Turn Your PC into a Mac…

February 8, 2008 · Comments

in Hackintosh, Software, Tutorials

I mean, Hackintosh!

Note: If you are building your Hackintosh for the first time, I recommend that you follow my latest tutorial here: http://menoob.com/hackintosh/hackintosh-install-a-mac-leopard-os-x-retail-dvd-on-a-pc/

Hackintosh – A Personal Computer that is running a patched Intel Mac OS X operating system; also called OSx86; or an ugly PC trying to look and behave like a Mac.

So I have a Hackintosh…one that I created almost a year ago. It runs an OSx86 version created by a guy who uses the name “Uphuck” in hacker forums. It is a hack of the Mac OS X Tiger version 10.4.9. Is this legal? If it is, then we wouldn’t be calling it a “hackintosh”. According to Apple Inc’s licensing, you can only legally run OS X on a “Single Apple-labeled computer” (in short, a Mac). So it is best to buy a real Mac if you want to use OS X for your everyday tasks. The problem is, there are a lot of people stuck with ugly beige boxes running MS Windows either by choice or by force. It becomes an issue by choice when they can’t afford a Mac, or if their employers give them no other choice, then it is by force. Ever since Apple ported their OS to the Intel platform, hacker communities have been all abuzz in making it run on PCs. If only Apple Inc. will allow OS X to run on ugly computer boxes…

Ok, enough of the intro. I am now going to document the process I followed in building a hackintosh running on Apples’ latest and greatest OS… Leopard version 10.5.1. I am doing this because  I regretted not doing it when I built my first hacked Tiger box. It would have saved me a lot of time and effort to run Leopard on basically the same hardware that I used previously. With this, I also hope you won’t need to scour and read many hackintosh forums and blogs (I suggest you do however to learn more) to get you up and running.

So here goes…

Hardware issues

If you have a Jmicron controller and an IDE DVD-RW drive, it is advisable to get an IDE to SATA converter to connect your drive as otherwise, you may have a hard time detecting your drives during the installation process. Also, you need to have your SATA Mode setting in the BIOS set to AHCI instead of IDE. If you are going to dual-boot Leopard with XP or Vista, I would recommend that you install them in separate hard drives. Although you can technically do it on a single drive with multiple partitions, I prefer the former because you won’t be affecting the installation of the other OS when you try making changes to one of the installations. Hard disks are cheap.

Here is the hardware specification of my hackintosh:

Foxconn G965 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz Processor
ICH8R and Jmicron 361 Controller
2 GB RAM
NVidia 7200GS (same ID as 7300 SE)
Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet
250 GB Hitachi SATA (Vista)
160 GB Seagate SATA (Tiger)
160 GB Samsung SATA (Leopard)
DVD-RW Drive (with IDE to SATA Converter)
19″ Samsung LCD

Creating the iATKOS v1.0r2 installation dvd

There are many OSx86 Leopard Install DVDs out there, BrazilMac, ToH, Kalyway, to name a few, but I just managed to select iATKOS because it was created by the same guy, Uphuck. So search the Web to download the iATKOS v1.0 installation files. Once done, head to the Uphuck Forum, http://uphuck.ggrn.de, and download the iATKOS PPF Patch r2 (make sure the files you are downloading have the same MD5 hash as the ones displayed in the forum). Extract the files and read the instructions on how to patch v1.0 with r2 to create the iATKOS v1.0r2 installation dvd. Many unnecessary files in the original Leopard installation discs have been removed. You only need to burn the iATKOS files in a single layer dvd.

iATKOS Leopard installation

1.    Boot your PC with the iATKOS installation dvd.
2.    Just press Enter during or after the Darwin/x86 bootloader countdown.
3.    Gray Apple Logo will appear. Wait for the next screen.
4.    On the first screen that comes up, press the arrow button to continue.
5.    On the Welcome Screen, select Utilities ->Disk Utility.
6.    Select the volume where you want to install Leopard (makes sure it is formatted with MBR instead of GUID) and then go to the Erase tab.
7.    In the Volume Format, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled), and set the volume name to “Leopard” (no quotes).
8.    Click Erase.
9.    Quit Disk Utility.
10.    Back to the Welcome Screen, click Continue.
11.    Select the Destination to install Leopard.
12.    Click Customize.
13.    Select the following:

- iATKOS v1.0i Main System

Bootloader (Darwin EFI)
- Darwin EFI bootloader
- Stock AppleACPIPlatform.kext
- Stock Kernel

Patches
- SSE2 SSE3 kernel
- Remove CPUPowerManagement driver
- Remove Thermal kexts

System
- SATA
- AppleSMBIOS.kext nektas

Drivers (Depends on your video card)
- VGA -> NVidia -> NVinject -> 128MB

Network (Depends on your network card)
-    Marvell Yukon 88E8001

14.    Click Done and Install.
15.    Reboot.

If your system boots into Leopard, then you’re all done. However, if you get a blinking cursor, rebooting, kernel panic, or other boot errors, proceed with the bootfix patch below.

The Bootfix Patch

1.    Download the patch here.
2.    Extract the files to an external USB (flash or hard) drive preferably formatted with HFS (FAT or FAT32 may also work). Rename the label to 123.
3.    With the USB drive inserted, reboot your computer with the iATKOS installation dvd. Let the Darwin/x86 bootloader do the countdown and then press Enter. Once you are back on the Welcome Screen, go to Utilities -> Terminal.
4.    Find out what disk your Leopard is installed on. It will be something like rdiskXsY, where X is the disk number and Y is the partition number (ex. rdisk1s1). In the commands below, substitute X and Y accordingly.

Type the following:

diskutil list

5.    Make the partition Active

fdisk -e /dev/rdiskX
fdisk: 0>update
fdisk:*0> f Y
“Partition 2 marked active”
fdisk:*0> w
Device could not be accessed exclusively.
A reboot will be needed for changes to take effect. OK? [n] y
Writing MBR at offset 0.
fdisk: 0> q

6.    Access the bootfix directory in the USB drive.

cd /Volumes/123/files/bootfix

7.    Then type the following:

./dd if=/usr/standalone/i386/boot1h of=/dev/rdiskXsY bs=512 count=1
umount /Volumes/Leopard
./startupfiletool -v /dev/rdiskXsY /usr/standalone/i386/boot
./bless -device /dev/diskXsY -setBoot –verbose

8.    Reboot.

Initially, except for the network card, Leopard works perfectly on my hackintosh. Fortunately I posted my solution for the network card at the insanelymac forum when building my Tiger box. I just did the same for Leopard and voila! So if you have the same Marvell Yukon network card and you are having problems making it work, then don’t be shy to send me a comment. Once done, I just used the Migration Assistant to transfer my accounts and files from the Tiger installation on the other drive and made sure all applications are working just fine. Another few tweaks and my PC can dual-boot into Windows Vista or OS X Leopard.

The best thing about this iATKOS release i
s that it finally supports EFI booting. What this means is that regular PCs that meet the minimum hardware requirements can now be seen as real Macintoshes by the OS, allowing the use of unmodified “stock” Apple kernels, providing a more transparent and reliable operation. With this, it allows you to use OS X’s “Software Update” to install legit Apple updates without downloading any patches or 3rd party software. Indeed, except for the PC look, you now practically have a Mac!

One last thing, I noticed that my Leopard Hackintosh is as stable and even faster than my 2.2Ghz, 2Gb RAM Leopard MacBook Pro!

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  • Smith
    Hi, i installed iATKOS and it working great but Leopard doesn't know my "Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet". how can i make it work? Thanks for ur giude.
  • Congratulations Smith!

    To make your network card work, you need to add the device ID to your AppleYukon2.kext. My Yukon ID is 88E8056 so if you have a different ID just make the adjustment.

    Ok, first browse through your directory and make sure you have the same path as this:

    /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleYukon2.kext/Contents/Info.plist

    There may be some slight difference so check first and make the necessary change if needed.

    Now open Terminal and type the following (texts after the arrow are comments):

    cd /System/Library/Extensions <-- changes directory

    sudo nano IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleYukon2.kext/Contents/Info.plist <-- edits file

    (find and change: Yukon-88E8053)
    (to: Yukon-88E8056) <-- change "53" to "56"

    (find and change: Yukon Gigabit Adapter 88E8053)
    (to: Yukon Gigabit Adapter 88E8056) <-- change "53" to "56"

    (find and change: 0x436211AB)
    (to: 0x436411AB) <-- change "62" to "64"

    (press Control-O) <-- saves changes
    (press Enter) <-- accepts saving to existing file
    (press Control-X) <-- exits nano

    sudo chown -R root:wheel IONetworkingFamily.kext <-- repairs permissions
    cd /System/Library <-- changes directories
    sudo rm -rf Extensions.mkext Extensions.kextcache <-- rebuilds kextcache on reboot
  • AulonAlbania
    Hey! Thanks man! Great job! :-)

    Need your help. I'm having kinda problem here, my system is not recognizing the keyboard. It's PS2, no Caps Lock neither Num Lock Led switching. :-(

    Can you help me?
  • AulonAlbania
    I found it! I put an adapter, ps2 to usb and everything solved! Thanks anyway!
  • Ben
    Good stuff,
    I haven't done it yet but it looks great, my friend wants to turn his new sony vaio into a mac so this should be the trick
  • Thanks AulonAlbania. I'm glad everything is now working for you. Enjoy your hackintosh!
  • Thanks Ben. Please tell me how it turns out.
  • Smith
    Hi ,
    i checked , Info.plist file is empty. there is nothing inside it. another thing is my Ethernet card is same as you. what do u suggest me.
  • Smith
    what about if u give me the Info.plist file. what do u think?
  • Hi Smith,

    Please check again your directory and filename. Try "AppleYukon2.kext" instead of "AppleYukon.kext".
  • vitasg
    I am trying to change the SATA settings on my harddrive to AHCI. In most computers this is no problem: simply go into the bios page at startup and alter the drive’s settings. However, on lower-end laptops such as mine, the Gateway ML3109, their BIOS pages frequently do not allow, or even display, an option to tweak this setting.

    What to do? The ML3109 has a Phoenix BIOS and I downloaded the Phoenix Bios Editor 4.2, which allows, I think, editing the BIOS page to make certain functions like modifying the SATA mode appear as an option. But I don't know how to do this. Are there any other work arounds? Does the boot patch resolve this issue. As it is, I can't get past the Darwin boot sequence. Thank you!
  • Smith
    Yea, u are right it's on AppleYukon2.kext. but i did every step that you told, me but still not working.
  • @ vitasg

    Why don't you try the boot patch first. You probably do not need to assign AHCI.
  • @ Smith

    Perhaps you missed something? It works for me. :-)
  • vitasg
    @blacksocks. Thanks I'll try the bootpatch, but I thought that could only be done once leopard had already installed. I mean cant get into Terminal until that it has already installed.
  • Smith
    Thank u very much blacksocks. i hope i will find it in other site.
  • dock
    System Profiler or Disk Utility does not recognise my Sata Drives (no volume found). I am running a Dell Dimension 9150. Anybody know how to fix this?
  • @ dock

    Check your BIOS and see if you have SATA set to AHCI.
  • raine
    hey, i was really amazed by your work.
    but can i install it with my laptop?
    here's the specs:
    Pentium 4 1.8
    504MB System Memory
    14.1" Screen
    1400x1280 SCRN Resolution
    with DVD/CD-R combo drive

    also if it'll work on my PC:
    Pentium D 2.66
    512MB System memory
    18x LG DVD-RW
    17" Monitor
  • Vellos
    I can't get the installation to work. It won't get past the gray apple logo with the spinning thing, nothing happens, it just keeps spinning. If i try rd=disk0s1 in that pre boot thing (as suggested by another website) when it reaches the apple logo it tells me to restart. Anyone know what's wrong?
    My hardware:
    Asus p5k-e-wifi AP
    intel core 2 duo 2.4ghz
    8800gts 512mb Asus
    Asus sata dvd drive
    Maxtor IDE HDD
    2G kinston ram

    By the way, nice tutorial. Much better than others.
  • Ilyace
    Hey, I burned the iso, then i booted my pc into it, but i can't get past the grey screen with the apple logo on it. The screen flashes really fast and then my pc reboots. Help?
  • Jeff
    Everything is going fine except the bootfix step.

    When I run "diskutil list" I can see the USB drive and it is named appropriately:

    /dev/disk2
    #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
    0: FDisk_partition_scheme *1.9 Gi disk2
    1: DOS_FAT_32 1.9 Gi disk2s1

    However, it is not showing up in Volumes nor can I browse to it:

    -bash-3.2# cd /Volumes/123/files/bootfix
    -bash: cd /Volumes/123/files/bootfix: No such file or directory

    -bash-3.2# cd /Volumes
    -bash-3.2# ls
    .Trashes ._.Trashes Leopard iATKOS v.1.0i

    Any ideas on what is going wrong here? I'v tried it with the USB drive formatted as both FAT and FAT32. Is there some Vista plugin or something I can get to format it HFS? Will that make any difference?

    TIA
  • Jeff
    I missed the 123 there in the output of the diskutil list. It was infact named correct however in the actual output.

    I was able to find all the files (dd/bless/startupfiletool) already in the system. Executing them seems to have been successful and without error. However it still will not boot. I get an apple screen with a frozen progress circle below it. A cursor appears for a bit, changes to a colorful spinning cursor then goes away. There is hard drive activity up till this point then it goes away.
  • Ilyace
    Never mind, I fixed the issue i had earlier by applying the r2 ppf patch to the iso. Now everything works great, except for the fact that when i get to disk utility, my hard drive is not recognized. I have a Seagate 250gb sata hdd. What can i do to fix this?
  • @raine

    I've heard of people successfully installing Leopard on a Pentium 4 as long as it supports SSE2 or SSE3. EFI only supports Core2Duo though.
  • @Vellos

    Did you exactly follow the steps in the Bootfix patch?
  • @ilyace

    Make sure SATA is set to AHCI in BIOS.
  • @jeff

    I'm not sure what's wrong. If you followed the steps exactly, it should work as it did on mine and others who did the same thing.
  • Ilyace
    @ blacksocks

    I have no AHCI option in my bios. I have the 650i Ultra motherboard btw. Anything else?
  • Vellos
    @ blacksocks

    This happens before it installs leopard, when i boot off the dvd for the first time.
  • Ilyace
    Ok, I installed a patch i found and it now disk utility recognizes my hard drive! I went on ahead and followed the steps, and I'm now installing, hopefully everything will work. Great guide by the way!
  • Ilyace
    Everything works up to the bootfix patch part. On step 7 it when i type in ./dd(etc...) it says permmission to dd is denied
  • Ilyace
    Never mind fixed that...lol i keep fixing my own mistakes.
  • Ilyace
    Alright, now i followed every step correctly, and i did the bootfix patch. Then i restart my pc with the dvd still inside, and i wait for the countdown. When it gets to 0, it shows me my two partitions, the Leopard one, and an XP one i made. I highlight the Leopard partition, and i press enter, but it does nothing. I've even tried doing -v, or -v -x, or ?, but it just flashes and the same screen comes back on. How can i fix this? I've been trying to get Leopard to work for days now.
  • cervus
    @jeff,


    Im having the exact problem, cannot access the USB drive for bootfix, it is not showing up in Volumes nor can I browse to it, but I can see the drive on diskutil, how did you solve this?
  • @ilyace

    I'm not sure what's causing your boot problem. You can try -r -x or cpus=1. Make sure your partition is MBR not GUID. You can also try different options in the Customize of the installation disc. I did that myself several times until I found what works for my PC.
  • Ilyace
    Here is what I think is the problem: When I do the bootfix patch, The first thing I do (After finding what partition/hdd #) is to type this in: fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0...Now on your example, from then on, it is supposed to say fdisk: 0>...but mine says fdisk: 1>...I think this could be the problem. Do you know how to fix it?
  • Sing
    I have the same thing, it shows fdisk: 1> instead of fdisk: 0>. Can you tell me how you fix it???

    Million thanks.
  • rabalder1
    I have a marvell yukon 88e8055 card and cant find what key that card has, any one who knows ?
  • Ilyace
    I tried out some different options, and it worked!!! I am very happy and thank you for a great guide! Now can you help me get my 8800GTS 512 (G92) working? Thanks.
  • w00t
    Marvel Yukon-88E8036 for me.
    ID 4351
    I tried to edit the Info.plist file but I can't modify it. I copy/pasted the exact line you said above but it doesn't do anything. If I open it in textedit I can't save it either.
  • @w00t

    You need to use the Terminal app and not open it in Finder.
  • gsdmstf
    After a successful install I get stuck identifying the keyboard i.e. it seems to see the keyboard correctly by pressing the keys to the left and the right of the shift key but after the last "continue" it sits there for a while and goes back to keyboard cannot be identified. Any ideas?

    Thank you,
  • gsdmstf
    got it passed keyboard. How about Ethernet and nVidia 7600 drivers in this distribution. I have the ASUS M2N4-SLI and can';t seem to get Ethernet, sound and a display resolution greater than 1024x768 going. Any help is greatly appreciated.
  • Simon
    Thanks for this great how-to. You're the only one that seems to provide any help for someone who wanted to upgrade to the r2 version...

    I've got OS X installed and it seems to work alright... But I've got 2 minor problems.

    The first... I used EasyBCD to setup the boot.ini so that it would prompt me to select either Vista or Mac when the laptop was booting up... It setup everything itself, but seems to work. When I select Mac OS X, it loads the bootloader, but then just sits at "boot:" and that's all...

    Second is that when I log in and start setting up the settings... I get past the language, US, etc... But then when I select the setting that I don't want to transfer any documents over... It sits and spins the little swirly cursor for anywhere from 30-60 seconds, then quits and goes back to the first screen...

    If I select another option, it moves on, but I don't have any documents to transfer over... Any fix for this? How do I get past it?
  • curlyjoe
    In the "iATKOS Leopard installation" section I get to step 14 and it looks like it's going to install, but then it only gets to about 2-3% and then it freezes. I suspect this must have something to do with the options I selected in step 13. I don't have DuoCore machine, and I don't know if my processor supports SEE2/SEE3 (how can I determine this). I also don't know if it's important to have an exact match on the Display, NIC, or Wireless drivers. I have a Compaq nw8240 laptop with a 2GHz cpu and 1G of RAM.

    Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
  • Simon
    Update on my situation... I got past the second problem. I was able to get the settings all finished and was able to mess around a bit. Still need to figure out the problem with the booting... I tried the bootfix you posted, except my flash drive isn't recognized... Maybe I'll try it now that I'm in OSX and see if that'll fix the problem

    @curlyjoe - How long did you wait at the 2-3%? Mine seemed to hang up for a few minutes at the same spot, but then jumped a good 15% right away and then continued on... I'd just let it sit for a bit to see if that helps.
  • curlyjoe
    After reboot I got the blinking cursor. I followed the bootfix patch instructions. Then I rebooted. I get a screen from Darwin asking me for boot options. It shows "hd (0,1) Leopard" and I type in "-v" but nothing happens. The screen blinks very briefly and I get back to the same prompt. The system will not boot. Any ideas? Thanks again in advance for any help you can provide.

    @Simon - You were right. Note to self: be more patient while installing.
  • skron
    Hi! I tried several different keyboards (ps2 and usb) but no luck.Instalation is very simple untill I must enter some letters...Only some special function keys working:audio level adjusting,dvd door opening - but nothing else.No matter what language or keyboard chose from drop-down menu! "AulonAlbania" says:"... I put an adapter, ps2 to usb and everything solved..."
    Is there any difference between usb keyboard and ps2 keyboard+usb adapter? Adapter like this:
    ONE is hard to find.Installed it on Gigabyte P35,E8200,2Gb,Ati7950...
  • curlyjoe
    @Ilyace

    Can you post what options you used? I read your posts and I'm having the exact same problems you had, at the exact same spots. I've got the OS installed, but it will not boot from the Darwin Bootloader menu. Thanks for your help.
  • curlyjoe
    OK, I tried chmod 777 on the dd/startupfiletool/bless so that I could run with "./" in front, and when I got to the bless command, I ran into some kind of problem which I don't understand. Here is the command I entered and the output that followed:

    ./bless -device /dev/disk0s1 -setBoot -verbose
    EFI found at IODeviceTree:/efi
    Other partition scheme detected
    No auxiliary booter partition required
    Returning booter information dictionary:
    {type = mutable, count = 3, capacity = 3, pairs = (
    0 : {contents = "Auxiliary Partitions"} = {type = immutable, count = 0, values = ( )}
    2: {contents = "Data Partitions"} = {type = immutable, count = 1, values = ( 0 : {contents = "disk0s1"})}
    3: {contents = "System Partitions"} = {type = immutable, count = 0, values = ()}
    )}
    IOMedia disk0s1 does not have a partition UUID
    DADiskRef disk0s1 has Volume UUID C28B1DAD-8F2E-32DC-9EBA-D693D81CE286
    IOMedia disk0s1 has path IODeviceTree:/C003@0/C0A9@1F,1/C1E2@0/@0:1
    Could not find IODeviceTree:/options

    Please help. Thanks.
  • Vellos
    If the iATKOS installation fails and you are unable to fix it, download Kalyway. It's like iATKOS but much more reliable. Only problem is it is about 3.5 Gig. For me, iATKOS would not boot into the installation but Kalyway worked fine.
  • Spotlight
    @ Ilyace: Can you please post the steps you took? I (and some other people on this page) am having the exact same problems, but I can't seem to fix it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  • Matt
    I get it installed and I go to do the bootfix, but the usb drive doesn't show up. I tried with two different ones. Its not recognized in diskutil and its not in volumes. I am getting so frustrated, I have no idea what to do. Please help!
  • curlyjoe
    OK I got it running.

    In customize:
    I left the defaults checked.
    I choose Darwin Bootloader x86
    I did not choose Darwin EFI or suboptions
    I chose the SSE2/SSE3 kernel options
    Under System I chose the ApplePMBIOS.kexts nektas or something like that
    Under Drivers|Network I chose Wireless Patch

    The system installed, rebooted, and booted up and got stuck in the "do you own a mac/xfer your files" loop. There was a simple fix for that... it's posted on this page:
    http://www.freewebs.com/bass-2k7/dualbootiatkos...

    Then I booted up and logged in just fine. Video and sound works. However, I have no network drivers or modem, so I can't try to get other driver updates to get my hardware working. I tried to reinstall with Broadcom drivers for LAN since my NIC is a broadcom card, but it doesn't match the chipset in the install. I hoped it would work and it did not.

    Any ideas/help getting network capability to work?
  • curlyjoe
    @matt - i had that problem too. you have to format your USB stick with HFS+ (MAC journaled) and extract the bootfix files to it. FAT16/32 were not recognized. in the end, i didn't even have to use that bootfix deal. if you install from the 1.0ir2 DVD, if you choose the Darwin x86 it should just reload and boot up.
  • Matt
    Well reinstalling with just darwinx86 checked didn't work, but the hfs+ format did for the usb drive. Now I guess I'm stuck not knowing which disk to use. When i run diskutil list i get disk0 being my main hard drive, but nothing about leopard is on it. It says disk1 has stuff on it, specifically disk1s2 is the iatkos install. Should i be using disk1s2 for the bootfix? And when I unmounted disk0, i can no longer access it after i rebooted, is there a way to mount disk0? Thanks for the help.
  • curlyjoe
    Yeah I'm not a *nix guy so I don't know about the disk un/mounting, but I'm sure there's a way. Try "man mount" for instructions... q to quit I think.

    diskutil list
    If you say disk1s2 has iATKOS, then yes I think that's what you need to use for the bootfix.
  • sarvaten
    Hi guys I get the steps one by one until I get the command:

    ./dd if=/usr/standalone/i386/boot1h of=/dev/rdiskXsY bs=512 count=1
    umount /Volumes/Leopard
    [and it says dd: count: illegal numeric value ]

    what do I do next :S

    thx in advance
  • Ferg
    @VitasG - any success? I, too, have an ML3109 and am looking to give this a go...
  • chickkun
    @ gsdmstf: I'm having the same keyboard identification loop problem. How did you get past it? Thanks.
  • chickkun
    Keyboard identification loop solution can be found here:
    http://osx86leo4all.wikidot.com/known-issues#toc5

    I've tried this and it works!

    1. Disable your network card in your BIOS.
    2. Boot using -s flag
    3. Type in these commands at the prompt

    /sbin/fsck -fy
    /sbin/mount -uw /
    /sbin/mount -uw /
    passwd root ##it will ask you to enter a new password
    touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
    exit
  • preston
    i put the iATKOS disk in and try to boot from it but then i get a bios error or something. wot does this mean and wot will i do to fix it
  • Anirudh
    i install iATKOS v1r2
    im my dell pc
    with intel core 2 duo
    4gb ram
    But after installing when booting to mac the apple grey logo appears but after that blnk screen comes ! Help?
  • laxman
    when i install iATKOS, i chose all the options you suggested and when the screen say installing mac os x it the progress bar will stop about 1/4 of the way, i let it sit and nothing happens
  • kalyway is better iatkos is rubbish with red apple logo
  • i cant get past install it always say error


    long live i tried kalyway it is better as powertyuuytr said
  • rubbish tutorial


    and why partition (journaed)
  • Thanks for the comments powertoola or is it powertyuutr? There is no single solution for creating a Hackintosh because of the myriad of PC hardware out there. I have tried iATKOS and Kalyway among others since Tiger, and so far, iATKOS v1.0ir2 has been the most stable and problem-free 10.5.1 installer on my hardware. iATKOS v1.0ir2 + Kalyway 10.5.2 is best for the 10.5.2 version and iATKOS v1.0ir2 + Mysticus 10.5.3 is the best for 10.5.3. Currently, iATKOS v_4i is working best on my PC than any other installer combinations for 10.5.4.

    So, if Kalyway works best for you then good for you. Just don't trash the other installers as they work great for other people. Best of all, they're given away for free so why complain?
  • Jazzfest
    @curlyjoe:

    have you finally managed to fix the driver issue for the network chipset in you nw8240 laptop?

    thanks
  • Jazzfest
    @curlyjoe:

    have you finally managed to fix the driver issue for the network chipset in you nw8240 laptop?

    thanks
  • ohn
    this great.. i agree for this post.. you great
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