dankasfuk Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Nevermind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushtrader Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Here is what I have found so far if it helps. I have a Vostro 1500 (Inspiron 1520 equiv) 2 GB RAM NVidia 8400M 128mb 1680x1050 screen Intel Wireless N (4965 I believe). The machine has 4 partitions: 128MB linux boot (Fedora 7) 30GB OS/X 4GB linux swap 120GB+ linux ext3 data partition I use grub to choose the boot In order tio get the system to boot reliably you need to put the koolkal 10.4.10 kernel onto it. Getting there is half the fun... I find that the uphuck 1.4 (both r2 and r3) will almost never boot. I had to load JaS 10.4.8 to get osx loaded at all, and even then I could only get the kernel to boot without an ACPI fault about 1 out of every 5 tries. From there I loaded the packages I needed from the uphuck DVD: nvidia mobile, ACPI, 802.11 and so forth, plus the iwi4965 kext. Then I did the 10.4.10 upgrade. Now the machine will boot fine with -x, but with a normal boot will have a kernel panic just after the desktop blue background is drawn. I have to start removing kextx from the extensions folder to see which one is killing me unless someone knows what the osx equivilent to /var/log/messages in linux would be. RT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberslice Posted August 24, 2007 Author Share Posted August 24, 2007 is your wireless internet working? i could not get it to work at all. can you list the steps used to get it working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rschultz101 Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 rushtrader , 1680x1050 plist ? is 2D working fine, aka PS can you watch youtube/ dvd/vlc ? since the 8-series don't run yet ? thanks, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macosx77 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I done with Uphuck install well on machine? on boot doesnt give anything hangs at Domain find option I wait for 30 mins nothing happen after that so i change dual core to single, but doent help any ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macosx77 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Hmmm!!! I install Uphuck and well done. Boot after installation ,hang up at Adding domain ..... After that need to hard reset!!!! I tried to install again , i get message saying you need to reboot your machine. hit power button etc.... Does anyone have Idea on this? Am i missing something..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvin940 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I just realized that there was a more official thread for the 14xx 15xx dell laptops so I'll post here as well: 1. Be sure that the SATA is set for ATA and not AHCI 2. Boot with: platform=X86PC -v -x 3. pray a lot I got JaS 10.4.8 to finally load on a vostro 1500. no good video, sound or network yet. Thanks a lot!! The -x was the ticket for me, although out of 10 bootup attempts with the DVD, it still will panic 5 or 6 times. I was just persistent and varied the flags (always keeping -x in) and finally got it installed My specs are as follows: Inspiron 1520 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 (4MB cache/2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB), English Memory 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 Dimm Monitor 15.4 inch UltraSharp ™ Wide Screen SXGA+ Display with TrueLife™ (1680x1050) Video Card 256MB NVIDIA ®GeForce™8600M GT Hard Drive 250G 5400RPM SATA HDD Network Card and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem Combo or DVD+RW Drive 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability Sound Card High Definition Audio 2.0 Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card Camera Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam The settings I used are: 10.4.9 1.4i R3 Installation Settings - v1.4i main - Log Window - nVidia Mobility - Sata Driver - USB driver - Azalia Audio - Power management Bundle - Intel Speedstep - Intel Pro/100 VE - All applications Checked Now my sound doesn't work and my video is a bit screwy (I cannot move the windows around as they leave trails and the graphocs wash, but it is functional I adopt no scrolling habits but use the immediate click to get up and down the scroll bar). Wireless surprisingly works like a charm. Just went to Airport, selected other, put in my SSID, turned on WEP, put my key in (added my mac address to my access point's access list), and presto, she DHCP'd herself silly. I then went and setup a manual IP on my network through the Network Utility prog and changed to manual entries which also worked nicely (I don't have dhcp turned on - I just turned it on to test this out). Wonder when the support will come out for the 8600m? That's the card that's in the mid range macbook pros so I can't see it being too long from now. Hmmm!!!I install Uphuck and well done. Boot after installation ,hang up at Adding domain ..... After that need to hard reset!!!! I tried to install again , i get message saying you need to reboot your machine. hit power button etc.... Does anyone have Idea on this? Am i missing something..... Interrupt the bootup and specify the following: Boot: platform=X86PC -v -x Using the -v will show you the console output instead of just graphically saying you need to reboot. You can determine if you are having a kernel panic or something else is amiss. These set of switches did it for me, although like I mentioned in my previous post I still would get kernel panics, so I would vary the switches and try booting again. Good Luck. Cal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macosx77 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 That Doesnt help at all i tried with your instructions installation was Very good and after that i gor Restart message @ every boot so i tried boot:platform=x86pc -v -x doesnt help got hang pls have look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mluu510 Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 That Doesnt help at alli tried with your instructions installation was Very good and after that i gor Restart message @ every boot so i tried boot:platform=x86pc -v -x doesnt help got hang pls have look when i was installing upduck osx86, i had that restart issue too. i just took out the dvd and clean it and make sure my laptop is in a upright position so the drive can read it properly. i think the software is just overly sensetive. if that doesn't work, i think you might have to reburn your osx86 and do it at a slow speed. btw; anyone working on getting audio to with sigmatel 9205 on dell vostro 1500? i am dying w/o sound. also, anyone working on gf8 driver for osx86? i am sure it will fix our screen tearing issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macosx77 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Shhhhh.. Finally i have succesfull installation of Mac on Dell Inspiron 1420 few bugs are still there like sound,Wireless,Ethernet but atlease I am Happy that i can Install Mac on dell 1420 Does anyone has luck to find Wireless/Sound drivers for this machine? Cheers!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancorp Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 I'm glad I ran upon this topic! I had practically given up trying to get it working on a Vostro 1500 (which I wanted to try to see if the Core2Duo would work better than in my E1705)! Let's keep this one going...we need video drivers, sound drivers, and ethernet drivers for the LAN, right? Thanks to everyone for all your bits of information! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberslice Posted September 5, 2007 Author Share Posted September 5, 2007 im dying for some network drivers (either wired or wireless) and some sound. cant wait when the day comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macosx77 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Me too, Cant wait long enough If Developers are ready to develop Wireless /Audio Drivers then lets pay them Start donating developer Guys!!! If any developer is reading this Thread and ready to develop Drivers patches please let us know so we can pay off We have to wait and watch ,its after all times GAME... Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macosx77 Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 any GOOD NEWS!!!!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazed87 Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 I am getting my 1420 on Tuesday and I'm gonna install OSX on it, is it better to delete the Dell Media Direct partition or the Recovery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macosx77 Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 I think there is Wireless Driver realease for PROSet/Wireless 4965a/g/n I didnt try that but if someone does pls post your comment Download link is Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n19htmare Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 anyone try installing it on a Vostro or Inspiron in VMWare 6.00? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazed87 Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 are the video problems ever gonna get solved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandle Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 I think there is Wireless Driver realease for PROSet/Wireless 4965a/g/n I didnt try that but if someone does pls post your comment Download link is Here Didnt work for me unforunately When i rebooted it kept grey screening on startup and i will have to reinstall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacintizeD Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Didnt work for me unforunately When i rebooted it kept grey screening on startup and i will have to reinstall That's unfortunate. But you should've known that the driver for 4965 is not functional at the moment. Check this thread for any updates. Right now, only the 2200 driver is working accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ.Allen Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 i have a couple questions 1) is there any way to create a partition outside of windows so it can be used without erasing the dell media-direct partition??? 2) if you erase the dell media-direct partition, what will the Home button do? 3) (in theory, not sure) if the home button will have no function after erasing the media direct partition, why not just use partition magic or Acronis to resize and reformat the partition so when you press the button, it will boot directly to mac without it needing a boot selector?? or is that not possible 4) if none of the above a possible how would you do this with JaS 10.4.8 + Jas 10.4.9 Combo update? should i just follow the instructions on the first post or should i just attempt install and cross my fingers ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ.Allen Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 nobody? .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matcy Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 2. Burn the image to an empty DVD recordable (+R or –R, no rewritable dvd!) why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macosx77 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Hey! Anyone got Luck on Volume / Wifi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogcia Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Hi, I have a Dell 1420 and I successfully installed OSx86. I am trying to edit the file com.apple.boot.plist in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration. It's not letting me do it, every time I try to save changes it tells me it can't save or overwrite because it’s a read only file. So I can't make the changes I need to increase the screen resolution, please help thank you. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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