Comments on: Install Snow Leopard on PC [USB]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:07:00 +0000

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By: Cavfan23

Cavfan23 — Wed, 11 May 2011 14:09:00 +0000

does it run smooth?

By: Joshua Owens

Joshua Owens — Sun, 08 May 2011 02:19:00 +0000

i have this installed on a 8gb flash drive and it will not boot to the flash drive

pentium d emachines

and ideas?

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:51:00 +0000

coz macs got iLife retard.
What do you use your PC for?

By: G33K

G33K — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Try installing using USB Keyboard and Mouse…..later you can install kexts for PS2 support.

By: Walker

Walker — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:09:00 +0000

My bios settings look nothing like this how could i install mac on my PC
‘e machine ’2GB RAM AMD 64

By: infiltrator

infiltrator — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:24:00 +0000

I’ve tried reading most of these comments. One thing that I didn’t see was an answer as to whether or not this is intended for an AMD computer. In the step where we click the program to install the packages it clearly says “Only for the MSI P45 Platinum with an NVIDIA Graphics card and Inter Core based CPU.”. Should we be trying to install on AMD computers?

By: The_nos2006

The_nos2006 — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:24:00 +0000

I’m using ps/2 keyboard and mouse but when i get to the change language menu…my keyboard or mouse doesn’t work..what should I do??thanks

By: Nick D

Nick D — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:49:00 +0000

OK, so after a couple of days of messing around with this I finally got Snow Leopard 10.6.3 on my HP G62-225DX laptop. I was getting the kernel panic saying cpu 0 blah blah 2 threads instead of 3… I had to do a couple of things differently from this guide though. On the bootable USB thumb drive I had to delete the DSDT.aml file that is in the Extra folder. I don’t know why deleting that prevented the kernel panics. Then I booted to the USB drive and when I got to the screen where you select the drive to boot from, push the TAB key then enter “cpus=1″ (without quotes) while highlighting the USB drive from the list of drives. This allowed me to load the installation wizard off the thumb drive. My keyboard didn’t work at this point though so I had to use a USB keyboard.

By: ek

ek — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:52:00 +0000

Great guide, I am trying to get a Dell Vostro1720 set up with Snow Leopard 10.6.3. I can boot from the USB drive and Darwin starts to load but then the machine powers off. Any suggestions?

By: Justin7623

Justin7623 — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:12:00 +0000

I cant install the Mac OS as when I boot up my device, it keeps on telling me to restart the computer

By: Yo2lts

Yo2lts — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:43:48 +0000

hello! Not Have The GA-X58A-UD7 and intel i7 processor Snow Leopard install package: Download?

Thanks!

By: MonaLisa

MonaLisa — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:49:06 +0000

Hello. I am trying to dual boot my Fujitsu lifebook with Snow Leopard. I have an Intel Core Duo Processor (T6670). I have 2 GB DDR 3 RAM. The install went all the way through. Upon reboot, I chose the drive that I installed Snow Leopard on. I immediately get an error message can't find mach_kernel. I have been researching this for weeks and can not get anywhere. I have tried several commands in the terminal, half of which did not work. Some of the solutions I found, I was not able to do because I have no way to explore the drive. Also, and this may be the problem, the guide says to change the ACPI mode to S3 in the bios. I have used CPUIDs CPU-Z to verify that I have capability to do this; however, there is no option whatsoever in my bios to do this. I have searched every menu of my bios and the manual for it. The screenshots here look nothing like what I have in my bios. Please… any help would be appreciated. I am not ready to give up on my snow leopard install!!!

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:15:02 +0000

After restoring my memory stick with the .dmg file and changing my bios I load up the mac using the Flash Drive but it says “you need to restart your computer. Hold the power button until it turns off” … etc Error Message. How should I proceed? ( I used a downloaded image of Snow Leopard from trusted source that works for many)

By: GUESTUSER

GUESTUSER — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 03:54:03 +0000

NO. Only the original boot DVD as a .dmg.

By: GUESTUSER

GUESTUSER — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 03:52:48 +0000

It doesn't really matter WHERE you install your boot files. As long as the device is bootable, you can install SL.

By: GUESTUSER

GUESTUSER — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 03:50:37 +0000

I had this issue too. What motherboard and processor are you running?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 02:15:06 +0000

do you need the modified mach_kernel for this if you have a pentium D?

By: user

user — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:18:48 +0000

Have tried this method 3 times, as well as doing the command line myself a few times. Does not work for me at all with the same gigabyte board used in this how-to.

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:17:34 +0000

can you use a Mac Os X 6.4 recovery disk that came with a mac for the snow leopard .dmg file?

By: Calum Meyer

Calum Meyer — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:13:16 +0000

thanks man, great tut!

By: Dronnoc

Dronnoc — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:22:12 +0000

Hey,
I followed another method to install Mac OS X onto a virtual machine so i could have the other mac os x to transfer files and data from. Now i want to run your setup on my machine, but when i get to the screen to start the install, the countdown gets to the end and then my computer restarts :/ i have tried it with the “-x”, “busratio=12″, “-v” and “-cpus=1/2″ (only one number at a time). its annoying, and i have been pulling my hair out trying to figure this one out… anyone got any ideas?

System specs
Acer Aspire 5745g Laptop
Intel i7 Core 720QM 1.6GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
4GB Ram
Currently running Windows 7 x64 Home Premium alongside partition for Mac to go on.

Sorry if thats too many details, just really really would love some help

By: Jchiera93

Jchiera93 — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 06:38:33 +0000

Ummm, I found it fine… Use his link he gave you… and I found Version 2 for free… I have no idea what your talking about.

By: Saikia

Saikia — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:34:13 +0000

Me too any fix?