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Hello,

Past few days i'm trying to install Mac OS X on my PC. I want to install it on my second HDD (samsung hd501 sata). I have tried different Hackintosh Distributions, but had no luck.

- iAtkos s3 ver 2 - can't start installation process (hangs on apple logo... -v gave me "still waiting for root device") - http://i.imgur.com/pXLPf.jpg

- iPC 10.5.6 - restarts pc when booting from cd (cant even read -v)

- Kalyway 10.5.1 - the same story as iPC has

- iDeneb 1.3 - bit of progress, formatted HDD to Mac OS Extended Journal Format, customized driver list (probably messed it up), installed but it wont boot. -v says "MAC Framework successfully initialized

using 5242 buffer headers and 4096 cluster ID buffer headers"

- iDeneb 1.6 10.5.8 Lite - gives me kernel panic at end of installation process (tried all kinds of kernels, step by step) - http://i.imgur.com/CXnNm.jpg

 

Tried to change IDE to AHCI... no changes

 

I read many forum posts, but solutions are different and depend on hardware...

Maybe I am doing something wrong... or installing wrong fixes/drivers/kernel

 

My pc specs

Intel Q6600 Core Quad 2.4 (supports SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE3S)

Motherboard - MSI P35 Neo2-FIR/FR / P35 Platinum (MS-7345)

4 GB ram - DDR2 4 x 1024 (400 mhz)

HDD (one that i use for mac) - Samsung hd501lj SATA

Asus DVD-RW SATA

 

 

Please, help me with advice

Thanks!

 

 

update: i installed iDeneb 1.3 again and tried to use command cpus=1.... now i get spinning thing below apple logo (without command, it just freeze on apple logo)... but nothing happens. waited about 10 mins

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Hey,

Thanks for reply!

So, I need to burn 2 discs? one with "10.6.3 retail" and install mac on hdd and then boot "nawcom modcd" ? or i will need to use usb stick? I am new to this method. Could you, please, explain me a bit or link to some guide?

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No, "retail" means the 10.6.3 Snow Leopard DVD that you bought from the Apple store for ~30 dollars.

 

You only have to burn the nawcom mod CD. (it has CD in its name because it's a CD - so, no, no USB stick)

 

Use a CD-RW, nawcom might not work for you and there are other "universal" boot CDs out there that you can try.

 

Boot with the CD, then swap for the DVD when prompted.

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Once you arrive at the installer "desktop" run Disk Utility to partition and format your drive, then proceed with the install.

 

You must boot OS X with the boot CD until you have installed Chamleon 2.1 to your hard drive and configured it to work with your hardware.

 

Use the configuration of the boot CD for inspiration when setting up Chameleon.

Kernel Extensions (drivers) are in the ram disk image, preboot.dmg.

Boot CDs like nawcoms are universal, made to work on a variety of hardware. Usually these boot CDs have only the most basic kernel extensions/configuration settings that will allow OS X to install and boot. You will have to activate accelerated graphics and add drivers for at least sound and LAN yourself post-install.

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i burnt mac os 10.6.3 retail on dvd (downloaded from trusted tracker... i will buy later) and tried to boot with nawcom and [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]... no luck :/

1. Nawcom gave me this:

http://i.imgur.com/4Q1OZ.jpg

 

2. [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] gave me this:

http://i.imgur.com/0VE8E.jpg

 

with -v

http://i.imgur.com/oJCRc.jpg

 

what should i do now?

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hmm, yes. hdd was connected to marvell sata. I connected to ICH9 and this is what happened:

[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] - gave me "waiting for root device" error

http://i.imgur.com/DKNUe.jpg

After, I swapped places sata connectors of cd/dvd drive and hdd (both are connected to ICH9)

i got this kernel panic

http://i.imgur.com/QWlgW.jpg

 

 

Nawcom - gave "waiting for root device" error

http://i.imgur.com/ftf3q.jpg

 

 

Noticed that errors start after finding my network adapter (realtek 8111b, built in motherboard)

Also noticed, that i cant find SATA 1 and SATA 2 connectors... I see only 4 ICH9 connectors (sata 3-6) and 1 marvell. So, my hdd is SATA 5... maybe this is the problem

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@akimoa

tried to disable LAN in bios... no changes. I have disconnected audio card, 2nd network card, all usb cables and still get same error...

 

@Gringo Vermelho

bios -> integrated peripherals -> on-chip ATA devices -> RAID mode? There are 3 choices - IDE, RAID and AHCI. Is this the right menu?

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hello good morning

 

all problems for now in instalation is hd controller, like gringo says, try that one you refer in bios to ahci

 

generally in bios have a option to ahci ,or sata mode.

 

and use nawcom mod cd.

 

good hack

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well, im writing this message from mac lol

 

yesterday i read one forum where one guy had the same error as me... turned out that this problem occurred because of SATA CD/DVD.... he fixed this by using IDE PATA cd/dvd (with jumper in master position).

I found my old pata drive and tried to boot again... nawcom failed but [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] worked great!

 

So, what should I do next? install chameleon? Could someone, please, guide me? thanks!

 

also, what is the best way to make dual boot? I have win7 on separate hdd

 

.....(26 nov)

all seems to work fine... so far I found that mac won't recognize my iphone and sometimes it lags when i scroll (safari or any other app). still need to figure out how to make dual-boot properly... also, should I update to 10.6.8?

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thanks for the link.

 

i downloaded and followed this guide http://kylesinterestingstuff.blogspot.com/2010/06/dual-booting-windows-7-and-snow-leopard.html (step 6)

 

now i get kernel panic at mac boot... used [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] disk to boot again. how to fix this? or how to remove files that i installed?

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hello

 

what kp ?

 

with what ?

 

try to boot

 

in chameleon screen

 

-v

 

or use [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]

 

with the option easy beast

 

good hack

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hello

 

are you familiarized with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] ?

 

the problem is must install nulcpupowermanagement.kext, because you don't have dsdt

 

in [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] use the option easy beast

 

and see in customization other option for smbios and choose macpro3,1

 

http://tonymacx86.bl...stallation.html

 

look with attention to the app options and the helps

 

good hack

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hello

 

only update when u got all working

 

and you need to read

and search things in forum to know what is mac os x, and solved your problems, the must difficult is done, the instalation

 

and know enjoy your pc with mac os x working and learn how to work with him, in forum is all type of solutions for any problem

 

good hack

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