tyme Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 For fun, I've decided to have a go at installing OpenDarwin (the base of OSX) on my x86, and then putting DarwinPorts on it. I choose DarwinPorts over Fink for the time being due to the fact that DarwinPorts has gnome 2.6.0 (I'm a gnome lover ;) ). I plan to free up the space on my hard drive to begin this project tonight. I'll be posting my experiences here, and later posting an entire write-up over at Code Junkies which I will link to in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted June 4, 2004 Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 I'm waiting patiently for updates already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted June 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 Unfortunately it would seem that my IDE controllers are not compatible. the CD boots, and goes through detecting some hardware, but locks up. I'm going to try OpenDarwin 6.6.2 instead of Darwin 7.0.1 we'll see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 After considering the same a few weeks ago I saw a thread that said only Intel chipset were specifically well supported and a few amd/via's. It was suggested that you can try with a via BUT.... ...so I didn't even bother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HJ Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 all the chip sets on my computers are Intel, I might as well give it a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnubie Posted August 8, 2004 Report Share Posted August 8, 2004 Unfortunately it would seem that my IDE controllers are not compatible. the CD boots, and goes through detecting some hardware, but locks up. I'm going to try OpenDarwin 6.6.2 instead of Darwin 7.0.1 we'll see what happens. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, how did OpenDarwin fare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted August 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2004 it didn't... apparently it only really works on Intel chipsets, and since I have an SIS chipset it always failed when i tried to install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echylo Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 well I'm gonna give it a try too :) :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 :lol: I did this same thing about 6 months ago. NOT well supported eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 Thinking of giving this a shot.. looks like OS X when its running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted August 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 no. OpenDarwin is just the open(er) version of the BSD base of OS X known as Darwin. It doesn't include the OS X GUI. You'd just install XFree86 or xorg and whatever desktop like a normal linux distro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 no. OpenDarwin is just the open(er) version of the BSD base of OS X known as Darwin. It doesn't include the OS X GUI. You'd just install XFree86 or xorg and whatever desktop like a normal linux distro. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I figured it was just too good to be true, are you guys messing around with it for any benefit or just plain curiosity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted August 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 i was messing with it out of plain curiousity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echylo Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 only thing I get is : IOATA controller device is blocking bus ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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