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Any instructions for updating to 10.5.7 with iPC?

chameleon.osx 86.hu/articles/chameleon-20rc1-is-out I am excited to see how this changes things

Anyone have a guess if this will work under osx86? I assume the video acceleration wont work, unless the 9300M drivers will work as that is the same video GPU as ION video http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3562&p=2

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/25/apple_to_further_polish_leopard_with_10_5_7_update.html Apple this week is believed to have tapped its vast developer community to begin testing Mac OS X 10.5.7, a sizable maintenance and…

I am getting back into the osx86 scene after a couple years out. I have tried iBoot with 10.6.0 retail. I get "Still waiting for root device" error after I start the SnowLeopard install (just after swapping the iboot disk). Details Dell…

As a long time osx86 tinkerer and an InsanelyMac escapee, I just want to share how much I enjoy the InfiniteMac community! After 1 week, I find that: The limited number of newbs is soooo pleasant! The pleasant responses with civil…

Security Update 2009-001 addresses a number of vulnerabilities detailed in the update's support document, notably including the Safari RSS vulnerability disclosed in mid-January.…

If it is possible, how do I get VMWare Fusion to use my Windows partition as a virtual machine? I didn't see how to set this up in VMWare Fusion I know boot camp doesn't run on osx86, but it would be great to be able to use my Windows boot…

I successfully iPC on an old Dell e1705 Core Duo with i945GM chipset. Installed Seatbelt kext, VooDoo kernel. No chipsets or video were installed. I boot with the -f -v flags, and everything seems to work fine. Then a moment after the…

From Macrumors... anyone here see any changes? Wiredsummarizes some surprising experiences of users who have hacked their MSI Wind netbooks to run Mac OS X. These so called "hackintoshes" when updated to Mac OS X 10.5.7 have experienced…

Can someone confirm that the way we get QI/CE support in OSx86 is to get the same GPU as apple currently offers drivers and then use EFI String to map to that driver? Therefore, if I want to be sure a card will work, I should only buy a…

Sorry for the cross post, I think my question likely belongs in this forum though... If it is possible, how do I get VMWare Fusion to use my Windows partition as a virtual machine? I didn't see how to set this up in VMWare Fusion I know…

“Installed worked, but it won't startup, it just sits there after these lines display: "MAC Framework successfully initialized Using 3276 BUffer Headers and 3276 Cluster IO BUffer Headers" Computer Pentium M Dell D600 laptop Install Options …”

“I've never had an issue with my AGP on my motherboard. It's fully supported by Leopard. Good to know.”

“Wrong. Only remove the injectors that were installed. You need those drivers for things like OpenGL and stuff. That's what I meant to imply , sorry if I poorly communicated. Otherwise, get a new motherboard. AGP is a pain as Hara said. For …”

“Now, when you say remove all other drivers, do you mean just the NVkush kext, or all VGA driver kexts (GeForce7XXX.pckg, etc) Theres about 40 of those package kexts in the extensions folder along with NVkush.kext, NVResman(somethin like tha…”

“I have the same video card PCIe. Try EFI strings, EFI Studio makes it fairly brainless to use EFI strings. Be sure to uninstall all your video drivers from prior attempts. Otherwise, I recall reading AGP being problematic for OSx86.”

“Check here for a brief summary of the iPC 10.5.7 upgrade: Click Also, if you've a GeForce 5x00 (NOT QUADRO FX), you need to make sure you DO NOT INSTALL the 10.5.7 NVIDIA KEXTS, and make sure to NOT INSTALL THE NEW COREGRAPHICS FRAMEWORK. Y…”

“i hope this works, im srrly gona kill somebody if i have to reinstall AGAIN, everything is finally working, and I got all the apps i want... 3rd time downloading em all Then don't upgrade for a while. It's not like you have a pressing reaso…”

“Yikes, not looking good. We need to start helping them or there wont be a voodoo kernel in the future I suspect”

“I keep looking for a new place to hang out. Been playing with OSx86 for 3yrs now. InsanelyMac is just huge, but nothing else has really ever taken off nor maintained. For months now I have hated it because it is soooo full of newbs who have…”

“yes I did burn it at 4x. and what is a MD5 check? Basically, it makes sure your download went ok. It's that long string of numbers PCWIZ includes with the ISO release. Try to do an MD5 check on the ISO for your appropriately PPF5 patched IS…”

“one of my DVD's is patched with the ppf5 and the other one hasn't been patched at all. The one I patched Is now getting a kernal panic seen here: Strange. Did you do a MD5 check on the ISO before you burned the disk? Did you burn the disk a…”

“Are you using the final iPC disk? Or did you patch with ppf5?”

“I believe, as the install instructions for iPC state, the Waiting For Root Device error is caused by your needing to have selected a chipset driver during the install.”

“first of all, I'm not saying I'm a know-it-all when it comes to this stuff... Just that I've been using it for a while and on a bunch of different (test) systems and (except for the first time doing it) haven't botched it. I've also been he…”

“Those AD sounds cards rarely work. Dont think the 1984 will work”

“Can't you just copy the sart** files over? It's not that I support automation, I really do, but this just leads to an influx of more n00bs and more "i want to copy this how do i copy". Nice app, but we really don't need it. If Magnifique be…”

“You can read it`s purpose on the screen It applies custom themes to your system. You can change colors, buttons, apps skins etc. There are few themes already available on the site, you can preview them. Duh, good point...”

“It would be helpful to include a 1 sentence description with your announcement. I have no idea what this application is for or what it does!”

“Why not just re-run the iPC installer? Just click customize, deselect EVERYTHING from being installed, and then select the driver for the 9600. That way you don't have to play with Pacifist etc Oh, you do this by inserting the install disk …”

“This looks awesome! An easy way to move to Vanilla!”

“Suggest you go with iPC OSx86, best distro out right now and it's fairly new at 10.5.6!”

“I just wish one of these had a built in DVD then it would be perfect (I still have lots of DVDs for playback I need to use)”

“Surely that should read unless you want to run a modified kernel (with extra features) I would recommend an intel chip but only the models as used in macs and also depending on which motherboard you use. Can i ask why you are running a modi…”

“Piece of advice, don't get an AMD cpu as they can't run the non-modified OS X kernel.”

“Not sure, I have an ICH7 Pentium D and installed iPC 10.5.6 with the following options. Works great. You didn't list any details on your configuration at all so that might be why not a lot of responses. Anyway, this is what I used to instal…”

“I learnt from reading many threads here that folks here have been generally very helpful but please, I repeat, PLEASE, avoid comments like this is not for noob (even though thats true) or go get a mac etc. etc. These are most turn off comme…”

“but there is any guide available ?! You're question is multiple questions -- guide for partitioning, guide for selecting a distro, guide for setting up a dual boot etc. I guess start here http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Pag…”

“If you do not know such things, maybe you should reconsider doing this. This is not for n00bs. It is not like dropping in a DVD and clicking Next. If you don't know what you are doing, you WILL hose your current windows installation. I sooo…”

“Will the video work with just the efi strings or do I still need other drivers? All video will work great with just efi strings.”

“Okay, well EFI studio solved my problem with the video ram being wrong but it's still doing the same thing:( Did you delete all the old drivers before doing EFI Studio?”

“Why don't you use EFI strings? It's easy to do especially with a tool like EFI Studio or something. Also, just curious, does it work perfectly in Windoze? If not,you might try re-seating the card too”

“Why run such an old distro? Try ipc or newer leo4all... both are 10.5.6 now”

“Mobo : Asus M3N78-EMH HDMI Audio onboard : ALC883 Can someone tell me why this dump is not working in HDAPatcher? I have been trying to get this onboard audio working forever! It is attached here Sorry, can't help you as I don't use the HDA…”

“Agreed. Just wonder as it will be a very valuable resource once fully populated. What's the commitment to keeping it a free resource usable to the public etc?”

“Welcome, I too am likely switching from insanely mac (it just too full of newbs with stupid questions). This looks like a great resource. Can you create an application that will poll a user system and upload the details to your system? That…”

“Thought I would share that while iBoot didn't work, I tried the ModCD-032311-151021 boot and it worked to get me to the Snow Leopard installer! I can see why people say that booter is the easiest to use. Very clear instructions throughout t…”

“I think you could try installing from a usb stick (if any) or using a IDE dvd drive. It did the job for me on a almost similar computer. Thanks for the response. What did you do specifically? Did you put iboot on the USB stick, and then ins…”

“By the way i keep getting waiting for root device can you help lol *8O) You're kidding right?”

“I thought both the Dell mini and MSI Wind were 100%?”

“Or imagine a GF that is into this stuff! That is awesome!”