Arison Mercado Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 ive downloaded a few Os x86 images and non seem to work. I finally got close when i tried to install a snow leapord 10.6.8 and as it was installing it went to a blank screen. and nothing happens. Yes i know i have a old pc so im doing this for fun and trial and error. so far im running on Win7 proffessional Hp a250n 2gb p4 3.2Ghz 160gb IDE x1650 ati graphics card any suggestions?!?! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/274963-help-which-os-x86-is-compatiable-with-pentium-4/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartie77 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 P4 has SSE2 features which is the most important thing for OSX. SSE3 is better, but custom kernels can deal with this. Tiger 10.4.8 - 10.4.11 with vanilla or slightly modded Apple Kernel , old but very quick. Leopard 10.5.x and Snow 10.6.x ( 32bit mode only ; arch=i386 ) with a custom kernel leopard needs 512MB ram ( 1GB better ) - Sow needs 1GB ( 2GB better ) -- these two beasts are far more ressourcehungry, although Snow is faster then Leo and for Intels the best solution because it is optimized for Intels only. Lion 10.7.x is impossible as it is compiled for x64 CPUs only and this is only fun with 4GB or even 8 GB So look for a custom boot disk either Leo or Snow with a custom kernel. Search for users "Nawcom" or "Andy vanDyck" here or via google , both have done these kernels for all the OSX versions which run on almost any processors. I had long times Tiger and Leo on AMD K8 single core 1,5GhZ which is comparable to P4's features and it worked nice. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/274963-help-which-os-x86-is-compatiable-with-pentium-4/#findComment-1788635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 How do you boot into the installer using a custom kernel? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/274963-help-which-os-x86-is-compatiable-with-pentium-4/#findComment-1789935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 You use a boot CD that has a patched kernel on it. Try Nawcom's ModCD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/274963-help-which-os-x86-is-compatiable-with-pentium-4/#findComment-1789975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 You use a boot CD that has a patched kernel on it. Try Nawcom's ModCD. Great, thanks! I've now made huge progress because I've actually made it to the installer. To think, on my proper PC I can just stick in any bootloader I want and install straight away, pretty much. Anyway, an odd issue's occuring - when I select my language and accept the agreement, and the bar at the top appears, I need to open disk utility to format the drive. But when I click on any of the menus at the top, they appear for a fraction of a second and then go. I can't get them to open properly so I can select disk utility. EDIT: I booted with GraphicsEnabler=No and -x and it worked properly - it's now installing! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/274963-help-which-os-x86-is-compatiable-with-pentium-4/#findComment-1790010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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