Sinkers Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Hi Guys, First post here. Have been doing a heap of reading about installing Leo onto PC. I have got Kalyway 10.5.2 DVD Intel_Amd (sse2/sse3) EFI V8. I have tried to install on 2 different PC's. I have tried to find an earlier version too, but nothing on Newsgroups. The specs on the first one are: Intel P4 ® ASUStek P4B533VM 1024 MB DDR Ram XP Pro (with a fresh partition for os x) The 2nd Machines specs are: AMD Athlon 64x2 4600+ Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 Nvidia GeForce 8500gt 2 gig DDR2 Dual cahnnel Ram XP Pro (with a fresh partition for os x) With both attempts at instal, i get to the Darwine loader and hit enter, it goes throught a little process then comes back to the darwine screen again. I have tried to install in safe mode too. I have been trying to do as much research as poss, but I am stuck (and the wiki page is down atm) Thanks in advance Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113203-newbie-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
smorf Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 i´m not quite sure, but i think the better option to install osx on one of your machines is the P4 with the P4B533VM mainboard. your mainboard has at least an intel-chipset and hopefully a complete supported CPU. the latest p4 support sse3... so maybe you want to check out the hardware compatibility lists (HCL) yourself. you may also try to use booting in verbose mode, to see where booting goes wrong. when osx starts to boot, just type "-v" to enable verbose. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113203-newbie-question/#findComment-801142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinkers Posted June 30, 2008 Author Share Posted June 30, 2008 Thanks Smorf, I cant check the HCL, because the site is still down mate. Will try the verbose mode and post back. Update: Verbose Mode goes through the boot, then just goes back to the Darwin boot. P.S I am extremely new this Mac thing lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113203-newbie-question/#findComment-801149 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinkers Posted June 30, 2008 Author Share Posted June 30, 2008 Anything please. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113203-newbie-question/#findComment-801261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
starobrno1 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 I have an Asus P4 P800se mobo P4 3Ghz sse3 it runs ok and even with retail Leo 10.5.3 so it should be possible. Try install on a seperate HD instead probably much easier and check out your video card for compability. If it´s an onboard maby it does´nt work with the mac stuff. In that case if you have an AGP slot go for a PNY 6200 256 mb card, it works I have one in my P4 rig. You could also try to reduce your graphics Aperture Size to the lowest in your Bios: Advanced/Chipset/Advanced Chipset Settings That is ofcourse if you have that option in your Bios. Good luck Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113203-newbie-question/#findComment-801277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinkers Posted June 30, 2008 Author Share Posted June 30, 2008 Thanks star, I have got a spare hdd, but doesnt fit into computer case (not enough room) on my intel machine. I have reduced the Graphics aperture size to lowest size in Bios too, Still not installing. I am fairly sure it has on board graphics. The computer actually restarts after a red line appears on screen during the darwin boot screen. Any other things to try? I also have an Acer Extensa 5220 Laptop, but would prefer to leave that alone(but if all else fails will give that a try) Cheers Sinkers Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113203-newbie-question/#findComment-802052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinkers Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 Would I be better off trying a different type of install disc eg iATKOS or Leo4all ? for my PC configurations Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113203-newbie-question/#findComment-802154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellevegasj Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 My setup is very similar to your 2nd pc. I got darwin to run. I go into ipartition, but I'm having problems getting it to mount to the hard drive. Have you gotten past this point yet? Did you run into the same problem? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113203-newbie-question/#findComment-802316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinkers Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 Belle, no I dont even get that far. Darwin wont run, just keeps restarting PC135 views and not a lot of help. I know I am a Noobie, but with the wiki page not working, I cant seem to find much else to assist me.Please help a few of us Noobs, then we may be able to help others at a later date.Thank You Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113203-newbie-question/#findComment-802322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinkers Posted July 2, 2008 Author Share Posted July 2, 2008 Anyone? Please Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113203-newbie-question/#findComment-803970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinkers Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 Have since found out some more info. I have a SATA optical drive on my AMD machine and am getting the "waiting for root device" error. AMD Athlon 64x2 4600+ Pretty sure it has a 940 chipset Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 Nvidia GeForce 8500gt 2 gig DDR2 Dual cahnnel Ram XP Pro (with a fresh partition for os x) Any ideas please? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113203-newbie-question/#findComment-805234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellevegasj Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Any luck Sink? I'm also trying to install this on a SATA drive. I don't think that's the problem though. I think I'm missing something. 3 day weekend. I'm about to give it another go right now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113203-newbie-question/#findComment-807210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinkers Posted July 6, 2008 Author Share Posted July 6, 2008 No mate, no luck. I am about to give up, because I am not getting anywhere with it and not much help either. AMD Athlon 64x2 4600+ Pretty sure it has a 940 chipset Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 Nvidia GeForce 8500gt Toshiba CDDVDW SH S203B SATA Optical Drive 2 gig DDR2 Dual cahnnel Ram XP Pro (with a fresh partition for os x) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113203-newbie-question/#findComment-808697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_cute Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 No mate, no luck. I am about to give up, because I am not getting anywhere with it and not much help either. AMD Athlon 64x2 4600+ Pretty sure it has a 940 chipset Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 Nvidia GeForce 8500gt Toshiba CDDVDW SH S203B SATA Optical Drive 2 gig DDR2 Dual cahnnel Ram XP Pro (with a fresh partition for os x) 940 chipset?.It has a nForce 560 chipset... Question:are you using an IDE CD/DVD drive?.Maybe that is your problem.If you have an IDE drive,maybe you can skip that 'waiting for root device' error with a SATA CD/DVD drive. .Setting SATA to AHCI on your BIOS settings helps in some cases Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113203-newbie-question/#findComment-808715 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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