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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134039-retail-leopard-dvd-using-mbr-for-sse2-and-900-gma/ 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134039-retail-leopard-dvd-using-mbr-for-sse2-and-900-gma/#findComment-950256 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134039-retail-leopard-dvd-using-mbr-for-sse2-and-900-gma/#findComment-950849 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134039-retail-leopard-dvd-using-mbr-for-sse2-and-900-gma/#findComment-951681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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