Universal Distro v3.5 - Upgading to 10.6.2

[mrmomoman]

I am a total noob with the OSX installation process. I downloaded Universal SnowOSX v3.5 as I have tried to use Empire 1.0.8/1.0.8.5 with my upgrade SL DVD and it would lock up at the F5 when searching for the DVD. It would sometimes work but mostly fail. The DVD is brand new no scratches etc. So D/L the universal snowOSX 3.5 with 10.6.0. I got it to boot up and i have it mostly working.

 

I have it setup on a seperate drive on my laptop. I have a Dell M6400 Covet with two 750GB drives. I have Windows 7 running on one drive and OSX on the other. If I press f12 at bootup i get the option to select which drive I want to run. I have partitioned the OSX drive with two partitions MAC and MAC2. One is to load and try to keep stable and the other I made a copy with SuperDuper to upgrade and understand kext, kernels, etc.

 

On the MAC2 drive I tried to update through Apple Update and it kernal panicked the system immediately and said nano....error as well as it couldn't determine the OS. I removed the SleepEnabler as mentioned in one of the articles that I read. I also did the NullSystem thing as well.That didn't help. I just continue to make copies of the MAC one partition while I am experimenting around with the MAC2 drive. I tried to replace the kernal and that stoped the initial KP but it just stays at the grey screen. I tried safe mode, single mode, etc.

 

I made a USB boot drive with the SL OS on it and the RC3 boot but it won't boot. What I do like about it is that if I choose this to bootup first it provides me with a nice selection screen to boot what whatever drive I want. Instead of the F12 from Dell to choose which drive to boot up. I am afraid to try to update the booter loader on one of the drives to get the GUI selection that pop ups with the USB stick inserted.

 

I will try to get a copy of the errors are they logged somewhere? I have also updated from the MAC boot to the MAC2 drive that Kp'd Chameleon RC3, RC4, etc. Still can't get it to boot up again once I have updated to 10.6.2

I know I am missing some info but just wondering if there is any insight to my issue?

 

The first MAC boot is great. Works very fast but I can't get QE to work. Tried all kinds of injectors, Corevidia, NVInject and boot.plist with GraphicsEnabler strings. Not sure if I need it as it does recognize my 1GIG card and works fairly fast. Sound works fine as well and it recognizes my QuardCore Extreme Processor as well. The USB mouse works on every other boot though

 

Sorry for being vague and if I should post this on the M6400 thread please move it.

 

Thanks for any help.

 

Dell Covet M6400

16GIG Memory

(2) 750 (non-raid) 7200 Hitachi drives.

1GIG FX3700M Nvidia Quadro

17" LCD LED Edge to Edge

Intel Quad Core Extreme 2.53GHz