Success! OSX 10.5.2

OSX (iATKOS v2.0i) is stable on:

Desktop hardware:

• Dell Dimension 8400
  
• dual CPU 3.4Ghz at bus speed 800MHz
  
• 4 GB at 533MHz
  
• All stock hardware from Jan 2005
• Added hardware:

• NIC: Intel 100 Pro (old Broadcom 5751 halted some DVDs)
• Graphics: ATI 3650 PCIe 512 Mb (old ATI X800 halted some DVDs)
• 160GB SATA - working out-of-the-box
• DVD RW - working out-of-the-box
  

BIOS:

• version A03, 14-Oct-2004
  
• Hyperthreading on

Now working:

• Model: MacPro3,1, BootROM , 1 processor, IntelÆ PentiumÆ 4 CPU, 3.39 GHz, 4 GB
• Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3600, ATI Radeon HD 3600, spdisplays_pcie_device, 512 MB
• Memory Module: CHANNEL A DIMM 0, 1 GB, SDRAM, unknown
• Memory Module: CHANNEL B DIMM 0, 1 GB, SDRAM, unknown
• Memory Module: CHANNEL A DIMM 1, 1 GB, SDRAM, unknown
• Memory Module: CHANNEL B DIMM 1, 1 GB, SDRAM, unknown
• Network Service: Ethernet Adaptor (en0), Ethernet, en0
• Serial ATA Device: ST3160023AS, 149.01 GB
• Parallel ATA Device: SONY DVD RW DRU-V200A
• Parallel ATA Device: SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-252S
• USB Device: hub_device, high_speed, 500 mA
• USB Device: USB Mass Storage Device, high_speed, 500 mA
• USB Device: OneTouch, Maxtor, high_speed, 500 mA
• USB Device: MicrosoftÆ USB Hub, Microsoft, full_speed, 500 mA
• USB Device: MicrosoftÆ Wireless Laser Mouse 8000, Microsoft, full_speed, 500 mA (but gotta jiggle the USB dongle on front panel after 20% of boots)
• Sees WinXP laptop
  

Broken:

• About Mac (causes a logout)
• AVI files (add DivD?)
  

Distribution:

• iATKOS v2.0i DVD with these install-time customizations:

• 10.5.2 main
  
• bootloader (right under "Main", second in list, not the old MBR darwin)
• driver: Intel NIC
  
• driver: Intel SATA

Partitions:

• configured at install-time using Disk Utility
• MBR (not GPT) with these MacOS journaled (HFS+) partitions

OSX-primary (60G)

OSX-back (60G)

TimeMachine backups (30G)

Details of partitioning:

OSX-primary:
Capacity: 60.12 GB
Available: 53.27 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s1
Mount Point: /
OSX-10-5-2:
Capacity: 60.12 GB
Available: 53.52 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /Volumes/OSX-10-5-2
Time Machine:
Capacity: 28.76 GB
Available: 13.9 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s3
Mount Point: /Volumes/Time Machine

3rd-party software installed at run-time:

• video driver
• Firefox
• Thunderbird (sharing POP'd mail with WinXP using FAT32 disk)
• Palm Desktop (not set up yet)

Yes! System is now stable:

• TimeMachine working smoothly, using about 8Gb (of 30Gb)
  
• Both OSX partitions boot/work (see screenshot here)