dshade69 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 I have managed to get SL installed on my system installing it from 10.5.8 onto a new drive. Though I did everything correctly as far as I know it hasn't been the model of stability. I am still working on building a USB installer, but no matter what I do and no matter whose instructions I follow I run into the same thing. I get as far as the apple screen and then the screen fills up with grey & black lines and I have to reboot. So far I have tried lifehacker's walkthrough, snow's, and the bit at the end of d00m42's. My hardware: Intel Core2 Q9400 Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R 4xOCZ Platinum DDR2 1066 2GB Radeon 4850 Edit: I've attached a screenshot of the screen that I get, sorry for the poor quality but its a phone camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edkroket Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 I have managed to get SL installed on my system installing it from 10.5.8 onto a new drive. Though I did everything correctly as far as I know it hasn't been the model of stability. I am still working on building a USB installer, but no matter what I do and no matter whose instructions I follow I run into the same thing. I get as far as the apple screen and then the screen fills up with grey & black lines and I have to reboot. So far I have tried lifehacker's walkthrough, snow's, and the bit at the end of d00m42's. My hardware: Intel Core2 Q9400 Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R 4xOCZ Platinum DDR2 1066 2GB Radeon 4850 Edit: I've attached a screenshot of the screen that I get, sorry for the poor quality but its a phone camera. I have the same board and have a perfect working USB-installer. I guess you've read all the manuals so I keep it short. -Format USB with GUID partition and install EFI 10.1 on it -Uncheck the ignore ownership for the USB -Restore SL-Retail DVD on the USB-stick -Add these few Kext in Extensions and don't use kext util afterwards! fakesmc.kext IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext LegacyHDA.kext NullCPUPowerManagement.kext OpenHaltRestart.kext -Add com.apple.Boot.plist on it with these settings; <dict> <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1024x768x32</string> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>-x32</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>3</string> <key>Default Partition</key> <string></string> <key>Instant Menu</key> <string>No</string> </dict> -Add programs like Chameleon 2RC3, DSDTpatcher, Kext Utility, IORegistryExplorer and EFI studio on the Stick in a separate folder. It's in the SL pack! Now on Boot hit DEL and select your USB as first startup. Format your HD with GUID and Install SL and reboot again from USB but now at chameleon menu hit a key and select your fresh installed SL. It will start with al your fans at fullspeed but never mind. You should immediately select your drive in the spotligh prefpane to disallow indexing for now! Or you will get KP. Then run the DSDTpatscher or use an DSDT.alm you maybe already have. Install Chameleon 2RC3 on it. Put the same kext in Extentions as on USB with these extra; Disabler.kext fakesmc.kext PlatformUUID.kext SleepEnabler.kext Put a new com.apple.Boot.plist on ut with your own EFI-string for your Graphicscard; <dict> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string></string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>1</string> <key>Default Partition</key> <string></string> <key>Instant Menu</key> <string>No</string> <key>device-properties</key> <string>YOUR EFISTRING</string> </plist> Put smbios.plist on it. Also make shure you put your HD's UUID in PlatformUUID.kext and smbios.plist And also use the Kext Utility on your Extra/Extentions folder! If you did it correct you can reboot, hit DEL again at boot and select your fresh installed SL disk as first. Boot again and enjoy you almost Vanilla SL! My Extra content from my USB-stick Extra.zip You can find a SL Pack here for the other software; SL Pack gathered from this board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshade69 Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 No luck, no matter how I slice it, I end up with the same screen in the end. I did notice that I wasn't getting 32bit mode so I tried arch=i386 -legacy and that gave me 32bit but still had the same issues. Unfortunately even in verbose mode I can't see what is causing the issue...everything looks fine then the screen goes corrupt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edkroket Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 No luck, no matter how I slice it, I end up with the same screen in the end. I did notice that I wasn't getting 32bit mode so I tried arch=i386 -legacy and that gave me 32bit but still had the same issues. Unfortunately even in verbose mode I can't see what is causing the issue...everything looks fine then the screen goes corrupt. I forgot to say since there is no DSDT.alm on the USB stick you have to reconfigure your BIOS settings every time you boot again. After patching DSDT it will be o.k. And the 32 bit is only to boot from the USB. On USB is Chameleon RC1 so -x32 will work as it should. On your fresh SL install you don't have to change to 32 bit as it runs very well in 64 Bit. And yes if you want to boot SL in 32bit you have to put "arch=i386 -lagacy" I have used the USB-stick on 3 machines already. One ASUS PQ5, GA-EP45-UD3P and GA-EP45-UD3R and used the DSDTpatcher, Chameleon and so on. They all work without any KP or other issues. accept for the ASUS. Make sure you have an emty disk on SATA_0 for SL. I will make an other packet later with my DSDT.alm and al my other files. I have to work now! It is really not difficult! Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshade69 Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 I forgot to say since there is no DSDT.alm on the USB stick you have to reconfigure your BIOS settings every time you boot again. After patching DSDT it will be o.k. And the 32 bit is only to boot from the USB. On USB is Chameleon RC1 so -x32 will work as it should.On your fresh SL install you don't have to change to 32 bit as it runs very well in 64 Bit. And yes if you want to boot SL in 32bit you have to put "arch=i386 -lagacy" I have used the USB-stick on 3 machines already. One ASUS PQ5, GA-EP45-UD3P and GA-EP45-UD3R and used the DSDTpatcher, Chameleon and so on. They all work without any KP or other issues. accept for the ASUS. Make sure you have an emty disk on SATA_0 for SL. I will make an other packet later with my DSDT.alm and al my other files. I have to work now! It is really not difficult! Ed Yea, the process isn't hard and I have had no issues in the past making a USB Installer but something is killing me on this one. It's not the DSDT, I have done the USB stick with and without...makes no difference. I am almost starting to wonder if I have some hardware that is getting a bit flakey, but everything still seems to be working in leopard fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edkroket Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Yea, the process isn't hard and I have had no issues in the past making a USB Installer but something is killing me on this one. It's not the DSDT, I have done the USB stick with and without...makes no difference. I am almost starting to wonder if I have some hardware that is getting a bit flakey, but everything still seems to be working in leopard fine. I updated my Bios to F11 and than did a fresh install with no running OS and no other peripherals connected on my machine. I only had the USB with Snow installer on it and the extra software for DSDT and so on.! The F11 bios is realy fast booting. Do you see the chameleon RC3 loader when you boot from your fresh installed SL? If so you can type without the quotes "-F GraphicsEnabler=Yes" It bypasses your com.apple.Boot.plist. If this works you can put the line (GraphicsEnabler=Yes) without -F and without EFI string in your "com.apple.Boot.plist" and it will boot with it. I'm still at work and will give you my stuff tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshade69 Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 I updated my Bios to F11 and than did a fresh install with no running OS and no other peripherals connected on my machine. I only had the USB with Snow installer on it and the extra software for DSDT and so on.! The F11 bios is realy fast booting.Do you see the chameleon RC3 loader when you boot from your fresh installed SL? If so you can type without the quotes "-F GraphicsEnabler=Yes" It bypasses your com.apple.Boot.plist. If this works you can put the line (GraphicsEnabler=Yes) without -F and without EFI string in your "com.apple.Boot.plist" and it will boot with it. I'm still at work and will give you my stuff tonight! I need to update my bios when I get a chance...got my new toy (new ipod touch 32gb) in the mail today so i've been busy having fun with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshade69 Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 Well I may have found my problem. I recently removed 2 sticks of OCZ memory and sent them back RMA because they were going bad. At the time I tested all my memory and the other 2 sticks were fine. I have been noticing a bit of instability in 10.5.8 so checked it again and I have another stick going bad. I imagine that is what is causing my SL USB install issues...probably because of the RAM drives it sets up during the install. I am removing that stick and rebuilding my installer and will try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edkroket Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Well I may have found my problem. I recently removed 2 sticks of OCZ memory and sent them back RMA because they were going bad. At the time I tested all my memory and the other 2 sticks were fine. I have been noticing a bit of instability in 10.5.8 so checked it again and I have another stick going bad. I imagine that is what is causing my SL USB install issues...probably because of the RAM drives it sets up during the install. I am removing that stick and rebuilding my installer and will try again. Well I hope it is the RAM! And new toys are always nice to play with Have fun! Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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