tripseight Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 I'm an artist with a little bit of geek in me. But not enough to figure this thing out. XP64 and UBUNTU7.10 are currently coexisting happily on my PC. BUT I WANT OSX.5. That's my story, now, here is my problem. I don't understand half of what I'm reading in these forums. For example. "Load boot0 (grab it from your OSX CD/installation) via chainloader." What. How? "Rather than making OS X boot via grub like Windows (chainloader), you can boot it like a Linux kernel" What's a kernel? I don't want any fried chicken. I'm willing to put in the work here. I've been searching the forums and the wiki. I turn off my ethernet in the bios and do the F8 vanilla thing. But I'm in over my head and I don't even know how to doggy paddle. I've avoided the terminal like it had herpes. Is there a book or website that can get me through the basics of this thing. I can figure this out; I'm not stupid, just ignorant. Can someone point me in the right direction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marliwahoo Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Start here. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=89659 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripseight Posted February 28, 2008 Author Share Posted February 28, 2008 Gunda-bah! He exclaimed with great relish! I don't know how I missed this one. Thanks a bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschilling Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 I've noticed that if you can get by with using just osx, things are much easier, compared with multi-boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrancew_hod Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 The title alone made this thread deserving of a look. If you installing an OS gets you like this, I'd hate to see you on a date! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripseight Posted February 28, 2008 Author Share Posted February 28, 2008 I was a PC guy made the switch back in the sawtooth days and just recently a "friend" convinced me to come back to the dark side. I haven't slept well since. I guess I just like the idea of having it all. I'm a great date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDon Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 ..."Rather than making OS X boot via grub like Windows (chainloader), you can boot it like a Linux kernel" What's a kernel? I don't want any fried chicken....Man that got me laughing here at work. "I don't want any fried chicken."Well for me, I didnt know all that kernel stuff and boot loader stuff even though I do know computers I think pretty dang good going back to the dos days. It only gets complicated when doing multi boot. And even so you got some familiarity to that already. Just find a guide or somebody here that has the same specs that you have and you should be alright following their suggestions. For me I have an Inspiron 1520 which I already knew from even before this forum, had the same specs as some laptop macs. And all I needed was iAtkos. I think you'll do fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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