Whiteninja69 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I am New to mac and this level of hacking I have been able to softmod and xbox Nintendio wiI. I have also done various other types of modifications so I am not 100% newbie but I have much to learn but I am determined to learn I have attempted to install Snow Leopard S3 v2 on my system and I never get past the Screen with the chameleon and I also tried to install it with I-booot to no avail. PS: I Divided my hard drive with Gparted SO there is a 150G/150g one set aside for my new Highly wanted mac PLEASE HELP!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artur_pt Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 hello are u using boot flags ? GraphicsEnabler=No i think only have in snow leopard support for that graphics... i think... but in snow must boot in 32 bit mode arch=i386 if gonna try use snow leopard 10.6.3 retail + nawcom mod cd boot flag arch=i386 GraphicsEnabler=No that is old hardware... good hack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS01 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 iATKOS L2 has GMA950 drivers (QE/CI) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteninja69 Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 Artur yes I kept trying to put -v or busratio=20....should I enter arch=i386 or GraphicsEnabler=No or both???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteninja69 Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 Downloaded and burned the now-com mod CD tried to install it and it didn't do much I have a picture of where it stopped however I didn't try to use The retail version I used Aktlos S3 V2 I typed boot flag: arch=i386 GraphicsEnabler=No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteninja69 Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 I just got a 16 Gb romoveble thumb drive I also am downloading the retail version of Snow Leopard retail how about an install from the flash drive?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artur_pt Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 hello must use both.. -v arch=i386 GraphicsEnabler=No if u gonna use a usb drive look here http://www.osx86.net...-nawcom_cd.html and must post a picture where it stops.. good hack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteninja69 Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 I have the Naw.com mod.cd ........Can I load Snow Leopard to my computer with the USB.. Can I burn the Snow Leopard DMG file to the usb and boot the install that way ((((If I can't install the Snow Leopard to my PC with a USB))))>>>>> Can I Burn it to a Dual layer DVD and if so Must I burn the file in a mac computer or is there a way to burn the Install CD with PC computer.. also How do I upload the photo here do i have to start a new post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteninja69 Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 Here is the screen I get after I boot the now.com.mod Cd then put the Akltos S3 V3 DVD It gets this far then halts to a stop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artur_pt Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 hello u try to boot a distro ? a distro is booatable... burn snow leopard image to a dvd, must be DL, and use a dvd burner to do it.. burn with lowest speed u can.. good hack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteninja69 Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 Can I burn the distro with a PC I have power ISO it has the option to Burn a DMG file however will it work??? or must a MAC be used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Shadow Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 download the program transmac it will allow you to burn .dmg files on PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteninja69 Posted April 6, 2013 Author Share Posted April 6, 2013 Im trying it with power ISO because Transmac would not load the image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteninja69 Posted April 6, 2013 Author Share Posted April 6, 2013 I got half way through the install and it paniced sucks because I wipped out my xp I'm screwed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteninja69 Posted April 6, 2013 Author Share Posted April 6, 2013 I used I-booot because nawcom didnt work I got all the white text on my screen turned white with an apple then the screen went black Then 30 mins later the install screen popped up I partioned my drive set it to GUID table started the install then half way through it I got this!! I want to get this working I have spent 4 days trying to make this work I need HELP PLEASSSSSE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteninja69 Posted April 6, 2013 Author Share Posted April 6, 2013 I just tried this install again and got the same panic in the middle of the installation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteninja69 Posted April 6, 2013 Author Share Posted April 6, 2013 Any body know where i can look up these panic codes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteninja69 Posted April 7, 2013 Author Share Posted April 7, 2013 Im back up with windows xp black I still have half of my hard drive waiting for the Snow Leopard 5 solid days of reading and trying I must say i am enjoying this learning expericence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Shadow Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 When you boot with nothing but the Distro CD did you get the same panic errors? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteninja69 Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 I Finally Succeeded but with the Aktlos S3 v2 not the retail..I have 10.6.3 here everything works great I even have dual boot. Should I upgrade to 10.6.8 if so Why would I want to upgrade what are the benefits?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artur_pt Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 hello only to have last update to snow leopard... mu advice to u now.. if u have all working .. enjoy it .. discover the os, learn about it.. and then think in the update if gonna do it read this http://olarila.com/f...c.php?f=4&t=162 use google translator - portuguese u language.. u can grab the url and translate all rsrsrsrs good hack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteninja69 Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 I am going to take your advice I want to learn about Mac this is my first Mac Os! I will wait to do the update.. What reason would I want to do the update what upgrades come with the update?? is it even worth updating??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Shadow Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Great to hear that you were able to get this to work, however if you dont mind would you post what you did what ktext you used etc that way we can document it and if someone else comes with the same setup as you they can get started as well. Just a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteninja69 Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 I used iaktos S3 s2 torrent and burn it to a dvd at a low speed and I installed it I had to pick very specific options for the drivers and hard ware to get it working properly I also had to delete many kext files in the terminal to not get a black screen will turning it on! But please why would i want to install updates?? please let me know Hery is a screen shot of my Dell Inspiron E1505 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artur_pt Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 hello only thing u gonna have with update to 10.6.8 is app store.. but u can lost all the system with update... when u go to another version.. all system kext are replaced by new ones.. if u delete ... they back... good hack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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