InfiniteMac OSx86  
  #1  
Old 09-29-2009, 02:19 AM
wziard wziard is offline
Cheetah
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 4
Can't get to 32-bit mode

I have been trying for hours to solve this problem and can't figure it out.

I have a nearly flawless Snow Leopard installation on my Asus P6T Deluxe V2 system, but it only works in 64-bit mode. This is fine for pretty much everything except one major issue, which is wireless cards... none of them work with 64-bit.

When I try to boot with the -x32 flag (using Chameleon), it goes to the normal boot screen and panics after awhile. With -v it always hangs at ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin, however I don't think this is the problem because lots of people have this item failing while booting, but it doesn't give them problems.

I CAN successfully boot with -x32 -x (safe boot), however it always kernel panics within 5-10 minutes and numerous other things don't work (wireless does, though).

a
So the problem is that I can boot to 32-bit mode only using the -x flag, and it hangs without it. I have no idea why. Any ideas?
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 09-29-2009, 02:35 AM
xXrkidXx xXrkidXx is offline
Leopard
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 478
its like I Arch something now... i cant remember though..

Computer: Gateway 838GM | 9.5.0 Vodoo Kernel |2.0 RC4 Chameleon Bootloader | Processor:Intel Pentium 4 630 / 3 GHz | RAM: 512MB | OS: Windows 7 32BIT, OSx86 iPC 10.5.6 | Mainboard Chipset: Intel 915G Express | Graphics Card:Integrated Intel GMA 900 | Video Memory: Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0 | Audio:ALC 860 |Card Reader:8 in 1 Integrated| Hard Drives:1x 200GB SATA(Win 7), 1x 320GB SATA(OS X) Both Internal
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 09-29-2009, 02:57 AM
wziard wziard is offline
Cheetah
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 4
Quote:
Originally Posted by xXrkidXx View Post
its like I Arch something now... i cant remember though..
Yeah, I installed Chameleon 2 RC3 and tried booting with arch=i386 -legacy. The result was fcsk failing, some messages about kext loading disabled, cpu halted, and then the system shuts down.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 09-29-2009, 06:27 AM
Chrisb27's Avatar
Chrisb27 Chrisb27 is offline
Puma
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 17
try arch=x86_32
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 09-29-2009, 06:48 AM
mitchde mitchde is offline
Jaguar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 38
Information:
arch=i386 -legacy : Boots into 32 Bit Kernel Mode AND!!! 32 Bit App only
arch=i386 : Boots into 32 Bit Kernel Mode , 64 BIT Apps can run also

So normally use NOT the -legacy !
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 09-29-2009, 07:56 AM
Chrisb27's Avatar
Chrisb27 Chrisb27 is offline
Puma
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 17
Quote:
Originally Posted by mitchde View Post
Information:
arch=i386 -legacy : Boots into 32 Bit Kernel Mode AND!!! 32 Bit App only
arch=i386 : Boots into 32 Bit Kernel Mode , 64 BIT Apps can run also

So normally use NOT the -legacy !
If I recall arch=i386 wont' work with Chameleon 2 RC3
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 09-29-2009, 11:16 AM
mitchde mitchde is offline
Jaguar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 38
For me arch=i386 is working CH RC 3 and also know as usual 32 Bit flag since RC 2.
The other flag is arch=i386_X64.
For my knowledge flag arch=i386_32 is not used by any bootloader.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 09-29-2009, 09:01 PM
wziard wziard is offline
Cheetah
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 4
I tried arch=i386 and arch=i386_x64 boot flags, and both seem to load everything but hang towards the end of boot after loading ethernet texts. Usually the last item is ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin having a timeout error, but I still don't think this is the problem.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 09-29-2009, 11:14 PM
mitchde mitchde is offline
Jaguar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 38
What GPU ? It can be that GUI is shown but you cant see it !!
What happens if you type in kernel flags arch=i386 -v -x ?
So you have an multi system (Leo + Snow Leo) on one HD (2+ partitions) ?
If yes, perhaps wrong /Extra conten is used - which partition is active ?(means must you press F8 to select the Snow Leo or not) .
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 09-30-2009, 01:34 AM
wziard wziard is offline
Cheetah
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 4
Quote:
Originally Posted by mitchde View Post
What GPU ? It can be that GUI is shown but you cant see it !!
What happens if you type in kernel flags arch=i386 -v -x ?
So you have an multi system (Leo + Snow Leo) on one HD (2+ partitions) ?
If yes, perhaps wrong /Extra conten is used - which partition is active ?(means must you press F8 to select the Snow Leo or not) .
-x boots, but I always get kernel panics within a few minutes and random things (like Spotlight) don't work.

GPU is nVidia GTS 250, and I think it's working properly since I can see all the necessary things for it being successfully loaded with -v.

My SL installation has a drive all to itself, the Leopard install I referenced was on a different drive entirely.



💡 Deploy cloud instances seamlessly on DigitalOcean. Free credits ($100) for InfMac readers.

Reply With Quote
Reply
Thread Tools
Display Modes