todd3835 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Ok, so I'm wondering if anyone has gotten any OSX installs working on this laptop. I've tried alot, and I did at one point find something that worked but couldn't get WIFI to work. Anyone had any luck? -Todd Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/176851-toshiba-satalite-a205-s5825/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick14 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Specs would be good too know Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/176851-toshiba-satalite-a205-s5825/#findComment-1210558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd3835 Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 CPU: Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processor T2370 1.73GHz, 1 MB L2, 533MHz FSB Memory: 1gig (2x512) WIFI: Atheros ar5007eg HD: 120gb SATA Video: Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 Ethernet: Realtek 10/100 Modem: Unknown USB: 4x 2.0 CD/DVD Writer Audio: Realtek So I got Kalyway 10.5.2 to install, and it took a long time to install, but it did install and booted fine the first time. Sound works out of the box. A nice added bonus is that the sound wheel works! Sleep and Restart work (didn't check shutdown). Laptop doesn't sleep when closing lid (never did like that in winblows, but now it just seems wierd). Upon reboot, video went screwy (mostly white with a strip that slowly goes black). Rebooted with CD and did repair permissions on the drive, and it booted fine. It's not seeing the WIFI, but I know I have to grab drivers for it. The drivers for it are kinda flaky so I'm going to play with that a bit. http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su...mily=1073768663 <----- Link to toshiba's support site for this model. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/176851-toshiba-satalite-a205-s5825/#findComment-1210768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick14 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I'm not sure about the wifi But try Getting Ideneb 10.5.7 It has more hardware support for your Laptop Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/176851-toshiba-satalite-a205-s5825/#findComment-1211093 Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd3835 Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 I'm not sure about the wifi But try Getting Ideneb 10.5.7 It has more hardware support for your Laptop It's funny because I just finished downloading iDeneb 1.5 (pretty sure it's 10.5.7 because the rar is "iDeneb 1.5 1057".) I remember the iDeneb 1.3 worked out of the box except sound and WIFI (which was the reason for going with Kalyway). I'll give that a try! Ok, so I did have a 10.5.7 iDeneb, but when it boots up to the installer, it doesn't see the hard drive..... I'll try deleting the current partitions and see if it works. Although I shouldn't need too..... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/176851-toshiba-satalite-a205-s5825/#findComment-1211188 Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd3835 Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 No luck with iDeneb 1.5 (10.5.7). Even tried with "kernal=voodoo" which is the kernal I'm pretty sure that kalyway defaults to. So I'll try updating Kalyway from 10.5.2 once it's done re-installing..... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/176851-toshiba-satalite-a205-s5825/#findComment-1211255 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick14 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 wired that you can't see your partiton But if Ideneb 1.5(10.5.7) doesn't work XxX 10.5.6 will Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/176851-toshiba-satalite-a205-s5825/#findComment-1211266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd3835 Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 Reinstalled Kalyway 10.5.2, and got the wifi working using kext IO80211Family_kext_v.2.1.2.zip from http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=156546 and also using kisMAC. I'm almost afraid to try upgrading up to 10.5.7...... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/176851-toshiba-satalite-a205-s5825/#findComment-1211319 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick14 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Try too add Voodoo kernel 9.7 and Then update rename the voodoo kernel VOODOO only and also install charmeleo 2 RC2 and boot with Voodoo -v -f Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/176851-toshiba-satalite-a205-s5825/#findComment-1211587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd3835 Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Ok, so I grabbed the iDeneb 1.5.1 PPF, and patching the 1.5.0 ISO did the trick. The installer saw the partitions, and I'm up and running with video, sound, and LAN. Everything is working so far except the WLAN. I'm going to try to install the AR5007EG drivers and cross my fingers. On first bootup, I was getting the video hang, so I ran it with -v -x and it booted in safe mode, then on restart I didn't do anything special, and it booted fine! So if I can't get the WLAN working, I may just get a pcmcia card and see if I have better luck that way..... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/176851-toshiba-satalite-a205-s5825/#findComment-1212654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cavallo Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Ok, so I grabbed the iDeneb 1.5.1 PPF, and patching the 1.5.0 ISO did the trick. The installer saw the partitions, and I'm up and running with video, sound, and LAN. Everything is working so far except the WLAN. I'm going to try to install the AR5007EG drivers and cross my fingers. On first bootup, I was getting the video hang, so I ran it with -v -x and it booted in safe mode, then on restart I didn't do anything special, and it booted fine! So if I can't get the WLAN working, I may just get a pcmcia card and see if I have better luck that way..... Try xxx10.5.6 final, select apple ahci extended (under chipset), voodoo kernel 9.5.0 (the only one followed by intel.....), all kexts (optional and system), 950 the first under intel-950 graphic kext, your audio (no azalia), lan and your wifi, in hardcoded sm bios mac book (not anv) and generic cpu management. Normally everhing has towork correctly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/176851-toshiba-satalite-a205-s5825/#findComment-1212663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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