I catched a legendary IBM notebook ThinkPad T30/2366 model at last week, to hack an Atheros wireless card into… It was not too difficult, latest MadWifi to chum up with Linux kernel without problem.
As well there is a “new” PC, just try to create a multi-OS machine for application testing, with Linux, Windows and Mac OS X;
Linux:
– Ubuntu 9.04
– Radeon 7500 mobility X.org configuration (xorg.conf):
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "true"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "true"
Option "AGPSize" "64"
Option "RingSize" "8"
Option "BufferSize" "2"
Option "EnableDepthMoves" "true"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "AccelMethod" "XAA"
Option "DDCMode"
Option "DynamicClocks" "true"
Option "SubPixelOrder" "NONE"
Option "ColorTiling" "false"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
Windows:
– Windows XP with drivers from IBM support site
Mac OS X:
– Hackintosh distribution – XxX Install Disk Tiger 10.4.11 rev2, link1, link2
– Package selection:
+ Apple Software Updates
- Kernels and Kexts
+ 8.9.1 kernel universal + patches
- RecommendedPacthed
+ verbose Mode
+ CPUPowerManagement.kext Remover
+ System Profiler Patch
- Graphics drivers
+ SSE2 DVDPlayer patch
- ATI Drivers
+ Radeon 7500 AGP
- AGPGart
+ AGPGartLite Intel865chipset
- Audio Drivers
+ Generic AC97 Audio
- Network Drivers
+ Atheros AR5004G wireless Driver
+ AppleIntel8255x.kext
+ Broadcom Wifi ID Plist
- Miscellanous
+ RadeonTool
That’s all, just take the photos:
