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post #241 of 462
9/1/05 at 8:55pm
I have a problem now. I had deadmoo's X86 and it was great and all. The only two things I didn't have going with it where higher res and wireless. I uninstalled it and used the dev dvd install. It was very easy to do and I was able to put it on it's own partition(any size I wanted). But now I don't have sound. Also I am still stuck with the same low res. I have a 9300 is there a better res I can get and how do I get it. Please help as I like using the OS alot and it has been pretty stable for me as well.

I had to patch the deadmoo install for SSE3, do I need to do that with the developer dvd one as well?
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post #242 of 462
9/1/05 at 9:12pm
Thread Starter 
you probably didnt notice the option when u installed, if u didnt customize the install that it has the sse2 hack listed as an install option, yes the dev doesnt have audio, i will zip up the file you need for audio, you can just download it and put it in your /System/Library/Extensions and do a repair permissions from the disk utility program
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post #243 of 462
9/1/05 at 9:15pm
sweet, please do this.

What about the res, how did you get it to go higher?
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post #244 of 462
9/1/05 at 9:21pm
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Originally Posted by Jacmert
Yeah, I was wondering where you managed to get a hold of this. I think this is the first I've ever heard of anyone actually having an example of OS X running on an x86 machine (well, apparently Apple has been doing it themselves for awhile).

Whoa; nice screenie with the Pentium M listed. Btw, you guys updated your bios revision to A04? Is that the same as the A04 update for i9300? I'm still running A03 because the bios changes/fixes don't seem to affect me, and I don't want to go through the whole flashing thing (unless in can be done from Windows). I almost flashed my Sony burner with the new firmware, until I realized that it was the latest version already, lol.
Unless you have a compelling reason like a hardware issue or some such, why would you flash your bios or sony burner? If it aint broke....dont fix it
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post #245 of 462
9/1/05 at 9:21pm
exabytehd...now that is some rep points worthy answers
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post #246 of 462
9/1/05 at 9:38pm
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http://207.158.23.135/AppleAC97Audio.kext.zip

ok try extracting this and moving in your extensiosn folder and fixing the extensions, if you already have it don't replace, i believe this was just missing on the dvd hack.
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post #247 of 462
9/1/05 at 9:41pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by BuZZfgo
sweet, please do this.

What about the res, how did you get it to go higher?

you can edit the /Library/Prefrences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist
do sudo nano /Library/Prefrences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist at the terminal and where it has this:

Code:
\t"<"key">"Kernel Flags"<"/key">"
\t"<"string">""<"/string">"

change it to:

Code:
\t"<"key">"Kernel Flags"<"/key">"
\t"<"string">""Graphics Mode"="2048x1536x32""<"/string">"

ignore the quotes around the > and the < the forum is mistaking them for HTML codes.

replace 2048x1536x32 with the resolution you wan't, i think this will only work on external monitors i think i was stuck at 1280x1024 on my LCD.
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post #248 of 462
9/1/05 at 11:05pm
When I get into the Terminal and type what you said all I get is a blank window, it says

GNU nano 1.2.4 File: ...s/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist Modified

After that nothing....
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post #249 of 462
9/1/05 at 11:16pm
hmm the AC97 file didn't work as well.

After I put it in the fold and do a repair I reboot and I get an error that says it was not installed properly.
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post #250 of 462
9/1/05 at 11:23pm
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hmm i guess i need to zip it through OS X then
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post #251 of 462
9/1/05 at 11:36pm
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um yeah definitely was an issue with doing it from windows using mac drive, when i rar'd it in linux it came out to be 3 MB here is the link:

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...Audio.kext.rar
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post #252 of 462
9/2/05 at 1:47am

Got it working!!




Thank you to all the posters, exa left more rep for you

Posting in safari !!

Its been a long time since I saw a mac, and then it had a built in b&w screen !!

Keep the tips coming please ! Cheers!

PS used the patched DVD image to load on a fresh drive. Zero problems with the install.
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post #253 of 462
9/2/05 at 4:32am
when you guys mention type af for partition, what exactly is that, can it be done in partition magic ???
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post #254 of 462
9/2/05 at 5:03am
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Originally Posted by Soccerji
when you guys mention type af for partition, what exactly is that, can it be done in partition magic ???
Yes. But the best way is to creat a partition with NTFS then delete it. That leaves the space still and OSX will see it.
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post #255 of 462
9/2/05 at 7:50am
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Originally Posted by exabytehd
um yeah definitely was an issue with doing it from windows using mac drive, when i rar'd it in linux it came out to be 3 MB here is the link:

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...Audio.kext.rar

Thanks for yuor help bro, but this one didn't get it done either. Durn it...

Is there some way to install kext files other than just drap and drop?
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post #256 of 462
9/2/05 at 8:14am
Ok thisd is how to do it,

1) copy AppleAC97Audio.kext to /System/Library/Extensions
2) cd /System/Library/Extensions
3) sudo chown -R root:wheel AppleAC97Audio.kext
4) sudo chmod 755 AppleAC97Audio.kext
5) Restart
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post #257 of 462
9/2/05 at 6:35pm
WARNING!!!!!
DON'T TOUCH NOTHING OF "STARTUP DISK" UNDER "PREFERENCES" OR YOU GET AN "ERROR LOADING OPERATIVE SYSTEM" AT RESTART, AND NO WINDOWS OR TIGER LOAD !!!! TAKE GOOD CARE!!!!!!!!!

I WAS REALLY SAD FOR A MOMENT ... CONSOLE RESTORE OF XP DIDN'T WORK, NO FIXBOOT ... BUT WHAT HAVE WORKED IS THE "NORTON GHOST RECOVERY CD 9.0", THAT HAVE A TOOL FOR RESTORE MBR... I DON'T KNOW WHY XP CONSOLE DIDN'T WORK FOR ME, BUT NOW I FEEL HAPPY AGAIN WITH NORTON

Sorry for this size words, but my need to advice you all.
Peace and beers
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post #258 of 462
9/2/05 at 8:39pm
Thread Starter 
all it does is take the boot flag off your XP partition you can fix it again easy with fdisk/cfdisk from a linux boot.
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post #259 of 462
9/3/05 at 5:12am
ok i finally got to install OS X from the DVD boot, however, when i plug my usb mouse, nothing happens, i also followed buzzfgo's instruction, and no sound ....did i miss something that i was supposed to do ???

also if i have a usb external hard disk, will it recognize it ??


thanks in advance
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post #260 of 462
9/3/05 at 6:41am
Plug the mouse in and reboot.
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