[HELP!!] [installing Leopard on VAIO]

after hours and days of reading and downloading and burning CDs and DVDs
i failed :(

i am trying to run Mac os on Vaio VGN-CR120E

the boot from darwin works fine .. then the apple logo with the circling loader
then goes nothing
a disturbed screen shows up like its effected by a magnetic field and it keeps getting worse for a bit then stabilize at a vertical line on the right side with darker gray to right of it and disturbed colers on the left
please help what can i do to proceed with installing

What distro are you trying? did you try cpus=1 -v? finally post your full specs, no links ;D

itried iATKOS V1i and grub-def.iso

i dont know what u mean :) i have no idea what is cpus=1 -v? and how do i do it :)

here is a copy of specs .. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JUST ANSWERING ME

Product MPN
MPN VGN-CR120E/R

Processor
Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz

Installed Memory
2 GB (DDR2 SDRAM)

Hard Drive
160 GB Serial ATA, 5400 RPM

Display 14.1 in. WXGA TFT Active Matrix

Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium

Mobile Technology Wi-Fi Certified

Processor
Processor Manufacturer Intel

Processor Type
Core 2 Duo

Processor Number T7100
Processor Speed
1.8 GHz

Motherboard
Bus Speed 800 MHz

RAM Technology DDR2 SDRAM
RAM Speed 667 MHz

Installed Cache Memory 2048 KB

Hard Drive Rotation Speed 5,400 RPM
Storage Controller Type Serial ATA

Display
Display Tech WXGA TFT Active Matrix

Display Max. Resolution 1280 x 800

Video
Graphic Processor
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) x3100

Audio
Audio Output Type Headphones • Sound card • Speaker(s)
Audio Input Type Integrated Microphone • Microphone

Operating System
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium

Platform PC
Technical Features
Expandability 1 x SD Card Slot, 1 x Memory Stick DUO, 1 x ExpressCard
Expansion Ports 3 x USB 2.0, 1 x IEEE 1394a (FireWire), VGA out, RJ-11 (modem), RJ-45 (NIC), S-Video out
Special Features Integrated Video Camera
Input Method Keyboard • Touchpad
Networking
Networking Type
Integrated 10/100 Network Card • Integrated Wireless LAN
Data Link Protocol Ethernet • Fast Ethernet • Hi-Speed USB • IEEE 802.11a • IEEE 802.11b • IEEE 802.11g • IEEE 802.11n
Modem
Modem Type Fax / Modem
Analog Modulation Protocol ITU V.90 • ITU V.92

Please help :(:(

hey khaled_cs! any luck on getting this to work?

I have basically the same issue - see my post at http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/f181/74350.htm

I am using ver 1.3 IDeneb 10.5.5. - that is what he means by "distro"

There is something with the frequency of the X video the Mac OSx is using which is not right for the VAIO. In Windows it is 60 Hz, and my VAIO is 1280 x 800. I even tried "Graphics Mode"="1280x800@60" and it did not work.

I am hoping someone - or maybe icchansan to help out us both,

I know some X - but I am hoping not to re-invent the wheel. If you have a distro that is too old - you will have GMA 3100 issues that are not solved in that version - that is why he asked what distro. I am downloading 10.5.6 now - which is supposed to be GMA 3100 fixed.

cpus=1 says one cpu core only and -v means be verbose when it boots - so you can see what is going on as what loads.

see [MacOS] Flags and Parameters for OSX86’s Darwin Bootloader for more details

I take it you've installed your GMAX3100 drivers? Also, have you tried booting with the -x flag (safe boot mode)? When I tried to install OS X on a laptop with the X3100, I had to boot with the -x flag otherwise I would get a black screen and be unable to use OS X. It might be a completely different problem to yours but definitely try it.

I've had a blue screen an inability to use OS X after forgetting to install graphics drivers as well :o. If you've definitely installed your GPU kexts, try the -x flag, if not - install some GPU kexts and hopefully that'll sort your problem.

OSX_86, my issue is if the Apple GMAX3100 kext are compatible with the Intel 965 chipset without modifications.

I have the apple GMA x3100 kexts on my machine

OSX_86, if you say you used the GMA x3100 drivers - what computer did you use them on? Was it with the Apple kext directly?

When I boot into the command line mode - I see the kexts - but when I exit - it does the same thing - orderly blank blue screen, then the wide blue screen with the black vertical bar