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Mac OS X x86 on hardware for an AMD
my setup:
Mobo: XFX nForce 750a
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9500
RAM: 4GB DDR 2 1066MHz
HDD: 500GB WD SATA
DVD: Sony DVD+RW DRU-840A
Video: Geforce 7300GS PCIe 256MB (Graphics Enabler=Y)
Display: 2x Acer V173 17"'s
Audio: onboard (VoodooHDA)
LAN: onboard (Yukon88E8056)
The easiest way to install Mac OS X on a PC is this:
things you will need:
1. Snow Leopard image you can get a Snow Leopard DVD from apple here (it's only $29.00)
2. a working mac (a real mac or another hackintosh, it doesn't really matter)
3. an 8 gig USB stick
PART 1 prep:
1. plugin your 8 gig USB stick
2. download Chameleon 2.0-RC5_699.pkg
3. format the USB stick using Disk Utility on a mac using the GUID partition scheme and Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and name it something cool like OS X Install USB or anything you want.
4. Install Chameleon to the USB after partitioning it with GUID partition, make sure to change destination to USB
5. Make an .img file of your Snow Leopard DVD go here for instructions
6. Download the custom Extra folder from my AMD setup from here and unzip it to the root of your USB stick (it should just say Extra)
7. Using the restore feature of Disk Utility on a mac, restore your newly created Snow Leopard.img file by drag and dropping it onto the source under the Restore tab
8. Drag and Drop your USB stick in to the Destination in Disk Utility
9. uncheck erase Destination (duh!)
10. hit the Restore button and wait anywhere from 15 to 45 mins depending on your computer speed. When it's complete you will to grab one more file to make it bootable and that is the legacy kernel you can get here. Unzip it to the root of your USB as well. Your file system should now look like this:
PART 2 Boot, Partition and Install:
1. Boot up from your newly created USB stick and hit the space bar and type -v for verbose mode and hit enter
2. if all goes well you will get a welcome to os x welcome screen, hit the right arrow and wait to for setup to load
3. goto Disk Utility under Utilites at the top and format your hard rive for install, again using the GUID partition scheme
4. hit apply and then Quit disk utility and you'll be back to the install screen, hit the customize button and deselect Printer Support & Language Translations and check Rosetta and Quicktime 7
5. Hit install and wait 20 - 60 mins for setup to complete
PART 3 Post install:
1. Boot back up with USB stick and make sure you pick the Mac drive you formatted during setup, NOTE: you will get a legacy_kernel not found! and it will kick you back to the boot selection screen, this time select the USB stick to boot up your hard rive, I don't know why this works - it just does - and it should boot up your hardrive for the 1st time, do a -v to watch!
2. If all went well you should be seeing the mac welcome screen in 50 different languages and there you have it!
3. copy the Extra folder from USB to hard rive and once again install Chameleon, this time to your hard rive.
4. Now depending what version of Snow Leopard you bought you will need the same version of the legacy kernel to match your setup. My Snow Leopard DVD is a 10.6.3 version so I use legacy_kernel-10.3.0.pkg.zip
you can check the version by right clicking (or ctl-clicking) on the apple and going to about this mac. Version 10.6.8 would use legacy_kernel-10.8.0.pkg.zip
you can get your legacy_kernels here, And you can get the final legacy kernel for 10.6.8 from here, which is the final Snow Leopard update from Apple. . .