danageis Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 So I have FINALLY got my hackintosh setup 100% working, except that I have to use maxmem=4096 or else I get a kernel panic on startup. I am running an AMD system with Legacy Kernel and nVidia 9600gt with GraphicsEnabler=Yes on SL 10.6.7. I have 8GB of ram in my machine. My kernel flags in org.chameleon.boot.plist are "arch=i386 -force64 maxmem=4096 busratio=17", and -force64 with Legacy Kernel seems to initiate x86_64, judging from my activity monitor app which shows x86 and x64 processes (shows "Kind: Intel and Intel (64 bit)") My question is would anybody know how I can utilize all 8GB of my ram without gettting KP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacFaulty Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I don't really know the answer, but what kind of panic do you get if you boot with all the 8GB? Please post a picture, there might be a possible solution. Hope to hear something again Regards, Wcool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danageis Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 Lol I'll get right on that I don't know why I didn't post that initially XD So apparently I was mistaken: I just tried booting with "arch=i386 -force64 maxmem=8192 busratio=17" and I did NOT get a KP, however when I boot with these flags my system becomes incapable of running 32-bit processes (only process listed in Activity Monitor say 'Intel 64 bit' and all x86 apps [iTunes/Chrome] crash on launch] I then tried booting with "arch=x86_64 maxmem=8192 busratio=17" and got a KP: I tried booting with "arch=x86_64 -force64 maxmem=8192 busratio=17" as well and got a KP then too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacFaulty Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 what if you boot with -v cpus=1 Only for testing, though. Otherwise I think that the AMD kernel has a limitation of 4GB, 'cause it's 32-bit with a 64-bit userland (I must be careful what I say now, because I do not even know what userland is, yet xD). But I do know that x86_64 is full 64-bit support and i386 with -force64 is somewhere in between. I am not really sure, but will look it up, also to expand my own knowledge, though. I'll post back if I have more info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danageis Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Ya I did some research and found that apparently with the Qoopz SL kernel you couldn't even run applications in 64-bit mode! I couldn't find anything specific to Nawcom's Legacy Kernels, but If they let you run in 64-bit but only use 8GB ram that's ok with me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todesto Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 In order to recognize 8GB RAM on AMD system and have everything work, you have to boot with 64bit kernel with 32bit userland, which means you have to patch your binary. You need to downlaod AMD_Insn_Patcher from here and follow the instruction on this link. http://www.osx86.net/desktops/14304-guide-use-more-than-4gb-ram-amd-32-64-bit-apps-working.html Good Luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacFaulty Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 I guess it'll also work for my board then, 'cause I can't run x64 apps with legacy kernel :S Thanks for the link. I hope the OP has solved it's problem? ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danageis Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 wow thanks for the help todesto! Idk how I never fell across that page! I'll test it out now and let youall know how it goes It works! thanks todesto. The only thing is now my teminal pops up: dyld: shared cached file was build against a different libSystem.dylib, ignoring cache Last login: Mon Feb 27 16:53:25 on console dyld: shared cached file was build against a different libSystem.dylib, ignoring cache dyld: shared cached file was build against a different libSystem.dylib, ignoring cache when I open it... is this a problem or anything lol? Regardless, thanks again it works perfectly [8GM RAM and 32 and 64 bit apps open fine] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lns1976 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Just thought I would post a thank you to todesto as well. My system runs perfect with 8GB of RAM now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todesto Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 That's good to hear! Glad to contribute to this great site as I learned alot from here as well. Are you guys booting with arch=i386 -force64 or arch=x86_64 only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danageis Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 arch=i386 -force64. Have not tried booting with arch=x86_64 but when I was booting with maxmem=4096 if I tried arch=x86_64 I would get a KP, I always assumed it had something to do with Nawcom's kernel. also I don't see any reason to: thanks again todesto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaFay Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) Sorry to dig up an old thread, but After I patch, my boot gets stuck at CheckSleepCapability. Also, on the last step of the patch, I get a Segmentation Fault error. Any suggestions? EDIT: Fixed. Installed Legacy kernel and now boots with force64. Edited April 16, 2012 by JaFay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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