MacTabletyGoodness Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Hi I'm a noob to osx86 but NOT to computers, programming (c# / c++ but not Obj-c) and OS's... I own an iMac 24, 3.06 mid 2008 model, and I have the 2 original cd's for Leopard installation. I NEED to build a leopard install onto my Lenovo X60 Tablet PC, so that at least WiFi, Touch and Tablet Pen work... I want avoid as many legal issues as possible, so I want to use my legally owned copy of Leopard as the basis / framework for my X60T install disk. The reason I'm doing this is that for my Postgrad Computer Science research dissertation I'm looking at fully implementing tablet pc (windows frameworks) into OS X... hence this 2nd hand tablet... So.. now that you experts in all things osx86 know what I'm after... can anyone please point me or lead me in the right direction? I have googled (lots), I've searched this forum and the wiki and no hits for any combinations or different selections of words for what I'm trying to do brought up any results. If this HAS already been answered (obv. not so explicitly for the X60T) then I apologize. Thanks for reading, and I hope someone can help. MacTabletyGoodness Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/105476-create-own-osx86-from-my-imac-two-install-cds/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbonkers Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 so u want to boot ur dvd from the tablet pc itself? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/105476-create-own-osx86-from-my-imac-two-install-cds/#findComment-750220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPimpin Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 (edited) I hope someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think it's all that simple. The hacintosh install DVDs that most people seem to use are hammered together by people who, for the most part, keep the details about how to do it to themselves. The non-Apple hacks are both to source code (Darwin) and, if necessary, direct patches to the binary kext files (kernel extensions and device drivers) where the source is not available (there are missing pieces of source code to the whole OSX system). It sounds like a cool project. I think getting OSX installed on the X60 period is worth a dissertation all by itself. Too bad I'm not one of your professors! Having said that, the way I would proceed is to break down all the hardware components in the X60 and see if, individually, they have support either right from Apple or from hacked up system builds. If the latter, you might want to get ahold of one of those builds and compare which kexts are pure Apple and which ones have been modified. That's a tall order IMO since there are a lot of different versions floating around, Apple and non-Apple alike, and the non-official ones don't exactly announce themselves to the world. Are you also going to write device drivers for the specialized X60 hardware or are you pretty sure that's covered and just need to bring it all together on an installable DVD? For instance, what wireless chipset does it use? Wireless support is sketchy at best once you move away from a very small number of compatible chips. Edit: Try the Hardware Compatibility List for some more info on the X60 and Leopard. It looks like it will sort of work although one person says their wifi doesn't work period and another person says it will work if you use a hacked kext. Good luck. Edited May 18, 2008 by BigPimpin Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/105476-create-own-osx86-from-my-imac-two-install-cds/#findComment-750241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacTabletyGoodness Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 Hi BigPimPin lol, I wish you could be one of my prof's too! lol From the research I've done so far... I don't think the kexts are gonna be that much of a problem... I've got the Atheros WiFi card which from what I've found is pretty much working perfectly. I've got SSE3, and the Intel i945GM - which I understand is identical to the Mac Mini... Audio is SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio - I can't find the device code... The Wacom drivers is interesting. Whilst I've seen the TabletPC 3rd party kext flying around, I've also seen this video and tbh - if this guy has got all THAT working, my little beat up lenovo should be a breeze - only thing is I can't get ahold of the guy to ask what he used for the tablet drivers... It's a sata 1.8" 100GB drive which again, doesn't seem to be an issue. The South bridge is 82801GHM (ICH7-M/U) and 2GB of DDR 2 ram... I'm dloading the Kaliway image just to see what that will do in terms of tablet / touch functionality - if it works it might give me a clue or two - but I really want a virgin clean build with NOTHING removed or changed if I'm going to develop this new inking framework... if there is anything else I've forgotton, or overlooked, please anyone - let me know. Thanks for the interest Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/105476-create-own-osx86-from-my-imac-two-install-cds/#findComment-750432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPimpin Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 The Atheros card should be OK but there are a few problematic ones. It's much better than the Intel a/b/g at this point. SoundMAX is sort of a misnomer. I have onboard sound on my Dell Dimension and there was more to it than I first thought. SoundMax is more like a catch-all term rather than an actual device. It took me about a week to get it working and when I finally did it was because there was 1 post buried among thousands here that had the answer. I think it was in this thread and the key for me was the part about adding "ADS70" to one of the plist files. It depends on the actual chipset of course and the codec it uses. The codec is harder to figure out than the chipset. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/105476-create-own-osx86-from-my-imac-two-install-cds/#findComment-750780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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