TKiet Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Hi there everyone! First of all, what a nice community to bring the Mac OS X to the PC it so seems I've registered a while back but never posted in here since I didn't have the specs for running OS X all the way, but now, I have just upgraded from a P4 to a Core 2 Duo and am having high hopes now hehe forgive me for being a n00b but anyway, here's how it goes. With my old Pentium 4 system (socket 478) with an ABIT IS7 mobo, 1 GB DDR RAM and ASUS A9550 gfx card powered by ATI (AGP), I was able to boot from the Kalyway disc from there and it would install, but I wouldn't be able to boot from the HDD after installation. With that aside, I was thinking that the P4 would be slow for OS X Leopard anyway so I took everything apart and put in my new ASUS P5K-E with a Core 2 Duo 3GHz, codename Wolfdale, same drives, different RAM (DDR2, 1GB x 2), and different gfx card being a PCI-E Geforce 8600GT (256MB). With these specs, and while trying to boot from either Kalyway's disc, or iATKOS, I get "System config file '/com.apple.Boot.plist' not found". Can anyone please help me with my problem? And sorry if this is probably the 100th P5K-E issue. Others have P5K-E with WiFi/AP, but mine is just P5K-E. Maybe it'd be easier to get into my full specifications, so... My specs: Hardware - Motherboard: Asus P5K-E (no Wi-Fi/AP) running BIOS version 1002 CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 socket 775 LGA, 45 nm with instructions MMX, SSE1, 2, 3, 4.1, and EM64T Chipset: Intel P35/G33/G31... Intel ICH9R Memory: Crucial Tech. DDR2 dual channel, 2GB @ 400.8 MHz Extra sound card: Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum (I have this for use of vocalizing) Drives - HDD:WD2500 SATA and WD1600 SATA Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1612 RevA Lite-On DVD+/-RW SOHW 1213S I don't think the drives are the issue, but something to do possibly with my mobo? Please help ASAP. Thanks in advance!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85989-cannot-install-kalyway-on-asus-p5k-e-no-wifiap-version/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art?! Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Hello, You must have SATA DVD-drives or else you get that error Greetings btw, use the kalyway, this for me also succesful, I have a P5KC (same chipset). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85989-cannot-install-kalyway-on-asus-p5k-e-no-wifiap-version/#findComment-610200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKiet Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 oh haha, that's weird. So the DVD drives will have to be replaced then. Thanks Art?!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85989-cannot-install-kalyway-on-asus-p5k-e-no-wifiap-version/#findComment-610212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolied Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I don't mean to resurrect an old thread............ and most of you all probably know this, but i'll throw it in there to help anyone else having this issue..... The problem stems from the fact that the ICH9-series don't have PATA support, so a Jmicron controller is used, which is incompatible with OSX.......... A solution is to throw your PATA DVD drive into an external USB enclosure, I just finished a 100% working Kalaway 10.5.2 install on a P5K-E WiFi/AP and with minimal fuss (adding the pci id for my x1800xt to a kext) by using my old USB enclosure, I just grabbed one of the DVD drives out of my hackintosh rig......... First time trying it and i'm up and running in under 2 hours.......... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85989-cannot-install-kalyway-on-asus-p5k-e-no-wifiap-version/#findComment-754279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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