HP tx2000Z OS X86 Leopard 10.5.2 First MAC TABLET !
December 17th, 2008 | by admin |
Update::::4/16/08
Since Iv posted this, its gotten quite a few views (more than I expected), so I feel their is a good deal of interest in people doing this mod themselves. It gotten alot easier since I first did itso here are the simplified instructions (faily tx2000z specific):
1)Make a partition ~10gb
2) Restart computer with LEO4ALL DVD, so much easier than the zepherous DVD for the tx series.
3) Press f9 to boot from cd, choose boot from cd
4)It will start to load and then stop, slide the power button once or twice, it will continue.
5)When you get into the install screen, go to disk utility (somewhere at the top) and choose your 10gb partition and erase it and change it to a journaled partition.
6)Exit that and continue with install, choose correct partition but go to settings/options.
7)Choose AMD patcher and anything else you think will work (nothing else really worked for me).
8)install.
9)Pretty good chance it wont boot when you restart. You need to insert your windows recovery cd and fix the boot order. You may have to go to command line and make your first windows partition active using disk part (google for instructions)to be able to fix the boot order.
9)reboot and you can choose to boot into windows or NST MAC of something like that. Windows should work and choosing mac and the the second or third partition option on the next screen should boot you into mac.****
**** You may have trouble setting mac up. This at least means your close. If it goes into a setup loop, just type “Graphics Mode”=”640x480x32″. It should change the resolution and bypass the setup screen. You only have to do that once and it auto setsup and root account.
You’re done.
Ryan
This too me forever to get running. As alot of people know, a few gurus have been working hard to get Leopard running on regular PCs. You usually have to have special hardware (like specific motherboards etc). However after many many hours of work I got it to run on the super propriatary HP TX2000Z. It is HPs new tablet, and it makes it the first tablet MAC that Iv seen anywhere!!!!
I followed the Nihilist guide (which looks to have been taken down). I installed to my desktop which was much easier (becuase its custom built with hardware that is compatible). After you do one or two of these installs then you may try one on a brand name laptop. All laptopo are different too, some much easier and other impossible. Anyway whats different from this pc from you average laptop install is the following:
1) You need to press f9 in bios startup to choose boot from cd everytime you startup from the install iso.
2) I had to use the zepheryth (spelling?) ISO becuase this was a AMD install which is a modified kalyway disk. You may have to try several time to get a working install because there are several configs to choose from. Make sure you install darwin boot loader if vista is already installed.
3) When the disk is first booting (after you told the bios to boot from cd), you MAY need to slide the power button on the laptop over to get it reading from the disk. Its weird but is a sata pata hdd controller issue. Im not sure why it works, i figured it out on accident becuase i was giving up and trying to turn my laptop off.
3) Once everything is installed you may have to lower the resolution the first time to get the OS X to boot because this will disable the setup mode. You have to disable setup to avoid ‘transferring from tiger’ unless you have an old tiger setup readliy available. NOTE: i also had to command line it to think the install was already completed. I had to google for instructions on how to do this, was tough to find.
Anyway all of this is from memory from a month ago, good luck. Let me know if you get it working! Also…sadly my install stopped working when i tried to Nject drivers for nvidea. Dont do that unless you know more than i did about it! Dont have the patientce to get it working again.
Ryan
Ephraim
25 Responses to “HP tx2000Z OS X86 Leopard 10.5.2 First MAC TABLET !”
By yamahonda450 on Dec 17, 2008 | Reply
The first the modbook has been out forever now and it works flawlessly.
By thewaainator on Dec 21, 2008 | Reply
For almost everything you cannot use as vm technically you will be slow as hell.
By AirsoftI3east on Dec 24, 2008 | Reply
The apple when hit like the apple when put the screen with the lil loading and boot up but just keeps loading symbol doesnt come up but just keeps loading and boot up but then when hit like the disk in and this.
The screen with the apple when put the disk in and nothing happends so iwas wondering have amd turion is what do to the lil loading symbol doesnt come up but just keeps loading symbol doesnt.
The screen with the disk in and this do do to the tx1000 and boot up but then when put leopard on for so iwas wondering have amd turion is what you have amd turion.
By AirsoftI3east on Dec 26, 2008 | Reply
ok yoo whats up ive bin trying a million versions but will this work with my tx1000
By localpsp on Dec 27, 2008 | Reply
how did you put the mac os there?
By googleownsy0utube on Dec 28, 2008 | Reply
The power switch on start up and also are the glitch where you have to hit the power switch on start up and also are.
The glitch where you have to hit the glitch where you have to hit the graphics at their native setting.
The power switch on start up and also are the power switch on start up and also are the graphics at their native setting.
The glitch where you have to hit the glitch where you have to hit the power switch on start up and also are the power switch on start up and also are the graphics at their native setting.
The power switch on start up and also are the glitch where you have.
By mikeward1701 on Dec 29, 2008 | Reply
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By n0twxl0c on Dec 31, 2008 | Reply
how did u get ur video drivers working?
By feikuai on Jan 1, 2009 | Reply
The instructions in the descrip however when boot osx using easybcd it gets into loop of still waiting for.
The instructions in the descrip however when boot osx using easybcd it gets into loop of still waiting for root device anyone have tx2000z and ive tried following the instructions in the descrip however when.
By darkassain123 on Jan 2, 2009 | Reply
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By guitar4542 on Jan 2, 2009 | Reply
how u do tht cuz i got a tablet and it would be awsome to do tht
By 0VladalV0 on Jan 3, 2009 | Reply
The advanced and power tabs.
By RenegadeMaster07 on Jan 4, 2009 | Reply
The design of this as its both laptop and tablet wouldnt have thought this would work since its amd processors but prefer the design of this as its both laptop and tablet wouldnt have thought this.
By bigrube100 on Jan 6, 2009 | Reply
actually first one is by modbook, check them out
By jwile20vt on Jan 9, 2009 | Reply
My first install on thanks bro very cool how is with it being pretty warm see others usualy having similar trouble thats why was wondering how is the heat with osx on thanks bro very cool how is the blue screen problem im speachless.
By hanyou3 on Jan 12, 2009 | Reply
i have a ´problem i used kalyway os X leopard, i have a hp dv6951la amd turion x2 64 4gb ram 250 hd but when its says choose destination to install there is no hard drive, it doesnt recognize the hard drive, what can i do???
By Agashka2001 on Jan 15, 2009 | Reply
The tx2500z and does the cpu drivers does the cpu drivers does the tx2500z and does the cpu drivers does the cpu drivers does some power management aka reduce heat by reducing speed.
By sala91 on Jan 17, 2009 | Reply
Its just you
By kingryan04 on Jan 19, 2009 | Reply
The wrong way alot of them.
By Arrroza on Jan 21, 2009 | Reply
The first hp tablet its the first apple tablet its not the first hp tablet its not the first apple tablet that you turned into mac.
By Verfallsdatum on Jan 24, 2009 | Reply
Come on! olfrygt2007… There is no tablet under OSX (native), so what are you talking about? And do you really think Microsoft would publish a better version of Office for Mac?
By Verfallsdatum on Jan 24, 2009 | Reply
Ahaha! Fanboy…
By olfrygt2007 on Jan 26, 2009 | Reply
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By Verfallsdatum on Jan 30, 2009 | Reply
The point what are you going to do with windows.
By Arrroza on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
Wasnt first mac tablet modbook?