Need help with installation

[kisho]

hey guys i have just installed iDeneb v1.3 10.5.5 i didnt install any kext in the Customization window. When i tried to boot for the first time i get a grey screen with an apple logo and it doesnt pass that for like 10mins.So can anyone tell me what i should check off in the Customization window for my specs:

Motherboard: ASUS IPIBL-LB
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz
Chipset: Intel G33 Express
RAM: 3GB
Hard drive: 720 GB (2 x 360) SATA 3G (3.0 Gb/sec)
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 8500GT 256MB
Sound/Audio: Realtek ALC 888S chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels

any additional info can be found here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&docname=c01301711

Can anyone please help me

[kisho]

srry wrong section
can someone please move this to the right section
thx

[Puttabong]

Hi,

When i tried to boot for the first time i get a grey screen with an apple logo and it doesnt pass that for like 10mins.

Boot with the -v kernel flag to force verbose mode, which displays a log that enables you and us to see what's the issue.

[kisho]

hey Puttabong,
i did what u told me to i booted with -v kernal flag but i was waiting for something to appear but nothing showed up for like 30mins. This is the message it said:

MAC Framework successfully initialized
using 15728 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers

Do i have to do something in my bios or is the the things i selected during customizing wrong. Can you please help me.
Thx in advance

[kisho]

Is there any other version of Mac OS X that will work for me?

[yncs22]

I noticed you have two SATA drives hooked up, try disconnecting one, making sure the one remaining is set to master, then try to install...could be a RAID issue. If this doesn't work, do what I did the first time I had trouble with my SATA, find an IDE laying around, connect it up and install...probably works more times than not.

[Taisto]

Have you tried to boot with -x flag for the first time ? If it works configure your PC and then when you see login windows, restart. I don`t know why but first boot often ( at least on my pc ) works only in -x mode. Hope it`ll help.

[nfoav8or]

Not to correct everyone, because booting with -v will def help diagnose, but I've done some reading over at InsanelyMac about the G33 Express Chipset on the Asus IPIBL-LB board and I am afraid to report some (kind-of) bad news. No one that I have found has been able to boot normally into the systems they have running now with OS X. All have to incorporate a boot flag (which really isn't that bad if you think about it) of cpus=4 or cpu=1 This is because the OS can't read in to the BIOS and see the four cores initially at boot which becomes a hinderance to people not knowing that the kernel panics are normal without the codes. Everyone that I've talked to and looked at also has used a variant of Leo4All as well, with version 3 being the best talked about and most useful for them. However I am going to work with the distro you've talked about having already... iDeneb v1.3.

When you are looking for the chipset to install for in your customizing, look for the ICHxFixed as yours also passes for this selection.

For your Audio, use the ALC888 fix that works for you in the end... with your system already being an 8.1 system, the max I think you'll get out of it all is through the 888 6 port (and don't select the digital out unless you actually have it).

For your Video, wait until after you've installed your system and have made sure it boots properly before fixing this up. There are many ways to fix it and I'll list a few here. The injects that were talked about in response to your other post (that after reading again now, I've figured out it was exactly like this one) were correct. Use Zephyroth's Universal NVidia Installer (PM me for the link) and make sure you select the correct kexts to install.
This should fix up your video with the Inject files... if you are looking for something more native and a little more challenging, we can talk about EFI later.

Now for a little more bad news. The few other posts I've read over at InsanelyMac talked about having to flash their bios to make it recognize the 4 cores (without the boot flag) but they don't have modded bios for your board (and yes, it is already on request) but I wouldn't jump off that bridge just yet... the cpus=4 is a perfectly good fix for it and can be written right in to your com.apple.Boot.plist file (which contains the kernels, flags, and device properties (if you used EFI strings). in Terminal:
sudo nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist
in the "kernel flags" string portion.

Hope this helps!

Cheers.

[kisho]

nfoav8or,
thx so much but when i typed cpus=4 and i tried cpus=1 but it still didnt boot into the OS. So i am going to try to get Leo4all v3 and then can you help me from there on.

[Puttabong]

Hi kisho,

Did you also try safe mode (-x), like Taisto suggested? :)

I'd try

-x cpus=4

Leo4allv3 is worth a try, of course.

[kisho]

Hi kisho,

Did you also try safe mode (-x), like Taisto suggested? :)

I'd try

-x cpus=4

Leo4allv3 is worth a try, of course.

yea i just tried -x and still no luck

thx

[kisho]

hey guys i have just installed leo4all v3 succesfully after following what nfoav8or said. I have everythin working execpt three drivers. My graphic card, wireless and audio, can someone help me install those.
Thx for everyone that helped me

[nfoav8or]

I explained the graphics and the audio on the previous page... however, I have to edit the links because we can't have them in the forum any longer (at least links to non-open source software or software that modifies apple's software or files) so I'll PM you the links.

as far as the wireless goes, we need to know the chipset of the wireless controller to be more accurate, but I would try giving the Broadcom wireless package a try. I'll PM you that as well.

[kisho]

My Audio Card: Integrated High Definition audio

* Realtek ALC 888S chipset
* Supports up to 8 audio channels

yea i followed the step for audio and video but it still doesnt work i dont know why?
please help me.

[nfoav8or]

I'll PM you a package found in LawlessPPC's distro for 6channel supported 888.

[nexusmac]

I have same problem.

iDeneb v1.3 10.5.5 , I installed I am getting error from mDNSResponder.
and I cant pass the screen. I can boot with -x and I can do everything.

I selected kernel 9.2 speedstep.
ACPI fix
cpus=1 fix
AHcıfix
SMBIOS 800mhz

I changed the IOFamilynetwork kext with LS8V14's kext and without -x it gives error related to buffer etc.
but I can boot with -x

What can I do with this and what is the difference -x than normal mode?

for ideneb I can say that you can try a lot of times , because this distro somtimes behave differently for each setup , my personal advice, select only necessary fix such as ahcifix and SMbios 800 mhz or whatever your ram MHZ?

and dont select any driver. for example, dont select videocard driver and auido driver.

and try the kernels. I dont know for q6600 which one is better, but I think speedstep should work.

you can try cpus=1 fix or dont select anything from fix just select ACPI-fix , as a result try all possible cases for ideneb I can say, because If you can setup the machine , it means it will work if you get right bios and kext configuration or fix.

I have added screen shots for my error , I disabled ethernet card but it gives still mDNSresponder error and it freezes...

do you have any idea or bios tip?

[nfoav8or]

first, the "-x" boot flag is for safe mode. when you replaced the kexts did you repair permissions. this is a common error. To fix it, boot into single user mode using the forced Extensions load:
-f -s
and this will give you a console-type boot.
first mount your hard drive:
/sbin/mount -uw /
then change to the Extensions folder:
cd /System/Library/Extensions/
next, repair permissions of the folder:
chmod -R 755 * && chown -R root:wheel *
I follow this up by removing the Extensions.mkext file so the system will load all the Extensions at next boot and re-cache them into a new .mkext file.
cd ..
rm -Rf Extensions.mkext
finally reboot:
reboot

I think you are getting a hang at the mDNSresponder error because of this permissions problem because you altered the IOFamilynetwork kext file. when you boot in safe mode (-x) you bypass this because it isn't a needed function of the OS in order to boot.

Hope this helps explain things a bit. If this isn't the problem, we'll dig a little deeper next time.

[nexusmac]

I installed kexts with Osx86Tools and I run the commans such as repair permission and clear extension cache after installing kext.

i will try -f mode without -s.

I installed dmos.kext after IOfamilynetwork. and it gives buffer error.

how can I dig it? to understand why it happens?

[nexusmac]

my board is Gigabyte P35-DS3R.

[nfoav8or]

PM me the file so I can look into it. Thanks.