Comments on: Installing OSX86 Part 3 – Installation!

By: Yogesh

Yogesh — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:19:54 +0000

Hi ,

I have tried the iatkos v5i.5.5 . problem is that i cannot even erase my target partion . I have a partition and have formatted it to fat32 using partition magic . i can see the partition in the disk utilities , but i when i press erase nothing happens and i cannot see any target for Mac installation . Secure erase gives some error such as mount point required . Verify shows something like “unrecognized file format” or mount point error .. I have no clue whats happening ..

do i have to make my OS partition as active to make it work????

By: matt

matt — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:37:38 +0000

hello. i am installing using the kalyway 10.5.2 and after i type in -v it just stops loading. what should i do? thanks.

By: Karl

Karl — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:48:22 +0000

Hi I found a solution to a reboot loop error I had with an old kaliway 10.4 disk and a newer iPC 10.5.6 disk. This error occurred on 3 different PCs; A Lenovo Idea Center k210, a new HP Elite PC (intel i7), and a new ASUS laptop. I found a website that explained all the flag options to pass to the bootup loader after pressing F8. http://apple2pc.blogspot.com/2008/02/darwin-boot-options.html I typed this: -v -x cpus=1

By: Ruel

Ruel — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:36:41 +0000

Any thoughts on if I get to the Apple logo, but the throbber just keeps going forever? I tried booting with -v option, but searching for the error I received yielded no helpful information.

- Seems like the kernel worked. but since the “throber” (i’m thinking your talking about the song with blue screen), you probably have no driver for the mouse/keyboard and so pushing -v or other buttons/mouse doesn’t do anything. Go back to installation and install a p/s 2 driver for keyboard/mouse.

I’m new to all this. I’m actually tweaking mine out right now. This is my best guess for your problem

By: Daniel Groves

Daniel Groves — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:12:38 +0000

Nice Guide!

I have previously tried Kalyway, which wouldn’t even boot on my PC, or in a VM on my MacBook. My iATKOS download finished last night, so fingures crossed on that one. Hopefully it should work on my Desktop as it works fine in a VM.

If anyone wants to know my config is as follows:
Core2Duo @ 2.00GHz (Can’t remember model number)
3GB DDR2 RAM @ 677MHz
Intel DG43NB Mobo (I think)
Intel Integrated 128MB Graphics
Trust 550 7.1 Surround Sound Sound Card
1x 60GB SATA HDD @ 7200 RPM
1x 160GB SARA HDD @ 7200 RPM
1x 80GB EIDE HDD @ 5400RPM

Also, if anyone knows how I can get this Mobo to allow o/c that would be awesome. BIOS doesn’t appear to support it. Will only let me do the RAM (which needs some better cooling to let me do it as it crashes out on seconds ATM.

By: Hari Mohan

Hari Mohan — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:19:55 +0000

tell me very detail about how to install MAC LEOPARD in my intel windows xp pc….im using x86 version…….very detail dud..right preparing to patching,….

ill b very gratefull …..

By: Fernando

Fernando — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:40:56 +0000

Hi I installed iatkos and after install everything went smoothly but when I reeboted my system there is an error in MBR.
It states:
Boot0:MBR
Boot0:done
Boot1:error_
and cant access anything.
I tryed to put the cd rom of the IATKOS or WinVista but no luck.
Who can help me?
BR,
Fernando

By: Bhaskar

Bhaskar — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:45:15 +0000

Your tutorial helped me a lot to solve my osx86 installation. Thank you very much.

By: Mik

Mik — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:25:39 +0000

Thanks for your advise. I tried iAtkos 5i few times (I have Packard Bell Intel Quad PC) without much sucess; and after finding your post I tried Kalyway. Kalyway worked smoothly from the very 1st time.

PS/2 keyboard and correct video resolution supported without any efforts on my side.

Also, I don’t know why but Kalyway took less time to install.

By: Tharaka

Tharaka — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:55:24 +0000

Good post, and correct too.
I had to install 3 times. I’ll try a fourth time pretty soon since the audio does not work. I got the system working with a Kalyway disk and deselecting all the drivers except the boot selection which I selected MBR. GUID did not work for me.
If you are interested, this is my setup:
Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140 (clocked to 1.71G)
2GB Kingstom Value Ram 667MHz (running at 712MHz)
Foxconn 45cm-s motherboard
Onboard audio (doesn’t work yet)
Foxconn GeForce 9600GT
Installed on a Maxtor 40GB drive (:D cant remember the model )