noob766 Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Generic Retail Install Guide Vanilla Only updated 9/29/09 1:20pm PDST 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. I'm going to be honest. You need a knowledge of Your computer in order for this to work since you will have to know what drivers your computer needs. If you want to make this into a boot CD sonotone posted a guide about it http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=160234 Needed Files GUID Partition Map Chameleon_2.0_RC2_r640.pkg.zip boot.zip fakesmc.kext.zip NullCPUPowerManagement.kext_for_snow_64.tar OpenHaltRestart.kext_for_snow_64.tar A Snow Leopard Distribution Any Other System Specific Drivers Optional Kexts These are common fixes, if you think you might need them, include them. AHCIPortInjector.kext and IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext are in almost every kext pack I've seen, I would include them. AHCIPortInjector.kext.zip IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext.zip SL_PS2_Voodoo.zip VoodooHDA_Pref.zip SleepEnabler.kext.zip battery.pkg.zip Link to more fixes Any Changes you had to make to Leopard you will have to make similar changes to Snow Leopard Link to more drivers Looks like AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext causes a crash, if you need it this kext has been reported to work from leopard if you boot with the flag -x32. another fix reported is just to boot with the -x32 flag So it seems that a non-working graphics driver will cause a boot hang in 10.6 I'm looking into a generic fix. If you have any ideas let me know. Looks like IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext is very common in most of the guides out there so if you are having any issues I recommend including it. Here is a useful app for repairing permissions inside snow leopard Kext_Utility.zip Guide 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 Hidden EFI Partition Method This method should work for any boot-132 method as well just change the options when installing chameleon and you don't need any of the terminal commands since you don't have to mount the EFI partition. Just replace the boot file and add the kexts and you should be good. Run the Chameleon-2.0-RC2-r640.pkg Click Customize Check Chameleon EFI HFS option Uncheck Extras Click Install Making Changes to the EFI Partition Open Terminal sudo -s mkdir /Volumes/EFI mount_hfs /dev/diskXs1 /Volumes/EFI (This depends how your computer is set up, open up disk utility and click information on your guid partitioned drive, replace X with your drive's number.) killall Finder (EFI Partition should appear on your desktop) Replace the boot file in /Volumes/EFI/ with the one you downloaded Add the downloaded kexts to /Volumes/EFI/extra/extensions/ (DON'T ADD Appledecrypt.kext or dsmos.kext or it will fail to load) add any other drivers you need (make sure they are snow leopard Compatible) Drivers reopen terminal (VERY IMPORTANT YOU DO THIS otherwise drive won't mount correctly) sudo -s umount -f /Volumes/EFI rm -rf /Volumes/EFI killall Finder Restart Boot DVD with -x32 flag Retail DVD should boot now, ENJOY! More Specific Guides GA-EP45-UD3R GA-EP45-DS3L AMD Non-Vanilla G41M-ES2L MSI MS-7525 Abit IP35 Pro Gigabyte EP35-DS4 GA-G31M-ES2L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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