I am totally new to Mac and would like to install Leopard on my pc to see about getting rid of Microsoft crap. Been working on pcs for around 10 years. My system config is:

Biostar TA790GX 128M
AMD Phenom Black 9600 Quad Core
4GB (2x2GB) DDR2
On-board Radeon HD 3300
250 GB Serial ATA HDD
80 GB IDE HDD

The furthest I have been able to get with the install is up to the language selection screen with iPC 10.5.6 but have no mouse or keyboard.

Any help with suggested install DVD version or help with customizing install disk with specific drivers would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Kevin

Originally Posted by swanner63

I am totally new to Mac and would like to install Leopard on my pc to see about getting rid of Microsoft crap. Been working on pcs for around 10 years. My system config is:

Biostar TA790GX 128M
AMD Phenom Black 9600 Quad Core
4GB (2x2GB) DDR2
On-board Radeon HD 3300
250 GB Serial ATA HDD
80 GB IDE HDD

The furthest I have been able to get with the install is up to the language selection screen with iPC 10.5.6 but have no mouse or keyboard.

Any help with suggested install DVD version or help with customizing install disk with specific drivers would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Kevin

If you have no mouse and/or keyboard means you need to pick the PS2 drivers on your distro ... try Leo4All or iPC

I tried booting with Lawless' DVD and it sees my keyboard but hangs and displays message "waiting for root device." I boot from a serial dvd drive.

Originally Posted by swanner63

I tried booting with Lawless' DVD and it sees my keyboard but hangs and displays message "waiting for root device." I boot from a serial dvd drive.

From what I gather what this means the drivers for your rig is not loaded. Go back to iPC and to get your keyboard/mouse to work, in your customize, select

PHP Code:

Fixes and Patches
    PS/2 Device Support
         x PS/2 Keyboard Fix 


Choose ONLY 1 if the keyboard fix don't work, try the mouse fix

Regards

I apoligize, I am completely new to Mac. How do I customize my iPC for my keyboard and mouse?

Thank you very much for your time and suggestions so far.

You dont see the fix for the Keyboard and mouse in the customize part? check the official site for more info, theres screenshot and everything for the customize

Thanks to all the suggestions so far. I have successfully installed OS X 10.5.6 and the video and audio work as well as the ethernet. I was going to play a dvd and it said I did not have a sufficient video card. What drivers should I install for my onboard ATI HD 3300, I installed the 3800 (AMD) only other choices were 3800 (PCie) or the 3650 (AMD) or (PCie)? Thanks again to all who have helped.

Originally Posted by swanner63

Thanks to all the suggestions so far. I have successfully installed OS X 10.5.6 and the video and audio work as well as the ethernet. I was going to play a dvd and it said I did not have a sufficient video card. What drivers should I install for my onboard ATI HD 3300, I installed the 3800 (AMD) only other choices were 3800 (PCie) or the 3650 (AMD) or (PCie)? Thanks again to all who have helped.

How did you install the Mac OS. I have downloaded about every install disc and each on either restarts, hangs, or wont even boot installation screen. I havn't even been able to get to the installation screen. I see you have almost the same setup can you please help.

System
Biostar TA790GX-128m
AMD Kuma 2.8 Dual core
4GB (2x2GB) DDR2
On-board Radeon HD 3300
500 GB WD SATA HDD
Usb keyboard
usb mouse

Dist. tried
Lawless ppc
ideneb
Leo4all
Iatktos
zephyroth
kalyway

Ok, Lemme start by saying that I am new here and I am in need of some assistance also.

I have pretty much the same system as above poster:

CPU: Athlon 64 X2 Brisbane 2.7 O/C'ed to 3.0
MoBo: Biostar TA790GX 128m
Chipset: SB750
Graphics: nVidia 8600GS PCIE
Sound: ALC888
Ethernet: Realtek RTL 8111C
Ram: 6 gig 800mhz DDR2
USB Mouse and Keyboard

The software I used is IPC OSX86 10.5.6
Options used during install were:

Kernel: 9.5.0 VooDoo
Video: NVDarwin 512 / NVInject 512
Chipset: VIA/SIS/Marvell/SB
Audio: ALC888
USBatched
Power Management:Generic
Fixes Tried:
Sata Drive Icon Fix(New)/Shutdown/Restart Fix/Seatbelt 10.5.5/ 800mhz ram/CPUS=1


Ok, install went smooth and everything works (sound, internet, graphics) but after I boot into OSX and try to run an application, sometimes kernal panic, and sometimes the app just doesn't finish loading. I have also tried all of the other relevant fixes supplied by the distro.

Any ideas would be appreciated. I can help with what I have learned so far.
I have seen a few posts that say I may have too much ram so I may try the 2gb ram limit boot command to see if that helps. Let's work together folks.

Your install options look good. Not sure what to use for the graphics, I am using the onboard but display wont play dvds. I have 4 gb ram and no problems with kernel faults. Did you use the RTL1000 for the ehternet? The only fixes I applied was the shutdown/startup and usb mount fix. Good luck.