Please Help OSX Install via boot-132 Dell Dimension 5000

[Skalski]

Hello

 

After talking to my friend who is a mac user and discovering pretty good alternatives to windows software that would do the job on a mac I decided to give it a blast and a thorough evaluation before I were to build an up to date PC/hackintosh (mine is overdue an upgrade) or buy a mac.

 

My current setup is a Dell Dimension 5000:

 

Processor: Pentium 4 550 3.4GHz (Prescott LGA775)

RAM: 1.5GB DDR2 (2x 512MB + 2x 256MB)

Motherboard Chipset: Intel 915G

Graphics: PCIe 16x nVidia GeForce 6800 (Mobo has onboard graphics available)

Audio: Onboard (SoundMAX)

Network: Onboard Ethernet

 

My friend gave me his retail copy of Leopard 10.5.6 and I have burned the boot-132 generic.iso. I can run the bootloader, however when I swap the disk to the retail DVD, its starts loading stuff but then just reboots my PC.

 

I have tried to have a look for a solution and some mention modifying the initrd.img file to include dsmos.kext and mach kernel sse2 (which i thought it already has if theese are crucial files). Problem is I only have full access to windows and linux and have tried everything to extract or edit the .img file with no joy. I am really new to this and to osx and would be extremely grateful if somebody could help me with this please.

[MR_OS]

Hello

 

After talking to my friend who is a mac user and discovering pretty good alternatives to windows software that would do the job on a mac I decided to give it a blast and a thorough evaluation before I were to build an up to date PC/hackintosh (mine is overdue an upgrade) or buy a mac.

 

My current setup is a Dell Dimension 5000:

 

Processor: Pentium 4 550 3.4GHz (Prescott LGA775)

RAM: 1.5GB DDR2 (2x 512MB + 2x 256MB)

Motherboard Chipset: Intel 915G

Graphics: PCIe 16x nVidia GeForce 6800 (Mobo has onboard graphics available)

Audio: Onboard (SoundMAX)

Network: Onboard Ethernet

 

My friend gave me his retail copy of Leopard 10.5.6 and I have burned the boot-132 generic.iso. I can run the bootloader, however when I swap the disk to the retail DVD, its starts loading stuff but then just reboots my PC.

 

I have tried to have a look for a solution and some mention modifying the initrd.img file to include dsmos.kext and mach kernel sse2 (which i thought it already has if theese are crucial files). Problem is I only have full access to windows and linux and have tried everything to extract or edit the .img file with no joy. I am really new to this and to osx and would be extremely grateful if somebody could help me with this please.

 

Try using HFS Explorer program in windows to view dmg files

This might not be a complete answer to your question but i hope it might help

[Skalski]

Try using HFS Explorer program in windows to view dmg files

This might not be a complete answer to your question but i hope it might help

 

Thank you for the advice, at least now I can see the content of the .img :-) I have managed to find a post with a non vanilla kernel, however now I seem to be having the same issue. I am going to try iATKOS and see were that takes me first and see what I can change once/if I get an OSX running. I am still keen to hear any advise so please provide any info you can as I would rather have a retail version installed.

[MR_OS]

Thank you for the advice, at least now I can see the content of the .img :-) I have managed to find a post with a non vanilla kernel, however now I seem to be having the same issue. I am going to try iATKOS and see were that takes me first and see what I can change once/if I get an OSX running. I am still keen to hear any advise so please provide any info you can as I would rather have a retail version installed.

 

I would rather suggest to use boot 132 method over iaktos/kalway

 

as with boot 132 u can directly update from apple without much troubble

[Skalski]

I would rather suggest to use boot 132 method over iaktos/kalway

 

as with boot 132 u can directly update from apple without much troubble

 

 

Thank you for your reply. After sleepless nights I have given up on the retail disk approach and have opted to install via iPC 10.5.6 which works a treat once all required kext are selected on install. There has been success upgrading iPC with iDeneb combo which I will be doing this afternoon. At the moment only issue I have is my front audio port not working. I have posted regarding this issue.

[mabam]

Thank you for your reply. After sleepless nights I have given up on the retail disk approach and have opted to install via iPC 10.5.6 which works a treat once all required kext are selected on install. There has been success upgrading iPC with iDeneb combo which I will be doing this afternoon. At the moment only issue I have is my front audio port not working. I have posted regarding this issue.

 

Skalski,

 

I have the same computer as you do (only with a Silicon Image 3132 Raid added).

Can you tell me which options/kexts you have chosen on installing iPC 10.5.6 - especially for the SoundMax? That would make things easier for me.

 

I've tried iDeneb 10.5.6 but get "still waiting for root device" when booting with the -v option. iPC seems to have way more kexts included, so I'm curious on how that will go.