nail9 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Hi Has Anyone tried to install MAC OS X on Dell Studio Hybryd ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmilla Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Id like to know also i cant find the exact specs on it, it be pretty cool to run mac on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Palmas Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Id like to know also i cant find the exact specs on it, it be pretty cool to run mac on it. Hi! I bought from DELL this wonderful mini pc. I have problems to install Kalyway, it seems that the only option in Darwin is CPUS=1 but I want to try with Deneb (downloading:-)))) My specs are these: Any help will be accepted;-)))) Bye! P.S. Video card is Intel X3100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsl Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Hi, i've managed to install a Leo4all v3 with "cpus=1", erased all kext related to GMA x3100 to be able to boot in VESA. I've used sonotone dell post installer to add wireless and it works pretty well. Now i'am looking to start frow a stock install and to add only necessary kext and to get GMA x3100 working but i am getting stuck with : "using 10485 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers." i've tried every solutions proposed on this forum and none of them have worked. Comments or suggestions anyone ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrenchKheldar Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Definitely interested to know how it goes. Good luck to you ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsl Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Hi, here is a quick answer i will do a longer post next week : what i've done so far : Leo4all v3 works on the hybrid, here is how : 1 - Resize your vista partition to make room for Leo4all, 2 - Boot Leo4all DVD (peharps with cpus=1) and install it on the new partition 3 - you need a boot 123 cd to be able to boot your new partition, boot with cpus=1 and -x to go in terminal mode 4 - delete all AppleIntelGMAX3100 kext in the System Library Extension folder, and delete Extensions.mkext 5 - reboot with the boot 123 cd always with cpus=1, install Chamelon DFE for hard disk 6 - you can modifiy your apple.boot.plist to do cpus=1 and set a VESA graphics mode (mine is 1440x1024x32) now you can normaly reboot your studio hybrid but only in VESA mode. With Leo4all installed, i managed to install a stock Leopard 10.5.5 and modifiy it to make it boot in VESA mode. I've also test a special X3100 kext my screen is no longer black but the display is {censored} (lines seems to be scrambled), it is still not working but it is a closer step to the solution to get X3100 working on hybrid. Anyone got X3100 working on hybrid ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peyronnx Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Will be great to have updates... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsl Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Hi, iDeneb 10.5.5 works on hybrid : - vanilla kernel 9.5.0 - ACPI Fix - Cpus=1 Fix Wifi work out of the box Ethernet need special package still no luck with sound et video card but I continue to work on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0st m0nkey Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Bump. Any updates on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsl Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Still no X3100... I really despear to find a solution on day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peyronnx Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Any good news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsl Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Some news : 10.5.6 works great with DSDT patch (DSDTPatcherGUI_1.0) and some kext in the Extra/Extensions directory but i'am still looking for X3100 support. Anyone have an idea on this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingwei Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Any updates? Will be great to know before buying this dell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsl Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Yeah X3100 fully working with QE/CI and all if people are interrested in i will post a tutorial last two things : sounds and a good keyboard mapping Great News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrix47 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Please do post a tutorial. That would be useful. thx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca0abinary Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Seconded. Even just a distro + list of options to pick would be fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DontFearTheReefer Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 if people are interrested in i will post a tutorial Me three! I've been trying to get this up and running for three weeks and it's still kicking my ass. I'm currently on iDeneb and having installed ok with your hints above, but am hanging on the reboot when it loads the video drivers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protrecho Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 if people are interrested in i will post a tutorial So that makes four then! Instructions on how to make this work would be awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsl Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Here is a quick tutorial, i will post a longer article when sound problems will be resolved. First I as said before i've managed to install a Leo4all v3 with "cpus=1". Use "-x" option to boot in vesa mode and erased all kext related to Intel GMA (and Intel GMA Framebuffer) I need it to be able to install a stock 10.5.6 install (if you own a Mac you surely will be able to bypass this step). Then here is my steps : From your Leo4all installation : 1 - Install a stock 10.5.6 Leo installation on a partition 2 - Install the latest 10.5.6 combo update 3 - Find DSDTPatcherGUI_1.0 (or later but that'is the version i currently use) and follow the instructions to produce a dsdt.aml (to put in the root folder of your stock 10.5.6 installation) 4 - With DSDTPatcherGUI_1.0 in the Tools folder you have Bootloader.pkg to install Chameleon 5 - Then you need some kext's to put in Extra/Extensions directory (on the root folder). I used the kexts from a file called "generic.iso" that i've found on this forum. You mount generic.iso then initrd.img in generic.iso. And here is the Extra folder. I keep only the following kext : AppleACPIPlatform, AppleAHCIPort, AppleAPIC, AppleSMBIOS, AppleVIAATA, dsmos, IntelCPUMDisabler and SMBIOSEnabler. Update 1 : it seems that only dsmos and SMBIOSEnabler are required Update 2 : I made a complete new installation yesterday and it seems that for the first run all kexts are required (the one in the first list). With only dsmos and SMBIOSEnabler I had problem running the installation for the first time. 6 - Erase all Intel GMA kext and Intel Framebuffer from your Extensions installation folder 7 - Install these one : http://xtremevenomuk.co.uk/download.php?list.15 (use KextHelper it is quick and easy) you will have all QE/CI enable but but but only on the VGA output (which is already great). Update 4 : Ethernet stop working with 10.5.6 driver. I upload driver from Realtek (yeah MacOs driver) and everything is fine now Update 5 : Bonjour, the sharing protocol do not work pretty well with the Realtek driver. So I use this one : http://sourceforge.net/projects/realtekr1000/ but i does not come with a proper installation (you have to put the kext in the IONetworkFamily.kext in the plugins Folder Take it at your own risk, it is a quick tutorial so it assumes you already have some knowledge on installating osx. The next steps : - Reduce the list of needed kext and do a precompiled mkext to be put in the extra folder (speed up booting i think) - Get audio working - Get a good keyboard mapping (idea anyone ?) Update 2 : In system preferences, international you can choose a PC keyboard mapping which is ok for me. Update 3 : In fact I use keyboard mapping from Sonotone Dell Post Installer (only used for the keyboard) - Make a lengthy and more detailed tutorial I have Vista and OsX on my internal drive. My advice, keep 2 partitions on your internal drive (one for vista and one for osx) and do your tests on an external usb hard drive (you can do all the steps from a Mac on a usb external drive and the try it on your Hybrid by the way but be carefull). When you have a good installation on your usb drive you can copy it to your internal drive using Disk Utility. The final step would be to have all video output (dvi-d, vga and hdmi) working... who knows ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protrecho Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Thanks for the brief summary. I'd also come across this article: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...=86600&st=0 Which, whilst not for the Hybrid, covers the same Chipset and Graphics adapter. Pretty much the same information provided with a couple of extra bits and pieces. Does anyone know why the DVI-D port off the splitter cable doesn't work? The VGA port, as said above, works fine - but the DVI port only renders a subtle blue screen. This isn't a must have, but for Dual boot systems would keep things tidier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsl Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 My installation works without sleepdisplay and natit which seems not to be the case of the link you post Postrecho. as an add on to my tutorial, it tried to minimise the list of extra kexts yesterday and thanks to the dsdt patch it seems that only dsmos and SMBIOSEnabler are required (works on my installation). so things to be done : - Audio - Keyboard mapping - DVI-D working i'am adding a new one (which is less important on a desktop that an laptop but) - get Suspend working (it has a very strange behavior but I only test it today as I usualy always turn on and off my hybrid). If anyone has informations on how it works on Apple desktop pc i would be usefull. Do not hesitate to post informations or questions. Willsl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protrecho Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 For the keyboard mapping, if like me you own a MS keyboard, then MS have a Mac version of Intellitype and Intellipoint - both work perfectly. This maps all non-std keys but still does not fix the annoying @ vs " switch! I found that once I had installed the above files, I had a new region keyboard layout 'UK - Microsoft' and when selected - all mappings are ok. Perhaps that's one less! BTW = Agree completely re the natit. I used the video drivers you posted as the others were a little quirky! Now if only DVI ...!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hehedavid Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I really wish to see my hybrid studio fully working with OSX. On a side note, how many beeps do you all hear when you turn on your Hybrid Studios? I get 5 beeps when I turn on mine. 2 beeps, followed by 3 more beeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsl Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Still working on audio but it is a real mess because mainly I think of HDMI. Hope to have a solution soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjafury Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Wow, thanks for all the work guys. Some questions for you: Are all cpu cores working? Is the HDMI port working? Can audio be played over an optical (Toslink) cable? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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