Install Mac OS X Leopard OSx86 on PC Dual Boot Windows 7, Vista in 9 Easy Steps Author: Tarandeep Singh on June 23,

2009 OSx86 InstallRecently, I installed Mac OS X (OSx86 Project) on My HP Laptop. It took me 24 hours to experiment witha ll possible procedures and install. Most of the guides available on the wikis and blogs are complex, in-accurate. I Promise to keep this one easy and effective. I`ll try my best to answer questions in the blog itself, Still, feel free to ask questions. Looking for Snow Leopard by Geeknizer(taranfx)? Here is another New and easy Guide: Install Snow Leopard on PC or Install Snow Leopard on VMWare Before you Begin There are Several Flavours of OSX86 Project available. Few of the popular ones a re: iPC, iATKOS, Kalyway, iDeneb etc. None of these is perfect, but as time passes, they approach perfection. iPC is the most advanced you can get, keeping into consideration that it support s largest database of hardware, followed by Kalyway, iDeneb and others. Most Imp ortant thing you should check for is your Hardware compatibility List (HCL) on O SX86 wiki. If you have any doubts, you can get them cleared @geeknizer on Twitter Steps to install: 1. Download OSx86 10.5.x Go to your favorite torrent site and Download 10.5.x of your favorite flavor amo ng the listed ones. Latest version is 10.5.7. Though 10.5.6 is also a fair deal. Burn the downloaded .ISO file to DVD using PowerISO / MagicISO or any other burni ng software. 2. Create Partition, preparing Disk: In windows 7 or vista, Right click My computer > Manage, click Disk Management. Here create a primary partition with minimum 8GB space, though recommended is 15 GB. There is no need to format this partition. After Partition is created, right click > Mark Partition as Active. Burn the OSX86 ISO that you downloaded from torrents on to a DVD and reboot with Boot from DVD. Now you should see Darwin load screen. 3. Booting and starting Installation As countdown from 10 starts, press F8 key and you will be able to have some more option s. Now type -v and press enter now entered in VERBOSE mode, this will enab le you to see any errors if they occur. In case your screen freezes for more tha n 10 minutes than note last lines and google them to find out a solution for you r problem. If every thing goes fine after 15-30 minutes installation screen appe ar s hold your breath we are not quit yet here. Alternatively, to skip the booting errors, you can try these parameters on Boot: prompt -cpus=1, -cpus=2.

4. Configuring Installation After boot, you enter the Graphical interface and you should be able to see a to p menu. From the menu Click Utilities > Disk Utility. Here, select the destination drive where you want to install Mac OSX. this will be the same partition we created earlier in step 1. Now click on ERASE on right hand side and under the format option select MAC OSX Journaled Extended and click Erase. The disk will be erased and mounted. Close th e disk utility and agree to the terms and conditions, then select the partition which you erased recently. 5. Customize the Install The most important part is this step. Now, choose wisely what all components you need to support your running hardware. Browse at http://wiki.osx86project.org/w iki/index.php/Main_Page Navigate to the HARDWARE section and choose your version (10.5.x) and computer type (Portable/Desktop). This page should give sample hard ware examples that people have tested, and modules they have selected. If you have doubts, you can check the Insanelymac.com forums. For most of the INTEL based systems Vanilla Kernel works very smoothly & for AMD system try Voodoo kernel. It is recommended to remove all the extra unnecessary languages as they take up about 2 gigs. Also, dont add extra Drivers (.KEXTS) w hich might cause conflicts. e.g. if You have NVIDIA geforce on your laptop, you should select NVDarwin from the Graphics section, not all. Hit Ok when you are convinced! 6. Checking the disk and Installation of System files Now your disk(DVD) will be checked for consistency, then, installation begins. I t will take 20-45 minutes as per your hardware juice. After the installation is over, it will ask for a reboot. Remove the DVD after it has rebooted. You should be able to automatically boot into OS X at this time. 7. Setting up the Boot Loader Now that OS X is all working, we have to make the previous installation of Windo ws 7 or Vista to work. for this, I`ll use the Windows boot loader rather than ch ameleon boot loader built-in to OS X. This helps you prevent re-fixing MAC OS in stallation when you re-install windows at some time in future. Put in your windows 7 or Vista disk, and boot from it. When installation starts, it prompts for Recovery . Select the recovery option. On you will be prompted to c hoose tools available for recovery. Select command-line . DISKPART> list disk // displays the available HDD DISKPART> select disk n // select the disk which has windows installation DISKPART> list partition // list partitions on the selected disk DISKPART> select partition n // select the partition number where windows was pr eviously installed. DISKPART> active //sets partition active DISKPART> exit REBOOT.

Now your vista /windows 7 should boot, If it doesn t try this: Boot with installation disk into windows setup, choose recovery again, and selec t automated recovery of boot area. Windows should fix the boot automatically, th en click Fix and reboot button. 8. Adding MAC to the Boot menu via Windows: Boot into windows normally and download EasyBCD from google. Open it, click Add/R emove entries navigate to Mac . Select Type in the dropdown to Generic x86 Pc and give some name in the text box below. This name will appear in your boot screen. Cli ck SAVE when done and REBOOT. 9. There is no Step 9. You should be able to boot into booth MAC OSX Leopard and Windows without any issues. Enjoy the wonderful world of MAC! Note: If you need any assistance or have any doubt, you can get in touch with us @geeknizer on Twitter. Don t hesitate.