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Mac OS X Leopard

Installation of OS X 10.5.8

This guide will show you how to install Mac OS X onto your Inspiron 1501 Laptop

What you will need:
  • A Dell Inspiron 1501 Laptop
  • iDeneb v1.6 10.5.8 Lite Edition (Leopard Install Disc)
  • About 1 hour of time
What to do:
  1. Boot from the OS X installation disc (Press F12 and select CD/DVD Drive) and allow it to load up
  2. Select the language that you want to use during the setup
  3. Click on Utilities, and then Disk Utility
  4. Select the partition that you want to install OS X onto, and erase it with the format of Mac OS Extended (Journaled), also type a name that you want the partition to be called.
  5. Close the Disk Utility
  6. Continue with the installation, agreeing to the license agreement and choose the Hard Drive partition you wish to install OS X onto. After doing this, click on customize to choose what you want to install.
  7. What to select:
    1. iDeneb Main Components
    2. OSx86 Essential Patches:
      1. Bootloader - Chameleon v1.0.12
      2. Kernel - 9.5.0 Voodoo
      3. Patches - Apple PS/2 Drivers - Voodoo PS2 Controller
      4. Use Seatbelt Fix
      5. Drivers - Chipset - ATI
      6. Drivers - System Management - Voodoo Battery Management
      7. Apple SMBios - Patched - MacBook
      8. SD/SDHCI Patch
    3. Select the language you want to use for the installation
    4. Select cleanup
  8. Then press Continue
  9. Skip Disk Check if preferred
  10. Wait for installation to complete and restart.
  11. You should hopefully be greeted with the Darwinx86 Boot Screen
  12. After Mac OS X has loaded up, fill in your details.
  13. You should now have reached the Mac OS X Leopard Desktop
Troubleshooting:
If Mac OS X fails to boot you are going to have to find out what the problem is. When the bootloader appears add the boot flags '-v' (minus the commas). Then you will be able to see what the problem is. I will be happy to assist anyone who has carried out the above steps to get OS X to boot; but before e-mailing me please carry out these steps as it helps greatly!


Post Installation

After you have reached the OS X desktop on your Inspiron 1501 you may have noticed that the sound and display resolution are not working/correct. However these can be fixed.

What you will need:
For all installations you will need Kext Helper b7 so make sure to download it from SkyDrive link

ATI X1150 Screen Resolution Fix (No QE/CI):
  1. Download the files as a .zip file from my SkyDrive.
  2. Extract the files so you have a Callisto.kext and a CallistoHAL.kext
  3. Open up Kext Helper b7, and drag Callisto.kext and CallistoHAL.kext into the window. Also enter your administrator password into the Password box. 
  4. Then press Easy Install.
  5. Once the installation has completed reboot OS X.
  6. After reboot go into System Preferences/Displays and choose 1280x800 Screen Resolution (It is not possible to get Quartz Extreme or Core Image on the ATI X1150 Graphics Card.
Audio Fix:
  1. Download both AppleHDAPatcherv1.20 and Sigmatel9200.text from my SkyDrive.
  2. Drag the Sigmatel9200.text into the AppleHDAPatcherv1.20 application icon; it will then ask for your password, enter it.
  3. Upon completion reboot and then you should have audio working.

How to Dual-Boot with Windows:

You have two choices on which bootloader to use when dualbooting. However I would always use the Chameleon 2.0 Bootloader as it is much more visually pleasing and it also makes your Inspiron 1501 look more like a real Mac with the BootCamp style theme.

Using the Windows Bootloader:

  1. Install Mac OS X (Using settings in my tutorial)
  2. Install Windows (XP, Vista or 7)
  3. Boot into Windows and install EasyBCD 2.0 beta (Link: EasyBCD 2.0)
  4. Select Add/Remove Entries 
  5. Select the Mac OS X tab on the bottom
  6. Rename it to whatever you want the entry to be called
  7. Press Add Entry
  8. Reboot and select Mac OS X or Windows
Using the Chameleon 2.0 Bootloader with a BootCamp theme:
  1. Install Windows (XP, Vista or 7)
  2. Install Mac OS X (Using settings in my tutorial)
  3. Install Chameleon 2.0 RC2 (Link: Chameleon 2.0 RC2)
  4. Copy this folder into Macintosh HD/Extras/Themes (Link: BootCamp Theme)
  5. When prompted overwrite the Default folder, and provide your administrator password if needed.
  6. Reboot and you should see the Chameleon Bootloader with a BootCamp look.