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Hackintosh Finally Running Leopard

Magnus Nystedt | Mar 13, 2009 | Comments View Comments

samsunglaptopAfter writing yesterday that my Samsung NC10 hackintosh still hadn’t successfully been running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard yet. This afternoon I tried installing one of the Leopard images again and it kept crashing and rebooting like before. Then I pulled out the plugs to the external DVD drive I was installing from and then, voila, Leopard booted up fine.

I’m writing this in Safari on the NC10 and I’ve only had it up and running for a few minutes yet but here are a few details:

  • It’s Mac OS X 10.5.6 meaning the latest Leopard.
  • Wi-Fi worked right away.
  • Mac OS X reports “unknown” processor.
  • Screen resolution is at 1024×600.
  • I don’t see any mouse or trackpad control in System Preferences. It works but Mac OS X doesn’t seem to see it.
  • The Alt key next to space is recognized as the Command key.
  • F12 brings up Dashboard.

I’ll report back of course as soon as I learn more.

Update: I got the NC10 to go to sleep when I close it. I had to download and install the ClamshellDisplay.kext.zip file (you can find it in different places). I installed it with the OSX86Tools.app. It doesn’t come back on when I open the lid like Macs do but a quick press on the power button and it’s back, that’s good enough for me.

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  • Jon
    Where can you download the OS X installer for NC10?
  • Jon, it's on many popular Torrent sites.
  • Hey Magnus,

    Did you have any issues when getting to the installation? I get the bootloader screen showing up with the XP and OSX options, but when I choose OSX it thinks for half a second, then resets to the XP/OSX option.

    Any ideas?

    Cheers.
  • bit01
    Hi!!

    Whats distribution installed? iatkos? ideneb?

    Thanks!
  • The one especially for the NC10.
  • ultrablue
    Wifi? lol. Im not happy till it all works! Great work Magnus. I need to see what my options are and what you are doing here is a great help before I commit to a netbook.
  • I understand ultrablue. Sure not everything works but now I have a functional/usable hackintosh.
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