downdowndown Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 I've tried many distributions of Leopard but they haven't worked. Can I get it to work for these conditions? Leopard DVD retail 10.5 and upgrade using the upgrader? 900 GMA SSE 2 with MBR Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphius Faydal Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 It might. I would be very surprised if you get software updates through the offical sources without waiting for a Kalyway or other community release that works with SSE2. You'll need to find an installer with SSE2 support. (Not hard to find). There's a tutorial on getting GMA 900 working with QE/CI here: And please don't double post. You already have an open thread here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=134037 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downdowndown Posted October 31, 2008 Author Share Posted October 31, 2008 I know about the Kalyway sources and I think most have SSE2 support. But I always run into some sort of kernel panic or "boot device error". Then there's the Leo4all series. V3 got me the closest but I get the "boot device error" I tried JaS 10.5.4 Server but I didn't work (has anyone else gotten it to work for hp dv1000?) But the main point of discussion was to discuss the possibilities and successful methods of a retail Leopard DVD for the SSE2 processor and using the MBR instead of GUID (GPT) The double post was an accident; I was trying to make the thread more specific, but thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphius Faydal Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 (sorry... Here's the GMA 900 link: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=110176 ) And about the boot device error.... I think it might because, in my experience, Leopard pretty much requires an SATA hard drive and DVD ROM drive. Again, I might be wrong, since I've only been using OSx86 for about a week, but my understanding is that installation on IDE is pretty much limited to 10.4 (Tiger). Be nice to get someone who has been using OSx86 for longer than I and knows more about the scene to chime in. I have an HP dv4000, almost exactly the same specs (I have about half the RAM you do), and *if* I try and put OSx86 on there, it will almost certainly be Tiger, just because I know it is much more supported than Leopard. Sorry I'm not much help. :-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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