Comments on: How to Install OS X Leopard on a PC – iATKOS v1.0i Tutorial

By: jay

jay — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:13:43 +0000

for me, don’t need to burn it slow. I burned it with 16x (DVD).

By: jay

jay — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:10:24 +0000

This iso works great for me on Dell optiplex 755. Except I can’t find the right driver for the Network Card. I found one for (Intel82566MM.kext), but it doesn’t work for me. I need driver Intel82566DM-2 Gigabit. Anyone can help. Thanks

By: Hayden Beckett

Hayden Beckett — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:21:42 +0000

Thanks man.

By: Arsalan

Arsalan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:39:24 +0000

hi
i download the program but after a few minute st the first i saw kernel Error what should i do?!?!

By: Wildcatjonah

Wildcatjonah — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:09:16 +0000

Hey every one i Have The Fix For The Screen When You Boot Up And It Says Restart!!!!!! I had this problem but all i did to fix it is on boot up when it counts down to load DARWIN i pressed F8 and Typed -x And it works But it is running in safe mode But IDK if anything is differrent

By: Nima

Nima — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:07:05 +0000

Hi!I want to install iatkos_v7 mac on my latitude by IDE ATA9160823ASG ATA HDD and Nvidia Quadro NVS 140M and broadcam netxtremm 57xx with intel core 2 duo T9300 2.5 GH processors.
im doing this:
after reboot and boot from dvd and press F8 and type -v i cant install and kernel panic occured and … .
i typed -s or -x and thease cant help me to install.
help me please!

By: S3nd41

S3nd41 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:39:32 +0000

I’ve burned the IAtkos install DVD but I can’t boot from it but I can see the drive from within my current Ideneb install, I open it and press install Mac OS. I think there’s something wrong with the image because windows can’t recognize it. Any ideas on how to fix this?

By: Tonton

Tonton — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:45:55 +0000

I am using IATKOS on my Asus A8jn but I cannot do Wifi. Need help please. thanks

By: Fahim

Fahim — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:06:56 +0000

Marc, if worst comes to worst you can always install another copy of windows xp on that 40gb partion you have. Then you can use a program called EasyBCD to add original xp installation to ur bootloader.

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:48:16 +0000

I think I comited a big mistake on step 5 (Darwin tool) before trying this I had winXP on partition1 (100Gbs), win7 on parttion2 (100Gbs) and an empty space for OSX (40Gbs).

When rebooted, now there’s a text line with “No booteable media found” what happened here???

Can I still repair winXP without loosing my data, using the XP disc and the recovery console???

Thanks for the response in advance!!!

By: AA-Radio

AA-Radio — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:37:39 +0000

hi i downloaded iatkos-v10i and burnt it fine at x4 speed, put it in the dvd drive restarted my computer pressed anykey but as soon as it say’s loading my computer automaically restarts even if i typed -v oi help?

By: cris

cris — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:39:55 +0000

Managed to install leopard on my Acer Aspire..

Great without any problem.
Took some windows drivers and use wrapper like we do in linux and my hardwares are working fine including wifi.

Not bad.

I will publish how to use wrapper to get your sound and wi-fi drivers working.
Got to sleep for now.. spent the whole night installing.

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:42:25 +0000

i got mine working on my Toshiba laptop. it took a couple of tries but i got it working. i can now dual boot win7 and mac os x 10.5.7. only problem is no wifi. you have to know all of the specs of your pc (sound, keyboard, etc.) its a lot easier if you’re installing as the main os. if you check all of the drivers. they will all try to work at the same time which fucks everything up.

By: riycou

riycou — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:34:36 +0000

i have geat news the compaq c571nr (c500) will run iatkos, im running it now thanks for the info on how to do this.

By: riycou

riycou — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:45:39 +0000

i have a Compaq c 571nr and i was wondering if i could install mac on it. is it possible to do?

By: Jared P

Jared P — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:34:30 +0000

I copied the ISO to a blank DVD-R and rebooted. When it read the disk, it would ask me what I wanted to do with it. No matter what I did, it always restarted my computer. Is my computer just not accepted by it?

By: AndreasPan

AndreasPan — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:53:56 +0000

i istalled mac on my hp pavillion dv6500 but i do not have wireless card driver and sound driver… the usb ports , ethernet dosn’t work!… please ifanyone can helpp??? pleaaseE?? thank you ! my email : andreas-pan@live.com

By: Shyam Kumar

Shyam Kumar — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:11:31 +0000

hi,

i was installed iATKOS_v1.0i.iso on my x86 PC.my PC configuration is Compaq Presario SG2070il (P4 3.0GHZ, 1 GB RAM, 40 GB IDE). then after reboot its giving an error ” System Config file ‘/com.apple.boot.plist’ not found. i can’t boot in Mac OS X ….

Help me please….

By: TiTo

TiTo — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:29:31 +0000

Hi, my laptop is a compaq v3718LA, when I try to install iatkos V7, my HDD doesn’t appear in the disk utility table, I can’t install…

My HDD is Sata II 120GB

Help me please…

By: telltell

telltell — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:11:56 +0000

thanks! can install on HP Pavilion m9400

By: Peter V

Peter V — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:32:05 +0000

ATTENTION – NEWS UPDATE: iATKOS v7 has been released on 06/20/2009 by the uphuck/eskurza OSx86 Turk team. You can find support at all major OSx86 communities!

I am installing iATKOS v7 on a Dell Dimension 9100 (Pentium D 3Ghz, 4GB 667, 7800GTX sli, 1TB SATA) right now – very excited to see how it goes!

By: iATKOS v7 10.5.7 for Intel/AMD has been Released | Peter Vatistas

iATKOS v7 10.5.7 for Intel/AMD has been Released | Peter Vatistas — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:31:32 +0000

[...] Attention OSx86 peeps!! iATKOS v7 has been released as of 06/20/2009 by the uphuck/eskurza OSx86 Turk team! Please visit my tutorial on how to install iATKOS OS X Leopard on a PC. [...]

By: Vikas

Vikas — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:51:48 +0000

Can this image of iatkos v1.0i be installed on vmware…??????

By: ian

ian — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:53:13 +0000

my emial address isuter@optusnet.com.au, installing leo is not as hard as you think, foxconn p9657aa motherboard you just got to have the right stuff

By: ian

ian — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:44:32 +0000

i have it all working on a foxconn p9657aa board with 2600xt display card, everything works, a little tip, get a board that supports ahci sata mode,i tried to install leo,jas,on 6 motherboards and it did not work, i have every thing working and it boots in no time, use ahci in your bios and dont turn on usb mouse or keyboard, turn off floppy drive,turn on boot menu and get two hardrives like i did and you will have osx and windows, download leo4allv3,use osx86 tools and download drivers and install, then download ATI Radeon HD2600 XT Pcie10.5.6 -10.5.x install it and reboot, then install any mac osx86 software, dont do mac updates, i installed final cut pro and it works perfect, if want install windows, this is how you do on ahci mode, unhook you mac drive and install windows on you other drive, but before you do it switch you ahci in bios back to sata mode, then install windows and get every thing working, eg motherboard drivers, display driver, then go to device manager click on primary ata driver update it to your ahci driver and it will leave it disabled, dont worry about it at this time, restart and change bios back to ahci mode and let windows start and it will find what it needs and restart again, then shut down and hook up your mac osx86 drive again and the boot menu will ask you what drive do you want to boot, a word of warning do not change back to sata mode if you are using installing ubuntu in windows as it stuffs it up, anyway when you get it to work you wont have to worry about changing back, good luck, try and get hardware that is close to a imac, if you want cheat go to a mac store and have a look at one open about this mack and look at the info, i tried 4 different video cards and couldnt get any to work right , so that is what i did

By: Johnsdre

Johnsdre — Sun, 24 May 2009 04:54:06 +0000

I can install iATKOS just fine but when I try to go into the OS it sits at the grey apple screen with the circle spinning and doesn’t do anything else. Anyone know what might cause this?

By: Anup Sur

Anup Sur — Mon, 11 May 2009 08:46:23 +0000

I installed iAtkos v1.0i on my Toshiba Satellite Pro M 200 in a separate partition. I have Win XP running on my C. My Marvell Yukon ehternet card as well as the Intel Pro wirelees card is not working. Could you suggest a solution??

By: jttechs

jttechs — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:12:23 +0000

i have a big sector type problem
i tried both F8 and enter and it boots fine
i see the rotating /
then after 1-2mins it says:

“EBIOS read error: Device timeout
Block 4306168 Sectors 64″

ive tried about probably 7-10 times min of 5

last time after long time it popped up and said you need to reboot your computer over a picture of a gray powerbutton logo

what should i do???!!!

By: yu_buffon

yu_buffon — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:46:38 +0000

Hi, my friend tried but cant boot, there s an error. can any1 help?

By: sergio

sergio — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:16:06 +0000

after installing everythig and when I am selecting keyboard, my laptop gets into a loop and keeps going back to the select keyboard screen without being able to finish instalation, any help?

By: Rebeca

Rebeca — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:23:29 +0000

LG E300 (Intel Core 2 Duo) – Windows Vista home in main partition, Windows 7 beta in a 2nd partition. The laptop came with a small partition, which I haven’t touched.

- I created another partition. First left unallocated.
- I put the iATKOS v1.0 dvd and it loads fine. I get to the OS X page, but when I try to install it, it doesn’t see any of the above partitions. Any suggestions ???

By: omg thanks!

omg thanks! — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:27:21 +0000

OMG thanks this helped me. i used to have osx and vista on the same computer

By: John

John — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:10:48 +0000

okay here is a full tutorial on how to install iAtkos v1.0i on a pc

i have a toshiba satellite p205, intel core duo @ 1.5 ghz x2, 4 gb RAM, 250 GB HDD, intel graphics, intel wireless

okay so first download your favorite version of iatkos and burn it to a dvd

restart the computer with the dvd in the drive.

you can go into the computer’s bios to change the boot order of the hardware, but some computers offer messages like “press F12 for boot options”, which is the easier way.. either way, youre going to want to boot from DVD/CD.

the computer should give you a darwin loading thing, good sign…

it should say “press F8 for more options” this isnt necessary, but you do need to press something so that it knows to boot from the dvd.

once its loading, it will show the apple logo and a gray screen.. this takes a while to load.

once it it is all loaded, click continue then go to utilities–> disk utility

if you have anything important on your HDD you might want to close out of this then use software like GParted to partition the free space on your HDD, if not then you are fine. select the hard drive you want, click the erase button, and select the journeled file system. after it is set, close out

read the terms and conditions, they will tell you what you need to select on the next page, given your hardware.

click next, find the harddrive you just formatted, click next.

at the bottom click customize

you deffinatly want to select a bootloader. the different boot loaders work for different motherboards… select one

then you need to select a kernel. if you selected the EFI bootloader then select the efi kernel. otherwise, select the stock kernel.

most of the other things on the list are hardware specific.. drivers and such

click install, skip the CD check, and watch it go….

restart your computer and you should be all set.

By: Hakim

Hakim — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:22:56 +0000

When you talk about erasing, is this erasing your current hard drive for the mac? Just not to sure and dont want to do something i end up regretting.

Thanks.

By: fawkl

fawkl — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:48:22 +0000

I downloaded iAtkos 1.0i image but when I booted from the DVD and go to Utilities menu it doesn’t have Darwin_Boot tool. Any ideas?

So now after i’ve completed the installation, leopard doesn’t boot from the hard disk, if I go to Utilities> Startup disk, it doesn’t show any, except “Network Startup”.

By: Atiyeh

Atiyeh — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:45:20 +0000

Hey can someone give me instructions on how to burn it to dvd, because i tried burning it but it just wont work. When i boot my system i select boot from cd/dvd and it just boots up vista

By: Anand

Anand — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:05:22 +0000

Hi friends, i have succesfully installed iatkos version with dual boot along with win xp. everything went smooth . i havent followed above tutorial. i will tell quickly how i did on my hp dv2000 series laptop core duo processor, 2.5GB ram. 80 HDD. Alreadi installed Win XP in C Drive(40GB). Created extended partition (40 GB) . in that i have created D : Drive for 10 GB formated NTFS and remaining created a partiion of 30GB but didnt format it. To leave it for MAC OS.

1. Download and Burn Iatkos dvd.make sure burn at very low speed.

2. You need to have Gparted live cd.(google it) you need this to change boot flags of your hard drive. Google it.

3. download and burn Gparted. Boot with Gparted live cd. change the options in BIOS to boot from CDROM first.

4. Once Gparted is loaded (takes a bit to load). you can see all your partitions detected here. in my case i have installed windows xp in C drive. So there is boot flag for that drive. I have to go to options to remove boot flag for C drive and enable it for partition which we didnt format.Change the drive lable to “Leopard”(enter without quotes) click Apply and restart your PC.

5. before that put in your iatkos dvd inside and enter -v at command prompt you get. and wait for the apple logo and then the disclaimer.

6. before goin further go to utilities, format the drive to HFS and click Erase and close that utilitiy window. Now check the box and click Next . Please do not click Customize. The basic install will do fine. Dont select any thing other than default selected in customize options.

7. click next and Proceed further and select the Drive which we labelled to leopard and click Install. Now installation process continues.

8. Once it asks for system reboot. take of your dvd and restart your PC. now next time you see is a counter coming for 10seconds. just leave it. after a while you can see Apple Logo. Go ahead and enter the default user settings and dlick Finish. Now you get onto Mac Desktop. thats it!
Now restart your PC. As i said earlier dual boot is fixed automatically. Now when u restart click Enter in count down timer . u can see drives displayed as C: NTFS and D drive and Leopard. click C and press Enter. Now you can boot into windows.

Huh ! thats it ..quite simple.but took me a week time to figure out which settings work for my laptop. Hope it helps someone whoz looking for this process.
Any questions plz email me : anandreddyp@gmail.com
Thanks
Anand

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:03:18 +0000

How do u get to Darwin boot on iATKOS v1.0ir??

By: Don

Don — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:17:49 +0000

Guys, for those who are planning to use iatkos on a single drive with windows (dual boot), follow the posted instructions above (topmost) without having to worry that you your hd will be messed up. if by chance iatkos doesnt work for you, you can return the converted partition back to ntfs by simply using
your bootable winxp installer. just use the paritition utility of the setup.

i find the latest release of iatkos compatible in all acer aspire laptop, it works on my 3 acer’s which i have installed this without a problem. all drivers are working. the problem is, im not used to mac environment. (still learning) and i am having trouble finding similar softwares that i have on my windows xp.

that’s it!

By: Duncan

Duncan — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:51:20 +0000

I installed iATKOS successfully, but when I reboot i get a gray screen that has a box that says Reboot your computer. Can anyone help?

By: Coelho

Coelho — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:25:05 +0000

I have been trying to download it on my desktop computer. I set the bios to do the CD drive first then HDD-0. I put the CD in and it cant read it! I think its because I have 2 CD drives. One is DVD and one is CD. I think my DVD is set to be the main drive and CD is secondary. I know that the version of iAtkos v1.0i is right. I have the image on a DVD. I am really stuck and it wont even boot the DVD. Please tell me what to do. Do I need to extract the picture? Or is the BIOS on my computer wrong. Tell me what to do!

By: StarGater93

StarGater93 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:54:07 +0000

damn it…. i installed mac os X before i installed xp and now idk how to get back to mac os x…. i either have to put the disk back in and do the step about boot thingy…. or i have to get umm… grub or sometihng likt that… i gotta wait untill i install vista on the other partition then ill figgure out wat to do….

SG-93 : out…

By: StarGater93

StarGater93 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:08:01 +0000

this works PERFECTLY right now i think… i tried installing this on an external HD and it didnt work… that was like… long ago… so i wanted to reinstall my OSes so i figgured id try again with installing it directy to the main HD… everything seems to work now i think… (at leat i can actualy start the OS compaired to nothing….) the only thing is that its kinda slow (i guess thats what happens when u install an os thats not made to be on that kind of comp ummm… on that kind of comp…) and theres no sound…. other than that it seems to work fine… got WIFI too :) … but without sound… i can live without it (windows XP can do that for me…) anyhow… if anyone knows how to get sound working then that would be helpfull…

my comp is a Dell Inspiron E1505 Laptop
Intel Core Duo
“1.6 GHz
1 GB 533 MHZ DDR” according to the “about this mac” thingy… i assume thats wat it is…

SG-93 – Out!

By: Nijan

Nijan — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:10:05 +0000

The option “Darwin Boot” does not appear at the Utilities menu. Help?

By: Farazdak

Farazdak — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:28:48 +0000

hi,
I’ve downloaded the: iATKOS v1.0i (from torrent: iATKOS v1.0ir2.iso), and was trying to install Leopard on my core 2 duo but every time i install it, after 1-2 restarts it goes on restarting its self and i have to reinstall it again…

In addition, disk utilities don’t have mentioned, Darwin_Boot option in it!
What is wrong….???

plz Help ! ! !

Farazdak

By: Alin

Alin — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:20:54 +0000

Hi, first of all, 8GB RAM, holy crap!

Secondly, when partitioning my hard drive (I want one partition for XP and one for Leopard)
What format do I parition it to (NTFS etc.)?

Thanks,
Alin.

By: frozeninsane

frozeninsane — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:25:28 +0000

I would like to boot to an external hard drive, or to vmware, because i really don’t want to screw up my ntfs internal hard drive, any suggestions on where i should get started? I tried Iatkos on external drive and starts to boot, then my screen just goes black and does nothing more

By: telling every buddey

telling every buddey — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:36:31 +0000

i hacked my ps3 to linux ubuntu made a dual boot put windows vista on it got on my pc burned iATKOS to a disk put it in the ps3 and installed three operating systems on it 20 gig’s each

By: BNK

BNK — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:01:16 +0000

Hi,

i installed this everal time but all these time it didnt work. I install then on the reboot i take the dvd out but it just stops at a blinking dos curser. What could be wrong? im using a pc with a P4 HT & 1GB RAM. Can you help me on this please…???

By: Hung Nguyen

Hung Nguyen — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:16:56 +0000

It’s work good ! great !
Thanks so much !
But very hard to add some driver ! (Wireless ,sound ,SD card..etc )

By: Peter V

Peter V — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:35:55 +0000

“Do I need to burn it to DVD (-R) on slow speed ?”

No JSM, burn it normal.

By: JSM

JSM — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:27:43 +0000

Do I need to burn it to DVD (-R) on slow speed ?

By: akuanauta

akuanauta — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:50:34 +0000

I already installed the v1.oi.zip runs perfectly, i have a dv6675ep with 2.20 GHz and 2 GB of ram and nvidia 8400 GS 128.

By: Recon415

Recon415 — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:05:26 +0000

I thoroughly thank you for this awesome article. It’s really an irony because I was looking into installing Leopard as a dual boot on this laptop…

By: kaizar

kaizar — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:07:30 +0000

thanks peter. but can’t you just answer here. hehe. but i’ll go to the forum right away! :)

By: Peter V

Peter V — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:53:55 +0000

Alright guys, I should have done this long ago. For your questions and/or comments go to the Peter-V Forum and post here: How to Install OS X Leopard on a PC - iATKOS v1.0i Tutorial - Forum Style

By: kaizar

kaizar — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:54:39 +0000

now the screen only shows
WARNING: AppleUSBAudio has detected that clock_get_uptime () value changed radically from previous value
is there something wrong?

By: kaizar

kaizar — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:39:09 +0000

i’ve stuck at:
ERROR: FireWire cannot determine security-mode; defaulting to all-secure
Jettisoning kernel linker.
How eh?

By: kaizar

kaizar — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:35:37 +0000

ok so i have typed -v and waiting for the result, will comment back after a while

By: kaizar

kaizar — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:26:12 +0000

after reboot, all i get is the gray background with apple logo at the centre after pressing enter. can anyone help me out? thanks in advance :)

By: Bubica

Bubica — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:24:05 +0000

hey guys, when i get to the os x installer i came to realise THERE IS NO DISK UTILITIES under the UTILITIES menu.

there’s only a “restore from time mashine backup” or something like that. THATS ALL there is there!

WHY IS THIS??

does anyone know what did i mess up??

i’ve downloaded the iatkosv1 torrent, not the one with rc1 or rc2, but there simply is NO DISK UTILITIES, so i cant go any further with the installation.

HEEEEEELP!! :(

By: jeremy b

jeremy b — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:38:05 +0000

sry hp dv6226us*

By: jeremy b

jeremy b — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:37:30 +0000

hey it took maybe 15 tries and a day of school i slept through but it was well worth it :)

i do have one HUGE problem:

my wifi DOESNT WORK

i have one room with hardwire in it and its small and crappy

i want wifi!!!!

here are my full laptop specs (hp dvv6226us)

Product Number RP297UA#ABA
Microprocessor 1.60 GHz Intel® Pentium® Dual Core processor T2060
Microprocessor Cache 1MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB
Memory 1024MB DDR2 (2 Dimm)
Video Graphics Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Video Memory Up to 256MB (shared)
Hard Drive 120GB 5400RPM (SATA)
Multimedia Drive Super Multi 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
Display 15.4″ WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800) Display
Fax/Modem High speed 56k modem
Network Card Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
Wireless Connectivity 802.11b/g WLAN
Multimedia Features HP Imprint Finish & Integrated Microphone
Sound Altec Lansing
Keyboard 101-key compatible

2 Quick Launch Buttons (HP Quick Play Music and DVD)
Pointing Device Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical scroll Up/Down pad
PC Card Slots
1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)
External Ports
5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
3 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
2 Headphone out – 1 w/SPDIF Digital Audio & 1 stereo
1 microphone-in
1 VGA (15-pin)
1 TV-Out (S-video)
1 RJ-11 (modem)
1 RJ -45 (LAN)
1 notebook expansion port 3
1 IEEE 1394 Firewire (4-pin)
1 Consumer IR
Dimensions 14.05″ (L) X 10.12″ (W) X 1″ (min H)/1.69″ (max H)
Weight 6.14lbs
Security
Kensington® MicroSaver lock slot
Power-on password
Accepts 3rd party security lock devices
Power
65W AC Adapter
6-Cell Lithium-Ion battery

please reply asap!

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:25:51 +0000

Hi! I have a problem when installing, because my disk is disk0s5. Now when i get to the darwin_boot, and when i press 5 at the “partition number”, “5″ doesn’t appear. Now what happens is that darwin_boot installs on disk0s only. Any help? Thanks.

By: Pedro G

Pedro G — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:52:25 +0000

Hello! When I’m going to create a partition at Disk Utility my hdd doesn’t appear. What should I do?

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:13:48 +0000

Hi..

I’ve downloaded the: iATKOS v1.0i (from torrent: iATKOS v1.0ir2.iso), and was trying to install Leopard on a different machines, and no luck so far. My ‘MAC’ does not want to boot :(
in most of cases it says: cannot find ‘com.apple.Boot.plist’ or sth similar.

In addition, disk utilities don’t have mentioned, Darwin_Boot option in it! What is wrong, why I cannot find it, to set it pu correctly??

Thanks for your help.

Martin.

By: Kiril

Kiril — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:50:13 +0000

1 question ! How can i istall Leo from usb drive!! I know that is not a simple operation so if it’s possible could u give me a link to some tutorials or something else…

By: eez

eez — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:49:46 +0000

helo… i using a compaq presario v3000 series. i’m using the iatkos v1.0 and i’d followed all the necessary steps including hitting yes during the efi, after that, i click on agree at the terms and conditions.

after that, theres a popup to select destination of installation and theres no partition that can be selected.

please help me with this prob.

thank you very much.

By: MARC

MARC — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:47:12 +0000

how do i install iATKOS V1 on to an external usb hardrive and get it to boot thanks

By: alex

alex — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:12:41 +0000

hey guys i need help i downloaded kalyway and tryed to burn it to a DVD, it did not install im downloading a torrent of iatko v1.0 so i hope it will work please tell wht im doing wrong!

By: zach

zach — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:48:11 +0000

Hi, when i get to the prepare to install leopard screen, it just freezes up. i get past the grey screen with the apple logo. i need help

thanks

By: jose soeiro

jose soeiro — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:49:52 +0000

got it now…
used fdisk to activate it but couldn’t write!
so,found out that needed to update my stdp(or similar)driver ‘coz my
old version could keep it from mounting mac drives!
booted but after apple logo and spining disk,would just turn black
and the screen seemed to shut down!!!
reinstalled iatkos1.oir2 and now when boots
get an error message saying have to turn off the pc !
no luck

By: jose soeiro

jose soeiro — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:10:11 +0000

hi there…
have xp in c: with d: partition,and have a drive f: in wich instaled IATKOS 1.0i R2.how do i boot from it?
if leave the dvd in,takes me to the install again!
if take the dvd out,it starts xp!
if boot from that drive get error dh0 or something…
in disk utilities don’t have a darwin boot!
startup disk just shows a network volume…
…and always end up in the start install or f8.
-v or enter or wathever…always goes to the install again,
and in the top,boot options…just see iatkos!
tried kaliway,flat image and now IATKOS 1.0i R2…
even with system profiler i do see files,
not many aplications thow!!!nor startup items?!
any help?
intel celeron 2.4,supports sse2 and sse3,ati radeon 9200
thanks anyway

By: Teun H

Teun H — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:44:02 +0000

The DVD boot procedure ended up with “Still waiting for root device”

Last real message is “IOATAController device blocking bus”

My test-hardware: Gigabyte mainboard: GA-81945GMH-RH with SATA disk and SATA DVD player.

By: Peter V

Peter V — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:56:55 +0000

Kevin,

I totally understand your problem along with everyone else’s problems but I don’t have the answered. I have installed iATKOS of several computers for my friends and colleagues and some work fine, some don’t.

The main problem right now is there are only a handful of developers working on the iATKOS distros which limits the compatibility with many desktops and laptops.

The only thing I could suggest is to have you visit the OSx86 Project Forum and see if you can find a solution there. I would love to take the time to help each and everyone of your compatibility issues but the problem is I am probably going to waste more time for you versus visiting the OSx86 Project Forum – there are dozens of pro’s there more qualified to answer troubleshooting issues.

Sorry your having issues and I hope this helps – if not let me know and I’ll try to help you find a better source for reference to your specific problem.

Good luck and thanks for stopping by!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:39:40 +0000

Hi,

First of all, sorry for my bad english (I’m Danish)

My leopard is installed on my computer after your guide, step by step and i have only done what you said.

But when i try to boot up my “new mac” i would not, there is just coming a black screen. My computer has, Intel Duo Core and all the specs. that it need.

Can you explain my problem? :)

By: Ric

Ric — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:54:51 +0000

I have a acer aspire 1414 LMI intel pentium m 1.3 1G 40G of disk it can runs IATKOS 1.0i R2?
It boot but stop with te logo and don’t move.

By: max

max — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:10:44 +0000

ok um am really interesting in this from since this bin out but i ever have problems with this my only question tho is really, wat program did n e of u guys used to burn this iso file kause am using magiciso but everytime it says its done burning theres nun written on the disk i really dont kno but honestly i would love if atleast one of u guys help me out here

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:12:44 +0000

update on my problem. I used IATKOS 1.0i R2 and it boots up just fine now. It just bypasses that error.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:03:12 +0000

Hi,

I tried installing iATKOS 1.0i and i can’t get through the bootup. I tried -v after hitting F8 so i can see whats going on within verbose mode and I get an error which halts the whole install. The error is,

(ERROR: Firewire unable to determine security-mode; defaulting to full-secure.) Then it does nothing at this point.

I appreciate any help you have to offer me.

Regards,
Dan

By: Peter V

Peter V — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:55:58 +0000

John, Please see this post: Hard Drive Partition Solution

By: John

John — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:51:35 +0000

Hi, I downloaded and burned the iatkos to a dvd, now I am having problems partitioning my hard drive for vista … so is it possible to use an external (200gbs) hard drive to use this, if so – can anyone tell me how to do this since it connects through a usb cable ! ?

PS – i am using a hp dv6000 laptop

By: pitumbo

pitumbo — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:24:37 +0000

i’ve got the iatkos version running but the intro movie (with “welcome” in all the different languages”) is extremely slow

is that normal and to be expected or did i do something wrong?

By: Saurabh

Saurabh — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:16:31 +0000

Hey guys please help me ….

My system specs… P4 HT 3.0 Ghz, 1 GB DDR1 RAM, Intel 865 GVHZ motherboard.

I have downloaded iAtkos and burned it on 10X. This DVD doesnt showing 2.4 Gb of data on it….it is just showing 544 kb ..

When i boot from this dvd it ask to press any key or F8
when i just press any key…it show me a white background and an apple logo… it also give a error message that you need to shut down your computer..

On the other side when i pressed F8 it ask to enter -v when i pressed -v it show me full page of message…like … “com.apple.com one side only……”… and system just frezzes …..

Can anyone plz help me …. thanks in advance…….

By: Peter V

Peter V — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:24:53 +0000

Cole.Brand

This already has OS X on the DVD – OS X Leopard. No need for the OS DVD.

By: Cole.Brand

Cole.Brand — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:23:04 +0000

Will it work in a VM other than Parallels? Also, for others reading this thread later, this requires it’s own seperate disk of OSX right? I mean, iATKOS doesn’t have OSX on the DVD does it? Or should I really go surf the torrent wave?

But I’m curious about the VM

By: Peter V

Peter V — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:51:47 +0000

Windows Install Error Solution

By: How to Fix "Setup did not find any hard disk drives" During Windows XP Install | Peter Vatistas

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:50:57 +0000

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By: Mike James

Mike James — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:23:36 +0000

Last night when i tried to install XP Pro back in my Dell, it refuses, that didn’t scare me much, i just booted a Eraser CD, i made with Webroot Windows Washer, didn’t even needed to do Zero, just a quick with a few seconds, booted XP, format with NTFS, it took approx. 30 minutes, had to google the drivers. everything was finished in 3 hours.

so i all you need is to use an eraser cd, it’ll fix your HDD.

By: Peter V

Peter V — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:42:31 +0000

I finally figured out what the issue was with one of my laptops and not being able to re-install Microsoft Windows XP. I will be writing up the solution shortly. This is good news for you guys who are a little scared to test OSx86 Leopard on your machine.

BTW here is a good resource for OSx86 Leopard using iATKOS or Kalyway: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showforum=136

By: mike

mike — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:50:00 +0000

hi… my installation stops at the grey screen with the apple in the middle.. what can i do?? someone told me about bios config.. can you explain this? thanks..

By: Mike James

Mike James — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:28:30 +0000

So for the first time i didnt get an error, but all what i got is a blinking cursor, im using the only partition and i named it leopard without spces since i heard it may effect the installtion.

i choosed OSx86 since i couldnt find anything related to SSE2 or SSE3 on my BIOS. So it restarted and like i said im getting “the scree of death”.

any tips on that Peter?

By: Peter V

Peter V — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:49:40 +0000

Mike James,

Are you using the latest release of iATKOS? You should be using v1.0 I think. As for the drivers you only want to select what you have and nothing else. I tried selecting all drivers and it really messes everything up, trust me. If you don’t see the exact driver for your specific piece of hardware I suggest ignoring it and moving on.

I’m right there with you on not wanting to use Windows anymore, Leopard or Ubuntu is the only way to go in my opinion.

By: Mike James

Mike James — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:19:17 +0000

Well, when i tried to follow your tutorial last night, i was just surprised, that couldn’t find “Darwin_Boot” like nowhere, i was shocked! i went to check your blog from my E61i and i was just surprised again, there is nothing under disk utility, i went to youtube, it it seems it was in every system except mine, i clicked on terminal but it didn’t ask me nothing and all the videos showed that you have to pass by Darwin_Boot which i didn’t see, except for the Kalyway, which didn’t show that. it was stright install.

As for the data, i lost 40 GB , just to use my full 80 GB to run leopard, to me i’d give up a lot just to use leopard, i can’t stan one more windows day as you can see.

One more thing, would it be a problem if i marked all the drivers? ’cause i have a Wireless USB stick. and i just see something about Wireless patch.

Thanks again for your time, i really appreciate it.

By: Peter V

Peter V — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:05:45 +0000

Mike,

The format won’t get you anywhere and neither will adding all the drivers. If you don’t see an exact driver for what you have then please don’t choose it. As for wiping the drive clean and trying again you’ll need to run the disk utility, repartition it, then format it at default (zero I think).

As for booting into the OSx86 Leopard install you shouldn’t need to hit F12. Just boot by pressing enter and start the install process. With all the different installs I’ve done I have never had to do any further configuration once installed. So you shouldn’t worry about any custom commands or whatnot.

The install process shouldn’t take more than an hour and definitely not 3 hours plus.

Now for your SSE2 or SSE3 question; you should just be able to see this information in your BIOS settings. Just go through every option to see if it gives you any information about either. None of my computers showed me any option to set or change SSE2 or SSE3. If your’s does than I recommend following the instructions regarding your specific hardware.

Again please take my advice on using a hard drive that you can spare to lose and if that drive has data make sure you back it up.

By: Peter V

Peter V — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:51:24 +0000

You can install Leopard on a separate partition of your HDD instead of using the entire drive but I highly recommend against it. I would not install iATKOS or Kalyway on a live, production machine or hard drive. If you really want to play around I highly recommend installing it on a separate hard drive that you can partition and format to mac extended (journaled).

Mac OS X Leopard is extremely stable but the stability is reliant on specified hardware and firmware. Hundreds if not thousands of people have installed Leopard on their PC without one issue but the chance of losing data is still high, much higher than installing OS X on a Mac or Windows on a PC.

I only recommend installing OSx86 Leopard on a hard drive that your okay with messing up. In one instance I installed Leopard using iATKOS and when I tried re-partitioning and formating it back to FAT32 or NTFS (to re-install Windows XP), I couldn’t. The hard drive is jacked and I am still trying to fix it (1 week later).

Thankfully I have a few SATA drives laying around and I can spare loosing one or two but for someone that only has 1 hard drive I wouldn’t do it.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:32:22 +0000

Hey i was wondering if you have to do a clean install of leopard. Can i just make a partition on a single harddrive and use that space. Or do i have to backup my whole computer and after leopard done installing, reinstall vista.

By: Mike James

Mike James — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:15:42 +0000

One more thing, How could i know if my system has SSE2 or SSE3 cause my friend was just suggestion to do a Kalyway, i called him asking about that after seeing Mark’s post and it seems to run way smoother than iATKOS.

By: Mike James

Mike James — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:01:21 +0000

Well, to be honest, everything looked just perfect, i could’ve just let my DVD-Drive Run all night to enjoy the colors of the macintosh system.

As i boot[ed] the DVD pressing the F12 button, within’ seconds a message came asking me wether to put commands or just leave it to run, on the first time, i pressed a button and it asked me either to write a command or type “-v” i typed that suddenly i moved to this grey background, with “burned grey” Apple logo and the colorful mouse, that made my day i swear, so nothing seems to jump up, with time it moved or switched i can’t recall i did that progress at 5 a.m. and for 3 times, anyway, wen the blue background came, it asked me to agree, well i did, after that it took me to where i should choose my HDD (SATA) but i couldn’t find it, i went to utilities and called a friend, just in case he told me to make the HDD as something with a (J)? i did then i saw my HD, i named it Mike J HD, it checked the DVD and everything is alright, then whole installation has finished. restart the system, so excited, the system run with a message: system error and couple more words, maybe one of them called boot not sure.

for the second time, i erased the HDD using a Zero option? nothing worked, third time tried with all the drivers, its just the same, nothing changed same message, i thought at least it would work but i won’t get connected or it’ll ran slow just i didn’t expect to not boot at all.

installation progress looked just like a normal mac, you don’t get that using Windows.

Tell me if gotta change something specific and it could work, i could put money on it, change it from P4 to dual Core? no problem at all, although the motherboard is so clean and new, but i’d give it up for a mac.

so one more thing, is it just boot and install or there is some codes/commands i have to type?

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:22:31 +0000

I am trying to figure out what installer will work better – iATKOS or Kalyway. Has anyone had any issues with either or any success?

I love the idea of having Leopard on my Dell but am a little hesitant on which path to go down as I have never done anything like this before. I do have a Dell Dimension 510 which is compatible with Leopard since they do use it in iMacs.

By the way I want to thank you Peter for all your great posts. your really making the transition away from Windows easy for me and even easier to start my own in-home web server using BSD (I think I will go with FreeBSD over OpenBSD).

Cheers.

By: Peter V

Peter V — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:14:39 +0000

Mike,

I ran into an issue much like yours one of my Dell Precisions. I am wondering if we had the same issue; when you booted using the iATKOS disc did it show a white screen with a gray Apple logo? If so did it then show a white box over the gray Apple with a line through a circle?

That is the one of many errors I have seen and to be honest I am not certain what it means, probably an incompatible drive or other piece of hardware. Also make sure your HDD is SATA, not IDE.

The other issues I have personally run into are incompatible video cards and incompatible motherboards. Remember, OS X Leopard was built for a specific motherboard, CPU, memory, HDD, etc. If your wanting to use iATKOS or Kalyway then I suggest you make sure the PC you plan on installing is close to, if not exact with what is in an iMac.

If you Google compatible computers for OSx86 you’ll come across lists of computers that have successfully run Leopard OS X.

Let me know what your able to drum up and if you can get past that error message or error icon. Good luck!

By: Mike James

Mike James — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:01:02 +0000

I didn’t do your Tutorial, but i’m thinking to do it just got couple of questions.

i have a Dell Precision Workstation, P4 3.4Ghz 1 MB Cache and 512 Ram, i’ll upgrade it tomorrow to 2.5 GB DDR II. and 80 GB hardisk, fully formmated, i’m not even using it its parked next to my homemade pc.

yet, i gave up on every article and tutorial to do the iATKOS, i’m a windows guy since 1996, and believe me, when it comes to windows, its hard to beat me and as you know when you come to this new world, everything seem strange although some words seem familiar, with a friend help who uses mac since he was born, i went though the setup, just to find my self getting system error. i can’t even recall what it came in the screen i’ve tried to install it in all ways, i’ve changed the hardisk to Jearuols something like that, still didn’t work, installed drivers, nothing seem to work, is there another way, is it with P4? cause i’ve read somewhere in uphuck forums that it worked with P4.