mrfof Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Hi all. I've managed to get a fully functional retail snow leopard installed on my pc but the only way I can boot into it is with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] Legacy! After several attempts and various methods the closest I have come to booting from the hard drive is a flash of the chameleon boot screen and then the system re-boots in a loop! The method I have used to get this far is [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] Legacy, retail Snow Leopard 10.6.3. Everything installs great and everything works fine apart from audio. I then extract dsdt using dsdt auto patcher and choose userdsdt and system utilities in [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] after the combo update. Everything works fine including audio after installing [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url], however I can not boot from hard drive, only [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] Leagcy! I then tried installing Chameleon bootloader RC3 PCEFI 10.5, which loaded up but then every time I choose my snow leopard drive, the screen flashes and the computer re-boots in a loop. After much reading, I gather that my problem is something to do with the cmos re-setting upon boot thus giving me a boot loop with whatever loader I use not including [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] Legacy. This is a bit beyond my expertise now and could really do with some help/guidance! Any help/comments welcome. Thanks. System info: Gigabyte G41M ES2L rev 1.1 mobo 2x2gb ddr2 667 memory Intel Pentium D 3.0ghz Processor nVIDIA 8400 GS 512MB DDR2 Graphics card Hitachi 1TB HD (partitioned as 500gb for Snow Leopard and 500gb free space) Phillips Dual Layer dvd drive Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259353-can-only-boot-with-iboot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifrit05 Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Did you install a hacked kernel? Pentium D's can't use the retail Vanilla kernel by default. (there are ways around this though). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259353-can-only-boot-with-iboot/#findComment-1697950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfof Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 Many thanks for the reply. The only thing I have installed are [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] with userdsdt and system utilities and the mac update. Other than that I haven't installed anything. I feel a bit stuck because once I get this far, everything I try afterwards ends up with the same boot loop or a kernel panic! Regards, MRFOF. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259353-can-only-boot-with-iboot/#findComment-1697961 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifrit05 Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Next time you can get into your system download a legacy_kernel .I use nawcoms on a Pentium 4 630. Pentium D's are the exact same thing, but 2 P4 cores. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259353-can-only-boot-with-iboot/#findComment-1698031 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfof Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 Next time you can get into your system download a legacy_kernel .I use nawcoms on a Pentium 4 630. Pentium D's are the exact same thing, but 2 P4 cores. Do you have a particular method for getting the kernel installed? Also a download location? Many thanks. I've just had a look at this post: http://blog.nawcom.com/?p=467 Do you think this could be worth trying? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259353-can-only-boot-with-iboot/#findComment-1698059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifrit05 Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Are you still on 10.6.3? If so, you might want to find legacy_kernel 10.3.0. Can you still boot into your system using the BootCD? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259353-can-only-boot-with-iboot/#findComment-1698215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfof Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 I re-installed Snow Leopard last night and left it alone so it's completely vanilla running 10.6.3. I can boot into the system fine with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] legacy and everything works great apart from audio. I have got the legacy kernel but I'm not sure what order to do things in next. I'm thinking update it but don't re-boot, install [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] then the legacy kernel and see what happens. What do you think? Many thanks. EDIT: I went ahead and gave it a go. Here's what I did: Booted Snow Leopard using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] Legacy Extracted User DSDT using DSDT Autopatcher Updated to Snow Leopard 10.6.5 but didn't re-boot Ran [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] with UserDSDT and System Utilities selected Restarted the system and booted with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] Legacy again Installed Legacy Kernel 10.6.5 with Legacy Kernel and Force 64 bit selected Then restarted and alas I can boot directly from my hard drive!! I can now finally start using my system without [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] Legacy. I still don't have audio and the graphics are a little dainty but I'm sure I can get around that. Many many thanks and much appreciation to ifrit05 for their help and thanks to the users that keep this forum running. Happy days!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259353-can-only-boot-with-iboot/#findComment-1698277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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