10.6 Generic Retail Install Guide

[falsify]

I used this method to successfully install SL onto my Gigabyte EP45-UD3P system.

 

Afterwards, I changed this around on my EFI partition, now I have a DSDT and only two kexts, fakesmc.kext and openhaltrestart.kext

 

I've heard that I shouldn't ditch, NullCPUPowerManagement for vague reasons, one was perhaps that my machine would run hotter if AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement was running unchecked by the NullCPUPowerManagement.kext

 

The temperature monitor program I was using doesn't work in SL (relies on a leopard only kernel extension) so I can't really tell if my machine is running hot or not.

 

Temperature Monitor works fine if I boot a 32-bit kernel, which I did by editing com.apple.Boot.plist on my EFI partition to pass the arch=i386 kernel flag, as such:

 

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>arch=i386</string>

 

Anyhow, turns out my machine runs fine (no hotter than normal) without NullCPUPowerManagement.

[noob766]

Stupid question, I have gma950 on my laptop, this driver/kext is already in the Snow Leopard install? So no need to load them, correct?

 

**** Also what other kexts should I need?

 

**** Do I need to put the ntekas boot file and other files on a seprate flah drive if I am booting/installing from a 8GB flash drive?

 

 

 

 

intel gma 950

intel core solo (32bit)

vaio laptop

 

 

Please help if you can

 

Thanks in advance

 

GMA 950 is buggy. for the install i just attached an external monitor to my laptop then added an efi string later since i have to sleep the display before it works.

 

how did you get it working in leopard? same method will work here.

 

So you will need a graphics booter, I would use JaS's cracked kexts although i'm not sure they work with snow leopard

GMA950.zip

After that I would look into the EFI String.

did you need anything for your ATA/ SATA in leopard?

You will probably need VoodooPS2 to get the keyboard and trackpad working

 

as for your usb question it doesn't matter. just make sure the kexts get loaded.

[jusasweet69]

hey quick question noobz what kexts exactly or strings did you use for your GMA im using the same laptop as you except its the 17in model any help would be great i have an external vga monitor i can use but how can i make it use that it always goes to the internal one

[noob766]

Temperature Monitor works fine if I boot a 32-bit kernel, which I did by editing com.apple.Boot.plist on my EFI partition to pass the arch=i386 kernel flag, as such:

 

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>arch=i386</string>

 

Anyhow, turns out my machine runs fine (no hotter than normal) without NullCPUPowerManagement.

you are loading the 32 bit kernal then. nullcpu is for intel machines that panic when the stock Power management kext loads.

Thank you! I'll add this to the guide.

 

hey quick question noobz what kexts exactly or strings did you use for your GMA im using the same laptop as you except its the 17in model any help would be great i have an external vga monitor i can use but how can i make it use that it always goes to the internal one

 

so first open system preferences

expose and spaces

set one of the corners to sleep display

when you boot with this efi string you have to sleep the display before it works correctly just move the mouse to that corner when the system boots.

 

heres the efi string

<key>device-properties</key>

<string>6d0000000100000001000000610000000200000002010c00d041030a000000000101060000027

fff0400100000006d006f00640065006c0000000b000000474d412039353020000000410041005000

4c002c00480061007300500061006e0065006c0000000800000001000000</string>

 

I'm hoping that with the help of this guide and some others I'll be able to get my DX58SO and i7 920 working with 10.6. I was never able to get iAKTOS v7 running on it and graphics seems like an issue there too. :/ I think I found what I need though I'm not sure. It's the ASUS EAH4870 DK 1GB.

 

Anyone have any helping input for my on this one?

I'll be happy to help you out tomorrow morning but I need this information

 

Motherboard:

CPU:

Graphics:

Chipset:

[TheGreatDeceiver]

Generic Retail Install Guide

Vanilla Only

 

So this guide is the bare bones to any boot-132 method, chances are you will need other drivers to make it work unless your computer is a clone of the parts used in retail macs. If you need any help with drivers or any issues post them here and I will try to help you out.

 

thanks for point out your guide on the other forum. It works!

I am stuck at gma950 resolution. I added the gfx string to com.apple.Boot.plist but it still only allows 1024x768. Any idea noob766? I forced it on boot to go to 1200x800 but still no go. will keep digging. any help appreciated.

I had to add cpus=1 because it would stutter with 2. I guess we have to wait for a fixed kernel. I got everything working otherwise, except the resolution. further scouting...

thanks very much for now...

[noob766]

thanks for point out your guide on the other forum. It works!

I am stuck at gma950 resolution. I added the gfx string to com.apple.Boot.plist but it still only allows 1024x768. Any idea noob766? I forced it on boot to go to 1200x800 but still no go. will keep digging. any help appreciated.

I had to add cpus=1 because it would stutter with 2. I guess we have to wait for a fixed kernel. I got everything working otherwise, except the resolution. further scouting...

thanks very much for now...

 

did you use this EFI string?

 

<key>device-properties</key>

<string>6d0000000100000001000000610000000200000002010c00d041030a000000000101060000027

fff0400100000006d006f00640065006c0000000b000000474d41203935302000000041004100500

04c002c00480061007300500061006e0065006c0000000800000001000000</string>

 

as for the cpu. you can change your computer's bios at boot to have the dual core seen as one

its in performance,

[noob766]

If you want me to help you with what kexts you need, Download OSx86 Tools and click on View PCI Device/Vendor ID and post the output here.

[jusasweet69]

any idea what i could possibly messing up now idk if its cuz its 5 am but i cant for the life of me figure out why i keep getting cant find mach_kernel right now i have leo installed on an external drive and on my internal drive i have GUID and blank i installed the efi stuff there and when i boot i unplug the external drive so its only internal and dvd drive i load cham just fine with the modified boot in this thread and i cant get it to boot the dvd ive tried rd=disk1 -rd=disk1 and i tried it for disk2 and disk3 just incase any idea why i cant get anything to boot right? thanx im gonna try and think some more before i crash

[noob766]

any idea what i could possibly messing up now idk if its cuz its 5 am but i cant for the life of me figure out why i keep getting cant find mach_kernel right now i have leo installed on an external drive and on my internal drive i have GUID and blank i installed the efi stuff there and when i boot i unplug the external drive so its only internal and dvd drive i load cham just fine with the modified boot in this thread and i cant get it to boot the dvd ive tried rd=disk1 -rd=disk1 and i tried it for disk2 and disk3 just incase any idea why i cant get anything to boot right? thanx im gonna try and think some more before i crash

 

 

look into your boot sequence in your bios, the order should be the same as the disk number

as for the flag you might need it to be -rd=diskXs1. i don't have a disk to test this on yet though.

the issue is inside chameleon at this moment so i'm not sure if i'm going to be able to help you sorry

but you can always try a restore onto a partition if you can't get it working.

 

I haven't used DVD's in a long time. I just restore it onto a partition on my hard disk, which shouldn't be hard for you if its on a disk, repartition and make one with 10GB or so for the Install DVD and Restore your DVD disc onto the new partition.

you will have to redo the steps in the guide though, shouldn't take too long though.

 

edit- found a solution

-rd(X,1)/mach_kernel -v -rd=diskXs1

 

let me know if it works

 

anyway going to sleep, i'll do a hunt for more solutions tomorrow. good luck!

[innocuoussoul]

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82X38/X48 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29e0]

00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82X38/X48 Express Host-Primary PCI Express Bridge [8086:29e1]

00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82X38/X48 Express Host-Secondary PCI Express Bridge [8086:29e9]

00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:294c] (rev 02)

00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 02)

00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 02)

00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 02)

00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 02)

00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 02)

00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 02)

00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 02)

00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 02)

00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 02)

00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 02)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 92)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2916] (rev 02)

00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 4 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:2920] (rev 02)

00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 02)

00:1f.5 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:2926] (rev 02)

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8800 GT [10de:0611] (rev a2)

04:04.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)

04:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [104c:8023]

 

Figured I'd try to take you up on your offer about the kexts.... havent been able to get 1 successful boot of snow leopard yet.

 

main issue so far is either a KP really early, or depending on the install/boot flags (mainly x32) a still waiting on root device error.

[Trograin]

Hi there. I have a fast question about this guide and the guide at http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=160234 that is linked at the bgeinning of this guide.

 

I understood your guide totally up untill the parts where I am wondering. is it possible to instead of a partition to reestore the dvd to use a dvd to restore it too? See, Im interested to get this as a patched or customized, call it what ever it is , to be a bootable dvd. Soooo, my question is. 1 how do I customize following this guide the retail dvd image into a actual physical dvd? 2. DO I have to use then the other guide and create a boot cd to then switch over to this dvd or is there a way to merge this two guides to create one single bootable isntallable dvd?

 

I have been running leopard since 10.4 and been using the harder ways when it is needed to search for hex and so on so its not first time I do this. but I just want to be sure before I go ahead with me clean install of SL. I am interested only into running one single SL installation without any other OS on me system

 

Making the Install DVD

 

Mount Snow Leopard Distribution

Open up Disk Utility.

Click the partition or DVD to be the Installer

Click restore

Drag Mac OS X Install DVD to source

Drag Empty Partition or DVD to Destination

Check Erase Destination

 

So this is whre I am confussed. Can I restore a mounted retail image to a empty DVD that is in my DVD reader? IF that is possible it answers all my questions

[noob766]

Hi there. I have a fast question about this guide and the guide at http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=160234 that is linked at the bgeinning of this guide.

 

I understood your guide totally up untill the parts where I am wondering. is it possible to instead of a partition to reestore the dvd to use a dvd to restore it too? See, Im interested to get this as a patched or customized, call it what ever it is , to be a bootable dvd. Soooo, my question is. 1 how do I customize following this guide the retail dvd image into a actual physical dvd? 2. DO I have to use then the other guide and create a boot cd to then switch over to this dvd or is there a way to merge this two guides to create one single bootable isntallable dvd?

 

I have been running leopard since 10.4 and been using the harder ways when it is needed to search for hex and so on so its not first time I do this. but I just want to be sure before I go ahead with me clean install of SL. I am interested only into running one single SL installation without any other OS on me system

 

 

 

So this is whre I am confussed. Can I restore a mounted retail image to a empty DVD that is in my DVD reader? IF that is possible it answers all my questions

 

yes it is possible to edit a retail dvd to get it to work but the method has been lost for a while. i'll try to find it for you later but check out the tutorials section to see if it can help you.

 

it involves picking apart the disk and then putting it back together its not the simplest thing if i remember.

 

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82X38/X48 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29e0]

00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82X38/X48 Express Host-Primary PCI Express Bridge [8086:29e1]

00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82X38/X48 Express Host-Secondary PCI Express Bridge [8086:29e9]

00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:294c] (rev 02)

00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 02)

00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 02)

00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 02)

00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 02)

00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 02)

00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 02)

00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 02)

00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 02)

00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 02)

00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 02)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 92)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2916] (rev 02)

00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 4 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:2920] (rev 02)

00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 02)

00:1f.5 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:2926] (rev 02)

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8800 GT [10de:0611] (rev a2)

04:04.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)

04:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [104c:8023]

 

Figured I'd try to take you up on your offer about the kexts.... havent been able to get 1 successful boot of snow leopard yet.

 

main issue so far is either a KP really early, or depending on the install/boot flags (mainly x32) a still waiting on root device error.

 

is your partition in GUID?

and what is your mother board.

[Trograin]

MB: P5K Pro

Audio: Realtek High Definition Audio (883)

LAN: Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Disks: SAMSUNG HD502IJ (Running IPC10.5.6 PPF5 updated to 10.5.7) + WDC WD1200JD-00HBC0 ( storage disk )

Graphical card: ATI X1950 Pro 256Mb (Soon to be changed to ASUS ATI Radeon HD4870 1Gb GDDR5)

DVD Burner: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A SCSI CdRom Device

Ram: 3*2Gb Kingston 800Mhz CL5

 

Hmmm, so I think I have been getting yoru guide wrong then. Does this meen that after you have restoring it to a harddrive and adding the chameleon and all the kexts and efis and stuff you dont actually burn it on a DVD but you use it for installing the SL on another partition? am I right?

 

And I dont mind if I have to use a boot cd first and change over to a retail dvd then ( Boot 132 method types) as long as I can get to install SL on my system as the single OS

[Xosx86]

GMA 950 is buggy. for the install i just attached an external monitor to my laptop then added an efi string later since i have to sleep the display before it works.

 

how did you get it working in leopard? same method will work here.

 

So you will need a graphics booter, I would use JaS's cracked kexts although i'm not sure they work with snow leopard

GMA950.zip

After that I would look into the EFI String.

did you need anything for your ATA/ SATA in leopard?

You will probably need VoodooPS2 to get the keyboard and trackpad working

 

as for your usb question it doesn't matter. just make sure the kexts get loaded.

 

 

I am running XxX 10.5.4 leopard install right now. After install everything was just fine, no need to fix anything as far as the gma950 goes. I think it may be because I have a core solo and not a dual core cpu, because most others with C2D and such have more problems than I did, not sure

 

I think I had to replace the AppleSMBIOS.kext to get the keyboard working.... I have included My______XxX_10.5.4_kexts_.zip the AppleSMBIOS.kext and my AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext which is a little different than the one from Jas's version.

[noob766]

I am running XxX 10.5.4 leopard install right now. After install everything was just fine, no need to fix anything as far as the gma950 goes. I think it may be because I have a core solo and not a dual core cpu, because most others with C2D and such have more problems than I did, not sure

 

what is your mother board and can you download OSx86 Tools and click on View PCI Device/Vendor ID and post the output here. please.

 

MB: P5K Pro

Audio: Realtek High Definition Audio (883)

LAN: Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Disks: SAMSUNG HD502IJ (Running IPC10.5.6 PPF5 updated to 10.5.7) + WDC WD1200JD-00HBC0 ( storage disk )

Graphical card: ATI X1950 Pro 256Mb (Soon to be changed to ASUS ATI Radeon HD4870 1Gb GDDR5)

DVD Burner: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A SCSI CdRom Device

Ram: 3*2Gb Kingston 800Mhz CL5

 

Hmmm, so I think I have been getting yoru guide wrong then. Does this meen that after you have restoring it to a harddrive and adding the chameleon and all the kexts and efis and stuff you dont actually burn it on a DVD but you use it for installing the SL on another partition? am I right?

 

And I dont mind if I have to use a boot cd first and change over to a retail dvd then ( Boot 132 method types) as long as I can get to install SL on my system as the single OS

 

 

no i use the efi partition for kexts (it's in all GUID systems) and I don't have many spare DVD's so I set up a partition to be used as the retail dvd. same concept.

 

i'm not 100% sure but you can try booting with these flags to get the DVD to work with Chameleon

-rd(X,1)/mach_kernel -v -rd=diskXs1

where X is the disk number.

[Xosx86]

what is your mother board and can you download OSx86 Tools and click on View PCI Device/Vendor ID and post the output here. please.

 

 

Already had it installed, great tool to get a fresh OS X w/o reinstalling, anyone know something like this for a normal mac?

 

Here is the infoZ:

What do you think?

 

gma950

intel core solo

[noob766]

I am running XxX 10.5.4 leopard install right now. After install everything was just fine, no need to fix anything as far as the gma950 goes. I think it may be because I have a core solo and not a dual core cpu, because most others with C2D and such have more problems than I did, not sure

 

I think I had to replace the AppleSMBIOS.kext to get the keyboard working.... I have included My______XxX_10.5.4_kexts_.zip the AppleSMBIOS.kext and my AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext which is a little different than the one from Jas's version.

 

you should be able to use voodooPS2 in the optional kexts for the keyboard, just make sure you include the IOGraphicsFamily.kext with appleintelframebuffer.kext or it won't boot.

 

Already had it installed, great tool to get a fresh OS X w/o reinstalling, anyone know something like this for a normal mac?

 

Here is the infoZ:

 

gma950

intel core solo

 

you'll just need the kexts in the needed section. voodooPS2 if you want internal keyboard/trackpad to work. and for the GMA950 i would use the GMA950 kext pack above as an initial solution unless you have an external monitor handy.

[Trograin]

no i use the efi partition for kexts (it's in all GUID systems) and I don't have many spare DVD's so I set up a partition to be used as the retail dvd. same concept.

 

Hmmm, You are saying that you are using the partition that you restored the dvd to and modded ( so to speak with chameleon and the effi part) to do the installation for you. Does this meen that you still ahve to have a running leopard system for this to work? I meen you have to load the leopard and from inside the leopard use the restored partition to install sl from? That is what I have tried to avoid.

 

i'm not 100% sure but you can try booting with these flags to get the DVD to work with Chameleon

-rd(X,1)/mach_kernel -v -rd=diskXs1

where X is the disk number.

 

This part I am not totally sure how I shoudl be doing. I meen. I know how to run the commandliens and such. BUT. IF I follow yoru guide how will I be able to burn the "partition" then with all the chameleon adn EFI sides done? any idea? because If I can get it burned it shoudl work fine with the commandline you suggested since its used by the guide to the boot cd that you are linking. Any idea?

[noob766]

Hmmm, You are saying that you are using the partition that you restored the dvd to and modded ( so to speak with chameleon and the effi part) to do the installation for you. Does this meen that you still ahve to have a running leopard system for this to work? I meen you have to load the leopard and from inside the leopard use the restored partition to install sl from? That is what I have tried to avoid.

 

 

 

This part I am not totally sure how I shoudl be doing. I meen. I know how to run the commandliens and such. BUT. IF I follow yoru guide how will I be able to burn the "partition" then with all the chameleon adn EFI sides done? any idea? because If I can get it burned it shoudl work fine with the commandline you suggested since its used by the guide to the boot cd that you are linking. Any idea?

 

The dvd is not modded at all. just the location has changed.

I'm not sure people have been having issues with the dvd. if i can get my hands on a disc i'll try and find a fix. but as for my guide, GUID partition discs come with a hidden EFI partition that sits at DiskXs1 so it takes advantage of that. its like having chameleon on a cd leaving the install 100% alone. just run the Making changes to the EFI partition and you will understand.

 

 

I'm not sure what you are asking. Test out what you are thinking. if it doesn't work follow the guide to the letter.

[innocuoussoul]

yes it is possible to edit a retail dvd to get it to work but the method has been lost for a while. i'll try to find it for you later but check out the tutorials section to see if it can help you.

 

it involves picking apart the disk and then putting it back together its not the simplest thing if i remember.

 

 

 

is your partition in GUID?

and what is your mother board.

 

Yes its GUID, and my motherboard is made by dell... only thing I know is that it has an ICH9R chipset. the model is Dell XPS 420 (like my sig)

[noob766]

Yes its GUID, and my motherboard is made by dell... only thing I know is that it has an ICH9R chipset. the model is Dell XPS 420 (like my sig)

 

so. you'll need the kexts in the needed section

did you need an additional ATA controller for leopard

and how many MB is your Graphics card?

 

surprisingly you lspci didn't do a good job of telling me what i needed to know. I don't fully understand the issues with SATA that people have been having issues with. I tried to research your model to see if it needed anything but i was unsuccessful.

[innocuoussoul]

so. you'll need the kexts in the needed section

did you need an additional ATA controller for leopard

and how many MB is your Graphics card?

 

surprisingly you lspci didn't do a good job of telling me what i needed to know. I don't fully understand the issues with SATA that people have been having issues with. I tried to research your model to see if it needed anything but i was unsuccessful.

 

that's the problem I'm having. Graphics card is 512. I use efi strings to grab that card. the Sata controller is the thing that has me stumped. I assume the problem is that my controller is not in ioatafamily.kext but I'm not sure and don't know how to fix that. I used to spend more time doing retail installs until the distros became good enough to do software updates. I've tried using some of the leopard kexts just to get it into x32 and wasn't even able to accomplish that goal.

[noob766]

that's the problem I'm having. Graphics card is 512. I use efi normally to grab that nut the Sata controller is the thing that has me stumped. I assume the problem is that my controller is not in ioatafamily.kext but I'm not sure and don't know how to fix that. I used to spend more time doing retail installs until the distros became good enough to do software updates. I've tried using some of the leopard kexts just to get it into x32 and wasn't even able to accomplish that goal.

 

okay so i would try grabing the top 5 kexts in the optional kexts section to see if it will work. + the needed kexts.

thats

AHCIPortInjector.kext.zip

IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext.zip

AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext.zip

AppleVIAATA.kext.zip

JMicronATA.kext.zip

fakesmc.kext.zip

NullCPUPowerManagement.kext_for_snow_64.tar

OpenHaltRestart.kext_for_snow_64.tar

and see if it will work for you. i'll keep looking for a solution for you. can you change your ATA/IDE setup in your bios?

heres the efi string for your graphics card,

<key>device-properties</key>
<string>6602000001000000010000005a0200000d00000002010c00d041030a00000000010106000002
7fff04001e00000072006f006d002d007200650076006900730069006f006e0000002e0000006e566
9646961204765466f7263652038383030204754204f70656e474c20456e67696e65205b4546495d22
000000400030002c006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000b0000006469737
06c6179100000004e00560043004100500000001800000004000000000003000c0000000000000700
0000000e0000006e0061006d00650000000b000000646973706c617914000000400030002c006e006
1006d0065000000120000004e5644412c446973706c61792d41100000006d006f00640065006c0000
001a0000006e5669646961204765466f72636520383830302047540e0000004e00560050004d00000
020000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001400000040003100
2c006e0061006d0065000000120000004e5644412c446973706c61792d4220000000400031002c006
3006f006d00700061007400690062006c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d61632200000056
00520041004d002c0074006f00740061006c00730069007a006500000008000000000000202000000
0400030002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062006c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d
616322000000400031002c006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000b0000006
46973706c61791c0000006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000f0000004e56
44412c506172656e74</string>

[Trograin]

• Restart
  
• Boot DVD with -x32 flag
  

Retail DVD should boot now, ENJOY!

 

To boot from a physical DVD if it doesn't show on Chameleon use this boot flag

CODE-rd(X,1)/mach_kernel -v -rd=diskXs1

 

It is this part that confuses me in your guide to be honest. First of all you want me to restore the Mac OSX Install DVD to either a partition or a DVD. I gather its possible to restore it to an empty dvd by that line. IF that is possible how to I get the hidden EFI partition into there? dam I feel stupid to be honest, I have not jsut started out with this but it was some time ago since I last played around this deep into the apple fixing up dvds and installations

 

Then comes that other part, the quate on top of this mail. I am supossed to boot the retail dvd. I want to have something clarified here now. Retail dvd ( Which I own one) is totally untouched? OR is it reburned EITh the chameleont part on it and all the kexts? That part is what have ben confusing me and I know I have been using a bit of weird language like modded dvd, which is not strictly true

 

So basicly I amsaying that I dont get your guide 100% since in my mind it seems somethign is missing in the explanation and it makes me feel stupid BUUAAAHH I am sure I will laugh my arse off when the obvius part is clarified to me though

[noob766]

It is this part that confuses me in your guide to be honest. First of all you want me to restore the Mac OSX Install DVD to either a partition or a DVD. I gather its possible to restore it to an empty dvd by that line. IF that is possible how to I get the hidden EFI partition into there? dam I feel stupid to be honest, I have not jsut started out with this but it was some time ago since I last played around this deep into the apple fixing up dvds and installations

 

Then comes that other part, the quate on top of this mail. I am supossed to boot the retail dvd. I want to have something clarified here now. Retail dvd ( Which I own one) is totally untouched? OR is it reburned EITh the chameleont part on it and all the kexts? That part is what have ben confusing me and I know I have been using a bit of weird language like modded dvd, which is not strictly true

 

 

Totally untouched retail DVD.

but if you partition after booting from it you won't be able to start up from your installation because you will have wiped the efi partition.

 

to avoid having to redo this guide you will need a boot-132 cd which hasn't been made yet for snow leopard. i was hoping it would be possible to make a chameleon cd using sonotone's guide but i don't have a cd i could test it on. Dr. Hurt had some success with it though.

 

so if you want to make a chameleon cd you will need 2 discs, one for chameleon and one for the retail dvd.