cptblue Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 hi, first off been a mac user for years and have several machines and original software/os discs, love the os and the mac way. ok so got given a dell inspiron 1100 by a friend whose company was throwing it away, i have had linux on since i got it as i couldnt stand the windows environment whilst browsing a site i came across XxX_10.5.6_Leo_Install_Disc_Rev1 thought i would give it a go the dell boots from the dvd, shows options for kext installs and installs as far as i can tell but on reboot darwin wont start and reboots tried 3 reinstalls yesterday one with no kexts, one with all the kexts and one with my best guess of the indvidual groups based on the limited knowledge of the laptops specs now i have had a look around but found it hard to determine the exact .kexts that i have to install for this laptop can someone give me a nudge in the right direction please machine specs (best i can tell) ------------------------------------------------------------ System Make Dell Computer Corporation System Model Inspiron 1100 System Serial Number 3WCQ01J Main Board Make Dell Computer Corporation Main Board Model 09U784 Main Board Version Main Board BIOS Dell Computer Corporation Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A32 DELL - 27d40a12 20041018 Processor Description Intel Celeron Number of Processors 1 Processor Clock Speed 2400 Mhz Graphics Description Intel® 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller Memory Installed 512 MBs Memory Slots 2 slots Memory Configuration 256+256;DIMM Synchronous Drive Name © Drive Size © 38146 MBs Drive Format © NTFS CD-RW Model QSI CDRW/DVD SBW242U CD-RW Read Speed 4226 KB/sec (24X) CD-RW Write Speed 4226 KB/sec (24X) Monitor Model Digital Flat Panel (1024x768) Monitor Resolution 0 x 0 pixels Monitor Screen Size 0 x 0 inches 0 inches (diagonal) Monitor Manufacture Date January 2000 Monitor Serial Number 12336 ------------------------------------------------------------ thanks for any help cheers processor specs from gpu-z ---------------------------------------- Name Intel Celeron Codename Northwood Specification Intel® Celeron® CPU 2.40GHz Package Socket 478 mPGA (platform ID = 2h) CPUID F.2.9 Extended CPUID F.2 Brand ID 10 Core Stepping D1 Technology 0.13 um Core Speed 2393.2 MHz (24.0 x 99.7 MHz) Rated Bus speed 398.9 MHz Stock frequency 2400 MHz Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2 L1 Data cache 8 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size Trace cache 12 Kuops, 8-way set associative L2 cache 128 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size FID/VID Control no ---------------------------------------- Chipset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Northbridge Intel i845GL rev. B1 Southbridge Intel 82801DB (ICH4) rev. 02 Memory Type DDR Memory Size 512 MBytes Memory Frequency 133.0 MHz (3:4) CAS# 2.5 RAS# to CAS# 3 RAS# Precharge 3 Cycle Time (tRAS) 6 DRAM Idle Timer 16 Monitoring ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mainboard Model 09U784 (0x161 - 0x4DA680) LPCIO ----------------------------------------------------- Vendor NS Model PC87591 Vendor ID 0xFF02 Chip ID 0xEC Revision ID 0x85 Config Mode I/O address 0x4E hardware installed Battery Microsoft Microsoft AC Adapter Battery Microsoft Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery CDROM QSI CDRW/DVD SBW242U DiskDrive IC25N040ATMR04-0 DiskDrive USB Flash Memory USB Device DISPLAY Intel Corporation Intel® 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller hdc Primary IDE Channel hdc Intel Intel® 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CB hdc Secondary IDE Channel Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard Media SigmaTel SigmaTel C-Major Audio Modem Broadcom Corporation BCM V.92 56K Modem Monitor Digital Flat Panel (1024x768) Mouse Synaptics Synaptics PS/2 Port Pointing Device Net Broadcom Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller PCMCIA Texas Instruments Texas Instruments PCI-1510 CardBus Controller Processor Intel Intel® Celeron® CPU 2.40GHz System PCI bus System Intel Intel® 82801DB PCI Bridge - 244E System Intel Intel® 82801DB LPC Interface Controller - 24C0 System ACPI Thermal Zone System Microsoft Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System System ACPI Lid System Intel Intel® 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Processor to I/O Controller - 2560 USB Intel Intel® 82801DB/DBM USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller - 24CD USB Intel Intel® 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C7 USB Intel Intel® 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C2 USB Intel Intel® 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C4 USB USB Root Hub USB USB Root Hub USB USB Root Hub USB USB Root Hub USB Compatible USB storage device USB Mass Storage Device Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/147031-help-with-dell-inspiron-1100/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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