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Looks like it is working to me. Remember that this is not in a format readable by windows. You are going to have to boot from that drive to see it.

<ul id="quote"><h6>shriek wrote:</h6>
Since I'm also installing it to a USB HDD maybe the problem is that tigerx86 does not run from USB HDD...
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Yo. I wrote the recipe using osx on an intel machine USB HHD... it works if you have compatible hardware. Check the forums and wiki listed on the main recipe for debugging information.

If you bios is really that new, then you are likely just missing it.

Check in your bios under hard drives... many bios systems just read a usb drive as another hard drive. If so, just change the order of your drives to boot to the usb drive first.

Sounds like unsupported hardware to me.

Try going through your bios and disabling an extras--on-board audio, sub, etc.

<ul id="quote"><h6>Xboxmodder999 wrote:</h6>

I have a question for anyone that can help me....

I have gotten it all installed and whatnot, but when I try to boot, it loads to a white screen with the apple logo, and the little circle below the logo just goes around forever( (I left it for 10+ minutes). Does this mean that my hardware is not compatible, or is it something else?

Thanks in advance,
Xboxmodder999</ul>

When the boot screen comes up, hit any key to show the options. Then boot with -x -v

-x puts you in safe mode
-v puts you in verbose mode (to see why you are hanging)

You haven't lost anything. You can reformat your drive and use it for your windows box again.

If you can't get it to boot using this method, then it is unlikely that the DVD method will work either. The DVD method being developed is to make installation easier. OSX either works with your hardware or it doesn't. The type of installation used doesn't matter.

Now quit whining and go play with your toys.

<ul id="quote"><h6>motleyrik2 wrote:</h6>Which dd.exe does the author refer to? There are two dd.exes in the folder, one under unicoderelease at 56.0 Kb, and one under unicodedebug at 128 KB. Which one?</ul>

unicode release.

<ul id="quote"><h6>redwood wrote:</h6>Is this just a geek thing, or really a practical trouble free operating system for PCs?
I am a Mac geek, and am considering picking up a inexpensive laptop for my son and converting to OSX. Is it easy or troublesome?
Is it stable?
Will we be able to update, or will apple figure out a wat to stop future cracks? - it seems like this will be a major blow to apple if they don't?
Thanks in advance for your feedback,
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It is totally a geek thing. Doing this for actual real world use would be evil. Apple designs great OS and hardware... don't rip money out of their pockets.

Anyhoo... even if you get it stable, it's not near as stable as a typical installation of OSX or apple.

Don't get me wrong, it's fun as heck...

Are you using the files from the Forensic Acquisition UnicodeRelease folder? Those are the ones that I used... and it worked fine for me.

Thanks for the information and the nice comments!

I am not sure how to edit my original recipe, but I give permission to the editors to update the recipe and/or change the title as they see fit.

I believe the forums noted above are back up now.