Leopard retail instillation for Chameleon EFI & EFI v8
simplified guide( See Below After RAID Guide)
ABOUT restart and shut down ,OLD solution of AppleACPI.kext and shut down fix is better , Newer solution was causing random freezes


sep 22 Kext for restart Shutdown fix : Kext Attachd below OpenHaltRestart.kext attached below
fixes Restart Shutdown. Now can use Vanilla ACPIplatform.kext . No need of CHUD.pkg etc
I tested Restart & Shutdown works with it.

Sep 18, 2008 Sleep Issue. I was investigating Why Leopard Fails Sleep when idle. Found that Paragon NTFS was the cause I deactivated and Voila ! Leopard is able to go sleep on its own. Same Issue with MacFuse. This Issue affects even MacBook Or MacBook Pro

Sep 16, 2008 : Updated Vanilla Kexts for 10.5.5 , AppleACPIPlatform latest Buid 178(Ver 1.2.1) for restart Fix
AppleAHCIPort.Kext Build 60 (ver 1.5.1)
IOAHCIFamily.kext Build 58 (ver 1.0.4) shows SATA drive as internal

Attached below new kexts for 10.5.5

July 22 : Attached below latest kext package

11 July, For Restart fix -Open AppleACPIPlatform Binary in hex Editor & replace E8 A0 FF FF FF with B0 FE E6 64 F4 ( thanks to CharlesB )
attached below latest AppleACPIPlatform.kext

25 June :Latest Audio Apple HDA kext Show up in profile with HDAenabler.kext UPDATE 5 July.
Still the best is OLD APPLEHDA.kext with String , This new one produces lot of unwanted hisses when draging n droping


For Advance user only RAID Install
Two Methods Chameleon EFI & EFI v8 listed below
I prefer Chameleon EFI as you can directly boot from Software RAID

Chameleon EFI RAID Guide

You need two or more Drives I used three Drives for Stripe RAID by Disk reading Xbench score alone jumped to over 190

Use diskutility to make raid volume of your desire

Important :
1. Make sure first install the Leopard Retail to the Destination RAID Drive.You can install Retail Leopard From Disk or Carbon Copy Clone from Existing Retail Leopard install.
2. Apply post patch as usual RAID Drive
3 than Edit com.apple.boot.plist (Drag drop on the desktop edit than replace)in the RAID volume add to Kernal Flags
boot-uuid=RAID Identifier
For RAID Identifier:using "Disk Utility.app", right click on your root volume, then Information
it will look like following pic

4.Make sure you Install Chameleon EFI after Step 3(after addding UUID to com.apple.boot.plist) other wise Raid won't boot.
-Extract all the files to user root folder from Cameleon Files folder.
Open terminal type here in example I used three Disks Disk0 , Disk1 , Disk2(Mac OS X creates a small helper partition at the end of each RAID member disk Called Boot OSX) ,

You are Done Boot to Raid Good Luck
look at mine Three Disk Striped Raid Pic


RAID Guide with EFI v8

15 June update Software Raid: Successfully Booted to Software striped Raid Xbench Score for hard Drive Jumped from 85 to over 140 and overall Xbench 250 from 215

Here is the guide link and extra Tips

http://osx86.wikidot.com/how-to-s#toc7

.Two Hard Drives
.Partition first hard Drive into two ( 1 Gb and rest of Drive) Name I GB as Boot and other says X
.Now Partition Second Drive (GUID ) to Say Y
.Creat Software RAID by X & Y( Striped or Mirrored) and keep the Volume name RAID for simplicity of command

Now install EFI v8 on BOOT Partition as you would do any other Drive
Install Leopard on Volume name RAID ( can also clone your working leopard by Carbon copy Cloner quite fast and updated)
Copy folders from /Volumes/RAID to /Volumes/BOOT, Using Terminal


Tip to Automatically select RAID during boot
than open the Disk Utility to check RAID Identifier(Select RAID and click info) Copy that
than you need to edit com.apple.boot..plist on the BOOT partition not the RAID
add
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>boot-uuid=Paste Raid Identifier here</string>
this make sure you automatically boot from RAID Volume



Included in install Package new AppleSMBIOS which is functionally best so far with following advantages
DVD player , adobe CS3 , LogmeIn ,Carbon Copy Cloner( make your you have installed EFI to the cloning drive after Cloning )works
With included kexts, Hard Drive shows as internal and if in Bios is AHCI mode they are even Hot swappable eSATA
Sleep, Restarts works fine with vanilla kernel 9.4.0
In the forum down Eclau post also shows step by step how to make custom EFI String for Video card ,Time machine fix,Sound

Other people has included 9.2.0 modified kernel for complete shut down but Bluetooth keyboard does not pair with it

Here is updated Simple Guide

Leopard Retail Install with EFI v8 or Chameleon EFI

For any Retail Leopard install First requirement is working Leopard
Partition Destination Drive with Disk utility Select GUID partition
how to install EFI

To install Chameleon EFI -its very simple because now it has installer . just run and select the right drive
For EFI v8
Put the two files EFI.sh & folder pc_efi_v80 on desktop.open EFI.sh here put your user name (same as your working leopard and make sure you put Right drive and partition number where you want to install) Make sure you ejected the drive on which you are installing leopard . Open terminal
sudo -s (enter)
password (enter) .
Now drag drop EFI.sh into terminal and hit enter. after installing EFI yours drive would be mounter again
when asked to restart you select No
Install Leopard
same for both Chameleon EFI & EFI v8
Mount the Leopard retail DVD or its Image. I prefer image as instillation is very fast 5-6 mins
In terminal Copy Paste
cd /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ DVD/System/Installation/Packages
open osinstall.mpkg
Install on right Destination Drive
Than install 10.5.5 Combo update on the right drive
Now to remove incompatible kext or install requird one
Put kext file in the user folder(users/currentuser(yourusername)/
Open post patch change (destination=Name of Drive where retail leopard is installed)
Open terminal and drag drop post patch
this included Sound file is for GA P35 DS4 or similar Gigabyte motherboard & GFX EFI string for nvidia 7600 GT Card
Make sure in Post patch sh file you replace with drive name(Leopard) with yours Drive name
Boot with new Drive and enjoy Good luck with your built

For EFI String for VIDEO , Network, Audio
use Latest EFI Studio ,Select Devices and Click Wrtie to com.apple.boot.plist will add Automatically for you. Now you can even install EFI on destination Drive by this

I don't understand "installed from within Leopard". You already had Leopard installed on your Hackintosh? Or did you connect your SATA disk to a real Mac with Leopard?

I connected SATA to Leopard hacintosh( Flat image instillation)

OK. I am now running Tiger on the same MoBo. I will try your guide from Tiger. What versions of dsmos.kext and AppleSMBIOS.kext did you use?

One in the EFI_8 folder

Thank you. PC_EFI V8.0 includes only AppleSMBIOS.kext, where did you get the dsmos.kext?



In first step you change to the Packages directory on Leo DVD, but what means "Mac=hard drive"? You enter this in the same command? Or is this a separate command?

Seperate Command
DSMOS here is attached

OK, thank you!

I can see you hve the very same wifi card as me. Is it running fast with WPA2? For me it's incredibly slow with WPA-TKIP (WPA2), but pretty fast in unprotected networks.

I have AirPort Extreme with WPA/WPA2 Personal set up and this ASUS Wi Fi card is very Fast as it could be.

i know youve already posted but do you think you can edit your original post to include all the steps i want to try this out with my abit board as they are identical chipwise..i have a tiger install and will download a retail leo dvd...in a step by step ad a little more elaborate terms.. i would also like to repost this in my forum with full Credits to you of course

Ofcourse ,but would do later today. by the time you done downloading the Retail DVD

if you havent noticed my download speed its been done for bout an hour now! newsgroups at 20Mb/s i get dvd's faster than watching them

To format the drive as GUID partition and installing EFI 8 Follow this guide from I_am...me http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=73952
than you can install Retail Leo from within any mac by terminal
after installation remove and add kext and repair permissions and boot
So by this method you dont have to reboot etc

It realy interesting to test because I try many version of disk ToH kalyway brazilmac.(may be I'm not understand how to do It is not work at all for my notebook.) I use vaio sz14.

Please explain to me step by step please. I'm totally new for this. and If you are very kind please post it with picture in step by step. It just the request. very thanks

The way I installed used working Hackintosh(leopard or Tiger ). to install on One of the attached SATA Drive.
If you want to install on Laptop you need first working Tiger or leopard , than attach USB hard-drive and install as I did

Karaakeha, what you've done sounds really intriguing. Unfortunately, without a more explicit guide, I'm not sure myself and others can attempt it. Would you mind spelling out the process more clearly? Myself and others would greatly appreciate it.

This isn't meant to be a criticism. There are many people here who have a hard time translating their hacking brilliance into good, plain English. Actually, I think that's one of the problems this "movement" is facing at the moment--too many guides that aren't clear enough. It's causing an increasing number of people (not just noobs) to flood the forums and IRC with basic questions seeking clarity.

Thanks for your help. And nice work.

Thanks for the great post ill be sure to let you know how it goes!

I totally understand what you mean. Myself faced the same problem being neophyte mac user.Sure will write very simple guide with pictures and full detail in 2 DaysYou are welcome. Let me know how it goes. I am planning on building another one for Friend of mine. May be can go with your moboCan you please Post your xbench score only for your raptor harddrive . I am considering to buy it.

i will do im reformatting at the moment trying your method i think i have your method understood , i can say that the raptor is much faster than a regular hdd but bang for buck your better off with a sataII drive, i only use the raptor for server 2003 and vista...
ill get an xbench score asap

I use command "open osinstall.mpkg" and It show up open failed Couldn't open "OSinstall.mpkg"

Is I do something wrong. what i have to do next?

Thanks

You can use Pacifist 2.5.1 - http://forum.osx86scene.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2146

If you are using retail DVD , then what you entered for first command in terminal ?

it looks like the simplest way to install Leo..

I have a Macbook with Leo. Can I use it to install leopard to a SATA hard disk and then to boot my hackintosh?

Thanks.

You welcome

Hey, I got almost done with your method but had one question. At the end you say you deleted the InteEFI.kext file, but I didn't find that file in the extensions folder. The only one I found was AppleEFIRuntime.kext, but deleting it makes it hang on bootup. I had no problem with the dsmos or SMBios kexts though.

I haven't tried putting the AppleEFIRuntime.kext file back to see if it'll boot just fine, I'll do that tonight when I get home. If I don't need to worry about the InteEFI kext file then I just need to know. If I get this question answered then I'll have successfully completed it your way and I can post more detailed instructions for everyone as that seems to be needed.

See my sig

Congrats, what is your about This Mac Showing ?

Nice ls8. I did the same then: replace AppleSMBios, install dsmos, and removed AppleEFIRuntime. But, mine freezes on boot with the little red X through the middle of the screen. I'll go home and play a little with it tonight and see what's making it crash. Will -v at the F8 menu show me why it's crashing on boot? Oh and the flat file install I did of Leopard had my X1900XT working but only at 1024x768 as it thought that's all my display could do. How do you fix that one?

Thanks everyone for figuring out these cool tricks to simplify the Leopard PC install!

You are Right Its AppleEFIRuntime.kext(Type mistake was excited to see Retail DVD working ) that need to be removed
I corrected now in my post

where do I find this efi ver 8? I'm not finding it on the torrent sites

I dont understand the 5th step, can you explain it more. In steps and slowly, newbs here:)

No go here. This is what I get at boot:



Added dsmos.kext, swapped AppleSMBIOS.kext and deleted AppleEFIRuntime.kext.

here you goRemove IONetworkingFamily.kext and replace with attached one below

Im getting a " Couldn't find root user: Sleeping and trying again" Error.

Will try installing again.

Wait a sec, you used an actual retail non-patched Leopard DVD?

This works just great! Everything works, I just had to edit IOnetworkingfamily.kext to get network working and add NVinject for my graphics card.

The one thing I struggled with was how to install the DVD from within Leopard. I opened the DVD in Pacifist selected what I wanted and installed it to another disk. It certainly took more than 5 minutes, I guess it took about 90 minutes. Could I have done it differently to make it go faster?

I updated to 10.5.1 without any problems.

Thanks for the help!

Hmm i think OSInstall.mpkg can only be opened from within Leopard...

So there are three methods to install it:

- with a "real" intel-mac (ppc won't work because it wont install the system on a guid drive)
- with the flat image of leopard
- or with tiger and pacifist

i tried the last since i only have an old ppc G5... pacifist was extremely slow... especially the part where it checks all the files. it took about 2 hours to finish. but something went wrong. i think i made a mistake when the app asked me to overwrite things because some files weren't completely installed and so it couldn't boot up. now i'm trying it again...

Hey ya,
Im having trouble trying to run this native off a Tiger disk....the terminal commands for the open osinstall.mpkg dont work....the previous command cd volume etc etc works...just step 2 in terminal doesnt

Can I run a install via 2 DVD drives....one opened with terminal...then direct the install to the retail Leopard disc via terminal as per your first post?

Whats the steps to install from DVD?

Yes, I did. It requires another version of MacOS running. I had 10.4.11 on second partition, installed 10.5 from original DVD using Pacifist 2.5.1, then upgraded to 10.5.1 using automatic software update. You can use either the original 8GB retail DVD, or you can just use an image of that DVD. You just mount the ISO (or DMG) image and install from that mounted image using Pacifist.

Terminal do much faster instillation than pacifist without checking the packages.Also you an use DMG of the retail Leopard DVD ( thats what I did with Terminal and installed on two or three times while testing .It took around 5-7 mins each time)Did you installed 10.5 on partition already had Tiger ?

Can someone help me? It hangs here and after 2-3 mins it says continuing and reboots...

I installed from tiger with pacifist.

I was unable to open the OSInstall package from terminal, it returned some error "Cannot open package" or similar. Pacifist worked fine.
I installed Leopard on same disk as Tiger, but another partition. I then erased the former Tiger partition and use it for Time Machine now.

This works great! I think I will try to install this on another disk later, can anyone tell me how to install it via terminal instead of pacifist?

This is the one thing I didn't get to work as described. What exactly are the commands? I see no reason to let pacifist verify the files after copying, just a waste of time.

Now I may try the Uphuck release too, but I'm not sure if there are any benefits compared to this method.

Thanks!

1. Mount the Disk Image of retail DVD ( if you don't have it Make from the Retail DVD) Or Put the disk in DVD drive and install from it I t may just take little longer.

2. Make sure name of the Disk mounted as Mac OS X Install DVD (because this the name you need to put in Terminal Command )

3. Open Terminal do the following one by one

sudo -s (enter)
will ask for password type it hit Enter
cd /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ DVD/System/Installation/Packages (hit enter) here in this replace Mac with your own Disk name where you are installing your Leopard

open osinstall.mpkg (again paste this and enter)

now package with open Select the disk you want to install to.

I'm having an odd issue....

I boot from a USB hard drive containing a flat image of Leopard.
Partition a blank IDE drive with GUID
Install EFI 8 on that freshly partitioned drive
Install Leopard from a retail DVD
Change kexts as you stated

System attempts to boot... I see the Apple logo for a split second and it reboots.

Any ideas?

try disabling the dual core support in BIOS.

hope it helps.

Coelacanth

Still does the same thing, although it does boot faster with that. I don't understand what the problem can be.

Which Video card you are using ?

Hey guys, will this sequence work?
1. Format laptop hard drive with GUID option and two partitions.
2. Install Tiger to one partition (I am using Uphuck 1.3)
3. Mount retail leopard image.
4. Follow directions on this thread and install leopard to second partition with pc EFI.
5. Delete Tiger partition
6. Change Leopard partition to use entire disk.

Will that work? I am unfamiliar with the workings of GUID.

ok, this should work