On 3/6/09 8:14 AM, "Riba" <riba at ml1.net> wrote: >> Hello Fred, >> >> >> I like to "talk" with a man who knows what he speaks about :-) >> >> Could you send me some more informations about your system? >> I'd like to get it directly to my mailaddress as this might be to far >> away from our group here. >> >> If it was possible, you could make me happy. >> Perhaps you can also mention how "old" your project and the >> components of your system are? > > You just have to make sure you pick up the components from the > compatibility list here: > http://www.insanelymac.com/osx86db/ > > ...and grab the modified OS X install floating around online...or patch > your own. I was never too fond of this route as every OS X update breaks > the install (until the 'patched' one is released by the community)... > EFI-X gets rid of these annoyances but there is a hardware compatibility > list that you need to take into account as well. True up to a point. I was able to apply the last two updates directly using Software Update. It mainly depends on the install that you pick as your starting point, I discovered. Though I don't want to sound like I'm dissing the EFI-X approach. It's a good idea. I'm just cheep and found another way. pf