Addressing some questions
Ok, in this post there is a couple things I want to address that I have seen people asking about all over the comments.
Q: Why minimal kexts and no drivers? Why not include a whole resource of drivers so users don’t have to scour the net looking for them? Isn’t that what helped make iPC admirable compared to other releases? Its support for many drivers?
A: It is simply impossible to keep up with all the updated drivers and files that are being released on a regular basis. I could go all out and include every driver I could possibly find, but this isn’t going to help a ton of people, and I’m going to receive complaints about “outdated drivers” (and for the people that already complained about this, keep in mind that iPC was made MANY months ago, and the drivers included are the ones that were current AT THAT TIME. I do not have the time to keep updating this stuff with PPFs)
Q: I would have difficulties finding drivers for my hardware. Or is there a good, simple way to get these?
A: The harsh reality is that there is no easy way to do this. I have made my share of attempts at providing an easy way of doing this, but to no avail. OSx86 is hit and miss, just keep trying.
Q: [can you] attempt an autodetect script that diffs the lspci to the drivers list and takes a lot of guesswork out.
A: This has already been attempted in OSx86Tools, and while it works to a certain extent, some devices have the same ID and it is impossible to differentiate between them even though they require different drivers. Not to mention the time and effort it takes to keep these respositories maintained, and the money it takes to host such files.
Q: Why is this no longer posted on InsanelyMac?
A: I have stopped posting completely at InsanelyMac. There are a select few people there that ruined the sense of community for everyone through their discouraging comments and consistent trolling. Any attempt to post anything about this distro will probably be removed. And some claim that this distro causes more trouble than help. The reason for this? iPC is one of the (if not THE) most popular Leopard OSx86 distro to date. That means more users. That means more newbies. And that means more problems. The fact that people want to use the distro is not something I can control.
Q: Why are you making this harder than the traditional iPC DVD?
A: Quite honestly one of the reasons is just to keep newbies that are unwilling to learn from using it. They cause endless forum spam and problems. If you can’t figure it out, then you shouldn’t be using it.
Q: I am having X problem with iPC X-DL. What can I do?
A: iPC X-DL is based on a very early rc.liveboot script. I probably released this edition of iPC prematurely. If you don’t have bandwith to burn, its fair to not want to use it. It seems to be a hit and miss experience for many. Unfortunately I cannot assist with this because the problems seem to lie in the script itself, which I did not write.
Hopefully this addresses some of the most common issues. If there’s anything else please feel free to comment.


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