This post is only intended to install osx on arithma’s laptop :
1.Install windows 7/vista
2.Create Partition, preparing Disk
In windows 7 or vista, Right click My computer > Manage, click Disk Management. Here create a primary partition with minimum 8GB space, though recommended is 15GB. There is no need to format this partition. After Partition is created, right click > Mark Partition as Active.
3. Booting and starting Installation
As countdown from 5 starts, press F8 key and you will be able to have some more option’s. Now type -v and press enter now entered in VERBOSE mode, this will enable you to see any errors if they occur. In case your screen freezes for more than 10 minutes than note last lines and post or google them to find out a solution for your problem. If every thing goes fine after 15-30 minutes installation screen appear’s hold your breath we are not quit yet here.
Alternatively, to skip the booting errors, you can try these parameters on Boot: prompt
cpus=1 -v ;or; cpus=2 -v ;or; cpus=1 –x –v ;or; cpus=1 –x –v –f ;or; cpus=2 –x –v
4. Configuring Installation
After boot, you enter the Graphical interface and you should be able to see a top menu. From the menu Click Utilities > Disk Utility.
Here, select the destination drive where you want to install Mac OSX. this will be the same partition we created earlier in step 1.
Now click on ERASE on right hand side and under the format option select “MAC OSX Journaled Extended” and click Erase. The disk will be erased and mounted. Close the disk utility and agree to the terms and conditions, then select the partition which you erased recently.
5. Customize the Install
The most important part is this step. Now, choose wisely what all components you need to support your running hardware.try first Selecting all packages then hit ok
6. Checking the disk and Installation of System files
Now your disk(DVD) will be checked for consistency, then, installation begins. It will take 20-45 minutes as per your hardware juice (you can skip this)
7. Booting
Now Darwin will become your default boot manager boot into snow leopard
You should be able to automatically boot into OS X if not
Alternatively, to skip the booting errors, you can try these parameters on Boot: prompt
cpus=1 -v ;or; cpus=2 -v ;or; cpus=1 –x –v ;or; cpus=1 –x –v –f ;or; cpus=2 –x –v
8. Installing Kexts (drivers)
As mentioned in my earlier post you wifi device doesn’t have any kext that can be used so no wifi for your laptop useful note: when buying a laptop check the specs if its compatible with osx
1-REALTEK ALC268 :
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t95325.html It should work on snow also
2- Pointing Device Integrated Touchpad can’t find any kext for this device cause there’s no details for it for example on my hp my touchpad is called synaptics touchpad
3- Keyboard: appleps2controller.kext attached to the distro
4- Intel® 5100AGN 802.11a/b/g/n wireless LAN : sorry man not supported no kext available for this device
5- 9600M GT kext : it could work from your first boot using vanilla kexts attached to the distro
If not
download the nVidia 9000 series driver (version 2) from
http://www.mediafire.com/?zhdwj3wnmyj
Install this driver package and reboot. It won't have made any changes but it's important that it's there. (Note in your System/Library/Extensions folder that the driver installer has dropped in a number of NV injectors, though if you check your graphics card under system profiler there will likely not be a ROM listed).
Next head over to
http://aquamac.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hack1&action=print&thread=509
and download the gfxutil and in.plist for the 9700m GT 512mb (yes 9700m GT is fine as 9600m GT is not listed). Follow the guide as listed in Aquaman's post until the point where you've generated your hex.out file on the desktop. Then, instead of following the remainder of the guide, download osx86 tools (google it) and install. Open the software and click "Add EFI Strings/Boot Flag" followed by "Import Hex/Plist". Click "Import File" and then "Import String to Boot Editor". The Boot Editor window will open with your Hex displayed in the bottom box. Where it says "Please enter the graphics mode to use...." type 1280x800x32 and then click "Apply Changes to com.apple.Boot.plist". A message will appear saying that the hex has been added to the com.apple.Boot.plist file and that you need to restart. Go ahead and do so.
At this point you will either have the desired resolution (awesome) or you'll see a black screen once the OS loads (not so good). Don't worry if you see the black screen though, just switch off and on again and as the bootloader counts down (Chameleon 2 in my case) press enter to see boot options and then tab. The type -s. You'll see lots of code and then when this stops (give it a few seconds) type
/sbin/mount -uw /
hit enter then type
sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/NV*.kext
hit enter (this effectively deletes all the kexts in your extensions file beginning with NV, installed earlier by the driver package, i'm not sure why it's important to delete these, perhaps they interfere with the GFX string, all I know is that without them my screen works!!) then type
reboot
hit enter
You should then be able to load OS X up with your new 1280x800 resolution and your card should be listed under system profiler with the correct amount of VRAM. If you still have a black screen it is possible that Natit.kext is installed in your extensions folder, so reboot and follow the commands used to delete NV*.kext but insead type Natit.kext. If your resolution hasn't changed but your card is listed, open up osx86 tools again, click add EFI strings and enter the resolution 1280x800x32 again. Apply the changes and reboot.
Hope that helps those struggling to get this card to work at at least the most basic level. It is worth noting that QE is still not supported by this method, at least not in my case, it is simply a way to get your card recognised and get a better screen resolution.
6-Finally if I missed something just ask.
9. Installing Chameleon
About the Chameleon boot loader
It seems that current boot loaders for Mac OS X on white boxes either lacks of all cool features or has many of the cool features but the sources are kept closed. With Chameleon you can have all benefits of features while you can inspect/bugfix/extend the codebase.
You have two options 1- manually (preferable)
http://chameleon.osx86.hu/articles/chameleon-20-rc4-is-out
but I don’t think you can ;)
2-
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=201850 installation package
10. Customizing chameleon/bootloader
Pending until arithma finishes all the steps
:)