Brian Watson Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Hi, I am new to OSX and am only here because I want to build some software for my Apple TV I normally use WinXP for day to day stuff because that's what my employer gives me. I was a Unix admin. for about 15 years but now only play with it. The forums here have been a help to me so I am sharing my experience in the hope that it might help someone else and also to get some pointers for my remaining problems... I first installed Darwin 8.0.1. That was smooth and ran well, but did not have the dev. tools I needed. I then downloaded kalyway 10.5.2 as that was the first pointer I found. I could not get that to even boot to the installer. I did a bit more research and downloaded JaS 10.4.8. That installed cleanly, but when it rebooted I got a very nice message telling me that I needed to restart my computer - argh! I checked and saw that the installed kernel was the same as the kernel on the install DVD so I guessed that it must have been a problem with some extension. I figured that the install DVD must have a working set of extensions (since it was able to install) so I renamed /System/Library/Extensions/ out of the way and copied /System/Library/Extension.mkext off the DVD. My system now booted and ran well, but I have no network and no sound. The sound does not really bother me. The network did. I did some more research and found that I needed AppleIntel8255x.kext. I learned about mkextunpack and kextcache and built a new Extensions.mkext with AppleIntel8255x.kext included. My network now works. I have done some experimenting and found that if I put anything in /System/Library/Extensions then my machines just boots to a kernel panic very quickly. I can get the exact message if it will help anyone... I am pretty happy for now. I am installing Xcode Tools and that seems to be working, but I needed to unpack the dmg on my AppleTV because hdi is not working here. Yet more kext issues... If anyone has any pointers to a tutorial on debugging kernel extension problems (I can't find and meaningful log information from the failed boots) I would like to see them... Any other suggestions appreciated. Regards, Brian Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136202-almost-there-on-a-dell-dimension-4600/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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