Nice... Well done for getting it working


I support the 8800 too... Your GTX can still hold it's own.. and my GT still gives me a fantastic OS X experience.

As for your sleep, I don't know if it will make any difference or not, but I've just worked through the ECHI fix in DSDT by ApexDE. (I started with this guide, but couldn't get my DSDT.dsl to recompile so I then used ApexDE's) As some people have mentioned sleep now working with it...

What it does is change the USB EHCI (Hi speed ports) from reading as 'Expansion Slot' to 'Built-in USB' in system profiler. This should help with USb devices not allowing the system to go to sleep and should stop USB devices being ejected when sleeping.. No I have never had a problem with sleep on my system, and sleep still works. But it has done what it claims and changed how my ports are seen in System profiler (I have attached before & after screen shots).


Yes, it will. As long as the old boot file is replaced with Netkas' PC EFI v10(.1) boot file, then it doesn't really matter what method is used.


Hi flyguyjake

First thing I noticed was the NTFS error. Have you got a windows drive connected (or at least an NTFS drive)? try disconnecting it from the mobo to see if that makes any difference.

any one tried to pass big files over ethernet? i have a beautifull kernel panic moving big files from ethernet

Moved a 7.5gb iso over to room mate's laptop - no biggie
What Mobo do you have?

Hi titan4 - I said previously that I have done a Linux codec dump before for the GA-EP45-DS3L. Well I have just found it. Hope this helps, if you have a look in to digital audio some time.


Works for me (but a bit slow - 6 minutes for a 2.2GB file!)
EDIT: I am not happy with it.. that's slow... I am going to look in to a fix..

First let me say thanks for the guide, its the closest I have come to Snow Kitty Goodness.

I have tried and failed to get this to work on my EP35-DS3R Motherboard. It gets all the way to the part when OSX is installing, then two minutes in it kernel panics. I have tried just installing a barebones system, but it even crashes then.

Honestly I know this motherboard to be very finicky- I had to use my P35-DS3L mobo to get regular Leopard on it. The main reason I replaced my L with an R is because of the extra SATA port which has me wondering:

If I buy a GA-EP45-DS3L will Snow Kitty let me use all of the six SATA ports on it? If so I will just upgrade my board and get me some snow kitty action.

For the record my GPU is a 7900 GS 256mb (which has never fought me before) with a Q6600 (not overclocked), and USB audio. I have 10.5.7 working nicely on the system.

Any suggestions are welcome before I spend the money....

Hi poofyhairguy - I am only using 3 SATA ports so I don't know the answer... Anybody else?

I am using 4 (3 HDDs, 1 DVD-R) with no problem. I am actually going to buy some SATA->eSATA cable in a few days. Only thing i don't know is how will kitty handle it.

And thanks for dump blackosx. I will look at it tomorrow evening.

I solved it making Extensions.mkets 5.93 gb in 3 minutes



My 9500Gt works perfectly with it's own efi string



I've 4 sata disc 2 of them in an apple raid, and all are working perfectly

I also have the EP35-DS3R. I didn't have any issues with 10.5.7; I haven't tried 10.6 but will do soon.

Do you have your install disk plugged in SATA0?

And a question: When is it safe to remove the old 10.5.8 after 10.6 is successfully up and running? And what is the safest way of removing the old version? Can I simply remove the partition altogether?

@Blackosx,

I disconnected all 4 NTFS Sata HDD's. 1 does have Vista on it the other 3 are for movie storage. KP still occurs.

Can you look in your Kernel.log and tell me if you have;

AppleUSBOHCI[0x5440000]::CheckSleepCapability - controller will be unloaded across sleep

Waiting for DSMOS...
DSMOS has arrived

ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::start - waitForService(resourceMatching(AppleintelCPUPowerManagement) timed out

Can you look in your System.log and tell me if you have;

com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[92] (com.apple.ReportCrash): Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find:com.apple.ReportCrash.Self

Memory allocation failure

Thanks!

Anyone have a fix for this: my Firewire device works (I have an iSight plugged into it) but in Network preferences it says Device Not Connected. Probably just a device ID thing, but was wondering if anyone else came across this before.


WORKS! Fixed my problem with the computer not going to sleep. Something is being polled every couple of seconds after it wakes up, just at least it does a full sleep...from Apple menu or Energy Saver settings. Thanks!

Hey guys,

On another thread: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...81209&st=20

I'm reading that the install needs to be from the DVD and not simply by mounting the DMG. They are saying that the 32bit kernel isn't loading even if you use -x32 if you have installed SL from a mounted DMG.

Is this true, is it essential to install from the retail dvd?

Thanks.

Hi flyguyjake

I have looked in my kernel.log and system.log and I do have all your message except for 'Memory allocation failure'. I think that might be your problem! Check your RAM, have you done a memtest?

I have included screengrabs of my logs to show you the other errors.

Hope this helps


Hi bigpoppa206

I don't know about your firewire ID issue. I don't have that so I can't do any tests for you. But good news that fix has helped your sleep.

I have built my system from a disk image of SL.

Hi all

Just thought I'd add a couple of things I've discovered in case someone else needs them
1. Have installed snow on 2 computers(ep35-ds3l & ep35-ds3p) now using blackosx great guide and on both machines I used drives thjat had previously had leopard installed. Found that if I just partitioned/erased them in disk utility the insstall(from usb hd ) would crash at various stages no matter how many times I re partitioned them. I finally decided to erase with zero option which takes a long time but then install worked perfectly on two previously recalcitrant drives.

2. Have Chamelion installed on Cham partition in both machines and couldn't get dsdt to work with 8800 gts graphics so used efi strings, BUT you have to make sure that the string is placed before the Chamelion boot info in the com.apple.Boot.plist otherwise only the default nVidia graphics driver will load.

Hope this helps others and thanks again to blackosx et all for great work.

BTW Still fighting with alc889 audio on ds3p anyone had success getting it going?

BlackOSX

Thank You.

Finally I follow your guides step by step.

now my GA-P31-DS3L runs 10.6 very well.

is "DSDT" the keypoint of the whole story?

i try to make DSDT for my laptop BenQ X31 but failure.

could you give some advise about DSDT for me (all users)?

thank you.

Ok I did a fresh install trying to have mys system boot in 32bits but there's simply no way !
The only way I can get to the desktop is through 64bits boot. Now here's the thing, as I said earlier my 7300 gs w'ont give dual display so I'm looking to replace it.
I've read that the 9500 GT was doing good. Do you get dual display and what manufacturer are your cards ?

Regarding 5.1 surround with digital output:
Look at audio midi setup and the output is locked in stereo mode. So I read a few topics about applehda patching and there's nothing there about getting from stereo to 5.1
I guess I'll have to digg deeper.

Great tip for zero'ing the HDD before install - maybe worth a try for anyone who has tried everything else....
Aslo I understand you mean adding device (EFI) string before anything else? This has never been an issue in all my tests, but again it might be worth trying if anyone has the same problem.

Thanks for the input 121fred


Nice one long1220, thanks for reporting your success
It is possible to boot Snow Leopard without a DSDT but you do need one to sort your CMOS reset fix... So I always recommend using one. Plus it's a good thing to learn as it will allow you to tweak your system in ways you can't with any other method... for instance, the EHCI fix I mentioned a few posts back...

With regard to learning how to build a DSDT etc, you can read my DSDT thread for a basic introduction and then have a read of Koalala'a thread for more info... there are lot's of topics on Insanely about DSDT....


Hi philippebezoteaux

It's strange you can't boot in to 32-bit mode... What mobo do you have again? Hopefully someone using a dual display can help you with your video card.

Well done for looking in to 5.1 audio output.. If you can't find anything written about it, then I guess you're going to have to start asking some questions to the audio gurus... THe KiNG, stickpin, Kabyl, karaakeha1, MadTux, Taruga, tmongkol... (Although some are no longer around)

Of course it is. Any digital output is stereo only. Multichannel sound is provided via compressed digital stream in AC3/DTS compressed format so receiver capable of AC3/DTS decoding is required. What I think is that spdif output is incorrect information in AppleHDA.kext. If you do a proper search around forums regarding AC3/DTS on ALC888 you will always find that only way is this one.

Or ask our in-house expert!... (It's good to have you on-board titan4)

This is what I have for device (RTC): Do I change both "0x04" instances to "0x02"?

Hi EnzoFX
As far as I know, you just change the first one, that's all I did.

Have a look at post number 6 from Milluco here

hi guys,
when i try to issue:
sudo kextcache -v -l -t -m
/Volumes/SnowLeopard/System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /Volumes/SnowLeopard/System/Library/Extensions/

i can't find Startup/Extensions.mkext
i don't have anything in Startup.

I finally managed to install Snow Leopard on a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R using this wonderfull guide, but I had to mess it up

I accidentaly installed Chameleon on my Leopard partition, and now my system boots using that instead of Chameleon on the Cham partition. Can anyone tell me how fix this?

Hi hetman

This kextcache command should create an Extensions.mkext in
/Volumes/SnowLeopard/System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext
from the contents of
/Volumes/SnowLeopard/System/Library/Extensions/

are you saying that after running the command, Extensions.mkext isn't there? in which case does the command fail with an error message?


Congratulations on the successful install. To fix your dilema, just run the Chameleon package installer from 10.5 and install it on to the Cham partition. Then patch the Cham partition as you must have done when you installed it before to get 10.6 running. You might have to select in BIOS which HD to boot if the wrong Chameleon gets loaded.

@blackosx
wow i fail. ignore the Extensions.mkext not being there. but when i issue that command i get this:
kextcache: kext /Volumes/SL/System/Library/Extensions/Accusys6xxxx.kext is not valid
kextcache: kext /Volumes/SL/System/Library/Extensions/ALF.kext is not valid
kextcache: kext /Volumes/SL/System/Library/Extensions/Apple16X50Serial.kext is not valid
kextcache: kext /Volumes/SL/System/Library/Extensions/Apple_iSight.kext is not valid
kextcache: kext /Volumes/SL/System/Library/Extensions/AppleACPIPlatform.kext is not valid
kextcache: kext /Volumes/SL/System/Library/Extensions/AppleAHCIPort.kext is not valid
kextcache: kext /Volumes/SL/System/Library/Extensions/AppleAPIC.kext is not valid
kextcache: kext /Volumes/SL/System/Library/Extensions/AppleBacklight.kext is not valid
kextcache: kext /Volumes/SL/System/Library/Extensions/AppleBMC.kext is not valid
kextcache: kext /Volumes/SL/System/Library/Extensions/AppleEFIRuntime.kext is not valid
kextcache: kext /Volumes/SL/System/Library/Extensions/AppleFileSystemDriver.kext is not valid
kextcache: kext /Volumes/SL/System/Library/Extensions/AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib.kext is not valid
kextcache: kext /Volumes/SL/System/Library/Extensions/AppleFWAudio.kext is not valid
...
then a bunch of missing dependencies
ie.
Missing dependencies:
{
"com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily" =
"No valid version of this dependency can be found"
}
warning: kernel extension /Volumes/SL/System/Library/Extensions/ACard62xxM.kext is missing dependencies (including in cache anyway; dependencies may be available from elsewhere)

I haven't run this command for a while now, and I am not using my hack at the moment to try it, but it a permissions issue. I remember having some errors too..

Before running that command type the following...
sudo chown -R root:wheel /Volumes/SL/System/Library/Extensions
sudo chmod -R 755 /Volumes/SL/System/Library/Extensions

See if that makes a difference.

no change

What stage of the install are you at?

Just wanted to report another successful install with the help of this guide!! I have LAN, video, sound (with the 889a.kext in the /E/E folder) in my DSDS.aml file.

I did my first install from within Leopard 10.5.6 and like others I had to de-select the printer drivers when installing to receive the successful install message. Had to rebuild the caches before the first boot. After confirming that everything was working ok (LAN,Sound, etc) I then did another install to another partition from the new Snow Leo install and this time let the printer drivers install and it did so successfully this time.

Also after this second install from within the original Snow Leo install I did not even have to rebuild the startup caches. It booted fine but I did still run kext utility to repair /S/L/E. I also used kext utility to build an extension.mkext of my /E/E in the boot partition.

I did get some help from desau13 with getting my sound working and wanted to thank him as well as blackosx for his awesome guide!!!!

Dora

installed, booted up into SL and hit the KPs.
Page 14, Fix A

Fantastic - Well done

I didn't know about not installing printer drivers to help the installer finish. I'll have to add that tip to the front page. And as for you performing another install of Snow Leopard from with Snow Leopard, this could be a good tip too for anyone who isn't happy that their install is 100% stable..

Thanks doradekell


Well done for getting this far, you're nearly there...
Try removing the /Volumes/SL/Library/Cache folder

Does your SL install stay usable long enough to run kext utility from it?
Or maybe Fix B (with the typo N) from the guide?

haha i wondered why its called Fix N.
no it doesnt stay up long enough. i'll give it a shot tho.

btw i know its been said but you rock for all the work and time you put into these guides
thanks soooo much

is there a reason we're using Cham 2 R1 instead of R2?

Thanks hetman, I'm just giving back to the community when I can
I started this guide using Chameleon v2 RC1 because I read on Netkas' site that it was the best way. However, I have since heard of people mentioning that they are using RC2.. So give it a go if you want..

There is a small discussion on voodooprojects' forum if you want to have a read, it's topic,710.0.html under
Chameleon Board > Bug Reports > Chameleon 2.0 can't boot Snow Leopard.

The problem has been fixed for the next release (whenever that will be)

Just a little exciting thing I just found : Guide on how to enable NTFS read/write support with original built-in driver. I haven't tried it yet but looking forward to try it right when I get to home. Also I am going to play a little with AppleHDA (hopefully without KPs).

Found a list of 6 ALC888 codec dump on another website along with Taruga AppleHda Patcher !
Gonna try them when I get back home.

Good find titan4. I will be interested in hearing how you get on with them both


Okay. You can always use the codec dump I posted here which I made from my GA-EP45-DS3L.
Which mobo are you using? (Maybe create a signature with your hardware details in?)

Done with the signature, I'm using a EP45-DS3L as well.
Concerning your dump, I didn't see it !
I wanna try a few of them see if the digital out get 5.1 otherwise I'll start looking into creating my own after I solved my GFX problem.

Cool. Thanks for that.
I was just checking which mobo you had as I couldn't remember and I didn't want this thread to get confused with codec dumps and audio patches for different mobo's.
Good luck with your investigations

Hi,

i tried to download the pfd but it tells me permanently: not found??? Can you Upload it again?

many thx

Try it again, I tried it once and it failed, but I refreshed the screen and now it's coming down.

One thing I find confusing about the guide is the PC EFI boot file section. If I understand correctly, PC EFI v10.1 should be used for booting without DSDT.aml, and that is the included version with this guide. But isn't the point to boot with the DSDT.aml file, therefore requiring v10.0? Or can v10.1 boot with and without a DSDT.aml? Just trying to wrap my head around this

Big news, I've got 5.1 surround from digital coaxial output and my 7300 GS nvidia working in dual display mode !
Still a few KP but I'm gonna start from scratch again cause I did a lot of tweaks.

For audio, working OOB when setting up audio from DSDT
For gfx, I injected an efi string using the nvcap from my previous nvinject.kext (the one that was not 32bits compatible).

Thanks everyone for the help, especially you blackosx.

Nice, can you share how you made it work please ? You will save me some time and you will have my eternal gratitude :-) I just got to home few minutes ago so I was eager to try something but since you already made it...

EDIT: And I tried that ntfs r/w method and it works perfectly and since i need ntfs because of my external drive i use on multiple computers and can't force other people to install something on windows so they can read hfs drive. Only disadvantage is need of setting it for every ntfs drive I use, however it is nice clean native solution.

Hi Cinner

PC EFI v10.0 will boot Snow Leopard but you need a DSDT.aml (the booter would stall without one).
PC EFI v10.1 is the same as v10.0 but includes a small fix to stop the booter failing without a DSDT.aml.
So to answer your question, v10.1 can boot with and without a DSDT.aml.

I chose to use v10.1 to hopefully save confusion. Because if I supplied v10.0 and people wanted to try installing without a DSDT.aml, then I would have to instruct them to use a different boot file, which seemed pointless.

Hope that helps


Wow.. Great work philippebezoteaux
Bet you're happy now you have dual display working

When you get a chance can you explain more about the 5.1 sound and how we can all achieve the same?

Thanks


And great work by you too... titan4
This native NTFS read/write will prove useful. If I get some time this weekend I will have a look at the link you posted.

Thanks

After playing arround for a few days I finally got Snow Leopard running, even in 64Bit mode.

A few things I have to point out though.

For me SL works with only three extensions:

fakesmc.kext
IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext
LegacyHDA.kext

What are the other extensions for? Will I run into problems sooner or later, if I use them? I installed more of them, but then 64Bit-Mode run into a kernel panic right on startup.

Installing from USB-Drive only works once, it seems. If I try a second install on the same volume, the install fails. At least that was, what I was thinking, because I tried to install several times. Does someone else notice that? Are there special files created by the installer on the USB-Volume, which remember the Harddrive installed to or something like that?

If I create a fresh USB-Stick or Installation-Volume on HD, I can install again.

Installing from USB-Drive is absolutely necessary, because I noticed, that Repairing rights on the SL-STartup Disk isn't possible, if installed via the osInstall.mpkg method. So later you'll run into problems, if you want to repair permissions, if you installed via osInstall.mpkg method.

The guide should include the LegacyHD.kexts necessary for other boards. I found a collection of them here on insanelymac, just search for LegacyHD.kext. So Audio on my GA-P35-DS4 works just fine with those kexts and DSDT.aml made with the PC-Software for creating those.

To @blackosx or anyone who got SL to work stable in 64bit mode, without shutting down or reboot your PC, how many hours (or days) does your SL PC run before it crashes, if it ever?

Thank you.

Just completed an install to a fresh SATA drive using a USB Connected laptop hard drive to install from. I burned a DMG of the retail 10.6 dvd to the USB drive per blackosx instructions and it worked great to install Snow Leopard. I had a few small problems due to some minor errors I made but eventually got 10.6 to boot and run great in 32 bit mode. Ethernet and sound worked out of the box using blackosx "green" kexts. I used my old com.apple.Boot.plist video section from 10.5.8 for my NV 8500GT to get full video support. I did make the edit to the DSDT.aml file for the bios reset fix and it works fine. So far I am happy running in 32 bit mode after transferring all my files and settings to 10.6 and getting the final bugs worked out. I did have an issue with 10.6 getting into a loop just after it asked for my imported network settings. I restarted and had to create a new account to make it quit looping. Later I deleted the new account and now everything is back to my original account set-up from 10.5.8 just like it was - only faster!

Thanks to blackosx for the great guide and to all the other amazing contributors who got all of us so far so fast!

Hi Professor

This is good you have SL running - Well done

The other extensions.....
NUllCPUPowerManagement.kext - Disables AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.
OpenHaltRestart.kext - Allows the computer to shutdown & restart.
PlatformUUID.kext - Stops the CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
SleepEnabler.kext - Allows your computer to enter sleep mode with AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement disabled.

I have also heard before that installing from USB can only work once. This is interesting and needs more confirmation?
I haven't tried to install from my USB more than once to the same volume. But I have use my USB installer more than once on different volumes.

I definitely agree that installing with the OSInstall.mpkg is now the last option people should consider. That's what I have promoted the USB install in my latest version of the guide.

As for including LegacyHDA.kexts for other boards? I maybe could add links to downloads for LegacyHDA packs for different mobos. But what I don't want is to flood this thread with discussions of audio for different mobos. So for that I'm not sure if that's a good idea. This guide was written purely for the GA-EP45-DS3L and although it has helped users with other mobo's get up and running, which I am more than happy about, I think narrowing this thread to the GA-EP45-DS3L has helped identify issues quicker and bring together newer features that we have seen only in the last few pages of posts. Diversifying this thread for all the variations of other boards could maybe lead to confusion. What does everybody else think?


Hi undo_undo - I pretty much always use my hackintosh with the kernel in 32-bit mode. And it hasn't crashed, frozen or KP'd for weeks now. It's rock solid and very stable. But I can't answer that for 64-bit mode as I don't use it that often. But Now you have asked I am going to switch to 64-bit and let you know.


Brilliant - Well done Solow - And good thinking with the user account trick.
Thanks for reporting back and sharing your success

I am using Snow Kitty whole time exclusively in 64-bit and in time I had KP once and that was after some tweaks I tried. I repaired permissions after that and since then I had 0 KPs and I am running it at least 4-5 hours daily. Kitty will have more time to play tomorrow I guess, but so far I am very happy with it.