I'll bet, haha ! Cool, sounds like something I wouldn't mind sinking my teeth into. I still have the retail version of Snow Leopard, can I use that to install ? I assume I'd need a bootloader to boot from first, before sticking the SL dvd in.
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I'll bet, haha ! Cool, sounds like something I wouldn't mind sinking my teeth into. I still have the retail version of Snow Leopard, can I use that to install ? I assume I'd need a bootloader to boot from first, before sticking the SL dvd in.
Have not dealt with Snow Leopard but struggled at first with bootloader not being recognised in vmware and also doesn't get picked up when booting a pc, did many tweaks last year when I started, cant remember though.
If you have an 8GB USB you could try restoring a DMG of the DVD to the USB drive with Disk Utility, You'll need access to a working Mac Install though. (Transmac for Windows can restore a DMG but cannot install the Chameleon Bootloader. Which you will need to boot from the USB)
You can install Chameleon Bootloader to the USB using the installer .pkg after you restore the DVD onto the USB, Then just copy over FakeSMC.kext, and NullCPUPowerManagement.kext (or maybe the Chameleon Installer does that for you, I can't remember) to your USB stick into /Extra/Extensions
You'll probably have a bunch of issues on the first attempt to boot from the USB so try the usual boot flags. You can enter them at the Chameleon Bootloader screen. (-v -x etc.)
If you do manage to get install it, You'll need to use your USB to boot from your Internal Hard Drive that has the OS X install on it. After you get in, install Chameleon as well as the kexts needed to make your system run.
If you are lazy though, you can just use myHack to create the USB for you as well as install the Bootloader. That will still need a working Mac or Hack to do though.
Here's what I've managed to do so far ...
- Create a USB install from my Snow Leopard dvd
- Download iBoot
Are you saying I can make the USB drive bootable while still having SL on it ? No need to burn that Bootloader to CD and then boot off that ?
I assume that's all I need to get started, apart from all the Bios changes ?
Only gonna tackle it this weekend after I pull out the old PC, so I'll bug you lot once I get properly stuck into it
- Create a USB install from my Snow Leopard dvd
- Download iBoot
Are you saying I can make the USB drive bootable while still having SL on it ? No need to burn that Bootloader to CD and then boot off that ?
I assume that's all I need to get started, apart from all the Bios changes ?
Only gonna tackle it this weekend after I pull out the old PC, so I'll bug you lot once I get properly stuck into it
So have windows 8 x64 installed, vmware workstation 9 and Mountain Lion installed as vmware image.
Now to get Gpu acceleration working........system has 4gb ram, 2gb assigned to osx but its running very well.
Now to get Gpu acceleration working........system has 4gb ram, 2gb assigned to osx but its running very well.
Is it not better for ML to be installed natively, and then just have the option to dual boot whatever OS you want, rather than sharing resources through vmware ? Just curious.
As a general pc sure but I use mine at work and it was a pain sometimes in a windows network, it was slow.
Also I could not get Graphics Acceleration working so could not play any videos or use any apps like iPhoto etc.
I thought using it in a virtual pc on a powerful laptop would give me Graphics Acceleration but no luck, it's not supported.
Then there's the no wifi issue, on my Extensa running OSX the wifi adapter is not supported.
The wifi on travelmate, also not supported.
I still have to try OSX in vmware and see if it will share Win 8 wifi.
Running in vmware in Full screen, you dont really notice difference in performance, there's no lag.
And you at least have Windows to fall back on, OSX thing for me was mainly just to fiddle, I didnt expect to actually enjoy using it as much as I have.
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I went the easy route and used iATKOS to install ML. Had to do about 5 passes before I got the right options. Part of the reason was that my mbp is screwed so couldn't use it to create a bootable install disk.
Everything bar my TV2000XP Expert card works.
Everything bar my TV2000XP Expert card works.
Here's what I've managed to do so far ...
- Create a USB install from my Snow Leopard dvd
- Download iBoot
Are you saying I can make the USB drive bootable while still having SL on it ? No need to burn that Bootloader to CD and then boot off that ?
I assume that's all I need to get started, apart from all the Bios changes ?
Only gonna tackle it this weekend after I pull out the old PC, so I'll bug you lot once I get properly stuck into it
I think it might be possible to bot without iBoot if you use myHack. I'm not sure though because I remember reading that it can create SL USB's but I haven't actually done it.
So, I tried this on Saturday with my old desktop. It's a Quad Core 2.5ghz, 4GB Ram, Nvidia Graphics card etc. Should be more than decent to run SL on. I booted off the iBoot CD to get to the bootloader menu, then booted from my USB flash drive to start the Snow Leopard install. It just got stuck on the white screen with the Apple logo. Did this a few times, even trying in Safe and Verbose mode, as well as with a few other switches.
I tried the same installation on an old Dell E6400, and I had no problems installing SL, apart from not getting the drivers/kexts sorted out. Couldn't really play too much, as it belongs to a client and I had to put Windows back on after I was done playing. I know the Boot CD is good, and I know that the Snow Leopard USB install I created is fine, so I've no idea why I can't install on my desktop. Maybe I'm missing a Bios setting or something ? Not sure, but everytime I tried to do the install I got stuck on the "white" screen. Tried unplugging the Nvidia Graphics card as well and using the onboard one, but still no joy.
Could it perhaps be the motherboard not being supported ? It's an MSI N1996.
I tried the same installation on an old Dell E6400, and I had no problems installing SL, apart from not getting the drivers/kexts sorted out. Couldn't really play too much, as it belongs to a client and I had to put Windows back on after I was done playing. I know the Boot CD is good, and I know that the Snow Leopard USB install I created is fine, so I've no idea why I can't install on my desktop. Maybe I'm missing a Bios setting or something ? Not sure, but everytime I tried to do the install I got stuck on the "white" screen. Tried unplugging the Nvidia Graphics card as well and using the onboard one, but still no joy.
Could it perhaps be the motherboard not being supported ? It's an MSI N1996.
Which version SL and which model quad core CPU do you have? Installing SL on a Sandy / Ivy Bridge system is a no-go without a workaround since only 10.6.8 supports those CPU's. You can tell more or less where OS X install is hanging (white screen = hanging) by booting up with a -v flag. This will give you verbose mode which will tell you at which point the install procedure is hanging. There-in lies the start of finding the solution.
PS: You will never get your desktop to boot from onboard VGA - Onboard VGA support only arrived with 10.6.8 , L, ML on a system with HD3000 / 4000 integrated graphics.
Edit: On that motherboard... never! The Realtek LAN is about all that is compatible. Using a -v boot flag, you will most probably find it hangs on 'still waiting for root device' since that board has no SATA , only IDE. Anything from Snow Leopard onwards needs a m/b with a SATA chipset in AHCI mode or it will not proceed any further (root device=SATA Chipset). That old motherboard is too old. The reason most people fail at hackintoshing or find it a pain in the ass is because they try install it on any old hardware they have lying around instead of sticking within the narrow hardware margins supported by Apple. But back in the day, that was all part of the fun - trying to get OSX to work on impossible hardware. Now that most newer hardware is compatible or supported (within reason), hackintoshing is a mere formality.
PS: You will never get your desktop to boot from onboard VGA - Onboard VGA support only arrived with 10.6.8 , L, ML on a system with HD3000 / 4000 integrated graphics.
Edit: On that motherboard... never! The Realtek LAN is about all that is compatible. Using a -v boot flag, you will most probably find it hangs on 'still waiting for root device' since that board has no SATA , only IDE. Anything from Snow Leopard onwards needs a m/b with a SATA chipset in AHCI mode or it will not proceed any further (root device=SATA Chipset). That old motherboard is too old. The reason most people fail at hackintoshing or find it a pain in the ass is because they try install it on any old hardware they have lying around instead of sticking within the narrow hardware margins supported by Apple. But back in the day, that was all part of the fun - trying to get OSX to work on impossible hardware. Now that most newer hardware is compatible or supported (within reason), hackintoshing is a mere formality.
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It's definitely got SATA ports, 4 of them to be exact. Not sure what model the CPU is. I'll open up the box again and have a look see. I've got SL 10.6.8. I have the SATA HDD set to AHCI
You're right, it does hang on "waiting for root device". Is it just a matter of then finding another motherboard ? Any suggestions of what I should look for that will support the current hardware that's on it, ie. CPU, PCIe Graphics card, DDR2 800 Ram ?
Ok...? The model I looked at had no SATA. But then again, MSI reckons the motherboard does not exist... http://www.specsbox.com/142/msi-n1996-motherboard-specs.html is what I found.
**EDIT: No wonder... msi-n1996 is not the board model number. I try not to touch MSI boards and I would never have known had I not found this post http://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=167196.0 . find the real board model number and you may be in luck.
Hanging on still waiting for root device is usually one of 2 things. SATA is not running in AHCI mode, or the SATA / IDE chipset is not supported (there may have been a workaround, but that was a while back - something to do with patching IOATAFamily.kext to recognize the chipset)
Is that CPU a socket 775? If so, most cheap Gigabyte boards will be the easiest - if you can find one. ASUS, Foxconn & MSI needed BIOS patching a lot of the time. Gigabyte has been the most compatible since the early days of hackintoshing - no BIOS patching. Just need to make sure that audio is Realtec ALC8** and LAN is Realtek too. The rest on Gigabyte boards work without any extra effort. Also check that your Graphics card is among those supported. Here http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.6.8 is a database of hardware as tested by people with a lot of time on their hands with methods they used - although some took the scenic route.
Another handy tip. If you want to find anything related to hackintoshing with Google, use the term OSX86 after your search term and Google will know where to pull results from relating to your query. eg. Gigabyte g31m es2c osx86 will find results relating to that specific motherboard in the hackintosh realm.
**EDIT: No wonder... msi-n1996 is not the board model number. I try not to touch MSI boards and I would never have known had I not found this post http://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=167196.0 . find the real board model number and you may be in luck.
Hanging on still waiting for root device is usually one of 2 things. SATA is not running in AHCI mode, or the SATA / IDE chipset is not supported (there may have been a workaround, but that was a while back - something to do with patching IOATAFamily.kext to recognize the chipset)
Is that CPU a socket 775? If so, most cheap Gigabyte boards will be the easiest - if you can find one. ASUS, Foxconn & MSI needed BIOS patching a lot of the time. Gigabyte has been the most compatible since the early days of hackintoshing - no BIOS patching. Just need to make sure that audio is Realtec ALC8** and LAN is Realtek too. The rest on Gigabyte boards work without any extra effort. Also check that your Graphics card is among those supported. Here http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.6.8 is a database of hardware as tested by people with a lot of time on their hands with methods they used - although some took the scenic route.
Another handy tip. If you want to find anything related to hackintoshing with Google, use the term OSX86 after your search term and Google will know where to pull results from relating to your query. eg. Gigabyte g31m es2c osx86 will find results relating to that specific motherboard in the hackintosh realm.
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Sweet. Thanks for the tips. I just saw MSI N-1996 on the board and assumed it was the board model. I'll dig deeper tomorrow and post the proper specs. Think I still have the manual lying around, so that might help.
I used this tutorial :
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/41722-Tutorial-How-to-Install-Mac-OS-X-10-7-Lion-on-VMWare-Workstation
Let me know if you need any more info.
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Didn't come right with my existing desktop. Can't find any info relating to my board. Been meaning to get a new desktop pc anyway, so I'll just make life easy and buy Hackintosh compatible hardware from the onset. Essentially, I'll just need a new board, ram and CPU.
Been looking at this - http://www.takealot.com/computers/c...1155-z77-express-chipset-motherboard,12795904
Any other board options you guys think I should look at ? I will be running Windows x64 as well on another HDD.
Been looking at this - http://www.takealot.com/computers/c...1155-z77-express-chipset-motherboard,12795904
Any other board options you guys think I should look at ? I will be running Windows x64 as well on another HDD.
That board seems to have pretty rave reviews from the Hackintosh community, which is why I started checking it out. Looks fairly future proof, but yeah, it might be a better idea to hold out a bit longer and see what Mavericks h/ware requirements are. Can't imagine it being too different from ML though. I never thought I'd get sucked in to trying this until I get it right, haha !