Installation Guides

Revision as of 20:23, 4 September 2008

This is a list of installation guides that will help you to get OSx86 up and running.
If you are new to OSx86, please use one of the guides in the Recommended section.

Please do not copy the content form one site to another site, please use original content in your site.

Please don't put your link anywhere; place it in the correct section.

Some of these guides don't tell you how to partition, please see the bottom of the page for details on partitioning or see Partitions.

Information for new users

If you want to install OSX on your Intel or AMD computer, your computer processor needs to support at least SSE2. You can check for SSE2 support with a program called CPU-Z. It is recommended that your computer supports SSE3 for application compatibility, speed and performance. Make sure to check which version of OSx86 you need for your processor.

Wikipedia on SSE2 and on SSE3. These pages feature a list of supported CPUs. Using CPU-Z is more accurate though.

USB Drive Installation Guides

Mac OSx86: USB External Drive Native Install Guide Guide to install OSx86 natively on a USB External Drive or flash drive. Includes good quality screenshots for every step. Can also be used to install to FireWire external drives. Universal guide (any ISO).

USB External Drive Installation. 9 step guide.

VMware Install Guides

Mac OS X 10.4.8 VMware-only Installation Guide Guide to installing Mac OS X 10.4.8 on VMware Workstation 5/6. Intel/AMD SSE2 or SSE3. Uses JaS Mac OS X 10.4.8 Intel/AMD SSE2 SSE3 PPF1 + PPF2 DVD.

10.4.6 Installation with VMWare Guides for installing 10.4.6 through VMWare. Contains chain0 and other files.

Install Mac OS X x86 10.4.5 on VMware 5 Simple guide to installing Mac OS X86 10.4.5 on VMware.

Install Deadmoo OSx86 on VMware How to easily install Deadmoo OSx86 on VMware.

10.5.4 Release

JaS OSx86 10.5.4 Client Server Intel SSE2 SSE3 Released Download Here. http://ihackintosh.blogspot.com/2008/08/where-to-download-osx86-for-intel-pc.html

iATKOS v4i (10.5.4 Intel dvd) is released http://iknowledge4u.blogspot.com/2008/08/iatkos-v4i-1054-intel-dvd-is-released.html iATKOS V4a (10.5.4 AMD Dvd)is released http://iknowledge4u.blogspot.com/2008/08/iatkos-v4a-for-amd.html

10.5.2 Guides

[[[Simple and Best Installation Guide for Dual or Triple Boot System for Newbees.]]]

http://ihackintosh.blogspot.com/2008/08/dual-or-triple-booting-osx86-windows.html

Install 10.5.2 on an AMD nForce4 A8N This install uses Kalyway 10.5.2 AMD / Intel and is designed to be very step-by-step. . .

Install 10.5.2 and XP on the same hard drive (INTEL ONLY) Easy-peasy beginners' guide. Uses Kalyway 10.5.2 and shows how to partition your drive in simple steps.

The Triple Boot... This guide will help you install 10.5.2 as a Triple boot with Ubuntu and Windows. . . . . . . . . . .

Leopard 10.5.2 on ATI X200M and AMD/Intel using Kalyway A easy step by step guide to install Leopard as your operating system. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10.5.1 Guides

• Dual Boot Leopard and Vista64 Guide Uses Kalyway_Leo_10.5.1 DVD and Vista64 Ultimate.
• Dual Boot XP and Leopard Guide Uses Kalyway_Leo_10.5.1 DVD. Guide is for beginners.
• Dual Boot Vista and Leopard Guide Uses iATKOS Leopard v1.0i (INTEL ONLY)
• iAtkos v1.0i Leopard 10.5.1 on AMD! Also includes dual boot help! Uses iAtkos Leopard v1.0i
• OSX86 Leopard 10.5.1 PC Installation Guide For Complete Beginners A step by step guide with many pictures and examples, very helpful.
• OSX86 Leopard 10.5.1 Upgrade to 10.5.2 Guide For Complete Beginners
  How to upgrade Leopard 10.5.1 to 10.5.2 without the Apple updater. Uses Kalyway Update Disk. . . . . . . . . . .

10.5 Guides

NauGHTiBeaTZ's How to Install Mac OS X 10.5 on an Intel Pentium 4
Simple Guide on using Kalyway's bootable disc to make a bootable hard disk for Leopard. Kalyway's disc also works for previous versions of Mac OS X. Download and print all 4 pictures. . . . . . . .

10.4.10 Guides

Full Dual boot OSX 10.4.10 / Vista and 10.4.10 update guide. Written for PascalW's new 10.4.10 update. (NEW KERNEL)
Work perfectly with Uphuck 's 1.3 install DVD - no partition magic - no acronis - no data lost. Just read the instructions carefully... (works on Intel/AMD/SSE3)

Full Dual boot OSX 10.4.10 / Vista and 10.4.10 update guide. Manual kernel update. (NEW KERNEL)
Work perfectly with Uphuck 's 1.3 install DVD - no partition magic - no acronis - no data lost. Just read the instructions carefully... (works on Intel/AMD/SSE2/SSE3)

Mac on Pc- Rudimentry 10.4.10 update guide (no kernel update and supports sse2)
This is a rudimentary guide to update hack os to 10.4.10 done up by the creator. Follow the kernel installation guide above to install the new kernel!

10.4.9 Guides

OSX 10.4.9 / Vista dual boot guide.
Works on Intel/AMD/SSE2/SSE3. Uses the Vista bootloader.

Complete OSX 10.4.9 (with newest kernel) / Vista Dual Boot guide
Works on Intel/AMD/SSE2/SSE3. The guide is very easy to understand and uses the Vista bootloader to prevent the hassle with Vista and Acronis.

OSX 10.4.9 (with newest kernel) on Intel/AMD (no dual boot)
A comprehensive guide on installing OSX 10.4.9 on your Intel/AMD computer. For those with a spare PC and HDD.

10.4.9 10.4.9 Installation Guide
Install 10.4.9 on your AMD or Intel computer. This guide now includes instructions to update the kernel to 8.9.1.

10.4.8 Guides

Dual Boot Windows XP Pro and Mac OS X 10.4.8 Installation Guide
A very detailed guide to install Mac OS X 10.4.8 and Windows XP Pro dual boot on an IBM Thinkpad T42. Using Mac OS X 10.4.8 [JaS AMD-Intel-SSE2-SSE3 with PPF1 & PPF2]. Including steps on how to partition the laptop.

Quad Booting: XP/Vista/OSx/Linux
A comprehensive guide on quad booting.

OSX 10.4.8 on Intel/AMD (no dual boot)
A comprehensive guide on installing OSX on your Intel/AMD computer. For those with a spare PC and HDD. Not a dual boot guide.

Complete OSX 10.4.8 / Vista Dual Boot guide
Works on Intel/AMD/SSE2/SSE3. Uses the Vista bootloader to prevent the hassle with Vista and Acronis (website incompatible with Internet Explorer)

How to Create a Simple Dual Boot System (Win XP/Mac OS 10.4.6/10.4.7/10.4.8)
A simple guide on how to get dual booting working.

Triple booting guide (Mac OS X, Ubuntu, and Vista/XP)
This guide shows how to triple boot Mac OS X, Ubuntu 6.06, and Windows on a single PC. This uses the GRUB bootloader.

Tiger on Asus EeePC
This guide shows how to install Mac OS X Tiger, on an Asus 701 Eee PC.

OSX86 10.4.8 PC Installation Guide
How to install OS X on a PC, A step-by-step with pictures.

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10.4.7 Guides

Complete OSX 10.4.7 Dual Boot guide
This one is Intel only, not for AMD.

Complete OSX 10.4.7 Dual Boot Video guide
It's an excellent step by step tutorial. Password: gestapo

10.4.6 Guides

Installing MacOsx With VMWare [1]
Guide for installing 10.4.6 with VMWare.

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10.4.5 Guides

Mac OS X86 10.4.5 Installation guide
This is a installation guide that should be used if you are starting from scratch with a myzar's DVD.

Install 10.4.5 on AMD using Myzars DVD image

VMWare -> Native (Video)
Using myzar ISO for AMD and Intel systems. In English and Spanish.

10.4.4 Guides

How to install 10.4.4 on Dell Inspiron 8500

10.4.3 Guides

Install and Configure OSx86
This is a start-to-finish guide for 10.4.1 with 10.4.3 notes appended.

10.4.1 Guides

Install OSX Tiger on Intel Machines (or USB Drives) Using Only Windows Software

OSX.4.1 on your Intel

International Guides

Please don't put Google or other translated guides in this area. This is for native language guides, please add translations beside your own guide**

Installation guide in Greek (OS X x86 10.4.7 και 8),
Απλος οδηγος εγκαταστασης στα Ελληνικα�br>

Upgrade guide in Greek (OS X x86 10.4.8 σε 9),
Οδηγος αναβαθμισης στα Ελληνικα�br>

Installation guide in Greek (OS X x86 10.4.6), Wiki guide in Greek
Οδηγίες εγκατάστασης και Wiki στα ελληνικά

Installation guide in Hungarian(10.4.4-10.4.7)
Magyar telep�t�si �tmutató és wiki

Installation Guide in Turkish (for OSX 10.4.6)
T�rk�e MacOS x86 Kurulum Rehberi

Installation guide in Spanish (for OSX 10.4.5)
Instalacion en espa�ol, con los torrents y parches para descargar.
C�mo Instalar Mac OS X desde wmware para iniciar en nativo
Programas- Native Install - VMware Install
Installation in Spanish

Installation guide in Dutch (for OSX 10.4.3)
Nederlandse installatiehandleiding voor OSX 10.4.3.
Apears to be death

Installation guide in Italian (for OSX 10.4.3)
Come installare OS X 10.4.3 su un PC.

Installation guide in Japanese (for OSX 10.4.3)
Mac OS X 10.4.3.

Guia de Instalaci�n Leopard 10.5.1 en Espa�ol
Guia de instalaci�n de Leopard en una PC

Installation guide in Arabic
Arabic guide to install OSX using the Vinc0r's DD method with screenshots.

Installation guide in French
Guide d'installation en fran�ais de l'image VMware "deadmoo" sur disque dur. Convient pour les d�butants.

Installation guide in German
Deutsche Anleitung zur Installation des "deadmoo" VMware Images auf einer Festplatte. Auch f�r Anf�nger geeignet.

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Recommended Guides

Full Dual boot OSX 10.4.10 / Vista and 10.4.10 update guide. Written for PascalW's new 10.4.10 update. (NEW KERNEL)
Work perfectly with Uphuck 's 1.3 install DVD - no partition magic - no acronis - no data lost. Just read the instructions carefully... (works on Intel/AMD/SSE3)

Full Dual boot OSX 10.4.10 / Vista and 10.4.10 update guide. Manual kernel update. (NEW KERNEL)
Work perfectly with Uphuck 's 1.3 install DVD - no partition magic - no acronis - no data lost. Just read the instructions carefully... (works on Intel/AMD/SSE2/SSE3)

Dual Boot

Generic StepThru for MultiBoot using MBR install and boot_v8 bootfile with grub on Linux partition

Dual boot leopard and xp (Nederlands)(Dutch) '[Dual boot xp of Vista en leopard 10.5.1 op de zelfde harddisk ]
kan het nog makkelijker

How to create XP/Vista/OSX/Linux bootloader without any scripting
Use the easyBCD tool to add osx or linux partitions to your vista bootloader in one click!

Full Dual boot OSX 10.4.10 / Vista and 10.4.10 update guide. Written for PascalW's new 10.4.10 update. (NEW KERNEL)
Work perfectly with Uphuck 's 1.3 install DVD - no partition magic - no acronis - no data lost. Just read the instructions carefully... (works on Intel/AMD/SSE3)

Full Dual boot OSX 10.4.10 / Vista and 10.4.10 update guide. Manual kernel update. (NEW KERNEL)
Work perfectly with Uphuck 's 1.3 install DVD - no partition magic - no acronis - no data lost. Just read the instructions carefully... (works on Intel/AMD/SSE2/SSE3)

How to Create a Simple Dual Boot System (Win XP/Mac OS 10.4.6/10.4.7/10.4.8)
A simple guide on how to get a dual boot running in less than 25 minutes!

How to dual boot OS X with Xp and any other operating system
An extremely simple guide on How to dual boot OS X with Xp and any other operating system.

Triple booting Windows, Linux, and OSX86
A guide on how to get a triple boot up and running.

Multibooting
Uses CentOS and Grub.

Use Multibooting Reference
Shows how to use WinGrub in place of Grub according to above article.

Install on a Partition, Simple and Accurate
Start with this one if you want to install. Created by members of the OSx86Project

. . . . . . . . . . . ( Video on How to dual boot XP & Mac OSX )

I Wanted to share with you all a link to a video that I uploaded that I found a while back online, & it's called ( How to dual boot XP & Mac OSX ) What I did was have it playing on another computer & I basicly just went step by step pausing & playing & even rewinding in some areas & it is a very good instructional video on how to basicly partition & dual boot or put as many different distro's as you like. you can use this same process with any os, but you know that windows of any kind must always be the first installed & then the others can be added. the link is below.

This video taught me basicly how to dual boot any distro be it XP & OSX,XP & Linux,XP & XP, or xp & anything,Have Fun! I knew how to dual boot before, but this way to me is the fastes & easiest. Just copy & paste the link below this line in the browsers address bar to see the video on ( How to dual boot XP & Mac OSX )

http://www.streamocracy.com/watch/305d1a6308d2a0cf1c39/Watch

I hope this can help you guys out that are having trouble dual booting or even just installing because this video basicly shows you how to partition your drive to get it ready for windows xp & how to partition your drive & get it ready for Mac osx x86. personaly I used Jas 10.4.8 AMD.Intel.SSE2.SSE3 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Native Hardware (after installation)

Laptop Install w/ home-made dongle
(This is a forum link regarding laptop install problems, especially blue screens at boot. An external monitor is needed, or if you have none, this describes making a dongle that will pacify the OS.)

How to patch .kext for ATI Radeon
Enable QE and CL with your ATI Radeon card and set your custom resolution

Nvidia Video Drivers for OSX86
(A third party driver install package offered by the MacVidia project. Allows you to adjust your resolution if you have an NVidia video Card)

Other Helpful Information from this wiki

Changing Screen Resolution[2]

Speed Tweaks

Building Darwin

AC97 Audio Guide

Good Tips and Tricks

[Possible] Guide to Networking

[3] Tutorials and setup info for Mac OS X x86 From How to Set Resolution to Widescreen to How to get the touch scroll and tapping fixed.

The proper boot order

If you get a "HFS+ partition error" in a dual boot situation (possibly in the event you had to re-install either OS after setting up your OS selection menu) it is possible that the wrong partition, or no partition, has been designated as the primary partition.

With EasyBCD

NeoSmart Technologies' EasyBCD contains a built-in feature to repair the HFS+ error. Just download and install EasyBCD from NeoSmart Technologies and run it. Go to the "Diagnostics Center" page, and select the "Repair HFS+ Partition Error" option. You'll be presented with a dialog asking you to select the disk and partition numbers for your OS X install. Once you've picked the right numbers, hit OK to repair.

Manually from the Vista DVD

If using Vista, boot to the Vista installation disk and choose the Repair Computer option and open the command line.

At the command line, follow the procedure first used in setting up the dual partition situation (the end of a line denotes pressing enter to complete the command):
diskpart
list disk
select disk <the number of your disk>
list partition
select partition <the number of your windows partition>
active (if this doesn�t work, try set active)

Attempt your boot again. If this does not help, or if you are not in a dual boot situation, the next easiest thing to do is to format your hard drive and just start over.

You can also try downloading Gparted Live CD. Boot into that and then read the online documentation on how to create and format your partitions and disks. Create 3 partitions of any size, as long as the X86 partition is larger than 7GB. Create a NTFS partition, a EXT3 partition, and a FAT32 partition.

Install Windows first. Either Vista or XP is fine, but beware, I just installed Vista and it takes of 10GB! Then Install Ubuntu Linux (download the ISO or get a free ship-it CD from them, shipping is free) or another flavour as long as it has GRUB built into it. I recommend Ubuntu for its ease of use and GRUB. Then Install X86. Using DiskUtility to format your FAT32 partition as FAT32 once, then format it with HFS Journaled (HFS+). The installation only takes about 10 minutes or so, but Vista takes a little longer and so does Ubuntu.

You can also use the GParted Live CD to boot various partitions on your PC so you can boot the partition with your other OS on and reinstall the bootloader from there. For Windows Vista you can follow the procedure outlined above direct from your Windows Vista installation (run cmd as administrator to avoid problems) and for Linux you can use grub-install or the grub shell to rewrite the MBR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( How to dual boot XP & Mac OSX )

I Wanted to share with you all a link to a video that I uploaded that I found a while back online, & it's called ( How to dual boot XP & Mac OSX )

This video taught me basicly how to dual boot any distro be it XP & OSX,XP & Linux,XP & XP, or xp & anything,Have Fun! I knew how to dual boot before, but this way to me is the fastes & easiest. Just copy & paste the link below this line in the browsers address bar to see the video on ( How to dual boot XP & Mac OSX )

http://www.streamocracy.com/watch/305d1a6308d2a0cf1c39/Watch

I hope this can help you guys out that are having trouble dual booting or even just installing because this video basicly shows you how to partition your drive to get it ready for windows xp & how to partition your drive & get it ready for Mac osx x86. personaly I used Jas 10.4.8 AMD.Intel.SSE2.SSE3 $ it worked well, but ofcourse I had some driver issues, but I got everything working except my video card & wirelesss card, but I did get my sound & ethernet working on my toshiba a45 laptop working. Enjoy & Good Luck! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .