LawlessPPC Phenom & AMD 10.5.4 Beta Release Discussion

[LawlessPPC]

its out there please give experiences

Thanx In Advance

LawlessPPC

[LawlessPPC]

there is only 1 source so far

[naquaada]

I'm downloading - 18K download 120K uplad ;-)

[m82a1]

:( im at my monthly limit, i would if i could

[diskeeper]

And where can I get it?

[Puttabong]

At the usual places, I suppose ;-)

[R0GUE]

What happens when Small Stars explode? ;-)

[naquaada]

if you define our sun as a Small Star, it will become a white dwarf, later a black dwarf. No Supernova, I'm sorry.

[m82a1]

im not downloading it but, 1 seeder lmao awesome

[LawlessPPC]

hey from small seeds mighty oaks grow lol

L8rs
LawlessPPC

[nami]

LawlessPPC are you going to write the release notes in here ?

[LawlessPPC]

LawlessPPC-Leo-10.5.4-Phenom&AMD

This image is a remixed Zephyroth 10.5.2 rev2 release.
If this DVD does not boot on your system then its not meant to be installed on your system!!!

Changes to Zephyroth release are as follows.

*** Chameleon bootloader Ver 1.0.11 (used for DVD booting & installed on drive by default.)
*** Modbin 9.4.0 Kernel SSE3 (installed by default)
*** Alc888 (audio) 3 port, 6 ports + Digital (Fixed)
*** NTFS-3G latest version (solves slow shutdowns)
*** ATI SB600 Issue (solves still waiting for root device when trying to install)
*** ATI HD-3650 Support (QE/CI Enabled) No white menus!!!)

The reason for installing chameleon and kernel automatically is because too many people are posting in forums about drives not booting after install (not marked as active) chameleon solves theses problem. The kernel on auto is because I can confirm this works with Phenom and is the latest it also comes with the correct system.kext which seems to be a common problem

CPU Support
In theory this should work on all AMD SSE3 systems Phenom, Athlon X2 etc

If after install you can not boot from hardrive try -v -f switches at the Chameleon (Darwin) Bootlader screen.
If you get strange graphics on boot you should boot in safe mode (-x switch at Bootloader screen) then install best drivers from within the OS for your graphics chips/card.

All thanks should be given to all those that have done the real work before I got my hands on it.

Zephyroth (For fine releases for AMD)
Zef (for producing Chameleon Bootloader) helping and his patience)
Kabl (For CPU Support In Chameleon)
Shadow3K (the reason I was able to install OSX on phenom in the first place)

Also the authors of all the drivers in this release with out them it just wouldnt be as much fun or possible.


Now the warning. If your machine blows up, you loose all drive data, your CPU melts or your wife leaves you!!!!!
I am not responsible. All risks on installation are taken by you and you are responsible for installing it (you made that choice).

P.S. for dual boot systems (single drive) I would recommend installing OSX first then your other choice it should work the other way round but this would be the safest method.

Please post your results at http://www.infinitemac.com/discussions/ in the right thread

If for any reason ther is no thread one will soon be generated even if it just to redirect you

[LawlessPPC]

all typo's are the property of LawlessPPC

[LawlessPPC]

I make no promises!!!! *8O)

[nami]

what's the name of the torrent?

[LawlessPPC]

look at end of other thread thats now closed its right at the end

[LawlessPPC]

oh no ive run out of 50p's for the meter lol

[lungkao]

I will try this release on dual AMD opteron quad core (barcelona).
I will report if it work

[LawlessPPC]

lungkao
thanx

[bhast2]

i will test it out for ya too LawlessPPC
And I made this front page news at http://leo4all.uni.cc/

[LawlessPPC]

bhast2 thanks

just dont hype it too much i just hope it works for others (it does here)

L8rs
LawlessPPC

[lungkao]

I got 45% of ISO and now download @ 2kb/Sec :(

[nfoav8or]

Download / Upload : 150KB/s / 130KB/s

[zaubara]

Well, that's because there's only one (probably not too fast) seeder - having it uploaded to r*pidsh*re or so would probably make it faster, but I guess we'll just have to be a little more patient. :)

[LawlessPPC]

seed will be off for a small while but hopefully it will be to your advantage

[LawlessPPC]

good newz check now speeds

[lungkao]

I got 76% of ISO now, I think I will be done download tomorrow and I will seed after that :)

[LawlessPPC]

lungkao thankyou

[nfoav8or]

I'm sitting at 83%... I want to try this out. If I can make it work on mine I'll help spread it through a few other places as well.


EDIT: as of 2008.07.24 @ 0511 I'm at 97% with 5K download and 200K upload.

[YamatoHD]

85% :)

[BigBadBen]

patience..............time will come...........


:)

[LawlessPPC]

today we find out. Hit or flop *8O)

[synmoo]

In just a few minutes... we will be exploding with seeds.

[synmoo]

Soooo close!

[synmoo]

Possible to get MD5 hash of the image from the source for comparison?

[LawlessPPC]

everyone is starting to complete lets hope we dont cause a power surge everyone burning at once lol!
Oh and remember guys use good quality media

Good Luck

LawlessPPC

[LawlessPPC]

who can give 1st screenshot

[nami]

Ok,

These are my first pics with LawlessPPC retail disc. Btw everything went fine the installation process took about 13 minutes. It recognized all my hardware.

[img=http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/5708/ishot3fq3.th.jpg] (http://img382.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ishot3fq3.jpg)


[img=http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1955/ishot2xa5.th.jpg] (http://img514.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ishot2xa5.jpg)

[syh921223]

I got err on your Leopard Release.
I typed setup option "-v- f"
and at this line, setup was frozen.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MAC Framework sucessfully initialized.
using 16384 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- My Hardware Spec
MainBoard : ECS 690VM-M2
HDD : Samsung SATA2 300GB
ODD : LG SATA GH10N DVDRAM Drive
CPU : Phenom 9500
GPU : Geforce 8400GS 256MB

[LawlessPPC]

@syh921223
these switches are already applied thats why

[LawlessPPC]

@nami

Congratulations

[LawlessPPC]

the main purposes of this disc are to stop people from not being able to recognise why it didnt start eg apple logo with no entry etc, Non bootable installs (no bootlaoder or partition not active) & phenom support aswell as 10.5.4. Its a bit more fool proof than the others

L8rs
Lawless

[LawlessPPC]

@nami

looking at you screenshot it looks like you speak spanish how was the language support? Did you have to do anything odd or did it just run straight off

Thanx in advance

LawlessPPC

[LawlessPPC]

@ Zaubara
no objections here

Thanx
LawlessPPC

[LawlessPPC]

@syh921223

did you try -x ? please tell me you read the readme

[Seawane]

Success here! Installed flawlessly. Just had to add natit.kext for the video. For now it's running great and booting faster than the other install I have.

[img=http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2609/picture1bu8.th.png] (http://img513.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture1bu8.png)

[lungkao]

Here is My Report:

Everything Working Perfect during First Try.

Got Dual boot: Vista Ultimate x64 and Mac 10.5.4 with hard ware 100% compatible on both OS :)

I got All driver loaded for:

USB & Fireware PCI Card (4USB port and 3 Fireware on this card)
9 in 1 Media Card Reader
PCI Sound Card ( CMI 8738 Chipset )
Nvidia 7950GT 512MB DDR3 video (with CI/QE Supported)
All Sata HDD loaded (included FAT32 and NTFS)

Only driver don't load:
USB -> Ethernet (but I have driver for it :)

--------------------- Here is my system information --------------------

Single Amd opteron Barcelone 2346HE Quad Core (Will test dual quad core latter because still waitting for mobo)

4 GB DDR2 PC5300 ECC, REG

2 Sata II 3GB/Sec (1 is 160GB and other is 750GB)

----------------------- Here only one problem I have -------------------
the PS2 mouse doesn't working very well, It hard to get this mouse moving
so I have to used the USB mouse, then everything is OK

any commend?

-------------------------------------------
how to take print screen on Apple? so I can upload my image?

[lungkao]

Congratulations to every one, hope you guy it your system working with this OS :)

[LawlessPPC]

@lungkao

thankyou for a very detailed response p.s. that will be 1 hell of a system with that new motherboard

Keep them coming.

@Seawane
Thanks glad it worked for you

[lungkao]

All Thanks to you LawlessPPC and Other support team.

[Puttabong]

Hi lungkao,

lungkaoHow to take print screen on Apple? so I can upload my image?
Command-Shift-3, Take a picture of the screen
Command-Shift-4, Take a picture of the selection
Command-Shift-4, then Spacebar - Take a picture of the selected window

[lungkao]

Thanks Puttabong
I will try now :)

[lungkao]

Hey guy, check out the print screen @ Seawane

how come it only show :

Total Number of cores: 1 ?? it should say 4 rite?

I got same prolem.

Also it show the L2 @ 512KB how about L3??? @ 2MB???

any Idea?

[synmoo]

Install went great, all working except audio (ALC882). 7300GT, AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+, DFI Infinity Mobo, nForce 570.

Only problem.. random hangs, including mouse. competely frozen. Happened once running xbench, and again just now logging into a website in firefox.

How do I troubleshoot that?

[lungkao]

Puttabong

where should I paste the printed screen?

thanks

[nami]

LawlessPPC I´m portuguese the language support works fine, no need to install anything else

[LawlessPPC]

@lungkao

cpu cores will only show 1. System monitor should show all cores active and what percentage

[LawlessPPC]

@synmoo

do you have 4GB of memory if so thats the problem its well documented. It only affects nforce chipset I believe you need to run the argument for only 3.5GB.

<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>maxmem=3456</string>


you need to add that to com.apple.boot.plist in root:library/preferences/systemconfiguration

hope this helps

LawlessPPC

[synmoo]

@LawlessPPC

I only have 2GB. No panic log and system log offered no help.

I am also experiencing profiler saying 1 core, but everything else says 2. About this mac has wrong ram speed also. Shows 400 when I have 800.

Edit:

Update... I've gotten xbench to crash, not a kernel panic though. top details:
Process: Xbench [282]
Path: /Applications/Xbench.app/Contents/MacOS/Xbench
Identifier: com.spiny.xbench
Version: 1.3 (1.3)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [145]

Date/Time: 2008-07-24 16:02:10.411 -0400
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.4 (9E17)
Report Version: 6

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000004

[LawlessPPC]

everybodies profiler will say 1 core thats the nature of the beast untill someone comes up with a patch or you physically edit applesmbios if i remember rightly same with mem speeds see here -------> http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=112134&hl=smbios . But if you check activity monitor you will see they are there and working

The majority of exc_bad_access errors ive had have been before the program was patched with marvin. I will see if I experience the same probs.

Thanx

LawlessPPC

[LawlessPPC]

@Lungkao

PS2 mouse problem seems to be an issue with 10.5.4 itself heres a fix.
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=117359

l8rs
LawlessPPC

[lungkao]

Thanks LawlessPPC

for some reason, both PS2 and USB mouse is working fine right now

thanks for your help

[BigBadBen]

Seems to work here

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Hardware Overview:

Model Name: Mac
Model Identifier: System Product Name
Processor Name: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6400+
Processor Speed: 3.2 GHz
Total Number Of Cores: 1
L2 Cache: 1 MB
CPU Features: FPU VME DE PSE TSC MSR PAE MCE CX8 APIC SEP MTRR PGE MCA CMOV PAT PSE36 CLFSH MMX FXSR SSE SSE2 HTT SSE3 CX16
Memory: 8 GB
Bus Speed: 200 MHz
Boot ROM Version: Hack.88Z.int.0sh.061193037 (Phoenix Technologies, LTD)
Serial Number: YM8659M6W0A

[callx]

Everything works fine here too. ^^

Proc: AMD Phenom X4 9750

[syh921223]

LawlessPPC:@syh921223

did you try -x ? please tell me you read the readme

I tried with bootoption -x, and I got another error

maybe it's cpu error, i couldn't read the error.
it seems, "CPU 0 Boot error, Restarting.." and PC Restarted.

So, May I change my motherboard?

[onebuttcheek]

Works Perfect!!! Only thing is can't get mac msn to work, it keeps telling me wrong password

[bhast2]

Alot of people over at leo4all forum are having great success with your release
the only thing they said still doesn't work is msn messenger just like zeph's releases

[LawlessPPC]

hmmm I will need to look into the MSN problem as its something thats always bugged me do these people have sucess on other distro's.

@ syh921223

Try to disable as much of the hardware as you can in bios eg firewire, usb, network adapter, graphics card. Then just install your chipset drivers if you get that far. Tell me how you go on you go on.


Thanx Everyone for your feedback

Keep them coming

LawlessPPC

[LawlessPPC]

please share as a certain system gets a rest 2nite

[ikari7789]

Thanks for the release. I haven't had a chance to install it yet, but I did start up the install disk and it notices my whole HDD, which was the main problem as far as any problems for me go. Thanks!

[nfoav8or]

@LawlessPPC: let your system rest for a while... I've got a couple sources seeding and will continue to do so for at least a week to ensure people get it and let the seeding grow. I've also directed support questions to this forum so you may see a few new members peeking in to ask some NOOB questions. I'm sure we'll all try to help out with that (as that is the way we do it at this forum). Cheers.

Stix

[ikari7789]

I'm seeding too, and I have a pretty good up speed imo for an "american" broadband connection. 60 kb/s is what I limit it to though, since I need to be able to still use my internet shared amongst 5 people.

[YamatoHD]

Im currently seeding it on a few russian trackers :)On my system it runs great

MSI K9N Neo (nforce 570)
Athlon x2 4000+
Ati Radeon x1950 GT
4gb ram
alc 883 sound

[waiflih]

hi all
i tried leopard 10.5.1 and 10.5.2 from zeph
in 5.1 the installer throws an error when installing files into the disk
in 5.2 it just keeps rebooting

so my last hope is this release... (that only have 1 seed right now u.u)

my proc is amd phenom 9750 (x4),chipset AMD 770, 2 gb ram, gpu geforce 8800gt and sata hdd... can you say me if will this version work???

and thanks for your very good work!

[Taisto]

I`m trying it on my BenQ P52 lappy cause it seems to be only way to get 10.5.4 update ( tried many ways to update - always crashed my os ). Will post results.

[nfoav8or]

@waiflih: Your system specs all fit in the range of what LawlessPPC designed this for. Just make sure you Customize to select all the specially needed kexts for it. I hope you find it to be one of the best releases yet.

As with everyone else, this "distro" works great on my system and so far the only tiny hiccup in it is one that everyone else has pointed out... MSN messenger (which I don't use anyways). I did have to open the Terminal and ensure the permissions were reset to the proper ones as well as fix the audio (alc888 didn't install correctly from the DVD).

[ikari7789]

LOL, well, I thought that this distro would work, and it installed without a hitch, but now, when I go to boot the machine, I get the "Still waiting for root device" message. Seemingly out of nowhere considering when I installed it from the DVD it found my PATA drive without a hitch. I'm going to try re-installing within the next couple hours here to see if I can get it to work. I'll post my results then.

[nfoav8or]

which third party kexts did you Customize your install with?

[ikari7789]

Well, that's why I'm re-trying.... I started the install somewhere around 2 AM and I was quite tired, so I didn't notice the customize button, which I'm now doing. Pretty much the only thing I chose was the SB600 kext because I forgot to last time. I'm hoping that that should clear up all my problems. It's currently installing. I didn't choose any others because I figured I could install them afterwards once I know what my hardware is. (Didn't pay much attention during Windows install because it found everything automatically.)

[ikari7789]

Nope, doesn't look that worked either... I'm still getting the grey screen with a slashed circle. Booting with "-v" tells me that it is the same problem I was having before the reinstall "Still waiting for root device." I'm gonna find the root of this problem somehow. There's got to be something on the DVD that is making it boot but then isn't installed when I install OSx86. Any suggestions?

[LawlessPPC]

rather than listing everybody individually (this doesnt mean I'm any less gratefull)
Thankyou for your input. Now to the bugs LOL

Ok the Nforce7 support is totally unknown to me (i didnt know it was supported) I will have to check.
Same goes for SB700 I have no knowledge of a working kext for this. But I will look into it.

@Ikari7789 I know what your issue is no chipset driver installed or maybe the way you have your bios setup.

Please keep posting as all the bugs are to be tackled on a total rebuild.


I need ppls repsonses becuase the only hardware I can test on is Nforce4, SB600, Alc888, VIA, SSE3, SSE2, Phenom, ADI1988 (i think), CMedia 8738, Athlon X2 5000, Geforce8400 GS, ATI HD3650.

So as you see its quite limited.

If you find kexts (drivers to things that dont work please supply links or give as much info as possible as this will be in the next build but dont expect it too soon. As this release was essentially just a play to see what I could achieve in little over a week (I think).

For those who have issues please make sure you understand how to install OSX first.


The only non user input fully automated parts of this install are the booting of the DVD, The kernel installation and the bootloader and partition activation (these seemed to cause the most headaches). Everything else is down to user intervention.

So please help me and if I dont know whats broke I cant fix it.

@ Nfoav8or which alc888 was it 3 port, 6 port or digital



Thanx

LawlessPPC

P.s. please be kind and dont forget its a BETA

[nfoav8or]

@Lawless
6 Port... but I've tried each of the included ones. I've just gone back to my AppleHDAPatcher with the text file fix. Its no big deal. easily fixed but not ideal.

To everyone else asking questions about the installs... another good place to look if you want to hep yourself learn regarding installs is the OSx86 <a href="http://osx86.wikidot.com/">wiki page</a>. A lot of old but useful fixes, installers, etc. can be found at this site.

[LawlessPPC]

@nfoav8or
did it complain about badly installed kext when you booted for alciject.kext etc or not

Thanx

LawlessPPC

[ikari7789]

Let's see, if it's a BIOS related thing, I have nothing but the base settings enabled. I tried all three of the RAID modes (IDE, RAID, AHCI) and none of them allowed OSx86 to boot. I've now re-installed it on a freshly formatted partition 3 times using custom settings and choosing the SB600 kext each time, the latest time installing all the kexts for my system because I looked them up. I still get the "Still waiting for root device" and I cannot figure out why.

[LawlessPPC]

ikari7789 can you tell me your motherboard model. Also if you look up the spider platform thread and install the sb600 kext by hand then boot with -v -f then install it again with kext helper.

Tell me how you go on

Thanx
LawlessPPC

[ikari7789]

I have the MSI K9A2 Platinum Rev 1.0

So... the SB600 kext isn't installed with your build of 10.5.4?
I can grab the kext for the SB600 from the other thread, I know where it's at.
Where do I install it at though once I get it? I can use transmac with Vista correct?
I don't really feel like using USB to do it because it's my primary hdd.

[nfoav8or]

well if you can still boot up with the DVD you can place the kext on a flash drive and install it to your drive in the
<b>/System/Library/Extensions/</b> folder. The permissions can then be set manually using the Terminal (for this I will use "Leopard" as the name of the volume you installed to):

<b>chmod -R 755 /Volumes/Leopard/System/Library/Extensions/</b>
<b>chown -R root:wheel /Volumes/Leopard/System/Library/Extensions/</b>

Since you can't boot from your OS X drive, you'll be unable to use kext helper right away...
but that is a lot easier to just drag-n-drop-n-forget.

transmac is good, but it defeats the ability to get to know your Mac System. using the DVD and a flash drive will allow yo to get into the weeds a little more... I think everyone should be able to use the Terminal.

remember... to copy a file in Terminal:

<b>cp -R /path/to/original/file /path/to/new/location/</b>

hope that helps.

@LawlessPPC
It stated a few errors at startup dealing with permissions... yeah, the alcinject but also the broadcom wireless kext. fixed permissions through the Terminal and by installing my audio through AppleHDAPatcher... Its working fine now on my Test drive. I'm thinking of installing it to my main drive (I like the fact that I can use Time Machine again...). I want to install fully from DVD to see if I can correct any noob mistakes I might have done through the Customize option.
Except for those few hiccups, I think its a sound installer! Good work mate.

Cheers, Stix

[ikari7789]

Thanks for the info nfoav8or. I'll try it later when I feel like losing my Windows boot again... LOL

[nfoav8or]

@ikari7789
no worries mate. You'll get through this eventually. I was in your shoes about a year ago. I owned a PC but also went and bought a Macbook. After using my Macbook, I found myself going to my Windows PC less and less until I finally just needed it for work. Now I solely use OS X... with VMWare Fusion of course for the work requirement.

It may sound sucky but to really make your system work well, you may want to backup your Windows files externally and then reinstall completely over your main HD. If you have an extra HD lying around, it may be better to just install OS X to that one only for the time being until you find out exactly how to make your system work. The BIOS should still give you the option to boot to a specific HD (which you can select between reboots).

What kind of other Hardware do you have in your computer (besides motherboard, you stated that already)?
hint: go to "About This Mac" and "More Info" to get to System Profiler while in the install DVD to make a list of what OS X sees.

Good luck and happy hacking.

[ikari7789]

Yeah, I do have a spare HD, but I just popped it into my server unfortunately :(
It wouldn't really work anyways seeing as all of the ports on my PC are already taken up.

I don't really care as much about losing my main drive partition because I've got everything backed-up on my RAID and is where I keep all my media. I just need to reinstall programs which takes about an hour for all my big programs besides CS3 and Office. I've used mac before (10.4.9) on my old server machine, but I just got my new computer for graduation and figured that I'd give it a shot. Thanks for the tip about using a USB drive. Didn't even think about it even though you could do the exact same thing with windows... LOL. I use Windows extensively and use Mac for fun. I'm a gamer so Windows is where I'm needed + I just find it a lot more compatible and less nerve wracking to use. But I'm also a computer enthusiast, so I prefer to have a wide understanding of hardware and software. I've sorta lost hope with Linux, I just don't see the mass appeal when you need to sudo everything, but on Mac I've noticed that it just isn't as irritating. The Linux people always seem to be raving about how nice it is and how nice it looks, but as far as I've seen, the only way to really do anything on it is all through a terminal which annoys the hell out of me because I copy lots of files and such. And I prefer organization so it usually ends up being depths of folders and copying my terminal just gets too annoying that just drag and drop. (I don't keep everything on my desktop like most people)

My specs:
psu: 650w Antec EarthWatts
mobo: MSI K9A2 Platinum 790FX
cpu: AMD Phenom 9850 BE
gfx: 2x ATi Radeon HD 4850 512mb
ram: 2x 2GB Corsair Dominator PC2-8500
hdd: 1x Seagate 250GB (PATA)
3x Seagate 250GB (SATA-I) / 1x Western Digital 250GB (SATA-II) (RAID 0)
optical: Sony DRU-530A (really old, but it works well xD)

EDIT: Oh yeah, I'm also just experimenting with Mac right now because there isn't support for my gfx card yet and probably won't be for a while, so I'm just basically at the mindset now that it SHOULD be possible so I'm GOING to make it to happen.

[nfoav8or]

@ikari7789
Sounds like a sweet setup to me. Rock on. I agree with the games, but I'm sold on my PS3 and X-Box so I use my PC for other things. I may be 25 but I still feel the need to play. haha.

Where all have you searched for your graphics card? I was just looking for an EFI solution but am unsure how Chameleon reacts to native EFI input strings as of right now.

Booting to a PATA drive is usually better in OS X because of the hiccups the support for SATA gives.

L8ers

[ikari7789]

I have a PS3 and a Wii that I use for gaming, but there aren't always enough things to keep me entertained on them so I need the PC for miscellaneous things such as word processing and gfx and video editing since I'll never achieve the capabilities on a hackintosh that I have on the native PC or Mac. And since I'm a poor college student, don't really have enough money for a macbook either. The graphics card just came out on the 25th of June and is different enough from the HD 38xx series that it needs a new driver written for it. I've looked and it seems like there might be support for them in the 10.6 beta, but they haven't gotten a confirmation from their beta source yet.

[LawlessPPC]

@ikari7789

yes it does install drivers for sb600 straight from the dvd. This is the chipset I have and it works fine. There is more than one driver floating around for this chipset and that why I'm saying try the other. Without being in front of your system I would not be able to tell you why it isnt working on your system. Is there any possibility you can save an install log for me. Not just the errors it may throw up but all logs.

Thanx
LawlessPPC

[lungkao]

Ok, I just got new motherboard today, I try to test on Dual Quad core opteron.

The model for motherboard is: MSI Speedter

when system boot from DVD, it just hang @ System Model Name: MCP55

I already try -v -f -x but still same

anyone have idea?

thanks

[nfoav8or]

Which variant of the "MSI Speedter" do you have?
Also, did you mean "MSI Speedster"?

[lungkao]

sorry for my english,

I mean MSI Speedster :)

[nfoav8or]

there are different variants of the MSI Speedster...
for example:
945GT - INTEL chipset (won't work with this)
915GM - INTEL chipset (again)
K9ND
K9NU

Please be more specific. Thanks.

[lungkao]

Thanks nfoav8or
Thanks for your help, I have K9ND, and DVD load now to install window, :)

Now I installing, :)

I will report if whole things working :)

[nfoav8or]

Awesome. Did you ever find out what the problem was?

[lungkao]

yes, I did :)

[nfoav8or]

ahhh. one of <i>those</i> kinds of problems. ok. I understand. ;-)

[lungkao]

:)
here is first V8 AMD Hackintosh System in the world? correct if I'm worng ! :)

I will run dual boot Vista Ultimated X64 and Leopart 10.5.4

- I got dual amd Quad Core 2346HE (total 8 Cores - 1.8Ghz x 8) working
- 6GB memory DDR2 ECC REG PC5300
- Nvidia 7950GT 512MB DDR3 256bit (with CI/QE Supported)

The motherboard working perfict

onboard working:
all USB
All Firewire
All audio ALC888 (need install driver my self, can not get it work from DVD)
All Marvell 88E1116 Ethernet Controller (need install driver my self, can not get it work from DVD)

[ikari7789]

is there a specific way to save an install log or do I need to type everything as it it goes by?

Sorry for being so obnoxious about my problem, but in the end, this will help with people who have similar problems.

Thanks for all the help so far.

[nfoav8or]

@ikari77889
while you are installing, you can view the install log via one of the menu items (not sure which one at the moment). Try to save it that way.

Also, I think it should be saved somewhere on your drive, but not sure where.

@lungkao
wow man. sweet! is your system recognizing all 6GB of RAM? I thought there was a problem going over 4GB?

[nfoav8or]

@lungkao
Post your specs in the thread <a href="http://www.infinitemac.com/discussion/1319/lawlessppc-phenom-amd-1054-beta-poll-yes-it-works/#Item_4">LawlessPPC-Phenom-Amd-10.5.4-Beta-Poll-YES-It-Works</a>. Great feedback will help propel this forward from its BETA version. Thanks.

[LawlessPPC]

@nfoav8r
thanks for your continued support.

The ALC888 problem seems to be becoming aparent what i would like to know for this is which did they try to install from dvd and which have they sucessfully install after install. Also if they get a kext not installed properly on boot

Thanx
LawlessPPC

[LawlessPPC]

the 4gb memory problem as far as I know is only present on NForce boards. Correct me if I'm wrong?

[LawlessPPC]

@Lungkao
any chance of a screen shot of system monitor showing them cores

[lungkao]

LawlessPPC

@ the system information, it show number of cores: 5 ???? should be 8
but how to get in to "system monitor"?

how to paste the screen shot?

[lungkao]

nfoav8or:

yes, both vista x64 and leopart detected my 6GB of ram in "about mac"

for windows, if you have more than 3GB of ram, you must run 64 bit of OS to detected all the ram. but I'm not sure about apple :), I'm just new to apple

[LawlessPPC]

lungkao

Sorry its called activity monitor it is applications/utilites. just up it to image shack and post link

[markastor]

Is it worth to try with SB700 southbridge?

[waiflih]

Hi all

i'm having problems installing this version...

Amd Phenom 9750
MB ABIT AX78 with Chipsets AMD 770/ SB600
RAM Corsair XMS2 DDR2 2Gb (2x1Gb) PC6400C4DHX
GeForce 8800 GT Alpha Dog Edition

randomly i can run the initial setup (sometimes it just hangs after loading the kexts) and after it says "calculing remaining time" i see a yellow sign and a message telling me that the os couldn't be installed...

i tried all switches in any ways, but it's always the same

any ideas??

[LawlessPPC]

@waiflith
did you verify the burning of the DVD sound like bad media to me

@Markastor
Everythings worth a try!!!!
Please let me know how you go on

L8rs
LawlessPPC

[waiflih]

LawlessPPC:@waiflith
did you verify the burning of the DVD sound like bad media to me

i though the same, how can i verify it??? y burned at the slowest speed, and when the setup says "verifiying disc" it goes well.
regards

[lungkao]

LawlessPC

here is my screen shot

http://img244.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture1tj0.png
http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture2pv7.png
http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture3li6.png

how do you see 8 core in activity monitor?

[nfoav8or]

@lungkao

no. I only see one core. In my activity window, I know it is recognizing both cores because it shows me two core activity windows.

<img src="http://www.grabup.com/uploads/c1f5654e28d749925de16da30d9652d8.png">

[lungkao]

nfoav8

how come my show only 1 core? when I have 8 core?

my mobo recognizing 8 in bios

[nfoav8or]

check your com.apple.boot.plist in Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration and let me know if any boot flags (kernel flags) are set.

Have you run <a href="http://www.xbench.com/">Xbench</a> yet? Is the speed noticeable?

I am not sure why it isn't recognizing it. I know the Mac Pro can have 8 cores (two quad cores) but they are Intel Xeon. I'm just guessing that they are all working just fine but not showing. OS X doesn't always look at your BIOS to tell it what it has available... if at all.

try booting with <b>cpus=8</b> ;-) just for a laugh.

[Taisto]

Oh by the way - there seem to be problem with SB chipset support on the install DVD - anyone having this chipset, i recommend putting kexts into Extensions folder on image before burning it. This install seem to work faster than my previous 10.5.2

And if i can ask - i know that new relase is being prepared. I wonder what will be the main changes ?

[LawlessPPC]

@taisto
dont just post unnecesary advice like that. This problem please tell me what it is. Which SB chipset is it?

L8rs
LawlessPPC

[LawlessPPC]

just to show mine with 4 cores

[Taisto]

LawlessPPC:@taisto
dont just post unnecesary advice like that. This problem please tell me what it is. Which SB chipset is it?

L8rs
LawlessPPC

Oh well, just was my thought :) But ok, - about chipset, SB400 isn`t working on the installer ( at least mine ).

[LawlessPPC]

@Taisto

Thankyou for responce

If i was a user and I didnt know it was SB400 and I had SB600 I probably wouldnt have bothered. Now I know what needs to be fixed for next release. I appreciate the response.

Thanx
LawlessPPC

[LawlessPPC]

@waiflih
what software are you using to burn. Look for options verify after burning. How old is your dvdv writer it may be burning fine but reading badly. Do you smoke (I do)? Its the worst thing you can do near an optical drive (tar on lens).


L8rs
LawlessPPC

[waiflih]

LawlessPPC:@waiflih
what software are you using to burn. Look for options verify after burning. How old is your dvdv writer it may be burning fine but reading badly. Do you smoke (I do)? Its the worst thing you can do near an optical drive (tar on lens).


hahaha
no, i dont smoke, its the worst thing you can do (not only near an optical drive)
first time i use nero 7, and then brasero, with both i got the same result...
may this be a hdd problem?? mmm i'm gonna try to get another dvd drive to test...

about the age of the writer... dont know exactly, but it can burn double layer dvds, so it's not so old

[LawlessPPC]

@waiflih
anychance of an install log. This would give the answers. To get one go to menus at top show log. then tell it all not just errors and got to file save as

[LawlessPPC]

@everyone

if you have an unsucessfull install please post your install log.

I have one here infront of me and they are very revealing

@Waiflih

Why doesnt you install work???

well according to your log your have no idea at all how to install OSX this is not an attack but you should read a little on how to do it. Try the OSX86 wiki.

Your problems are
I dont beleieve you have run disk utility to prepare the hardrive or you have specifically told it to partition and format as Fat32 (i beleive this is why permissions fail)

2nd you have selected everything selectable to install every graphics card driver, every soundcard driver, every chipset driver etc.

This does not run like a windows install it is far smarter than that and you have some control.

I really appreciate the fact you sent the log. Now you have an answer and I'm not just guessing.

p.s. according to the date of log file April 1976 you need to change date in bios as this can have effects not 100% with MacOSX but I know it can effect other software

Thanx
LawlessPPC

[waiflih]

i just select all the options to see a complete log...

so, fat32 doesn't work?? xD

the disk utility fails to set the partition as mac fs, but when it is in fat32 allows me to continue the install....

it there another program to format the partition ??

and thanx for all, i know a lot of linux and windows, but in this i'm almost a total newbie ^^

[LawlessPPC]

@waiflih
perhaps its how the drive was pepared in the first place is it a name brand system thats used some utility to prevent partition change????

If so use some drive tools form manufacturer eg seagate tools etc to wipe drive first. Then Osx should deal with it first


L8rs
LawlessPPC

[seren]

Hello,

Just installed LawlessPPC 10.5.4 and it works awesome. One thing that is bugging me is the when i right click an application in the dock that says "Assign Application to ===> TEMP" I have no idea what this is and its a annoyance. What is it? how do i remove it?

[talkingmonkey]

Solid release (and it's a beta!). My results are in the Yes <a href="http://www.infinitemac.com/discussion/1319">thread</a>.

Issues with my HP m9100z (Phenom, MCP61 nForce 430, 8400GS G98):
>Included forcedeth was never loaded (as in 'kextstat')
>Downloaded <a href="http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=12933">forcedeth 0.3</a> instantly hangs on kextload with some bus conflicts, requiring reset...using a tulip PCI for now.
>QE/CI is supported after adding GPU Device/Vendor ID to three kext 'Info.plist' files. Can this be added upstream?
>Audio driver package dependency was unclear during install; sound preferences are also unclear - all 4 outputs are named 'Line Out.'
>Sleep: Can't wake up; reset required.
>Boot takes >90 seconds after countdown until Dock slides up; system.log excerpt is attached.
>Xbench 'Disk Test' score is extremely low; this install gets a whole WD Raptor. Results are attached.
>lspci output is attached here and in the Yes thread

[djhash]

Hey,

Wondering if this will work or not. I am going to try it anyways.

Please look here for the output from PC Wizard, I've highlighted things to note, specifically that my chipset is an AMD 790FX, with sb600 IPX and a Marvell.
PC Wizard - Pastebin info (http://djhash.pastebin.com/f603d674)

Take a look and let me know if anything is specific I have to do than choosing the proper kernels and patches.. I am already assuming it'll be a modbin 9.4 kernel (not sure if there are others)..

Also, I'm installed Kalyway 10.5.2, and the first time I did it, there was no problem detecting my onboard sound-card:
(Device Audio : IXP SB600 High Definition Audio Controller).. its a soundmax in windows.. but later installs it would not detect it.. not sure what I changed.. i don't think i did.. anyways..

I hope this will be enough for you.

Thank you so much for your work.
-DjHash

P.S. Will be downloading it tonight and seeding week on nights.. (EST)

[hacksquad]

Hi, i'm new here.. i'm still downloading :)

oh yeah.. about the sb600, i guess you can set AHCI mode in the bios.. it should work fine, once mac installed you can load the sb600 kext. it works for me with 10.5.1 ( only with SATA hard drive pair with SATA DVD drive )
since i upgraded to phenom, i havent try updating to 10.5.2 or 10.5.3
guess i'm gonna try the lawlessppc's 10.5.4 now ;p
my system is:
MSI K9A2 Platinum V1
AMD Phenom 9550
ATI 3850 512 mb
2 gb DDR2

[waiflih]

finally it works!!!!!

:D

now i'm searching for audio and lan drivers...and a usb keyboard xD

[eXiA]

downloading it now, thanks for releasing this.
i wonder anyone sucessful installing lawlessPPC Phenom & AMD 10.5.4 on a 780G system or a nv8200 system?
is it fine as long it is a sb700 mobo??
another question: will it support the sb750 chipset also?

[LawlessPPC]

@waiflih congrats keep posting

@exia im not 100% of whats supported thats why I need ppls responses

[prudenth]

Finally work. wao!!! , Thanks LawlessPPC and all team , took me around 40 minutes to install.

Audio works with azalia
Graphics QE don't work
work with 1 CPU
I feel the system is something slow, maybe the IDE driver is very old

Thanks Prudenth

[bentaner]

LawlessPPC Phenom & AMD 10.5.4 Beta boot

Setup LawlessPPC, following disk partion not enabled hdd..
Can you help me?
Thanks...

My PC
AMD Phenom 9500 quad-core
Socet AM2+(940)
mainbord: ASUSTeK model:M3A
cipset:ATI RD770
Southbrigge: ATI SB600
graphic card: ATI X-16
DDR2: 3072
2x250 gb Sata HDD

[decisa]

Hi,
i'm new to Macs. I used my gf's macbook several times and I feel really bad that I cannot answer any of her questions in regards to OS X.
I need to change the situation :)

wondering if it's possible to make it run on my machine:

AMD Phenom 9850 BE @ 2.9Ghz
ASUS Crosshair II Formula nForce 780a
G.SKILL 2x2GB DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
XFX GeForce GTX260
HT OMEGA STRIKER 7.1
Seagate 750GB SATA (winxp here)
Samsung 40Gb SATA (free)
Samsung 250Gb PATA (free)

when I first tried to run installation DVD i had errors with firewire.
turned it off in bios.
then I had problems with USB. It said that something's not happening in 5 secs. I unplugged all usb devices, but keyboard and mouse.

and after this line:
Extension "com.apple.driver.iTunesPhoneDriver" has no explicit kernel dependency; using version 6.0

if freezes and says:
Still waiting for root device.

i found somewhere that it's a problem with not recognizing SATA HDD. I tried running with all three, two and just one HDD. same problem.

then I found solution somewhere that I must have PATA DVD and HDD running on one cable. My DVD burner is SATA, so I borrowed one from my friend.

dvd - master, hdd - slave gave no changes.

dvd - slave, hdd - master added one more line:
Extension "com.apple.driver.iTunesPhoneDriver" has no explicit kernel dependency; using version 6.0
AppleUSBOHCI [0x6e36000]::CheckSleepCapability OHCI controller will be unloaded across sleep

and again :
Still waiting for root device.

my HDD is FAT32 with 100Gb in primary partition

any ideas?

[cgsheen]

Enable AHCI in the BIOS for your SATA drives. What southbridge does your MB use? Is it an SB600 or SB700 (like my 780G motherboards...) I have OSx86 running on 2 780G machines - 1 with a Phenom, 1 with an A64 X2.

I doubt that your video card will have anything but VESA support.

[decisa]

just tried to enable AHCI.. didn't work for me..

780G NB is for ATI graphics.

mine is 780a - nForce. and my SB is nForce 780a SLI MCP

[ferncba]

Hey Guys,

This week I installed LawlessPPCPhenomLeo (10.5.4) and when I run ASU to upgrade to 10.5.5 it gets stuck in "Detecting cpuids for MacOSXUpd 10.5.5.pkg". I even let it alone for a couple of hours in this state to see if it works eventually, but didn't.
If anyone knows what's happening here I will appreciate your help!


Regards!

[ferncba]

Also updated with ASU to iTunes 8 and Quicktime 7.5.5. iTunes works fine, but everytime I try to open a video file quicktime crashes. If I open it from the app folder it opens well, but as soon as I drag a file to it crashes again.

Any clues?

[Endgame]

I am attempting to download Lawless' disk the usual way;) and my "U" is optimized and running properly, yet it says its gonna take like 2-3 days to download....Anyone have any suggestions for how I can make this go faster? Please pm me if you have any thoughts.
Thanks in advance.
Endgame

[LawlessPPC]

@ Bentaner
no chipset driver for your motherboard in this release

[zuz242]

All running fine after:

ATI3870:
DVD drivers did not work, removed kexts and installed lastexiles drivers.

IDE HHD / SB600 chipset:
This is the only distro allowing me to boot with my sb600 setup.
But after installing the gfx driver, my hdd becomes really slow, so i had to install different sb600 drivers.

[gnuga]

hello, just got my copy of LawlessPPC dvd, pop it , and i got this error of : still waiting for root device..

it's about my HDD right ?

this is my system :

AMD Athlon X2 BE 5000
J&W RS780UVD-AM2+ (780G chipset) http://www.jwele.com/motherboard_detail.php?225 (with SB700)
1x WDC 320gb SATA II
1x SEAGATE 250GB IDE
1x LG DVDRW IDE
Geforce 9600GSO 384MB

i tried with 1 HD frst (the sata one) , trying AHCI & Native IDE but still got "still waiting for root device"

then i tried with only IDE HD but still got the same error

is there any exception for DVDRW & my IDE HD on the same cable ?
or should i use my SATA HD for better performance?

yes, i've tried with -x , but still no luck.
at first i thought it was a USB error, because the last message was : "AppleUSBOHCI ... bla bla bla ... OHCI controller will be unloaded across sleep"

but then comes along "still waiting for root device"

any help will be highly appreciated.

Thanks

[gnuga]

oky. it seems that my SB700 is the problem (lawlessppc didn;t have sb700 driver i guess) but i found this sb700kext http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=126273

*edited*

okay imanaged to inject the file using TransMac .. unfortunetelly sata didn;t work for me , so i go IDE instead. voila! installer showed up. everything installs just fine .. took about 20-30 mins at least.

reboot and there;s this error Grey Circle with line (how to describe that?) on top of grey apple logo. the spinning circle keeps spinneing and nothing happens ..

using -v at boot it reintroduced me to still waiting for root device ...
eh? i thought the installer worked just fine ?
what's wrong?

...

[gnuga]

Coool! with transmac, injecting sb700 chipset has never been easier, (why didn;t i look at that place first??)

anyway, progress so far with LawlessPPC:

SB700 ok, Processors recognized dual core, HD ide recognized, DVD rom recognized, USB full speed

--
9600GSO still working as software no QE no CE, SATA HD not recognized

but i will look for more! thanks !

[Voyn1x]

Have a look here (http://nvinstaller.com/) to try and get your gfx card working

[tarquin]

I try install lawless 10.5.4 first boot panic says cpu 2 problem.

sencond boot try cpus=1 then panıc says cpu 0 problem.
what can i do to fix theese.

SYSTEM
AMD Phenom 9500
Gigabyte 790fx+sb600
2*1 GB ram
Sata hd 80 GB
sata dvd

[nfoav8or]

have you tried any other boot flags besides these?

-x -legacy cpus=1 possibly?

[audiophile_user]

looks like ABIT AX78 will have a problem i better check the bios or it will be stuck or something this board has the same chipset http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=1&model=1934&l1=3&l2=149&l3=592&l4=0

from asus

i hope it would work or something

[bentaner]

My was hdd sata2 connection... change sata1... ok no problem...

LawlessPPC-Leo-10.5.4-Phenom&AMD

this system installing...darwin boot screen -v later(localhost mDNSResponder[48]: WARNING: sandbox_init error Cannot apply named profile `mDNSRespnder´: no such file or directory). Normal installing.. Apple logo showing... later blue screen.. But restarting, not working system.


LawlessPPC
no chipset driver for your motherboard in this release :(

AMD Phenom 9500 quad-core
Socet AM2+(940)
mainbord: ASUSTeK model:M3A
cipset:ATI RD770
Southbrigge: ATI SB600
graphic card: ATI X-16
DDR2: 3072
2x250 gb Sata HDD

[LawlessPPC]

My was hdd sata2 connection... change sata1... ok no problem...

LawlessPPC-Leo-10.5.4-Phenom&AMD

this system installing...darwin boot screen -v later(localhost mDNSResponder[48]: WARNING: sandbox_init error Cannot apply named profile `mDNSRespnder´: no such file or directory). Normal installing.. Apple logo showing... later blue screen.. But restarting, not working system.


LawlessPPC
no chipset driver for your motherboard in this release :(

AMD Phenom 9500 quad-core
Socet AM2+(940)
mainbord: ASUSTeK model:M3A
cipset:ATI RD770
Southbrigge: ATI SB600
graphic card: ATI X-16
DDR2: 3072
2x250 gb Sata HDD
not quite sure i understand your post but if you have sb600 acording to your specs then it is supported. What i can say is alot of errors are due to bios settings. Try booting with -v -f -x

[audiophile_user]

can do i was thinking about that coz i've just install it on AX78 Abit motherboard. the boot is so slow than i ever encountered i was thinking to make a patch but i have to study whole SB600.kext that i got from insanely and i patched using kext helper it was working on full speed. everything was ok back then i used another distro because at that time it was working even it was like 5 hrs of installation :)) but using your distro lawless it was made like less than 30 mins but after installation i got like 20 mins all in all to get to the screen. love your distro lawless. uhum i was thinking before to ask help from you directly.

thanks a lot

[audiophile_user]

and i encountered as well that after install i got the cores when i check after installation i got only 1 and the ID was correct though :)

i was thinkin to modify it but is there anyway?

thanks lawless

[LawlessPPC]

in about this mac it will only show 1 core but if you go and look at activity monitor you will see a cpu usage graph for every core.

[audiophile_user]

ohh that makes sense. :) thanks a lot lawless

as for the SB600 i was trying to make a package and i think i have to rely this install manually looks like manual is the best way :)

[LawlessPPC]

sb600 has no issues with this release did you pick the chipset driver during install. Also are you running in ahci mode or ide check your bios

[audiophile_user]

yep i was in ahci mode and hmmm why it's slow? but let me double check again on installation just to be sure and i will get back to you :)

thanks a lot lawless

[audiophile_user]

lawless

after installation on AX78 AMD 770 SB600 Abit Motherboard on AHCI it went smoothly i dunno for some reason after i mod the root on the -s it became slow then i encountered 1st boot and entering the password and username on the screen where you usually logon

after i made a reboot it became slow then i was having a slow response at all when booting up
i tired x- -f -v to check anything when wrong well after which it hangs it's wierd hmmm any suggestions lawless? thanks

[levian]

Hi,
I have a system like:

MSI K9A2 CF (SB600-790X)
4GB Ram
2x250 GB sata hdd
1x60 GB ide hdd
HD 3850 video card
M-Audio 24 / 96 sound card
LG DVD drive ide

I tried every way with Lawless distro and could boot in only safe mode. BIOS setup is sata (IDE) and there is no AHCI selection.

at least I could see the desktop in safe mode but ethernet and video card didn't work.

I could use anyhelp, thank tyou for such a nice work.

[nfoav8or]

lawless

after installation on AX78 AMD 770 SB600 Abit Motherboard on AHCI it went smoothly i dunno for some reason after i mod the root on the -s it became slow then i encountered 1st boot and entering the password and username on the screen where you usually logon

after i made a reboot it became slow then i was having a slow response at all when booting up
i tired x- -f -v to check anything when wrong well after which it hangs it's wierd hmmm any suggestions lawless? thanks

please explain what you are modifying the root for via -s right after the installation... is this to bypass the account creation loop? if it is, make sure you are doing this process correctly... state your procedures (exactly) here and we can help you better...

for the second paragraph... if it hangs, tell us what it hangs at... it isn't much help if we can't see what you see.

[nfoav8or]

Hi,
I have a system like:

MSI K9A2 CF (SB600-790X)
4GB Ram
2x250 GB sata hdd
1x60 GB ide hdd
HD 3850 video card
M-Audio 24 / 96 sound card
LG DVD drive ide

I tried every way with Lawless distro and could boot in only safe mode. BIOS setup is sata (IDE) and there is no AHCI selection.
sata (ide) ??? huh???

you've tried every way to do what? install or run OS X after installation?

[LawlessPPC]

Hi,
I have a system like:

MSI K9A2 CF (SB600-790X)
4GB Ram
2x250 GB sata hdd
1x60 GB ide hdd
HD 3850 video card
M-Audio 24 / 96 sound card
LG DVD drive ide

I tried every way with Lawless distro and could boot in only safe mode. BIOS setup is sata (IDE) and there is no AHCI selection.

at least I could see the desktop in safe mode but ethernet and video card didn't work.

I could use anyhelp, thank tyou for such a nice work.

This install was built on that motherboard please review your bios settings. Also update the bios because before i did i could not run hardware virtualization on virtual pc. So i know for a fact the bios mine shipped with had serious issues. Also dont put a 125watt cpu in it they dont last long

[levian]

This install was built on that motherboard please review your bios settings. Also update the bios because before i did i could not run hardware virtualization on virtual pc. So i know for a fact the bios mine shipped with had serious issues. Also dont put a 125watt cpu in it they dont last long

I have 3 HDD's and I use 60GB PATA(ide) for Mac. I already updated my BIOS to 1.7 version which is most recent update for K9A2 CF. my LawlessPPC distro install efforts' steps are below.

In BIOS I've set SATA features disabled
Enabled SATA and RAID mode on/off
Removed SATA HDDs
Disabled all integrated perihephals
While installing, I choose none of graphics cards/ HD 38x0 / HD 3800 support
In safe mod i installed graphics package
with osx86 tools tried to enable QE/CI

none of these attemps didn't work.

still after apple logo there is a funny commadore 64 graphics and couldn't make LAN work.

Also my CPU's power consumption is appear to 89 watts according to AMD's web site. But I found that Triple Core 8450 model is 65 watts. maybe I could change my CPU. Will it be ok with Leopard?

I hope you can help me with those information above.

Thank you for your time and nice work.

[inhibitor]

Hi all,

First of all thanks to Lawless, his distro was third I've tried and it worked.

Edit : Problem solved, with capping maxmem

Though there is 1 issue I wanted to ask if U ppl might know. When starting Transmission it checks my old transfers, but after couple mins PC freezes asking to reboot. Same problem when I try to patch Mac combo 10.5.5 update, and happened today transferring pictures from digital camera.
Other than that works flawlessly. Thanks in advance.

This is on:
CPU : Phenom 9850 BE
MB : Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6
RAM : 4GB @ 1066
HDD : SATA AHCI
VIDEO : ATI 3870

[Misi]

... Also dont put a 125watt cpu in it they dont last long
i have a 140 W processor :D

is there a kext for the SB750 southbrige ? (i think i'm the only one with a sb750, only exia asked about it)

here is my system:
- AMD Phenom 9950 X4 Black Edition 140W - (has SSE4a too)
- MSI DKA790GX - AMD 790GX , SB750
- OCZ Platinum 2*2GB 1000MHz
- Asus Geforce 8600GT Silencer 512 DDR3
- Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme Audio
- Western Digital SATA2
- Asus DVD-RW IDE

i have 2 partitions :
C - NTFS with Vista x64 (~97GB)
D - Unpartition (~56GB)

i tryed to install OSX86 Leopard For AMD LawlessPPC-Leo-10.5.4-Phenom&AMD
and after i gave the -v command it says : still waiting for root device

i've tryed to change from IDE to AHCI with no luck
should i try with a SATA DVD drive ?
with who i should talk for Creative Labs audio cards kexts ?

please if you have any hints pls tell me

thx

[nfoav8or]

when installing for the first time I would recommend using the boot flags "-f -x -v". By default, LawlessPPC's distro runs with "-f -v" but if you override it with your own, it won't force-load the Extensions folder and may not find the right extensions needed. You may also need to inject an extension later so I'd suggest reading up on it from within a few threads that can be found on this forum or over at insanelymac.

[LawlessPPC]

i have a 140 W processor :D

is there a kext for the SB750 southbrige ? (i think i'm the only one with a sb750, only exia asked about it)

here is my system:
- AMD Phenom 9950 X4 Black Edition 140W - (has SSE4a too)
- MSI DKA790GX - AMD 790GX , SB750
- OCZ Platinum 2*2GB 1000MHz
- Asus Geforce 8600GT Silencer 512 DDR3
- Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme Audio
- Western Digital SATA2
- Asus DVD-RW IDE

i have 2 partitions :
C - NTFS with Vista x64 (~97GB)
D - Unpartition (~56GB)

i tryed to install OSX86 Leopard For AMD LawlessPPC-Leo-10.5.4-Phenom&AMD
and after i gave the -v command it says : still waiting for root device

i've tryed to change from IDE to AHCI with no luck
should i try with a SATA DVD drive ?
with who i should talk for Creative Labs audio cards kexts ?

please if you have any hints pls tell me

thx

when i wroe about the wattage i meant just on that msi board (they are crap). As for waiting for rot device there is no chipset driver present for motherboard you would have to add it yourself. Your choices would be to get the sb700 kext i think that will do it or if im not mistaken idenebs distro covers it but i cant confirm

[jazZbaR]

Hello LawlessPPC,

firstly sorry for my english. i´m from germany.

i installed your LawlessPPC 10.5.4 on my system and it works great. but give it a way to update your distro from 10.5.4 to 10.5.5. That is very important for me, to install the GF 9600GT driver.

I used the Zephiroth software update, but it won´t work. it stops with detecting cpuids for mac os x leopard.

My system:

Motherboard Name: Asus M3A-H/HDMI
CPU: TripleCore AMD Phenom 8450
Motherboard: AMD 780G, AMD K10
Memory: 2048 MB (DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM)
USB Controller: ATI SB700 - OHCI USB Controller
Sound: Realtek ALC888/1200 @ ATI SB700 - High Definition Audio Controller
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT (512 MB)
Network: Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter

THX

[nfoav8or]

i installed your LawlessPPC 10.5.4 on my system and it works great. but give it a way to update your distro from 10.5.4 to 10.5.5. That is very important for me, to install the GF 9600GT driver.

I used the Zephiroth software update, but it won´t work. it stops with detecting cpuids for mac os x leopard.

check out this thread to help in your quest to get to 10.5.5
http://www.infinitemac.com/f36/zephyroths-software-news-update-2008-aug-18-t1385/post16597.html

basically you can download the single update direct from the Apple site and place the .pkg file found in the image download to your Downloads folder and then follow the directions at the link.

If you have trouble with that, PM me and I'll send you a link to mine.

[inhibitor]

check out this thread to help in your quest to get to 10.5.5
http://www.infinitemac.com/f36/zephyroths-software-news-update-2008-aug-18-t1385/post16597.html



Is it correct thread, because i don't see how it relates to fix that particular problem.

I'm having troubles aswell, it was mentioned earlier that updating from 10.5.4 to 10.5.5 it stops on detecting cpus (to be precise on 310th file with AMD Patcher 0.3), same goes to new AMD Patcher 0.3. Even better my ASU 0.5beta now downloads and strait after goes back to update list.

I would like to have that pathed version too, please.

[nfoav8or]

yes its the correct thread if you are unable to get your system updated to 10.5.5.

If you are trying to get it updated to 10.5.5 for Graphics updates that are not given in the online updates but only through the retail DVDs that became available after that system started to be used in the new Macbooks/Pros then thats another problem altogether.

[inhibitor]

No I was using online Mac combo 10.5.5 update, and bugs and security is above all.

[levian]

Hi everybody, I managed to enable QE/CI on my HD 3850 by this link http://www.infinitemac.com/f5/strange-display-at-bootup-t809/

those kexts really worked for Lawless.

I only have the ethernet problem, the MSI site points out the ethernet card is 8111B. so how can I enable this card because there is no such a driver as I see. which driver do I have to install for my K9A2 CF?

thank you very much.

[Misi]

Hello LawlessPPC,

firstly sorry for my english. i´m from germany.

i installed your LawlessPPC 10.5.4 on my system and it works great. but give it a way to update your distro from 10.5.4 to 10.5.5. That is very important for me, to install the GF 9600GT driver.

I used the Zephiroth software update, but it won´t work. it stops with detecting cpuids for mac os x leopard.

My system:

Motherboard Name: Asus M3A-H/HDMI
CPU: TripleCore AMD Phenom 8450
Motherboard: AMD 780G, AMD K10
Memory: 2048 MB (DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM)
USB Controller: ATI SB700 - OHCI USB Controller
Sound: Realtek ALC888/1200 @ ATI SB700 - High Definition Audio Controller
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT (512 MB)
Network: Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter

THX

what hard drive and dvd drive do you use ?

[jazZbaR]

what hard drive and dvd drive do you use ?

HDD: Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 ATA Device (500 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)
DVD Drive: BENQ DVD LS DW1655 ATA Device


check out this thread to help in your quest to get to 10.5.5
http://www.infinitemac.com/f36/zephyroths-software-news-update-2008-aug-18-t1385/post16597.html

basically you can download the single update direct from the Apple site and place the .pkg file found in the image download to your Downloads folder and then follow the directions at the link.

If you have trouble with that, PM me and I'll send you a link to mine.

i followed the direction and it works. but if i install the MacOSXUpd10.5.5.pkg my pc freezes at 14% and the only solution is a hardreset. after it the pc starts in a reboot loop.

I don't know whether I'm coming or going. :-|

[nfoav8or]

read through the voodoo kernel threads, find the 9.5 System.kext file (replace existing one in Extensions folder with this) then use the new voodoo kernel release candidate and then update via Apple Software update. This should solve it for you.

[xx66stangxx]

For the first time, in ages, I am having a issue; I am getting stuck at setup. I re-burned the dvd and reinstalled the OS. I noticed a difference in this time which was the dvd didn't hang and just reboot. I actually saw the installation complete page. I know the commands for to override the setup process however I would like to find out why the setup is hanging at "don't transfer files" page at setup. Any ideas?

[Pinging]

Sup Lawless,

Im currently attempting to install release on my laptop (Toshiba M305D--S4831) And i cannot get past the part that displays the kernel name, and computer name, It just freezes in place and stays there. What can i do?
Here are my specs:

Motherboard Name: Toshiba Satellite M305D (Thats what EVEREST said)
CPU: Turion X2 RM-70
Motherboard: AMD 780G, AMD K11
Memory: 4GB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)
Southbridge: AMD SB700
Sound:ATI SB700 - High Definition Audio Controller
Video: ATI HD 3100

[nfoav8or]

Sup Lawless,

Im currently attempting to install release on my laptop (Toshiba M305D--S4831) And i cannot get past the part that displays the kernel name, and computer name, It just freezes in place and stays there. What can i do?
Here are my specs:

Motherboard Name: Toshiba Satellite M305D (Thats what EVEREST said)
CPU: Turion X2 RM-70
Motherboard: AMD 780G, AMD K11
Memory: 4GB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)
Southbridge: AMD SB700
Sound:ATI SB700 - High Definition Audio Controller
Video: ATI HD 3100

boot with the boot flags: "maxmem=3072 cpu=1 -f -x -v"

this should cover most of the minor problems to let us know if anything else is an issue... Also, once you get this installed, look up the SB700 thread in this forum for the sb700 kext that will help speed up your running system.

[Pinging]

boot with the boot flags: "maxmem=3072 cpu=1 -f -x -v"

this should cover most of the minor problems to let us know if anything else is an issue... Also, once you get this installed, look up the SB700 thread in this forum for the sb700 kext that will help speed up your running system.

Unfortunately i still cannot get it to boot even with the boot arguments you provided. Heres a picture of what appears http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/2626/dscf1205gd1.jpg
Thanks in advance for helping :) its greatly appreciated

[Flea]

After a successful installation, onto my Amd X2 3800+, Asus m2n-e, 2 gig Corsair xms, 250 gig sata2 hd ( partitioned 3 ways, 1 = xp, 2 = Ubuntu, 3 = lawless mac osx )

In system preferences > Network, It says the Cable Unplugged, The cable for Ethernet is not plugged in. ( yes I'm 100% certain the cable is plugged in, as I'm able to browse in the other os without issues )


Now I have searched and a few "fixes" for the issue, but neither seem to have worked.
1st was to set the Wake on lan to enabled ( in XP ). ( have done )
2nd was to enable magic packet in bios. ( enabled )

The network card is the onboard Nvidia gigabit lan.

Anyone have any other fixes for this issue perhaps?

Cheers.

[LawlessPPC]

Unfortunately i still cannot get it to boot even with the boot arguments you provided. Heres a picture of what appears http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/2626/dscf1205gd1.jpg
Thanks in advance for helping :) its greatly appreciated

disable anything in bios that is not needed and make sure when you burn the dvd that you verify it

[nfoav8or]

After a successful installation, onto my Amd X2 3800+, Asus m2n-e, 2 gig Corsair xms, 250 gig sata2 hd ( partitioned 3 ways, 1 = xp, 2 = Ubuntu, 3 = lawless mac osx )

In system preferences > Network, It says the Cable Unplugged, The cable for Ethernet is not plugged in. ( yes I'm 100% certain the cable is plugged in, as I'm able to browse in the other os without issues )


Now I have searched and a few "fixes" for the issue, but neither seem to have worked.
1st was to set the Wake on lan to enabled ( in XP ). ( have done )
2nd was to enable magic packet in bios. ( enabled )

The network card is the onboard Nvidia gigabit lan.

Anyone have any other fixes for this issue perhaps?

Cheers.

what did you select as the customized network "fix"? Can you get us a printout from LSPCI using pcwiz's OSx86 Tools Utility?

EDIT: pcwiz's site is going through some changes right now and the utility is not found at its usual place. use this in the meantime: http://www.mediafire.com/nfoav8or/OSX86Tools.zip (http://www.mediafire.com/file/qydx3jxb1md/OSX86Tools.zip)

[markolo25]

like i make it to mac gui installation and i left it to eat when i came back it said that it can't make folder

i'm back at vista now

phenom 9950
hd4850
4gb of ram
m3a78-em

1 drive
partiotion 1 vista (want mac on this
2 backup ( i cant reformat has important files)

both of them are in sata and are achi what do i do

[zuz242]

..., Asus m2n-e, ....

In system preferences > Network, It says the Cable Unplugged, The cable for Ethernet is not plugged in. ( yes I'm 100% certain the cable is plugged in, as I'm able to browse in the other os without issues )
...
The network card is the onboard Nvidia gigabit lan.
....
Cheers.

nforce onboard ethernet cards are no fun in osx. you may try a forcedeth kext, but it is likely not to work.
on my old m2n-sli i just bought a cheap ethernet ethernet card ...

[shuu]

Hi guys, this is my first post in this forum.

I will try this installation some day when my download is ready, but before I want to make sure my system will work at all. I was searching for chipset: "MCP78S" but without any result so I'm a bit worried about the compatibility

CPU: Phenom 9950, 4*2.6Ghz
Memory: 4*1GB, Corsair 800Mhz
Motherboard, chipset: nVidia MCP78S
full spec. ( http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=2095&l1=1&l2=2&l3=407&l4=0 )
HDD: 640GB SATA2
DVD: SATA, Samsung 22x
EDIT: Graphics: ATI HD4670 512MB (or: Integrated GeForce 8 GPU - Support Micorsoft DirectX10)

Thanks!

[Archangel47]

Thanks TO LAWLESSPPC !

System config :

Motherboard : M2N32-SLI Deluxe chipset nForce590SLI
BIOS Update : 2001 or 2101 - important is that is the last one (default config)
Processor : AMD Phenom 9600
GPU : nVIDIA GTX280 Gigabyte 1 GB ram / 512 bits
RAM : 4 x 1 GB Kingstone
HDD : 1 x 1 TB WD SATA 2
1 x 1 TB Seagate SATA 2 (stupid company don't like)
1 x 250 GB WD SATA 2
1 x 250 GB Seagate SATA 2
1 x 350 GB WD - USB external
1 x 500 GB WD - USB external
DVD : ASUS DVD RW - IDE

I tried without success to install :

* iDeneb v1.3 osx86 10.5.5 - installed but after first reboot , gived me errors like : Still waiting for the root device , continously loop restarting , end every errors depending on my bios modifications .
* Kalyway_10.5.2_DVD_Intel_Amd , but when booting from the DVD keep restarting at the Darwin boot after like 2-3 sec .

After 48 hours for not sleeping i have downloaded your DVD image burn it and installed .
GREAT WORK MAN ! It works. Indeed my CREATIVE X-FI Extreme Audio dont have the drivers but i will find them . And the second problem is the network card . If i use nForce network is not working the internet but after i puted the cable into a REALTEK network card it's just begin to work !

I have made this account just to tell you : THANKS MAN !

Now i have a question : What it will hapend if i update this version to : 10.5.6 . My Update Tools found this release for update to MAC website ! What do you say ? If you wish i could add you to my Y ! mess list !

AGAIN ! THANKS ALLOT MAN !

excuse my english ! i'm roumanian :) :D !

[bentaner]

LawlessPPC Phenom & AMD 10.5.4 ati rodeon 3850 3D card change old Nvidia9500 GT kard
runnig MAC OSX .. Leo4allv4.1 dowload ati rodeon 385x ve 3800 driver shut down change ati rodeon 3850 runnig MAC OSX... Problem 1. No ethernet kard 2.No Cd room

AMD Phenom 9500 quad-core
Socet AM2+(940)
mainbord: ASUSTeK model:M3A
cipset:ATI RD770
Southbrigge: ATI SB600
graphic card: ATI X-16
DDR2: 3072
2x250 gb Sata HDD

[LawlessPPC]

just glad its helping ppl

[Misi]

happy new year

hey, i posted (http://www.infinitemac.com/f5/lawlessppc-phenom-amd-10-5-4-beta-release-t1250/post18511.html)some time ago that i couldn't pass the still waiting for root device (in IDE mode)

i manage to download some sb700 kext from : www.esnips.com/web /nicholasblocksStuff and inject it on lawless disc (i couldn't find any sb750 kext, i bearley found this kexts)
but i can't seem to see my SATA HDs
i've ul some screenshots
there ar some problems with the memory,graphic card and sound, i didn't see any info about the cores

do i need to load some kext separtly in the terminal ?

thx

ss : http://rapidshare.com/files/179350729/macmac.rar.html

EDIT :1. hey, how come you have Sound Card:- SoundBlaster Live! and it's working ? this is from Creative Labs
i have a Sound Blaster X-fi sound card, do you have kext for it ? :)
2. what kernel would you recommand for my computer , Vanilla ?
3. is this guide good for dual-booting : link (http://dailyapps.net/2008/03/hack-attack-dual-boot-leopard-and-windows-vista/) ?
EDIT2: i tried in AHCI but it dosen't work :(
i can see the SATA HD, but the instalation stops
i've ul 2 ss and the install log : link (http://rapidshare.com/files/179699407/macosx.rar.html)

[nfoav8or]

2. what kernel would you recommand for my computer , Vanilla ?

definitely not. you are using an AMD Phenom CPU so Voodoo would be the best bet right now.

[Jib]

Hello !

I'm quite new to osx86 installation but not in computing, and I've tested over 10 ditros so far. None worked, always because of lack of SB600 support.

Now, I've figured out how to install LawlessPPC, and everything worked fine. But, after installation, when my computer restarts, OS X does not start :( So I've tried to start with "-f -v" and even "-x" commands but this isn't better. Without verbose, I've got a pretty Mac screen asking me to reboot my computer. With verbose, here is where it hangs :
kextd[10]:IOKitWaitQuiet: timed out waiting to write kernel symbols

Some precisions :
- During installation, I've chosen to install Via/SB drivers, ALC888 drivers, All Nvidia drivers and All Network drivers
- this is not a "still waiting for root device" problem
- OS X is installed in an HFS+ partition of my hard drive

My config :
- Phenom 9550
- MSI K9A2CF-F with SB600
- 2 GB RAM PC2-8500
- SATA Hard drive
- Nvidia 9600 GT

Any help would be great :)

[Jib]

Ok let's forget my previous post.
Finally, I've reinstalled the distro without any nvidia drivers and it worked, I can now boot and use it. I've installed other nvidia drivers for my 9600 GT.

[lanceomni]

@Jib
Are you still using Lawless? A lot of people are having problems with sb600 and I know Lawless works but If you used a different one Id like to add it to the list.

[Jib]

Yes I'm using the original ditribution from LawlessPPC.
First, it was impossible to install it on my config, but I've figured out that my DVD was corrupted (or not perfect). So I've burn it again but not at max speed, and then install worked perfectly for me (even though first time I forgot to customize installation, so it was not working !).

I've chosen to check only those options :
- Via, SB drivers
- ALC888 drivers

At first reboot, everything worked fine : sound, ethernet, drives... No "still waiting for root device" bug at all ! After that, I've installed drivers for my graphic card : I've found a complete driver set for my Geforce 9600 GT (Kext was installed thanks to Kext helper). Then I've installed some apps (iTunes, Quicktime update etc...) and my printer.

Now, I would like to update to 10.5.6 but I'm not sure it's possible ?! (I know that Apple updater shouldn't be used !).