iATKOS-S3-Readme.pdf

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This is the iATKOS S3 Snow Leopard 10.6.3 Intel Installation DVD readme..

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Attention:

1- This DVD is designed for Non-Apple x86 Intel CPU computers.

Requirements for OSX86:

Minimum: Compatible motherboard, Intel SSE2 CPU, 512MB RAM, 15GB free space on

target partition, compatible VGA card.

Recommended: Intel Core CPU, 1GB RAM, 15GB free space on target partition, Snow Leo

compatible nVidia 6600 or newer / ATI X1300 or newer / Intel GMA 950 or X3100 VGA

card.

Motherboard (the most important part) should be compatible for booting iATKOS S3 DVD

and installing natively.

2- This DVD includes Apple's Mac OS X Leopard 10.6.3 (10D573) installation, some

basic drivers and x86 patches.

3- IMPORTANT NOTICE - Make sure that the md5 checksum of your iATKOS iso

image matches the one posted on our website. Do this MD5 check just before mounting

or doing anything with the iso image! Otherwise you may have a faulty DVD image. Use

quality media/burner and burn slowly.

4- MAKE SURE YOU TAKE NOTE OF YOUR Hardware IDs, Device IDs and device

names before installing this system. This is very important. If you aren't sure what

devices/hardware you own nor its IDs, then 3 options:

-Boot iATKOS S3 DVD, run "Hardware Info" from Utilities menu and take notes.

-Fire up a Linux Live CD (ie. Ubuntu Live CD), type "lspci -nn" in terminal and take

notes.

-Windowsers, get Everest Ultimate Edition and take note of your hardware.

5- Do a google search or surf to InsanelyMac, Hackint0sh, our forum, related OSX86

sites or wiki to ﬁnd out if your hardware is supported or not. OSX86 does not support

a wide range of hardwares like Linux and Windows. Make sure that it is supported

before you install. This is very important because after installation you may ask like

"how can I get this hardware to work" and people would simply slap you with "it will

never work". This little search will avoid your frustration and anger! Extending your

lifespan!

6- If something goes wrong, please don't panic, Scroll down for the Troubleshooting

guide. If that fails, take a screenshot (or a picture) of what went wrong and post it in

the forums. Make sure you have done the 3 Revival steps and troubleshooting steps

before posting in the forum!

7- Do not forget one thing: IF THE INSTALL ENDS WITH SUCCESS, THEN MOST

LIKELY IT CAN RUN ON YOUR HARDWARE. This means if you have a major

booting error after installation like kernel panic, "still waiting for root device" error,

hang on grey apple screen etc. then this is mostly related to your faulty selections during

install, read the instructions carefully and do a very basic install until you boot your

new system with success.

8- iATKOS wallpapers and icons are made by @denizckosar

Information:

- 64-bit/32-bit thing:

Mac OS X Snow Leopard is a hybrid operating system which can boot in both 64-bit and 32-

bit modes. This iATKOS S3 release boots in 64-bit by default, if you select the 32-bit package

or any of the 32bit-only driver(s) then the system will boot the kernel in 32-bit by default.

To load a driver/module/kext in 32-bit (i.e. a 32-bit only driver) you must boot the system in

32-bit, vice versa for 64-bit. All of the drivers and patches except the 32-bit only ones in

iATKOS S3 are hybrid (64/32bit), this means you can load/use them in both 64-bit and 32-bit

modes.

64-bit applications can run in 32-bit mode and vice versa for 32-bit applications, but modules/

drivers/kexts will be loaded as the same architecture (64-bit or 32-bit, in other words x86_64 or

i386) you boot in, 32-bit modules in 32-bit mode, 64-bit modules in 64-bit mode. Therefore

applications that need their own 32bit-only modules (kexts) may fail in 64-bit mode. If you

choose any of the 32-bit packages during iATKOS S3 install, then your system will boot

in 32-bit mode by default.

- iATKOS S3 includes scripting and many actions for using software updater just like

real Macs on most PC hardware. This is mostly possible like the old releases of iATKOS

but we can never know what Apple will do in next main system update, so it may not

result in %100 success. Please read the related section below.

- You can make upgrade or refresh installs to your existing OSX86 system using

iATKOS S3 DVD. Please read the related section below.

- Easy installation on Software RAID volumes, nearly all procedures automated. Please

read the related section below.

- GPT (Guid Partition Table) and MBR (Master Boot Record) partitioned harddrives:

GPT is a partition table type for x86 computers which is also Intel Mac's partition table type. Its

structure is different from MBR and so it has some nice features. The whole GPT multiboot

procedure may not be so friendly for newbies, so they should go on using MBR, performance

of the system will not differ from GPT to MBR.

MBR has a limit of 4 primary partitions (which is a must for booting an OS, however linux can

boot from logical partitions by MBR) but GPT has no such thing like primary or logical,

therefore you can create up to 128 bootable partitions on GPT disks. HFS+ partition resizing is

only possible on GPT drives and it is such a comfortable feature. All windows series (win 3.1,

win95 and win98 are MBR only) can be installed to a Hybrid GPT drive which can be easily

created using OS X disk utility, just create one or more FAT32 partition(s), make sure that they

are at the ﬁrst 3 order and there you have the Hybrid GPT for windows installation.

New Linux bootloader Grub2 supports GPT, so nearly all updated Linux distros can be

installed to pure GPT drives.

For Software RAID feature on Leopard and Snow Leopard, you must have GPT partitioned

drives.

In the near future, most of x86 computers will run on GPT drives.

- 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.

- Main system is fully stock! That means it can't run on PC hardware without selecting

none of the patches.

Clean Installation:

Backup your personal data before the process. A target partition (primary partition for

MBR) or disk will be needed for installation. Use a clean harddisk with no personal

data/OS as for target if you are not an advanced user and unplug all the harddisk

drives connected to your motherboard just to be safe. If the target disk includes

personal data and/or any OS, we advice Parted Magic Live CD for partitioning and

such operations for preparing a target. You can also do the partitioning and create

targets by using OS X Disk Utility.

1- Run Disk Utility via Utilities menu and erase (format) the target for clean install.

- 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, note that all your existing data

on disk will be gone! Please do not play with partitioning options if your are not an advanced

user.

2- Select the destination for installation.

3- Click Customize* and select what you need.

4- Click Install.

Install time is about 20 minutes.

Upgrade from previous versions:

You can upgrade your existing installation to Snow Leopard 10.6.3 (keeping your applications,

data, user settings and accounts) by using iATKOS S3 DVD. This works best on old

iATKOS installations but should work for most installations including retails from 10.5.0 to

10.6.2.

For upgrading from Leopard to Snow Leopard; if you have some 3rd party drivers (32-bit

only) that is sure compatible with Snow, then you should boot Snow Leopard in 32-bit. You

can select the 32-bit package during install for booting Snow Leo in 32-bit by default. After

upgrade, you can of course search for the updates of the 3rd party softwares/drivers that you

use in Leopard for Snow Leo compatibility and to use them fully in 64-bit.

Your 3rd party applications, personal data, user settings and user accounts will be reserved but

all system ﬁles/drivers/applications will be gone, so you will need to setup your selections just

like a clean install.

There may be some incompatibility issues of some applications and drivers with Snow Leopard

as you know, this has nothing to do with the upgrade procedure or this OSX86 release.

1- Select the destination for upgrade installation.

2- Click Customize* and select what you need.

3- Click Install.

Install time is about 20 minutes.

Reinstalling your existing 10.6.3 main system:

If you harmed your main system and somehow it has something wrong that you can not ﬁgure

out and solve, then you can do a refresh install to your existing crap 10.6.3 system. This is like

an upgrade install. This of course works better on iATKOS S3 installs but should work on all

including retail installs.

1- Select the destination for renew installation.

2- Click Customize* and select what you need.

3- Click Install.

Install time is about 20 minutes.

* Customize:

There is already a basic default proﬁle chosen. You should add only device drivers for your

hardware setup at ﬁrst trials of your OSX86 install if you are a newbie, then you may try

adding other packages to ﬁnd out the best combination for your PC. Adding a few packages to

default proﬁle will probably be enough for most hardwares, read the package details carefully!

Basic Info:

- Many less compatible systems need a modiﬁed kernel instead of the stock kernel, you

may try with selecting a modiﬁed kernel if you have problems after install.

- There may be more than one way to make your VGA card work; Eﬁ String,

GraphicsEnabler, Enablers and modiﬁed drivers for your VGA card (gma950, x3100

and ATI packages etc.). You need to choose only one of Eﬁ String/GraphicsEnabler/

Enablers and a modiﬁed driver/patch for your card if so needed. GrahicsEnabler is

under bootloader options, Eﬁ Strings and Enablers are under the target VGA card

drivers section.

- Do not select any of the packages that you are not sure what it is for.

- Do not select the driver of a network card that is not presented in your hardware

setup.

- Read the descriptions carefully.

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