creadivex Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 You can still try installing GRUB, and just using it to boot OSX.The menu.1st file entry would be something like rootnoverify (hda0,0) chainloader +1 boot if i were to dual boot with linux, could i just use the grub bootloader included in linux and just set a mount point to my OS X partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonicStorm Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 if i were to dual boot with linux, could i just use the grub bootloader included in linux and just set a mount point to my OS X partition. Yes, you could. In fact, using GRUB from Linux has been known to have better success than the other versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creadivex Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 yes, but will it work if i have no unix bootloader to begin with and what distribution are you using, could you walk me through it if i use the same one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombucha Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 You can use a live-CD from just about any Linux distro - I used Puppy Linux because it's very, very simple (and fast). Boot into Puppy, right-click on the desktop and go (something like) System->Grub Bootloader, and then there are simple steps to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creadivex Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 so to use grub as a bootloader, i dont need linux installed at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombucha Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Nope! It's just easiest to install it using a Linux Live-CD, but you can boot anything with GRUB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sziggle Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Nope! It's just easiest to install it using a Linux Live-CD, but you can boot anything with GRUB. i don't mean to be the uptight police here, but this thread started out pretty focused and useful on running os x on a D620 and most of the last two pages are now very generic stuff about burning and using an install DVD that really [it seems to me] belongs in a totally different thread in a totally different area of the forum. it just makes it harder to find relevant info when threads change focus in mid-stream like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombucha Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 True true, sorry about that. I guess I saw this thread as a sort of figure-stuff-out place that would eventually lead to a coherent guide with all the progress we've made, but I suppose more general problems should be in other threads Also sziggle, can I ask what the complete PCI address for your SigmaTel card is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombucha Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 YEEHAW! My sound issue is resolved!!! I feel reeeeally dumb now, but what made the difference was moving the codec dump OFF of my flash drive before feeding it to the patcher. Who knew, right? I HAVE SOUND!!! Granted, mute doesn't work, and plugging in headphones doesn't silence the speakers, but.... you know... actually, that kind of sucks. Has anyone had more success? The built-in mic works, haven't tested the input jack yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sziggle Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 True true, sorry about that. I guess I saw this thread as a sort of figure-stuff-out place that would eventually lead to a coherent guide with all the progress we've made, but I suppose more general problems should be in other threads Also sziggle, can I ask what the complete PCI address for your SigmaTel card is? actually, i don't know how to determine the PCI address for my sigmatel card, i just used the dump that i linked to in my signature and it worked without my having to do anything specific to my laptop, but it sounds like you are as far as i am now with the audio. it does suck that plugging in the headphones doesn't silence the speakers. kinda makes it impossible to watch movies on plane... so i find myself booting into XP when i'd rather not. let us know if you figure that out and you are absolved of all thread hijacking sins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombucha Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 It turns out that they're working (and making a ton of progress) on this exact issue for the 9205 here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...60&start=60 I've PMed Paulo and asked him if he can abstract his process to include the 9200, or at least explain what he is doing, so we can achieve the same success. Right now they have the mic jack working and manual switching between the two outputs working as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombucha Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 So we're trying to get Paulo's 9205 fix to work with the 9200. Check out what he's saying here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...7926&st=80# (post 83) I'll try to figure out what's going on a bit later, but if anyone has more experience with this or can even just offer another perspective, we'd all be much obliged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombucha Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Sorry if this is a bit off-topic, but I'm typing this from Leopard!!! I got my hands on a Belkin USB wifi adapter, F5D7050 v.3002 and installed the drivers, fixed permissions, rebooted and I WAS ONLINE! No configuration or anything. I guess I'm going to give OS X a try for a few days and then decide if I want to invest in a 1490 (they're under $15 shipped from eBay, so I might just get it tomorrow). All that's left is to fix these sound issues, which I can do much easier now that I don't have to reboot into XP every time I need to look something up or snag another file. Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrp Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 so the issues that are still unresolved are the wired ethernet adapter, dual core ability and sleep/wake right? i've been running os x on my d620 for a couple weeks now and it's been great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uax86 Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 has anyone gotten the power manager to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0Noff Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 so the issues that are still unresolved are the wired ethernet adapter, dual core ability and sleep/wake right? i've been running os x on my d620 for a couple weeks now and it's been great! These are my remaining issues as well. I have tried all the popular fixes for the dual core, and the sleep/wake with no success. I have been running Leopard for about 5 weeks now and have learned to live with the way things are, but would love to get things 100% ( a little OCD ). Can we take a poll of what distributions people have tried or are currently running? I have been running the original Brazil Mac Patch on an store bought Leopard DVD. I have applied the EFI fix are now running with the vanilla kernel with some of the common kext's that are needed (Power mgmnt, and Sound). One thing that has been confusing me is that my power management worked for sleep wake and full shutdown once, the only things that were not working was the battery icon. Once I fixed that with a kext file I downloaded I now have the popular sleep/wake issues. I will try and restore the kext backup that I (may) have. I will update with my results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombucha Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I'm running Kalyway 10.5.1 (the only version I know of). I'm still having those minor sound issues I need to take a look at, have no wired internet, and the display won't turn on if it turns off. That said, my laptop sleeps and wakes up without any issue whatsoever.... I haven't even tried power management yet... what about it doesn't work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uax86 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 i cant get the little battery meter in the top bar. does anyone know how to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramalho Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 sziggle did you update to 10.5.1 ? I just did and it boots but i have a black screen. any suggestions? I've been used a KALYWAY_LEO_10.5.1intel_SSE2_SSE3, works fine on D820 Laptop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el guapo76 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 D820. I am running iATKOS 1.0i. EVerything works except for sleep, dual core, and PCMCIA (haven't tried ethernet). Installed on a Guid partition with efi v8 and vanilla kernel using i am me's workaround. Would love to get sleep working to get both cores working as well but no luck despite days of trial and error. I was not able to install Brazilmac (stalls within minutes when booting dvd), Kalyway (finishes install but will not boot), or TOH (same as Kaly). iATKOS has been super stable and dependable despite no sleep or dual core. Still need to check boot camp and parallels on Guid but parallels works fine with MBR, bootcamp does not. I expect to get bootcamp working with Guid now using Vista 64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uax86 Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 anyone try parallels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrp Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 anyone try parallels? i tried parallels and it didn't seem to work, although there might be a newer version out now. i'm running vmware fusion though, and i have no complaints at all. it's fantastic on the d620 in leopard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkandra Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I'm a newbie here and looking to test this out on my D620. Is there a step by step guide for installing on a D620 with all the tweaks, modified settings, etc to get it installed? I tried today w/ the Kalyway iso but upon reboot for the install I got the b0 error like another poster experienced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimal Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 i cant get the little battery meter in the top bar. does anyone know how to do this? yeah, i would also like to know if theres a way to get the battery meter.... and theres no working patch for intel pro wireless 3945 rite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Wan Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Hello, I am from Beijing, China. I tried couple of times installing iATKOS v1.0i on my DELL D620, finally this afternoon I succeeded. But sound card and wire network card don't work. After searching information by google, actually I found useful information from this forum. For sound card part, I patch driver using "AppleHDAPatcherv1.20" and "STAC9200.txt" dump from linux. After rebooting, sound card works! But with the bug, when headset plugged in, speaker still sound laud! Wired network doesn't work so far. Does anyone get broadcom440 worked? 9200.txt =========== core 2 duo cpus=1 intel 945gm fine sigmatel 9200 works with bug broadcom440 doesn't work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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