RobertX Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 hmmm...well i took the plunge and installed Snow Leo on this old box (Asus P4P8x MB P4 2.8Ghz Northwood i865P ICH5R (Hyper-threading & PAT enabled) 2GB DDR400 memory onboard sound and ethernet EVGA GeForce 9400GT PCI 1 GB)...started with the leohazzard 10.6.2 Server/Client for sse2 and quietly updated to 10.6.6 manually through the combo update package ...used the 10.6 legacy_kernel installer after install and Before restart....it's quite fussy about what it will do...installers don't work...leaves a ghost image when ejecting mounted dmg files...safari crashes...lol...and graphics are problematic...however i do have sound and ethernet working...trying to set date and time is a real b*tch too... is there another sse2 10.6 kernel out there? here's a rundown of my hardware:Hardware.tiff Apparently it is possible... ...comments and suggestions welcomed! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245999-1066-on-a-pentium-4/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertX Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 Apparently it is possible... ...comments and suggestions welcomed! ..well...not a single comment?.....very well...i may as well try the (beta)10.6.7 delta update as well....still with the legacy 10.6 kernel....and i rolled back my nvidia drivers to version 19.5.8f03 ...with these no acceleration but GraphicsEnaber=Yes does identify my card without crashing ...the newer 256... version was unkind to me...i'll post a screen when it's done...wishing myself luck... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245999-1066-on-a-pentium-4/#findComment-1634606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertX Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 ..well...not a single comment?.....very well...i may as well try the (beta)10.6.7 delta update as well....still with the legacy 10.6 kernel....and i rolled back my nvidia drivers to version 19.5.8f03 ...with these no acceleration but GraphicsEnaber=Yes does identify my card without crashing ...the newer 256... version was unkind to me...i'll post a screen when it's done...wishing myself luck... :) System Software Overview: System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.7 (10J842) Kernel Version: Darwin 10.6.0 Boot Volume: disk0s3 Boot Mode: Normal Computer Name: Apple Core’s Mac Pro User Name: Apple Core (applecore) Secure Virtual Memory: Not Enabled 64-bit Kernel and Extensions: No Time since boot: 17 minutes well no screens yet ..but 10.6.7 is a go here...dock crashes alot... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245999-1066-on-a-pentium-4/#findComment-1634617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertX Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 settled in to 10.6.6 now with a reasonable dsdt evoenabler, agpgart and the latest ati apple drivers(1.6.26) still a little finicky......here's a screen from system profiler Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245999-1066-on-a-pentium-4/#findComment-1640267 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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