#552 by Dispatches #535 by Author Reads #1,459 by Thread Reach Member #4,379 📍 New York City Chameleon / Boot-132 NVIDIA GeForce Retail DVD / USB
@Pyrokenesis_17
InfiniteMac community contributor with 14 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (21,133 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 327,655 historical readers.
Dispatches
14
Ranked #552 of 6,691
Author Reads
21,133
Ranked #535 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach
327,655
Ranked #1,459 in reach
Lead Dossiers
2
10,566 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#4,379
Joined 2009-01-19
Active Window
2009
2009-01-19 → 2009-10-04
- Archive Standing
- #552 of 6,691 by Dispatches (14 notes) · #535 of 3,454 by Author Readership (21,133 reads across 2 dossiers) · #1,459 by Thread Reach (327,655 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #4,379 · Joined 2009-01-19
- Location
- New York City
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- Chameleon / Boot-132 (3) · NVIDIA GeForce (3) · Retail DVD / USB (3) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (2) · AHCI / SATA (2) · DSDT (1)
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @milanca (2) @InteliMacPro (2) @thorazine74 (2) @nexusmac @Dies @nfoav8or @dvkch @naquaada @rocafellabryan @zuz242 @natewill18 @ArKayDe @Taisto @00010
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 2 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @Pyrokenesis_17 (2)
21,133 cumulative reads on threads started by @Pyrokenesis_17
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| Trying to run Vanilla with Chameleon 2, need some help I am in need of some assistance regarding OS X Leopard with a Vanilla kernel and the use of Chameleon 2.0rc1. First off, I have a running Leopard Distro, 10.5.7 as a matter of fact, with almost everything working (sleep has troubles, 4gb… | Leopard 10.5 | 12,526 reads 2009-06-20 · 15 notes |
| DSDT Striker 2 Extreme Help wonderful forum we have here! So much information, yet I continue to seek your help! So I have 10.5.8 running on my system, using EFI Strings for my dual 9800 GTX, but I am attempting to move on to Leopard. I am aware of the DSDT Patching… | 10.X Core | 8,607 reads 2009-09-30 · 4 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (12)
Direct links into threads where @Pyrokenesis_17 contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| How Can I burn The MAC OS X distro to USB flash memory “Im glad some of you have made it that far! As for me, I am unable to boot from the flash drive, it gives me EBIOS read error, as if its reading from a bad disk. I have used the recovery from a ISO and installed chameleon onto it, all with n…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-01-19 232,072 dossier reads |
| Nothing will install? (system) “Your most probably not running the cards with the most up to date kexts or something, on my installation my graphics are stuck in the same resolution even with the corret kexts, but as soon as I use gfx strings, everything is up and running…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-06-23 44,681 dossier reads |
| Trying to run Vanilla with Chameleon 2, need some help “Well the problem is in my BIOS, theres no such thing as "AHCI" for SATA ports, the only option is enabled or disabled. I checked the kext by MeDevil and my PCI ID was on the list of supported... so im thinking I would need to inject the new…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-06-26 12,526 dossier reads |
| Trying to run Vanilla with Chameleon 2, need some help “Figuring out whats missing the most difficult part of this project! Hell, im on the verge of throwing away my plans for vanilla/retail and say screw it, just CarbonCopy my current partition on the SATA drive! Ahh, so frustrating!” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-06-25 12,526 dossier reads |
| Trying to run Vanilla with Chameleon 2, need some help “Precisely why I am trying to run it, it would make life so much easier! I am able to see the EFI partition on the GUID drive, but am unsure if everything is set up properly (Used munky-efi method). I shall try again, this time ill erase the…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-06-25 12,526 dossier reads |
| Trying to run Vanilla with Chameleon 2, need some help “So I should try to install windows 7 on a guid drive, or use A boot-123 to boot retail and install? In regards to my confusion, I associated a retail install with using a vanilla kernel, but I assume I am wrong?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-06-23 12,526 dossier reads |
| Trying to run Vanilla with Chameleon 2, need some help “Thank you for your reply! You certainly are correct about the amount of partitions MBR disks can hold, but you see the drive I'm trying to run everything from is actually a GUID drive, I read somewhere it's the only way to actually run vani…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-06-23 12,526 dossier reads |
| nforce 790i “According to someone from the InsanelyMac forums, it is possible to run Leopard on a 790i ultra motherboard, although it is difficult. I myself have a striker II Extreme, and boy, its giving me HELL! I tried sata AND ide and no success. on …” | 10.X Core | 2009-01-19 10,410 dossier reads |
| still waiting for root device error “If I may suggest, try kalyway 10.5.1 specifically, I get the same errors (with all distros, I've even tried IDE drive and hdd) but so far it has been the only one capable of booting and installing.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-06-23 9,392 dossier reads |
| how to enable QE and Cl “If your not trting to run dual cards, follow the above, but in case you want to run dual cards, go to aquamac.prob oards.com/index.cgi?board=hack1&action=display&thread=569 and give that a shot. Sorry for the formatting, posting from the iP…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-06-23 5,376 dossier reads |
| Nvidia 7950GX2 “Have you tried NVinject I believe its called, theres also tutorials on creating your own drivers using your device ID... sorry as I am also new to this, i cant even install my OSX!” | 10.X Core | 2009-01-22 4,591 dossier reads |
| DSDT Striker 2 Extreme Help “Can anyone help me out? Please im really trying to get this to work...” | 10.X Core | 2009-10-04 8,607 dossier reads |