My experience with Hackintosh

[bigmacattack]

okay, I did the -u -s. the system hangs at:

System model name: OEM
"and then a big white cursor" (nothing happening)

Does everyone else have MAC OS version 9B18?

 

[bigmacattack]

just a thought....does it matter that i enabled the SATA2 function on the HDD?

 

[bigmacattack]

HA! I broke it again! I am on a roll. Tried to install nvinject.kext. system hangs during boot at the apple screen.

 

[kalster]

once you do have a good working system (or something that does not crash), make sure you backup /system/library/extensions , osx being microkernel based (sort of), the extensions can be changed easily, if you install something that breaks stuff you can boot in single user mode (-s) and replace the extension (kext) that broke it.

 

[bigmacattack]

this link: http://rapidshare.com/files/72...leo_vid_kexts.zip.html has the latest nvidia installer. has a variety of choices for memory. if your not sure, just choose vanilla. worked for me finally! correct resolution on my 8600GT card.

 

[bigmacattack]

anyone on this forum know how to fix ALL the permissions on the kalyway 10.5.1 distro. Insanelymac is down. I also did the suggested fix for the hackintosh entry in about the mac, but did not work. it did get rid of some other permission error, so not a total loss.

 

[kalster]

sudo diskutil repairPermissions /

 

[bigmacattack]

Here are the items that come up when I do the above commands:

Warning: SUID file "usr/libexec/load_hdi" has been modified and will not be repaired
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskManagement.framework/Versions/A/Resources/DiskManagementTool" has been modified and will not be repaired
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Locum" has been modified and will not be repaired
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Versions/A/Resources/runner" has been modified and will not be repaired
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/readconfig" has been modified and will not be repaired
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/writeconfig" has been modified and will not be repaired
Warning: SUID file "usr/libexec/authopen" has been modified and will not be repaired
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/OwnerGroupTool" has been modified and will not be repaired
Permissions differ on "usr/X11/lib/libX11.6.dylib", should be -rwxr-xr-x , they are lrwxr-xr-x
Permissions differ on "usr/X11/lib/libX11.6.2.0.dylib", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x
[ + 0%..10%..20%..30%..40%..50%..60%..70%..80%..90%..100% ]
Finished verify/repair permissions on disk disk0s2 PRI_OSX

Any guesses. This is using the kalyway 10.5.1 distro and kaly's restore to virgin state software.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: bigmacattack
Here are the items that come up when I do the above commands:

Warning: SUID file "usr/libexec/load_hdi" has been modified and will not be repaired
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskManagement.framework/Versions/A/Resources/DiskManagementTool" has been modified and will not be repaired
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Locum" has been modified and will not be repaired
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Versions/A/Resources/runner" has been modified and will not be repaired
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/readconfig" has been modified and will not be repaired
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/writeconfig" has been modified and will not be repaired
Warning: SUID file "usr/libexec/authopen" has been modified and will not be repaired
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/OwnerGroupTool" has been modified and will not be repaired
Permissions differ on "usr/X11/lib/libX11.6.dylib", should be -rwxr-xr-x , they are lrwxr-xr-x
Permissions differ on "usr/X11/lib/libX11.6.2.0.dylib", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x
[ + 0%..10%..20%..30%..40%..50%..60%..70%..80%..90%..100% ]
Finished verify/repair permissions on disk disk0s2 PRI_OSX

Any guesses. This is using the kalyway 10.5.1 distro and kaly's restore to virgin state software.

SUID errors are perfectly normal - that's supposed to happen.

 

[bigmacattack]

how about the usr ones?

also, since insanelymac is down for maintenance, i can't find the instructions on how to do your own leopard os hack with a retail copy. does anyone know if it is posted outside of insanelymac?

 

[kalster]

usr ones are just files which didn't have correct permissions , the command should have fixed that, kaly with vanilla kernel is pretty close to retail IMO (except some eye candy), the suid errors should not really effect anything

 

[aphex]

Is there a quick list of all the 100% compatable mobo's?

Its hard to work my way through http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.5.2

Organizing by manuf. makes it hard to price them out on newegg.

 

[eflat]

hehehe I made a Hackintosh:

Using Bad Axe Motherboard:

Q6600 @ 3.6Ghz (on air could do more)
8GB Memory
8800GTS
2x750GB HD's

It's rock stable too. Got all my music software on there without a problem.

Heck you cannot even buy a Mac Pro running at 3.6Ghz from Apple!


Oooh and it is on a DVI-DL KVM switch that allows me to switch between my Mac and PC on a Dell 30" LCD with the click of a button (or remote).

Oh yeah and it has a firewire Presonus Firepod on the Mac and Firebox on the PC that connected to a mixer all of which fits under a custom made hutch with a 2U rack on each side. And then to the 6" KRK monitors. So I can have sound coming from both computers at the same time.

Oh that is right and then a M-audio 88es 88 key midi controller connected to both the Mac and PC.

I'll have to post a pic of this later as you can tell I'm very impressed with myself

It's all connected together via Gigabit ethernet and will connect to a NAS when I get around to putting it together.


(This project has seriously taken me like three months and God knows how much money.)


.. God I do not even want to think about how much all this cost.

Hackintosh:

Case: $75
PSU: $75
HDDS: $400
Q6600: $300
Tsiniq: $50
Ram: $250
Video: $275
Motherboard: $150

So $1800 x 2 (similar specs for pc) = $3600

Firewire cards + mixer + power conditioner: $800

Switch and monitor: ~1500

Keyboard: $200

Custom made hutch + speakers = $500

So yeah this whole thing is probably worth about $6500. (I had to take out a student loan to finance this).

Oh yeah I spent close to $1000 on music software so make that $7500.

Expensive but not that bad seeing as how I pretty much have a pretty high end music studio in my room.

 

[rikadik]

Originally posted by: eflatmajor
hehehe I made a Hackintosh:
...
Expensive but not that bad seeing as how I pretty much have a pretty high end music studio in my room.

I'm extremely intrigued by your build and would love to see a photo.

I am very tempted to set up a little studio myself. I currently have a MacBook, Tascam US-122, KRK RP5s (how are the 6"s?), a Yamaha stage piano and a whole bunch of guitars and a bass. I'm enjoying the results but am SO tempted by a a hackintosh!!

I'm only using Logic 8 Pro at the moment, purely for music creation. Thinking about having a dabble with Ableton as I'm keen on making some mixes. What software are you using and what issues have you encountered, if any?

 

[bigmacattack]

anyone got any suggestions on a firewire card? I am still having issues getting the raid to work on the rosewill cards. there are different drivers listed on the website. I used the latest one which had 10.5 or higher listed. I wonder if I need to use the Tiger driver?

 

[kalster]

I picked up an adaptec firewire card off ebay for around 15 bucks on ebay, worked out of the box

 

[bigmacattack]

just ran xbench. scored 197.98 without drive tests. I guess thats good.

 

[theTITUS]

i ripped out my old soundblaster audigy 2 which had a firewire 400 port on it. it worked perfectly. the firewire port, not the sound.

when i was searching the insanelymac forums, i think the consensus was anything with a ti chipset should be fine.

 

[batmang]

Awesome man!

 

[bigmacattack]

Need help...During my superduper clone process, it gets all the way to the end and tries to make the new raid set bootable. it fails with the error: Could not set OSX Leopard as the startup disk because it doesn't contain a valid Mac OS X System older.

 

[bigmacattack]

O Yea, using Kalyway 10.5.1

 

[bigmacattack]

anyone know how to fix a UUID error?

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: bigmacattack
anyone know how to fix a UUID error?

What's your board and what version of EFI do you have?

 

[mmohel]

I am ordering the parts for a Hackintosh soon. It is similar to the one describe on this forum. I want to use a different video card though and would appreciate your opinion and advice.

The card is: EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card.

Is the card compatible with Leopard? I thought it might be since it is the card specified on the PowerMac upgrade. If not would you recommend a similar one... in the same price range?

My wish list is at the site below:

http://secure.newegg.com/NewVe...WishListNumber=7495712

Thanks,

Michael

PS: By the way. How is iTunes handled by this machine since you have to register iTunes at Apple? Does Apple see it as a Mac or PC or at all?

 

[bigmacattack]

@kaido: I have a DFI Lanparty DK P35 T2RS with v8 EFI. I did a retail install. I found a supposed fix in regards to the IONetworking, and it got rid of it. But, when trying to do superduper, it says at the end: "could not set boot device property: 0xe00002c7"

I am at a loss for this. This is basically all I need to do to call my machine complete. Well, that and a 10.5.2 update.