Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Mac OSX on my BenQ S41

Inspired by some of the forumers success on installing OSX into his BenQ-S41, being the same model, I'm also into trying this. These are the links that I've followed. Throughout this process, Ive got another PC with all the guides I got below and an active Internet connection in case of something goes wrong.

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.5.2/Portables#BenQ
http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Installation_Guides/Kalyway_DualBoot_10.5.2
http://coolblog.profit42.com/2007/07/03/updated-osx-10410-dual-boot-guide/
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=81036&st=500
http://www.andrewchapman.net/home-mainmenu-71/1-latest/73-hackintosh.html

Please be aware that I'm just a student who are trying to test the system. After the success of this, I'm also be sure to delete all traces of mac and will destroy my burned disk as well. Please don't ask me where i got the disk and where i downloaded it from. Its not ethical and I only done this to test it. after all, I am going to buy a mac in few years time. And also, i'm not in the mood of making any screenshots. Please don't ask. Read the guides instead.

This is the specification of my BenQ Joybook S41-409
- Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 (1.8GHz Dual Core, 800MHz, FSB 2MB L2)
- 2 GB DDR2 667MHz
- 120GB SATA HDD
- 14.1" 1280x800 nVidia 8600GS 256MB GDDR3
- Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
- Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller

In Vista, my score is 4.3
- proc: 4.9
- ram: 4.9
- graphics: 5.9
- gaming: 5.5
- HDD: 4.3

1. Formatting.
At fist, I've resized my jampacked HDD. After few DVD backup of my data, ( 9 pieces ) I've loaded my S41 with an Acronis Boot Disk. This is to resize my HDD partition and make some room for OSX installation. Notice that I do this without ever need to destroy any of my existing data.

the structure of my HDD: 3 partitions.
c: [45GB-NTFS] vista partition
d: [15GB-FAT32] mac partition --set it to active partition.
e: [56.78GB-NTFS] Data partition. i kept all my data into this partition in case my vista does become corrupt, which is not possible unless i do something really stupid.

2. Burning and making boot disk.
I think this should be the first step. But heck, I'm using the "Kalyway_10.5.2_DVD_Intel_Amd.iso" and after all the sweat and tears of downloading 3.67GB I've burned it using Alcohol 120%. You can use any burning software instead.

Next, using Acronis Disk Director, I've made a Boot disk using a CD. This is to make the step no 1 above a success. Again don't ask me how I do the first step. Do your google search.

3. Booting up and selecting.
I've changed my boot sequence to DVD and after inserting the Mac disk, I've been welcomed with a beautiful wallpaper. Before that, I've make sure to boot with F8 and -v command.

By selecting English as my language, I've open up the disk utilities. I've prepared the Mac partition to use the 'Mac OS Extended Journaled' as my partition. Exit and I'm done with the disk utilities.




Now time for some customisation of the installation. The + is what I've added, and the - is what I've removed. Note that I do this on my own risk.


-Additional Fonts
-Language Translations
+Kernel_vanilla_92 (i've also unchecked the default)
+NVinject-256


After that click ok and the disk check will make sure that the disk is ok and consistent. After that the installer begins installation. Time left: 24 minutes. Pretty good. Vista takes a whole lot more time.



4. Repairing and booting.

After the installation is completed, I've restarted my Laptop. Something is not right, it won't boot up. The error saids HFS+ Error.
I've re-inserted my Acronis Disk. this is to make my vista active again. This step is to do a dual-booting and with hoping that it will cure this, I make my vista partition active again. Then, off I go rebooting. It works. Inside vista, I've copied chain0. and then with few command in cmd.

bcdedit /copy {current} /d “Mac OS X” (just leave the {current} there and don’t change it)
bcdedit /enum active
bcdedit /set [ID] PATH \chain0 (replace [ID] with you identifier: http://janschneiders.googlepages.com/idosx.gif)


for the sake of my ass, i just do what the above said, and began booting up. it works and I've been welcomed by a really beautiful welcome screen. With lots of welcome in different language. Then, I hav to do some sort of customizing.

5. Testing and Playing around.
This step is not shown and I think most people don't need me to shown this. A lot of apps loads fast, I don't even need to wait. The animation is really fluid, pressing F9 key brings up expose, and blah blah blah...... you get the point. Even now I'm still playing around with my Mac Joybook. Lol.

Leave me a comment if this little diary of mine is used or if you want to add this to somewhere.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Kahlid Ibrahim perjelas tindakan pemberian air percuma Selangor

Nyza Ayob
Tue
| May 13, 08 | 4:14:38 pm MYT

KUALA LUMPUR, 13 Mei - Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim (KeADILan-Bandar Tun Razak) menyangkal kenyataan Ahmad Maslan (BN-Pontian) dan Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi (BN-Batu Pahat) yang menganggap pemberian air secara percuma oleh kerajaan Selangor kepada rakyatnya sebagai satu pembaziran.

Jelasnya kerajaan Selangor bersedia untuk memberi air secara percuma, kerana ia merupakan salah satu usaha kebajikan daripada kerajaan Selangor kepada rakyatnya. Beliau berkata demikian sewaktu menyampaikan perbahasan titah Yang di-Pertuan Agong di Dewan Rakyat hari ini.

"Terdapat sebilangan Ahli Parlimen yang 'mencemburui' kemudahan yang akan diberikan oleh kerajaan Selangor. Mungkin ramai kerajaan lain yang 'cemburu' dengan kebajikan yang diberikan kerajaan Selangor, tetapi kita telah menggunakan mekanisme harga untuk mengurangkan penggunaan yang tidak digunakan," katanya.

Katanya, mekanisme harga telah menekankan penggunaan 20 meter padu yang pertama yang dikenakan harga 50 sen dan penggunaan meter padu yang kedua yang telah dibuat dalam bil air Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) yang menunjukkan harga dinaikkan kepada RM1.03. Manakala jika penggunaan melebihi meter padu yang kedua, harganya akan tetap dinaikkan.

"Jika mereka menggunakan air melebihi meter padu pertama, harga yang akan dikenakan dua kali ganda. Oleh itu pemberian percuma ini melatih masyarakat supaya berjimat cermat menggunakan mekanisme harga bagi salah satu cara masyarakat dapat menggunakan dengan sebaik-baiknya. Ini merupakan satu pengajaran kepada negeri-negeri lain supaya mereka dapat mempraktikkan cara ini," katanya.

Sementara itu, sewaktu Khalid menyampaikan perbahasannya, Ahmad dan Mohd Puad kelihatan bangun beberapa kali untuk memberi penjelasan tetapi tidak diberikan kerana tempoh perbahasan yang diberikan hanya 15 minit kepada setiap ahli parlimen.

Dalam pada itu, Khalid turut menyentuh kenyataan Ahmad bahawa pemberian air percuma merupakan rasuah Pakatan Rakyat kepada rakyat Selangor.

"Ahli Parlimen Pontian boleh menulis surat kepada Perhubungan Umno Selangor mengenai kenyataaanya itu dan sekiranya di kalangan Umno yang tidak berminat untuk mendapatkan bekalan air percuma bolehlah menghantar surat kepada Menteri Besar Selangor memaklumkan tidak berminat untuk mendapatkan bekalan air percuma tersebut.

"Pihak saya telah menyediakan satu sistem bagi mengasingkan data pihak yang tidak berminat untuk mendapatkan bekalan air percuma. sekiranya terdapat pihak yang tidak berminat termasuk Umno untuk mendapatkan bekalan air percuma, duit tersebut akan salurkan untuk pembangunan sekolah agama rakyat dan sekolah rendah jenis kebangsaan," katanya yang disambut tepukan meja ahli parlimen Pakatan Rakyat tanda sokongan.

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Nah, penjelasan panjang lebar dari mulut menteri kita sendiri. Saya tidak mahu berkata lebih2 dalam hal ini, nanti kena pulak dikatakan jual maruah negara pada yahudi atau ejen amerika syarikat.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

An IT-student become a mechanic?

Its been a while since I've done any personality test. I've found this link from a blog when I'm searching for a song lyric.

You Are An ISTP




The Mechanic

You are calm and collected, even in the most difficult of situations.

A person of action and self-direction, you love being independent.

To outsiders you seem impulsive, surprising, and unpredictable.

You are good at understanding how all things work, except for people.

In love, you tend to be very easy going and flexible.

The only thing you can't stand for is someone trying to change you or your life.

At work, you can stay completely calm under pressure. You handle stress well.
You would make an excellent pilot, forensic pathologist, or athlete.

How you see yourself: Logical, flexible, and unconventional
When other people don't get you, they see you as: Indecisive, flippant, and disrespctful

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