Peter Saldanha Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 here's my message, i tried to install tiger and used 3 distros with bad endings. at the end it seems like i am a geek with a wrong laptop and no luck. All i wanted was To run Mac software on my PC and running a hacintosh was the only efficient option but that didn't seem to work. If u guys are talented and are helpful enough to lend me a hand even though i am a failure, just make me some sort of emulator that just runs Mac stuff on my PC like wine. And don't make em windows shell based cause if u make em then u got to add in the detailed instructions to run it:P thanks for helping me get this far:) hope i get more help! PS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/179750-i-give-up-any-more-options/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marclh Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 What laptop do you have? It can help people find a distro that may work for you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/179750-i-give-up-any-more-options/#findComment-1225601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Saldanha Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 What laptop do you have? It can help people find a distro that may work for you. I have Acer aspire 4730z with intel dual core processor(capable of x64 but uses x86 instead) 2 gig ram 250 GB hardrive with 2 partitions, one is FAT32 Windows 7 as the native operating system Distros failed JAS 10.4.8 Kalyway 10.4.11 XXX 10.4.11 distros with 132 boot loader kinda went a little further but had some errors and i think i saw some yellow fonts Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/179750-i-give-up-any-more-options/#findComment-1225980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridgeline Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I have Acer aspire 4730z with intel dual core processor(capable of x64 but uses x86 instead)2 gig ram 250 GB hardrive with 2 partitions, one is FAT32 Windows 7 as the native operating system Distros failed JAS 10.4.8 Kalyway 10.4.11 XXX 10.4.11 distros with 132 boot loader kinda went a little further but had some errors and i think i saw some yellow fonts I would recommend running leopard instead and trying iDeneb release. This is very user friendly and the first thing I would recommend is to start by just trying to get the core system installed not run everything you think you might have from the jump. If you get a kernel panic then you can post it here and we can help guide you in installing the correct files from distro Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/179750-i-give-up-any-more-options/#findComment-1226237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Saldanha Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 Well the thing is the THE INSTALLATION DOESN"T EVEN START. there are 2 known reasons for this problem 1) no IDE HARD drive 2)don't know how set the BIOS to IDE legacy mode(BIOS is InsydeH2o) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/179750-i-give-up-any-more-options/#findComment-1226305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReCreate Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Can your Processor run SSE2 or SSE3 Instructions? OSX x86 is known to go kaput under a non-SSE2/3 Compatible processor. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/179750-i-give-up-any-more-options/#findComment-1232219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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