Tried installing iATKOS v7 and got almost in working order, but I couldn't actually boot it. It just flashed a picture of the apple boot screen and then restarted the computer, so I decided to try installing iATKOS s3 v2. I got the .iso and burned it to a disk at 2x and tried to boot from it. The computer boots into the chameleon 2 loader (after flashing an 'Error parsing plist file' error,) but no matter what I type into the boot text thing, I get a blank screen for about 10 minutes, then an 'Errors encountered while starting up the computer' then 'waiting 5 seconds' then the computer reboots, or if I use -x then I get about 20 pages of code, and the computer reboots.

tl:dr,
I tried installing OSX on my windows pc, didn't work, need help.
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Computer specs:
Acer aspire 5742z
500GB HDD
Intel HD integrated graphics
4GB DDR3 Memory
Intel P6100 dual core 2.00 GHz

Did you (or anybody reading) ever get this working on 5742Z?

Did anyone get a successful install? I too have the same Aspire 5742z. Tried a few different customisations but no success. I get apple logo at reboot with no hd activity and just hangs.

Also, just in case I'm wasting a lot of time here, do you have to clean install everytime to change the custom install settings? I'm getting fed up and starting to think there are better things to do in life!!

I did get it to work, had to use usb wireless device. Ethernet does work. Working on graphics, do not up date OS past 10.6.3 video does not work at all.

can you give steps?
i am stuck at reboot / apple logo, does not matter what boot arguments I try (ie, +/- x v cpus=1 [also tried 2] arch=i386 busratio=15 [also tried 20] PCIRootUID=1

all with no success. anybody who can provide an osx install method for acer 5742z (p6100) ... i would be much obliged.

Originally Posted by bbhtigger

I did get it to work, had to use usb wireless device. Ethernet does work. Working on graphics, do not up date OS past 10.6.3 video does not work at all.