Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #18,605 · 2009-11-20 → 2009-12-31
#1,021 by Dispatches #590 by Author Reads #3,769 by Thread Reach Member #18,605 Dell Inspiron / Latitude AHCI / SATA

@yoloni

InfiniteMac community contributor with 8 recorded dispatches, 3 lead technical dossiers (18,616 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 18,616 historical readers.

Dispatches 8 Ranked #1,021 of 6,691
Author Reads 18,616 Ranked #590 · 3 dossiers
Thread Reach 18,616 Ranked #3,769 in reach
Lead Dossiers 3 6,205 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #18,605 Joined 2009-11-20
Active Window 2009 2009-11-20 → 2009-12-31
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
I followed this guide to install Snow Leopard on my Dell Inspiron 1420. · I mounted the Snow Leopard image to an external hard drive instead of a USB flash drive.Darwin boots correctly, but when it gets to the Apple logo, it tells me to push the power button and restart again. I have tried installing Mac OS X with iPC, but gives me a kernel panic error. · Any distros that works great with the Dell Inspiron 1420?
Archive Standing
#1,021 of 6,691 by Dispatches (8 notes) · #590 of 3,454 by Author Readership (18,616 reads across 3 dossiers) · #3,769 by Thread Reach (18,616 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #18,605 · Joined 2009-11-20
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Dell Inspiron / Latitude (3) · AHCI / SATA (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

10.X Core
1 (12%)
Leopard 10.5
1 (12%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @yoloni (3)

18,616 cumulative reads on threads started by @yoloni

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Problelm To Install Snow Leopard
I followed this guide to install Snow Leopard on my Dell Inspiron 1420. I mounted the Snow Leopard image to an external hard drive instead of a USB flash drive.Darwin boots correctly, but when it gets to the Apple logo, it tells me to push…
Snow Leopard 10.68,169 reads
2009-12-23 · 12 notes
Dell Inspiron 1420
I want to install Mac OS X on a Dell Inspiron 1420. I have installed it successfully with iAtkos v5i, but I can't get Wi-Fi or Ethernet to work on it. Also, it takes like 15 minutes to boot. (After the Apple boot logo, it stays in a black…
10.X Core7,646 reads
2009-11-20 · 3 notes
iAtkos 5i Black Screen plus no Wi-Fi
I want to install Mac OS X on a Dell Inspiron 1420. I have installed it successfully with iAtkos v5i, but I can't get Wi-Fi or Ethernet to work on it. Also, it takes like 15 minutes to boot. (After the Apple boot logo, it stays in a black…
Leopard 10.52,801 reads
2009-11-23 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (5)

Direct links into threads where @yoloni contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Problelm To Install Snow Leopard
“You're using Snow Leopard. There should be no problem :”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-31
8,169 dossier reads
Problelm To Install Snow Leopard
“Ok, here's the link of the picture that I took: I couldn't get it to post properly. As to booting with -v: I can't get to any screen that lets me enter these letters. (But there's a screen where you can boot with safe mode, or verbose mode …”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-28
8,169 dossier reads
Problelm To Install Snow Leopard
“No, I didn't try any other guides. Can you show me links to some guides?”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-23
8,169 dossier reads
Problelm To Install Snow Leopard
“This might be a little better Thanks for helping.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-29
8,169 dossier reads
Problelm To Install Snow Leopard
“Here's a picture of what happens:”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-27
8,169 dossier reads