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Austin Gonyou
Austin Gonyou
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6+4? no! what? i don't know that!

on default the bootloader boots the kernel in 64bit mode. but a few kexts (like the one for network) are only in 32bit.

my workstation at home, aka mac brow :unsure:, is running in 64bit without problems

 

my elitebook is bootet with -32 parameter as you can see in my boot.plist...

 

kext is coming...

 

Here is my current state:

 

Bootloader, Boot.plist, tools, used-kexts, a lot of things to play with:

Elitebook-SnowKexty.zip

 

 

Thanks a Ton for that! Anyone using EFI Boot with this system?

--agony

 

For sleep: yes, it was the USB driver and SleepEnabler.kext.

 

 

You Get Dual Screens going yet? What times are you up, btw?

--agony

mianos
mianos
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hehe, middle east time? GMT+1 :P Germany.

07:00 - 23:00/24:00

 

no, i didn't put much energy in the dual-screen thing, yet.

cheers

 

 

Thanks a Ton for that! Anyone using EFI Boot with this system?

--agony

 

 

 

 

You Get Dual Screens going yet? What times are you up, btw?

--agony

 

it makes no difference if you turn on/off efi-boot in the bios-settings..

 

GOT SOUND ;)

 

64bit driver AND 64bit prefpane!

 

and a script for the voodoohdahelper that restores your settings on login (readme included)

VoodooHDA_Pref_64b.zip

get__rid__the_console_voodoohdahelper.zip

robertoSTUDIOS
robertoSTUDIOS
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For sleep: yes, it was the USB driver and SleepEnabler.kext.

 

Hi All!

 

I install kexts, all working fine, but where is the USB driver? I install from usb_fix from SnowyKexts, but i got error some reboot, "Unable to initialize UIM" and Sleep dont work :(

Please help me!

 

Thanks!

robertoSTUDIOS
robertoSTUDIOS
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Could you post a zip file with the kexts you use? Or a tarball? It would be much appreciated! I plan on installing retail tomorrow or Saturday.

--agony

 

 

Hi!

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/271307607/SnowLeoPackages.zip

 

Bye!

robertoSTUDIOS
robertoSTUDIOS
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I will most likely install in a few weeks.

 

Great job with the Zip :)

 

 

FYI: SnowKitty, not SnowLeo. Apple got it wrong themselves. ;-)

 

 

Cheers

 

Stevns

 

Please send your USB-fix and SleepEnabler.....

My USB some time work, some time not :(

I use SnowKitty.zip install usb-fix, but didn't work.....

HELP ME!!!

Austin Gonyou
Austin Gonyou
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snow leopard is running fine!

at the moment i am trying to get sound with voodooHDA running.

 

video is fully working, no brightness-controlls (only ambient-sensor)

 

 

What Video Kext you using? I just installed iAtkos v7 with 10.5.7 and now my video doesn't support CI/QE.

Help!?

Austin Gonyou
Austin Gonyou
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That link just downloads a HTML file and doesn't actually download the zip. Any ideas?

--agony

 

That link just downloads a HTML file and doesn't actually download the zip. Any ideas?

--agony

 

 

NM. I got it downloaded. I had to use firefox for some reason. Thx!!

 

--agony

nightalon
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Intro:

 

I just got my EliteBook 8530w about a week ago, and I absolutely adore it. As for workstation-class machines with powerful graphics and OS X compatibility, it was wither this or the Precision E6400. (I didn't want to go above 15.4")

 

I chose the HP for its durability and its trackpad. While the dim, fluorescent (not LED) screen is a bit of a disappointment, this thing flies under Windows 7 and Ubuntu, especially since I swapped out the T9400 CPU that it came with for a P9700, which is faster and more power-efficient. (that CPU is only offered by Sony as far as I can tell...strange...)

 

I also got a 46% discount through my university. (fully loaded at 1550) Well, enough gloating. The print is a bit small for my eyesight at 1920x1200!

 

 

Leopard Details:

 

I had to install Leopard in order to install Snow Leopard. Here are some things I learned: of course as you all noted the wired ethernet kext works wonderfully. VoodooHDA does the trick with the latest BIOS, as long as you remember to tap the mute touch-button after booting. I stuck with ApplePS2Controller and ACPIPS2Nub and was not disappointed. The auto-dim backlight feature generally dims the backlight a bit too much for my liking, but it at least allows for multiple levels of brightness in MacOS.

 

Being something of an OSX86 veteran, I made myself a BOOT-132 CD that successfully loads the 10.5.6 DVD with full GPU acceleration, audio, trackpad, etc. I used to be afraid of Chameleon, but I've discovered that 10.1 works quite well for both Leopard and Snow Leopard. Perhaps I will post this .iso someday soon.

 

I just learned that kexts can be loaded from /Extra/Extensions, which is awesome, since I use three partitions for OSes, and a fourth for common storage. I don't have the space for a swap partition and/or an EFI partition if I still want to be able to boot all 3 from the Windows bootloader, and also have storage access.

 

 

Snow Leopard Details:

 

I followed numerous guides for Asus, Gigabyte, and Abit motherboards before I got it right. In order to boot and install, all you really need is Netkas' latest fakesmc.kext. Oh, and a good boot.plist. But seriously, that's it. I'll have a go at making a BOOT-132 CD for SnoLeo, but I imagine the bootloader built in to Slimbuild isn't 10.6 compatible.

 

SnoLeo is now tremendously stable in either 64-bit or 32-bit, although I obviously don't have internet in 64-bit, which is immensely frustrating. The VoodooHDA and VoodooPS2 kexts are now dual 32/64, which is great. Could someone help me re-compile the Intel LAN kext for 64-bit?

 

Note that in order to get said stability, I did have to install SnoLeo from a Leopard partition, and then SnoLeo again from that first SnoLeo partition to minimize kernel panics and UUID errors.

 

 

The WIFI Debacle:

 

I bought this laptop in part because it could be configured with a Broadcom 94322 WIFI chipset, which I knew was OS X compatible. However, since I bought my laptop through a university program, it was not configurable, and HP had phased out the Broadcom cards anyway. However, looking at parts listings on the HP website makes me think this model never came with the Broadcom chip. I did order such a chip from Hong Kong (HP-branded) and will let you all know how that works out.

 

I had a couple BCM4321 cards lying around, (one I forgot I had and the other I use in a triple-booted netbook) so I flashed them to known HP subvendors and subproducts. To no avail. Ugh. What a waste of time.

 

I also tried to figure out from the hex dump of the BIOS which Broadcom cards were whitelisted. No success on that front either. I think we all need some help from someone with some serious BIOS-hacking skills. I'm not a fan of HP on this one point. Had I known about this in advance, I probably would have gotten the Dell, although I'm glad I didn't. The hard drive is too vulnerable, it overheats, (not good since the 9600GT may still be prone to the NVidia "bump" issue that kills motherboards!) and the ALPS touchpad sucks, even if ALPS now technically has two-finger support under OS X. This is not the case for Windows or Linux, which I also use.

 

 

Now to upgrade my resurrected predecessor of a laptop, my netbook, and my desktop.

 

 

PS: A dock, a 3G module, and a 12-cell battery are also on their way, given all the money I saved! Will also update on how these items affect the Hackintosh experience. After all, they're the very reasons I didn't go with a MacBook Pro!

 

PPS: If anyone knows of a good 32/64 bit combo battery meter for SnoLeo, please let everyone know!

Austin Gonyou
Austin Gonyou
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Intro:

 

I just got my EliteBook 8530w about a week ago, and I absolutely adore it. As for workstation-class machines with powerful graphics and OS X compatibility, it was wither this or the Precision E6400. (I didn't want to go above 15.4")

 

I chose the HP for its durability and its trackpad. While the dim, fluorescent (not LED) screen is a bit of a disappointment, this thing flies under Windows 7 and Ubuntu, especially since I swapped out the T9400 CPU that it came with for a P9700, which is faster and more power-efficient. (that CPU is only offered by Sony as far as I can tell...strange...)

 

I also got a 46% discount through my university. (fully loaded at 1550) Well, enough gloating. The print is a bit small for my eyesight at 1920x1200!

 

[...]

 

Snow Leopard Details:

 

I followed numerous guides for Asus, Gigabyte, and Abit motherboards before I got it right. In order to boot and install, all you really need is Netkas' latest fakesmc.kext. Oh, and a good boot.plist. But seriously, that's it. I'll have a go at making a BOOT-132 CD for SnoLeo, but I imagine the bootloader built in to Slimbuild isn't 10.6 compatible.

 

SnoLeo is now tremendously stable in either 64-bit or 32-bit, although I obviously don't have internet in 64-bit, which is immensely frustrating. The VoodooHDA and VoodooPS2 kexts are now dual 32/64, which is great. Could someone help me re-compile the Intel LAN kext for 64-bit?

 

Note that in order to get said stability, I did have to install SnoLeo from a Leopard partition, and then SnoLeo again from that first SnoLeo partition to minimize kernel panics and UUID errors.

 

 

 

OMG, I'm so jealous. I've been spending the last 10 hours or so trying to get Snow on my 8530. I've got a perfectly running 10.5.8 installation, and I used the OSinstall.mpkg trick to try and get a bootable version of Snow on another partition with Chameleon 10 rc2 and I can boot, but it panicks. If you could help with a guide or something about how you built your 123booter or whatever you did to get a bootable install, I'd be so grateful. for the fakesmc.kext, where should I put it? What's the best version, etc? I feel like I'm so freakin' close, and yet so far!

 

Please help, if you can.

 

--agony

DesertShooter
DesertShooter
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I'm having a lot of the known issues and i was wondering whether there was a sulotion to them already.

 

- Brightness after sleep

- NIC Doesn't work after sleep

- Tapping doesn't work with VoodooPS2Controller

 

Posted by mianos

i recognized that the internel-N.I.C. isn't working after sleep/resume

 

Did you solve that issue?

nightalon
nightalon
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Well, don't worry, I screwed up my install with that stupid recovery partition Win7 adds. From the dialog box, I thought it was mandatory, so I clicked OK and then lost what was previously my fourth storage partition. I deleted the Win7 recovery partition and recreated it with Ubuntu, but then Windows wouldn't boot, even after a fixboot and a fixmbr. (I find that only deleting it from the Windows installer deletes it from both the MBR and GUID records, whereas doing so under Linux in fdisk just does MBR; doing it under Partition Editor changes the MBR record into an EFI "safe zone" that Windows cannnot read or boot from)

 

Now I'm having trouble booting with EFI 10.1!

 

More importantly, two questions:

 

*Has anyone figured out how to generate a working DSDT.aml?

 

*What do people know about disk speed? I noticed that some of the guides include an IOAHCI kext as well as a PIIXATA kext. Like I said, all you need is fakesmc.kext to boot, but I think one of those other two disk-related kexts speeds up disk access substantially.

nightalon
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I also want to note that the second-to-last release of Chameleon seems to work best; I can't switch from booting off BOOT-132 to EFI 10.1 (via installer) and don't have the time to investigate why. Happened on this laptop and on a desktop with an Asus mobo, both on SATA of course.

Austin Gonyou
Austin Gonyou
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Well, don't worry, I screwed up my install with that stupid recovery partition Win7 adds. From the dialog box, I thought it was mandatory, so I clicked OK and then lost what was previously my fourth storage partition. I deleted the Win7 recovery partition and recreated it with Ubuntu, but then Windows wouldn't boot, even after a fixboot and a fixmbr. (I find that only deleting it from the Windows installer deletes it from both the MBR and GUID records, whereas doing so under Linux in fdisk just does MBR; doing it under Partition Editor changes the MBR record into an EFI "safe zone" that Windows cannnot read or boot from)

 

Now I'm having trouble booting with EFI 10.1

[\quote]

 

 

So were you successful at getting the DVD to boot? I'm so desparate to try out SL. If there are a few guides I should read please let me know. It's very exciting!

--agony

Austin Gonyou
Austin Gonyou
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I have succeeded installing OSX 10.6 in 64-bit and I have good resolution, mouse/usb, network, and firewire.

I don't have sound working. I have tried the following:

LegacyHDA

VoodooHDA

AppleHDA

 

They all seem to load, but then nothing happens. I was using AppleHDA under 10.5.8, and now I'm stuck.

Another thing is that OpenGL doesn't seem to be working as I can't seem to use screensavers or view pictures in Preview.

 

If anyone has any ideas on these two driver bits, I'd be grateful.

 

--agony

StanleyD
StanleyD
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Hi Everyone,

 

Do you use DSDT.aml for Snow Leopard installation? Because as far I understand without it AppleRTC.kext and NullCPUPowerManagement.kext will cause panic?

 

Also, I have noticed that Mianos does not use PlatformUUID.kext and SMBIOS.plist in his installation. Are they unnecessary for initial installation?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

- StanleyD

Austin Gonyou
Austin Gonyou
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Hi Everyone,

 

Do you use DSDT.aml for Snow Leopard installation? Because as far I understand without it AppleRTC.kext and NullCPUPowerManagement.kext will cause panic?

 

Also, I have noticed that Mianos does not use PlatformUUID.kext and SMBIOS.plist in his installation. Are they unnecessary for initial installation?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

- StanleyD

 

 

I'm using no DSDT.aml. The dsdt compiler fails to write one every time, so I'm using Chameleon2 RC2 r640 highlighted from the "Snow Leopard Generic Install Guide" on the SL forum. I followed those directions to boot my installed version of 10.6 and lo and behold, it worked. The onlything I don't have is OGL/OCL and Sound. Once I get those, I'm complete! :(

 

I'm using them in /Extra/Extensions, but not anywhere else.

 

--agony

nightalon
nightalon
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Hi everyone,

 

 

For an update: I was able to set up my triple-boot system. I will provide a guide later.

 

Some tips:

 

*Boot in verbose mode. Snow Leopard is still too generally unstable not to. While initially I could jump into 64-bit mode without a problem, now the bootloader fails to find my kexts if I boot in 64-bit mode. 32-bit mode works fine.

 

*Use Kext Utility. It's not perfect: it messes up some of the permissions slightly, but it's still good enough to boot most times.

 

*Know how to boot into single user mode to delete your caches.

 

*Don't use more extensions than you need to. fakesmc is a must if you're not using dsmos. (outdated, but faster boot, I believe) Beyond that, I found a 32-/64-bit version of the NIC driver, as well as the VoodooPS2 drivers. The VoodooPS2 drivers occasionally don't allow simultaneous USB and touchpad: one or the other goes.

 

*If you use the EasyBCD Beta for Windows 7, use MBR mode since EFI mode just stalls.

 

*AHCI performance is slow. If you want speed, switch to IDE mode and use PIIXATA kext. I recommend waiting for a fix.

 

 

I will look into patching a DSDT manually and hacking the BIOS for WIFI this weekend. It looks like the latter actually shouldn't be too bad. My BCM94322 card came, but no dice; I have yet to try to change the Subvendor, etc.

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