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Using the boot-132 method, I built myself a non-Apple Macintosh with a flick of the wrist.
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Since writing drivers is not illegal, this also doesn’t break the DMCA: no actual hacking of Apple code involved. Early on, this method was only viable when using hardware exactly the same as Apple uses, but soon after the boot-132 CD could be modified to include drivers for machines with more diverging hardware.
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I already named the DMCA advantage, but on top of that comes the fact that since you’re using an unaltered copy of Leopard, updates from Apple will install a lot more smoothly than when using a modified installation. Once the installation is completed, you use the boot-132 CD to boot into the newly installed Leopard, and from there you install a bootloader (Chameleon) which enables you to boot without the CD.
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As soon as the regular retail disc is “running”, the installer pops up, allowing you to install Mac OS X as if you’re using any regular Macintosh. Since Darwin is open source, this is completely legal, and doesn’t break the DMCA since you’re not actually hacking any protection measures. If I understand it all correctly, it uses a modified Darwin kernel to bootstrap a regular, unaltered Mac OS X Leopard retail disc. However, ever since September last year, we have a new method, using a small boot CD called boot-132. Secondly, using such hacked Mac OS X images means that updates from Apple, such as the latest Leopard 10.5.7 update, will definitely ruin your system. First of all, if you’re in the United States, or another country with DMCA-like laws, this hacking can actually be against the law, and as such, it might not be a wise thing to do. This method, while easy, has several disadvantages.

The most well-known way of setting up a Hackintosh is to download a hacked Mac OS X Leopard image, burn it to a disk, and go from there.

Read on for how setting up a “Hack”intosh really is as easy as 1, 3, 2. Ever since the release of boot-132, this is no longer the case. You needed customised Mac OS X disks, updates would ruin all your hard work, and there was lots of fiddling with EFI and the likes. Getting Mac OS X up and running on a computer without an Apple label has always been a bit of a hassle.
