[plug] Hackintosh - update and linux questions

Thu Mar 17 17:51:49 WST 2011

Of course I own a copy - I'm not downloading someone's cracked copy with 
who knows what ready to screw up my system :)

While I appreciate your perspective, I enjoy being told how I think and 
should feel about something about as much as the next guy. I own a 
legitimate copy of the software, and just like backing up my DVDs (to 
play over my network and preserve the originals) using software that 
defeats copyright protection, I will install this copy of the Mac OS on 
any hardware I can as long as I only use it on one system. I will not 
pay gouging prices for apple hardware in order to be able to support 
their software and keep their users happy.

As to the 'things', I'm still trying to determine exactly how the 
DiskUtility program does what the video tutorial (the second url) is 
instructing the user to do to get a bootable and installable USB drive 
with kexts for using the OS on an EeePC. As I've been passing blood for 
a few days I've been unable to pursue details but will hopefully try to 
be more specific later this evening.

Regards,

Ari

On 16/03/2011 9:16 AM, Onno Benschop wrote:
> Hi Ari,
>
> Unless you actually own a copy of OS X, making a Hackintosh as you 
> describe is not legal as I understand it.
>
> Furthermore, I'm unsure what the legalities are of running OS X on 
> non-Apple hardware, since there is going to be a breach of the EULA 
> and likely the DMCA when you patch the image.
>
> As an Open Source user, you should be aware of rights and privileges, 
> more so than most other computer users today. Open Source and Free 
> Software does not mean illegal, in fact, far from it - these enshrine 
> specific requirements and obligations on the person distributing the 
> software and in my opinion you should do some further research before 
> you jump into this.
>
> Having said all that, what exactly do you need to achieve, since 
> "things" is not particularly specific.
>
>
> O
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Ari <sothisistheinternet at gmail.com 
> <mailto:sothisistheinternet at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Updates - I'm trying to follow these tutorials on getting my EeePC
>     1000H running with Snow Leopard:
>
>     http://www.enik.ch/2009/10/osx-10-6-1-snowleopard-on-the-eee-1000he-part-1/
>
>     http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=234610
>
>     However, it appears to require access to a computer already
>     running OSX. There has to be  ways to do these things using linux,
>     right? I've installed hsfplus-tools on my FC14 file server and
>     formatted an 8GB usb stick as HSF+. I have the Snow Leopard DVD
>     imaged to an .iso file to be transferred to the USB stick. But
>     there are other 'things' done with the Mac 'disk utility' program
>     that I'm hoping for some help identifying and finding linux
>     alternatives. Can anyone give me some tips?
>
>     TIA,
>
>     Ari
>
>     On 4/03/2011 11:42 PM, Ari wrote:
>
>         So, I've got my multiboot system going with Ubuntu and three
>         flavours of windows, but it's just not enough. I neeeeed more.
>         I need a Hackintosh.
>
>         I don't think I'm adept enough to get it running with the old
>         Athlon XP 2800+ hardware the other OSes are running on, so I
>         am probably going to need to replace the CPU+Motherboard+RAM
>         (maybe video, too, not sure if I can get on-board video
>         working if it's even available). I've never worked with
>         virtualisation before, so I doubt I'll be successful getting
>         it running on my more recent Athlon 64 X2 5000 system, or
>         under Fedora on another (but older) athlon 64 3600 system.
>
>         Does here anyone have experience with getting an ultra cheapie
>         core2 duo based system running Snow Leopard? (picked it up
>         today at the Apple Store)
>
>         On another note, is anyone here planning on dumping/selling
>         off an old core2duo with an Asus or gigabyte board?
>
>         TIA,
>
>         Ari
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