aku Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Hi all, I've tried to install Tiger and Leopard on my notebook with almost all the AMD distros out there... but till date the closest i've reached in installing Leo on my notebook is the DiskUtility of the installer where my harddrive never shows up due to it being sata (the distro was downloaded from TBP named "Leopard 10.5.1 for AMD". Heres my system config: Product Name dv6502AU Product Number GN373PA Microprocessor 1.80 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-56 Microprocessor Cache 512 KB + 512 KB L2 Cache Memory 1024 MB (2 x 512 MB) Memory Max Up to 4 GB Video Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 7150M (nforce 630m) Hard Drive 160 GB (5400 rpm) Multimedia Drive LightScribe Super Multi 8X DVD±RW with Double Layer Support Display 15.4" WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800) Fax/Modem High speed 56K modem Network Card Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN Wireless Connectivity 802.11 a/b/g WLAN (Broadcom) Bluetooth wireless networking Sound Altec Lansing speakers 3D Sound Blaster Pro compatible sound 16 bit integrated Now, can any helpful soul please help me out with installing leo on this machine? Can it be achved by using vmware? I'll be really grateful. BTW, The Leo 10.5.2 Rev. 2 by Zephyroth keeps on waithing for the root device for everrr.... Thanking you all in advance. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95779-leopard-on-hp-pavilion-dv6502au-dv6500z/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 no Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95779-leopard-on-hp-pavilion-dv6502au-dv6500z/#findComment-683246 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aku Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 that is a nice reply you've given there can ya please explain why, and is there any workaround ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95779-leopard-on-hp-pavilion-dv6502au-dv6500z/#findComment-683298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aku Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 i've gone through all most all the other posts regarding this topic... it seems i have to inject the installation source with proper extentions.... can anyone please tell me what all extentions are required for my lappy? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95779-leopard-on-hp-pavilion-dv6502au-dv6500z/#findComment-683463 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 i am running leopard on other laptops i have, but hp is a {censored} when it comes to running osx, i did have your problem before, what i did was wipe the whole hard clean in disk utility, then i got the green check mark confirming that the install was successful, from there the problem started "cannot find com.apple.plist file" error, i have been trying to do this since six month ago. i burnt my disc using disk utility on osx at 2x so i do not see any problem there, even i you are able to install sometime or most times the keyboard and mousepad won't work - that is a fact get yourself an intel base pc and your problem will solved. peace out Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95779-leopard-on-hp-pavilion-dv6502au-dv6500z/#findComment-683701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aku Posted March 27, 2008 Author Share Posted March 27, 2008 @ricki... thankx mate but... if only i can get to see my sata hdd in the disk utility. can anyone atleast provide me with the vmware native installation procedure? and what all kexts are reqd. for my machine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95779-leopard-on-hp-pavilion-dv6502au-dv6500z/#findComment-684528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aku Posted March 27, 2008 Author Share Posted March 27, 2008 I know bumping my own thread wont help.. but if this has been already discussed before, can anyone just point me to that thread?... the search function isn't working for me. [] And anyone on the required 'kext's? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95779-leopard-on-hp-pavilion-dv6502au-dv6500z/#findComment-684966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVE THIS Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Ok, so i'm in the same boat as you, I've got an HP dv6500, AMD TL-60, 4GB DDR2, 160GB SATA, nVidia 8400M GS, Broadcom WiFi a/b/g/n, bluetooth, fingerprint, sound, yada yada yada. I can't for the life of me get the installer to see the SATA HD. I tried a number of distros as well. ToH, Kallway, Zeph, all didn't work. HOWEVER, I just downloaded from the bay Leopard 10.5.2 AMD (by Zephyroth I believe) and while I don't have it installed on my internal SATA, I have it fully installed on an external USB hard drive. Actually, this works out pretty awesome as I didn't have to do a think to my Vista install, and I just plug the USB HD and voila it boots to that. It was painstakingly hard to figure out all the little quirks, but after installing it about 10 times now choosing different customizations, I have everything working but the internal audio and SATA. It's blazingly fast on the USB HD as well, which is surprising. I've installed Office 2008, Adobe CS3, iLive 08, etc. all work great. I don't have a guide or anything, and I'm still hoping to get the internal audio working. That's the next big thing, then the SATA. I'm hoping someone can help. So, here's a bump, I need some addt'l help too. -Slevin Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95779-leopard-on-hp-pavilion-dv6502au-dv6500z/#findComment-685108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aku Posted March 27, 2008 Author Share Posted March 27, 2008 so you are saying that you did reach the gui installer.... but with the "AMD 10.5.1 LEO" dvd i can reach the installer... but with zephys dvd, i'm getting "Still Waiting for root device".... did you use any boot flag, etc.? are both the cores working? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95779-leopard-on-hp-pavilion-dv6502au-dv6500z/#findComment-685702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhizome Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Hi, i have a hp pavillion dv6000 laptop. there is a configuration with intel core2 duo 1.6 processor, intel 945gm graphic card on my machine. I wanna buy a 160 gb seagate external hd and setup osx86 leopard on this external bootable hd. I download "from windows installation" version of osx86 leo for intel from demonoid. So can i install? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95779-leopard-on-hp-pavilion-dv6502au-dv6500z/#findComment-685774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aku Posted March 27, 2008 Author Share Posted March 27, 2008 yeah, i do think it'll work. btw, why dont ya download iatkos or leo4all? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95779-leopard-on-hp-pavilion-dv6502au-dv6500z/#findComment-685785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aku Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 bump. can someone please, atleast tell me what all kexts do i require to customize the leo install dvd??? there isn't a single dvd thats working properly, why dont the big daddies come up with a ppf or a iso for amd 'laptops'?... i mean that would be really awesome, saving the ill fated ones from... virtual appleXtinction (what ever that is suppose to mean.. ) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95779-leopard-on-hp-pavilion-dv6502au-dv6500z/#findComment-686557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 hi aku, do what nve this did, external usb and later u can boot from external usb hdd to configure your sata problem, or/and copy your installation to the internal hdd. i have done this too and it works flawlessy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95779-leopard-on-hp-pavilion-dv6502au-dv6500z/#findComment-686744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aku Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 okay.. so you are saying that if i plug in an external harddisk and then try to boot from the Zephy 10.5.2 amd dvd, i wont be getting that error... will be trying that out mate... thanks a lot! will keep ya updated about the progress. btw, can ya say which kext will i need o enable sata? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95779-leopard-on-hp-pavilion-dv6502au-dv6500z/#findComment-687310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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