[GUIDE] Snow Leopard Server On Acer Aspire 5570z

[Alter]

Dear all,

 

After two days striving to install Snow Leopard Server, now I manage to run on my Acer Aspire 5570z and here is the guide.

 

Pre-Installation :

 

* Get copy of Snow Leopard Server DVD. I suggest to buy the original DVD because Apple had made a lot of effort to this wonderful OS.

 

* Working PC/Notebook with Snow Leopard/Leopard/Tiger installed and run on it.

 

* External HDD/USB Flash Drive with GUID partition table

 

* Chameleon2/BootThink bootloader

 

1st Installation :

 

1. External HDD/USB Flash Drive attached to PC/Notebook with Snow Leopard/Leopard/Tiger running on it, insert copy of Snow Leopard Server DVD. Soon after it is mounted, just press SHIFT+ALT+G. And put this, "/Mac OS X Server Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages" w/o quote. Go to OSInstall.mpkg and run it. Soon the Installer will ask you several step to finish. When it ask where to install the OS, just choose your External HDD/USB Flash Drive and wait some time to finish installing.

 

2. As it finish install the OS, run Chameleon2 Installer and choose your Ext HDD/USB Flash Drive as a destination. Put the contain of Extra folder I've included in /Extra of your system. Put VoodooHDA, VoodooPower, and VoodooBattery into /System/Library/Extensions. Edit /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleYukon2.kext/Contents/Info.plist. Find line <key>Yukon-88E8053</key> and change this line <string>0x436211ab</string> to <string>0x435211ab</string>. Reboot and choose to boot from Ext HDD/USB Flash Drive. As Chameleon GUI appear, type "-v" and enter. Snow Leopard Server should boot in verbose mode. And the next step won't be explain here because everyone already know what to do. For serial number, please don't ask me. You can find it elsewhere.

 

* You can repeat the step 1 to install Snow Leopard Server on your Acer Aspire 5570z's HDD or you can use SuperDuper to clone ext drive to your laptop hdd.

 

Supported Files :

 

* Extra folder. Link

 

* Chameleon2 bootloader. Link

 

* Kext Helper.app & RepairKexts Permission.app. Link

 

 

Update to 10.6.2 :

 

Just run MacOSXServerUpdCombo10.6.2.dmg and enjoy it.

 

 

Comments :

Feel free to give suggest and opinion.

 

Regards,