I'm trying to setup a dual boot on my PC with XP and OSX.

I downloaded the patched version of OS X 86 off the piratebay torrent site.

It came with instructions on how to partition my drive using partition magic. I followed everything step by step.

When I try to boot the DVD i burned it loads through the grey screen with apple logo, then about 5-10 min later it goes to a blue screen. I left it at this blue screen for an hour the first time. About 10 hours the second time, and about 3 hours the 3rd time and it never makes it past it to the installation.

Anybody willing to guide me through the process. I'll give about $20-$30 bucks through paypal or mail to anyone who can get me going.

Thank you very much. You can respond to this thread, or IM me at 'joesupra914' -

-Joey

anyone?

1. keep your $
2. post your setup (motherboard chipset, CPU, graphics, network) etc, try everesthome220.exe freeware (Windows) if you don't know the setup.
3. Press F8 on DVD boot and type -v (for verbose) and take a picture or copy down the details and where it hangs.
4. read and research the problem by using the search function here and on Google.

Here are screenshots of my computer stuff.
I'm pretty sure I have the required stuff.

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if you have a laptop with gma900 (like my HP dv4000) you will need to hook up an external monitor before booting your dvd then use that monitor for the install

when it installs, you will need an external adaptor in your laptop in order for it to get past the blue screen...

check out http://tvtool.info/go.htm?http://tvtool.in...ish/dummy_e.htm to build a dummy vga adapter, some people have used a 2 wire workaround ( http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?ac...pe=post&id=1522 ) but i haven't tried that myself so i can't say if it works or not... hope this helps...

heres the link to the 2wire trick http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?sh...688&#entry64688

ahh, good idea - i'll plug in my other monitor and give it a try. thank you sir.

okay that got me past the blue screen. now i am stuck where it says "select a volume to install MAC osx" - nothing shows up. i searched around and i'm not sure if my HD is the correct kind. i already set up a partition using partition magic for my OSx install. anybody have any ideas.

You need to use the Disk Utility from the Tools menu and then Erase the partition you wan to install on. Disk Utiliy will then format it to the required Mac format.

I got 10.4.5 installed on an HP / Compaq nx6110 laptop today and had the same blue screen issues, though it would only happens sometimes.

I tried attaching a monitor like suggested and worked like a charm. I have working video (aqua), network and audio. Just need to figure out a wireless solution. One thing though, doing software updates kills the install on this unit.

Thanks guys!

What chip do you have? Atheros, Broadcom?

Is there an easy way to check in OS X? I checked the profiler and didn't say which brand just eth0. I assume it's broadcom but not sure at this time.