Windows and Linux were built to take into account the various PC Hardware out there, so shove in a CD/DVD and it boots, installs and works – drivers you can add later and so forth. Now on a real Mac – no matter how expensive you all think they are – you stick in the DVD and it just installs – of course it does and anyone can do it.
Now a lot of people I have spoken to and people posting on my Blog comments / Youtube are stuck and they expect some magic way to make any old PC that they own (be it desktop or Laptop) to stick in a Kalyway / Leo4All etc DVD in there and for it to Install and work first time. The shocking truth is that it probably won’t as proven by me on a whole range of machine’s at work.
The Sticking points are as follows (the one’s have come across):
1. Kernel Panic upon loading DVD – you can try -x -v cpus=1 and it MIGHT work but on the whole – if it sticks at this point – go search the web.
2. It Installs and rebooting is met with Errors or Blue Screen or whatever – Once again you have to do you research.
3. Sound / graphics / Network etc does not work – A bit of research might get the driver required (Kext’s).
The Bottom Line.
By all means download a Kalyway / Leo4All DVD and write it at 2x Speed, have a spare HD fitted in case it all goes wrong or at the very least a Ghost Image so you can get you system back to working if it fails. If the Installer does not boot and you get a Kernel Panic – you have lost nothing (as you have no formatted the HD yet). My advice is rather simple”
This might have your machine listed or the hardware used – do you research before you start and KNOW what hardware you have such as what Motherboard, Graphics Card, Sound and Networking. The other place to check is:
Search, Google and ask about – even with a system that worked the first time around, further tries might be met with a failure – try and try again. If you are serious about Using OS X – I suggest you buy a real one and make life easier.
