HP DC7600 - How to install Leopard

[Amidath]

Below is a video explanation and walk-through of how I installed a working copy of 10.5.7 and updated through system update to 10.5.8 using iDeneb v1.5 and including links to the specific kexts and tools needed to get changeable resolution and working Ethernet.

 

 

HP DC7600 UltraSlim

Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz

1.5 GB DDR2 RAM

Intel SATA Chipset

Intel GMA950 graphics chipset

Intel HD audio

Broadcom 7552 Gigabit Ethernet

 

Installed using iDeneb v1.5

Used

Chameleon V2

Qoops 9.7 Kernel

VoodooHDA audio

manually installed KEXTs for display, NIC, and Seatbelt to match 9.7 Kernel

 

Updated to 10.5.8 through software update and reinstalled kernel and bootloader from disc and manually reinstalled 9.7 Seatbelt after reboot.

 

Seatbelt Kext and instructions:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=148566

 

Instructions to bypass known loop after install:

Boot with -s,

at prompt type:

/sbin/fsck -fy

/sbin/mount -uw /

touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

passwd root

 

when you get login screen enter Root

for user and passwd...

 

Ethernet Kext:

http://www.mediafire.com/?co85i2tqed2d86d

 

Graphics Kext:

http://www.mediafire.com/?nz21l0qroiw34mo

 

OSX86 Tools:

http://www.mediafire.com/?bk8fo28dqfidnie