∞ Infinite Mac

The latest iATKOS v2.0i has been released by the OSX86.Türk team.

According to uphuck the team has mostly worked on GPT multi boot systems and fixed the boot errors of earlier versions.

They also added latest Apple updates, some VGA drivers and nForce support. The size of the iso image is only 2.64 GB.

Requirements

The DVD is designed for Intel architectures, with the minimum requirements of an Intel SSE3 CPU, 512MB RAM and 12GB free space on target partition. It includes Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2 (9C7010) installation.

Before installing you should make sure that the md5 checksum of your iATKOS iso image matches the one posted. Use quality media/burner and burn slowly (2x speed is recommended).

Validated MD5 Checksum: f1ad86417c16c1ea873abb8114989d3e

Information

This release supports GPT (Guid Partition Table) partition map scheme. You can change your partition table type to GPT via Disk Utility or some other partition managers. Using Parted Magic Live CD which is based on GParted is recommended. It also includes Darwin EFI emulation boot for MBR (Master Boot Record) harddrives. Intel Core CPUs can use stock kernel and stock ACPIPlatform with EFI emulation on MBR and with GPT. This increases stability and performance.

Intel CoreDuo Processors use the SpeedStep Technology which is stable in OS X. If you have an Intel processor which uses this technology, you can enable the throttling feature using the “SpeedStep” package which you can find in the system drivers section. Note that speedstep kernel is included in iATKOS main system, so don’t select any of the kernels with speedstep support if you don’t want to experience kernel panics.

Update: Eskurza says that the Speedstep kernel is default. Folks with speedstep shall just select the Speedstep Bundle. No kernel selection is necessary! Netkas kernel on the selection menu is the sleep kernel from Netkas.

There are three different boot options. Boot DVD, press F8 and enter:

for nForce motherboards with intel SSE3 CPU

for nForce motherboards with Intel Core CPU

for booting with ToH 9.2.0 kernel which works nice on many types of hardware

Installation

1- Run Disk Utility via Utilities menu and erase the target partition for clean install. Do partitioning if you need to.

a- 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, know that all your existing data on disk will be gone.
b- For Windows folks who have not tested this amazing system yet and who don’t want to lose their Windows software 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 usually is about 20 minutes.

Known Issues

1- Jmicron IDE controllers are known to have issues with OS X.

2- Some 965 chipset MSI and ASUS motherboards (desktop and laptop) have issues with this OS. ACPI errors while booting with DVD and also with hd. There will be patches for those uncompatible devices and there is also a patch for 1.0ir2.

3- 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.

4- Be sure that the labels of your hfs+ partitions are not similar. ie. Mac 1, MacOS or Leopard X, Leopard Y. Installer may fail to determine the target partition to install the system if the labels match.

Support

Join the IRC Talk at irc.atlantis-irc.net -  #uphuck.DVD & #osx86.turk

The release has been uploaded by eskurza and can be found at the Broken Stones.

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