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Welcome to iATKOS v7 Installation..
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Attention:
1- This DVD is designed for Non-Apple x86 computers. So, do not try to boot it on Apple Hardware!
Requirements for OSX86:
Minimum: x86 SSE2 CPU, 512MB RAM, 10GB free space on target partition, OpenGL VGA card.
Recommended : Intel Core or AMD x2 CPU, 1GB RAM, 15GB free space on target partition, nVidia 6600 or newer - ATI X1300 or newer - Intel GMA 950 or X3100 VGA card.
Motherboard (the most important part) should be compatible for you to boot iATKOS v7 DVD and install natively.
2- This DVD includes Apple's Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.7 (9J61) installation, some basic drivers and x86 patches.
3- IMPORTANT NOTICE - Make sure that the md5 checksum of your iATKOS iso image matches the one posted on our website. Do this MD5 check just before mounting or doing anything with the iso image! Otherwise you may have a faulty DVD image. Use quality media/burner and burn slowly.
4- MAKE SURE YOU TAKE NOTE OF YOUR Hardware IDs, Device IDs and device names before installing this system. This is very important. If you aren't sure what devices/hardware you own nor its IDs, then 3 options:
-Boot iATKOS v7 DVD, run "Hardware Info" from Utilities menu and take notes.
-Fire up a Linux Live CD (ie. Ubuntu Live CD), type "lspci" in terminal and take notes.
-Windowsers, get Everest Ultimate Edition and take note of your hardware.
5- Do a google search or surf to InsanelyMac, Hackint0sh, our forum, related OSX86 sites or wiki to find out if your hardware is supported or not. OSX86 does not support a wide range of hardwares like Linux and Windows. Do make sure that it is supported before you install. This is very important because after installation you may ask like "how can I get this hardware to work" and people would simply slap you with "it will never work". This little search will avoid your frustration and anger! Extending your lifespan!
6- IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG AFTER Installation - Please don't panic Scroll down for the Troubleshooting guide. If that fails, take a screenshot (or a picture) of what went wrong and post it in the forums. Make sure you have done the 3 Revival steps and troubleshooting steps before posting in the forum!
Information:
- You can update your running iATKOS v7 system using software updater just like real Macs on most PC hardware (Intel/AMD). Please read the related section below.
- You can also make upgrade/refresh/driver-only installs to your existing OSX86 system using iATKOS v7 DVD. Please read the related section below carefully.
- We also worked on solving the incompatibility issues for many hardwares, so more hardwares should be able to run this OS natively by using iATKOS v7 with additional advantages.
- Easy Software RAID installation with manual bootloader installers and packages.
This OSX86 installation DVD release supports both GPT (Guid Partition Table) and MBR (Master Boot Record) partitioned harddrives.
(Note: GPT is a partition table type for x86 computers which is also Intel Mac's partition table type. Its structure is different from MBR and so it has some nice features. The whole multiboot procedure may not be so friendly for newbies, so they should go on using MBR.
MBR has a limit of 4 primary partitions (which is a must for booting an OS, however linux can boot from logical partitions by MBR) but GPT has no such thing like primary or logical, therefore you can create up to 128 bootable partitions on GPT disks. HFS+ resizing is only possible on GPT drives and be sure it is such a comfortable feature. Windows Vista SP1 supports GPT and also Windows XP can be installed to a Hybrid GPT drive which can be easily created using OS X disk utility. I have no idea about GPT supports of Win 95, 3.1 or older versions, not even DOS. Feedbacks will be appreciated 
New Linux booter Grub2 supports GPT and also many Linux distros can be installed to Hybrid GPT drives.
In the near future, most of x86 computers will run on GPT drives.)
- This dvd may not include all the necessary drivers required by your setup. Additional steps may be needed to be taken by the user to setup and use such components.
- Main system is fully stock! That means it can't run on x86 hardware without selecting none of x86 patches.
Clean Installation:
1- Run Disk Utility via Utilities menu and erase the target partition for clean install. Do partitioning if you need to.
- You can choose MBR (Master Boot Record) or GPT (Guid Partition Table) via partitioning options. If you want to change your existing partition table type, note that all your existing data on disk will be gone!
- For Windows fellows that has not tested this amazing system yet and that does not want to loose their windows software, porn and virus&trojan archive on D:\, should use Parted Magic Live CD for preparing an active primary target partition and after that, just erase it via diskutil. Jump to Step 2.
2- Select the destination for installation.
3- Click "Customize"*** and select what you need.
4- Click Install.
Install time is about 15 minutes.
Upgrade/Refresh Installation:
You can upgrade your existing installation (keeping your applications, data, user settings and accounts) with iATKOS v7 DVD. This works best on iATKOS installations but should work for most Leopard installations from 10.5.0 on Intel/AMD CPU's if you do it carefully. But it is still risky if you are not sure what you are doing.
For upgrading previous installations other than iATKOS, users should apply a very basic iATKOS v7 installation with basic sata/ide and vga drivers (and one of the Voodoo kernels if AMD) at first time. Users can enlarge their selection list with no worries of loosing their data, applications and settings on next trials of their system upgrade/refresh. But note that some of your applications just might not be fully compatible with 10.5.7 main system of Apple which is nothing to do with this OSX86 release.
System refresh is also a good option for just renewing your running system when something is wrong with it.
1- Select the destination for installation.
2- Click "Customize"*** and select what you need.
3- Open "Installer Log" from Window menu.
4- Click "Install" and click to Installer Log window to get it to front.
5- After Install before pressing "Restart", click to "Reset Password" from Utilities menu.
6- Reset passwords and directory permissions of all users and root.
7- Click "Restart" and reboot to your new system.
8- Change your user account type from "standart" to "admin" via System Preferences by using root password.
Install time is about 15 minutes.
Driver (only) Installation:
Another feature is installing necessary drivers/patches/kernels at anytime by using iATKOS v7 DVD.
- Boot iATKOS v7 DVD and select your destination target
- Click "Customize" and uncheck all items except the driver/patch/kernel you need to install
- Press "Install"
- Ignore the fail screen and click "Restart"
*** Customize section is the most important part of the installation for you to make OS X work on your hardware.
Customize:
There is already a basic default profile chosen. Only adding a few packages will probably be enough for most hardwares, read the package details carefully!
Simple information about packages:
- iATKOS Main system: If you want to install the osx86 main system, you need to select this.
- Bootloader: You have 3 choices. You must select one of them for booting your osx86 system. For RAID systems do not select none of the bootloaders, you will need to install the bootloader using one of the chameleon booter installer applications in utilities menu.
Chameleon v2 is the default selected bootloader, it has many options and a gui, however it is still experimental, if you have problems like unexpected kernel panics then choose old chameleon v1 during next install.
Chameleon v1.0.11 is compatible for most systems.
Xiezhy bootloader is also a very nice booter which looks like boot camp. It has no RAID support but besides that you can try it, you will like it.
- /Extra directory: This creates a directory named "Extra" on your root and executes it only if chameleon v2 is selected. Some Legacy drivers that cannot be loaded when system is booted with "-f" option and for some reason cannot be included in system mkext can be easily loaded from Extra folder in all conditions.
- DSDT: This package is to fix the DSDT of your motherboard and save it to a file for overriding at boot. This is needed for many mobos.
- Decrypters: You must select one of the decrypters for your x86 hardware.
- SMBIOS: You can select one of the enablers or one of classic x86 SMBIOS drivers. However these are not needed if chameleon v2 bootloader is selected.
- Kernels: 2 kernels and 3 choices. A custom kernel must be selected for AMD CPU's.
1- Not selecting none of the kernels. Stock kernel will be used by this way. More compatible systems may not select none of the kernels and use stock kernel.
2- 9.5.0 Voodoo kernel. This is more compatible and has many add-ons.
3- 9.7.0 Voodoo kernel. This is adds support for new Intel Core I7 series.
- ACPI: For older and Non-Intel motherboards, you can choose x86 modified ACPI or old APIC drivers for booting problems. Do not use VoodooPS/2 with these modified ACPI drivers, use ApplePS/2 if you have PS/2 devices. You'd better to use the stock ACPI if your motherboard is compatible enough.
- Disabler: This driver disables some problematic stock drivers.
- OHR: Driver for freeze issues on shutdown/reboot.
- Drivers: Additional drivers for your setup.
-VGA:
-nVidia: Try EFI string for desktop cards, if not working for you fully then try Enablers by the order listed. If you have GTX 2XX series card then select one of the GT200 drivers with an enabler.
-ATI: Check "ATI HD" for ATI cards. You will need to search for your ATI vga driver after system install to have a fully working ATI. Nearly every ATI model has its own driver and thats why I hate them all.
-Intel: You can use EFI string for many GMA 950 and X3100 laptops. Try the others if fails.
-System:
SATA/IDE drivers: 10.5.7 system only supports Intel ICH7 and some ICH8 Non-AHCI controllers, so you will need to select some of the SATA/IDE drivers for your Intel/Non-Intel Non-AHCI controllers and also select AHCI for some fixes to 10.5.7 AHCI driver.
-Intel Speedstep: Speedsteping support for Intel CPU's.
-Cardbus driver: This may be needed for some onboard firewire chips, pccard slots, USB ports, card readers and some PCI slots. If you have a compatible but non-working PCI card ie. wireless network card or a non-working onboard firewire, then you should try this driver. Note that this package also includes an ACPI driver which overrides the previous selected ACPI driver(s).
-USB: USB driver for problematic chips. You may also add CardBus driver to your selections to have your USB working fully. Made by Slice. Thanks to orByte for the method to patch the USBEHCI driver. This may fail for some motherboards.
-Sound: VoodooHDA is selected by default. It supports many sound chips. You can switch to Azalia Audio driver which enables just sound output, no input. AppleHDA 10.5.6 is for enabling AppleHDA Injectors because 10.5.7 AppleHDA is incompatible. Note that you may have rare kernel panics with VoodooHDA, just reboot again, thats it.
-PS/2: You can select Voodoo PS/2 which works for all and claims to make USB-PS/2 mouse/keyboard combinations work. Voodoo PS/2 with trackpad can be another choice for laptops but it fails on some laptops and cause freezes. Apple PS/2 driver is an old driver that you need to choose instead of VoodooPS/2 when using x86 modified ACPI drivers. By using Apple PS/2, both mouse and keyboard should be connected through PS/2.
-Network: Network drivers, nothin to explain..
-Languages: Additional language support. Apple still does not support some of them in retail DVD's, but we do.
-Post-Install Actions: This is needed for full system install but you should uncheck this if you only need to install a driver.
Please read the description of the packages carefully.
Preparing an Upgradable System:
This release is more successful for creating upgradable systems than our previous releases. So there is no exact profile of selections for upgradable systems anymore. It will be possible even for most AMD systems. But there are still some limitations for some drivers:
- GMA 950 Desktop
- GMA 950 Rare
- GMA X3100 p
- USB
If you need these driver(s) on your system then you should reinstall them after main system update is applied. This may be fatal only for GMA 950 Desktop systems and for GMA 950 laptops that has the 27AE id which is inside the "GMA 950 Rare" package, the rest is ok.
But do not forget there may always be problems with existing drivers and upcoming new system, no one can exactly know how will they deal with new system. ie: new upcoming kernel may be incompatible with even Intel hardware, if so users that selected one of the Voodoo kernels will be the lucky ones to do the update. Or same issue may come up with the ACPI driver of new update. So we may not know what will happen exactly but most solutions are inside the v7 DVD, we have done our best for making this happen.
Software RAID Systems:
Do not choose none of the bootloaders for installation on a RAID target. You will install the bootloader manually using one of the Manual Chameleon installers via Utilities menu. Do this manual bootloader installation before main system install (you can do it after system installation but you need to open the install log during install).
- Preparing Software RAID targets: You cannot prepare RAID targets by booting with an osx86 DVD, you can only erase the existing RAID targets for clean installation.
You have 2 options: You can create RAID volumes via a running OS X system using Disk Utility. Other option is restoring an osx86 DVD to a USB-HDD, installing a chameleon bootloader to it manually and booting with it. This time you will be able to create RAID volumes using Disk Utility. We recommend Striped RAID for main system target and Mirror RAID for storage target.
You can create Software RAID volumes using whole disks or individual partitions.
- Bootloader Installation: Software RAID systems boot using boot helper partitions and so the bootloader needs to be installed to boot helper partition instead of the RAID slice. As mentioned above, you will need to use one of the manual Chameleon Installers which you can find under Utilities menu. You will need to enter the bsd number of your boot helper partition. You can get the values using Disk Utility or System Profiler. i.e. if the RAID slice of your system target is disk0s2, then your booter helper partition that you need to install the bootloader is disk0s3. Do the math for other examples.
Multiboot:
iATKOS v7 has no integrated procedure for multibooting but preparing a multiboot GPT or MBR system with this release is easy.
Here is a ''How To'' for GPT and MBR triple boot including Mac-Win-Linux.
- MBR (Master Boot Record) triple boot -
- Change your partition table type to MBR (msdos type) and create 3 primary partitions by using iATKOS Disk Utility or Parted Magic Live CD. HFS+ format for OS X target, Fat32 for the others.
Note: %99.99999 of the PC harddrives already have MBR partition map scheme (msdos type) which you can change it to GPT via Parted Magic CD or iATKOS Disk Utility if you like to.
- Add boot flag to Vista or Linux target and install the OS' in any order you like. For linux, do not install bootloader to MBR, install it to linux root.
- Boot iATKOS v7 DVD and install OS X to its target as usual.
- Now you may need to repair Vista: Add boot flag to Vista partition, boot Vista DVD, select repair, add boot flag to OS X partition, thats all.
Now you have triple boot on MBR.
Note: Adding boot flag to MBR partitions: Boot Parted Magic Live CD, right click to partition, select flags and click to boot.
- GPT (Guid Partition Table) triple boot -
- Change your partition table type to GPT (Guid Partition Table) and create 3 partitions by using iATKOS Disk Utility. HFS+ format for OS X target, Fat32 (msdos) for the others. (This may fail on some hardware)
- Boot iATKOS v7 DVD, install only bootloader to OS X target. ***
- Boot Windows Media and install it to its Fat32 target partition.
- Boot Linux media and install the OS. Install the bootloader to linux root.
(Note: Some live linux cd stuff (knoppix, kanotix, parsix, etc.) has built-in installer applications and they use gparted for partitioning and formatting targets. At this point, formatting target to linux fs via Gparted is not a good choice (they can break the hybrid gpt), use unix fdisk just for changing the target partition type from ''c0'' to ''83'' which is linux partition type and then continue installation.)
- Boot iATKOS v7 DVD and install OS X as usual.
Now you have triple boot on GPT, thats all.
Unsuccessful Installation, Related Symptoms and Simple Troubleshooting guide:
At times after installation, your system may not work properly as in - it may restart, not boot at all or hang at a certain point. This is quite normal and there are many ways for it to be fixed. It varies from one case to another case. However this basic troubleshooting guide would help you to fix most of the common problems.
If you're facing hangs, freezes or kernel panics (which is present as a shutdown symbol on the screen just after boot) type in "-v -f" (without quotes) in the boot command of the bootloader. This would give you verbose output which is useful for us to help you or for you to post in the forums so that we can trace it down.
"Waiting for root device" - It means that OS X doesn't see your hard disk or boot device (which means you can face with this during dvd boot or after system install during hdd boot) at all. Chances are: If you face with this during hdd boot, then you may have installed the wrong drivers. Try this, reboot back using DVD, check the proper patch/driver for your hardware if any (read the driver installation section in readme). If you have selected before, try re-installing it clean without selecting it and vise versa. If that fails or if you got this error during dvd boot, then change your SATA mode from RAID to ACHI or even to IDE, and also you need to check other bios settings that might be the usual problem, read the "mickey mouse guide" on our forum for bios settings. This usually does fix the problem. If not, then you may have really incompatible hardware for this OS.
CPU errors - Try to boot with "cpus=1" without the quotes. It happens on certain CPUs due to BIOS/DSDT bug. Your DSDT may need patching.
Blue screen on bootup - This means that OS X doesn't see your monitor properly or your graphics card isn't working correctly. Reinstall again, but this time make sure you don't select any enablers/efi strings and you might also select the package to remove NVDAResman.kext, these would fix it, then you can login to gui and search drivers for your vga.
Kernel Panic (i.e IOxxyyzzz failed) - This means you have selected an incompatible driver. Keep in mind that sometimes certain kext patches may not work for your system even though they are the same chipset but a slight variation may cause it not to work on your PC. Reinstall back but this time don't select any funny patches/drivers. This would resolve your problem.
Unable to boot - If you can get to the GUI but for some reason if certain things don't work. Don't fear, simply boot in safe mode by typing -x in the boot parameters of your hard disk. This would bypass some non-working things and would get you to the OS X Desktop. From there you can navigate through the Internet and fix up your PC.
Here is a neat tip by the way. If you're troubleshooting something remember to boot with "-f" (without quotes) always, this would force the drivers to be reloaded and at times it can fix your problem.
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