The following is a step by step tutorial for installing osx on a Dell XPS m1210 laptop. Note that it is illegal to download or obtain an x86 Intel OSX image from any source including torrent sites. It is also a breach of the EULA to make your own. The information presented here was collected from various online sources. Also note that I am not responsible for any problems with your computer that may occur because of this guide.

• Partition Magic
• All the files attached below (download and place these on a FAT32 jump drive)
• natit 1.0 universal installer from here
• XP installation CD (not required, but recommended)
• The obvious DVD

This is not a necessary step, but after reinstalling XP and getting rid of all the dell-ware, everything was a ton faster, also the built-in media center is useless as it supports almost no formats. You can skip this if you choose.

As with most new PCs, the XPS 1210 comes preinstalled with windows XP, as well as a bunch of crap you'll never need. Dell also puts 2 extra partitions on the hard drive: one for the Ctrl+F12 Recovery tool and the other is for the media center. For simplicity, control and a bit of extra space, I decided to get rid of the extra partitions and dellware and reinstall XP.

1. Back up your files, you will lose all info on the hard drive

2. Restart computer, at the dell screen press F2 to enter the Bios. Go under system > Boot Sequence and set cd/dvd above the internal HDD. Put in your windows XP installation disc. Hit escape to exit the bios and save changes.

3. Once windows setup is loaded, hit enter to install XP. Delete all partitions (this will delete your data). Create a new partition, set the size you'd like the windows partition to be (you may also use all of the space, we'll resize the partition later on if that's what you chose). Now install windows, reinstall drivers, and once Windows is in tiptop shape, go to the next step.


4. Download and install partition magic 8 or newer.

5. Using partition magic, we're going to create a FAT32 Primary (not logical) partition AFTER the Windows NTFS partition.


At this point, many people think it is necessary to change the new partition's ID to AF (osx journaled), this is not needed as the osX installer will do the work for us. So on to the next step.

6. Restart your system, at the dell screen press F2 to enter the bios…again. This time we need to disable the multicore support temporarily so we can properly install and boot into OSX.

-Go to Performance -> Multi Core Support -> set to off.
-Place the JAS OSX 10.4.8 SSE3 Only DVD in the drive
-Hit escape and save changes and let the computer reboot.

Note: after installation (the next step), the OSX installer makes the new OSX partition active and therefore, you temporarily will not be able to boot into windows. OSX will be the default operating system.

7. The installer will start and after a few minutes you'll be presented with a language chooser. Choose English, click accept on the agreement. Now we can choose a drive/partition to install OSX on, but there is nothing to choose! Fear not.


8. Go to utilities -> Disk utility.

-On the left select the OSX partition you made, choose erase and make sure "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" is selected. Now erase it.
-Now exit Disk utility and select the newly listed partition. Click continue.

VERY IMPORTANT: Be sure to click customize instead of install

9. Select the following options:

(I used Mifkis Kernel)

• 10.4.8 combo update
• Intel SSE3 patch(do not select SSE2)
• Sigmatel 9220 patch (We will need to download an additional patch later for sound out of the speakers)

Note: do not select the usb 2.0 patch as it will render your usb unusable and you will have to reinstall
You may choose whether or not to install alternative languages, X11 and/or printer drivers. After selecting your options, click install. This will take 15-30mins depending on the packages you selected. Once the installation is complete, the computer will reboot into OSX! Go through the initial setup, setup a user account and password and you'll eventually get to the desktop. Congrats, but you're not done yet…


In OSX, open finder -> applications -> utilities -> terminal (drag terminal icon to the dock for easy future access)

Open terminal and type the following:

Type in your password at the prompt. This opens the boot config file where we can add kernel boot flags.

Add the following under the <key>Kernel Flags</key> section (add this section if it doesn't exist):


It should look like this:

-Hit ctrl-o to save and enter to keep the filename.
-Press ctrl-x to exit nano.
-Exit terminal and reboot into the bios settings and re-enable multi-core threading.



There are two easy methods for dual booting without having to install slow, annoying bootloaders like Acronis OS selector: You can either OSX's built in Darwin boot loader or Windows XP loader (the chain0 method)

Method 1: Darwin boot loader method (easiest)
Open terminal, type the following:

Type your password at the prompt. Then add the following under the <dict> tag:

Where "8" is the # of seconds the Darwin bootloader will pause for. Now when you reset your computer, you'll be presented with the Darwin bootloader and if you hit f8, you'll see your XP partition! By default, OSX is loaded.

OR Method 2: Chain0 method (XP) (only slightly harder to set up, but my personal preference)

-Reboot the computer and begin hitting F8 continuously (before the gray apple screen) The Darwin bootloader will appear (even if you didn't follow method 1).
-Select your XP partition and hit enter.
-Google "chain0" and download the file from the wiki (first result)
-Place this file in your c:\ (your root)
-Right click on my computer -> properties -> advanced tab -> settings (under startup and recovery) click edit to open your boot.ini file
-Add the following line to the bottom of the file:

Click save and close the file. Before we set the XP partition as the active partition, we should test the chain0 method first. Restart the computer, press F8 like before to get into the Darwin bootloader, select the NTFS partition, now the windows OS selection menu will open, select Mac OS X86 and if it boots to Darwin again, you've got it!

You can set your XP partition to active and remove the active status of the OSX partition now.


1.)Download the IONetworkingFamily.kext.zip file (see files near the bottom of this post)
2.) Unpack to a FAT32 thumbdrive and rename the .kext to something else.
3.) Make a copy of the current IONetworkingFamily.kext (in System/Library/Extensions) Copy it to the desktop
4.) Browse within the downloaded .kext file to ...\Contents\PlugIns\... and copy the AppleBCM440xEthernet.kext.
5.) Browse to the COPY of your current IONetworkingFamily.kext to \Contents\PlugIns\, and paste the .kext (within WinXP, .kext files appear as folders), answering yes to all prompts about overwriting objects.
6.) Transfer the updated IONetworkingFamily.kext back to your System/Library/Extensions folder, replacing the current one.
7.) You will be prompted to authenticate. Hit yes, type in your password to authenticate.
8.) Launch terminal.app, perform the following commands:


(exit terminal)

Go to applications > Disk Utility > select your volume and repair permissions. Quit and reboot.

9.) Reboot, plug in an ethernet cable, launch Safari to see if you've got it working.




This worked perfect for me after replacing my Intel 3945 wireless. I did not have to install or modify any drivers!





Download the Natit Universal installer from here and run it. Restart, my display gradually fades to white after the gray apple screen for a few seconds (mine has vertical lines), but OSX will boot up shortly. You now have QE/CI enabled and full resolution support. I've successfully used QE programs like Aperture as well as the Monaco Eye-One calibration system and openGL games like Halo.



Download the AppleHDAPatcher_v1.12.zip patch AND the sigmatel9221.txt file. Upzip, then drag the sigmatel9221.txt file into the AppleHDAPatcher icon, authenticate, patch and restart. Voila!



To get proper battery info and the icon on the menu bar:

1) Download the PowerManagement.tar.gz file below
2) Un-archive the files.
3) This will leave you with a PowerManagement.bundle
4) Navigate to: /System/Library/SystemConfiguration
5) Backup your old PowerManagement.bundle
6) Copy (drag-n-drop) the new bundle into the SystemConfiguration folder
7) Authenticate and type your admin password
8) Reboot



Set the correct time in Windows, restart, then just uncheck 'Set date & time automatically' (in OS X) and set the time zone so it will match the real time and date. Your time zone will be wrong, but the date and time will be correct.

For 667mhz ram ONLY! Do not do this next step if you have 533MHZ ram:
Add the following to your com.apple.Boot.plist file in your kernel flags: fsb=166 (this will also fix your timing and choppy audio)



Download Colonel_System_Profiler_Patch_1.2.zip, unzip and install. Reboot and check your newly fixed system profiler!

System preferences -> Keyboard and mouse -> trackpad -> check clicking under "trackpad Gestures"

System preferences -> Keyboard and mouse -> Modifier keys -> switch control and command keys. Now ctrl acts like it does in windows (eg. Cutting and pasting)


-My display won't recover from sleep if it is set to sleep in power management. It WILL, however, recover from sleep exactly once if I choose sleep from the apple menu. After that, the computer refuses to go back to sleep until I restart.

-No two finger scrolling (haven't tried any drivers)

-No webcam (tried logitech drivers and macam)

-No built in card reader support


All of the info above was collected from various sources (mostly threads here). I did not create or author any of the attached files. If you are an author of one of the files and would like me to remove the attachment from this thread, please PM me.


If anyone notices any mistakes, or would like me to add something, please PM me.

Nice guide seaDonkey. I've just used it to get OS X running on my new M1210. The only problem I have is that when I run the Natit installer downloaded from the link you gave, it doesn't seem to do anything. The installer shows up in the dock for about a second and then disappears but nothing else happens and if I reboot I still don't have QE/CI. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

I seem to remember that mine did the same thing at first. I now remember that the apple installer program app would just open for a second and then close. So I searched around online and found a mirror of the file and it worked. I thought it was just me. I'll try and find out where I got the file. You CAN install natit without the universal installer. Follow the directions here.


EDIT: just change the file extension to .zip and it should work.

Thanks for the quick answer . Unfortunately, while it installed fine this time, I got a blank screen when I boot . I've uninstalled natit now, and I'm going to try again installing manually.

One other thing I've come across since my previous post though - does your computer have one of those MediaDirect buttons just next to the power button? If so, make sure you don't press it (while the computer is off at least). I accidentally did and it tried to recover the MediaDirect partition (deleted while making room for OS X and Ubuntu) and while recovering that it deleted my Windows partition. I was able to recover the Windows partition and put everything back how it was supposed to be, but I'm trying to find a way to disable that button or at least change what it does so that I don't do it again.

Why I cannot I cannot use the above method to get the speakers to work on my XPS M1210??

seadonkey, why did you need to use partition magic?

you used the xp install disc to partition for xp, a standard xp can partition fat32 as well.

what am i missing that osx86 needs that an xpinstall disc can't partition for.

Are you running 10.4.8? If so, have you dragging the .txt file to the patch icon? How far are you getting?



Dave, you are correct. Anyone who is doing a fresh XP install can simply delete all the extra dell partitions and create a 2nd fat32 partition right from the XP installation CD.

When I decided to install OSX, I had already deleted the extra partitions and had XP installed on a sole partition. Therefore, the ideal solution for me was to use partition magic instead of reinstalling everything. I'm assuming that most people won't want to reinstall everything, which is why I included the partition magic instructions and screenshot. It is important that people understand what type of partition the OSX installer can use and where it must be located. (Primary, not logical)

Yes, I'm using Jas 10.4.8. When I dragged the sigmatel9221.txt to the patch icon, The only thing I saw is the authenticating window and then a blank main window with a quit button. I think this patch has actually replaced some of my files in the system, since after the patch, XLD (ape player) renders the .ape files to noises when playing them. Luckily, other applications still go well. However, The speakers still don't work.

Really appreciate someone who can help me solve this problem.

Upon your initial installation, did you choose the sigmatel patch under customize? I personally chose that (see my guide above). That is the only thing that I can think of. Perhaps someone else has an idea. There have been 3-4 newer appleHDA patches since I originally posted, read this thread for details.

I've solved this problem myself. The problem occurred because I used dual core to install my OSX, after reinstall the system with single core, I've successfully run the AppleHDAPatcher.

PS: Does the mic work in OSX? The output device in the system preference on my machine are "Internal Speakers" and "Digital Out". The input device is "Unknown". It seems that this core dump method renders the mic unusable, and I remembered that before this patch, there is a "mic" device shown in the input device tab.

Yes, the mic works on mine. However, I installed by disabling the multicore support in my bios, then later added the cpus=1 to my kernel flags, then re-enabling the multicore support. I fail to see why this would matter.

When I go to system prefs, under input, there are two unknown devices:
Unknown
Unknown usb Audio Device <-- I can see the input level adjusting when I speak into the mic.

After further testing, I realized that the input level changing is my built-in mic (I have the internal webcam package) and the mic port doesn't work for me either I would edit my original post, but the mods seem to think it is a good idea to disallow editing after 12 hours.

i end up reinstalling XP so often i assumed they would want to.

glad you cleared that up.

Hey,

Very nice writeup!  I've got it almost up and running but I am having a few issues.

I was just about to write that I couldn't get my speakers to work.  When I played an MP3 file I wouldn't hear anything.  So I tried the headphone jack and it worked.  Then I pulled out the headphones and the speakers started working.  Weird.

Also, I have the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945a/g.  How can I get that to work as an AirPort?

Thanks in advanced!

Oh and a couple other things.

Will I be able to change screen resolutions?  I don't have the upgraded video card.

How can I make Windows be the default operation system and have OS X come as an option at boot up.

The intel 3495 will not work at all unfortunantly. I bought a dell 1390 card to replace it on ebay for 6.00 and it works just as well (no 802.11a support, but WPA2 compat and all that). It is really easy to replace and works flawlessly in OS X as airport express. Make sure to uninstall the drivers in windows, and download the new drivers from Dell.

If you do not have the upgraded graphics card, that means you have intel 950 integrated graphics which I believe should work with QI/CE and resolution change natively.

Have you restarted since you got the audio working out of the speakers?

Im having the exact same problem with Video. I cant change my resolution from 1024x786. I have the Intel 945 onboard Graphics. I have looked for a solution but nothing. Any help would be great.

Also im looking for that Dell Wireless card now since I have the Intel.

Thanks

Ok, I'm back. My Windows installation got corrupted somehow. There was a problem with HAL.DLL. I ended up formatting the entire drive and doing clean installs for both XP and OS X.

I followed your guide but the speakers don't work. The headphones are working fine.

I'll be ordering the 1390 card aswell. I have a 1390 express card, but it would be nice to have an internal one.

Please let me know if there is any news for the video resolution.

Thanks

For those with the intel GMA950 graphics, do you have QE/CI enabled? You can check in system profiler. If not, there is a jas GMA950 patch (I believe it was an option in the installer). Look here for instructions. This may also help the resolution changing problem. I will look more into this after work today.

I did another clean install and this time I chose the additional support for gma950.  I have 1280x800 resolution now but QE/CI still is not supported.  I also get an error at startup.  Something about 915  kext files.

Has anyone tried this for Intel 3945.  http://code.google.com/p/iwidarwin/downloads/list

I installed v3 using the installation instructions.  Just replace iwi2200 in the instructions with iwi3945.

OS X now shows the airport icon on the menu bar and says that it is powered on.  But the signal meter doesn't show anything.  Also, everytime I enter in the name of a network, it crashes.

Speakers still not working with this new install.  Infact, everytime I drag the txt file into the loader file, it crashes.  It didn't do that before

One other detail that I forgot to mention.  The "wifi" light on the XPS remains off throughout the whole thing.  So I don't think it ever turns on.  Bluetooth is ok and working great.

HI SEE DONKEY
WHAT KIND VERSION OSX FOR YOUR XPS?
THANK YOU

I have tried it and I got an icon but no ability to control the Wireless card.

i have speakers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


thank you so much!! today my dell wireless 1490 from ebay arrived so i also have wifi just install and it works


have you managed to get dual monitor display work??


pd: sorry for my terrible english

Which wireless card do you have? If it is the Intel 3945PRO a/b/g it will not work. You can replace this with the dell 1390 which is also internal and should work out of the box with 10.4.8.



Glad to hear everything is working OK. No, I have not tried the dual monitor Natit yet. Please let me know if it works for you.

yesssss! got the 1390 today!

installed and fired her up. detected and connected with no problems at all.

i've attached a vga monitor and it works perfectly fine as an extended display.

now only the speakers are a problem. any suggestions?

everytime i drag the file into apploader it crashes my system and i have to restart.

Good to hear you got your airport extreme working! Did you ever get QE/CI?

I wonder if your motherboard has a different audio chip than the geforce 7400GO board does that I have. Have you tried the newest appleHDA patcher (v1.15)? It can be found HERE.

Please update for everyone if you come up with a solution.

Ok, so i've reformatted and reinstalled a few more times. lol... i'm sure to get it right if i do it just a few more times maybe.

so this time around seems like everything is working in good order (except for speakers).

During the custom install, i chose the Intel 900 for video and QE/CI is enabled.
the headphone jacks seem to work when i choose the sigmatel audio option as you suggested in the writeup.

I'll try the latest patcher when i get home. i really hope it'll work. other than that, everything is working fabulously.

i'll update whether the new patcher worked for me or not.

oh and by the way... my friend is the one that bought the 1390 cards for us. unfortunately his vaio does not that that card. so if anybody needs the dell intel pro 1390 internal wifi card.... drop me a line.

it crashes even with the new patcher. so i don't know what's up with that.

i have a new problem now. the wifi only works when i first install OSX

after restarting it does not work. no matter how many times i restart OSX or if i boot into windows then restart or any other way or restarting.

it just doesn't work.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

In regards to the audio, perhaps you can post your situation in the appleHDA patch thread.

As for the wifi, how exactly is it not working? You have the internal Dell 1390, is this correct?

Hi...I also have same problem with dell 1390 card...internal one...shows it as being there but being off....can't figure out how to get it on....will work right after install....but when reboot....goes away.....got sound and wired ethernet working good on this xps1210....sweet machine...thanks for all your help...

When I was purchasing my 1390, I noticed that there were two different versions (different manufacturer numbers or revisions). I will find out what version mine is and let you know how to check yours.

just checked mine....it is rev 3

Mine is Rev A01 (posted on label) Broadcom Based - BCM4311KFBG.

Also, if you look on eBay you'll notice that there are two internal 1390 types: pc559 (the one I bought) and YH774.

I have no idea if the second part means anything, or how to check for that.

thanks for checking on that for me seaDonkey.....not sure what to do...everything else works great so far...wonder if I need to edit anything.....as with all things...more research....thanks alot for all your efforts...

I get the wireless working by taking out the wireless card....then reinstalling osx...then did the ethernet install...then shut down and then installed the wireless card back in....rebooted...it auto detected the wireless card...then came up with an error on the ethernet card...said kext was wrong....buj so far the wireless has worked after 4 reboots....will have to check on the on board ethernet set up...thanks for help...maybe this will help others...

If I try it with audio setup...lose the wireless or it keeps crashing when I put in the patch.zip thingy....

appleHDA patch would crash when running Semthex kernel, type uname -a in the terminal to check what kernel you're running.
Download DaemonES or Mifki kernels
Drop kernel in the root, give it another name, at boot press F8 and type the new name.
type uname -a in terminal to make sure, now use the Taruga's patcher, reboot.

hi all!

new updates from my end:

i did that trick mentioned by turk101 and the airport is working very nicely now.

to test out all possibilities, i tried the following...

I restarted into OSX a few times.
Then restarted into windows.
Restarted back into OSX.
Restarted back into windows, hibernated, then booted into OSX.

Airport worked in all instances.

I have rev A03. So i guess if you have A03 then you have to put in the 1390 internal card after you are done doing the install.

i checked my kernel version as suggested by mutis and got the following:



Darwin username-computer.local 8.8.1 Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.1: Sat Dec 9 2:18:27 AZ0T 2006; semthex:/nebukadnezar/BUILD/obj/RELEASE_I386 i386 i386



so i guess i do have the semthex. where do i go about downloading

new update:

i got a hold of the mifki kernel file: mach_kernel.mifki

loaded it up as suggested by mutis.

speakers work now.

finally, glad to have a somewhat fully functioning hackintosh

Hello all,

First of all, I'd like to say I'm a total noob to the whole OSx86 scene, but I stumbled across this guide a week after I just received my new (refurbished) m1210. Talk about good timing =)

Anyways, the Jas 10.4.8 SSE3 ONLY... mifki? seemed to be a little hard to find.
I guess there are new Jas releases such as the SSE2 and SSE3 version, and that version that is patched.

I wasn't sure which one to try, so I've just started with the SSE2+3 non patched version. So far after using seadonkey's guide, I've gotten everything working minus the speakers and wireless (1390 should arrive anyday $6 on ebay).

On the Jas SSE2+3 non patched version, there was no option for the "combo update", and there was a box for the Natit. I decided "what the heck" and checked the option for Natit. Of course, after I got most things working, curiosity killed the cat, and I said to myself, maybe the version I downloaded is newer... Well, after installing the downloaded version on top of the version that came with the DVD, chaos ensued. Everytime I reboot, my screen rotates 90 degrees clockwise, I'm glad I can laugh at myself about this, but as a little reminder to others who might be thinking this... don't do it, heh

Thanks again for the time you put in Seadonkey, I'll try to be back with an update soon

Alf

triple booting Ubuntu, Vista, and OSX

After I ran through this guide I have everything working as it said it would (still searching for a webcam solution and not giving up on the wireless card yet). However, when I ran mac update I couldn't boot into OS X (currently triple booting my PC with XP and Fedora as well). I would select Mac OS X but it kept just rebooting. Any ideas on why this is happening or what I can do to fix this (I am scared to do it again...I INSTALLED THIS ABOUT 50 TIMES!!!!)?

Try to navigate to system preferences, displays and select "detect displays."

If this doesn't work AND if , you can run the natit uninstall script by entering single user mode (restart, hit f8 before the apple screen, select osx and type -s) and entering the following:





Sorry to hear that your installation is broken. I've always struggled with which updates to get. I've successfully installed the daylight savings update, however, I've read that the java update messed with safari. Also, I've seen patchers that allow you to update with the security updates, but without the patcher, you will damage your install. I've also been holding off on the airport update. I'll look into this and post my findings.

This link should help: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...&hl=patcher

Please let us know if you learn anything.

I tried both of those Seadonkey, no suck luck... I've already reinstalled, heh.
You're super fast with the replies btw. Speakers are still a no go, but I'm just waiting for the older mifki version to finish downloading. I still have the first headphone jack, so I'll live.

thanks again

so i guess the only thing left is the card reader and the webcam huh?

wow if those can be worked out, the xps m1210 will be a great off the shelf pc for osx

alfdog, do you want the mifki kernel file? it's only a few megs

Back again =)

Dublued, I'll let you know soon if I need that file. I think I actually already downloaded it off of his site, 1.7megs I think. I'm at work atm, and I'll have to check on that later.

Unfortunately, I'm a total beginner when it comes to OSx86. Can someone help me understand the "concept" of the "mifki kernel"? I've only been at this for literally a day and a half, I've scoured google/wikipedia trying to learn as much as I can. This is what I understand so far... mifki's kernal is more "original" i.e. less 3rd party, while semtex's is more "compatible" with some of the other pc hardware.

Now, what I have so far are two different JAS iso's.
The SSE2+3 beta2 non patched (what I have currently installed)
and SSE2+3 Patched (just finished downloading last night)

I also have the earlier? SSE3 INTEL ONLY iso downloading, but it's going very slow. Is that the mifki kernal?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's my understanding the SSE2+3 iso's already have the "mifki kernal" integrated?

Or do I need to manually add/install/merge the mifki kernal? pre(slipstream) or post install?

If someone can point me in the right direction that would be great, as I'm sure that's the solution to my speaker problem.

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My experience has been great, I never thought I'd enjoy tinkering with OSX so much.

What I've learned so far is:

Always use the left headphone jack, don't mess around with switching jacks, it caused an error with a mp3 file I was playing in iTunes.

Turn off any instances of "sleep" in the power management settings. Also, I think the screensaver or "monitor off" is causing a lock up.

The front volume keys work, but the play, pause, forward, ect. don't. This is very minor issue.

I've installed the Java update, Itunes update, and another one I can't think of, with no problems so far. I didn't install the airport update (didn't think it was necessary) and I'm still waiting on my 1390. I didn't install the 10.4.9 update for intel, as I'm pretty sure this will cause some problems.

Webcam and mic, I don't really use, so no biggie.

SD card reader I can live without. I do have a 2gb SD card I used for my treo 650, but now it's being used mainly for Vista's Readyboost. I just recently got a Patriot 4gb usb stick, and I have to say, that thing has made my OSx86 installs 10 times easier.

The only thing I really wish I could fix is the the sleep issue. If I find anything useful, I'll let you guys know.

Has anyone tried installing the 10.4.9 update? That would be a great idea for a part 2 of this guide, hint hint

Thanks again, I'm finding this forum/guide to be more fun than the ubuntu forums.

alf

yea don't bother with the 10.4.9 update

you'll get stuck in a restart loop.

i wanted to format and increase my partiition size anyway so gave that update a try.

before the 10.4.9 update, i had installed all the other updates with not a single problem.

20 gigs is not enough once you start having fun with osx

If it helps, the version that I wrote the guide with has the following md5: A1960475511FFB5ECC7447AC7D71D44C

JaS.10.4.8.SSE3.Intel.Only.iso

It gives you the choice of either kernel via combo updates.

Thanks Seadonkey, trying to get the right one...

"Jas 10.4.8 Amd Intel Sse2 Sse3" was the one I was using. It has built in natit which is nice, but I can't for the life of me get the speakers working... I even did my own codec dump in linux, to use with the HDA patcher.

i used the same dvd as you alfdog.

then just booted with the mifki kernel to make the speakers work

saved the hassle of downloading another entire dvd

Anyone had any luck with the new 10.4.9 update with any of the available methods yet? If so is the built-in webcam working??