liquid8 Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Hi all, Thanks to everyone who has done work for OSx86, and everyone for posting their results in the forum, I have successfully installed iDeneb 10.5.5 on my Dell Dimension 8300. If it may help anyone: To successfully install, I needed to partition using GUID. I selected: Kernel: SpeedStep kernel Audio: AC97 Chipset: ICHx Fixed Network: Intel100ProVE Video: AGPart I have not yet tested/gotten working audio, network, or video extensions. I intend to work on that a bit more. My question is in regards to partitioning: I have an IDE drive I am installing to. Initially I have been trying to install with two partitions, using MBR, with OSX on the second partition. Each time I do, I am able to install successfully, but unable to boot into the OS - either receiving a kernel panic, I think relating to some ATA extension (don't have the exact error atm), or getting 'waiting for root device'. As far as I can tell, I don't see any extensions in iDeneb that might directly relate to this. I want to load Windows XP on the primary partition - I assume MBR would be the way to go. Is it possible to dual boot using GUID, or do I need to work out the problem using MBR? In the meantime, if anyone has any ideas what extensions I need for audio/video/network, it would be appreciated! System -------------- Dell Dimension 8300, P4 3GHz, 4GB RAM http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/syst...00/sm/specs.htm Chipset: Intel 875P/ICH5 Audio: Analog Devices AD1980 AC97 Codec Video: ATI Radeon HD 3850 (AGP) Network: Onboard Intel? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135609-dell-dimension-8300-1055-success-partioningextension-questions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid8 Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 A quick update... I was able to get the network card working - I ended up running a .pkg for the Intel100ProVE, I think from a Jas (10.5.4) Installer disc. It picked up the network card and worked fine. I am not sure if this is a different version from the iDeneb disc or what. Regarding the Audio, I installed AC97, I believe it recognizes the hardware, I even hooked up a mic, and the line input seemed to be working through the tests, but when I play audio, I don't hear anything - still working on that. The Video is what is giving me the most trouble. I have an ATI HD3850 AGP. I tried the pkg installer from lastExile here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=107526 I just get a kernel panic 'Shutdown your computer' message. I don't know if this is because I had already installed AGPGart, going to try to remove that or do a clean install tonight and try the .pkg again. I am also not sure if I need to modify the Info.plist file or not. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135609-dell-dimension-8300-1055-success-partioningextension-questions/#findComment-961165 Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid8 Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share Posted November 11, 2008 Audio is working (my own mistake) I didn't actually install from the iDeneb install, but the AC97 in that should work fine. Network is working. Again, I didn't install from the install - I installed both from pkg installers on the Jas 10.5.4 CD. Only thing left is the video. Seems more tinkering will be required for the 3850 AGP. As it is now, I just didn't install any video extension. It works, I can enable QE/CI, but it's a bit sluggish. Other things to look into: EFI/Vanilla, and still want to install using MBR instead of GUID. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135609-dell-dimension-8300-1055-success-partioningextension-questions/#findComment-961843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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