RedRazor Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 What would be the most compatible hackintosh distro to dualboot with windows 7 (windows 7 being already installed) for my computer? Specs; MotherBoard: M4A785-M Processor: AMD Anthlon™ II X3 425 Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 4650 Sound: VIA High Definition Audio Network: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller Keyboard/mouse: Logitech (wireless) EX100 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278348-best-distro-for-my-computer-to-dual-boot-with-windows-7/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Distros are like the lottery..or Russian Roulette. Try any distro that says it'll work with AMD CPUs, maybe you'll get lucky. Or install retail Snow Leopard using a suitable boot CD that has a patched kernel. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278348-best-distro-for-my-computer-to-dual-boot-with-windows-7/#findComment-1815226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRazor Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 Hmm. Every time I boot with hazard 10.6.1-10.6.2 intel/amd I get to the black screen at the start up of the dvd and it restarts my pc (even with achi enabled). I tried pressing f8 and typing in -v -f cpus=1 busratio=20 and it still restarts. Is my windows install interrupting this? I have partitioned my HDD into two sections. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278348-best-distro-for-my-computer-to-dual-boot-with-windows-7/#findComment-1815237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
artur_pt Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 hi try with GraphicsEnabler=No and the other kernel flags good hack Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278348-best-distro-for-my-computer-to-dual-boot-with-windows-7/#findComment-1815249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookyMacMan Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Just so you know, distros are only going to cause you more trouble than you can imagine. Trust me. They don't work well. I have a retail installation guide in my signature. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278348-best-distro-for-my-computer-to-dual-boot-with-windows-7/#findComment-1815251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRacerMaster Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Yes. I HIGHLY reccomend doing a retail install of Snow Leo. You can use nawcom's ModCD to boot the retail DVD on an AMD computer. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278348-best-distro-for-my-computer-to-dual-boot-with-windows-7/#findComment-1815255 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookyMacMan Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 That's my guide. Good going racer. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278348-best-distro-for-my-computer-to-dual-boot-with-windows-7/#findComment-1815259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRazor Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Hi PookyMacMan, I attempted to follow your guide. I have ran into a slight problem. After I put in my retail copy of my Mac OS X Install DVD version 10.6.6 and press enter I get stuck. It keeps attempting to detect or setup my graphics card. The screen just sits there. What should I do? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278348-best-distro-for-my-computer-to-dual-boot-with-windows-7/#findComment-1815304 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookyMacMan Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Please post a pic/video. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278348-best-distro-for-my-computer-to-dual-boot-with-windows-7/#findComment-1815315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRacerMaster Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Hey RedRazor, try booting in verbose mode by typing -v at the boot screen. If it gets stuck, post a picture of it here. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278348-best-distro-for-my-computer-to-dual-boot-with-windows-7/#findComment-1815723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRazor Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 Hey guys, sorry for taking so long to respond. I have tried using verbose mode with various commands. No matter what I do I always get stuck at this screen. Btw I am using the Imac Mac OS X install dvd (10.6.6) that came with the mac. Would that be my problem? Do I need to use the disk with the snow leopard on it? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278348-best-distro-for-my-computer-to-dual-boot-with-windows-7/#findComment-1816147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookyMacMan Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Follow this post. You have a 10.6.8 disc, apparently...boot with npci=0x2000. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278348-best-distro-for-my-computer-to-dual-boot-with-windows-7/#findComment-1816166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRazor Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 My disk says Mac OS version 10.6.6 Disk version 1.0 that is strange.. anyway I tried to boot with npci and it still did not work. Maybe I didn't type it right? first I tried -v npci=0x2000 then I tried npci=0x2000 and still no good. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278348-best-distro-for-my-computer-to-dual-boot-with-windows-7/#findComment-1816174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookyMacMan Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Hm...AMD? I'll get you a 10.6.8 legacy kernel. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278348-best-distro-for-my-computer-to-dual-boot-with-windows-7/#findComment-1816469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRazor Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Hey guys, well I was able to get to two distros to work. One by IPC and one by IATKOS_v7. The only problem was the sound and video driver. I have tried to use vodoo sound, but that gives me kernal panic. And the other Azulla driver could not find my logitec speakers, so no sound there. The video driver I found one but it was for a more updated IATKOS S3 and I didn't have that one installed at the time. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278348-best-distro-for-my-computer-to-dual-boot-with-windows-7/#findComment-1816868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookyMacMan Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Yours are Leopard. Leopard is obsolete. Get a Snow distro if you get one. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278348-best-distro-for-my-computer-to-dual-boot-with-windows-7/#findComment-1816894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikitoX Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 post un pic Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278348-best-distro-for-my-computer-to-dual-boot-with-windows-7/#findComment-1817756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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