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I’ve been tweaking OS X Tiger to work better with my x86 hardware. The first thing I did was configure GRUB on the primary drive to dual boot between Debian Linux and Tiger. It’s a lot easier to switch between OSes now, obviously.
I’ve managed to increase the display resolution from 1024×768 to 1280×1024. The main display is sharp and gorgeous, however, it still dithers screenshots and the DVD Player doesn’t recognize a video device. Also, I haven’t been able to get sound to work, and USB flash drives act oddly. If I plug a flash drive in after boot up, it mounts and works perfectly. However, if I boot up with a flash drive connected, the drive is not mounted and won’t mount even if I disconnect it then plug it back in.
So, there are some issues with this version of OS X for the x86 platform, but Apple has done a good job… and I’m sure it will be a lot more stable on official Apple x86 hardware.
More screenshots (each > 1.5 MB): Shot 2 | Shot 3 | Shot 4 | Shot 5 | Shot 6 … and finally, this blog entry was created completely using the Macinto… uhh… OSx86 system. How’s that for a sexy and elegant name? Maybe I should call it Marklar. Sounds better than OSx86 system, don’t ya think?
Man Jim that is just too cool! Now I want to try this coz I like some of the options and screen layout.
Did you get your sound fixed?
I did get sound to work. I found a copy of the AppleAC97Audio.kext kernel extension driver from Darwin on some forum. I installed it in the /System/Library/Extensions folder, added the Vendor and Device ID to the Info.plist file, rebooted. Sound worked!
For everyone who’s asked me to help them do this… the answer is NO! I’m not burning copies of the DVD, either. I found this shit out on my own by using the tools of the Internet… you can do the same.
I did this to see if the sites and rumors were true, for the fun of doing it, and for educational purposes. It’s all about saying “Been there, done that.” It takes a fair amount of time, patience, and bandwidth.
My AMD64 system still boots Linux by default, and I haven’t booted into the OSx86 drive since the weekend of December 10/11.