dragwun187 Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 hey guys..i was just wondering what would be the perfect osx flavour for me to use on my toshiba satellite l500d?here are the specs: AMD athlon X2 ATI radeon 3100 integrated gfx card 4gb of ram realtek 8192se wificard 500gb hd ive already tried using the osx tiger with amd compatibility and leo4all..no luck with either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman BEránek Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 iDeneb v10.6 10.5.8 lite edition and then you can try Snow Leopard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragwun187 Posted September 11, 2010 Author Share Posted September 11, 2010 hey..so i now finally managed to download ideneb lite in my free time..i finally get to the mac installer screen where as with the previous flavours i just get a reboot..but my problem now is that ideneb wont detect my hd..i go to disk utility to format it to hfs but its not on the left panel..anyone got any ideas??argh!!so frustrating sometimes..hahaha by the way my hd is a SATA HD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragwun187 Posted September 11, 2010 Author Share Posted September 11, 2010 so i managed to get my hd detect..i changed the setting to ahci in the bios..but now after i let the bootloader load..i just an apple logo and thats it..any help?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellmantt Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 so i managed to get my hd detect..i changed the setting to ahci in the bios..but now after i let the bootloader load..i just an apple logo and thats it..any help?? Boot in verbose mode -v see where it hangs, then post what it says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragwun187 Posted September 11, 2010 Author Share Posted September 11, 2010 i load in verbose mode..but theres alot of commands that popped up..here is the last 4 lines: waiting for boot volume with UUID E4DAB38B-EB43-3C6E-B958-6BB5E4D14D87 waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key.<string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict> Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleOnboardPCATA" has no explicit kernel dependency; using version 6.0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragwun187 Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 i reinstalled ideneb lite..this time using the vanilla kernel..didnt even hang on the apple screen..just restarts my laptop..haha..so i guess its not the kernel..any ideas?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellmantt Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 i reinstalled ideneb lite..this time using the vanilla kernel..didnt even hang on the apple screen..just restarts my laptop..haha..so i guess its not the kernel..any ideas?? AMD processor won't work with vanilla kernel. You will have to reinstall with the kernel you used the first time. Also disable or remove wifi card until you get your install done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragwun187 Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 reinstalled ideneb again..still getting stuck at the apple image..then reinstalled it again without customizing..doesnt even get stuck at the apple image..it just reboots..any ideas guys??i can smell it swear!!haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragwun187 Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 success!!i now have mac os x installed on my laptop!!but now i need kext cuz there is no sound,wlan,ethernet and video card..can anyone help me in finding the proper drivers for the following?i searched around and cant find any: ati radeon hd 3100 IDT 92HD71B7-sound card realtek 8192se-wlan(ive looked around and i havent found a kext or driver for this but just incase maybe you guys know?) realtek 8187e-usb wlan RTL8101E/RTL8102E-ethernet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragwun187 Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 got the sound card working..although it gets choppy at times..im still having problems with my ati radeon hd 3100 gfx card and my ethernet and wifi..help guys!!im almost there!!hahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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