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Specifications of my Dell 1501.

Install Leopard 10.5.2 on Dell Inspiron 1501!


Its Working great under latest version of VMware, and boot native only in safe mode

A small guide:

1) I split my HDD in 3 partitions:
a)- for Leo (Primary, fat),
cool.gif- for personal stuff (ntfs),
c)- for Windows XP (Primary, ntfs)

2) Install Windows XP
3) Install latest version of VMware
4) Install Latest version of Acronis Boot Manager
5) Find and burn an DVD with Leo4All v2 (VERSION 2 - the only one that worked for me)
6) Restart your computer and press F2 to enter BIOS menu
7) Setup you bios like in picture below (disable Wireless, Lan, and Bios USB) else you will get the AppleGenericPCATADriver error)
8) Format and install Leo. For kernel leave the version that is checked by default, also check the AMD fix option
9) Be patient until the installation will finish and your Dell will be rebooted
10) After reboot enter in windows with Acronis
11) Open VMware and setup a new virtual machine (Type: Free BSD, 1 core, HDD: physical drive with all partitions)
12) Start your virtual machine, and boot Leo 10.5.2 (try -f option)
13) Setup your account and personal data
14) First backup and then download Emzo's made-for-Inspiron-1501 IOATAFamily.kext OR 2nd link IOATAFamily.kext extract, & copy the kext to /System/Library/Extensions/
15) Repair disk permission
16) Shutdown your virtual machine
17) Reboot your computer
18) Leopard boot only in safe mode (with -x option). also try -x -f option

Here I'm stuck!
I need help to boot without -x and get rid of "Not an ACInterfaceRef (null)"
I've tried all combinations in BIOS but with no luck!

PS1: An more detailed guide for VMware part(for tiger) here

 

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HOW TO ENABLE AERO IN VISTA HOME BASIC

OK here it shows that how to Enable Aero glass theme in Win Vista Home basic?

Start Menu> Click in the "Start Search" box> Type in "run">Click on "Run" under the list of Programs found>Type "regedit" in the text box and click "Open" or press "Enter" key.

When the "Registry Editor" opens up, click and open the following folders:

"HKEY_CURRENT_USER" then "Software" then "Microsoft" then "Windows" and then "DWM".

Double click on "Composition" type "1" in the "Value data" field and click on the "OK" button.

Double click on "Composition Policy" type "2" in the "Value data" field and click on the "OK" button.

Exit out of the Registry Editor.

Start Menu> Click in the "Start Search" box> Type in "command prompt"> Click on "Command Prompt" under the list of Programs found> type in "net stop uxsms" press the "Enter" key> Wait for it to do its thing, then type in "net start uxsms" press "Enter" key.

Screen may flicker to set it up. Then right-click on your desktop and click on "Personalize" > Click on "Window Color and Appearance". You should be able to handle it from here smile.gif DONE!!!