[GUIDE] Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L - Page 15

BlaSTiWi · #**141** 09-23-2009, 02:21 PM

@sk1nhd33t

I'm a bit confuse ... I thought swappin' the "boot" file is basically switchin' the binary ... If I recall correctly I'm using RC2 as the base install since it's the only one that has ability to use EFI partition while the RC3 hacked installer can not (I think similar w/ RC1) ...

I'm using 8400GS on rev2 w/ latest PC-EFI 10.3 now ... how do I find out if I have QE/CI?

Tkx!

sk1nhd33t · #**142** 09-23-2009, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlaSTiWi

@sk1nhd33t

I'm a bit confuse ... I thought swappin' the "boot" file is basically switchin' the binary ... If I recall correctly I'm using RC2 as the base install since it's the only one that has ability to use EFI partition while the RC3 hacked installer can not (I think similar w/ RC1) ...

I'm using 8400GS on rev2 w/ latest PC-EFI 10.3 now ... how do I find out if I have QE/QI?

Tkx!

for QE/CI check this blog entry by Prasys.

ok ill explain my situation, before RC3 and PC EFI 10.3 were out im using RC1+10.1 on a hidden EFI partition, to make my 9600GT VGA to work w/ QE/CI i need to create an EFI strings and paste it on my boot.plist. Now that RC3 is out i tried it's automatic device properties injection using this below command but after reboot i dont have QE/CI, resolution is ok though but my 9600Gt fan is always on.. the same goes for RC3 + 10.3

<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
<string>y</string>
<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>y</string>

but for RC2 + PC EFI 10.3 it's different, my boot plist is clean w/o EFI strings, i have QE/CI and my 9600GT is displaying on system profiler which before it's empty on RC1+10..1, RC3, or RC3 + 10.3. I dont know if this is specific on my machine which i doubt but i tried it different times and i can conclude it on my machine.

my boot.plist before and after screenshot is here.

oh BTW RC1-RC3 works on a hidden EFI partition

BlaSTiWi · #**143** 09-23-2009, 03:22 PM

@sk1nhd33t

I think I'm using RC2 w/ your original 10.1 then upgrade to 10.3 ... I'll try your link to chk for QE/CI support AFAIK some people said if Chess, Front Row & DVD works then more than likely QE/CI in use and I got them to work.

Yeah you're right hidden EFI partition works on all Chameleon ... I forgot just varied during install the RC1 only has EFI as the option and RC2 has EFI & FAT but the RC3 installer I got (hacked by Dr. Hurt) have no custom button so I don't think it' has EFI and/or FAT support

Similar to your situation w/o the EFI string (I'm using UInstaller to generate my 8400gs) in the boot.plist I'm stuck on 1024x768 mode while w/ the EFI string I have a lot of choices.

Another question ... I'm using the PleaseSleep you suggested ... and it works great but when the machine sleep a bit longer when I wake it up I lost my keyboard & mouse ... do you run to similar situation? But if its not to long all good ... have not try to hookup USB drive or anything to see if I lost it too like USB problem.

Do you keep the SleepEnabler.kext while using the PleaseSleep application or replace?

Tkx!

sk1nhd33t · #**144** 09-23-2009, 04:03 PM

@BlaSTiWi

re: Chameleon, yea i forgot that too that RC3 doesnt have an official pkg yet, i installed mine using terminal that's why and for some reason RC1 and RC2 errors out at the end. Still choose either automatic injection or EFI strings, important thing is your VGA is working w/ QE/CI

re: PleaseSleep, no problems on my end using Apple wired aluminum KB and Wireless BT mighty mouse, tested it a few times and so far it's been performing well on my end. i didnt remove sleepenabler and havent tried running without it.. will test it sometime and post here if sleep still works which im hoping it wont hehe.

chubsterpete · #**145** 09-23-2009, 06:24 PM

Great guide sk1nhd33t, thank you for taking the time to write it up.
Quick question, how long should it take to restore the SL dvd to the thumb drive? I've tried it as per the instructions on my 10.5.8 hackintosh and from my macbook but it is painfully slow. Disk utility showed over 1 day before I stopped it. Thumb drive seems to be normal as I tried transferring a 700mb file and it was quick. Also tried to restore from the SL dmg file located on the hd vs from the dvd rom. Still slow.

sk1nhd33t · #**146** 09-23-2009, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlaSTiWi

@sk1nhd33t

I started to use the Netkas 10.3 EFI & also the newest fakesmc kext everything working as before but my system profile didn't show like yours ... my PCI list is empty ... and I have to switch back to use EFI string for my nVidia (8400gs) in order to get other resolutions to show up otherwise only 1024x768. I've cleaned up my boot.plist like yours too.

My board is r2.0 so I'm using RTL8139 based PCI ethernet so kinda expected it may not show up on the PCI list but the video card should, no?

Tkx!

haha after all the post and testings im sure this will fix yours.. i should have got this the first time if i RTFM.

add these below on your boot.plist, works on RC2/3 or PC EFI 10.3.

Code:

<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>GraphicsEnabler=Yes</string>

while this one only works on RC2+PCEFI10.3 (at least on my end).

Code:

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>y</string>

sk1nhd33t · #**147** 09-23-2009, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chubsterpete

Great guide sk1nhd33t, thank you for taking the time to write it up.
Quick question, how long should it take to restore the SL dvd to the thumb drive? I've tried it as per the instructions on my 10.5.8 hackintosh and from my macbook but it is painfully slow. Disk utility showed over 1 day before I stopped it. Thumb drive seems to be normal as I tried transferring a 700mb file and it was quick. Also tried to restore from the SL dmg file located on the hd vs from the dvd rom. Still slow.

mine from a dmg or DVD will only take 20-45min, im not really sure about the exact time since i dont wait it out to finish but what im sure is it it'll take less than an hour tops.

could be a corrupt dmg? or just wait it out a few minutes and maybe it will change the time from days to minutes? worth a try.

russianbandit · #**148** 09-23-2009, 06:50 PM

How do I know Chameleon is installed correctly on the USB? Is there some file or directory I can check for?
I tried the manual install of RC3, but I couldn't boot from it. In boot selection I tried everything (USB-HDD, USB-ZIP, USB-FLOPPY). I'm guessing I might not be installing the Chameleon boot loader correctly. So just want to make sure I am.

sk1nhd33t · #**149** 09-23-2009, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by russianbandit

How do I know Chameleon is installed correctly on the USB? Is there some file or directory I can check for?
I tried the manual install of RC3, but I couldn't boot from it. In boot selection I tried everything (USB-HDD, USB-ZIP, USB-FLOPPY). I'm guessing I might not be installing the Chameleon boot loader correctly. So just want to make sure I am.

try again but this time use Dr. Hurt's RC3 pkg (google it) or Conti's RC3+10.3 pkg here

both are double click packages, less Terminal work

russianbandit · #**150** 09-23-2009, 08:25 PM

Okay, Dr. Hurts RC3 installer worked, then I copied over 10.3 boot.
The thing I had to do was to set my USB Flash to be priority boot over HDD in bios.
Then it booted fine and installed fine too. I did not specify (" -v -x32 ") before the install. Is that bad?

Now, my next problem is about "Back on Leopard" step. I have two machines - old PPC iMac G5 and PC hackintosh (brand new) that I'm trying to install SL on. So what can I do to install Chameleon now onto the new hackintosh SL box?

Edit: I figured it out. Just used the flash drive to boot to Chameleon and then selected the new HDD with SL install. Got it to boot on its own. Now to get the video card working (GeForce EN9600GSO). Any good tutorials on how to get that working?

Another edit: Got my video card to work using Universal Installer using custom install. Want to tanks Sk1n for all the great help!