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[Kafluke]

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I have been at this for days. I know that this system can run a one of these OSX86 distros and run it well. I just keep having problems getting the dang thing to work. The only distro I can get to work is iDeneb 1.3 and I think that is pretty old.

I've tried many many more and every time they finish installing I get a boot loop.

What I'd like to be able to do is install the retail disc I have of snow leopard. I don't know if that's possible though. I don't understand the difference between chameleon boot and boot-123.

When I finished a good install of iDeneb 1.3 the network card didn't work and someone told me that an updated version of iDeneb has the drivers for my network card. I can't get 1.5 or 1.6 lite to work though. They all just get stuck in a boot loop.

If there is anyone that has had success with these dual xeon dell precision 670 systems and ANY recent distro or build of OSX86 please share with me the details of a proper install so I can get going on this thing. Thanks

-Kafluke

I found nawcom and booted with that. All default settings. It worked perfectly with my retail store bought copy of Snow Leopard!

[Kafluke]

Kafluke, on Jul 4 2011, 03:35 PM, said:

I found nawcom and booted with that. All default settings. It worked perfectly with my retail store bought copy of Snow Leopard!

Now if I could just figure out how to get the network card to work.

[Kafluke]

And get some accellerated graphics action. I've seen snow leopard running on macs and they are much nicer looking than what I got going on (and its not just resolutions). I'm talking animated app tray at the bottom etc.

[Hervé]

Same here. I also gave that box a try last summer with Nawcom ModCD + Retail SL 10.6.3. Went straight in.

My specs are:
2 single-core 64bit Xeon 3.8GHz (Irwindale)
4Go DDR2 ECC RAM
320Go SATA + 160GO SCSI
Intel E7525 chipset
nVIDIA Quadro FX1400 dual DVI
SoundMAX/AC97 integrated audio
Intel Pro/1000 MT integrated NIC

Still a good Workstation and it does run well under SL albeit with default graphics and no network capability. I guess, it's a simple matter of replacing the existing Graphics card by a compatible model and adding a compatible Wireless USB/PCI adapter.