Updating drivers

[packagefixer]

It seems that installing from the 10.4.6 ISO people are complaining that their wireless doesn't work (like my sony viao) but installing from the 10.4.4 ISO provides a working wireless connection.

 

I tried to follow the instructions here but there is too much mis-information and not enough details in the provided instructions.

 

I've mulled over the how-to's to resolve this issue and all I can say is that the instruction provided and as pointed out to me, these instructions are being provided by people with limited knowledge, experience and skills.

 

The issues of permission alone should have warned me that it wouldn't work (because root wasn't enabled and instructions to enable it aren't provided) coupled with the lack of complete detailed instructions to achieve a working solution (all of which are way too complicated anyway) leads me to believe that any success achieved by anyone is purely coincidental.

 

Consider the following instructions (which I followed verbatim as provided by the person who gave them to me).

 

These instructions do not include the instructions to enable root as this was done for me.

 

**** START OF INSTRUCTIONS ****

NOTE: DO NOT BROWSE THE MOUNTED DISK IMAGE USING THE FINDER!!!

 

1)

  using the 10.4.6 ISO make a disk image of type CD/DVD Master of the device (not volume) and save it to a seperate volume or external USB device.

 

2)

in a terminal session (run the terminal app) as root user issue the following.

mkdir /packagefix/work && cd /packagefix/work

from the 10.4.4 ISO copy the Wireless.Support.pkg

hdiutil attach XXXXX -owners on -readwrite; # XXX is the full path to the image (you can drag the installer image to the terminal window)

pax -vzrf "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc x86/System/Installation/Packages/Wireless.Support.pkg/Contents/Archive.pax.gz" .

pax -vzrf ../Wireless.Support.pkg/Contents/Archive.pax.gz

pax -vzwf "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc x86/System/Installation/Packages/Wireless.Support.pkg/Contents/Archive.pax.gz" .

mkbom . "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc x86/System/Installation/Packages/Wireless.Support.pkg/Contents/Archive.bom"

hdiutil detach "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc x86"

 

3)

run diskutility

click the burn iicon

select the disk image

insert a blank DVD when prompted

 

4)

Your updated Installer DVD is now ready for use.

 

 

Since plenty of space is unused in the HFS partition, to add XCode to it is easy. (as root user do the following)

 

1)

hdiutil attach XXXXX -owners on -readwrite; # XXX is the full path to the image (you can drag the installer image to the terminal window)

mkdir -p "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc x86/Additional Installers"

hdiutil attach XXXXX -owners on -readwrite; # XXX is the full path to the image (you can drag the XCode image to the terminal window)

(cd "/Volumes/XCode Tools" && tar cf - . | (cd "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc x86/Additional Installers" && tar xf -))

hdiutil detach "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc x86"

 

2)

run diskutility

click the burn iicon

select the disk image

insert a blank DVD when prompted

 

3)

Your updated Installer DVD is now ready for use.

***** END OF INSTRUCTIONS *****

 

I was lucky enough to see another boot process (and the source code) from this person that didn't use the chain0 file and it appeared to boot OSX quicker and cleaner but I was not permitted to install this code or obtain copies of the source and didn't ask why or push my luck but it showed how truly talented this person is and I believe he would be an asset to the project if Maxxus, JaS and other major contributors were interested in collaborating to attain a better more sound solution.

 

Back to the chanin0 file, there are issues with the chain0 file and several versions exist, the one form the 10.4.4 ISO is different from the 10.4.6 ISO and if the source can be provided for both of these, this person is willing to correct/improved it's functionality, also, this person who helped me has stated he is more than willing to assist with this project but is not interested in dealing with the masses on an individual basis and is willing to contribute his knowledge and experience to providing a more stable solution.

[guiyoforward]

hi there. this person looks really bright, and we are looking for a coder to come up with drivers for intel 8xx integrated graphics, which were supported on 10.4.1 but not on later os updates. this is the forum:

http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?sh...19606&st=40

at the very least we would like widescreen support. any chance we can get in touch with your friend? we are making a collection and we have some money already!

thanks

best

 

g.