PC_EFI + Nothing else in a Dell Precision 390

[graffic]

Hello

 

This afternoon I tried to install a Leopard original DVD mixing it with PC_EFI. The experience was nice, the system booted and loaded the graphical environment but It got stucked with the pizza wheel spinning and no signs of life.

 

The steps I did:

1. Dump the DVD direct into a partition in a external USB drive. GPT using a MacBook.
   
2. Check that the "dump" works by booting it.
   
3. Patch the partition with pc_efi. I used: pc_efi_v80, boot0 and boot1h to be able to boot in the pc.
   
4. About modules, I tried first without any change and then only with dsmos.
   

With that I got the background and wheel spinning (Anyone suffered the same?). Latter I tried to patch the dump with brazil patch but I broke the dump. Each step I did after the initial attempt destroyed the dump more and more.

 

The hardware:

• Dell Precision 390
  
• Core2Duo E6420
  
• 2GiB RAM in 4 dimms of 512MiB
  
• 4 80GB SATA HD
  
• Audio: Sound Blaster (something)
  
• nVidia Quadro FX3500 (I have to check this, but it seems the Quadro FX3500)
  
• 4 80GB HardDrives
  

The mother board seems totally Intel, and it includes a TPM chip. I disabled the RAID and I don't know what to do with the "virtualization bit". The BIOS seems a bit short of options. But I'm really impressed about getting a background in the first successful boot.

 

Now I don't have access to the machine, but I'll try another dump with dsmod and AppleSMBIOS only. Suggestions accepted. Also suggestions about how to dump the image. I tried first from DVD to .dmg but I couldn't from .dmg to another partition. For this I guess I'll do: DVD to partition and partition to .dmg to be able to restore later.

 

Thank for your time reading this

 

Greetings from Athens.

[ggeorgak]

Hello

 

This afternoon I tried to install a Leopard original DVD mixing it with PC_EFI. The experience was nice, the system booted and loaded the graphical environment but It got stucked with the pizza wheel spinning and no signs of life.

 

The steps I did:

1. Dump the DVD direct into a partition in a external USB drive. GPT using a MacBook.
   
2. Check that the "dump" works by booting it.
   
3. Patch the partition with pc_efi. I used: pc_efi_v80, boot0 and boot1h to be able to boot in the pc.
   
4. About modules, I tried first without any change and then only with dsmos.
   

With that I got the background and wheel spinning (Anyone suffered the same?). Latter I tried to patch the dump with brazil patch but I broke the dump. Each step I did after the initial attempt destroyed the dump more and more.

 

The hardware:

• Dell Precision 390
  
• Core2Duo E6420
  
• 2GiB RAM in 4 dimms of 512MiB
  
• 4 80GB SATA HD
  
• Audio: Sound Blaster (something)
  
• nVidia Quadro FX3500 (I have to check this, but it seems the Quadro FX3500)
  
• 4 80GB HardDrives
  

The mother board seems totally Intel, and it includes a TPM chip. I disabled the RAID and I don't know what to do with the "virtualization bit". The BIOS seems a bit short of options. But I'm really impressed about getting a background in the first successful boot.

 

Now I don't have access to the machine, but I'll try another dump with dsmod and AppleSMBIOS only. Suggestions accepted. Also suggestions about how to dump the image. I tried first from DVD to .dmg but I couldn't from .dmg to another partition. For this I guess I'll do: DVD to partition and partition to .dmg to be able to restore later.

 

Thank for your time reading this

 

Greetings from Athens.

 

Did you get any further? I have installed iDeneb v1.4 on a Dell Precision 380 with Voodoo kernel. I got my hands on a Dell Precision 390 lately and it would be nice to be able to use the original Leopard installation

 

Greetings from Volos...