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[ceset114]

Hello i tried to install with your guide on COMPAQ 615 (iatkos V7 installed).

Followed every part of guide and i didnt get any error.

After rebooting system, i'm getting error message.. System is not working totally..

Non-System disk or disk error
replace and strike any key when ready.

It seems boot section had a problem. Any idea to fix it?

disk0s2(windows 7)

disk0s3(leopard)

disk0s5(snow leopard)



there is not any disk as "disk0s4", maybe problem is all about this disk ordering system

[amador]

hardknoxni69a, on Dec 8 2009, 04:55 AM, said:

Guide  To Install Snow Leopard On AMD!!!

    I figured I would make a guide on how  to install Snow Leo on AMD because after tons of different guides that didn't  work I finally got the trick. I managed to get my HP TouchSmart Tx2-1020us (AMD  Turion-x2 Ultra64) and others up and running so I would like to share with all you  frustrated users dying to get your hands on some Snow.
  
  FOLLOW THE GUIDE EXACTLY! CONTINUE AT YOUR OWN RISK! I  TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU MESS UP YOUR PC!
  
  Things You'll Need..

                * First  thing first and probably the most important, you'll need a working install of  Leopard 10.5.x on your PC already. ------(Google - iAtkos is a good OsX86  Distro)

* Original  .DMG of Snow Leopard(v.10A432)(Make it writable - Will need to edit .DMG)
  
  * An empty partition or drive with at least 10GB  free space
  
  * Download Required HardKnox Files for  installation from Here (HardKnox.zip) (Files in the guide with **xxxx**  around them will be coming from the HardKnox Folder!!!)
  
  TAKE A BREATH THAT'S THE EASY STUFF LETS HAVE SOME FUN  NOW!!!

          Step 1. Mount the  Snow.DMG file, then go to Disk Utility and save a writeable .DMG file to your  desktop or where ever you prefer. Un-Mount the Read-Only .DMG and Mount the new  writeable .DMG, After you have the new Snow .DMG Mounted open the image so it  brings you to the menu(Picture of Leopard with install and two folders). DO NOT  CLICK INSTALL!!!. While the image is open click Go In the Top Menu Bar and  select GO TO FOLDER.. then type "/Volumes/<Mounted Snow Leopard Install  Disk>/System/Installation/Packages
  
  Step 2. Copy the  **OSInstall.mpkg** from the HardKnox Folder and replace the one in your mounted  Snow DMG. It's located in folder we previously brought up ("/Volumes/<Mac  OS X Install DVD>/System/Installation/Packages").
  -- If you haven't  done so previously CREATE A PARTITION OR DRIVE WITH A VALID FILESYSTEM FOR YOUR  OS. Use Disk Utility to choose an empty Partition or Drive then select ERASE  with the OS Ex Journaled option.
  
  Step 3. After the  format, make sure the permissions of the partition/drive are correct by running  the following commands in the terminal:

-->sudo -s

        -->chown 0:0 /Volumes/<Name Of New  SNOW Drive>

        Step 4. Finally Let's Get Working. Run  the "OSInstall.mpkg" file you replaced earlier in the Packages folder  from the SNOW install .DMG. DON'T GO CRAZY CLICKING AWAY make sure you change  the installation drive to the new SNOW drive and customize the install by  removing all the PRINTERS LANGUAGES AND FONTS.As many people say go get a  coffee or something, because install will probably take around 20 minutes to  finish.
  
  CONGRATS!!!  That wasn't hard was it. BUT YOU ARE  NOT DONE YET SO DO NOT RESTART!!!
  
  Step 5. Run  **Chameleon RC2** MAKE SURE YOU CHANGE INSTALL LOCATION TO NEW SNOW  PARTITION/DRIVE!!! When that completes go into the **Chameleon RC3 Folder**  then into the i386 folder and copy the **BOOT** file.

    -- Run **ShowAllFiles** and select  "SHOW", now you need to replace the boot file in the root directory  of the new partition/drive with the **BOOT** file from the i386 folder.
  
  Step 6. Now we need  to delete a few files and copy a few files in order to make a successful boot,  so you need to navigate to the root of the new Snow partition/drive and go to the  /Extra then /Extensions folder and trash the "Disabler.kext", now go  back to the root and go to the folder called /System then /Library then the  /Extensions folder while here we also need to trash the  "AppleHPET.kext" and "AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext".  So in total 3 kext's should now be trash!! Ok while we are in this  /System/Library/Extensions Folder Copy the 7 Files inside the **Snow Kexts  Folder** and place them in the current /Extensions folder that we are currently  in. So you should be adding: AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext, fakesmc.kext,  NullCPUPowerManagement.kext, OpenHaltRestart.kext, PlatformUUID.kext,  VoodooHDA.kext and VoodooPS2Controller.kext to the /System/Library/Extensions  folder.

        Step 7. Copy the **Kext Utility** to  your current desktop, then copy the /Extra/Extensions folder from your new SNOW  partition/drive to your current desktop. Now drag the new Extensions folder on  your desktop OVER the newly copied **Kext Utility** app to open and repair the  permissions of that /Extensions Folder. When the **Kext Utility** app finishes  it creates a new Extensions.mkext on your desktop. Navigate to the Root of your  Snow partition/drive go in the /Extra Folder and delete the old /Extensions  Folder and Extensions.mkext. Once you complete that, copy the new /Extensions  Folder and Extensions.mkext from your desktop and place into your /Extra folder  on your New SNOW partition/drive.
  --If you would like a  little less clutter amongst your files you can now run **ShowAllFiles** again  and chose HIDE if you wish to get rid of all the hidden files.
  
  Step 8. Run **DSDT  Patcher** from the **DSDT** folder. In the patcher for OS options select  Darwin/Mac OS X and for patcher options select Apply DSDT To... MAKE SURE YOU  SELECT YOUR SNOW PARTITION/DRIVE. Then Patch.
  
  Step 9. Copy  **smbios.plist** and place in the /Extra Folder off of your SNOW root  directory, while in this directory copy your com.apple.boot.plist file to your  current desktop, open the file on your desktop inside the text there is  "mach_kernel" add .test7 to the end of the two words so it should now  look like "<string>mach_kernel.test7</string>" once you  have done so save the file. Return to the /Extra folder where you received the  com.apple.boot.plist file from and delete the old com.apple.boot.plist file then  copy the new file from your desktop and put it in the folder where it  originally came from. Once you are done that, copy **mach_kernel.test7** and  place it in your SNOW partition/drive root directory.

        Step 10. Now finally last step, all you  need to do is repair the permissions for the SNOW Extensions folder. In order  for it to repair you need to put the following commands into the  terminal.

        -->sudo -s

    -->cd /Volumes/<Snow Leopard  Installation>/System/Library/Extensions

    -->chown -R root:wheel *

    -->chmod -R 755 *

        CONGRATS!!! You should now have a  working copy of SNOW. When you restart choose SNOW when chameleon boot loader  shows up. You should probably repair permissions through Disk Utility once you  are in the OS(If for some reason the OS says you don't have the package  installed for Repairing your permissions Navigate back to the Packages folder  in the SNOW.DMG you installed from and install the BSD package). If your  internet or sound doesn't work look around the web for a driver, remember SNOW  IS MADE FOR A MAC not your PC so hopefully somebody else has already made a  driver for your Hardware. I did not include details on Video cards just makes  stuff more confusing and more likely for some errors but you can look up info  about EFiStudio to add specific details to the com.apple.boot.plist file. So as  of now you will be booting using generic drivers nothing fancy I am just trying  to get you guys up and running. There are wonderful sites out there dedicated  to helping us 0sX86 modders so join some and help the community grow. There are  different kernel flags you can use to control the way your OS boots so for  example to see exactly what your pc is loading while the OS boots while  selecting the SNOW drive in chameleon type "-v" to enter verbose mode, "-x" for  safe mode, there are many things you can do for 32-bit mode type "arch=x86_32", "-f", etc., look online for commands they can be helpful. If for some reason  you don't boot up re-read the steps and follow EXACTLY!!. Use the -f -v  commands first boot so you can know how things go that way you can see exactly  what goes wrong if anything. PM me for any questions. GOOD LUCK!!

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bro,

i try to follow your guide and use 10.6.3 retail it's a success..i look for another kernel, i use > legacy kernel 10.2.0< ,instead of the file attachment. then i use the same bootloader from your attachment file.
the boot file that i've use is from asere's v1.1.9 modified bootloader.
after installation i type arch=i386 and it went all the way..the only problem is the display and the internet connection..i'm using 8600gt and the lan card is attansic L1. the display resolution is by default 1024x768 . if i use switch to 10.5.8 it shows several resolution,can i salvage a kext from leopard hd and move to snow?
i tried to reboot and type -v..it took alot of time. i use -f it went through.
it also shows that the kext that i've put into the extra/extensions folder are not installed properly,so i open disk utility to repair disk permissions and to verify disk permissions.

NO AUDIO
NO INTERNET

i know that you have the ability to solve this issues..alot of us here using AMD motherboard are willing to take the risk to explore and learn the installation method.
looking forward hearing from you

SPECS:
AMD 780GM-A
+5000 PROCESSOR
4GB 1066MHZ DDR2
640GB WD HARDDISK
8600GT DISPLAY

here is the kernel i use

smbios plist:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com...yList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>legacy_kernel</string>
        <key>Kernel Flags</key>
        <string></string>
</dict>
</plist>

Attached Files

•  legacy_kernel_10.3.0.pkg.zip   2.32MB   42 downloads

[scousi]

amador, on Jun 10 2010, 02:15 PM, said:

bro,

i try to follow your guide and use 10.6.3 retail it's a success..i look for another kernel, i use > legacy kernel 10.2.0< ,instead of the file attachment. then i use the same bootloader from your attachment file.
the boot file that i've use is from asere's v1.1.9 modified bootloader.
after installation i type arch=i386 and it went all the way..the only problem is the display and the internet connection..i'm using 8600gt and the lan card is attansic L1. the display resolution is by default 1024x768 . if i use switch to 10.5.8 it shows several resolution,can i salvage a kext from leopard hd and move to snow?
i tried to reboot and type -v..it took alot of time. i use -f it went through.
it also shows that the kext that i've put into the extra/extensions folder are not installed properly,so i open disk utility to repair disk permissions and to verify disk permissions.

NO AUDIO
NO INTERNET

i know that you have the ability to solve this issues..alot of us here using AMD motherboard are willing to take the risk to explore and learn the installation method.
looking forward hearing from you

SPECS:
AMD 780GM-A
+5000 PROCESSOR
4GB 1066MHZ DDR2
640GB WD HARDDISK
8600GT DISPLAY

here is the kernel i use

smbios plist:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com...yList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>legacy_kernel</string>
        <key>Kernel Flags</key>
        <string></string>
</dict>
</plist>

When I run the OSPackage, I get the error "The installer could not locate the data it needed ..." after I start the installation. I used the retail 10.6.3 as the baseline.

I have an AMD with the Asus M2A-VM motherboard.

I've trie GUID or MBR on the target disk but it won't work either way.

Has anyone encountered this issue?

[amador]

scousi, on Jun 12 2010, 08:53 PM, said:

When I run the OSPackage, I get the error "The installer could not locate the data it needed ..." after I start the installation. I used the retail 10.6.3 as the baseline.

I have an AMD with the Asus M2A-VM motherboard.

I've trie GUID or MBR on the target disk but it won't work either way.

Has anyone encountered this issue?

i use MBR partition. then run the installation on 10.5.8 ideneb lite. so far it works.
itunes won't work at first so i get the latest version and re-install.
internet works well now..audio works with usb audio donggle
just now that i've notice that safari acts a little bit,when i download from the web it won't get through,unless i redirect the location of the files to another location.and i can't make a folder on the desktop.

[scousi]

amador, on Jun 12 2010, 09:04 AM, said:

i use MBR partition. then run the installation on 10.5.8 ideneb lite. so far it works.
itunes won't work at first so i get the latest version and re-install.
internet works well now..audio works with usb audio donggle
just now that i've notice that safari acts a little bit,when i download from the web it won't get through,unless i redirect the location of the files to another location.and i can't make a folder on the desktop.

Do you have the same Motherboard? I have native sound working on 10.5.8.

I will try your suggestion. IDeneb is the only thing I ever got working on this machine.

[amador]

scousi, on Jun 12 2010, 09:13 PM, said:

Do you have the same Motherboard? I have native sound working on 10.5.8.

yes.i use same motherboard for 10.5.8
ecs780gm-a ..i can't get the on-board audio working..does yours work?

[scousi]

amador, on Jun 12 2010, 09:16 AM, said:

yes.i use same motherboard for 10.5.8
ecs780gm-a ..i can't get the on-board audio working..does yours work?

Sound  works on my Asus M2A-VM with 10.5.8. However, I don't remember what I did to get it working (it was a while back). I know it did not work immediately after install.

[amador]

scousi, on Jun 12 2010, 09:20 PM, said:

Sound  works on my Asus M2A-VM with 10.5.8. However, I don't remember what I did to get it working (it was a while back). I know it did not work immediately after install.

my on-board chipset is sigmatel 90hd206x

[scousi]

amador, on Jun 12 2010, 09:23 AM, said:

my on-board chipset is sigmatel 90hd206x

This is my LSPCI for sound:

00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383]

[Zythyr]

thanks for the great guide, but I am a little confused about the  installation process.

Before I ask my any question, let me give  you my specs:

HP Pavilion DV6607nr
Processor: AMD  Athlon  64  X2  Dual Core TK-53
Chipset:  NVIDIA nForce 560 MCP67?
Graphics:   NVIDIA GeForce 7150M/nForce 630M (0x053110de)
Conexant   HD Audio (0x504514f1)
Wireless: Broadcom BCM4311 (0x431114e4)
Ethernet:  nForce  Adapter (0x054C10de)

I had a very difficult time  installing Leopard due to my nForce 560 chipset. I had to use  Leo4Allv4.1 with a special modified Extensions.mkext which finally  allowed me to boot into Leopard.

For the Snow Leopard  installation, I am confused about the Extensions. Do I have to have  special kext like the AppleNForceATA.kext, to have my chipset work?  Which other kext do I need? Should I just copy and paste the Extensions  in my current Leopard installation into the Extensions folder when I  install Snow Leopard?

I was suggested to use the Extensions  uploaded by Krishna21 in his nForce 630i guide. Should I use his Extensions or  should I use the Extensions from my current Leopard installation?

[Organgrinder]

Thank youuuuuu!

[Mellexx]

You are awesome man! I finally got it to boot today with a little tweaking -v maxmem=4096 busratio=20 -f ! Awesome guide man thank you so much!

Gateway DX4300-03
AMD Phenom x4 95750
Foxconn A7GM-S [Foxconn RS780] (Northbridge: AMD RS780 soutbridge:SB700)
ALC888s
1GB Radeon HD 4650

[1337h4x0rphr34k]

Hoping to install 10.6.2 on my HP Pavilion tx2500z cto using the hazar method... just curious... but have you been able to get native res out of your Radeon HD 3200 I know it's possable to get it with the ati hd framebuffer kext but it has not worked consistantley for me in 10.5.6...

[1337h4x0rphr34k]

1337h4x0rphr34k, on Jun 18 2010, 06:02 PM, said:

Hoping to install 10.6.2 on my HP Pavilion tx2500z cto using the hazar method... just curious... but have you been able to get native res out of your Radeon HD 3200 I know it's possable to get it with the ati hd framebuffer kext but it has not worked consistantley for me in 10.5.6...

Hazard's install disc will not even start up on my machine i get the halt that includes flashing lights on my keyboard...

[zorz]

HELP, HELP, HELP!!!

I were done everything @hardknoxni69a said in manual but my instalation always stuck at copyng files from SL Retail DVD to Snow HDD partition at some HP printer files (always and always at that point)...!!!

What to do???

    

My iDeneb v1.6 10.5.8 instalation is PERFECTLY WORKING on my AMD comp!!!

[x3rmlygood]

Chameleon boot loader does not show up for me

[johnvass]

Hi. I have a working iPC Leopard 10.5.6 on my PC. I followed this guide to install Snow Leopard.I replaced the original OSInstall.mpkg with the one from  Hardnox folder. When I try to run it I get this.



Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Config
AMD  Phenom 9950 Quad Core
4 GB DDR2 800 Mhz
Nvidia nForce Networking  Controller
Intel High Defenition Audio
Nvidia GeForce 8800GT (dual cards)
TSSTcorp DVD-RW
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-M750SLI-DS4

[NinjaSniper]

I'm on a tx2540br. iDeneb 1.6 Lite runs almost perfecly in my machine... I tried this guide for SL but with no success.

The only way I could run Snow Leopard in my system was with myHack and a pendrive, but I can't get Wi-Fi to work...

Any suggestions? I've already tried the guide for Broadcom (script thing)

Besides, full resolutions works (Radeon HD3200), touch, LAN, and bluetooth also.

[sinman02]

Hello.  I’ve spent the  last two days trying to get Snow Leopard working my my pc.  I currently have Leopard 10.5.8 running  through iDeneb 1.6 Lite.

I’ve followed the instructions to the letter and I can get  through the install fine,  but when I go  to boot from the chameleon screen, I get a screen that tells me I must restart my computer (in different languages).

If I type in various boot commands, such as:

-v   (-v.JPG)

-v busratio=20  (-vbusratio=20.JPG)


-v -F cpus=4 fsb=200000000 maxmem=4096   (-v-Fcpus-4fsb=200mmaxmem=4096.JPG)

I get slightly different frozen screens (attached).  I'm not sure if they're kernel panics.

        

Can someone help me move forward?  I'm at a loss (and pulling all my hair out).


My specs are as follows:

    

    Motherboard:   Gigabyte  GA-870A-UD3   [ACPI Suspend Type set to  S3(STR)]

    Processor:           AMD  Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition

Memory:             4GB  (2GB x2) A-Data Gaming Series  DDR3 1600

    Video Card:        ATI  Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5  w/ one DVI port

    WLAN:                  Encore  ENLWI-N Wireless PCI Card w/Ralink Drivers (Works on 10.5.8)

    LAN:                      Realtek  8111D chip –on board (Haven’t tested yet)

    Audio:                   Realtek  ALC892 codec - on board (Works on 10.5.8 with VoodooHDA kext)

    All hard drives and DVD drive are SATA and HDD’s are set to  AHCI.

    

Just for the hell of it, I tried changing my hard drive to IDE and installing this since my iDeneb install was on an IDE drive and i got the kernel panic screen attached as well (IDEInstall.JPG).




I feel like I'm close!!!!

Attached Files

•  _v.JPG   1.44MB   10 downloads
•  _vbusratio_20.JPG   1.52MB   7 downloads
•  _v_Fcpus_4fsb_200mmaxmem_4096.JPG   1.46MB   6 downloads
•  IDE_Install.JPG   1.26MB   10 downloads

[ciciolo]

Thank you, your guide was successfull, except for that point:

Step 8. Run **DSDT Patcher** from the **DSDT** folder. In the patcher for OS options select Darwin/Mac OS X and for patcher options select Apply DSDT To... MAKE SURE YOU SELECT YOUR SNOW PARTITION/DRIVE. Then Patch.

It gave me error, "failed to patch".

But all seems run great, also compo update to 10.6.2.