gundam802 Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I have an Inspiron 14r with the following components: Intel Core i5 1st gen Intel HD 3000 I don't know if you need to know any other hardware, but i can find out and post it, and if possible, perhaps a lion guide, but snow leopard is ok too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookyMacMan Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I have a Snow Leopard guide in my signature. If you want to move on to Lion afterwards, I recommend xMove or [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] (both are from tonymacx86). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundam802 Posted January 7, 2012 Author Share Posted January 7, 2012 Alright, Thanks for the reply, can i dual boot this with windows? edit: nvm, saw the post Can i install using an external hard drive? They are a lot faster with installing. I know how to make one, but will the OSX86 ModCD work with usb drives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookyMacMan Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Well, you can, but there is a downside. Let me present the pros and cons and you can decide what you want to do. If you use the OSx86 ModCD, you can install but the bootloader won't be installed and none of your hardware will be patched. I have a disk image of the packages, though. If you want automatic patching, you will need to use the OSx86 ModUSB, but you will either need access to a Mac or a Linux Live CD. Let me know what you want to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundam802 Posted January 7, 2012 Author Share Posted January 7, 2012 What is hardware patching? I have a linux live cd, Also, i have 10.6 dvd, can i use that, or do i need the new 10.6.7 dvd? Thanks for the help! Can you post the instructions with the the linux live cd? also, if i do that method, can i still dual boot with windows 7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookyMacMan Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 10.6 is just fine. Hardware patching is what happens when you get Ethernet, Wireless, Graphics etc. to work properly. Try nawcom's guide for the ModUSB in Linux. If it gets complicated I can make it simpler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundam802 Posted January 7, 2012 Author Share Posted January 7, 2012 I thought that 10.6 doesn't have support for the Core i3, i5 and i7 processors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookyMacMan Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 You just use the legacy kernel until you update. Once you use Apple's 10.6.7 Combo update you can use the vanilla kernel (mach_kernel). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundam802 Posted January 7, 2012 Author Share Posted January 7, 2012 Can you please explain how i do that? I have the 10.6 retail dvd as i said before, how do i boot using the legacy kernel? edit: i found out via your signature guide, I alreadyy have Windows 7 installed on my system, in your guide it says to ask you how to partition your hard drive so that you can keep windows and dual boot, So how do i partition my hard drive like that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookyMacMan Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 There are two ways: depending on whether you want to keep your Windows installation just how it is, or if you just want to pull your data off and reinstall Windows. No matter what you want to do, go download GParted and burn the .iso onto a CD using InfraRecorder or other such program. Next, boot from the CD. At the boot menu, choose Other GParted Options or similar and choose To RAM. It will then boot, ask you for keyboard layout, ask for the appropriate language, and then ask if you want GUI or command-line. Enter the appropriate numbers (if you have a U.S. keyboard layout, use English, and want GUI then just press enter at each prompt) and you should come to a Desktop where GParted will open automatically. Select your Windows partition and hit the button Resize. Increase the amount of free space to the amount of space you want for Mac OS. Once you're done with all that, hit the button Apply. Now, your next move will be based on the decision you made above: 1) If you need to keep your entire Windows installation, after you click Apply, reboot into your Windows 7 DVD. Select your language and then click Repair your Computer. Have it run automatic repairs on your installation; this should make you able to boot back into Windows. Now, go into My Computer and see if the blank space appears. Most likely it won't; if it doesn't, go into Control Panel > System Security > Administrative Tools and click Create or Format Hard Disk Partitions. Now select the blank space and create a FAT32 or NTFS partition. It's time for Mac OS X installation; boot from the DVD (or USB drive; however you want to install), and once you select the language, go up to the Utilities menu and choose Disk Utility. Select your NTFS partition you created for OS X in the sidebar, choose the Erase tab, choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) if it isn't already selected, name it, and click Erase. Complete the installation, then boot back into the Windows 7 DVD and choose Repair your Computer again. Once you've repaired it, you should be able to boot back into Windows; from there follow my guide as to installation of EasyBCD. 2) If all you need to do is pull your data off your Windows 7 partition and then reinstall, after you click Apply in GParted, select the blank space and choose New Partition. Name it something and choose Mac OS Extended as the format. Hit Apply again; once you are done, boot into your OS X installation media, select the language, choose Disk Utility from the Utilities menu, select the Mac OS partition you created in GParted in the sidebar, and click Enable Journaling at the top of the window. Now you can proceed with the installation; once you're done, get whatever data you want from your Windows 7 installation. Now boot into your Windows 7 DVD, erase your old installation, and reinstall. Once that's done, follow my guide for the setup of EasyBCD. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundam802 Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 I can boot into the Mac installer, then after i make the changes, it says that essential software isn't on the disk, and tells me to reboot. So i decided to use a different disk, and for that one, the modcd doesn't recognize it after i hit f5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookyMacMan Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 The problem, I believe, is your DVD drive. I had that too with one of my drives, and it turned out the drive was bad (it couldn't install Windows, either.) Newegg has some great external DVD drives for a reasonable amount of money (starting at about $19,99), or, if you want high quality, Other World Computing has a wonderful selection of high quality, speedy drives (starting at about $52.99). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundam802 Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 I got it to install by copying the DVD to a new partition on the Hard Drive, it boots to the setup screen, but it makes this really loud squealing sound, i know its not the dvd drive because theres nothing in there, i am trying to reinstall without the sound drivers, i'll update after to see if the sound is still there. But any suggestions for now? So now, it installed, but i can't boot with the bootloader, i need to use the modcd, and also, how can i fix my sound? and how i can i fix my internet? i have intel centrino wireless-n 1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookyMacMan Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 SInce you have OS X installed, I suggest this: you can install the OSx86 ModUSB onto your installer partition, then you can boot from your installer partition without the ModCD. Reinstall your system (don't forget to erase the partition first), and you should have the bootloader, along with some other basic support like sound. Here's the pkg file: http://www.mediafire.com/?e6efuzsvrhq0y1v Download it, run the Installer on your installation partition you just made (under OS X), and that partition should be bootable like the ModCD. Since only the ModUSB runs the patches for non-DVD installers, you should get bootloader and other support as I mentioned above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundam802 Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 Will this get me wi-fi support? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookyMacMan Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 If you have a Broadcom or Atheros-based card, yes. Otherwise we'll have to look for another solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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