Hello, I've merged and amended few procedures found around, so credits are going more to other people that to me! in any case after many attempt I've found how to have a 100% working installation of iaktos 10.5.7 on my acer one 150:

here the procedure:

Acer Aspire One - A150 (wireless dell 1390 installed) 1.5gb ram / iAtkos_v7 / Leopard 10.5.7 (video, sound and wired network working)

+ (Expand)
* (Select)

*iatkos v7 Main System (Installed By Default)
+Bootloader
*Chameleon v2 (Installed By Default)
+X86 Patches
+Decrypters (Unselect AppleDecypt)
*Dsmos (Select)
+Kernel
*9.50.0 KernelVoodoo (Select)
+ACPI
*x86 ACPI (Select)
+Drivers
(Skip VGA) NOT APPLICABLE TO ACER ASPIRE ONE D150 - Below is the Correct procedure to install the video with the proper resolution.
+Sound
*Voodoo HDA driver (Installed By Default)
+System
+PS/2 Mouse Keyboard (Only Select One)
*Apple Ps/2 Driver (Select)
+Sytem
*Laptop Battery (Select)
+Network
realteck 1000
+Wireless
*Broadcom BCM43xx (Dw1490,Dw1390,Dw1395) (Select) This Kext is only if you have already Purchased The(Dw1490 Cards).
*Post_Install Actions (Installed By Default)

"Now Restart you should Hear Audio with Music and Go Ahead and Setup Info"
At This Point You Should Be On Your "Desktop"

This Is Where you will Do The Setup For Video "Drivers"
reboot in single user, -s option at the loader:

Then, enter the following commands:

/sbin/mount -uw /
rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelGMA*
rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext
rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions.mkext

reboot

once up and runnig :

download the correct video kext from http://depositfiles.com/files/lj13ctz15
thanks to uluf!! and install the kext using osx86tools (NOT KEXT HELPER..It didn;t work in my case)

reboot with flag -f (IMPORTANT THE FIRST TIME) then you can reboot without any option in the future.

you should have now the rigth resolution, open osx86tools again and enable quartz gl, then open disk utility and repair permission on the hd.

reboot again and you should have the acer with a 100% working 10.5.7...
run software update, install everything new, and make a backup of the working system! so in the future you can restore the backup instead doing again all that!

I hope this helps






UPDATE: not sure if it is real but cpu-x report the cpu speed at 1692mhz! with the multipler at x12.5 instead of x12.0, the iaktos team has implemented some software overclock by default??
I've noticed a that it is wormer than usual, and the battery goes down a little quickly.... I'll try to check other ways to check the cpu clock... system profiler reports the same!

Correction: internal MIC not working
SD slots detecteded but working only with SD and car inserted at boot time.

Does anyone knows how to fix the internal mic?

Mic fixed:

I had to removed the Original AppleHDA.kext, replace with thatone from paul's wind pack, add HDAenabler still from the same pack, then remove the VoodooHDA.kext, and the pref panel..
At reboot mic and sounds are working but there is still the bug of the panic shutting down on battery, as workarounf I've installed InsomniaX with sounds enabled
Now everything seems really to work.

sorry m8 so EVERYTHING ELSE is working??

WIFI
GFX CARD
AUDIO OUTPUT

just mic is is not working?

Which video kexts should i use in that downloaded folder. i tried several different ones and all i get is a bluscreen when i start back up. i can hear the voulume button go up and down but no video. please help me, everything works great so far except for which video kexts to use in that downloaded folder

install all the kext starting with APPLE, that are into the zip file, do not instal the natit, and follow step by step the procedure, copy and paste the commands, use the command line when is required and osx86tools to install the kexts. even a small difference in the procedure is gonna give to you the blue screen.
I made a couple of time an error, maybe it is the same as you, I was removing only the original appleintelgma950* kext, but actually you have to remove even those for other videocards! so be sure you run the command:

rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelGMA*

this removes al the intel kext for any videocard....

I hope this helps

the mic is working, but the fix has introduced the shutdown panic bug, that can be avoided using insomniaX software.




WIFI as described into my post is working for me with a dell 1390 wireless card that I had installed.
gxf card is working if you follow my procedure, external monitor as well but not tried mirroring yet.
audio autput is workign, mic, jacks all ok.

there is a fix for the mic, read carefully my posts.

I've tried last night to upgrade my A150 from 10.5.6 to 10.5.7 by following the post and it works as it should be.

However, there was an error for the MobileMe PreferencePanel and it was fixed by copy the preferencepane file from my TM copy. Right now, I'm backing it up with TM. I'll fix Mic issue later.

Great works.

hey thanks for this contribute. i had a little trouble with the video drivers, i ended up installing paulswindkexts for the video, and installing afterwards WindVideoKext for 10.5.7 and now quartz extreme is dected and turned on.

sorry for my bad typing, endlish is not thatgreat.

I have noticed that everyonce in a while i get a random kernal panic and im forced to reboot my machine. any idea what could be causeing this?

Picchiant,

I have been struggling to follow your steps on my new Acer D150 (without any new hardware such as network card).
In all cases, the install is fine but the OS very unstable and causing crashed at the Voodoo kernel level.
I have not yet, or being able, to apply the Video driver, so that may be the cause...
Sound was kinda working but seemed to cause crashes too, so I ended up disabling it during install.

I am using the iAtkos v7 distrib. Would be cool to get some help here!!

Thanks for the already great work.

B-

Sorry, but how do I "reboot with flag -f"?

I tried booting into Single User Mode and typing "reboot -f" but got an error... I also tried "reboot [-f]" which is a valid command, but when it reboots, it just gets to a blue screen after the apple logo and never completely boots (or is booting but the screen isn't working)...

Thanks in advance for your help, and thanks for a great tutorial though, I've been looking for a nice write-up like this, thanks...

the Asthmatic Avenger

The Asthmatic Avenger - to reboot with flag -f, what you need to do is restart the system and when you are at the Chameleon bootloader (press any key before it automatically boots into OS X), then press f8 and type "-f" (without quotes). You will see it entered at the boot: at the bottom left of the screen. then press enter and it will boot.

I used some info from this thread http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...173184&st=0 and also used the video drivers listed there for download (they worked for the hp mini and the A150). The video drivers work like a charm. Here is a link to the video drivers that Aboshi posted and that I used http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...st&id=51803

Here is something that may help before doing the flag -f (from the above linked thread, thanks Aboshi)

"So now that OS X is installed when the mini reboots and you see the Chameleon boot loader. press any key to enter setup.
now type -s you should see boot: -s on the bottom left hand side of the screen, now press enter and it should boot you into single user mode.
with you get the command prompt it will look like this:
:/ root#
now type /sbin/fsck -fy and press enter
after it does its thing type: /sbin/mount -uw / and press enter
don't forget that / after -uw or you will not have write access. (My note to this (figured it out the hard way), make sure to have the space between -uw and / or it won't work).

Do Exactly as I say or you will hate life =)
Type: cd System/Library and press enter
Type: rm -r Extensions.mkext and press enter
Type: cd Extensions and press enter
Type: rm -r AppleIntelGMA*.* and press enter
Type: rm -r AppleIntelIntergrated*.* press tab and it will fill in the rest for you and press enter
Type: shutdown -r now
This will remove the kext cache and all of the Intel Graphic drivers because they do not work correctly (stuck at 800x600) and the system should now reboot."
when it reboots do the -f as mentioned at the Chameleon screen after pressing f8 and all should go well.

Between this thread and Aboshi's thread - I was able to get iatkos v7 installed on both a mini and on an A150.

Thanks, I am going to try it out right now!

Did it work for you?

everything went well until the kext installation; first no change and then blue screen.
+ my dual boot got all messed up so i can't boot into win7 (+ no auto fix possible)
formatting and reinstalling everything
not cool considering i had no such problem so far

ok, reinstalled and now i get stuck at the apple logo boot screen

and finally, it's alive!
just a reminder, replace the keyboard prefpane for a better trackpad behaviour
thanks a lot everyone

I have the same problem! I tried to install all the kexts with OSX86tools, but it doesn't work!! I just get a blue screen !!! Please help me, I had to reinstall twice... :-(

YES, it worked!

I used Sniper's help to figure out the -f flag, and the original poster's Video KEXTs, works 100%. Perfect video, correct resolution, full Quartz GL and all!

To: iPhilippe:

I am facing the same problem with you, can you help me to work this problem out by showing what preferencepane files you copied to the iatkos v7 system?

Thanks very much!!

reboot options - video drivers - bootloader

Hi, i am new with mac osx, perhaps these are stupid questions but....

1- how i "reboot in single user, -s" and "at the loaderreboot with flag -f"

2- I have the same machine (Acer Aspire One 150) and installed macosx just the guide and perfect until have to install video drivers.
I have selected one of the my1001TUvideokexts folder but when restart its freeze in the apple welcome screen. I don´t know what i did wrong

3- The last thing is that at start up theres a nice windows (suppose chamelon2 boot) that shows (if i press any button) my pre installed winxp and win7. But if i want to run any of them an start up errors appears. Can i solve this or have to reinstall everything?

Thanks, and this post is the best i found!!!!!

Hi All

First off, let me express my huge thanks to all on InsanelyMac and especially this thread. I've gotten my Acer Aspire A150 working with OSx86!!!

I tried the iDeneb v1.5 last night but it didn't work - but with this thread I have a beautiful AceMac

On the Mic issue, I've downloaded Paul's Wind Pack, but can someone provide some instructions on exactly what steps to take? Or point me in the right direction?

Once this works, then I can use the Acer for Web, Email, iPhone Charging, Photo Backups, Skype

This is super.!!!!

Thanks

Diarmaid
Ireland.

Did you installed video drivers correctly?
Could you tell me the steps please? (which driver you selected....)

Thanks.

Hi, I used the drivers I posted links to earlier. They work for the A150 and the HP mini too. Between the instructions in this thread and the ones in Aboshi's thread (instructions for HP mini, but between the two threads it can be done correctly).
Here is a copy and paste from my previous post in this thread:
"I used some info from this thread http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...173184&st=0 and also used the video drivers listed there for download (they worked for the hp mini and the A150). The video drivers work like a charm. Here is a link to the video drivers that Aboshi posted and that I used http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...st&id=51803"

If you have any other questions please let me know and I can try to combine the two tutorials into one that will work.

For those with questions on getting this to work I combined picchiant's tutorial with the one from Aboshi (located at http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...73184&st=0).

Here is one that will hopefully help those having issues putting iatkos 10.5.7 on the acer 150.

Here is the procedure:

Acer Aspire One - A150 (bcm43xx wireless card installed) 1.0gb ram / iAtkos_v7 / Leopard 10.5.7 (video, sound and wired network working)

Plug in your now bootable OS X Flash Drive, USB DVD, or USB HDD (depend on what medium your using for the install) Turn on the acer 150 and press F12. Now select the Flash Drive, USB DVD, or USB HDD you want to install from and keep pressing F8 and hit enter. If you do not keep pressing F8 you will white screen with an apple logo and then the system will reboot so make sure you keep pressing F8 when booting off of your drive! you should see a command line with boot:
now at the command line with boot: type cpus=1
it should look like this boot: cpus=1
then hit enter and you should boot into the OS X installer pretty fast if your installing from a flash drive. You can also use the -v command before cpus=1 this will show you any messages if you need to figure out what went wrong (if anything went wrong) Example: boot: -v cpus=1
If you get a panic and the system reboots or your stuck at a white screen with a circle with a slash going through it, just reboot and try again. (I am trying to remember if I needed to continue to press F8 with the acer - I know I did when I installed iatkos on the hp mini but not sure if i did on the A150).

1. The installer will now begin. Wait at the apple logo until a language selection screen is shown. Select your language and hit next.
2. Go to the top of the screen where it says utilities. From this menu select "Disk Utility"
3. Click on the Acer's Hard drive in the left pane.
4. Click on the "erase" tab
5. Under Volume format, select Mac OS Extended
6. Click Erase
(NOTE from Aboshi's tutorial: If you plan on ever dual booting or wanting partitions on your drive, now is the time to do it. You wont be able to partition/resize your drive after the install. If you would like to dual boot, go to the partition tab on you HD, and click the + button. Add a partition any size you like and assign it as "Free Space". You can format it later)
(My note - - -there are other methods of setting up a dual boot and XP or whatever else should be set up first)
7. After erasing is complete, exit the disk utility
8. Now click next and select your newly erased hard drive as the destination.
9.On the next screen you will see an option at the bottom that says "customize". Click on it and apply the following patches:
+ (Expand)
* (Select)

*iatkos v7 Main System (Installed By Default)
+Bootloader
*Chameleon v2 (Installed By Default)
+X86 Patches
+Decrypters (Unselect AppleDecypt)
*Dsmos (Select)
+Kernel
*9.50.0 KernelVoodoo (Select)
+ACPI
*x86 ACPI (Select)
+Drivers
(Skip VGA) NOT APPLICABLE TO ACER ASPIRE ONE A150 or D150 - Below is the Correct procedure to install the video with the proper resolution.
+Sound
*Voodoo HDA driver (Installed By Default)
+System
+PS/2 Mouse Keyboard (Only Select One)
*Apple Ps/2 Driver (Select)
+System
*Laptop Battery (Select)
+Network
+Wired
realteck 1000
+Wireless
*Broadcom BCM43xx (Dw1490,Dw1390,Dw1395) (Select) This Kext is only if you have already Purchased The(Dw1490 Cards).
*Post_Install Actions (Installed By Default)

That's it you can now continue with the installation.

Install will take about 15 mins. your computer will reboot when the install is finished.
Once the install is finished you will have a nice new shiny boot screen =) this is chameleon 2.1 RC you should see the Chameleon on top =)
At this point everything will work out of the box but the screen will be stuck in 800x600 with no selection for other resolutions yet so we will fix this in advance (or at least prepare to install proper video drivers).

You can also boot into OS X at this time first if you want to setup your account first then follow the steps below

So now that OS X is installed when the Acer 150 reboots you will see the Chameleon boot loader. press any key to enter setup. Once you press any key you then type -s (you should see boot: -s on the bottom left hand side of the screen), now press enter and it should boot you into single user mode.
with you get the command prompt it will look like this:
:/ root#
now type /sbin/fsck -fy and press enter
after it does its thing type: /sbin/mount -uw / and press enter
don't forget that / after -uw or you will not have write access. (also make sure to put the space between the w and the /).

Do this exactly to make things easier
Type: cd System/Library and press enter
Type: rm -r Extensions.mkext and press enter
Type: cd Extensions and press enter
Type: rm -r AppleIntelGMA*.* and press enter
Type: rm -r AppleIntelIntergrated*.* press tab and it will fill in the rest for you and press enter
Type: shutdown -r now
This will remove the kext cache and all of the Intel Graphic drivers because they do not work correctly (stuck at 800x600) and the system should now reboot. If all went well you should be at the screen to enter in all of your info and user account =)

Once you are at the desktop of OS X you can now install the video drivers from the Display Package Aboshi put together (I take no credit for the actual Drivers).
These are located at http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...st&id=51803

OSX86 tools can be downloaded from http://www.heavyhackintosh.blogspot.com/20...inal-10150.html

You can download them directly or download them on another computer and put the files on a flash drive or cd (which I did), just make sure to copy them to the Desktop to make things easier.
Once you extract The above two downloads to the Desktop you should have these folders:
OSXTools1.0.150
First
Second

Now Start OSXTools and click install kexts
browse to the dir First and select all (3) kexts
and click install.
After the kexts install with will pop up asking to reboot DO NOT REBOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if you reboot you will have to go into single user mode again and remove all the files again SO DO NOT REBOOT YET! CLICK CANCEL
Now open the folder Second and click on GMA950.pkg and a setup window will pop up.
click continue, click install put in your password if you have one and proceed. after the install you can now reboot.
reboot with flag -f (IMPORTANT THE FIRST TIME) then you can reboot without any option in the future.
Once you reboot you should be back at the OS X desktop but now with working 1024x600 resolution! you can now enable Quartz.

Enable Quartz
To enable Quartz open OSX86 Tools and click the Enable/Disable Quartz GL button. It will tell you the current status. If its disabled, feel free to enable it by clicking the button that says "Enable Quartz GL". after Quartz is enabled the system will need to rebooted.

You should now be fully working on OS X 10.5.7

Many thanks to picchiant and Aboshi for their tutorials. Hopefully this will help to make things easier for those new to OS X (like me, lol).

Yeah the previous commenter is correct. Use the other forum post to find the kexts (drivers) for the Graphics.

The mic is still a wonder though... any clear guidelines?

BUG NOTICE!!!

I find that the wired network connection does not work unless the ethernet cable is connect from boot... if not, it will never connect.

Hopefully when I get my DW1390 then that'll sort it... bought it on eBay for about €20

THANKS!!!!!!!
With your last instructions i have now all video working perfect!!!!
really very nice!!!!!
thanks again.....


Wi-Fi works?

Does somebody know if wi.fi works? steps?

sorry, i am new with mac and really love this OS Design!!!!!

Thanks, this is the best topic i found and beleive me, i am looking for a looooong time....

Good to hear that you got it installed and working.
My wi-fi works and is recognized. The card I have is a broadcom BCM94321MC that I bought from the seller at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=270410717995 it fit in my A150 perfectly and installation with taking the acer apart (unscrewing the screws, lifting the keyboard, removing some more screws, etc.), installing the card, and putting the acer back together was about 10 minutes.
As to steps, When I turn on the A150 and let it boot into OSX, it automatically connects to my network.
Which wireless card are you using? If it is the stock wireless card then it won't connect in OSX yet (I haven't been able to find any kexts for the stock card, so I switched out my wireless card to the one listed above).

You'll find my Mic fix here....
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1055868 just check under SticMAC's mic fix


SticMAC

Thank you very much for your quick reply.

Yes i have the one that came in,

4104A-AR5BXB63
Atheros AR5BXB63

I will look forward the one you told me!!!

This is really great!

SticMAC, thanks. One question, is the mic fix the SticMacs audio fix zip file? I clicked on the link an it gives me an error so I'm not able to download it. If that is the file, are there step by step directions for adding it? thanks.

It downloads just fine!
Use Kexthelper



S

thanks, got it downloaded. I went back to the other thread and didn't get the same error I got yesterday, so maybe it was a problem on my end. Thanks again, and will let you know how it goes with putting it in.

You guys seem to have done a lot of work to get Iatkos working on the AAO - well done.

I'm thinking of following your lead and giving it a try.

What do you think to the performance?

THX

performs well and seems to move faster than the XP pro that is also installed on it (dual boot setup).

Thanks for your reply, interesting you are running Dual boot, I was thinking of doing the same.

Can you let me know the steps you followed to configure dual boot, which OS did you install first?

Thanks

I started with directions from the following thread: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=52954

QUOTE (boinkytwo)

Then I posted this on the above thread as well:

There are 13 steps listed for using the bootloader from OS X. There are also directions in the above linked thread for using the XP bootloader. I feel that chameleon is easier from an install standpoint and from a use standpoint. With chameleon it will automatically boot into OSX if I don't press any key. If I press a key then I have the option to choose from windows, OSX, or if I want to install a third OS on the last partition (no plans for that at the moment) it could be chose also (as it shows all partitions). If you have the same wireless card as I'm using(broadcom BCM94321MC), I'll look for the link I used to get Windows XP drivers and post it. As for partition size, I used 10gb as a shared partition and then the other two partitions are roughly of equal size.
For the bootcd mentioned in the directions it can be downloaded from http://rapidshare.com/files/35189254/boinkytwo_bootpm.iso

Customize Options for HP ZD8000?

Somebody knows how to install this version in a hp zd8000?

I am trying and trying with diferent installations (customize) but don´t get with the correct one!!!!!

Thanks!

Does anyone having problems with audio?

i Listen to An echo with distortion all the time for every sound.

Just go preferences>speech >text to speece and listen

Do you listen the voice with distortion?

Thanks for any help

OK I got my mic working but there is no gain control? How do I control the gain? Still Having sleep/wake issues.

Thanks!!!

Thanks for your install procedure.

I can see XP if i hit any key during boot, but if i select XP i get a Disk error "Press Ctrl+Alt+Del" to restart. I assume the OSX install has overwrote the XP MBR? how can this be fixed?

I also changed the Wireless card in my Acer for an Intel 4965AGN, which it seems is not supported. I changed the original as it didn't have good support in ubuntu. I might change back - any issues with the original Wireless adapter?

hutcho, Not sure as to why it is doing that. I just followed the directions I posted above from this thread http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=52954 and had XP pro boot up fine. Maybe the steps after step 7 in the above linked thread would help you with the issue you're experiencing.

sniper69.

I'm just starting again, I tried enabling Chameleon and was unable to boot, even XP fixmbr and fixboot failed to recover.

I followed your steps but stopped at step 7, This time I will complete the full process - ;0)

BTW, what wireless adapter are you using in your AAO?

I have just reinstalled the original card to give it a try.

Thanks



Just to add.

When I first started the process and took a reboot after setting up my disk partitions my AAO would not boot, it got stuck with a blank screen it didn't even show the BIOS.

To recover from this is used the following steps -thank god for the internet.

http://www.qrpcw.com/2009/01/acer-aspire-o...s-recovery.html

I'm now running the latest BIOS version.

For wireless card in my A150, I am using the Broadcom BCM94321MC that I bought on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270410717995&afsrc=1). I had to do some searching for windows xp drivers for it, found some, and once installed the drivers work great with xp. With iatkos, I picked the Broadcom BCM43xx option when installing and it works great, no problems. I originally thought of the DW1390 card that seems to be popular, but decided for the card I bought instead (it is similar to a DW1500 if I remember correctly).
Which card did you have installed before going back to the original card?

I was using an Intel 4965AGN, which I installed because of Linux support for the original adapter. but it looks like the Intel is not supported in OSX - I assume from your last comment that the original Atheros adapter is also not supported?

From what I read before installing OS X the original card (Atheros) isn't supported. I did read somewhere online that there is a "fix" so it will work - but I didn't try it as there were reports of it not working 100% or of a kernel panic happening, etc.

Okay with a little searching the following might help.

Maybe some info for the 4965 can be found at http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=84072 and http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=71779

Maybe for the atheros you could check out http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=178341
or

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=8829
or
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=33089

Ok, just read your comments fully, and i'm following the same steps you made in install with dual boot.

I have:

XP 30GB pirmary partition 1

OSX 30GB Primary partition 2

shared FAT32 logical partition 3

XP boots before installing iatkos 10.5.7.

When installing iatkos I follow the steps shown in this thread. and as you said the default boot loader is Chameleon not Darwin so I guess i don't need to continue past step 7 in http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=52954

I will let you know how I get on.



Update so far.



I have OSX installed and at the moment I boot both OSX and XP.

I havent yet completed the full install steps detailed on this thread.



-->> i'm here at the moment.

So now that OS X is installed when the Acer 150 reboots you will see the Chameleon boot loader. press any key to enter setup. Once you press any key you then type -s (you should see boot: -s on the bottom left hand side of the screen), now press enter and it should boot you into single user mode.
with you get the command prompt it will look like this:
:/ root#
now type /sbin/fsck -fy and press enter
after it does its thing type: /sbin/mount -uw / and press enter
don't forget that / after -uw or you will not have write access. (also make sure to put the space between the w and the /).

Do this exactly to make things easier
Type: cd System/Library and press enter
Type: rm -r Extensions.mkext and press enter
Type: cd Extensions and press enter
Type: rm -r AppleIntelGMA*.* and press enter
Type: rm -r AppleIntelIntergrated*.* press tab and it will fill in the rest for you and press enter
Type: shutdown -r now
This will remove the kext cache and all of the Intel Graphic drivers because they do not work correctly (stuck at 800x600) and the system should now reboot. If all went well you should be at the screen to enter in all of your info and user account =)

........

....

Hutcho - let me know how it goes for you. I hope it all works out for you to have a successful dual boot set up with XP and iatkos.

second update..

Now Start OSXTools and click install kexts
browse to the dir First and select all (3) kexts
and click install.
After the kexts install with will pop up asking to reboot DO NOT REBOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if you reboot you will have to go into single user mode again and remove all the files again SO DO NOT REBOOT YET! CLICK CANCEL
Now open the folder Second and click on GMA950.pkg and a setup window will pop up.
click continue, click install put in your password if you have one and proceed. after the install you can now reboot.
reboot with flag -f (IMPORTANT THE FIRST TIME) then you can reboot without any option in the future.
Once you reboot you should be back at the OS X desktop but now with working 1024x600 resolution! you can now enable Quartz.

Enable Quartz
To enable Quartz open OSX86 Tools and click the Enable/Disable Quartz GL button. It will tell you the current status. If its disabled, feel free to enable it by clicking the button that says "Enable Quartz GL". after Quartz is enabled the system will need to rebooted.

You should now be fully working on OS X 10.5.7


-->> I'm here and i now have a working dual boot system.

Thanks to everyone on this thread, and thanks for Sniper69 for the quick responses during my configuration work.

Thanks again.

Hi,

I did al this, and the resolution is OK, but Quartz Extreme is "not supported" according to the System Profiler.
I think that is why MainStage is crashing on me after I select a template to start from. How can I enable it?

Well it looks like it could be something with the video card. The following is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz_Compositor


"Quartz Extreme
Mac OS X v10.2 introduced Quartz Extreme: graphics processor (GPU) acceleration for the Quartz Compositor. With Quartz Extreme, no central processor (CPU) cycles are utilized for scene composition. Quartz Compositor runs using the graphics processor (GPU) by encapsulating each rendered backing store in an OpenGL texture map or surface. The GPU then composes the surfaces and maps to provide the final image, which is delivered to its frame buffer.

Quartz Extreme only uses OpenGL commands, and requires a graphics card connected to an AGP 2X or faster bus (including AGP 4X, 8X, and PCI Express), supporting textures and maps of arbitrary size, since many of the renderers have no size limitation (Quartz 2D for example).^[3] It is automatically enabled on Mac systems with one of the following types of graphics cards:^[4]

• AMD (ATI) Radeon, AGP-based, 16MB VRAM minimum, or better
• NVIDIA GeForce2 MX, 16MB VRAM minimum, or better

QuartzGL
QuartzGL (Quartz2d extreme in OS X 10.4 Tiger) is GPU acceleration for the Quartz2d API. It is not enabled by default in either OS X Tiger or Leopard. It is, however, possible to enable it in both versions, using the "quartz debug" application which is included in the OS X developer tools. However, because Apple does not support using QuartzGL currently, QuartzGL will be disabled once again upon quitting the Quartz Debug utility. A partially-supported workaround is to force quit the Quartz Debug application, which will leave QuartzGL enabled system-wide.

In Leopard, it is also possible to add QuartzGLEnabled as an entry to an applications info.plist, to enable it application-wise. Note that QuartzGL must be enabled system-wise first in order for "QuartzGLEnabled" to have any effect application-wise.

All graphics cards capable of supporting Core Image also support QuartzGL."



I'm not sure if the card on the A150 would compare to the above requirements for quartz extreme or not http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma950/index.htm



hutcho - glad to hear it works for you.