retail install help

[stoney66]

system specs:

intel dg31pr mobo

q6600 chip

8400 gs pci-e

 

i'm booting with a generic boot-123 disk

swapping out for the retail dvd

grey screen w/ apple logo loads for while then pops up "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the power button for several seconds or press the reset button."

 

any ideas for a noob would be greatly appreciated.

thanks.

[hecker]

First, create your disk following my little guide, here (I know you don't have an AMD CPU, but it should still work):

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...420&st=120#

 

You will, of course, need which kext files you need for your setup. I recommend to leave just the very minimum at the beginning and and the rest after the installation is finished.

 

Then, follow Munky's EFI boot guide, here:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...=127330&hl=

 

When you boot your Boot-132 CD, remember to enter -v at the darwin prompt in order to see the error messages.

 

Good luck!

 

PS: If you have never installed OS X before, then I would recommend you try one of the pre-patched releases first in order to locate the kexts you need for your PC.

[stoney66]

your first link takes me to the middle of some odd thread.

thanks for the reply though.

 

i'm going to give kalyway a shot now i suppose.

i really wanted to do the retail install first, here i was think i knew something - lol

[hecker]

your first link takes me to the middle of some odd thread.

thanks for the reply though.

 

i'm going to give kalyway a shot now i suppose.

i really wanted to do the retail install first, here i was think i knew something - lol

Sorry. I fixed the link. It should be post #148.

[stoney66]

ok kalyway 10.5.2 running with all hardware working...

 

hecker - now i'm tring to follow your guide.

i don't see the voodoo file anywhere on my machine, is this something specific for AMD?

 

So what i'm doing here is making a boot-123 cd with specific kexts for my machine?

should I be getting those kexts from my system?

[hecker]

ok kalyway 10.5.2 running with all hardware working...

 

hecker - now i'm tring to follow your guide.

i don't see the voodoo file anywhere on my machine, is this something specific for AMD?

 

So what i'm doing here is making a boot-123 cd with specific kexts for my machine?

should I be getting those kexts from my system?

Exactly. You should use the kexts on your current system if it is working OK.

The voodoo file is a kernel file that enables AMD PC users to boot the retail DVD. It also works on Intel, so you can give it a try. Download from HERE.

 

As I said before: don't go overboard copying all of the kexts like crazy. Just copy what you really need for the installation step to work. You can add/experiment with more later, after the installation.

Don't get frustrated if the first few ones don't work. It took me more than 5 attempts before I got it right (use CD-RWs if you can).

 

Also remember that you need to enter the UUID of your installation DVD after booting from your Boot-132 CD. You can get this UUID by opening Disk Utility and right clicking on your install DVD and selecting the "Information" menu. Make sure you write it down EXACTLY as it is.

I have outlined the installation process, HERE. And HERE. I also included links to all of the files that I used.

 

Let me know if you run into any trouble.

 

- hecker

 

EDIT:

Once you have your Boot-132 CD working, use munky's tutorial to learn how to go by installing the retail DVD and then later configuring your boot partition. HERE

[stoney66]

thank you for the reply!

 

i know this is a probably stupid question, but which kexts should i choose?

there are something like 200+

 

video?

sound?

 

 

 

 

 

I'm also getting this in terminal:

 

larry$ hdiutil makehybrid -o /Users/larry/Desktop/IOSEN  /Users/larry/Desktop/ISO/ -iso -eltorito-boot /Users/larry/Desktop/ISO/ISOLINUX.BIN -no-emul-boot

hdiutil: makehybrid: no source specified

Usage: hdiutil makehybrid -o <outfile> [options] <source>

hdiutil makehybrid -help

[hecker]

thank you for the reply!

 

i know this is a probably stupid question, but which kexts should i choose?

there are something like 200+

 

video?

sound?

Yes, that is the initial problem. I can't really tell you which kexts you need for your specific hardware, sorry.

I would suggest that you start with the original boot ISO file (download it from my posts) and try to find out which kexts are critical for basic functionality (like being able to access HDDs/DVDs to avoid "waiting for root" errors, etc). You might want to google this site or search the HCLs to see which are the ones you need.

You could also take a look at this thread, and see if you find a pre-made ISO for hardware similar to yours.

 

Don't worry about video/sound at this stage. You can add those later or at least after you have been able to boot off your first working Boot-132 CD.

 

larry$ hdiutil makehybrid -o /Users/larry/Desktop/IOSEN /Users/larry/Desktop/ISO/ -iso -eltorito-boot /Users/larry/Desktop/ISO/ISOLINUX.BIN -no-emul-boot

hdiutil: makehybrid: no source specified

Usage: hdiutil makehybrid -o <outfile> [options] <source>

hdiutil makehybrid -help

Yes, the problem here is that you have not entered the file/directory names correctly. Remember that names are CASE-SENSITIVE, so your ISOLINUX.BIN might be actually isolinux.bin.

 

You also should login as super-user in the terminal by entering

sudo -s

before actually beginning with your work.

 

Here's a trick that I use:

whenever you're entering a command with files/directories, press the TAB button once after entering the first (or first few) letters of your target. For example, if you want to cd into /System/Library/Extensions you would go:

cd /Sy (press TAB: the system will autocomplete the line with cd /System)
then cd /System/Lib (press TAB again: the system will autocomplete your line to cd /System/Library) 
then cd /System/Library/Ext (press TAB again: ...etc...)

If the letters you entered match more than one target, the system will do nothing. You have to tap the TAB button again and it will ask you if you want to see all of the matching files (which can be many, in some cases).

Try it out and you'll get it.

[stoney66]

dude - thank you so much for all the help.

I'm all up and running now w/ 10.5.5 retail install.