Sunday, January 16, 2011

Install OSX on IBM Thinkpad T43

  • Download the install ISO from the green demon, or the pirate of the internet seas. Make sure you get the Kalyway 10.5.1 ISO and not any of the ToH ISOs. I repeat ToH WILL NOT WORK!
  • Fire up the computer using the burnt DVD, and press enter when it asks you for startup options.
  • Now, get a beer, and wait for this thing to boot up. If you get stuck on a blue screen with no cursor, that means that you did the paperclip mod wrong.
  • Open up Disk Utility from the top menu, and create one partition (and name it whatever you want)
  • When you get to the setup options screen, select SSE2 System, the MBR Bootloader, and also the Azalia Audio package.
  • Wait for the computer to finish installing, and then restart your computer.
  • Everything except the wireless and Quartz Extreme should be working now (No GMA900 leopard support yet).
  • Go to http://code.google.com/p/iwidarwin/ and download the latest 10.5 Stable package.
  • Run this in your terminal
    sudo -s
    chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions
    chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions
    rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions.mkext (if exists)
    rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache (if exists)
  • Reboot, and everything should be working at this point.
  • Enjoy.

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