mjw06d Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Hey I'm having some problems and I'm hoping someone has some insight! From what I see, the installation went ok. After the install, my laptop restarted, but then I got to the white apple screen and in the middle of the screen was a circle with an X in it so I'm thinking -- FAIL. Although, this is just my first attempt. Tomorrow I should be doing more installs with various settings to see which works - hopefully. I have a Sony Vaio Z520N/B and I was wondering if anyone had the same issues/laptop/similar specs and could post your resolution/options that you installed. So FYI, if you have my specs, these options below didn't work. Options: iAtkos Main EFI V9 Apple Decrypt EFI Air Voodoo Kernel x86 ACPI Remove PowerManagement NVKush Remove NVDAResman Intel SATA Speedstop B Laptop Battery Intel Pro/100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toml_12953 Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Iatkos is NOT the best!! Try KALAWAY first and then you guys will see that this Iatkos is j... No idea why are you saying here that Iatkos is THE BEST, hmmm. For me iATKOS *is* the best. I can boot it just fine except for sound (if anyone has the exact fix for a STAC 9271D, I'd appreciate it!) I can't boot KALYWAY at all. No contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 i DLed the iAtkos 5i 10.5.5 (MD5 = iATKOS_5i.iso = 7219c67e9d770cab0d9e54dcd275cf4e) i used disc utility to burn the iso to dvd and this went well and the dvd mounted it's icon on the desktop and can be opened, however open checking the md5 of the iso file i found irregularities. how to check the md5 of the dvd? i tried to drag the icon of the dvd to terminal with: md5. but i get this note: md5: /Volumes/iATKOS 5i/Install Mac OS X.app: Is a directory. this method has worked before,,,,or was that in Tiger? now using Leopard. but the md5 of the DLed file = 5373591e0ee736b30262e6566bba545a which is not the same as the included MD5 checksum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klputman Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Try booting with cpus=1 maxmem=2048 -v -f at the darwin prompt it worked for me i dont understand how to do that please assist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntix Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 nice ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordRothen Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Sorry, I'm a newbie for such things (but registered some time ago ), but could someone tell me if this release is compatible to my system (listed below)? Thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klputman Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 hey, I used iATKOS 5i and everything went fine until the end. I just get the apple logo and the loader circle until after a while, I circle with a line through it shows up. I've looked through all the comments but have not been able to find a resolution. I've tried -v but the screen hangs after the Firewire cannot find secure…. yadda yadda and then it says "still waiting for root" by the way i am on a sony viao VGN-nr180e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModdTaco Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 PLEASE HELP, PLEASE HELP,PLEASE HELP, PLEASE HELP,PLEASE HELP, PLEASE HELP, hey, I used iATKOS 5i and everything went fine until the end. I just get the apple logo and the loader circle until after a while, I circle with a line through it shows up. I've looked through all the comments but have not been able to find a resolution. I've tried -v but the screen hangs after the Firewire cannot find secure…. yadda yadda and then it says "still waiting for root" by the way i am on a sony viao VGN-nr180e Try a different Kernel during install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Core24All Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Here is what i used for my Intel DP35DP system with Core 2 Quad. 1. First partition and format your drive as GUID. Select these settings in Customize! 1. Main System 10.5.5 2. PC EFI v9 Bootloader. 3. AppleDecrypt. 4. SMBIOS-EFI. 5. OHR. 6. EFI-String for your graphicscard. 7. Intel AHCI SATA Driver for ICH7, 8, 9, 10. 8. Manual install of Sigmatel STAC9271D driver. 9. Minor cosmetic work to make it look like default Leopard. This will give you a perfect upgradable vanilla system like a mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraithalchemist Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 i recently put osx on my dell mini9 and am wanting to try this with my desktop now... here is the thing though i have it all partitioned up and dont wanna have to format the whole thing. plus i want to go to 10.5.6 can someone shoot me what i might need to do that.. i allready have the disc. now i need to know how to do this edit it's a 1.8ghz intel 530s slim tower from dell, using all onboard hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingab Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Sorry Core24All, but in this way the Kext External Folder is located on the hide partion (same the Boot 123 procedure) or in the System partition? Thanks in advance and sorry for my English. Andrea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaniel Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Great distro, everything but sound worked oob for me and the sound was a quick patch anyway e7400 ga-ep45-ud3r 320gb sata 8800 gts 640mb 4gb ram only have issues with it, 1 small. my ps/2 keyboard is only detected if i hot plug it after booting up. i used the x86 ACPI driver. and 2, which is a bit more annoying is that i dont have QE support. i used the efi string for nvidia drivers and it detects the card just fine, and i can adjust resolution without a problem but i have no QE support which makes vlc and imovie useless. if anyone has a solution to the QE problem, i'd really appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacorgaZ Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 How do you patch the sound so easily? I can't find any useful information . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaniel Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 <br />How do you patch the sound so easily? I can't find any useful information <img src="style_emoticons/default/sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="sad.gif" />.<br /><br /><br /><br /> assuming you have the ep45-ud3r i used the file in this the first post of this thread and it fixed it perfectly http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...p;#entry1005458 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accorkie Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Can't seem to get my install to work.. tried PC EFI V9 ApplyDecrypt SMBIOS-EFI Disabler.kext OHR EFI nVidia Intel SATA (not sure which for Network) Restarted with -v and last lines said something about Mac System not chosen then Kernel Darwin .... etc thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Core24All Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 It´s best to use Intel CPU´s and Intel motherboards, as with those you are more likely to have success. Andrea, not sure what sort of problems you have, but for me it works fine. The settings in my previous post works all the time. I have a perfect system right now with everything supported, and i updated to 10.5.6 like a real mac too. I hope you find a solution to your problem. The only thing i did in BIOS is to set drives to AHCI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaduG Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I'm on my third re-install. I think that this time i've got the problem fixed. My rig is a HP Compaq A970EG and it should work just fine. Intel Pentium Dual-Core 1.86GHz 3GB DDR2 X3100 250GB HDD I'll be back with some oppinions. EDIT: Unfortunately I was wrong. After the installation, when i try to boot up, the mac loading appears and then for about 3 seconds i get a blue screen that goes black and a song starts. Something like "you make me feel so good". What's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accorkie Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Can't seem to get my install to work.. tried PC EFI V9 ApplyDecrypt SMBIOS-EFI Disabler.kext OHR EFI nVidia Intel SATA (not sure which for Network) Restarted with -v and last lines said something about Mac System not chosen then Kernel Darwin .... etc thanks aite got mine to work but with no sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonmac Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Hi Im sorry but is there a set of clear instructions with step1 step2 step 3 for the rest of us? These instructions talk about options i never ever get to see at all - see my post here http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=150954 u just get the usual dos startup...the word boot: and thats it. what do I do? what do I type? Did I miss an important meeting on using this tool? many thanks (Sorry for brevity - and possibly down sounding post - Im frustrated at having wasted time with a perfect ISO and not having instructions on what to then do with it) my related post has all the details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillgreat Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Can someone help me please ive installed iATKOS i5 but it hangs at the apple logo when i try to boot without the cd.... maybe its my custom settings i used but im not sure here is what i am running Maximus Formula SE - Intel® X38/ICH9R - Dual-channel DDR2 1200*/1066 MHz Support - SupremeFX II 8-CH Audio q6600 quad core ati 2600 pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truefranco Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Great distro, everything but sound worked oob for me and the sound was a quick patch anyway e7400 ga-ep45-ud3r 320gb sata 8800 gts 640mb 4gb ram only have issues with it, 1 small. my ps/2 keyboard is only detected if i hot plug it after booting up. i used the x86 ACPI driver. and 2, which is a bit more annoying is that i dont have QE support. i used the efi string for nvidia drivers and it detects the card just fine, and i can adjust resolution without a problem but i have no QE support which makes vlc and imovie useless. if anyone has a solution to the QE problem, i'd really appreciate it. If you choose x86 ACPI at install ,EFI string for you video card will not work ,you will have to use any injector like NVdarwin or NVinject etc. Only way to get the EFI string to work is choosing another ACPI or use an USB keyboard so you can stay with the stock ACPI (do not choose any ACPI in the installer and you will have stock ACPI but your PS2 keyboard probably will not work) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karst3n Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 soo nice but where is the link ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krizzz Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I just realised that logic pro 8 crashes after loading. Has anyone been able to run logic pro 8 successfully after installing iAKTOS 10.5.5? Did you manage to fix this? How about Logic Express? I'm currently running Kalyway on my M1530 but I would like to move to iATKOS. Express worked fine on Kaly. Logic is kind of critical to me so it would be good to know before I do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alepro2 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 For people with a Gigabyte P35C-DS3R or EP35C-DS3R: Installation of Iatkos 5i works like a charm. Here are the steps for a fully upgradeable system: 1.Go to the BIOS and disable the Jmicron or Gigabyte Sata controller (and of course don't use the purple sata ports on the board)(IMPORTANT STEP!). 2. Set sata mode of the main sata controller to AHCI (may not be needed) 3. Choose the following options in the installation: see http://iatkos.wikidot.com/preparing-an-upgradable-system (make sure you select no kernel so that the stock kernel is installed) +OHR + Intel Sata controller +Realtec1000 Network driver (works with DHCP AND bonjour!) +GFX strings (if available for your card. 4. Install 5. Use apple autoupdate and allow it to update to 10.5.6. During restart boot with -f flag. 6. After the restart go to system preferences and select energy saver, options, tick the box for 'restart automatically after power failure' (fixes sleep, thanks Jan Bird!) 7. Install audio drivers Done :-) Thanks a million to all the great people who made this happen!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflex1984 Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Jizzle, thanks a million for assisting me with the audio patching.Really appreciate it.. All sorted now and the system is complete. Cheers. Hey Jizzle, could you also send me the same information? I have iATKos v5 installed and it works. The only hold up is the audio. Thanks in advance! ~pflex Strike that last reply, I just must have missed some earlier post. I'm good now. Sorry for the nub-ness! ~pflex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts