The iBoot + MultiBeast method is designed and tested for any desktop or laptop running the latest line of Intel processors, the Core i3/i5/i7s. I have had reports of success with older machines as well including CoreDuo, Core2Duo, and even Pentium 4. Free Download MultiBeast for Mac 10.3.0 - Free and streamlined utility designed from the ground up to make it as easy to choose the boot device on.
iBoot + MultiBeast: Install Mac OS X on any Intel-based PC
Here are the VMware images of MacOs Latest versions 10.6.7
https://torrents.thepiratebay.org/6348816/Mac_OSX_Snow_Leopard_10.6.7_Intel_AMD_Vmware_Image.6348816.TPB.torrent
http://www.torrenthound.com/torrent/e5b2dc922da11198886e9749075d93c185ccf0fc
http://www.monova.org/download/torrent/4404394/2011-04-27/b3325ea9f2a0f17e6fcfc95710be6f728c4a70e8/Mac_OSX_Snow_Leopard_Server_10.6.7_Intel_AMD_Vmware_Image.torrent
http://torcache.net/torrent/CA2CBB443C361A0443C689B7992970179327C42D.torrent?title=[kat.ph]mac-os-x-snow-leopard-10-6-7-vmware-image
Any OSx86 installation guide can seem daunting at first glance, especially when trying to remember cryptic terminal commands and sorting through volumes of misinformation on the web. This guide requires no coding, terminal work, or Mac experience of any kind. You will not need access to a Mac. In fact, it’s easier and faster for me to install Snow Leopard with fully working components on my system than it is to install Windows 7. And more fun.
The iBoot + MultiBeast method is designed and tested for any desktop or laptop running the latest line of Intel processors, the Core i3/i5/i7s. I have had reports of success with older machines as well including CoreDuo, Core2Duo, and even Pentium 4. However, AMD processors are not supported.
YOU WILL NEED
YOU WILL NEED
- A computer running an Intel Processor
- A blank CD
- A Mac OS X Snow Leopard Retail DVD
- To leave any fear of your computer at the door.
- Patience and humility- it may not work out perfectly the first time- but with enough tenacity and grit, you’ll reach the promised land. It’s easy to get frustrated, but don’t give up! There are a community of users with similar hardware in the tonymacx86 Forum to provide support if you get stuck.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
- If you have greater than 4gb of RAM, remove the extra RAM for a maximum of 4gb. You can put back any extra RAM in after the installation process.
- Use only 1 graphics card in the 1st PCIe slot with 1 monitor plugged in.
- Remove any hard drives besides the blank drive being used for OS X.
- Remove any USB peripherals besides keyboard and mouse.
- Remove any PCI cards besides graphics- they may not be Mac compatible.
- If using a Gigabyte P55 board, use the blue Intel SATA ports- not the white Gigabyte SATA ports.
- It’s best to use an empty hard drive- you will have to partition and format the drive.
- Always back up any of your important data.
STEP 2: INSTALL MAC OS X
In order to boot the Mac OS X Retail DVD, you’ll need to download and burn iBoot. For desktops and laptops using unsupported Intel CPUs and graphics, a legacy version of iBoot can be downloaded here.
- Download iBoot
- Burn the image to CD
- Place iBoot in CD/DVD drive
- Restart computer
- At Chameleon prompt, eject iBoot
- Insert your Mac OS X Snow Leopard Retail DVD and press F5
- When you see the screen below, press enter to begin the boot process
- When you get to the installation screen, open Utilities/Disk Utility
- NOTE: If you can’t get to the installation screen, retry the process, but type -x at the screen above. This will enter Mac OS X Safe Mode, which will allow you to proceed.
- Partition your hard drive to GUID Partition Table
- Format your hard drive to Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
- For the purposes of this guide, name it Snow Leopard. You can rename it later.
- Close Disk Utility
- When the installer asks you where to install, choose Snow Leopard
- Choose Customize‚ and uncheck additional options. This will hasten the install process. You can always install this stuff later.
- Restart computer.
- Place iBoot back in drive.
- When you get to the Chameleon boot selection screen, choose your new Snow Leopardinstallation.
- View the super-cool Mac OS X Snow Leopard Welcome Video, and set up your computer!
STEP 3: UPDATE TO 10.6.5
Upon the release of 10.6.2 and the 27″ Intel Core i5 and i7 iMacs, Mac OS X Snow Leopard officially supports the Core i5 750 and Core i7 860. The 10.6.5 Update will install a Vanilla Kernel, as well as a host of security and stability fixes. Details are available on Apple’s website.- Open Finder and navigate to your Snow Leopard drive.
- Right-click and delete Mac OS X Install Folder. This folder is an unnecessary remnant of the installation process, and serves no purpose.
- Download the Mac OS X 10.6.5 Combo Update
- Download MultiBeast
- Open MultiBeast- don’t run it yet, just leave it open. Set up windows as shown.
- Mount MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.5.dmg
- Install MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.5.pkg
- Upon completion, the installer will ask you to reboot. DO NOT REBOOT.
- Switch to the already open MultiBeast. If it closes, just re-open it.
STEP 4: MULTIBEAST
MultiBeast is an all-in-one post-installation tool designed to enable boot from hard drive, and install support for Audio, Network, and Graphics. It contains two different complete post-installation solutions: EasyBeast and UserDSDT. In addition it includes System Utilities to rebuild caches and repair permissions and a collection of drivers, boot loaders, boot time config files and handy software.
Choose one of the following options directly following a fresh installation and update:
EasyBeast is a DSDT-free solution for any Core/Core2/Core i system. It installs all of the essentials to allow your system to boot from the hard drive. Audio, Graphics and Network will have to be enabled separately.
UserDSDT is a bare-minimum solution for those who have their own pre-edited DSDT. Place your DSDT.aml on the desktop before install. Audio, Graphics and Network will have to be enabled separately. HINT: Check the DSDT Database for a pre-edited DSDT.
- Run MultiBeast.
- If you have a custom DSDT that’s been edited, place the file on your desktop and chooseUserDSDT.
- All others select EasyBeast
- Select System Utilities.
- Optionally, you may install further drivers via Advanced Options to enable ethernet, sound, graphics, etc… Be sure to read the documentation provided about each installation option. NOTE:EasyBeast, and UserDSDT install Chameleon RC4 by default, so you’ll not need to check that option.
- Install to Snow Leopard- it should take about 4 minutes to run scripts.
- Eject iBoot.
- Reboot- from your new Snow Leopard installation drive.
Congratulations! You’re done!!
Your PC is now fully operational, while running the latest version of Mac OS X Snow Leopard! And you have a nice Boot CD to get into your system in case things go awry. Boot your system from iBoot if you have issues. You may run MultiBeast as often as you like.
If you can’t boot, try typing -x at the Chameleon prompt to enter safe mode, or just boot with iBoot. When you get to the desktop, you can make all of the changes you need to. The best way to start fresh is delete whatever you’re trying to get rid of- including the whole /Extra folder, as most kexts are installed there. Then you can re-run MultiBeast. As long as you rebuild caches and repair permissions after you’re done, you can do just about anything you want to /Extra/Extensions and /System/Library/Extensions. Anything can be tweaked and enabled upon subsequent uses of MultiBeast.
If you’ve had success using iBoot + MultiBeast, consider a contribution to help keep the sites going. We’re constantly updating and tweaking our tools to help you.
IPS: For our most current workarounds and solutions forissues such as USB and audio, check out the Mac OS X 10.6.3 Update, Mac OS X 10.6.4 Update, and Mac OS X 10.6.5 Updatearticles. Good luck.
I followed precisely the steps to install OSX on my PC, but found the following error on reboot:
Loading Operating System…
boot0: error
My configuration is-
Gigabute GA P55M-UD2
iCore 5-750
4GB DDR3 RAM
WD 1 TB SATA Harddisk
LG BD-ROM/DVD Rewriter.
boot0: error
My configuration is-
Gigabute GA P55M-UD2
iCore 5-750
4GB DDR3 RAM
WD 1 TB SATA Harddisk
LG BD-ROM/DVD Rewriter.
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- Hmm, the only other thing I can think of is this solution, found on insanely mac forum, about setting your main osx partition to active - seems to be the other common cause for boot0 errors. Anyway, here you go, see if this makes a difference:SUMMARY:
Make the partition Primary
Make the partition ID=AF (signifies an HFS partition)
Make the partition Active
There is a built-in Unix utility in MacOSX that can be used to set your partition 'Active'. It is called FdiskSetting Your Partition 'Active' Using FdiskWords in bold below are things you must type (followed by Enter).1. Boot your Mac OS X install dvd
2. Once the installer is running, go to the Utilities menu and open Terminal3. Determine which disk your MacOSX partition is onType diskutil listVerify which disk number holds your partition (disk0, disk1, etc.)4. Start using FdiskAssuming the MacOSX disk is the first disk ('disk0'), then
type fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 < use 'rdisk' with your disk number here !!Ignore the error 'fdisk: could not open MBR file ...'5. Determine which partition for MacOSX needs to be set 'Active'Type pVerify which partition is for MacOSX (1, 2, 3, etc.)6. Set the partition 'Active'Assuming it is partition 1, then
type f 1 < use your partition number here !!7. Save and exitType writeType y (yes you are sure)Type exit (to quit)8. Remove the install DVD and reboot- Thank you James. I bought a 500GB harddisk and follow Tony's guide again and this time it works. I can boot from the HDD.
- Good to hear it!I just followed the guide myself last weekend for funsies and now have another quad core mac that my wife can use!(250gb drive, Nvidia 9600GT, EP45-UD3R Giagabyte motherboard which is very compatible, using custom DSDT from Tony and ALC889a kext and rollback)I must say Tony has made the whole process incredibly easy when evertyhing fits together right!
- Did you follow a tutorial or guide *specific* to your motherboard? It would be helpful if you could send a link to that. From the thread I've linked below, it looks like there are some specifics for that board in particular, with a i5 chip. It is not simply a case of pop in the latest iboot - you need to do a little prepwork on a real OSx machine first.You need to be a bit more specific with what you have done so far, what guide you are following, and far you got. When you say you got that error after reboot, I assume you mean you havent actually managed to boot into OSx at all yet? Judging on just that error message, it sounds like your hard drive settings in your BIOS are wrong - check the SATA is set to AHCI mode and not anything else, then check the other BIOS settings detailed in whatever guide you are following.I must admit I havent tried iBoot, but I always had luck with the Kalyway release, perhaps try that instead?Failing all that, just type your motherboard model into google along with hackintosh guide, and start again from step zero using a different tutorial.Getting a hackintosh to work is really a form of black magic. Good luck, and let us know how you get on, with some more details if you still can't get around that error.
- Thanks for your response. I followed closely Tony's guide in the installation. That is, the DSDT file, the retail DVD, the BIOS settings and Multibeast settings etc. but when I finish installation and reboot my Hachintosh PC without the iBoot CD, the installed OSX cannot boot from the HDD. It seems that I am not getting the bootloader right and the error message on screen is 'Boot0 error'. When I boot with the iBoot CD, I can boot into the HDD with OSX installed. Did I do anything wrong? Nonetheless, except the booting bit, the installed OSX runs perfectly. I can use the applications, have the sound driver working and the USB ports functining normally. I onced tried a Kalyway 10.5.2 installation and I can have the PC running with the OSX but with the sound driver and video driver not working. Anyway, any further advice will be much appreciated.
- Sorry for the late response, seems I'm not getting updates on replies for some reason...This may be a long shot, but try reducing the size of your hard disk partition to less than 1TB, even 950gb should do the trick. Try that and post back, though I realise this will mean reinstalling the whole thing again, which is a bit of an ass...
- I have tried partitioning the HDD into two 500 GB partition but I still couldn't boot my installed OSX without the iBoot CD. Is there anything wrong?