The Shaun Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 We all know the Mac Pro's come with dual-socket dual-core Xeon processors. Has anyone tried actually running OS X on this type of hardware? I can get things like motherboards insanely cheap, but I think once we factor in ECC memory and the processors themselves, we'd probably exceed the price of a Mac Pro. But that's not the point. Has anyone successfully run OS X on standard Intel server hardware? Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44265-anyone-ever-try-server-hardware/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
r5a Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 I thought Xeon processors were a hit or miss? Usually a miss too. Don't know about other hardware thou. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44265-anyone-ever-try-server-hardware/#findComment-316709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvr20 Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 ive been trying to get 10.4.6 and 10.4.8 (JaS) working on the Dell 1950, ofcourse the big problem with these machines is the SAS drive connected to an LSI 1068 controller. I was able to boot off the CD and partition an external SATA drive connected through USB and get through most of the install (actually, I had to boot single user mode and install the packages manually, but that seems to be a problem with the DVDr) but .. when I try to boot off the external drive it tends to get stuck 'waiting for root filesystem'. So I extended the internal SATA connector, and used this to attach the drive I installed on .. same problem. I can boot single user mode from the dvd, then mount the sata disk, chroot to the mounted disk but haven't gotten launchd up and running yet. Neither the onboard broadcom neXtreme controller or the PCIe Intel gigabit controller appears to work. I do have drivers for the PCIe 10 Gigabit Myricom card but haven't had a chance to try them yet. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44265-anyone-ever-try-server-hardware/#findComment-319305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebeephaha Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 I have a Supermicro P4DP6 server mobo which runs 2x 2.2GHz Xeons. Its of the older P4 Xeon design so is only SSE2... http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherb...E7500/P4DP6.cfm Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44265-anyone-ever-try-server-hardware/#findComment-319760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebeephaha Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 UPDATE! I'm building an older Xeon hackintosh as we speak. I've installed JaS 10.4.8 but the system's display freezes on the gray Apple boot screen but I know the system is still working as there is HDD activity etc. I'm assuming the onboard ATI Rage XL is not supported, its detected as only being VESA 2.0 compliant. Once I get a PCI video card I will try it again. Maybe a PCI slot FX5500 or x1300. (this mobo only has PCI-X slots) Supermicro P4DP6 revision 1.2 dev board for the Intel E7500 chipset. 2x 2.2GHz P4 HT Prestonia Core Xeons 2x 256MB DDR200 ECC Registered RAM Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80GB IDE Asus 16x DVD-ROM Gigabyte (Ralink) PCI 802.11G Wi-Fi I do know one thing, Vista Ultimate screams on this beast, sees the dual procs with hyper threading as a quad core system. I hope if I can get OS X working it will do the same! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44265-anyone-ever-try-server-hardware/#findComment-328342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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