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XPostFacto - 3.0a11

helps install OS X on some unsupported Macs

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Version 3.0a11:	(5.0)
Selected Version:	3.0a11
Release Date:	2004-01-15
License:	Beta
Downloads (version 3.0a11):	3,425
Downloads (all versions):	124,415

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Product Description:

XPostFacto is a utility which helps to install and boot Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, and Darwin on certain unsupported systems. When Mac OS X installs successfully, its stability on unsupported systems appears to be excellent. However, there are cases in which Mac OS X is difficult to install, and there are a variety of problems you can run into. So read carefully. You should also remember to check the online version of this documentation from time to time, to see whether there have been any changes.

What's new in this version:

XPostFacto now deals with the fact that the Mac OS X Installer blesses the /System/Library/CoreServices folder on the Mac OS X volume (which is problematic if you want to reboot from Mac OS 9 on that volume, and is unnecessary on Old World machines). The XPFStartupItem now automatically re-blesses the Mac OS 9 System Folder on the root volume if it detects that the CoreServices folder has been blessed. Also, there is a "Bless Mac OS 9 System" command in the "Install" menu.
There is now a "Window" menu in XPostFacto which gives access to the Log Window and the Options Window. This helps deal with 640 x 480 resolution, where the "Options..." button is off-screen.
OWCCacheConfig was not detecting the correct cache values with a G4/700 on a cold boot (a warm boot worked fine). So I changed the strategy for detecting cache values for the L3 cache -- I'm now assuming a 200 MHz cache speed. Also delayed the cache testing until an accurate CPU speed is determined. There are still some problems with L2 cache testing in Panther -- it seems to work OK in Jaguar, though.
Fixed a performance problem introduced in the AppleMaceEthernet driver in 3.0a10.
Fixed a problem loading the OpenPMUPCCardEject kernel extension in 10.3.2.
XPostFacto is now using a slightly different strategy for finding the Open Firmware name of a volume -- this fixes some cases where the Mac OS X version was unable to find an Open Firmware name.
XPostFacto now deletes the extensions cache when installing extensions in Mac OS 9, to make sure that the extensions cache gets updated.
When installing BootX, XPostFacto now makes sure that the partition entry indicates that the partition is bootable, and that the boot-blocks are installed on the volume.
XPostFacto had been taking some preferences from NVRAM, rather than the preferences file. However, the Mac OS X Installer makes changes to NVRAM, so XPostFacto now favours the prefs file, except with respect to the boot-device.
XPF now forces auto-boot? to be on, unless you have the input-device and output-device set.
XPostFacto used to use an optimized copy routine to synchronize extensions with the helper every time you quit. Now, it checks the relevant modification dates and only synchronizes when necessary. And, when synchronizing, it does a full copy rather than an optimized copy (since the optimization didn't save that much time and was a potential source of problems).

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS Classic

Additional Requirements:

Power Macintosh 7300 - 9600, or equivalent clone, or
Original Powerbook G3 , Powerbook 2400 or 3400, or
Beige G3
Mac OS 9 or higher
Mac OS X 10.2 or 10.3, or Darwin 6.x or 7.x, to be installed (3.0 does not currently support 10.0 or 10.1)

Feedback Summary:

Version 3.0a11:
Overall Rating:	(5.0)	Features:	(5.0)	Support:	(5.0)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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Complete Failure - Version: 4.0, 10/3/2008 06:48AM PST

frostyandy2k

I have a ibook color G3 300 MHz 576 MB RAM, Mac os 10.3.9 installed on it. I wanted to install os 10.4 with help of xpostfacto.
After restart boot failed with a lot of kernel errors -> HELP !!!!
I think my mistake was that i checked the "enable L2 and L3 cache".
Could someone please tell me how to boot from a cd and reinstall the os X 10.3 back ??

Looking for coming Leopard support... - Version: 4.0, 10/17/2007 01:32PM PST

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aldebaran7

It looks like a fantastic program. I haven't needed to use it, but I've heard (and read a lot) about it. I'm hoping for some support for the upcoming Leopard OS, as this will be the first time that I've needed anything like this program. I have a G4 iMac, 800 MHz and it will fall just under the wire. Let me know if Leopard is going to be supported. Thanks a lot for your hard work.

Success! - Version: 4.0, 6/5/2007 03:03PM PST

guy_upstate

I've been running OS 10.3.9 for about a year now on my 8600 (288mb ram) thanks to this application and a Sonnet G3/400 upgrade. It's a duel boot system with OS9 on one partition and OSX on the other. Saved me big $$$!!!

Thanks!

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Complete failure!