QUOTE (darkenedreality @ Oct 25 2009, 01:55 AM)
Great work on V4.2! Going to try the USB install in the morning (can it build 64-bit cache ?).
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64-bit has it's advantages and we'll all get there eventually, but I still think it's a bit overrated for some applications. But, from the reports here, it seems sleep only works reliably in 64-bit.
Both the USB drive install and Preboot CD methods actually installs the kexts in a "Extensions" folder. So, no mkext file or boot cache is created or needed, as the bootloader loads the kexts directly.
QUOTE (Windows04 @ Oct 25 2009, 04:01 AM)
Digital_Dreamer, as always, 4.2b is a fantastic upgrade to your script. And, as always, thank you.
I'm gonna try the Preboot-cd in a few minutes
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But i have a question, nothing to do with your script but...
Well, i have installed snow leopard and i have erased leopard from my system. But now my scanner doesn't work under snow leopard, so i have to reinstall Leopard. To have leopard run on my pc, it needs to get updated to 10.5.8 (because i have a radeon 4870). So i start the script (from within snow leopard) and install leopard. But when i open the 10.5.8 installer, it says it can't install because this is an installer for leopard and i'm in snow leopard. I can't even chose my drive where i want to install the update! So, do you know a way to turn off this check of which OS in the installer?
I ran into this exact problem and found that I could update using the 10.5.7 updater, instead. Then, once booted in 10.5.7, you can update to 10.5.8.
QUOTE (everdone @ Oct 25 2009, 11:40 AM)
I now have SL running in 32 bit mode on my P55-UD3R board. What is required to get it going is Qoopz's kernel (zip file is named snow.legacy). I put that kernel in DD'sInstall KernelFolder (renamed to mach_kernel) and ran DD's install script from my X58 machine to the target drive in an external USB case. I also used Netkas PC-EFI v10.5 bootloader. The kexts used are the same ones used for the X58-UD3R install.
The X58-UD3R board install is operating in 64 bit mode. To get networking to function I need both the IOnetworkingfamily and AppleRTL8169ethernet kexts installed in System. Sometimes after a reboot the ethernet resolves to a 169, self assigned IP, to clear that I shut down the computer and remove AC power for a few seconds. After a restart, ethernet usually works correctly.
Thanks for that info!
So nice to see others willing to try out different things and are willing to experiment, plus, know their way around the system to make it possible.
You and others here contribute much to this informative thread. Hats off to you all.
MAJ
QUOTE (Windows04 @ Oct 25 2009, 12:11 PM)
Mmm... Digital_Dreamer, your preboot cd is not working with me... (i have a ga-ex58-ud5 with radeon 4870)
I put the cd in my pc and it boots, when i come to the boot selection menu (preboot cd is the only choice), i swap the media and i press esc (like the instructions tell me). When the cd is loading, i get these messages:
cdboot: init
cdboot: 00000047
cdboot:
and then nothing, it hangs. Also no activity of my cd/dvd reader :S...
I burned the prebootCD.iso with imgburn to my cd without changing anything and i use a Snow Leopard DVD which i bought at the apple store.£
What am i doing wrong?
You probably aren't doing anything wrong. I gotta think about this a bit more.
QUOTE (fruitbat04 @ Oct 25 2009, 12:14 PM)
I tried this method as well using the retail DVD. Those message looped over and over again after I hit escape until it picked up the DVD after 20 seconds. At that point it started to boot and then restarted.
Bummer. Will look into it a bit.
And, this was a SL Retail DVD, too?
MAJ
EDIT: And, both of these Preboot CD boots were from the downloaded ISO, not from the script, correct?
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Any idea what this may be? I tried EFI string for Graphics, as well as "GraphicsEnabler" both to no avail.
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