Hello,
I've just finished installing the Distro Lawless PPC 10.5.4 on my PC
I want to upgrade my version to a newer one I've tried already throw Software Update and my system won't boot after the update with some kernel errors.
Is there any other way i could upgrade my system safely? Thanks!
MSI K9A2 CF AM2+ (790X+SB600)
AMD Phenon X4 2.6Ghz
Full Version: How can i upgrade my version?
First of all, wrong section to ask this question.
2nd of all, dig the forum, the instruction is here somewhere. Or Google.
Edit: For your future reference, what I usually do when googling for solutions is to type the keywords of my issue and then I include "insanelymac" to direct me to the forums.
2nd of all, dig the forum, the instruction is here somewhere. Or Google.
Edit: For your future reference, what I usually do when googling for solutions is to type the keywords of my issue and then I include "insanelymac" to direct me to the forums.
Hello,
I've tried searching and didn't find any real results... could you please link me to some guide?
I've tried searching and didn't find any real results... could you please link me to some guide?
Read this (several times), then again read several times:
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=107432
Although the author states it's Intel CPUS only, you may try this one too.
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=107432
Although the author states it's Intel CPUS only, you may try this one too.
Download the 10.5.8 combo update from apple. Then patch the .pkg file with this:
http://www.infinitemac.com/f36/amd-patcher...download-t1622/
Having windows installed with macdrive on another partition is a good idea. It helps a lot when you have to remove "offending" kexts.
Good luck.
After you are done updating install this 9.80 kernel.
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=179562
http://www.infinitemac.com/f36/amd-patcher...download-t1622/
Having windows installed with macdrive on another partition is a good idea. It helps a lot when you have to remove "offending" kexts.
Good luck.
After you are done updating install this 9.80 kernel.
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=179562
QUOTE (MuppMan @ Oct 9 2009, 01:09 PM) 
Download the 10.5.8 combo update from apple. Then patch the .pkg file with this:
http://www.infinitemac.com/f36/amd-patcher...download-t1622/
Having windows installed with macdrive on another partition is a good idea. It helps a lot when you have to remove "offending" kexts.
Good luck.
After you are done updating install this 9.80 kernel.
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=179562
http://www.infinitemac.com/f36/amd-patcher...download-t1622/
Having windows installed with macdrive on another partition is a good idea. It helps a lot when you have to remove "offending" kexts.
Good luck.
After you are done updating install this 9.80 kernel.
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=179562
Hello,
doesn't the iDeneb KIT is already patched with the AMD-Patcher? cause I've tried the iDeneb KIT and it didn't was successful and should I install the kernel before updating the system or after updating the system?
Sorry about the late reply, I've finally manged to Dual-Boot OS X and Windows 7, I'm still using Lawless PPC 10.5.4
Patching the .pkg file? I've only found a .dmg file Combo update on Apple site...
QUOTE (r5r4y @ Oct 12 2009, 02:19 PM)
Hello,
doesn't the iDeneb KIT is already patched with the AMD-Patcher? cause I've tried the iDeneb KIT and it didn't was successful and should I install the kernel before updating the system or after updating the system?
Sorry about the late reply, I've finally manged to Dual-Boot OS X and Windows 7, I'm still using Lawless PPC 10.5.4
Patching the .pkg file? I've only found a .dmg file Combo update on Apple site...
doesn't the iDeneb KIT is already patched with the AMD-Patcher? cause I've tried the iDeneb KIT and it didn't was successful and should I install the kernel before updating the system or after updating the system?
Sorry about the late reply, I've finally manged to Dual-Boot OS X and Windows 7, I'm still using Lawless PPC 10.5.4
Patching the .pkg file? I've only found a .dmg file Combo update on Apple site...
You have to patch the .pkg in order to remove kexts like Intelpowermanagement.kext which will kernel panic an AMD system. When you mount the downloaded .dmg file you will find a .pkg file inside the .dmg. Drag that .pkg file to the desktop and then patch it with the AMD patcher.
Install the the patched .pkg update file ( it will now have a green AMD logo on it ) then install the new kernel after reboot.
If something goes wrong and you cant boot your system just install the mach_kernel from your windows partition using macdrive. Just copy the mach_kernel to the System root of your Osx install.
QUOTE
If something goes wrong and you cant boot your system just install the mach_kernel from your windows partition using macdrive. Just copy the mach_kernel to the System root of your Osx install.
How can i do that? Should I backup this file before upgrading? Can ii Simply replace the file using MacDrive?
anyway, I've tried to patch the .pkg file as you said, What am I doing wrong?
I've open the .dmg file and drag the .pkg file into AMD Pathcer
The Log:
Extracting the package ...
Extracting Payload ...
Than the system bring up a error and a black screen that say I should restart my system, I've tried a few times, this error always show up. Using AMD-Patcher 0.31 from your link.
P.S.
Sorry if this is the wrong section to ask this, if so please move it to the right section...
QUOTE (r5r4y @ Oct 13 2009, 07:37 PM)
How can i do that? Should I backup this file before upgrading? Can ii Simply replace the file using MacDrive?
anyway, I've tried to patch the .pkg file as you said, What am I doing wrong?
I've open the .dmg file and drag the .pkg file into AMD Pathcer
The Log:
Extracting the package ...
Extracting Payload ...
Than the system bring up a error and a black screen that say I should restart my system, I've tried a few times, this error always show up. Using AMD-Patcher 0.31 from your link.
P.S.
Sorry if this is the wrong section to ask this, if so please move it to the right section...
anyway, I've tried to patch the .pkg file as you said, What am I doing wrong?
I've open the .dmg file and drag the .pkg file into AMD Pathcer
The Log:
Extracting the package ...
Extracting Payload ...
Than the system bring up a error and a black screen that say I should restart my system, I've tried a few times, this error always show up. Using AMD-Patcher 0.31 from your link.
P.S.
Sorry if this is the wrong section to ask this, if so please move it to the right section...
Hmmm, the AMD Patcher is giving you a kernel panic ?
Stupid question perhaps but, are you dragging the .pkg to the desktop first and then to the AMD patcher or are you dragging the .pkg directly from the .dmg to the AMD patcher ?
What does the error say ? Are you using nforce chipset ? How much ram do you have ?
You dont need to back up your mach_kernel, the AMD patcher will remove the Vanilla Kernel from the upgrade .pkg for you.
This is the screen mac gives me when try to run AMD Patcher:
the log says:
The package is a file
Extracting the package ...
Extracting Payload ...
at this point it's always stuck and give me this error above at the halfway, where can i find the exact log file?
I've tried to extract the .pkg from the .dmg file, still the same error.
Any other ideas? I'm using LawLess PPC with MSI K9A2 CF (SB600+790X) and AMD Phenom 9950 x4 2.6Ghz
the log says:
The package is a file
Extracting the package ...
Extracting Payload ...
at this point it's always stuck and give me this error above at the halfway, where can i find the exact log file?
I've tried to extract the .pkg from the .dmg file, still the same error.
Any other ideas? I'm using LawLess PPC with MSI K9A2 CF (SB600+790X) and AMD Phenom 9950 x4 2.6Ghz
The Kernel Panic log file is usually stored under /Library/Logs/PanicReporter
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2546
As for my case, I haven't been able to retrieve kernel panic log file lately with my rather unstable build until I switched to qoopz's kernel (or any voodoo based kernel build) that conveniently gave me panic log right on the spot. There's probably a boot flag that would do the same but this is what worked for me.
EDIT: Try boot with -v -debug=0x144, (which should be the kernel flag I just mentioned above) not sure if it makes a difference in displaying/not displaying the log, but just in case.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2546
As for my case, I haven't been able to retrieve kernel panic log file lately with my rather unstable build until I switched to qoopz's kernel (or any voodoo based kernel build) that conveniently gave me panic log right on the spot. There's probably a boot flag that would do the same but this is what worked for me.
EDIT: Try boot with -v -debug=0x144, (which should be the kernel flag I just mentioned above) not sure if it makes a difference in displaying/not displaying the log, but just in case.
This is the log from the file:
I've switched sucessfuly to qoopz 9.80 v2, here is the log if it's any help...
I've also got under Utilties folder the Marvin's AMD Utilty, could I do the same actions with this utilty instead of AMD-Patcher?
BTW I'm getting strange error when opening AMD-Patcher about the updates:
CODE
Process: mach_kernel [373]
Path: /mach_kernel
Identifier: mach_kernel
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: bash [364]
Date/Time: 2009-10-15 14:10:23.285 +0200
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.4 (9E17)
Report Version: 6
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000434
Crashed Thread: Unknown
Backtrace not available
Unknown thread crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000000 ebx: 0x0000001f ecx: 0x00000000 edx: 0x9386e3d2
edi: 0x00000000 esi: 0x00000000 ebp: 0x00000000 esp: 0xbffffaac
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010202 eip: 0x001a2b27 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000000
cr2: 0x00000434
Binary images description not available
Path: /mach_kernel
Identifier: mach_kernel
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: bash [364]
Date/Time: 2009-10-15 14:10:23.285 +0200
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.4 (9E17)
Report Version: 6
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000434
Crashed Thread: Unknown
Backtrace not available
Unknown thread crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000000 ebx: 0x0000001f ecx: 0x00000000 edx: 0x9386e3d2
edi: 0x00000000 esi: 0x00000000 ebp: 0x00000000 esp: 0xbffffaac
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010202 eip: 0x001a2b27 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000000
cr2: 0x00000434
Binary images description not available
I've switched sucessfuly to qoopz 9.80 v2, here is the log if it's any help...
I've also got under Utilties folder the Marvin's AMD Utilty, could I do the same actions with this utilty instead of AMD-Patcher?
BTW I'm getting strange error when opening AMD-Patcher about the updates:
CODE
AppleScript Error
System Events got an error: Can’t get property list file "/tmp/Update.plist". (-1728)
System Events got an error: Can’t get property list file "/tmp/Update.plist". (-1728)
You must have some .kext conflict somewhere. Is the system stable otherwise ?
Anyway try this tool instead. It might work, it basically do the same thing as the other tool i recommended.
http://rapidshare.com/files/147977159/ASU-0.5-Beta.zip
Anyway try this tool instead. It might work, it basically do the same thing as the other tool i recommended.
http://rapidshare.com/files/147977159/ASU-0.5-Beta.zip
perhaps this is because I've 64Bit Addressing?
I've tried this tool yesterday before your post, for some strange reason the status bar won't finish, I've left it for the night, still stuck. It's very unstable... anyway just to let it modify the file? without downloading?
.kext conflict? I don't think so... Hmm... Only .kext files I've installed are:
ATY_Motmot.kext - for my Readon 4870
seatbelt.kext - version 10.5.8, so I can open .dmg files without KP
Used kext helper to install them all...
I've tried this tool yesterday before your post, for some strange reason the status bar won't finish, I've left it for the night, still stuck. It's very unstable... anyway just to let it modify the file? without downloading?
.kext conflict? I don't think so... Hmm... Only .kext files I've installed are:
ATY_Motmot.kext - for my Readon 4870
seatbelt.kext - version 10.5.8, so I can open .dmg files without KP
Used kext helper to install them all...
Some really bad luck going on here ;=)
If you have 4Gb or more ram you need a 64bit enabled kext for your motherboard or else you might get sporadic kernel panics. Read more here:
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=127611
Anyway, you could try to install the apple update directly without patching it. Now that you have the Qoopz 9.8.0 kernel which is based on voodoo you might be able to update without patching. If the kernel gets overwritten just reinstall it again under windows.
Do you use Timemachine ? If so do a full backup of your system before you try to update this way. Restoring a backup from Timemachine is very easy.
If you have 4Gb or more ram you need a 64bit enabled kext for your motherboard or else you might get sporadic kernel panics. Read more here:
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=127611
Anyway, you could try to install the apple update directly without patching it. Now that you have the Qoopz 9.8.0 kernel which is based on voodoo you might be able to update without patching. If the kernel gets overwritten just reinstall it again under windows.
Do you use Timemachine ? If so do a full backup of your system before you try to update this way. Restoring a backup from Timemachine is very easy.
I've already have 64Bit addressing, Lawless PPC recognizing my 4GB already.
anyway I'll try to install the Update directly from the apple site, If something happening to the kernel than I just need to replace mach_kernel from Macdrive?
Thanks for your help so far!
anyway I'll try to install the Update directly from the apple site, If something happening to the kernel than I just need to replace mach_kernel from Macdrive?
Thanks for your help so far!
yes, it should work. If you do receive a kernel panic after reboot make sure to boot with the -v flag so you can narrow down whats causing the panic. Good luck!
One again, Complete failure once more, I couldn't even boot into Chameleon I've got some strange error about file not found, I had to fix the mbr using Ubuntu Live CD...
Back to Ubuntu and Windows 7 for now, I'll try another distro and open a new topic if anything goes wrong.
Back to Ubuntu and Windows 7 for now, I'll try another distro and open a new topic if anything goes wrong.
Sorry to hear that. Better luck next time.
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