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MACinized
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OK IM A REAL NOOB SO! : do you need to have Leopard on your pc to do this or is this like a install?

Dante

need not. as posted from the 1st post:

  1. burn any of the already available boot-132 iso(s).
  2. buy a retail dvd installer of mac os x leopard.
  3. to install, boot w/ the boot-132 disc then swap the retail leopard dvd installer.

check on the links provided in the 1st post for further details.

 

good luck.

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mrbonkers
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After the genric boot cd laoding the init image

it shown up a message

System config file '/com.apple.boot.S/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist' not found

 

and drawn boot prompt came out.

 

What 's the problem ??

 

nothing. dont worry about it

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hmmm...

 

Me and some developer friend.

 

For times this is be in closed development, sorry.

 

Thats cool, closed development is necessary sometimes, will the project release source at some point in the future? thanks for your hard work!

 

.sith.

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i was reading through isolinux.

is it possible to boot the retail dvd using the usb method?

i have not tested it out myself because i lost my thumbdrive. so someone out there please test this if it work

 

first boot boot-132 using the cd and boot the retail dvd.

when asked to press F8 for more option, press it and take note of (31,1)Mac OS X Install DVD or something similar.

 

now edit isolinux.cfg or syslinux.cfg(which ever that is the cfg file. not too sure) so that it will boot to (31,1): 

DEFAULT /mboot.c32 /boot --- /initrd.img
APPEND hd31 1

 

then boot using the usb and with the retail dvd inside your drive.

 

if it does not work try this

 

DEFAULT /chain.c32 /boot --- /initrd.img
APPEND hd31 1

 

chain.32 uploaded below

please report back if it does or does not work.

chain.c32.zip

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the syslinux.cfg file in my boot-132 loader contains this:

PROMPT 0
TIMEOUT 90
DEFAULT /mboot.c32 /boot --- /initrd.img
APPEND hd126 0

is there anything else i should do/change?

 

UPDATE:

 

btw, i'm booting from a partition of my hdd.

this is the working syslinux.cfg for me:

PROMPT 0
TIMEOUT 90
DEFAULT /mboot.c32 /boot --- /initrd.img
APPEND biosdev=80

then i get the options to boot from the 3 partitions of my hdd:

hd(0,1)				 (this is my boot-132 loader)
hd(0,2) Macintosh
hd(0,3)				 (just another partition i'm reserving for win xp)

 

downloaded the attached chain.c32 file & included it in my boot-132 loader (1st partition). edited the syslinux.cfg to wit:

PROMPT 0
TIMEOUT 90
DEFAULT /chain.c32 /boot --- /initrd.img
APPEND hd0 2

then i get this:

boot0: MBR
boot0: done
SYSLINUX 3.63 2008-04-10 EBIOS Copyright (C) 1994-2008 H. Peter Anvin

Booting...
EBIOS(down arrow)EBIOSEBIOSEBIOS(2 right arrows)EBIOSEBIOSZEBIOSV(down arrow)ZEBIOS (15 lines of this)
SYSLINUX (blinking underscore)

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Is valid this method for MOBO Gigabite EP35-DS3P with a Core2Quad?

 

Thanx.

 

works fantastic!

just use THIS package (tseugs link to LS8package) to add necessary kexts. Plus PCWiz toolbox for shutdown fix.

THAT'S ALL! For a perfect gigahack. (Sig not updated yet, running 10.5.4 retail on a p35-ds3p)

 

regards, n.

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should be

 

PROMPT 0
TIMEOUT 90
DEFAULT /chain.c32 /boot --- /initrd.img
APPEND [b]hd126 0[/b]

 

using mboot.c32, was it successful?

didn't work this way too. tried it first with APPEND hd126 0 w/out success then tried it w/ my retail leopard install booting off a partition (see my whole post above). then realized that the APPEND code has no effect on the boot up.

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OK, so this is very interesting, but I'm on page 7 and there's a lot of information, which makes this kind of messy. Can anyone post a step by step guide for installation from scratch, that is, booting from the ISOs offered here, and which one is best, and then running disk utility to format a whole drive and then install Leopard on it, and then what to modify exactly to make it believe you have a real Mac so it does software updates from Apple. That would make things a lot simpler for those of us who are just geeks but not computer scientists. The first post starts with a few steps, but then there are several posts saying you have to modify this, that and the other, and unfortunately I don't have all the time in the world to go through all the trial and error.

 

Thanks,

 

JM

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Kudos to all the brains at work! You guys are amazing.

 

Is this the easiest way to install OSX on an Intel PC? Why would I do this versus going with the 10.5.2 Kalyway DVD, followed by updates? What are the pros/cons?

 

Any clarification would be appreciated.

 

Asus P5Q-E Intel P45 Socket 775 / Nvidia 8800 GT / Q6600 OC @ 3.0 Ghz / 4 x 2 GB DDR2

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Kudos to all the brains at work! You guys are amazing.

 

Is this the easiest way to install OSX on an Intel PC? Why would I do this versus going with the 10.5.2 Kalyway DVD, followed by updates? What are the pros/cons?

 

Any clarification would be appreciated.

 

Asus P5Q-E Intel P45 Socket 775 / Nvidia 8800 GT / Q6600 OC @ 3.0 Ghz / 4 x 2 GB DDR2

The different between this method and patched Leopard DVDs that you can update with Apple updates without change files (kerenel extensions).

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Man, should we not add boot-132 subforums somewhere? Sorting through this thread is a nightmare!

i believe you're in it already. this is the forum for boot-132 disc.

 

+ + +

 

btw mods, i think insanelymac fora is having issues w/ safari:

picture2nc8.png

 

as compared w/ firefox:

picture3kx2.png

 

or is it only w/ my safari?

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i believe you're in it already. this is the forum for boot-132 disc.

 

+ + +

 

btw mods, i think insanelymac fora is having issues w/ safari:

picture2nc8.png

 

as compared w/ firefox:

picture3kx2.png

 

or is it only w/ my safari?

 

It's not the Browser you need to change the Display mode to standard from from the options menu :(

picture1qs0.png

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