Acer Aspire One 10.5.8 HOWTO

[gnubeard]

The following procedure will get your Acer Aspire One 150 ZG5 fully working (full QE acceleration, full audio, etc). The only stuff that doesn't work is the stock wifi card and the right side SD slot.

 

What you need:

 

iATKOS v7 (10.5.7 install DVD) image.

The attached driver pack (patched VoodooHDA and VoodooPS2Controller kexts)

The SD card driver from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/osxsdhci/

The video drivers from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?vmwyyzdmh3y

A wired network connection, or a replacement wifi card (I use a bcm43xx card).

 

Install iATKOS. Use the dsmos decrypter. Install NO video drivers (you'll use 800x600 VESA mode

to start with). I use the vanilla kernel, with Voodoo drivers (for HDA, PS2 and Power). You'll need to boot the vanilla kernel with cpus=1, naturally. The AAO's wired NIC is a Realtek, just FYI.

 

After you're up, set up your network and go to Software Update and install the 10.5.8 update. I don't know if the ComboUpdate dmg will work or not. When you reboot after update, use the -v option.

You'll boot up to where the root BSD device is found, and then the system will reboot on its own again. Have no fear, let it boot again. It will work this time.

 

Now you are running 10.5.8. Install the kexts from the attached ZIP. These include a patched VoodooHDA (for external mic) and a patched VoodooPS2Controller (to fix the tilde/forward tick key). Install the video and SD card kexts now as well. Reboot.

 

Enjoy.