installing mac os x on dell xps 700 yes another noob thread

[trevornewell]

well as it says up there. i know very little about the mac os so i want to learn and see if i like it. i have been trying for 2 days with 3 or 4 different versions of the os. trying to do a dual boot setup on a 250gb sata hdd. i have the hdd partitioned into 2 equal sizes , and windows is installed on my first partition. on the second partition i have (as far as i know) successfully installed the mac os with the ideneb iso i found... well you know where. but when i use either empire boot disk or easy efi to boot to my mac os i get kernal panics and i dont know why. as far as i can tell my hardware is compatable. i will post my setup in a bit untill then is there anything that sticks out to any of you that i'm doing wrong?

if need be i have no problem formating my hdd and deleating my partitions and creating new ones.

here is my info

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System Information
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Time of this report: 2/11/2011, 09:55:06
Machine name: ME-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Dell DXG061
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 1.4.1
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3070MB RAM
Page File: 872MB used, 5264MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 7900 GTX
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0290&SUBSYS_034310DE&REV_A1
Display Memory: 1783 MB
Dedicated Memory: 504 MB
Shared Memory: 1278 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: DELL 1907FP
Monitor Id: DEL4015
Native Mode: 1280 x 1024(p) (60.020Hz)
Output Type: DVI
Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll
Driver File Version: 8.15.0011.8593 (English)
Driver Version: 8.15.11.8593
DDI Version: 9Ex
Driver Model: WDDM 1.0
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/13/2009 21:46:11, 7592960 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-41D0-11CF-FF52-482301C2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0290
SubSys ID: 0x034310DE
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Driver Strong Name: nv_lh.inf:NVIDIA.Mfg.NTx86...1:nv_G7x:8.15.11.8593 :pci\ven_10de&dev_0290
Rank Of Driver: 00F42001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_B ModeWMV9_B ModeVC1_A ModeWMV9_A

[trevornewell]

well after 2 or 3 more tries i managed to get to a screen that says my keyboard isn't recognized press this key and that. ok np. then registration blah blah...ok no prob, create your account... ok done, regester with apple, lets go with later . done. time zone ok..np...and low and behold the mac desktop. sweet finally did it. now all i need are my network drivers...

[trevornewell]

ok. all is well so far i just cant get my network to work. in my network diagnostics all the status lights are red. any help?

[trevornewell]

well seams there was some sort of problem and the install crashed and wouldn't let me do anything. so back to the drawing board and try a different version to install.

[trevornewell]

well after no success the past couple of days i am not giving up, i have 4 new versions of Snow leopard hazzard 10.6.6 and 10.6.1, kalyway 10.5.2 and a ideneb version. from what i'm after learning i think i have to try different kernels. i have a intel pentium D processor so i think i have to try vanilla kernel. if that dosnt work i will have to try some of the others on these disks. i also read somewhere that when starting i might type -x for safe mode -v for verbose and cpus=1 for using i core of my processor. so to use all of those i type "-x -v cpus=1" without the quotes. i will be trying in the next couple hours and i will be reporting my findings. WHEN i get this to work i will be trying to make a tutorial for helping others with the same pc or system setup that i have.

wish me luck

trevor

[trevornewell]

well i managed to get a little further ahead. i now have windows 7 and my mac os installed. do have some problems though.
1) installed easybcd and and added a new boot entry, no problem. restart my pc and i get the choice of windows and mac. when i click on my mac i get a kernel panic KERNEL TRAP. BUT if i use a easy EFI disk to boot everything is fine. well fine-ish.
2) some kind of mouse issue. i can move the mouse on my mac os desktop but cant click on anything. if i wait for 2 or 3 min it works. dont know why, but that's it.
3) my network card is a broadcom 5751 on-board and i cant seen to find the kexts (drivers) for it.
4) same for my sound card. creative soundblaster x-fi.
5) as well for my dvd drives.

thats the issues that i know about. and will try to fix them and post here with my results.

one more thing that gets me is there have been over 180 views and not one other person has tryed to help or leave a comment. i dont expect to have someone hold my hand, but some help would be great.

[trevornewell]

so after trying to fix my sound and video problems i managed to screw everything up so i'm starting again and recording what options or kernel i'm using.

so i'm using

hazard 10.6.1, 10.6.2
chameleon 10.5
legacy kernel 10.2

will report back with any updates

[juizodecabra]

hmmm am thinking to try it lolz

[trevornewell]

all working except

network broadcom 5751
video nvidia 7900 gtx 512mb
sound creative labs sb x-fi

any one offer any help with these?

[trevornewell]

i thought the fourms were about helping each other? over 200 views and no one wants to help. i understand that people might have the same problem, but someone that has viewed this thread has to know some way to help. so much for being helped and passing it on to others.