aBall Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Ok so i am trying to install this on my alienware laptop its old and i dont use it anymore so if i catch it on fire in the process no biggie. Its a Alienware m5790 17" with Intel Core 2 T7200 2.0ghz Ati X1800 2gb RAM. Mother board is according to Intel's utility Intel 945GM/GMS/940GML or Intel 945GT express which seems rather vague but oh well. anyway i followed lifehacker's guide to install from a flash drive well at work i didnt have a flash drive used a 8gb CF card so that may be my problem i may retry it with a flash drive. I have a snow leapord disk and i downloaded and followed the instructions everything seemed to work on my iMac that i was doing the preparations on. so i go to edit bios, and alienware saw fit to supply me with pheonix bios system which sucks and i cant change anything. I changed it to boot from the flash card and said operating system not found. but i was not able to change any of the SATA AHCI settings. i am still looking for a solution for that. I have some DL DVD's so is there another way to install this that will get me around that. or does anyone have any suggestions on how to change this on a pheonix system i dont really care about the functionality if everyhting will work the laptop sat in a closet for two years. I just want to try this because i am interested in maybe doing it to another system i might build as a media center. I use all mac for everything and i despise windows very existence (too many bad experiences) i am having a hard time trying to move forward with this, there are soooo many different ways to do stuff i cannot find a definitive answer or solution to what i need to do or what tutorial i should follow. the information is over whelming ive searched and searched but cant seem to find what i am looking for. i will likely try this again from the begining with a flash drive to double check any mistkes i might have made but i feel the root of my problem is not being able to modify the bios appropriately. not the files being on the drive. which is why i am wondering if booting from a DVD will be a way around this. my system currently runs windows vista and once i get OSX on it i will likely delete it. unless you think i should to that before hand. thanks for the help guys. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/216769-alienware-m5790-install-some-questions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
aBall Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 so i am trying to install this again in a different way and this one says i should uses these older versions of chameleon and pc efi. why? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/216769-alienware-m5790-install-some-questions/#findComment-1458407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aBall Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 i need a way to boot with about being able to control my AHCI stuff. I cant change this on my system and i found a guide telling me how to do this but it seems like it was written by a chimpanzee. this guy skips whole steps and explains nothing. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/216769-alienware-m5790-install-some-questions/#findComment-1458522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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