Leopard Perfect Install

[Stravaganza]

Hi Stravaganza (and all others),

I just have one more problem: MY MOUSE AND KEYBOARD AREN'T DETECTED, which is a problem beacause I can't start...

Is there some kext for Dell inspiron 640m (same as e1505)??

Is there anything else I have to do ??

Thanks a lot

Hi, gui31. Congrats, all most! Definitely you can do it. Did you try the Keyboard/Mouse/Trackpad thread in The Genius Bar and they are not still working?

--S

[RFMan]

I have to admit, I'm rather stumped right now about why I can't get OSX to install according to the guide. I specifically bought hardware that is virtually identical to that in the original post:

 

Gigabyte GA945GCMX-S2 motherboard (F5 firmware)

2x1GB OCZ RAM

Intel E2140 CPU

GeForce 7600GT 256MB

LG 18x SATA DVD-RW

Seagate 320GB PATA HDD

Seagate 80GB SATA HDD

 

Kalyway boots fine and does its thing fine. The Patched BrazilMac DVD boots fine, but less than 15 seconds through the bootup process, it just stops without giving me an error code.

 

The last line I see in verbose mode is:

BSD Root: disk1s3, major 14, minor 4

 

The line appears, the DVD drive keeps on reading for a few seconds then stops, and then nothing. No errors, no progress. I'm kinds stumped. I've tried connecting the DVD drive through an external USB-SATA dongle with the same results. The ToH DVD booth directly to the language selection screen, so this has me kinds stumped. I want to install OSX this way with PC EFI because it seems much more elegant and I can do updates, but I just can't get it to work.

 

Any help appreciated

 

Luc in Canada

[richtig]

I have to admit, I'm rather stumped right now about why I can't get OSX to install according to the guide. I specifically bought hardware that is virtually identical to that in the original post:

 

Gigabyte GA945GCMX-S2 motherboard (F5 firmware)

2x1GB OCZ RAM

Intel E2140 CPU

GeForce 7600GT 256MB

LG 18x SATA DVD-RW

Seagate 320GB PATA HDD

Seagate 80GB SATA HDD

 

Try booting without the PATA HDD connected.

Mixing PATA and SATA drives may be too confusing for the boot DVD.

[Onetrack]

Its just a bad burn of the disk, if you downloaded it - try different media, if you made it yourself, make sure the iso mounts correctly.

 

I had this a few times as well, Also, like the above poster says, I did not have a pata drive connected.

 

regards,

One

 

 

I have to admit, I'm rather stumped right now about why I can't get OSX to install according to the guide. I specifically bought hardware that is virtually identical to that in the original post:

 

Gigabyte GA945GCMX-S2 motherboard (F5 firmware)

2x1GB OCZ RAM

Intel E2140 CPU

GeForce 7600GT 256MB

LG 18x SATA DVD-RW

Seagate 320GB PATA HDD

Seagate 80GB SATA HDD

 

Kalyway boots fine and does its thing fine. The Patched BrazilMac DVD boots fine, but less than 15 seconds through the bootup process, it just stops without giving me an error code.

 

The last line I see in verbose mode is:

BSD Root: disk1s3, major 14, minor 4

 

The line appears, the DVD drive keeps on reading for a few seconds then stops, and then nothing. No errors, no progress. I'm kinds stumped. I've tried connecting the DVD drive through an external USB-SATA dongle with the same results. The ToH DVD booth directly to the language selection screen, so this has me kinds stumped. I want to install OSX this way with PC EFI because it seems much more elegant and I can do updates, but I just can't get it to work.

 

Any help appreciated

 

Luc in Canada

[RFMan]

I generated the .ISO myself on my MacBook with a Tiger Retail DVD. It mounts on the desktop when doube-clicked. I've burned to two different media with two different burners and I still have issues with PATA completely desabled. I'll try burning again tomorrow, but if that doesn't work, I'll check the drive in the HAckintosh, maybe it's the one that is having problems.

[wjj268]

Its just a bad burn of the disk, if you downloaded it - try different media, if you made it yourself, make sure the iso mounts correctly.

 

I had this a few times as well, Also, like the above poster says, I did not have a pata drive connected.

 

regards,

One

can you please tell me if this macj=hine is reliable and if it will run high end mac sofware ? will it need life tim long patching? i cant get anyone to answer this .... please

[bobtentpeg]

Where can i get these:

pc_efi V5.2/7 (its the latest)

dsmos.kext

AppleSMBIOS.kext

NVinject for Leopard

?

 

If I;m thinking correctly i have to rip these

dsmos.kext

AppleSMBIOS.kext

from a tiger install. Am i correct?

[genzai]

Hello all,

Based on this excellent guide, i bought similar components (based around the GA-945GCMX-S2) and i now have an almost fully working leopard.

Only issues are as follows:

Built-in video seems locked to 1024x768, though QE/CI is working

Restart does not work (hangs), must use shutdown > then power on.

 

I also was succesful getting 10.5.1 installed based on the updates in this guide. I really appricate the help from the hackpr0 community. I'll update you all on any bugs or sucesses i have as i put this hackint0sh through the paces.

 

So far Final Cut Studio 2 is working a charm with HDV and DVCpro HD projects. Nice and snappy. Will install a Kona3 card soon and let you know how that goes.

 

All Adobe CS3 products seem to be working, had to manually update some of them though, not sure why the auto updater would fail often.

 

Will also be trying Pro-Tools M-Powered and LE with firewire 410 and mbox2. Will update with results later this week.

 

By the way, i am using Paulicat's AppleSMBIOS.kext

Everything else is as layed out in the guide at the start of this thread.

 

Of course would love to get all all resoutions working. The restart bug is annoying but easy to work around.

 

-genzai

[Onetrack]

Yes.. it will..It is a high end mac pro - some people on this forum have built quad core monsters like Replicant & Weaksauce12 - the machine is as reliable as your hardware - for me I run it as my primary / only computer for everyday general tasks and for serious crunching and for work. I think it is MORE reliable than the high end imacs and yes, you can upgrade it right from apple.

can you please tell me if this macj=hine is reliable and if it will run high end mac sofware ? will it need life tim long patching? i cant get anyone to answer this .... please

All you need to do is install the gma950.kext and you have full qe/ci with multiple resolutions. Of course you could get a nice plugin card and have dual monitor, but its up to your budget what you get. I have a geforce 7950GT and some here have high end 8800GTX/S's running.The restart issue has been fixed, simply download the restart kext bin (AppleACPIPlatform) from #leopard on irc.osx86.hu and drop it into /System/Library/Extensions/AppleACPIPlatform.kext/Contents/MacOS/ overwriting the old one, of course then you have to go into that directory in terminal and chown / chmod it as described earlier by Stella if you can't find it:chmod 775 AppleACPIPlatformchown root:wheel AppleACPIPlatform and thats all there is to it.. restart is fixed.

Hello all,Based on this excellent guide, i bought similar components (based around the GA-945GCMX-S2) and i now have an almost fully working leopard.Only issues are as follows:Built-in video seems locked to 1024x768, though QE/CI is workingRestart does not work (hangs), must use shutdown > then power on.I also was succesful getting 10.5.1 installed based on the updates in this guide. I really appricate the help from the hackpr0 community. I'll update you all on any bugs or sucesses i have as i put this hackint0sh through the paces.So far Final Cut Studio 2 is working a charm with HDV and DVCpro HD projects. Nice and snappy. Will install a Kona3 card soon and let you know how that goes. All Adobe CS3 products seem to be working, had to manually update some of them though, not sure why the auto updater would fail often.Will also be trying Pro-Tools M-Powered and LE with firewire 410 and mbox2. Will update with results later this week.By the way, i am using Paulicat's AppleSMBIOS.kextEverything else is as layed out in the guide at the start of this thread.Of course would love to get all all resoutions working. The restart bug is annoying but easy to work around.-genzai

[Coelacanth]

@Onetrack

 

Does this efi v5.2 works with Brazilmac's Patched DVD? I tried following what is on this thread, from installing Leopard, removing AppleSMBIOS.kext and putting dsmos and applesmbios from efiv5.2 folder, chmod and chown the files. delete the appleintelcpupower.kext and repairing permissions. During the repair permission in disk utility, it spits out a message saying something about the applesmbios.kext. is it normal? Upon bootup, it will boot but there's no video and if i attached another monitor, it will say that keyboard is not detected. I am using Inspiron 6400 Laptop. If i use the patch from brazilmac and all, my laptop works perfect, except for the sound and wireless(intel).

 

Any help would be highly appreciated. I really want to convert from being a long time Windows User to a full time Mac.

 

Cheers!

 

coelacanth

[Onetrack]

Not sure about your Dell, but earlier there is a patch for mouse / keyboard support ApplePCINUB or something I'll have to go back, if you want to scan the messages you can see its within the last few pages I believe.You're really close.. just missing a kext or two I'm thinking.. What is your onboard video?I urge anyone who's gone through my guide, and who wants a "POWER" machine - quad core multi gig monster - to read Weaksauce12's new guide -

 

its perfect and adapts my perfect build to some specifics for the Badaxe2 motherboard.It is located here - > http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...t=0#entry536814

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go to town people, and bring your credit cards.

 

-Onetrack

[Coelacanth]

Im using Dell Inspiron 6400 Laptop, Intel Core2Duo T5600 @1.83Ghz, 1Gb DDR, Intel 950GM chipset. It works well with Brazilmac's patch, though i need to disable the Multi Core support in BIOS to boot properly. Can you tell me where i've gone wrong with my procedure? At the moment, i am using my hackintosh, without efi coz it won't work.

 

i appreciate ur quick response. i would appreciate it more if i can get it working with efi.

 

cheers!

 

coelacanth

[wjj268]

Yes.. it will..It is a high end mac pro - some people on this forum have built quad core monsters like Replicant & Weaksauce12 - the machine is as reliable as your hardware - for me I run it as my primary / only computer for everyday general tasks and for serious crunching and for work. I think it is MORE reliable than the high end imacs and yes, you can upgrade it right from apple.All you need to do is install the gma950.kext and you have full qe/ci with multiple resolutions. Of course you could get a nice plugin card and have dual monitor, but its up to your budget what you get. I have a geforce 7950GT and some here have high end 8800GTX/S's running.The restart issue has been fixed, simply download the restart kext bin (AppleACPIPlatform) from #leopard on irc.osx86.hu and drop it into /System/Library/Extensions/AppleACPIPlatform.kext/Contents/MacOS/ overwriting the old one, of course then you have to go into that directory in terminal and chown / chmod it as described earlier by Stellaif you can't find it:chmod 775 AppleACPIPlatformchown root:wheel AppleACPIPlatformand thats all there is to it.. restart is fixed.

what is ................. Vanilla Kernel / PC_EFI V5.2

i am currently getting the kallyway_leopard_9a527 is this what you have used?

i have 10.4.9 installed and when i try to play DVD movie dvd player tells me that there is no dvd playback device ..... is it because i have dvd drive that isnt supported ? because i do have sse3. i am going to build a replica of your machine.... thanks for your help.

[lindmar]

Can someone tell me,. which case/powersupply needs to be purchased for this setup?

[gui31]

Hi OStravaganza and Onetrack,

 

I've tried to change the ApplePS2Controller.kext but nothing happened. I've looked in the keyboard/mouse/trackpad in the genius bar and all the things which are said don't work for me.

It's very frutrated since I can't begin using my Hackintosh !!

Moreover, Onetrack talk about an mouse / keyboard support ApplePCINUB ... I've seen a kext with this name in a thread but I didn't try it since I don't know what it is about ... Can you explain me the utility of this kext ?? If it can be useful, I will try this kext.

I'm asking myself if the problem could come from the AppleSMBIOS.kext or the dsmos.kext ??

I will really appreciate some advise...

Thanks a lot

 

Guillaume

[replicant]

Can someone tell me,. which case/powersupply needs to be purchased for this setup?

 

for the most part, i'd say personal preference? just make sure the powersupply has the correct plugs for your motherboard and other hardware.

[Onetrack]

Absolutely.. if you're getting the gigabyte board - you can use pretty much any matx case as long as there is sufficient power for your system. In mine I have a Thermaltake Lanbox Lite with a 550 Watt Silverstone strider.

 

But since they're standard pc motherboards, just get a case you like, and a good psu

 

 

 

for the most part, i'd say personal preference? just make sure the powersupply has the correct plugs for your motherboard and other hardware.

[soulman901]

If you are looking to build a machine that doesn't require a lot of power, I would recommend an EarthWatt from Antec. They make pretty solid PSU's. The one in my main rig is a Trio 650 and the one for my Hacintosh is going to be a 430Earth Watt.

[riot]

well i got the hardware, and upon booting the kalyway format cd i cant see my sata drive! what to do?

[Onetrack]

You'll have to format your drive to fat32.

 

Most likely, and this is the most common reason why the drive is not showing, is that your drive is currently ntfs. OSX disk utility will not even see it if it is.

 

I would suggest you download a copy of the gparted livecd and format it.

 

 

well i got the hardware, and upon booting the kalyway format cd i cant see my sata drive! what to do?

[riot]

its actually a brand new empty drive, not formatted at all. i figured out how to get it to show, but i cant find how to partition with GUID in the kalyway cd?well i went ahead and formatted with kalyway and then booted up the brazilmac dvd and now see an option to use GUID but when i choose it it says it fails cause the resource is busy?

[Stravaganza]

Hi OStravaganza and Onetrack,

 

I've tried to change the ApplePS2Controller.kext but nothing happened. I've looked in the keyboard/mouse/trackpad in the genius bar and all the things which are said don't work for me.

It's very frutrated since I can't begin using my Hackintosh !!

Moreover, Onetrack talk about an mouse / keyboard support ApplePCINUB ... I've seen a kext with this name in a thread but I didn't try it since I don't know what it is about ... Can you explain me the utility of this kext ?? If it can be useful, I will try this kext.

I'm asking myself if the problem could come from the AppleSMBIOS.kext or the dsmos.kext ??

I will really appreciate some advise...

Thanks a lot

 

Guillaume

Guillaume, I have one question and one suggestion. Did you try the post-patch of BrazilMac? I recently installed Leopard on my Gateway NX260X using Onetrack's guide. The keyboard and trackpad was not working. So I post-patched with BrazilMac and then I got them working. If you already tried that, I am out of suggestion. If you did not do it yet, I suggest to do it. My laptop didn't give me any keyboard and trackpad without AppleACPIPlatform.kext *and* ApplePS2Controller.kext from BrazilMac patch. And here's an answer to your question. dsmos.kext is simply a helper kernel module for collectly reporting the system resources in System Profiler, so I don't think it causes a problem. AppleSMBIOS.kext could be an important part for the problem but I don't think it actually causes it (That's my gut-feeling). Good luck to you.

--S

P.S. Would you tell me what kind of options do you have in BIOS?

[Onetrack]

Format the disk as HFS+ with kalyway, exit disk utility, install the kalyway boot patch, shutdown the comp, power on, quickly swap disks at post, boot into brazilmac, install with customize

 

when you boot brazilmac to install the OS, do not format again.

 

 

its actually a brand new empty drive, not formatted at all. i figured out how to get it to show, but i cant find how to partition with GUID in the kalyway cd?well i went ahead and formatted with kalyway and then booted up the brazilmac dvd and now see an option to use GUID but when i choose it it says it fails cause the resource is busy?

[riot]

yes thats what i did but that formats it as MBR not GUID. anyways im on the computer now using MBR...

 

im having trouble setting the correct resolution. QE/CI works right away but i tried "Graphics Mode"="1680x1050" and its not working note i am using the onboard GMA950. Stravaganza posted instructions for me earlier in the thread, but somehow his post is missing? theres no longer a response between my posts where he answered! wtf!

 

on the positive side...

Model Name: Mac

Model Identifier: Mac Pro

Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 2

L2 Cache: 2 MB

Memory: 2 GB

Bus Speed: 800 MHz

Boot ROM Version: Hack.int.0sh

 

:D :D

[Stravaganza]

im having trouble setting the correct resolution. QE/CI works right away but i tried "Graphics Mode"="1680x1050" and its not working note i am using the onboard GMA950. Stravaganza posted instructions for me earlier in the thread, but somehow his post is missing?

Well, I deleted it. You are missing the color depth, which you probably want as 32 bits per pixel. Try "1680x1050x32". And I believe Kalyway's CD doesn't support GUID. Once you run Kalyway's CD, it uses MBR by default. Did you try i_am...me's method for GUID?

--S