SUCCESS STORY : Installation of Kalyway MacOSX86 on my PC

[Crono S'6]

Hello,

 

First of all, I would thanks ALL people :

• who posted in the InsanelyMac Forum : http://forum.insanelymac.com
  
• the hardware compatibilty list (HLC) : http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.5.2
  
• the one from the IRC chat (irc.osx86.hu ♯hackint0sh)
  

After a couple of weeks of googling, read the HLC and so on and some questions here Topic 86404, I bough :

• Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L / GA-P35-S3L
  
• CPU Intel Q6600 (4 cores)
  
• Video Card knows as Geforce 8600GT (Gigabyte GV-NX86T256H / GV-NX86T256H-ZL / GV-NX86T512H)
  
• 8GB of Corsair DDR2-RAM
  
• a SATA DVD burner
  
• a 500GB Western Digital SATA2 HDD
  
• 550W silent power supply
  

1. Then, I've download via Bittorrent the Kalyway MacOSX86 version, which is the 10.5.2 version (KALYWAY_LEO_10.5.2_intel_SSE2_SSE3.zip) and burned on a DVD (I had to overburn a little bit)
   
2. According to this Forum Tutorial, i tweak a couple of BIOS Settings
   
3. Put the CD, boot on it, wait for 10min and I have the installation wizard
   
4. I choose Utilities > Disk Utility, I've created a 80GB partition (should be ok with 15GB but I knew I have to install big softwares such as Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro and so soon...). I gave a simple short name to the partition : macosx and formated as Mac OS Extended(journaled).
   Then, I setup the second partition (around 410GB) for my business (short name : GFX, formated as Mac OS Extended(journaled))
   
5. After a couple of questions, MacOSX begun the installation, after 10min, it rebooted and HERE WE ARE, MacOSX x86 is up and running on my PC
   The network and audio works fine, the Video need a patch.
   Do not update via the System Updated, I've broke my system by mistake, let's try after a backup
   
6. BACKUP NOW, I've used this free application Carbon Copy Clone : http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
   I took as source the macosx HD and choose a new Destination Disk to my other partition driver
   Launch it and wait for 20min, it will make a .DMG. It will allow you to restore your system someday :censored2:
   
7. Here is the way to install the Nvidia drivers, it's pretty simple :
   • Download NVinstaller : http://scottdangel.com/blog/?p=23
     
   • Run it and choose the right amount of memory you have, wait and then, reboot
     

Should works, if not : good luck. If yes, go to the step 6) once more. Come on, don't be lazy. How long did he take to arrive at the step 7? How long you have to wait for a full backup?

 

 

[*]I usually recommand to install Open Source softwares found here : http://www.maclibre.com/

• Web browser Firefox : http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
  
• IRC Client Colloquy : http://colloquy.info/
  
• FTP Client Cyberduck : http://cyberduck.ch/
  
• Open Office : http://download.openoffice.org/other.html
  

[*]WE ARE DONE, enjoy

The only problems for me now are some characters are missing on my keyboard such as the @ ♯ or !. They are somewhere but where...

 

I hope you enjoyed this experience. It's not a dream, it's true : here is my own print screens :

• Edit : 15 April 2009 : changed the size of the first HD if you install graphic appz
  
  
• Edit : 25 June 2008 : removed the sound part, works out of the box now
  
  
• Edit : 5 July 2008 : added
  http://www.maclibre.com/
  website.
  
  
• Edit : 13 Feb 2009 : updated the printscreen and my Mac OSX version
  
  
  

[fassl]

Good post

 

@ = alt + L

 

greetz

[newbmac]

Does the Mic -in work?

 

Great writeup! Thanks!

[Crono S'6]

Hello fassl

And thanks once again for your help! Any ideas for # or ! or _ ?

 

newbmac : sorry, I don't have any mic around to test it out :-/ I promise to find one and try it out

[fassl]

np

 

Should be on usual keys

Looks like u have set up wrong keyboard layout no?

 

greetz

[Crono S'6]

no no no, the layout is good. I remember < & > are also located in another place :-/

[Crono S'6]

Since a couple of days, I've lost the sound (It may be the kalyway 10.5.2 update, not sure)

Is there a way to get the sound back please ? I've followed the Topic 86404 but there is not result :-/

 

Any ideas to help me out please ?

[Crono S'6]

Well, the sound is fixed now, I'm still wondering what I've did :-/

 

Anyway, since the last week, I've did a system update (a patch of 300 or 400MB from Apple) and now, when I boot, I have a grey screen telling to "reboot your computer". I did that 5 times but it does not help. Anyone knows how I can diagnostic the problem?

[Gunner]

I have the same motherboard and video card, it works flawlessly. I use it as my daily machine. It has never crashed and it is very fast. It just will not shut down smoothly, but if I need to shut it down I just open a terminal window and do a 'sudo shutdown -h now' (actually it's a good idea to quit all your apps, then run the 'sync' command first so that the OS will write whatever might be in the drive cache to disk before shutting down, so that you don't chance losing any data).

 

The mic in does work on mine, but you must plug it in to the rear port and not a front mounted port. I can't find any way to boost the microphone like I could on windows though.

 

As far as the sound not working... sometimes if you mess with some sound settings, it changes the sound output settings. If it happens again, go into the sound control panel and try to select a different output setting.

[Crono S'6]

Well, after the Apple Update, it asked me to reboot. That's what I did. But now, when I want to boot, I have a grey screen telling to "reboot your computer". I doesn't reach the desktop anymore :-/