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[Kevin Kane]

This isnt my first hackintosh but definitely the most challenging. My plan is to load 10.6.6 hazard on it then use that to make a lion usb. But for the life of me I cant get snow leo on it!

I burned the disk at 2x and booted up and got past chameleon but when the apple logo came on, it sat there for 2 hours ( I fell asleep ) does anyone have any ideas that I should try?

My first hackintosh was a compaq cq60-615dx that ran 10.6.6 and worked perfectly, all hardware worked after searching for the right kexts forever, but I like a good challenge.

[rockinron_1]

Boot with -v and show a screenshot of where it stops. Also post your specs

[Ash X]

Sorry to thread hijack, but I have a similar problem. It all started when I (stupidly) accepted an update for my ethernet driver (realtek 81xx) within snow leopard. Now I get a kernel panic. Can I remove the bad kext(s) so my snow leopard boots normally as before? Screenshot attached.

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[artur-pt]

hello

boot

-s

and delete or move the kext u install


good hack

[iFIRE]

boot with -s

mount /
cd /System/Library/Extensions
rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/RealtekRTL81xx.kext
rm -rf /System/Library/Caches/*
reboot -R now

[Kevin Kane]

Thanks for all the replies, I reburned the disk and took pics, I did -v and took a pic,


My specs are
Toshiba l875 s7208
Sandybridge I3 processor
4gb ram
sse 1,2,3,3s,4.1,4.2 capable
integrated intel hd graphics 3000

[Kevin Kane]

bumpity bump...

On a side note, is it possible to use windows command prompt to make the usb bootable for the osx iso? I have no problem working in cmd

[Ash X]

boot with -s

mount /
cd /System/Library/Extensions
rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/RealtekRTL81xx.kext
rm -rf /System/Library/Caches/*
reboot -R now

I tried booting with single user mode, but I still hang at the same point - I can't enter the commands to mount the partition and remove the kexts. It just stops with the cursor not flashing, the only time I can enter commands is before the -S boot.

[Ash X]

I never get to the root prompt. Even tried booting with -x, still no joy. Any ideas?

[iFIRE]

use MacDrive from windows and remove the kext, and use SMBIOS MacBookPro8,1 what is for your Graphics HD 3000 or you can boot your USBInstaller and go for Utilities/Terminal app and remove the kext

[Ash X]

I can access the recovery terminal via iAtkos, can you please write which commands I have to run in order to remove the bad kext, and restore my snow leopard to a working state. I have attached a screenshot of the terminal in case I do not have the access rights etc. in order to run the necessary commands. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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[iFIRE]

diskutil mount /dev/disk2s3
cd /Volumes/Snow Leopard

cd /System/Library/Extensions

rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/RealtekRTL81xx.kext

rm -rf /System/Library/Caches/*

reboot

[Ash X]

Okay, now I am getting a different kernal panic. Screenshot is attached. Thanks for the help so far

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