akatsukix Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I've been trying to get a retail DVD installation going on my Dell XPS 400. Thus far, no luck at all with any Boot 132 disk, with modified kernel or not. So, I tried to go around it, by installing Kalyway 10.5.2. Then I got the Chameleon 2 bootloader installed on the EFI partition and running the voodoo kernel. So far so good. But, of course, Chameleon 2 doesn't support any booting from DVD, because that would make it too easy. So, now I am sorta stuck. I have burned disk after disk of different Boot 132s and not a single one has worked. So... the question is how do I transition from a Kalyway 10.5.2 install being Chameleon booted to a retail install? With the Chameleon bootloader installed with a voodoo kernel and the appropriate kexts, can I just run update and not worry about it? EDIT: Clarify current status. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160313-retail-install-on-pentium-d-machine/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
akatsukix Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 Anyone able to help on this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160313-retail-install-on-pentium-d-machine/#findComment-1124302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Try this instead: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=160234 And if you're successful, please let me know if where you put the kernel! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160313-retail-install-on-pentium-d-machine/#findComment-1124321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
akatsukix Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 Try this instead:http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=160234 And if you're successful, please let me know if where you put the kernel! Ok, instead of doing it that way, I figured why not use this method for AMD cpus which seemed a bit more spelled out. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=140683 Made a boot 132 disk. Of course the exact same thing happened that always happens, install freezes on the gray Apple screen before any spinner even appears. Here is the boot 132 image: http://drop.io/failedboot132 Maybe I need a missing kext? I just took all the modified ones from a successful Kalyway install, since I couldn't find a basic list of which kexts are necessary nor a guide in how to pick them out.... System Specs: Dell XPS 400 Pentium D 2.80 Intel 845P chipset 2GB RAM GeForce 6800 SigmaTel 9220 audio Anyone have any further suggestions? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160313-retail-install-on-pentium-d-machine/#findComment-1124372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 The problem is that no one else can really tell you exactly what patched kexts are required for your hardware to work. You are supposed to know this from experience. So if you have no idea, try searching for other people who have the same hardware as you. ---- I need patches for the following work at all in OSX 10.5.6: P5Q-E motherboard - Patched DSDT table needed to remove CPU aliases Marvell 88SE6121 P-ATA controller (AppleVIAATA.kext) Analog Devices ADI200B sound (HDAEnabler.kext) Marvell 88E8056 LAN (AppleYukon2.plist in IONetworkingfamily.kext) The other LAN port is disabled but could work with skge.kext. I need a device property string in apple.com.Boot.plist for the 88E8056 to be set as En0 and 'internal'. I've since gotten rid of that and the 88E8056 is now injected via DSDT, thanks to krazubu. It still needs a modified AppleYukon2.kext in /extra/extensions.mkext. Then I have some modifications to IOAHCIStorageFamily that correctly identifies the ICH10 controller, and a modification in IOAHCIBlockstorage that sets my drives as internal. But the ICH10R controller works fine without these modifications, they are just cosmetic and not required. Chameleon 2.0 installer comes with kexts that fixes ICHx as well. Except the current version is missing ICH10 IDs, so I inserted them myself. With these in /extra/Extensions.mkext, you can keep the original, unmodified Apple kexts. I have to use a patched kernel because I have a P4 CPU. I'm using Voodoo 9.5.0. Therefore I also need System.kext and Seatbelt.kext from 10.5.5. Otherwise I'll have trouble mounting .dmg files and USB removable drives. Because I'm using the Voodoo Kernel I don't need Disabler.kext (read the Voodoo Kernel .pdf manual if you want to know more). Not required: I'm using VoodooPower.kext to get SpeedStepping working on my P4. It works great. AppleDecrypt.kext or DSMOS.kext is mandatory, unless you're using one of the few patched kernels that have built-in decryption. I also need an SMBIOS injector so I can get the right FSB, CPU speed and memory type listed and make my PC hardware appear as a real mac in system profiler. I used to use AppleSMBIOSEFI.kext but the Chameleon 2.0 Bootloader does a more complete job with an smbios.plist in /extra. As for video, my 9800 GTX+ works with vanilla 10.5.6 kexts. I used to use a device property string to get full acceleration but now I have the video card injected via DSDT, thanks to roisoft. That's all. The rest is original. I even tried re-installing all the kexts that are loaded on my system from my retail 10.5.6 DVD just to test - nothing changed. Now that all my patches and modifications are running from /extra, I could probably replace the whole extensions folder if I wanted to. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160313-retail-install-on-pentium-d-machine/#findComment-1125304 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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