megavolkan Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Guys... I think i owe you all a a big thank you who helped me for the osx86 stuff so far, i had very lovely time with this fantastic OS on my very humble pc. Of course without your help it would be impossible. Thanks... But... Yeah there's a filthy 'BUT' that hounts my colourfull OSX86 dreams. And here comes the (ULTIMATE) question: (TA DAAAAAA ) Is there any single one who has a MSI P965 Neo mobo successfully installed NATIVE (NOT VMWARE) OSX86 without this DAMN SILLY F@*!? /com.apple.Boot.plist not found ERROR (the one before you install the system not after, i mean at the VERY beginnig, right after you inserted the disk into drive at the boot, and no F8 or that so called -v (because none of them are useless with this mobo) ANY ONE????? If anyone outhere succeeded and tell me how i would really apriciate that maybe i can buy yo a dinner or smt. PLEASE? Thank you in advance... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39986-msi-p965-neo-comapplebootplist-error/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 topic title edited to be a little more specific Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39986-msi-p965-neo-comapplebootplist-error/#findComment-285476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
megavolkan Posted January 27, 2007 Author Share Posted January 27, 2007 Hail to the holy mod Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39986-msi-p965-neo-comapplebootplist-error/#findComment-286220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmare Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 I was not able to perform a native install on this board -- which may in part be due to the fact that I did not have a SATA DVD drive. I had no luck with the JAS 10.4.8 jmicron patch which was supposed to provide a fix for the /com.apple boot error on IDE DVD boot. Here are the steps that I used to get up an running: 1. Installed 10.4.6 onto an external USB hard drive 2. Edited the SATA kexts with the jmicron and ICH8 device ids (I can help you when you get here) 3. Installed GigE drivers from insanelymac forums 4. ghosted USB drive to SATA drive 5. reboot and enjoy OSX on your P965 I am running Core 2 Duo, P965, and ATI x800xl @ 2048x1536x32 -- SATA and Jmicron IDE are working perfectly Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39986-msi-p965-neo-comapplebootplist-error/#findComment-286395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
megavolkan Posted January 27, 2007 Author Share Posted January 27, 2007 woww maaan really really thanks:) i started thinkin' that i never will have a solution. I'll try it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39986-msi-p965-neo-comapplebootplist-error/#findComment-286511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
megavolkan Posted January 27, 2007 Author Share Posted January 27, 2007 1. Installed 10.4.6 onto an external USB hard drive so you said you installed 10.4.6. Is it VMWare or another machine or what? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39986-msi-p965-neo-comapplebootplist-error/#findComment-286668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
megavolkan Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share Posted January 28, 2007 When i tried to install osx86 thru vmware i get the same s**t error /com.apple.boot.plist not found is there smt i forgot to do? or wasn't that thru vmware??? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39986-msi-p965-neo-comapplebootplist-error/#findComment-287185 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmare Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 I was never able to get the install CD to boot on the P965, using either a SATA converter for my DVD or a USB DVD. I did the installation onto external USB HD using an old Compaq SSE2 laptop I had lying around -- JAS 10.4.6 will boot on SSE2 processors while JAS 10.4.8 will not; that is why I stuck with 10.4.6. Once you are up and running on the USB HD, you should have no problem plugging into a USB port on the P965 and running OSX; however for best performance we really want to run OSX on a SATA drive. (This is not confirmed, but i do not belive that OSX will run on the Jmicron IDE ports, do some searching but its because of the darwin boot loader) Here is what we do: 1. Boot 10.4.6 on our USB HD 2. To fix SATA/Jmicron In terminal sudo nano /System/Library/Extensions/AppleVIAATA.kext/contents/info.plist find: <key>VIA SATA Controller</key> add: to <string> 0x2361197b 0x28208086 0x28258086 we should have: <string>0x31491106 0x00e310de 0x005410de 0x005510de 0x2361197b 0x28208086 0x28258086</string> 0x2361197b is the JMICRON (361) 0x28208086 and 0x28258086 is ICH8 SATA If you dont want to mess with audio, goto step 4 3. To fix Audio we follow the Gigabyte P965 instructions: In Terminal, type: sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions.mkext sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache 2) Edit AppleAzaliaAudio.kext: In Terminal, type: sudo pico /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext/Contents/Info.plist Search for (use hotkey= ctrl + w): <key>IOHDAudioCodecVendorID</key> change the string to: <string>0x10ec0883</string> Exit pico sudo pico /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleAzaliaController.kext/Contents/Info.plist Search for (use hotkey= ctrl + w): <key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key> change the string to: <string>0x284b8086</string> Exit pico 4) Clean up the system delete Kext Cache etc: sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions.mkext sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache sudo diskutil repairpermissions / 5) REBOOT When you restart OSX should automatically mount your existing NTFS drives -- check disk utility to see if you your hard drive are detected 6) Network: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...&hl=realtek http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...ost&id=7519 You can either download the files to an NTFS partition (you should be able to read those now) or onto memory stick You will have to read this thread, I had some issues and had to force 100Mbps/Full Duplex in network control panel I also had an ever stranger issue where OSX refused to pick up an IP address. I some how found out the issue was related to my BIOS, when I enabled my network bios and network boot, I was recieving a "Media Faulty" error. You need to clear the CMOS to rectify this. 7) Getting native boot to work get Norton ghost -- I use Hiren's http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hiren.thanki/bootcd.html boot hirens, select ghost w/USB support Ghost your drive (not partition) from your USB drive to you OSX SATA drive (my Sata drive is connected to the upper left SATA port) Reboot, set your OSX drive as first in boot sequence in BIOS Reboot 8) Enjoy your native OSX (I suggest you ghost a backup of your OSX drive to avoid ever having to do this again!) kmare Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39986-msi-p965-neo-comapplebootplist-error/#findComment-287207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accrocchista Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Hi kmare ... But, is there any solution for create an installation USB disk with 10.4.8 instead DVD ? I have used this trick with Leopard on my MAC PRO. PS. sorry for my english Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39986-msi-p965-neo-comapplebootplist-error/#findComment-287324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmare Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 In theory, you should be able make the above changes to the kext files on the DVD in order to native boot, ie extract + edit the kexts from the ISO and repack it. There is a patch for jmicron and 10.4.8 JAS DVD floating around (you will have to search) -- however it did not work for me; I don't believe that the darwin bootloader can figure out our jmicron controller. I think if someone patched for ICH8 SATA, we could native install from SATA DVD. The above solution should apply to 10.4.8 I didn't play much with 10.4.8 since 10.4.6 seems to get most of the support in this forum--it also doesn't support my ATI card Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39986-msi-p965-neo-comapplebootplist-error/#findComment-287456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
megavolkan Posted January 29, 2007 Author Share Posted January 29, 2007 yeaah guys that's the spirit thanks for keeping me (us) informed. I'll get my FrankenOSX alive!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39986-msi-p965-neo-comapplebootplist-error/#findComment-287944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM! Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 ha ha ha ! i found a so far eseaest solution (but it needs a external drive box) : just remove the hard drive from the box and plug your IDE DVD Drive instead. It works ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39986-msi-p965-neo-comapplebootplist-error/#findComment-529448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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