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InfiniteMac OSx86 › Contributors › @rocafellabryan
Member #3,409 · 2008-11-16 → 2008-11-20
#697 by Dispatches #907 by Author Reads #1,476 by Thread Reach Member #3,409 NVIDIA GeForce AMD OSx86 AHCI / SATA

@rocafellabryan

InfiniteMac community contributor with 11 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (12,704 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 307,626 historical readers.

Dispatches 11 Ranked #697 of 6,691
Author Reads 12,704 Ranked #907 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 307,626 Ranked #1,476 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 12,704 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #3,409 Joined 2008-11-16
Active Window 2008 2008-11-16 → 2008-11-20
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
///OSx86 College Noob\\\

HP dv2125nr || OS X 10.5.2 || 2GB RAM || 120GB SATA HDD
Sony Vaio NS || Vista 64 || 4GB RAM || 140GB SATA HDD
Archive Standing
#697 of 6,691 by Dispatches (11 notes) · #907 of 3,454 by Author Readership (12,704 reads across 1 dossiers) · #1,476 by Thread Reach (307,626 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #3,409 · Joined 2008-11-16
Hardware & Kernel Topics
NVIDIA GeForce (4) · AMD OSx86 (3) · AHCI / SATA (2) · Retail DVD / USB (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
7 (64%)
10.X Core
3 (27%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @rocafellabryan (1)

12,704 cumulative reads on threads started by @rocafellabryan

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
OSx86 Random Issues: Mouse and Keyboard, etc.
Hello, I'm a new member here but I've been browsing these forums for quite some time. I absolutely love computers and I have since a being a child. I wanted to try out the Mac OSx86 system and I finally got a computer capable of doing so.…
Leopard 10.512,704 reads
2008-11-16 · 9 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (10)

Direct links into threads where @rocafellabryan contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
How Can I burn The MAC OS X distro to USB flash memory
“Alright, so I have been trying my best to follow this, and I've noticed this on my own machine. My very first installation attempt installed OS X onto my 8GB flash drive. It was not until after that installation that the Mac OS installer wa…”
Leopard 10.52008-11-18
232,072 dossier reads
Leo4allv4.1 AMD released
“What is the need for an upgraded iso when you can update from Apple using ASU? You don't need to aquire a NEW distro in order to make your sound or wifi work. Most times those (specific) installers on the iso can be found (or given to you f…”
10.X Core2008-11-20
42,911 dossier reads
Leo4allv4.1 AMD released
“I'm thinking about trying this on my HP dv2125nr. I've got the Kalyway 10.5.2 AMD working pretty decent, but the only problem right now is the sound and wifi. Perhaps this will get the rest of those little issues.”
10.X Core2008-11-20
42,911 dossier reads
OSx86 Random Issues: Mouse and Keyboard, etc.
“Edit: I installed the OS with just the basic drivers and no accessory programs. It finally booted up. The sound plays, but is kinda screwy when video is trying to render at the same time (for instance when the greeting screen is coming). Th…”
Leopard 10.52008-11-19
12,704 dossier reads
OSx86 Random Issues: Mouse and Keyboard, etc.
“I normally wait anywhere between 5-15 minutes if it even decides to get that far. Different result each time. I'm now trying different installation customizations for experimentation. This is purely a learning process, so I will do my best …”
Leopard 10.52008-11-18
12,704 dossier reads
OSx86 Random Issues: Mouse and Keyboard, etc.
“Now it'll get to the point where it says, *date* localhost mdworker[81]: (Error) Syncinfo: Boot-cache avoidance timed out! *date* localhost cinfigd[38] InferfaceNamer: timed out waiting for IOKit to quiesce”
Leopard 10.52008-11-18
12,704 dossier reads
OSx86 Random Issues: Mouse and Keyboard, etc.
“I installed again, this time I used partition 1 and named it "HP Mac" GUID. Customization settings were: SMBIOS --> AppleSMBIOS-27MBmem and Graphics --> NVinject-256 Results: The computer is recognizing the mouse in every boot, but I'm stil…”
Leopard 10.52008-11-18
12,704 dossier reads
OSx86 Random Issues: Mouse and Keyboard, etc.
“You should only need to select the boot drive in the bios once. When you say it didn't come back on what error did you get? Re the boot commands, Partition 1 on any GPT disk formatted by Disk Utility will be the 200Mb EFI partition so use d…”
Leopard 10.52008-11-18
12,704 dossier reads
Booting screen - can we change it
“Just be glad that your system actually boots up without issues. *facepalm*”
Software & Kexts2008-11-16
11,482 dossier reads
Will Leopard work on this
“I'm pretty sure that most people would ignore this post, but I'll reply. It should work, but do some research on everything you possibly can before installing. Also, check out the site's Wiki too. Its pretty helpful with stuff you may encou…”
10.X Core2008-11-20
8,457 dossier reads