OSX86 10.5.6 on Dell Dimension 9150 « WauloK : The life and interests of an Aussie

OSX86 10.5.6 on Dell Dimension 9150

Well, it’s been a short slog, but I’ve got OSX86 10.5.6 running on my Dell Dimension 9150 computer.

Options installed from iPC 10.5.6 ISO:

Voodoo 9.5.0 kernel
No video driver
Intel ICHx SATA drivers
No Audio
Intel 82566 MM/DC network driver
Seatbelt.kext
USB Mass Storage kext

Once it’s installed and rebooted, download the HDAPatcher. Download the codec_Sigma9220.txt audio codec. Drag the codec txt file onto your HDAPatcher to automatically patch the files. Audio now works nicely.

Download NVDarwin to patch your video drivers. Select the options best matching your video card and apply the patches then reboot.

Your PC should now be working wonderfully.

I am dual-booting with Windows 7 with the help of EasyBCD. Install EasyBCD on your Windows 7 OS and tell it you have a Mac on a standard x86 PC and it automatically sets up a dual boot menu for you. No chain0 crap or anything else. It’s all done automatically! Beautiful!

Now to download XCode and iPhone SDK files!

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Derek

Wow, you posted this on my birthday and I have an old dimension 9150 that I wanted to turn into an osx86 machine. i guess its meant to be. thanks for giving me hope! this is my first time doing this and i am a complete noob to it so i might be asking you for questions if i run into issues.

WauloK

You're welcome. Now I've updated it to 10.5.7 which is even better! :)

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Jeppe

Can you update with the apple updater?

WauloK

I updated my Asus eeePC fine with the software updater, but haven't tried it with the Dimension. In fact, I've not used my Hackint0sh install on the Dell for the last two months but soon will since the 3D game designing program "Unity" is now 100% FREE!

phlpp

hello,

first of all i wanted to thank you because your post really stopped me from getting more frustrated with my dell. consider yourself as my own personal savior now. it all worked out fine!
except for one thing. i cannot get the easybcd configuration right.

1. i installed windows 7 64bit
2. i installed osx ipc 10.5.6
all good!
3. i installed easybcd 2.0 beta
4. restart
5. cannot get the osx to start, booting windows 7 without any problems.

it would be great if you could answer some questions for me. i have been searching around but it just does not seem to work out for me.

1. you add the osx entry, right? which drive does easybcd select? C? it does not find the osx partition and i cannot figure it out. C does not work for me.
2. or is there something else i forgot?
3. which settings do you use? i could install easybcd 1.72, too. i have tried that version also.

i would really appreciate your help. thx in advance.
phlpp

WauloK

I'm not sure. It just worked for me straight away. I didn't have to make any changes. It seems EasyBCD found and set up the OS X by itself.
I reinstalled Win7 now I have a full version (I had a beta before) and just today reinstalled EasyBCD and added the OS X to the bootlist and it worked.