I have a Dell Studio XPS 8000 with:
Intel i5-750 processor
nvidia gt 220 1gb graphics card
500gb sata drive
Motherboard Chipset: Intel P55 IT8720
6GB DDR3 RAM

How should I go about installing osx86? I have tried many distros, ideneb v1.6, iatkos v7, and others and have had no success. When booting the disc I get an error "waiting for root device" I fixed this by typing in rd=disk0...but then i got another error about voodoo. Help greatly appreciated.

How about setting your Bios appropriately... ACPI, etc.

Turn off unneeded components @ first, such as fire-wire, Ethernet, etc.

Now, surf the forums for a bare minimal bootloader, or make you own. This process can seem hard, but once you get down and dirty, it gets easier.

Finally, install SL to a USB drive, and take that approach. Really, you need to try more than the distro's in today's world. Try and fail, post it, and then see if people respond with more advice. I cannot offer much information @ this point.

Best of luck!

have you been able to install it?
I'm also considering getting a XPS 8000 but would like to see some successful installs of Leopard before
thanks

I also have a Dell Studio XPS 8000 and would love to run an additional os on it .

I got it running on an IBM T60, and barely an Ion 330

It seems to me we cannot get the right settings in the bios to get something to boot, like AHCI or so.

@finish.06 what do you mean by a bare minimal loader?

any luck with installing Snow Leopard on XPS 8000?
I'm going to receive mine next week
thanks

Any news on this?

is it the BIOS settings that are holding snow leopard from running on this machine? is there no way to run a custom BIOS

Have you tried using the EP45UD3P from:

http://lifehacker.com/5360150/install-snow...acking-required

i have the same system but with following stuff
hey there
i have the following system
dell studio xps with intel i7 core
ATI hd 4350 with 1gb dedecated ram


and i did followed the link but still no luck ..its either get stuck and gives me a kernal panic and shuts down the computer itself..any hlep would be greatly appreciated


and i would like to install mac os x on it ...
can someone pls suggest me some good tutorial for this and also let me know what version of dvd i should use to install on that for exmaple ideneb or iPC or whatever it works with
thanks guys

I have an i7 860 studio 8000, the bios looks proper pony compared to p55 boards (the xps having a p55 express), even other dell models. Might have to wait for a custom bios or at least find some sort of white paper to figure out what is enabled on it (AHCI etc.) before you can install from the retail DVD.

We might even need to patch the dsdt. I'm pretty new to this though, so some more qualified opinion-ationalism is gratefully received

On tonymacx86's web site, it says the i5 750/ i7 processors and the p55 are native in Snow leopard, is the p55e that far off?

I'm getting a kernel panic trying to get to the install screen : seems to be com.apple.driver.ACPIPlatform - DSDT problem?
J

EDIT: Seems like the Gigabyte Mobo that works for tony is p55 express anyway, which doesn't need EFI/DSDT changes? might be the GFX for some people (Think GTS 240 might need patching).

Any ideas?



http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2009/12/ins...ectly-from.html

This page might help you install snow leopard. Try using the safe mode switch as directed for your GFX card

LAST EDIT:

Tried tony's nv2xx bootloader iso and got past most problems but that damn root device problem!