10.5.2 Installation failure on all versions...

[Lenosen]

Hi there ppl!

 

It seems that i'm having some trouble installing any of the x86 mac versions on my laptop..

the hw info is this:

Core 2 Duo 1,8

2GB RAM

SATA HDD

Nvidia 8400 G

AMI BIOS

Vista SP1

 

Everytime i try to intall v2.0 on VMWare, i get the same error, as seen in the attachment.

My VMware install settings:

FreeBSD 64bit, 1048GB RAM, NAT internet, CDROM -> iso emuation (the iatkos iso), 1 processor (also tried with 2 processors)

 

I have also burned the iso to a dvd, and tried to install, always as before using the "-v" option, but still getting the same error.

 

The funny thing is that I had tried some time ago to install v1.0i r3 and somehow managed to make it running, although when i got to the installation screen i couldnt format the hdd cause it was saying that it cannot be writable. Now, i cannot even get to that screen again...

 

i've also heard i should use the vanilla kernel, but where do I find this?

http://www.andrewgrant.org/tag/kalyway, here it says i should have a patched version of the kernel, but they only thing i found on the net is the kalyway kernels mpkg zip.

 

What steps should I follorw plz?

thx in advance

[roneil4]

Your hardware looks like it could run OS X Leopard fine, but natively. Plainly put, OS X Leopard will not run in a virtual machine easily. You may be able to download a pre-made leopard vmware image, but performance will still be very bad. I used tiger in a vmware image for a short time (in windows) and performance was terrible. It also didn't work with vmware's emulated ethernet card. One thing you need to remember though is that the hardware on your machine makes no difference when using vmware, because vmware emulates all hardware. I recommend that you install os x natively, and If you are having trouble doing that I can explain what you need to do. I hope this helps!

[Lenosen]

thx for the tip pal.

so i tried to install using normal boot method on a burned iso image. I tried iatkos v1.0 r3, kalyway 10.5.2, and leo4all v3, all getting the same problem:

 

somewhere it says "ACPI_SMC_..." has both dependencies.. and stuff like that..

 

so, what should I do?

[gizmoarena]

I am a bit confused, aren't you installing in your computer?

Use the kalyway DVD to install it in your PC, not in VMWare.

Your config will work fine.

 

And if you use Kalyway DVD. You have to "customize" when installing and select Vanilla kernel.

[Lenosen]

I am a bit confused, aren't you installing in your computer?

Use the kalyway DVD to install it in your PC, not in VMWare.

Your config will work fine.

 

And if you use Kalyway DVD. You have to "customize" when installing and select Vanilla kernel.

 

yes i am

i tried all these versions above, normally booting from the dvd, and always got the same "ACPI_SMC_..." error..

ok, so how do I select the vanilla kernel while installin? (which actually is booting not installing, cause i havent even managed to get to any graphical user interface..)

[roneil4]

yes i am

i tried all these versions above, normally booting from the dvd, and always got the same "ACPI_SMC_..." error..

ok, so how do I select the vanilla kernel while installin? (which actually is booting not installing, cause i havent even managed to get to any graphical user interface..)

When you boot the kalyway dvd and it says press any key to boot from dvd, press f8, type "vanilla", and press enter. See if this works. If that doesn't work, I don't really know what you could do. Try to find someone with the same laptop as you and ask them what they did to get theirs booting (people normally say what their computer specs are in their signature).