Can I turn this hardware into a Hackintosh?

[MotionMan]

I have done absolutely no hard research on Hackintoshs to date. I just bought three new Macs, so I am not looking to spend any more (or a lot of) money) on this project.

So, with that in mind:

I have the following. Before I even try, I was wondering if I can turn this hardware into a Hackintosh?

Shuttle SD11G5
Pentium M 734 (1.7 GHz)
Corsair VS PC4200 512mb
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB
Lite On DVD+/-RW SOHW-1213S

Thanks.

MotionMan

 

[sjwaste]

Is that a PATA HD and DVD? If so no, at least, not with retail.

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: sjwaste
Is that a PATA HD and DVD? If so no, at least, not with retail.

I think those are PATA.

OK, so what if I got a SATA HD and Optical?

MotionMan

 

[Zaap]

It'll work- not sure about IDE, but it'll definitely work with SATA.

The only thing is you can't do a vanilla (or Retail) install with a Pentium M. You'll have to use a downloaded 'distro' installer that allows you to select a patched kernel for SSE2. (It was an option in earlier distros like Kalyway and Leo4All in the 10.5.2 days, but I'm not sure about newer ones.)

 

[Zaap]

Also- not sure about the graphics chipset, if it'll run with full Core Image/Quartz Extreme or not. If it's Intel 950, it'll work. If it's something else, it likely won't. If you've got a PCIe slot, you could get a low-end graphic card like the 7300GT..

 

[aphex]

I'm using a PATA optical drive on my hack and its been working just fine, very stable so far.

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: Zaap
Also- not sure about the graphics chipset, if it'll run with full Core Image/Quartz Extreme or not. If it's Intel 950, it'll work. If it's something else, it likely won't. If you've got a PCIe slot, you could get a low-end graphic card like the 7300GT..

It is 950.

MotionMan

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: Zaap
It'll work- not sure about IDE, but it'll definitely work with SATA.

The only thing is you can't do a vanilla (or Retail) install with a Pentium M. You'll have to use a downloaded 'distro' installer that allows you to select a patched kernel for SSE2. (It was an option in earlier distros like Kalyway and Leo4All in the 10.5.2 days, but I'm not sure about newer ones.)

Where do I get a "downloaded 'distro' installer"?

MotionMan

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: sjwaste
Is that a PATA HD and DVD? If so no, at least, not with retail.

I think those are PATA.

OK, so what if I got a SATA HD and Optical?

MotionMan

I take that back - The HD is SATA.

MotionMan

 

[Zaap]

Look around for iAtkos v7, or iPC 10.5.6.

Keep in mind, AMD or SSE2 systems (Pentium M) = use Voodoo Kernel 9.5.0

 

[Zaap]

Oh yes, and get uTorrent.

 

[MotionMan]

A damn. I was wrong (again):
I just opened up the Shuttle and it is all IDE.

Am I screwed?


I did manage to download the Kalyway Leopard iso, though.

MotionMan

 

[Tyranicus]

If you use Kalyway, and don't update beyond 10.5.4 or 10.5.5, (I'm not sure which one of the top of my head) you can use IDE. Either 10.5.4 or 10.5.5 had a weird issue where IDE drives caused kernel panics.