amd x2 4200+ cpu + hackintosh?

[adams wald]

i have a AMD athlon x2 Dual core 4200+ cpu with a gigabyte GA-K8N Pro SLi mother board with a ati FireGL v7100 video card.

 

what is my best bet on installing a hackintosh and how would i go about doing it?

 

your help would be very much appreciated & thankyou very much

[Shaweek]

Download a hacked distro. I'll recommend iDeneb 1.6 (10.5.8) to you because I know it best.

Customize the installation so that it meets your needs.

Make sure to select applenforceata, an ati injector and the qoopz kernel.

Not so sure about the ethernet. Save some installation packages for your onboard ethernet if the one provided by the distro fails.

And if your PS2 peripherals aren't recognized at first , do not panic. Boot from the DVD again, customize the installation and deselect all the other things except the kexts you need to be fixed (in this case, you must select old Apple PS2).

[adams wald]

Download a hacked distro. I'll recommend iDeneb 1.6 (10.5.8) to you because I know it best.

Customize the installation so that it meets your needs.

Make sure to select applenforceata, an ati injector and the qoopz kernel.

Not so sure about the ethernet. Save some installation packages for your onboard ethernet if the one provided by the distro fails.

And if your PS2 peripherals aren't recognized at first , do not panic. Boot from the DVD again, customize the installation and deselect all the other things except the kexts you need to be fixed (in this case, you must select old Apple PS2).

 

all i've got is an original snow leopard dvd to work with. i dont have the bandwidth to download humongous files.

 

but i do have one other alternative to step inside the hackintosh world.

 

i have a dell 9300 inspiron laptop, Intel Pentium®M Processor, 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM, Nvidia Go 6800 256MB video card.

 

is it possible for me to use the original DVD and a jumpdrive to boot in snow leopard? If so please explain.

 

i have tried using the lifehacker version http://lifehacker.com/5360150/install-snow...acking-required but i didn't make it very far. when i booted on the jumpdrive i got an error telling me to restart the computer and power up again.....no idea what/why?......i neeeeeed help thanks

[IHackz23]

if you've never attempted to build a hackintosh I highly suggest starting with a distro of leopard like Jv5t mentioned.

You need somewhat of a good solid foundation of what you are doing to try to get SL properly working.

 

Your computer telling you to restart is called a kernel panic.

 

this is an answer I gave to another person with a similar question/situation:

 

the reason you are gettin kernel panics is because you are on a prescott.

the Vanilla kernel only supports core duo and above processors.

 

for older intels and most AMD's you have to use a compiled from source kernel.

 

being that Snow Leopard retail was only released a few weeks ago, efforts to get a stable 64-bit alternative kernel are still under way.

 

this post: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=181876

 

can show you how to install a different kernel on P4's and AMD's.

 

HOWEVER as noted in the thread, the kernel used in that method is simply a hacked vanilla 32-bit kernel. so no 64-bit.

 

Your other option is what Blade Runner mentioned. You can search through the seas of IRC to try to find a *working* alternative 64-bit kernel. HOWEVER, again, since these kernels are just being released they are almost guaranteed to have a few kinks. Its not easy to perfectly compile the heart of an operating system. Take my word for it. I'm a junior in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

 

So if you want easy, stable, and simple. Go with 10.5.8.

 

Otherwise goodluck. Remember that this is still a learning experience for all of us. So don't expect to find a perfect word-for-word guide on how to get Snow Kitty up and running, especially on an older system.

 

But thats the fun of it!

 

Now if you really want snow leopard badly. Either go for the AMD method I posted above or grab yourself a freshly made 64 bit kernel, which I don't recommend yet.

 

You will HAVE to get comfortable with Terminal. It's your window of power in OS X.

 

One last note. Even if you find a good stable 64-bit kernel you *may* still get kernel panics or your system may not boot. This has nothing to do with the kernel. Update your BIOS and try again. If that doesn't work then you may have to patch your DSDT. In fact, most users running Snow Leopard have had to patch a thing or two.

 

if you don't feel comfortable with these methods then like i said practice getting a good 10.5.8 install up and running. Sooner or later a distro or two will pop up that will make this process easier.

 

Good luck and have fun