Mr.Mac Help Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Ok, so I had to reinstall my Hackintosh because of a problem. Now, every time I try installing 10.6.7 on my Hazard, I install the legacy kernel 10.7. But, whenever I try booting up, I never get the spiny wheel and it just stays like that not loading anything.... PLZ help me. THX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 When asking for help please provide as much (relevant) information as possible. If people have to guess, they will not try to help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mac Help Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 I have and AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ ESC MCP61PM-HM Nettle 2 2048 MB Memory 360GB HD HP a6200n Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mac Help Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlf Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Anyone? Obviously, start in verbose mode (-v) and see what it says when it is hanging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mac Help Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 Obviously, start in verbose mode (-v) and see what it says when it is hanging. Loads a bunch of stuff at lightning speed and then comes to a black screen. PLZ Help me anyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mac Help Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 C'mon guys please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlf Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 C'mon guys please You said you had 10.6.7 working before with the 10.6.6 kernel. Wasn't that good enough? Anyway, you can install multiple kernels. Then to boot with a different kernel, you type its name at boot. Suppose you get things working again with the 10.6.6 kernel. That kernel is named mach_kernel. Add the 10.6.7 kernel and name it "new_kernel". Try to boot and specify "new_kernel" as a boot flag. That will attempt to boot with the 10.6.7 kernel. If it fails, you can still boot using the 10.6.6 kernel by doing nothing special at boot ("mach_kernel" is the default). Once you get it to boot with the 10.6.7 kernel, then you can go rename "new_kernel" to be "mach_kernel". Get it? You can continue to boot and use the computer while you work on upgrading the kernel. Oh, and be careful which "legacy 10.7" kernel you use. One is for Lion 10.7 and the other is for Darwin 10.7.0 (for OSX 10.6.7). You want the one mentioned here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=253537 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mac Help Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 I fixed it! heres how: I installed the 10.6.7 Update. Then, I installed the 10.6.7 Kernel. I thought the problem might be because of the mach_kernel so I copied the 10.6.2 mach_kernel from before I updated. Heres how I did that: The mach_kernel was invisible which meant I could replace it with the mach_kernel I copied to my desktop before updating. I then downloaded Houdini which lets you see or move invisible files. I used Houdini, I selected Move, then I dragged the mach_kernel from the into my User folder. Then, I got my 10.6.2 mach_kernel and I dragged it into my Mac drive again. I rebooted and Taa daa! The spiny wheel works, sound is fine, no lag, it all works! Thanks for all the info guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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