This is going to make my position more difficult. I had always been against forbidding distros. Many new users prefer them, and I want InsanelyMac to be a welcoming place for everybody.
Then the appropriate rule should apply. This situation is difficult, on one hand we have users who are unlikely to install OS X on their PC without a distro, on the other hand, we must promote the use of a method as native as possible. Personally, I have always helped those who installed iATKOS or other distros, now if we decide to stop supporting this method we have to ask ourselves questions:.
If we decide that the rule applies to all versions of iATKOS, we must apply the same rule to the other distros eg Niresh? For the moderators is a duty to give us a unequivocal rule and know what the line not to exceed It's out there, what can you do.
I would not knowingly help anyone using a distro. Without having a known "starting point" it is much more difficult to diagnose problems. Creators of distros are selling not OSX. They selling a help to install HackOSX. See the difference. New Releases and Updates. Existing user? Sign In Sign In. Remember me Not recommended on shared computers. Or sign in with one of these services Sign in with Google.
Sign in with Twitter. Sign in with Facebook. Share More sharing options Followers 1. Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 1 of 3. Recommended Posts. Be sure to download the newest version 5 of Multibeast, not the older versions 3 or 4 which are for Snow Leopard and Lion, respectively.
Name the new partition whatever you want. Click the "Options" button before applying your new partition layout. It should be set to "Master Boot Record" by default. Keep it that way. Then click "Apply" this step is shown in the first picture. In the second picture, my USB drive is named "Whatever". This will write all of the contents of the iAtkos disk image onto your USB drive. This will take 15 minutes to an hour, depending on the quality of your USB drive this step is shown in the second picture.
However, it's still unbootable on PCs. To fix this, open Multibeast and select the USB drive as the installation location. NOTE : If Multibeast doesn't give you the chance to choose the installation location, click past the pages in Multibeast, until you reach the page with the "Change Install Location" button. Then burn the disk image this step is shown in the second picture. I covered these steps in my Snow Leopard guide which will be posted soon , but they're worth mentioning again: - Unplug all USB-connected devices from your computer before you begin the setup except your keyboard and mouse.
Just unplug the hard drive SATA cables from your motherboard. Otherwise, Windows won't boot afterwards. The BIOS is basically a settings page for your motherboard. Different manufacturers set different keys for opening the BIOS. The initial screen is shown in the first picture.
Before starting, reset all of your BIOS settings to their factory defaults. You need to do this for iAtkos to work. After you finish installing Mac OS X, you should change this setting back to default, so that "Hard Disk" is the first boot device this optional, but it will speed up your boot times this step is shown in the second picture. HPET - Change this to bit this step is shown in the third picture.
Change it to "AHCI". Keep in mind that the BIOS on most motherboards do not support using a mouse, so you'll probably have to navigate through the BIOS with the arrow keys on your keyboard. On my Gigabyte motherboard, I have to press F10 to save my changes. Restart your computer. If things go well, your computer will boot into iAtkos instead of booting from your normal hard disk.
You will then be able to view the iAtkos menu this step is shown in the first picture. Once you've entered the OS X Mountain Lion installer, you will come up to a page that asks you for a "destination" for your Mountain Lion installation this step is shown in the first picture.
If you're installing Mountain Lion on a computer that has never been turned into a Hackintosh before i. We'll have to fix that. To do this, start up Disk Utility, which is located under the Utilities menu in the top bar this step is shown in the second picture.
In the sidebar of Disk Utility, choose the hard drive partition where you want Mountain Lion installed, and erase it by using the "Erase" tab. You can also just erase the entire hard drive this is the preferred solution if you don't plan to dual-boot Windows and Mac OS X from the same hard drive. In the screenshot below, my hard drive partition is called "disk0s2", while my entire hard drive is called " You can also partition the hard disk by using Disk Utility's Partition tab.
If your hard disk uses the MBR partition scheme, iAtkos will install itself onto there without the need for prior modifications. Select it, and then click the "Customize" button on the bottom left. At the boot screen, you'll see an icon for the hard drive where you installed Mountain Lion. Select it use the arrow keys on your computer and press "Enter".
Mountain Lion will boot. Mission accomplished! Multibeast Multibeast is a collection of kext files that you'll need to install for your Hackintoshes to have sound, internet, a high resolution screen, and more. Different Hackintosh builds require different Multibeast setups, though most setups are very similar. Find out what Multibeast options you need to install.
Mac OS X treats Mountain Lion as just another update-- this generally means that the only things you have to reinstall in Multibeast are audio kexts and ethernet kexts. Hmm do you know if this can be setup using VMWare as well? You can always dual boot! If you had trouble running OSX some reason you had kernel panic so I would look on the forums with your laptop specification. You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Paste as plain text instead. Only 75 emoji are allowed. Display as a link instead. Clear editor. Upload or insert images from URL. Share More sharing options Followers 0. Reply to this topic Start new topic. Recommended Posts. Posted May 30, Follow this step if you're setting up iAtkos on a Mac or existing Hackintosh. Name the new partition whatever you want. Otherwise, Windows won't boot afterwards. Once you've entered the OS X Mountain Lion installer, you will come up to a page that asks you for a "destination" for your Mountain Lion installation.
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