10.6 AMD install problems

[deesto]

I have a SATA partition running 10.5.8 with an AMD CPU. I'm trying to install 10.6 to an IDE disk using a retail DVD install image, and I'm running into problems.

 

When I copy the retail image to a USB stick, patch it with myHack, and reboot to install, the installer sees only USB disks. I added the recommended kexts to Extra/Extensions on the USB stick, fixed permissions etc., and retried, but no joy. My BIOS does not present an ACPI option for SATA.

 

When I try to install from the USB image to the IDE disk while running in my 10.5.8 partition on SATA, the installer gets to a certain point and fails on "could not extract files from package BaseInstaller". I find the BaseInstaller package within the image and try to install it directly, and I get the same error. Does this indicate a bad install disc? Would be interesting since I used the same disc to install 10.6 on a MacBook with no trouble. But if so, would it be possible to get this file from elsewhere?

 

Finally, I've tried installing from an Intel/AMD modded image by Hazard, and this seems to almost work, but it hangs after completing and trying to exit the installer. Rebooting into this partition results in a CPU mismatch kernel panic. Running Marvin's AMD Utility from my 10.5.8 partition results in a hung system. also tried zeph's AMD Patcher, which runs fine but does so silently and does not give the option to run on another partition. So I've tried to run this after rebooting with an install disc and running 'open AMD\ Patcher.app" in a terminal on the IDE partition, but this fails too.

 

Any ideas on how to approach any of these roadblocks?

 

Thanks!

[deesto]

Here's what I've been able to do so far:

1. Wiped out and reformatted the SL partition (IDE disk)
   
2. From Leopard (SATA partition), ran the DVD installer (not an image, but the actual DVD, which was the only way I could get past the package error) and installed to the SL partition
   
3. ran myHack on the SL partition, including Chameleon and the chocolate kernel
   
4. Added a bunch of suggested kexts to /Extra/Ext (including a hacked AppleATA kext, without which my partition would not boot)
   
5. Created a custom smbios.plist and added it to /Extra, including my SL partition's UID
   
6. Created a custom dsdt.aml and added it to /Extra
   
7. Customized com.apple.Boot.plist in /Extra, including an EFI string for my graphics card (GeForce 7600 GT 256 MB)
   
8. Fixed permissions, etc.
   

 

Current results:

• SL partition boots (after about 10 minutes of mostly blue screen)
  
• Full graphics resolution, but not sure about QE/QI (not listed in hardware profile, where it usually at least says "not supported", here they aren't listed at all)
  
• No sound (Realtek on-board ALC888), despite AppleHDA and enabler kexts in /Extra
  
• Leopard partition would no longer boot, due to kernel panic. I solved this by renaming mach_kernel to chocolate_kernel, but that seems like a dangerous hack. I would like to know how to get this partition to use its own boot options instead of those in the SL partition.
  
• Firewire profile says "unable to list devices"
  
• System will not restart/shutdown: it goes through the process and displays "safe to shut down" but doesn't do it (this is also a problem in the Leopard partition)
  

Other than that, I think it looks okay, but I'd like to solve the above problems and be able to somehow test how solid the installation is before trusting it. Any ideas on these?

 

Thanks.

[amador]

Here's what I've been able to do so far:

1. Wiped out and reformatted the SL partition (IDE disk)
   
2. From Leopard (SATA partition), ran the DVD installer (not an image, but the actual DVD, which was the only way I could get past the package error) and installed to the SL partition
   
3. ran myHack on the SL partition, including Chameleon and the chocolate kernel
   
4. Added a bunch of suggested kexts to /Extra/Ext (including a hacked AppleATA kext, without which my partition would not boot)
   
5. Created a custom smbios.plist and added it to /Extra, including my SL partition's UID
   
6. Created a custom dsdt.aml and added it to /Extra
   
7. Customized com.apple.Boot.plist in /Extra, including an EFI string for my graphics card (GeForce 7600 GT 256 MB)
   
8. Fixed permissions, etc.
   

 

Current results:

• SL partition boots (after about 10 minutes of mostly blue screen)
  
• Full graphics resolution, but not sure about QE/QI (not listed in hardware profile, where it usually at least says "not supported", here they aren't listed at all)
  
• No sound (Realtek on-board ALC888), despite AppleHDA and enabler kexts in /Extra
  
• Leopard partition would no longer boot, due to kernel panic. I solved this by renaming mach_kernel to chocolate_kernel, but that seems like a dangerous hack. I would like to know how to get this partition to use its own boot options instead of those in the SL partition.
  
• Firewire profile says "unable to list devices"
  
• System will not restart/shutdown: it goes through the process and displays "safe to shut down" but doesn't do it (this is also a problem in the Leopard partition)
  

Other than that, I think it looks okay, but I'd like to solve the above problems and be able to somehow test how solid the installation is before trusting it. Any ideas on these?

 

Thanks.

 

i've tried installing 10.5.8 into an IDE..no luck at all for me before..but, when i purchase an adaptor from IDE >> SATA.

then it works.

i've read it here that it needs both SATA IDE and DVD to get it all running installing MAC OS.

 

here is the link for AMD installation:http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=201330&view=findpost&p=1353395

[deesto]

i've tried installing 10.5.8 into an IDE..no luck at all for me before..but, when i purchase an adaptor from IDE >> SATA.

then it works.

i've read it here that it needs both SATA IDE and DVD to get it all running installing MAC OS.

 

here is the link for AMD installation:http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=201330&view=findpost&p=1353395

Hi amador, and thanks for the tip. I already had installed on IDE, was just missing the things above but it was working. But I tried the method in that link anyway, and it wouldn't boot (stalled at ATA message and froze there). So I copied that installation bit-for-bit from IDE to a SATA drive, and the same thing happened there too (froze on boot at ATA message). I wonder if deleting the stock kexts from the default Extensions directory has something to do with this: I've never heard of having to delete kexts before, and it sounds like a bad idea. Guess I'll have to try something else anyway as I can't boot now.