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Member #11,459 · 2009-09-03 → 2009-09-26
#1,391 by Dispatches #1,259 by Author Reads #793 by Thread Reach Member #11,459 📍 Bristol, UK Chameleon / Boot-132 Voodoo / XNU Kernel

@MikeHunt79

InfiniteMac community contributor with 5 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (8,941 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 779,909 historical readers.

Dispatches 5 Ranked #1,391 of 6,691
Author Reads 8,941 Ranked #1,259 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 779,909 Ranked #793 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 8,941 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #11,459 Joined 2009-09-02
Active Window 2009 2009-09-03 → 2009-09-26
Archive Standing
#1,391 of 6,691 by Dispatches (5 notes) · #1,259 of 3,454 by Author Readership (8,941 reads across 1 dossiers) · #793 by Thread Reach (779,909 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #11,459 · Joined 2009-09-02
Location
Bristol, UK
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Chameleon / Boot-132 (1) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
3 (60%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @MikeHunt79 (1)

8,941 cumulative reads on threads started by @MikeHunt79

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Can I use the Voodoo kernel with 10.5.8
I want to use the Voodoo kernel, as apparently it gives better performance on the Acer Aspire One. Can I use the Voodoo kernel with the latest combo update or is vanilla the only way to do this?
10.X Core8,941 reads
2009-09-03 · 3 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (4)

Direct links into threads where @MikeHunt79 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
BootThink 2.3.18 Released! With better Snow/DVD support
“I can't get this to boot 10.5 at all? I normally use boot132, and have my extensions in an initrd.img file, I've extracted them and added the extensions.mkext file, and I just get KP on boot! Is there a way I can force cpus=1?”
10.X Core2009-09-26
417,988 dossier reads
Snow Leopard CMOS reset fix
“Hi, here is my RTC section from my acer aspire one, I've got length = 0x08, do I need to change both length values?”
10.X Core2009-09-23
332,582 dossier reads
What's the Point
“so is Xbench higher in 64bit mode? I find that hard to believe...”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-23
14,115 dossier reads
Kext suggestions to make my SL USB installer please
“i found it easier to use 3 partitions, partition 1 with bootloader (I used boot 132), partition 2 with 10.5 installed and working, and partition 3 with the 10.6 dvd on. I just boot into 10.5, then run the OSInstall file from the 10.6 dvd, w…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-26
6,283 dossier reads