMachine Shack...With eMachines
“2.70 gigahertz AMD Athlon II X2 235e Board: eMachines MCP61PM-GM 6144 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory 750 g SATA HDD NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT/GTO”
Leopard 10.52010-09-28
3,845 dossier reads
eMachine Shack...With eMachines
“I definitely need help. IPC installs fine but get kernel Panic on reboot, which can be avoided by holding the power button and not actually rebooting. I can then get into the install once using the -f flag where it runs flawlessly but upon …”
Leopard 10.52010-09-28
3,845 dossier reads
Easy One how do I mount HDD and restore com.apple.boot.plist via DVD terminal
“Ok, Solved this one. Heres how I did it: 1. booted up normally, while holding the F8 key. was greeted by the Chameleon OS selector screeen 2. started normally with the voodoo -v 3. edited com.apple.boot.plist and made the following changes:…”
Leopard 10.52010-10-08
3,748 dossier reads
Easy One how do I mount HDD and restore com.apple.boot.plist via DVD terminal
“I have mounted and opened my com.apple.boot.plist with Vim but when I edit I cannot save changes (read-only file system) Help? don't know how to change permissions. P.S tried nano, vi and gedit, no luck. don't know how to change permissions”
Leopard 10.52010-10-07
3,748 dossier reads
Easy One how do I mount HDD and restore com.apple.boot.plist via DVD terminal
“maybe I shoulda googled it more. Be back and let you know if and how I fixed it. gonna try and restore via ubuntu liveCD”
Leopard 10.52010-10-07
3,748 dossier reads
Testing OSx86 on a eMachine ET1331-02 with AMD Athlon 2 x2
“Got it working, How'd you get the sound going?”
Leopard 10.52010-09-15
21,521 dossier reads
eMachine W3619 Install Guide
“Can you update to 10.5.8? nice job btw...”
Leopard 10.52010-10-09
7,248 dossier reads