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Member #40,056 · 2011-02-02 → 2011-02-22
#510 by Dispatches #431 by Author Reads #517 by Thread Reach Member #40,056 Chameleon / Boot-132 Retail DVD / USB ALC889a / Audio

@RugbyPete

InfiniteMac community contributor with 15 recorded dispatches, 6 lead technical dossiers (26,116 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 973,905 historical readers.

Dispatches 15 Ranked #510 of 6,691
Author Reads 26,116 Ranked #431 · 6 dossiers
Thread Reach 973,905 Ranked #517 in reach
Lead Dossiers 6 4,353 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #40,056 Joined 2011-01-31
Active Window 2011 2011-02-02 → 2011-02-22
Archive Standing
#510 of 6,691 by Dispatches (15 notes) · #431 of 3,454 by Author Readership (26,116 reads across 6 dossiers) · #517 by Thread Reach (973,905 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #40,056 · Joined 2011-01-31
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Chameleon / Boot-132 (3) · Retail DVD / USB (1) · ALC889a / Audio (1) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

10.X Core
9 (60%)
Leopard 10.5
1 (7%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @RugbyPete (6)

26,116 cumulative reads on threads started by @RugbyPete

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Archive and Install with iAtkos
My update failed by the laptop going to sleep and me rebooting - now I get a KP how do I do an Archive and Install with iAtkos cd?
Snow Leopard 10.65,826 reads
2011-02-06 · 3 notes
Realtek 8187B in iAtkos 10.6.3 S3 v2
Realtek 8187B in iAtkos 10.6.3 S3 v2 Hi, I checked the compatibility list and the 8187B adapter (usb) I have is fully supported. When the box boots the Realtek software just sits in the task bar bouncing and then fails. Any advice? REALLY…
10.X Core5,574 reads
2011-02-03 · 4 notes
Cant boot 32 bit automatically
I cant boot 32 bit without typing ARCH=i386 at the chameleon prompt. I edited the apple boot file but it ignores it can you show me SPECIFICALLY how it should look in the boot file?
Snow Leopard 10.64,282 reads
2011-02-05 · 3 notes
AGH! Wont boot 32 bit
Seriously this is driving me insane WHERE does Chameleon get its boot info from The ONLY way I can boot into 32 bit is to hit F8 and type arch=i386 Ive edited the com.apple.Boot.plist in the defaul area, ive added it to Extra/ directory…
10.X Core4,138 reads
2011-02-07 · 2 notes
Voodoo HDA - ok in 10.6, not in 10.5
Can anyone advise why in 10.6 I can get sound working from the cd setup selecting VoodooHDA, but from 10.5 I cant install the voodoo hda at all from either setup (its not available to select in kelyway) or installing post boot following…
Leopard 10.53,501 reads
2011-02-02 · 1 notes
Backing up to USB with NTFS partitions
ok, so Im moving from windows, with NTFS. I have backed all my data up to NTFS usb external drive (required for 4gb+ files) I need to get my dat OFF this drive, onto my mac OS data drive currently its READ only in OSX. I want to copy it to…
10.X Core2,795 reads
2011-02-09 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (9)

Direct links into threads where @RugbyPete contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
iATKOS v7
“How dow you do an Archive and Install when an update fails? I have a working OS but a KP I cant get rid of since the update failed Dont wanna trash it”
10.X Core2011-02-06
932,692 dossier reads
UK PC keyboard layout
“Thanks! Thats really useful To those on 10.6.6 go System prefs>Language and texts>Input sources and select it from there Then int he taskbar at the top, click the flag, select uk instead of british - job done! look @@@@@@@@@@@@@@”
10.X Core2011-02-22
5,912 dossier reads
Archive and Install with iAtkos
“You can do an Archive and Install with an official mac and CD. I wanted to do the same on my Hackintosh”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-02-09
5,826 dossier reads
Realtek 8187B in iAtkos 10.6.3 S3 v2
“i also have ana theros ar500, also doesnt work. Double check you dont install any usb fixes as these make usb fail you can see this by plugging in a usb stick, it doesnt mount”
10.X Core2011-02-03
5,574 dossier reads
Realtek 8187B in iAtkos 10.6.3 S3 v2
“Try this Driver, im yet to try it but looks like the right one for 10.6”
10.X Core2011-02-03
5,574 dossier reads
Cant boot 32 bit automatically
“Thanks, yeah that's all ive read in teh faq's, readme files, forums, Chameleons blog etc. etc. However, Ive resolved it - Ive installed osx so many times, with different bootloaders I had a copy of chameleon on two partitions - I edited the…”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-02-08
4,282 dossier reads
AGH! Wont boot 32 bit
“Googling IVe found there could be a bug? "Nice work but there does appear to remain a bug that has cropped up since RC2. Specifically, the bootloader no longer finds /Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist on multi-boot systems using the windows bootlo…”
10.X Core2011-02-07
4,138 dossier reads
10.6.6 messed me up
“you need to learn what you have in there mate - get your data off with the paragon recovery cd to a usb drive or network and then blat it with a new hackintosh os with all the right kexts etc. 10.6.6 WILL work if you do it right”
10.X Core2011-02-09
4,025 dossier reads
RTL8187b HELP
“FIX: hack int0sh.org/f214/217887.htm”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-02-05
5,160 dossier reads