Official Toshiba L305-S5955 Leopard Installation Guide

00010 · #1 03-25-2010, 06:52 PM

After a while I have found all the perfect kext files to get the Toshiba L305-S5955 working perfectly in Leopard, I have compiled this kextpack from my many hours of testing and trial and error, I have have had alot of issues getting it to work in Snow Leopard correctly, so now I suggest installing Leopard for the best results.

I am also looking for a solution for the lack of Quartz Extreme in the graphics kext I have found. If you know anything about how we may get this working let me know.

Things needed for the installation of Leopard 10.5.7:

1. A Toshiba L305-S5955.

2. iAtkos v7 DVD.

3. My L305 Kextpack.

My Kextpack: http://www.mediafire.com/file/xnuyykmnntm/00010-Toshiba L305 Kext Pack v2.0.zip

(This Kextpack is made to be universal for Leopard and Snow Leopard, Some items may not be required)

The OSx86 Tool :http://pcwizcomputer.com/index.php?o...d=91&Itemid=48

So basically you start up the L305 and hit the F12 key at the BIOS bootsplash, Then you insert your iAtkos DVD into the drive wait a bit and select the option to boot from DVD/CD drive and iAtkos will start booting, Just let the Darwin bootloader count down it will boot just fine without any options of boot flags. Once at the main screen for the installation follow the onscreen instructions and open up disk utility and select the hard drive you wish to install on ( not a partition mind you) but the hard disk icon, The click the partition tab and select the number of partitions, click on "Options" and select "GUID Partition Map" and hit "OK" then afterwards name the disk and select "Mac OS Extended Journaled" as your format, and hit the "Apply" button, then it will ask you if you are sure hit "OK", After that has finished continue with the install, and hit the "Customize" button and select the following:

1. Select the USB Fix by Slice, The title is just "USB" though.

2. Select the Voodoo 9.7.0 Kernel, But the Vanilla kernel works fine as-well.

3. Select Voodoo PS2 with trackpad support.

4. Select Voodoo HDA.

5. Select the NTFS 3G kext.

6. Select the Laptop Battery option (VoodooBattery By SuperHai).

Do not select any other kext files, however there are kexts for the LAN and WIFI on the DVD, THEY DO NOT WORK FOR THE L305-S5955!

And after that continue with the installation it will last Aprox. 30 Mins, then once its over you will reboot and create an account and what not, please note that the screen resolution will be low until we install the video kext later. Now unzip the Kextpack to a freshly formatted NTFS thumbdrive, And also copy the "OSX86 Tools" Utility to the thumbdrive, Then plug in the USB drive to the L305, copy the "OSx86 Tools Utility" to your "Utilities" folder and use it to install the "RTL8187Bl.kext" thats on the USB drive, and then copy the "Realtek WiFi Utility" to the "Utilities folder as-well, Also install the Realtek LAN package, Then as for the graphics use "OSX86 Tools" to install the patched GMAx3100 kext files, don't forget to repair your permissions and restart.

Please note that you can only use the Realtek WiFi Utility to connect to you WiFi network, It WILL NOT show up on the menubar as Airport. <----As a side note I am looking for someone to fix this problem, if you know how to change the settings in the kext file, let me know....

Also do not try updating your system via Apple software update, Instead use the iDeneb 10.5.8 update package.

And thats it..... Enjoy....

Thanks.... questions and comments are most appreciated...

00010