Benjz Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Okay so I bought a Sony Vaio NW11S last week, and it's pretty good (but OSx would make it perfect ) But on the hardware compatibility lists, I'm having a hard time finding my hardware. Here is pretty much everything to do with it. Which distro should I go for? (iDeneb, iAtkos or whatever it's called, Kalaway... etc.) Second question, will I be able to keep my Sony Vaio Recovery Partition? And third question, is it possible to keep my existing Windows Vista installation too? Haha, I don't want much Thanks for any help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190174-sony-vaio-nw11ss-and-a-few-questions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjz Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 Bumppp System specs: Chipset: Mobile Intel® PM45 Express Chipset Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6500 2.1GHz Memory: 4GB 800MHz DDR2 Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570, 512mb DDR3 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190174-sony-vaio-nw11ss-and-a-few-questions/#findComment-1291985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjz Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 Thanks Just I was reading a guide and it said you absolutely have to format your entire drive, but I'm guessing if I use gParted or something similar to set aside say 60gb for osx, leave it unformatted, that'd work? Shall give it a try tomorrow. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190174-sony-vaio-nw11ss-and-a-few-questions/#findComment-1292045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilpostus Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 I use gParted or something similar to set aside say 60gb for osx, leave it unformatted, that'd work?Yes, it should work. Formate the new partition to FAT in Gparted. Then formate it in OS X disk utility to HFS+. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190174-sony-vaio-nw11ss-and-a-few-questions/#findComment-1292420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjz Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 Managed to install from iDeneb 1.3 10.5.5, it installed fine but hangs at boot. Booted with -v and it hangs at: LPCB: family specific matching fails Oct 7 20:19:54 localhost configd[53]: InterfaceNamer: no network interfaces, could not update platform UUID Any help? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190174-sony-vaio-nw11ss-and-a-few-questions/#findComment-1293028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilpostus Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofiversi...hp/t135701.html http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...amp;mode=linear Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190174-sony-vaio-nw11ss-and-a-few-questions/#findComment-1293092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjz Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 Reinstalled with some different kexts, seems to be working alright, using ATI Radeon HD 3650 kext though, and trying to find a way to make it boot in 1366x768 as 1024x768 is the only resolution available. - Done with adding 1366x768x32@59 to boot Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190174-sony-vaio-nw11ss-and-a-few-questions/#findComment-1293232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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