@SlimJim

INSTALLING OSX 10.5.7 ON MY SAMSUNG N120 (similar to the NC10 model). Starting from a WinXP install or blank HDD. I use in part these guides: 1- http://myhpmini.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=1633 2- kagli…

I've had quite a lot of success installing Iatkos 7 on my N120. There's this weird thing where the trackpad won't always work the same from one install to the next... it seemed to me that when I check only VoodooPS/2 and not the trackpad…

I wrote a post in the Netbook section about my installation of iatkos v7 10.5.7 on my Atom, Gma950 etc netbook... I wouldn't know how to install it on some fancy laptop but for the netbooks that share the common specs, it shouldn't be too…

I've installed Iatkos v7 10.5.7 + software updates to 10.5.8. In the installer, I use: -Speedstep -NTFS-3G -VoodooPS2 The rest is left on defaults... except I use cpus=1 in my boot.plist. During use, I find my netbook very warm compared to…

“A Happy New Year! Well, my OS X install still works, now much more usable with an external mouse than with the trackpad... I've ordered the Broadcom HD 1080 mini pci-e card since the Samsung N120 has 2 mini pci-e slots... I'll post some fee…”

“I hope sooner than later we can have SL with the IKaros release... uphuck.gg rn.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7276 Of course, when you have an external DVD or hdd, there are other ways to install, including a retail SL. OSX is quite enjoyabl…”

“If anyone is looking for a wifi card that works great in OSX, I found this one, which I bought from this seller, and it works great in both XP and OSX... otherwise, most wifi cards in netbooks just don't do it right... cgi.eb ay.com/Wifi-wi…”

“USAGE NOTES ... Well, after a week of using my netbook with OSX, I can say overall the experience is quite good, and the OS is very stable on the machine. But there's a few setbacks in my opinion, which can be caused maybe by my choices in …”

“I started the Iatkos installer with the cpus=1 flag... With or without that I can install... not sure what impact it's having. I added a cpus=1 string to the kernel flags of the boot.plist file in /Library/Preferences/... after installation…”

“USAGE NOTES: Well, I guess this will always be a work in progress somehow... Overall everything is fine but I noticed the following: -Tap to click can be unresponsive for me... weirdly tap to click is less responsive on the dock and top bar…”

“4.150.29.0 Yeah, it's that one, don't know where it comes from, after I added drivers from tons of sources on the Web, this one was listed as Broadcom 801.11 n WLAN in the 'select yourself from a list' section of the driver update in device…”

“Great! I'm looking forward to IKaros i.e Snow Leopard... uphuck.gg rn.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7276 I hope we can install that now that we have a little experience... Enjoy!”

“Speedstep just throttles down the CPU under certain circumstances, to reduce power consumption etc... could help battery life, I seem to get around 4 hrs under OSX and 5-6 under XP, with no tweaks. No I thought you had that installed that a…”

“No, this is not the normal behavior but I had that exact same symptom at some point... I don't have that now, I was doing 'circles' with the trackpad for 10 secs + no jerk. I don't know exactly what causes it. Is it that you need to boot wi…”

“Well, great! The overlapping of partitions is scary. I had that issue when I played with installing chameleon manually. There was overlapping and the partitions became unacessible, couldn't be mounted. That was the case of my ntfs partition…”

“This is quite unusual. Make sure you're not installing on top of OSX i.e. make sure the partition is reformatted. You say it freezes 20 seconds into the boot? Maybe redump iatkos to the partition with ddmac to make sure the source hasn't be…”

“Great! I'm happy to see it works! Also surprised to see you can do it without chameleon! The darwin bootloader won't do it for me, as I can boot under chameleon with or without cpus=1. I added cpus=1 to my *boot.plist in order to not have t…”

“Also if you think it's driver related, you don't need to reinstall iatkos everytime to ADD a driver... read the help before you press Agree in the installer...: You have to UNCHECK everything Then only check the driver you want to install T…”

“I just tried now... when I boot, I have the chameleon bootloader, then I chose my NTFS drive, then I have the same menu you have, then I choose MacOsX and F8, then OSX, hd0,4... this won't boot for me... it loads stuff, then freezes. Yet, w…”

“It will look like this or something : lou ise.hu/poet/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Chameleon-v2-osx86.png If I do F8 myself at the boot loader where there is XP and Iatkos, I don't think it will boot... I tried once... You must have the bootl…”

“Well, you're getting closer! After installing, when you reboot there is no need for F8, you should have the cameleon bootloader and it should load OSX by default! What happens when you let it load without F8? Try -s at boot for single user …”

“Try also F8 with the WinXP choice in the menu. I know F8 brings the Advanced boot menu but somehow I was always able to find the submenu somewhere... seems ridiculous to point out but you may not be pressing F8 fast enough so it's intercept…”

“Your laptop seems to have similar specs as my Samsung N120... confirm that, N270, Intel GMA950 etc. then take a look at my post and the guides for some clues... Take care!”

“You're welcome! If you want to add comments to my little guide on my post on how you did it, feel free to do so so that when people want a quick way to do it, they can find all the info there... Samsung N120 - OSX 10.5.7 (Iatkos v7) - fully…”

“I agree with you that if you have a working OSX, retail is surely the way to go. Retail is always better, more stable, as evidenced for instance by the windows decorations being funky in system config on some pref panes under Iatkos v7...10…”

“I've had success with Iatkos v7 on my Samsung N120, similar hardware netbook. Try this : Samsung N120 - OSX 10.5.7 (Iatkos v7) - fully working 10.5.8 with bcm94321 wifi I'm no great tech, and if that's your case, I think Iatkos is the way t…”

“What I can say is that I've installed OS X on my N120 but I had to swap the wifi card (Atheros initially)... look at my post if you want... one nice thing about the N120 is the 2 mini pci-e slots inside! Also, battery life is quite good, 5-…”

“There is no need to remove all the partitions like I do if you want to keep the restore partition from your manufacturer. The guy with the LG130 did it without removing them. Also, have just tried typing cpus=1 at boot after installing?”

“Well, I've had success on my samsung and these other guys did it also with a LG and MSi netbook... Try Iatkos v7 with these instructions on my post... I don't use a DVD drive but a partition for source install... maybe you can adapt it some…”