Greetings, people!

I am a Windows user all these while and did not receive(and find out) much information regarding Mac OS(and hackintosh variants). Recently, I am expose to OS X86/Hackintosh due to something that happen.

I initially plan on trying it out on my old desktop, but that old rig probably are not that supported, not to mention it does not have a DVD drive.

So, I am now with no choice but to install it on my laptop (Asus F3SV). I am planning to dual boot it along with my Windows 7 beta. As of yet, I haven't grab any copy of the install DVD yet, but will probably getting it soon.

Anyone who have any suggestion for this project? Leopard and Windows 7 beta on Asus F3SV. Any pointer will be appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks gengstapo. I had been doing some reading lately, but the more I read, the more confused I get. There are so many different way to install it, yet I didn't find specifically what I am looking for.

I am under impression that dual booting it with Windows 7 will be almost similar with Windows Vista. Windows 7 created a 200MB partition to store some system files, though. Hope it doesn't interfere with dual booting.

It will take very long time for the torrent to finish (~1 month) ... So, I ot plenty of time to sniff around..

Oh, and one question. Do I necessary need DVD Dual Layer to burn image?

Ah, thanks for clearing that up.

One more question. I had shrink down my Windows volume in preparation of Hackintosh. More precisely, I shrink down some volume from C, and some from D using Windows Management thing.

What I see is, 2 separate unallocated space. That means, instead of stacking together, the free space that I created had become 2 separate free space. I am not sure if you understand what I means.

Anyway, I read some guides and it seems they are saying something along the line of "create partition with FAT32 format", then use DISKPART command. Can't I just use the Disk utility in Mac OS installer disk to format the partition? Or do I need to format it with windows first, then only format it with mac?

Sorry for so many questions before I even started.

Hello people. I had finally get a copy of iATKOS 1.0. I had basically waste the whole evening yesterday trying to figure out how to get it to work. Finally I manage to install it.

However, there remains one big problem. I can't boot into it! I can boot into Windows 7 alright, without the need to repair it but I just can't boot into Mac OS.

I had tried to use bcdedit with elevated command prompt. When I try to boot it, it shows me a "Windows is loading files" which is from Windows 7 installation screen. Then after that it black out and restart.

I then download EasyBCD, and add a Mac entry. What happen is it show me a black screen and say something about the path not existing or something.The path is set by EastBCD as /NST/ma*somethingelse*.mbr
So, I change the path to Chain0, but it give me "Chain booting error" when I try to boot.

I am out of idea of how to make it boot. Anyone have any idea? Help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Drac.

Thanks, Skitzo. I think I had follow those steps in my installation, in accordance with a guide I am using.

Anyway, I found the solution, EasyBCD 2.0 beta. Under the Mac tab, the EFI option work for me. The MBR option however, does not work.

Things are kinda hectic at this end. Choose the wrong time to install as I don't have much time to play with it. Wireless does not work. I installed iwi3945 driver and it can detect my network, but not connect to it. I don't think Bluettoth is working. I *think* I did not hear any sound either, but did not actually try it yet.

My specs are
Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T7500
NVIDIA GeForce 8500M GS
F3Sv motherboard
PM965 chipset
2GB RAM

P.S: Somehow after the OSX install, my pendrive and external HDD in Windows 7 seems to stop working. I plug in pendrive and external HDD and they does not seems to be recognised. It is not an issue with USB port but pendrive and external HDD not detected.

Edit: I just realised it can't be USB port that is malfunctioning. My mouse and cooler pad is using USB ports and they still work. Also, when I plug in and out my pendrive, there is a notification sound, but it is not detected.

This post has been edited by Draconian Paladin: Mar 21 2009, 04:27 PM

I had successfully upgrade to 10.5.6 using Combo Update from Apple, but now my keyboard no longer work.. Anyone know how to "use back my old kext"?

Sorry for noobish question.

Thanks, Skitzo. Work perfectly.

Hi, people. I haven't post in here for sometime, because I haven't been playing with my Hackintosh much. Well, with the WiFi card in development, there is not much I can do, anyway.

Today, I decided to fix the time problem with dual-booting setup. I downloaded the AppleTime.exe and the registry. It work well. The time is now fix, but once again my laptop keyboard can't be used. >.<

I use back the kext that skitZo uploaded, but it seems it no longer work.

Installation of audio kext doesn't seems to work well too. I tried playing movie and song, I don't see any visual nor did I hear any sound.

I am wondering if I should download and try iDeneb, or should I just fix problems I encountered?

Slekerz> This guide work for me. Combo update..

Btw, my hack was kinda all screwed up due to some kext problem. Whenever I click on any field that I can type, it will be automatically filled with 7s. So, I got frustrated and try iDeneb 1.4. It work perfectly.

I haven't really test it out, but mouse, keyboard work, graphic card work, I assume ethernet to work too. Sound doesn't work, though.

Cheers,