Post subject: Leopard OS X86 Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:02 am
I dont know if im the only person who has this on my External but has anyone manged to successfully install it onto an AMD System with out a Kernel Crash ? ive tried the TOH RC2.5 but no luck yet .. would appreciate some help
When I tried OSx86 Tiger on my main PC, I got a kernel panic because the CPU doesn't support SSE2. When I built a new PC with a Core 2 Duo CPU, I got a "Still waiting for root device" error. As far as I'm concerned, OSx86 is a waste of time to get working.
I think that it said somewhere that you have to disable one core in order for mac to work, but Ive never tried it.
But the Macs coming out of Apple currently have Core 2 Duo processors which is why I thought that Core 2 Duo would work.
Besides, I'm pretty sure the problem was the fact that I had my hard drive set to Cable Select when the OSx86 Wiki says that you're supposed to have it set to Primary Master. But either way I formatted the disk I had OSx86 on and find it a waste of time to re-download it.
OSx86 will only run with one core enabled on some systems, others have gotten both cores working. It all depends on your hardware (and some luck it seems). Anyway, I've got OSx86 running in VMware on a real Mac just for the hell of it (worked like a charm with the SS3-capable CPU) and also recently installed it on a SSE2 notebook w/a Celeron M. It works, but a lot of things need to be fixed.
I think that it said somewhere that you have to disable one core in order for mac to work, but Ive never tried it.
But the Macs coming out of Apple currently have Core 2 Duo processors which is why I thought that Core 2 Duo would work.
Remember Mac mini and how you had the option of buying either the Core Solo or Core Duo versions? Yes, Core 2 Duo processors are currently made by Apple, but I believe Leopard would run on a Core Solo computer if I'm not mistakened.
I think that it said somewhere that you have to disable one core in order for mac to work, but Ive never tried it.
But the Macs coming out of Apple currently have Core 2 Duo processors which is why I thought that Core 2 Duo would work.
Remember Mac mini and how you had the option of buying either the Core Solo or Core Duo versions? Yes, Core 2 Duo processors are currently made by Apple, but I believe Leopard would run on a Core Solo computer if I'm not mistakened.
C2Da are not made by Apple, rather used. And yes, 10.5 will work on Core Solo, but you have to disable one core on some "Hackintoshes" anyway.
I recommend you look in to uphuck's iATKOS. His release was due earlier this month but due to recent developments he's adding EFI emulation.
It's going to be OSX86 Leopard with an unmodified kernel, all the modifications are in the bootloader and to the OS it looks like you have EFI rather than a BIOS. This means you can run an unmodified kernel and you can update the OS via regular methods rather than looking for patched updates (which as you're probably aware can get a bit messy).
I've tryed few different releases and on some i've got problems but JaS worked fine... So what rels are you using? BTW, there is OSX86 10.5 with a fix for SSE2 processor out (orginaly Leopard (at least the x86 hack) can work only on SSE3 CPUs).
I recommend you look in to uphuck's iATKOS. His release was due earlier this month but due to recent developments he's adding EFI emulation.
It's going to be OSX86 Leopard with an unmodified kernel, all the modifications are in the bootloader and to the OS it looks like you have EFI rather than a BIOS. This means you can run an unmodified kernel and you can update the OS via regular methods rather than looking for patched updates (which as you're probably aware can get a bit messy).
If all the OS is looking for is EFI, then what's stopping people from installing OSX on EFI-based PCs?
I've tryed few different releases and on some i've got problems but JaS worked fine... So what rels are you using? BTW, there is OSX86 10.5 with a fix for SSE2 processor out (orginaly Leopard (at least the x86 hack) can work only on SSE3 CPUs).
I've used JaS ( 10.4.7/.8 ) and XXX ( 10.4.10 ), both worked, but I'd keep the JaS releases as a backup as I get the impression these are quite stable and and rather painless to set up, newer releases tend to have quite a number of bugs.
ppc_digger wrote:
If all the OS is looking for is EFI, then what's stopping people from installing OSX on EFI-based PCs?
EFI seems to be somehow "hidden" on these boards, i.e. they support it, but there's currently no way to access it or interact with it, so you still have to boot via conventional BIOS-based methods. And then, there's the TPM chip.
I run Leopard on a Dell Precision 380 with a P4 3.8HT processor. Everything works onboard except the built-in Broadcom Gigabit. I use a PCI RTL8139 NIC and a GeForce 7300. I have 3 SATA hard drives, one as the boot volume and the other two are set up as a software RAID with Disk Utility.
My processor is not supported by the official Apple kernel, so I use the ToH patched kernel along with pc_efi. InsanelyMac is a great resource for everything Mac OS X on white hardware.
If you have any questions about Mac OS X on PCs, you can ask me, or search InsanelyMac.
I have been tryiing for about the last week to get one of the Leopard OSX86's to run. I guess I will stick with Tiger, which worked better than Vista runs for me.
When I tried OSx86 Tiger on my main PC, I got a kernel panic because the CPU doesn't support SSE2. When I built a new PC with a Core 2 Duo CPU, I got a "Still waiting for root device" error. As far as I'm concerned, OSx86 is a waste of time to get working.
I don't know how many people quote themselves but I am just this time.
This was one month ago and I've changed my mind since so for anyone who's seen this topic and are thinking, "What's wrong with this guy?", you now know that I've changed my mind since then.
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I've installed Leopard succesfully on my AMD Sempron 3100+. I used the Zephyroth 10.5.2 Install Disc, but there were problems.
When I wanted to install the System with the disc, anything seemed normal until I rebooted the computer. The System locked up in the "Choose your Keyboard layout" screen.
But I found a solution:
I installed Tiger first and then I upgraded Tiger to Leopard. So the screen wasn't shown to me anymore, and I just had a fine install.
I've successfully installed Kalyway 10.5.2 on my computer with an Athlon 64 3700+ and a Radeon Xpress 200 chipset.
No version of Tiger ever worked on it.
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