dellofdoom Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Hello everyone! New to the OSX86 concept! Just trying things out! I have a Dell studio 1747 with an i7-720qm CPU, 8G Ram, 1GB ATI Radeon 560v, 1920x1080hd screen, dual hard drives, et cetera. I have been able to ascertain some information so far using i snow portable 10.6.2. I also have a copy of 10.6 on DVD (I have a Intel powermac as well). I discovered I need to use "mach_kernel maxmem=4087 busratio=12 cpus=8 -v" at the prompt. (I got through a "signal 8" error with the maxmem command). I can get this to start up and sort of work, after it lags on DSMOS for a short while, then continues. I get to the "Enjoy your mac" screen and it "hangs" with a blue background and a mouse (but I can still move the mouse like I'm waiting for something to load). I do this from a 32GB PNY flash drive set to boot. (I am doing testing for compatibility before I take the plunge completely). does my machine have compatible kext files? Is it normal for a thumbdrive boot on USB 2.0 to run so slow? Again, I'm brand new to all this, please be kind. I come for your wisdom, great deities of MACOSX86. (*humbly bows*) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 with your hardware you cam install Mountain Lion, Snow is old System , try this guide: The all-in-one guide to Vanilla OS X Mountain Lion + Chameleon + DSDT for beginners http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=280756 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dellofdoom Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 May I add that mine and the Studio 1558 (which I see in the compatibility list) are very similar in spec. I will investigate that! Thank you! Can I install this just to a thumb drive(to run for testing) or, at least, an external HD? Apologies if I missed it in the writeup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Yes, for you test if this work, you can install in one HD External first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dellofdoom Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 Thanks again. I guess it's time to find an HD I can use! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dellofdoom Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 Okay. I followed the guide. I made the USB drive according to the instructions. I also have a USB 250GB hard drive ready to go. I start to get it going and it reboots/shuts off. (can't seem to catch a reboot reason with -v). I tried booting with mach_kernel maxmem=4087 -x -v, no luck. I see there are some custom files for the 1747 (.amls, etc) and I've downloaded them. Not totally sure what to do next. thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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