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[PBear.SF]

ktbos, on Mar 20 2010, 06:32 PM, said:

You shouldn't need OSX86Tools - I ended up going with Kext Helper (http://cheetha.net/).  ...  But I think your big problem may be working with the DSDT.AML from this post but having RAID on in the BIOS.  ...  (With a working Windows install on the same computer, you could try DSDTSE for Windows to create your own - that might be worth a shot.)

Thanks for the reply, Ken.  

My sound problem was fixed by turning the volume up (couldn't feel any stupider if I'd forgotten to check if the computer was plugged in!).

Kext Helper crashed exactly the same way as OXS86Tools and Kext Utility before it, with the same console message about a file named MultitouchSupport being of unrecognized type.  I copied the MultitouchSupport file from the install disc over the one that was installed and, there you go, all three programs now run fine.  Like I guessed, the file must have been corrupted during installation.

Found that OSX86Tools was essential for getting my screen resolution to work right.  Just putting a "Graphics Mode" string of "1680x1050x32" in com.apple.Boot.plist only resulted in rebooting to a max resolution of 1280x1024 instead of 1024x768.  In order to get the optimal resolution from my graphics card, I had to generate a humungous device-properties section in that file, as well, by choosing my video card from the option in OSX86 Tools.

Ran all the permission-fixing and clean-up tools from OSX86 Tools also, but still cannot get OS X to recognize my hard drive or DVD drives.  Don't think the DSDT.AML file I'm using is the problem -- it's blkhockeypro19's file, but it's  the one linked to by wmarsh in his Dell e520 guide, the one written specifically for RAID configuration.  (It's apparently the same file used in this guide -- or, if not, it's written by the same person.  Anyway, I downloaded it from wmarsh's guide link and replaced the one that came with the files linked to in this guide.)

Nevertheless, I'll check out DSDTSE and the links that blkhockeypro19 posted here for making a DSDT and try making one of my own just to be sure.

If anyone can think of another reason why my drives aren't showing up -- and also, why I can't shut down or restart properly (I now realize that shutting down hangs every time and I'm forced to power off the machine) -- feel free to chime in.  

[ktbos]

PBear.SF, on Mar 21 2010, 03:45 AM, said:

also, why I can't shut down or restart properly (I now realize that shutting down hangs every time and I'm forced to power off the machine) -- feel free to chime in.  

I forgot that Kext Helper crashed on me after the upgrade to 10.6.2 - I did all my kext applications at 10.6.0 so I didn't worry about the crash.  And my video was not fixed with OSX86Tools but I'm not using onboard video so that doesn't apply to you.  Wish I knew more about the DSDT subject but if you are using the DSDT that wmarsh recommends then you are probably right that it will work with RAID on.  Good luck finding the answer and definitely post here when you do find it.  

I can help you with the restart, though.  I found the kext here worked for my E520: http://www.kexts.com...w_leopard..html
I installed it in S/L/E along with the others and it worked.  But just playing around a few days ago, I found that kext could probably just be copied into the /Extra/CustomExtensions folder instead (you might need to remove Extensions.mkext).  I tried it on a test computer I was playing around with (Dell Dimension 4700) and it worked on that one so should work on the E520 too.  


Ken.

[PBear.SF]

ktbos, on Mar 21 2010, 04:41 AM, said:

I can help you with the restart, though. I found the kext here worked for my E520: http://www.kexts.com...w_leopard..html
I installed it in S/L/E along with the others and it worked. But just playing around a few days ago, I found that kext could probably just be copied into the /Extra/CustomExtensions folder instead (you might need to remove Extensions.mkext). I tried it on a test computer I was playing around with (Dell Dimension 4700) and it worked on that one so should work on the E520 too.

I'll try it out - there's also heliacal's OpenHaltRestart.kext which I downloaded but haven't installed yet.  

I'm very confused about all these kext directories: Most guides say to put user-installed kexts in /Extra/Extensions (vcad's Kext Utility looks for them there and won't finish repairing permissions correctly unless they're in that directory), blkhockeypro19's post-install script installs Chameleon and puts them in Extra/CustomExtensions, and helical says to put them in Extra/AdditionalExtensions.  He even goes so far as to say you should move kexts out of Extra/Extensions and put them in Extra/AdditionalExtensions.  What on earth for?  What's the difference?

I renamed my Extra/CustomExtensions directory back to just Extra/Extensions to get Kext Utility to run properly and, after rebooting, everything seems to be opening/running the same as before.  Is that a problem?  Does OS X simply look for kexts in ANY directory underneath Extra when booting?

It seems like the more I learn, the more I don't know.

[ktbos]

PBear.SF, on Mar 21 2010, 03:03 PM, said:

I'll try it out - there's also heliacal's OpenHaltRestart.kext which I downloaded but haven't installed yet.  

I'm very confused about all these kext directories: Most guides say to put user-installed kexts in /Extra/Extensions (vcad's Kext Utility looks for them there and won't finish repairing permissions correctly unless they're in that directory), blkhockeypro19's post-install script installs Chameleon and puts them in Extra/CustomExtensions, and helical says to put them in Extra/AdditionalExtensions.  He even goes so far as to say you should move kexts out of Extra/Extensions and put them in Extra/AdditionalExtensions.  What on earth for?  What's the difference?

I renamed my Extra/CustomExtensions directory back to just Extra/Extensions to get Kext Utility to run properly and, after rebooting, everything seems to be opening/running the same as before.  Is that a problem?  Does OS X simply look for kexts in ANY directory underneath Extra when booting?

It seems like the more I learn, the more I don't know.

I know what you mean and I'm far from being able to answer all those questions.  But I can tell you that OS X doesn't look in Extra at all.  It's Chameleon that is looking there.  Beyond that, hopefully others who know more details can chime in here.  


Ken.

[ktbos]

Anyone bold enough to just let Software Update download and install 10.6.3 using this setup?  And if so, how did it go?  


Ken.

[PBear.SF]

ktbos, on Mar 30 2010, 05:10 AM, said:

Anyone bold enough to just let Software Update download and install 10.6.3 using this setup? And if so, how did it go?

Well, no, not after the fiasco that occurred after doing that with the 10.6.2 update (got "update failed" message at the end, machine froze and, when I rebooted, none of my partitions was bootable anymore, including Windows).  Apparently the update went berserk trying to update the bootloaders on all my partitions and set my Windows 7 one as "inactive."  Once I got the boot problems cleared up and working, the 10.6.2 installation was a mess of kernel panics and "machine kernel mismatch" errors, so I started over.

Since I was doing the update to Snow Leopard on an external USB hard drive, I redid the whole thing by restoring my working 10.6.1 backup, downloading the standalone 10.6.2 update, disconnecting my hard drives, then reinstalling the update with only my USB drive attached.

Worked like a charm that time.  Only problem was a kernel panic, immediately after starting OS X, caused by my GeForce 7300 LE video.  I replaced all five GeForce files in S/L/E with the ones from 10.6.1 and everything was perfect (except for waking from sleep, which I've never been able to get working right).  Used this 10.6.2 install for almost two weeks without a problem, no KPs or anything, so decided to tackle 10.6.3 a couple of days ago.

Followed the exact same procedure as above (downloading the 10.6.3 standalone, not the "Combo" version, since I was updating from 10.6.2 now, not from 10.6.0 or 10.6.1) and the results were the same except now, instead of getting a KP from the video card, OS X was hanging at a plain blue background screen immediately after loading the desktop (just before the wallpaper loaded).  Tried replacing the GeForce kexts, again, with the ones from 10.6.1, like before, which fixed the boot problem (and seems to be stable) but -- now -- I no longer have accelerated graphics (what's it called, QE/CI?).  I had the transparent toolbar and desktop ripple effects just fine, all the way up through 10.6.2, but now they're gone, using the exact same add-on kexts and device string in com.apple.Boot.plist as before.

Haven't been able to figure out a fix yet (or find one online).  Noticed that one of the GeForce kexts in 10.6.3 -- actually, it's a "bundle" file, not a kext -- has been renamed with an "8xxx" string (which shouldn't affect me, since I'm using a "7xxx" series card) but, nonetheless, maybe it's just a matter of using some magic combination of GeForce files from 10.6.1 and from 10.6.3 in S/L/E that's needed.  Probably not that simple, so I'll probably have to rely on someone, somewhere, having the same problem and posting a fix here or on one of the other forums.

Let us know how it goes with you if you decide to take the plunge.

[ksugihara]

So I've set OSX 10.6.3 up on another system of mine (Dell Optiplex 745) but I uninstalled it because I couldnt find network card drivers.

Then I saw this guide, and my second machine is an e520. So as I was going through this guide, I was having an issue:

When I put in the Darwin boot cd, and I switch to the Snow Leopard DVD, I hit Install Mac OS X and I get some text, then the screen goes black. I've tried verbose (screen goes black too fast, cant read what it says), safe mode, single user mode. Nothing seems to be working.

Any idea's how to resolve this?

[ktbos]

ksugihara, on May 24 2010, 10:25 AM, said:

So I've set OSX 10.6.3 up on another system of mine (Dell Optiplex 745) but I uninstalled it because I couldnt find network card drivers.

Then I saw this guide, and my second machine is an e520. So as I was going through this guide, I was having an issue:

When I put in the Darwin boot cd, and I switch to the Snow Leopard DVD, I hit Install Mac OS X and I get some text, then the screen goes black. I've tried verbose (screen goes black too fast, cant read what it says), safe mode, single user mode. Nothing seems to be working.

Any idea's how to resolve this?

On the top of the computer, on the gray sticker, there's a mfg date - what is yours?  

Also, do you know the details of your processor?  And can you confirm that you have Autodetect in the BIOS?

[PBear.SF]

ksugihara, on May 24 2010, 07:25 AM, said:

When I put in the Darwin boot cd, and I switch to the Snow Leopard DVD, I hit Install Mac OS X and I get some text, then the screen goes black. I've tried verbose (screen goes black too fast, cant read what it says), safe mode, single user mode. Nothing seems to be working.

Any idea's how to resolve this?

The only boot CD I ever found that would let me boot the OS X install disc successfully on my Dell E520 is the one referenced in blkhockeypro19's guide here (go to the first message in this thread, back on Page 1). I think it's because it's one of the only boot discs out there that loads the required RAID drivers. Whatever it is, it worked on my E520. Download and burn the "cdbootSnow_e520.iso" disc, using the link in Step 1 of the instructions, and see if that solves your problem getting the install disc to boot.

I installed OS X on my E520 using a rather convoluted combination of the instructions and materials included in this guide and those in wmarsh's guide, http://www.insanelym...howtopic=192626, and wound up with an installation that worked on a regular MBR-partitioned drive (sharing Windows and OS X on the same drive) and still using the "RAID ON" setting in the BIOS.

The main trick to doing a highly unconventional install was to install OS X to an external USB hard drive first, then "restore" it to an HFS+ file system partition on the primary hard drive.

Good luck.

[ws2000]

Hello

Has anyone updated to 10.6.3?  If so was there any issues? Advice?

Thank you

[ScoobyStew]

I don't know if this thread is completely dead now or not, but I'm trying to use these instructions to install my retail version of Snow Leopard onto my Dell Dimension e520. I actually got it installed entirely, sort of. I can get into the operating system, but when I go to use the OSX86tools.app to install the Intel82566MM.kext and VoodooHDA.kext , it will only let me install the voodoo kext, and not the intel one.  I'm not sure what to do from here. I can't connect to the web with the setup the way it is. I tossed my drive with Win7 back into the machine so i could check the forums and see if I could get some help.

If anyone has any tips, or maybe knows of a newer install that should work with a Dell e520, please let me know.

My basic specs are:
Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz

4GB of DDR2 RAM

I'd really love to have a fully functional Hackintosh!

[blkhockeypro19]

ScoobyStew, on Aug 4 2010, 10:15 PM, said:

I don't know if this thread is completely dead now or not, but I'm trying to use these instructions to install my retail version of Snow Leopard onto my Dell Dimension e520. I actually got it installed entirely, sort of. I can get into the operating system, but when I go to use the OSX86tools.app to install the Intel82566MM.kext and VoodooHDA.kext , it will only let me install the voodoo kext, and not the intel one.  I'm not sure what to do from here. I can't connect to the web with the setup the way it is. I tossed my drive with Win7 back into the machine so i could check the forums and see if I could get some help.

If anyone has any tips, or maybe knows of a newer install that should work with a Dell e520, please let me know.

My basic specs are:
Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz

4GB of DDR2 RAM

I'd really love to have a fully functional Hackintosh!

Drag them into /System/Library/Extensions/ and run pfix. Google for pfix =)

[warpspeed14]

Hey guys. Is it possible to dual boot with this setup if you have 2 separate disks. I've got my install up and running on a separate disk than Vista except every time I want to boot into Snow Leopard I have to use the boot disk. This would be fine and all except in order to get graphics working I need to run efi strings and that won't work if I have to boot from the boot disk every time.

Any ideas or suggestions. This guide was really simple and I really do not want to go through all the work of wmarsh's guide to get a dual boot going. Cheers

[blkhockeypro19]

warpspeed14, on Aug 6 2010, 02:12 PM, said:

Hey guys. Is it possible to dual boot with this setup if you have 2 separate disks. I've got my install up and running on a separate disk than Vista except every time I want to boot into Snow Leopard I have to use the boot disk. This would be fine and all except in order to get graphics working I need to run efi strings and that won't work if I have to boot from the boot disk every time.

Any ideas or suggestions. This guide was really simple and I really do not want to go through all the work of wmarsh's guide to get a dual boot going. Cheers

Install chameleon on the snow leopard partition. Then set the boot priority so that your computer boots fromt hat drive. (So chameleon always loads)

You may have to re arrange the SATA ports that the hard disks are installed on. No big deal =)

[lekolas]

I ask for the same questions than "ws2000":

Has anyone updated to 10.6.3? If so was there any issues? Advice?

Thank you

[Mr Giggles]

lekolas, on Nov 14 2010, 04:23 AM, said:

I ask for the same questions than "ws2000":

Has anyone updated to 10.6.3? If so was there any issues? Advice?

Thank you

I am running 10.6.5 on my e520, flawlessly. with dsdt update from software update works fine.

cheers-

[lekolas]

Mr Giggles, on Nov 14 2010, 10:20 PM, said:

I am running 10.6.5 on my e520, flawlessly. with dsdt update from software update works fine.

cheers-

Thanks for your quick answer.! Please, could you tell me the way for to do that? It will be fantastic for me, actually I've installed 10.6.0 following the guide in the begining of this post but I don't know how to update by myself.
My specifics are:
Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz
Nvidia Geforce 7300LE
ICH8R

[Dsim]

After loading boot cd, and I switch to the Snow Leopard DVD, hit enter, some text scrolled thru and screen goes black. I also tried rd=disc0 -v-x also same black screen.

My bios is v2.2, does my e520 need to be upgraded to bios v2.4 for this to work?

Also, I also tried with hdd installed with windows xp and also empty partition,, all the same black screen after load boot cd and SL DVD.

Any help and comments is appreciated.  Thanks,