Leopard 10.5.6 on Bad Axe 2: What's the best way NOW?

[Maconvert]

Hi Everyone,

 

OK. I've put it off long enough.

I have a fresh 500GB SATA drive that's just dying to have Leopard OSX 10.5.6. on it, and it's time to do it.

 

However, since I've been following the progress of OSX86 installations on the Bad Axe 2, it seems to have evolved a lot.

After searching through the forum, I'm having a hard time deciding which method to use.

 

Here are my system's specs...

 

Mother Board:

 

Intel D975XBX2 ATX LGA775 Conroe 975X DDR2 PCI-E16 SATA RAID Sound GBLAN 1394 Motherboard

 

 

CPU:

 

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad Core Processor Kentsfield LGA775 2.66GHZ 1066FSB 8MB

 

 

Video Card:

 

EVGA E-GEFORCE 8800 GTX 575MHZ 768MB 1.8GHZ GDDR3 Dual DVI-I HDTV Out HDCP DIRECTX10 Video Card

 

 

RAM (4GB):

 

Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400 2GB 2X1GB PC6400 DDR2-800 CL 5-5-5-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory

 

 

Hard Drive:

 

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB SATA2 3GB/S 7200RPM 16MB Cache NCQ Hard Drive

 

 

DVD Writer:

 

Pioneer DVR-115DBK DVD+RW 20X8X16 DVD-RW 20X6X16 DL 12X Black OEM IDE DVD Burner

 

 

Floppy Drive* + Flash Reader:

 

Mitsumi FA404M-BK 7-IN-1 Floppy Drive & Flash Reader CF/SM/SD/MMC/MS Black

 

 

So, my question is this…

 

Based on my specs (see above), which is the most efficient and reliable way to take my Intel PC from NO operating system (blank hard drive) to Leopard 10.5.6.?

 

(* NOTE: I'm willing to disable the floppy drive in BIOS if I have to).

 

 

I look forward to your replies.

 

Cheers!

[dougaa]

Hi Everyone,

 

OK. I've put it off long enough.

I have a fresh 500GB SATA drive that's just dying to have Leopard OSX 10.5.6. on it, and it's time to do it.

 

However, since I've been following the progress of OSX86 installations on the Bad Axe 2, it seems to have evolved a lot.

After searching through the forum, I'm having a hard time deciding which method to use.

 

Here are my system's specs...

 

Mother Board:

 

Intel D975XBX2 ATX LGA775 Conroe 975X DDR2 PCI-E16 SATA RAID Sound GBLAN 1394 Motherboard

CPU:

 

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad Core Processor Kentsfield LGA775 2.66GHZ 1066FSB 8MB

Video Card:

 

EVGA E-GEFORCE 8800 GTX 575MHZ 768MB 1.8GHZ GDDR3 Dual DVI-I HDTV Out HDCP DIRECTX10 Video Card

RAM (4GB):

 

Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400 2GB 2X1GB PC6400 DDR2-800 CL 5-5-5-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory

Hard Drive:

 

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB SATA2 3GB/S 7200RPM 16MB Cache NCQ Hard Drive

DVD Writer:

 

Pioneer DVR-115DBK DVD+RW 20X8X16 DVD-RW 20X6X16 DL 12X Black OEM IDE DVD Burner

Floppy Drive* + Flash Reader:

 

Mitsumi FA404M-BK 7-IN-1 Floppy Drive & Flash Reader CF/SM/SD/MMC/MS Black

So, my question is this…

 

Based on my specs (see above), which is the most efficient and reliable way to take my Intel PC from NO operating system (blank hard drive) to Leopard 10.5.6.?

 

(* NOTE: I'm willing to disable the floppy drive in BIOS if I have to).

I look forward to your replies.

 

Cheers!

 

Hi. I'm actually about to install 10.5.6 on that same motherboard and very similar hardware to yours. I started doing this kind of hacking way back when Apple had the first Intel machine for the Developer Transition Kit, and I've done new installs from time to time since then. Recently there has been a lot of progress, and people in this community have done some great work. While the old methods still work, and you'll find many references to them, there are new methods which are easier to use, cleaner, and more reliable than in the past. I've been trying to get caught up myself, and I think I have a pretty good understanding, but I hope people will correct me if I write anything which is incorrect.

 

The D975XBX2 (Bad Axe 2) is among the most compatible motherboards, and with a Core 2 processor you need only minimal changes to get 10.5.6 to run. While the new voodoo kernel is great, you won't need it and can run the unmodified kernel from 10.5.6. Also, you can install from a retail disc, and I'd strongly recommend you do that instead of using one of the distributions. The distributions can save time, but in your case it shouldn't be difficult to install "pure" OS X and have a machine which is nearly identical to a real Mac.

 

There is a new Chameleon boot loader, and a website for it which you can find in Google. You'll want to get the latest version, currently 2.0 r431, and check for newer versions. It has the ability to load kernel extensions from a boot partition so that those extensions will be used in place of extensions on the disc you are booting. It also can use a replacement com.apple.Boot.plist instead of the one on the boot disc. This means you can boot a disc which has a standard installation of 10.5.6, which makes updating much more reliable.

 

When you have 10.5.6 installed, here's how it will be setup. Chameleon, and the replacement extensions and plist are installed in the EFI partition of the disk. Chameleon will run when you boot the machine, and display a menu of all the partitions on your drive that appear bootable. If you select an OS X one, it will boot it using the replacement files from the EFI partition. (Chameleon can also boot Windows and linux, and it's not particularly difficult to also have Windows and linux partitions if you wanted to do that. Chameleon can also be run from the grub boot loader in linux.) Most of the directions for setting this up refer to boot-132, because this ability in Chameleon is new. For Chameleon, the "boot" file goes in the root of the boot partition, the kernel extensions go in /Extra/Extensions, and Extensions.mkext and com.apple.Boot.plist go in /Extra.

 

The aspect of this I'm least certain about is the initial installation on a machine without OS X. There are some directions that describe making a boot CD, and then at some point in the boot process swapping that for the Leopard retail disc. However, as far as I can tell, the easiest way to do this is with a USB drive. You need a USB drive that's at least 8GB. You set up the drive so you can use it to boot Chameleon. When you partition it, create a small first partition for Chameleon, and use the rest of the USB drive for a large second partition which can hold the contents of the retail DVD. Using a Mac, you can use the Restore function in Disk Utility to "restore" the contents of the retail DVD to the second partition of the USB drive. When you boot from the USB drive, the second partition will appear in the boot menu and you can boot from it. I haven't tried this yet, but I'm pretty sure it will work on machines which don't require a modified kernel. Another possibility is to patch the retail DVD image on the USB drive, but one of the nice aspects of this method is that you can avoid patching like that. I don't know how you would set up the USB drive if you don't already have access to some machine (real Mac or hackintosh) running OS X. You'll need to partition the hard drive and install Chameleon on it as well. Again, that requires using some other OS X machine. (While you could partition the drive using Disk Utility included in the retail DVD, I don't think "terminal" run from the retail DVD includes all the commands needed to install Chameleon.)

 

I know this is just an overview of what to do, but hopefully it will get you pointed in the right direction and researching the best approach. As I go through the installation myself I will have more specific information about how to do it.

[Maconvert]

Hi. I'm actually about to install 10.5.6 on that same motherboard and very similar hardware to yours. I started doing this kind of hacking way back when Apple had the first Intel machine for the Developer Transition Kit, and I've done new installs from time to time since then. Recently there has been a lot of progress, and people in this community have done some great work. While the old methods still work, and you'll find many references to them, there are new methods which are easier to use, cleaner, and more reliable than in the past. I've been trying to get caught up myself, and I think I have a pretty good understanding, but I hope people will correct me if I write anything which is incorrect.

 

The D975XBX2 (Bad Axe 2) is among the most compatible motherboards, and with a Core 2 processor you need only minimal changes to get 10.5.6 to run. While the new voodoo kernel is great, you won't need it and can run the unmodified kernel from 10.5.6. Also, you can install from a retail disc, and I'd strongly recommend you do that instead of using one of the distributions. The distributions can save time, but in your case it shouldn't be difficult to install "pure" OS X and have a machine which is nearly identical to a real Mac.

 

There is a new Chameleon boot loader, and a website for it which you can find in Google. You'll want to get the latest version, currently 2.0 r431, and check for newer versions. It has the ability to load kernel extensions from a boot partition so that those extensions will be used in place of extensions on the disc you are booting. It also can use a replacement com.apple.Boot.plist instead of the one on the boot disc. This means you can boot a disc which has a standard installation of 10.5.6, which makes updating much more reliable.

 

When you have 10.5.6 installed, here's how it will be setup. Chameleon, and the replacement extensions and plist are installed in the EFI partition of the disk. Chameleon will run when you boot the machine, and display a menu of all the partitions on your drive that appear bootable. If you select an OS X one, it will boot it using the replacement files from the EFI partition. (Chameleon can also boot Windows and linux, and it's not particularly difficult to also have Windows and linux partitions if you wanted to do that. Chameleon can also be run from the grub boot loader in linux.) Most of the directions for setting this up refer to boot-132, because this ability in Chameleon is new. For Chameleon, the "boot" file goes in the root of the boot partition, the kernel extensions go in /Extra/Extensions, and Extensions.mkext and com.apple.Boot.plist go in /Extra.

 

The aspect of this I'm least certain about is the initial installation on a machine without OS X. There are some directions that describe making a boot CD, and then at some point in the boot process swapping that for the Leopard retail disc. However, as far as I can tell, the easiest way to do this is with a USB drive. You need a USB drive that's at least 8GB. You set up the drive so you can use it to boot Chameleon. When you partition it, create a small first partition for Chameleon, and use the rest of the USB drive for a large second partition which can hold the contents of the retail DVD. Using a Mac, you can use the Restore function in Disk Utility to "restore" the contents of the retail DVD to the second partition of the USB drive. When you boot from the USB drive, the second partition will appear in the boot menu and you can boot from it. I haven't tried this yet, but I'm pretty sure it will work on machines which don't require a modified kernel. Another possibility is to patch the retail DVD image on the USB drive, but one of the nice aspects of this method is that you can avoid patching like that. I don't know how you would set up the USB drive if you don't already have access to some machine (real Mac or hackintosh) running OS X. You'll need to partition the hard drive and install Chameleon on it as well. Again, that requires using some other OS X machine. (While you could partition the drive using Disk Utility included in the retail DVD, I don't think "terminal" run from the retail DVD includes all the commands needed to install Chameleon.)

 

I know this is just an overview of what to do, but hopefully it will get you pointed in the right direction and researching the best approach. As I go through the installation myself I will have more specific information about how to do it.

 

Hi Dougaa,

 

Wow!

That’s a lot of information, a little overwhelming really.

I’m not afraid of getting my hands dirty, but I guess I was more looking like a nice neat step-by-step procedure (like the previous ones that I’ve seen) that would take me from a blank hard drive to Leopard 10.5.6.

 

As far as computers in general are concerned, I’m not a complete noob.

I’ve built Windows and Linux machines from scratch (hardware and multi-booting OSes).

I also own an Intel Mac running Leopard 10.5.6. So I have experience using the operating system itself (I can configure things on it and I know how to find the terminal).

 

However, my experience installing Leopard (or any other Mac operating system) on a PC is ZERO (except for what I’ve read in these forums). I have no hands-on experience with it.

So, bear with me if I ask a lot of dumb questions, and I’ll try to keep the hand-holding requests to a minimum.

 

As for what you wrote in your post…

 

I like the idea of installing from an actual Leopard 10.5.6 DVD, which I have.

 

As I mentioned above, I also have a Mac running Leopard, so that will come in handy.

 

I don’t have an 8GB flash thumb drive though, but I do have a 60GB laptop hard drive in a USB enclosure.

Will that work? If not, I was planning to buy a 16GB thumb drive anyway.

By the way, how should I format the USB drive? FAT32?

Also, I’m assuming I have to setup my BIOS to boot from a removable drive first – correct?

 

Anyway, hopefully someone will write up a fresh updated “recipe” for doing this.

In any case, I will research the pieces you’ve given me and try to make sense of it.

Who knows? Maybe I will be able to create a step-by-step guide.

God knows I’ve written enough of them for by job.

 

Thanks!

[Maconvert]

Hi,

 

OK, I’ve downloaded and unzipped two different Chameleon folders: Chameleon-2.0-r431.pkg & Chameleon-2.0RC1-r431-bin.

 

I’m not sure how to open the Chameleon-2.0-r431.pkg in Windows, but the Chameleon-2.0RC1-r431-bin contains the following folders and files:

 

doc, i386, Optional Extras (Folders)

revision, version (Files with no extensions)

 

I’m assuming that I need to use the contents of the Chameleon-2.0RC1-r431-bin folder.

 

If so, what do I do with them now?

 

Please let me know.

 

Cheers!

[dougaa]

Hi Dougaa,

 

Wow!

That’s a lot of information, a little overwhelming really.

I’m not afraid of getting my hands dirty, but I guess I was more looking like a nice neat step-by-step procedure (like the previous ones that I’ve seen) that would take me from a blank hard drive to Leopard 10.5.6.

 

I benefit from the step-by-step procedures I find, and I know what you mean. However, I think there's also no substitute for understanding how it all works. I hope I will be able to write a step-by-step procedure soon, but in the meantime I wanted to write what I know right now. Unfortunately, I only have a limited amount of time to work on this, mainly on weekends.

 

 

As for what you wrote in your post…

 

I like the idea of installing from an actual Leopard 10.5.6 DVD, which I have.

 

As I mentioned above, I also have a Mac running Leopard, so that will come in handy.

 

I don’t have an 8GB flash thumb drive though, but I do have a 60GB laptop hard drive in a USB enclosure.

Will that work? If not, I was planning to buy a 16GB thumb drive anyway.

By the way, how should I format the USB drive? FAT32?

Also, I’m assuming I have to setup my BIOS to boot from a removable drive first – correct?

 

Any second drive will work, but it has to be a drive with nothing on it you need to keep, so you are free to re-partition it. It doesn't even have to be external, but that makes it much easier to set up on another machine. The thumb drives are so inexpensive now I think of them as throw-away drives, great for this kind of thing. You should format the drive using Disk Utility in OS X, selecting a GUID partition table under Options, and HFS+ file system. I don't think it matters for this if HFS is journaled or not. You will have to enable booting from USB drives in the BIOS, and I'm not certain, but you may have to also enable legacy USB support for USB drives to be available at boot time. You probably have legacy support enabled anyway, since it's needed to use a USB keyboard to configure the BIOS.

[dougaa]

Hi,

 

OK, I’ve downloaded and unzipped two different Chameleon folders: Chameleon-2.0-r431.pkg & Chameleon-2.0RC1-r431-bin.

 

I’m not sure how to open the Chameleon-2.0-r431.pkg in Windows, but the Chameleon-2.0RC1-r431-bin contains the following folders and files:

 

doc, i386, Optional Extras (Folders)

revision, version (Files with no extensions)

 

I’m assuming that I need to use the contents of the Chameleon-2.0RC1-r431-bin folder.

 

If so, what do I do with them now?

 

Please let me know.

 

Cheers!

 

The .pkg file is an OS X Installer package. You can use that under OS X to install Chameleon on a drive. I'm not sure about the details of exactly what it does or what it assumes about the drive. Check insanelymac.com for "How to Install Chameleon 2.0 RC1", for steps for installing Chameleon on a USB stick or your final hard drive. Those steps are done using Terminal in OS X (so you'll need to get Chameleon on your Mac.) You'll be using the files from the bin/i386 folder. When it talks about extensions, you'll at least need a copy of dsmos.kext. Also, you'll need to use the kextcache command in OS X to create /Extra/Extensions.mkext, which will be a cache of the extensions in /Extra/Extensions.

[Maconvert]

The .pkg file is an OS X Installer package. You can use that under OS X to install Chameleon on a drive. I'm not sure about the details of exactly what it does or what it assumes about the drive. Check insanelymac.com for "How to Install Chameleon 2.0 RC1", for steps for installing Chameleon on a USB stick or your final hard drive. Those steps are done using Terminal in OS X (so you'll need to get Chameleon on your Mac.) You'll be using the files from the bin/i386 folder. When it talks about extensions, you'll at least need a copy of dsmos.kext. Also, you'll need to use the kextcache command in OS X to create /Extra/Extensions.mkext, which will be a cache of the extensions in /Extra/Extensions.

 

This is going to be a steep climb for me.

Maybe when I'm sitting there with my machine it will be easier.

Are there any step-by-step guides that you would recommend in order to get me started?

[dougaa]

This is going to be a steep climb for me.

Maybe when I'm sitting there with my machine it will be easier.

Are there any step-by-step guides that you would recommend in order to get me started?

 

So far I haven't found any guides like that for starting from scratch and using the EFI partition and Chameleon. There are guides for using boot-132, which was how people did it before Chameleon, but even those assume you already had it working the old way, rather than starting from scratch.

 

Unfortunately, it's pretty much considered par-for-the-course for this kind of hacking to expect to spend a lot of time searching these forums and piecing together the information you need. There are some great guides, but they often need to be adapted in some way to your circumstances, and it's hard to know how to do that or even to determine if you need to do that when you're just starting.

 

The big hurdle in this is just getting an install of OS X to run at all on your machine. There may be problems with graphics or sound or networking, although less so with the D975XBX2, but those are relatively easy to deal with once you have OS X running. For the D975XBX2 with a Core 2 processor it isn't that difficult, and I know generally what to do, but the soonest I may have time to start a guide is this weekend. If you have more specific questions I'll try to answer them.

[ducman]

Hi Everyone,

 

OK. I've put it off long enough.

I have a fresh 500GB SATA drive that's just dying to have Leopard OSX 10.5.6. on it, and it's time to do it.

 

However, since I've been following the progress of OSX86 installations on the Bad Axe 2, it seems to have evolved a lot.

After searching through the forum, I'm having a hard time deciding which method to use.

 

Here are my system's specs...

 

Mother Board:

 

Intel D975XBX2 ATX LGA775 Conroe 975X DDR2 PCI-E16 SATA RAID Sound GBLAN 1394 Motherboard

CPU:

 

 

Based on my specs (see above), which is the most efficient and reliable way to take my Intel PC from NO operating system (blank hard drive) to Leopard 10.5.6.?

 

I've been through several hackintosh installs, and my Bad Axe II is by far the easiest. I'm loving my D975XBX2+Q6700+GeForce 7300GT system! My recommendation would be to take things a step at a time. Use the generic boot-123 disk and your retail 10.5.6 to get up and running. One of the available custom Leopard install DVDs will work, but it's cool to have a "vanilla" install, and you will be able to do it. You'll be able to get your video card fully supported and get sound working, later. If you have trouble with that approach, for some reason, I think the next easiest approach is to start with the Kalyway 10.5.2 install disk and the Bad Axe 2 guide in these forums. Then upgrading to 10.5.6 is fairly easy--you just need to be careful.

 

full disclosure: My hackpro isn't perfect: sleep/wake works great, but after waking sound doesn't work. That's literally the only problem with my system.

[dougaa]

I've been through several hackintosh installs, and my Bad Axe II is by far the easiest. I'm loving my D975XBX2+Q6700+GeForce 7300GT system! My recommendation would be to take things a step at a time. Use the generic boot-123 disk and your retail 10.5.6 to get up and running. One of the available custom Leopard install DVDs will work, but it's cool to have a "vanilla" install, and you will be able to do it. You'll be able to get your video card fully supported and get sound working, later. If you have trouble with that approach, for some reason, I think the next easiest approach is to start with the Kalyway 10.5.2 install disk and the Bad Axe 2 guide in these forums. Then upgrading to 10.5.6 is fairly easy--you just need to be careful.

 

full disclosure: My hackpro isn't perfect: sleep/wake works great, but after waking sound doesn't work. That's literally the only problem with my system.

 

Great to hear your "hackpro" works so well. What kext additions or changes do you have so that it works that well? Have you solved the problem that when you enable ACPI in the BIOS the drive partitions appear as removable drives?

[Gujal]

Install retail using boot-132, Boot into new install (still needs BOOT-132 CD). Then format EFI partition to HFS+ and mount it, install Chameleon to EFI Partition, create Extra Directory in EFI partition and use the following kexts

 

appledecrypt.kext (replaces dsmos.kext)

InelCPUPMDisabler.kext

VoodooPS2Controller.kext (If you use PS2 keyboard or mouse)

VoodooHDA.kext (You have to copy IOAudioFamily.kext and OSvKernDSPLib.kext from /System/Library/Extensions to /EFI/Extra to satisfy dependencies)

your DSDT Patch file (if relevant)

the smbios.plist from Chameleon

AHCIPortInjector.kext from Chameleon

ATAPortInjector.kext from Chameleon

IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext from Chameleon (if you dont like orange HDD Icons)

 

copy com.apple.Boot.plist with your Graphics string to /EFI/Extra

unmount EFI Partiotin

flag your EFI partition as Active

Reboot without Boot-132 CD

 

You should have a nice retail install booting from your harddisk

[Maconvert]

Install retail using boot-132, Boot into new install (still needs BOOT-132 CD). Then format EFI partition to HFS+ and mount it, install Chameleon to EFI Partition, create Extra Directory in EFI partition and use the following kexts

 

appledecrypt.kext (replaces dsmos.kext)

InelCPUPMDisabler.kext

VoodooPS2Controller.kext (If you use PS2 keyboard or mouse)

VoodooHDA.kext (You have to copy IOAudioFamily.kext and OSvKernDSPLib.kext from /System/Library/Extensions to /EFI/Extra to satisfy dependencies)

your DSDT Patch file (if relevant)

the smbios.plist from Chameleon

AHCIPortInjector.kext from Chameleon

ATAPortInjector.kext from Chameleon

IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext from Chameleon (if you dont like orange HDD Icons)

 

copy com.apple.Boot.plist with your Graphics string to /EFI/Extra

unmount EFI Partiotin

flag your EFI partition as Active

Reboot without Boot-132 CD

 

You should have a nice retail install booting from your harddisk

 

 

OK. I will give it a try.

Keep in mind that I have ZERO experience with OSx86.

[dougaa]

I worked out the steps and wrote a tutorial that's at http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=165676. That should get you started. Let me know if you encounter problems.

[Maconvert]

I worked out the steps and wrote a tutorial that's at http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=165676. That should get you started. Let me know if you encounter problems.

 

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I can't wait to try this.

I will let you know how I make out (as soon as I have time to do it).

 

I have a question though.

Is there a way to get the KEXT and Kernels without doing an install with one of the other packages. In other words, once I find out which ones I need (I have no idea right now), can I download an ISO image of one of those modifed Leopard installs and strip the KEXTs out of that using an ISO image editor?

 

Cheers!

[Maconvert]

Hello Everyone,

 

Well, I finally did it (I've been posting here for almost 18 months) and everything works perfectly with my hardware (see first post in this thread).

 

Dougaa's tutorial was exactly what I needed (see link a few posts back).

 

If you have the same (or very similar) hardware as me, it WILL work.

 

As for my installation, I used a 2.5" 60GB USB drive in an enclosure instead of a thumb drive, because that's what I had on me. It worked just fine and, because it was so large, I didn't have to leave out anything from the original Leopard install image (see tutorial for details).

 

I did have to add a few things that weren't in the tutorial but were specific to my hardware, but not much.

 

The main thing that you need to do is FOLLOW EVERY STEP TO THE LETTER and it will work out just fine.

 

Anyway, I'm a REALLY happy camper right now, and I'm off to go play with my new Hack Pro!!!

 

Cheers!

[Maconvert]

Hello Everyone,

 

Well, I finally did it (I've been posting here for almost 18 months) and everything works perfectly with my hardware (see first post in this thread).

 

Dougaa's tutorial was exactly what I needed (see link a few posts back).

 

If you have the same (or very similar) hardware as me, it WILL work.

 

As for my installation, I used a 2.5" 60GB USB drive in an enclosure instead of a thumb drive, because that's what I had on me. It worked just fine and, because it was so large, I didn't have to leave out anything from the original Leopard install image (see tutorial for details).

 

I did have to add a few things that weren't in the tutorial but were specific to my hardware, but not much.

 

The main thing that you need to do is FOLLOW EVERY STEP TO THE LETTER and it will work out just fine.

 

Anyway, I'm a REALLY happy camper right now, and I'm off to go play with my new Hack Pro!!!

 

Cheers!

 

Hello Everyone,

 

It appears that I did manage to screw something up after all. I listed the wrong video card in my com.apple.Boot.plist file. I probably wouldn't care, because the video looks pretty good, but it is doing some strange things that are likely due to the error in that file. If I'm going to fix it, I better do it now before I spend any more time installing software on my Hackintosh.

 

So, does anybody know what I need to do here to fix this (preferably without re-installing everything)?

I've taken a look at OSx86 Tools and tried to change the , but the resulting file with the 8800GTX referenced was so different from the file that I originally used for my install that I'm a bit worried to try it.

 

Any guidance here would be greatly appreciated.

 

Cheers!