10.6.5 legacy kernel for INTEL/AMD V2 (32+64bit)

[andyvand]

- Supports everything V1 supports
+ VMWare fix + mac model override fix (credits go to Nawcom)

Download kernel:
http://rapidshare.com/files/433298253/legacy_kernel_10.6.5_V2.zip

Download source diff:
http://rapidshare.com/files/433298660/legacy_kernel-1504.9.17-v2.diff.zip

Download amd_insn_patcher:
http://rapidshare.com/files/432036976/amd_insn_patcher.zip

[jackokk]

Thank you so much.

[RayFlower]

Nice, is there any difference between this and the kernel nawcom published on insanelymac?

[wastez]

Hello,

Works like a charm.....
This kernel is going to be better an better.
Would be really great that it would possible to boot with arch=x86_64 with Chameleon2 RC5 because with RC4 it is no problem but i need to use this version of bootloader because of the injection for my graphicscard.....

One thing iīve to say. It is really great that the community have people like you!
I know itīs a really hard work.
So iīve to say thanks for all your hard work... ;)

Greetz

[davisin666]

Nice, is there any difference between this and the kernel nawcom published on insanelymac?

+1, is there any difference???

[andyvand]

The only difference is that it removes certain routines that causes reset on 64bit kernel.
Other than that it is identical.

[m28ew]

Thanks a lot for this new update :)

when I use the "arch=i386 -force64" everything works like a charm, both 32 & 64 bits apps

but when I use the "arch=x86_64" (with or without -force64),
I get stuck with this KP related to AppleACPIPlatform

FYI, I'm running the SL (retail) updated to 10.6.5 on my AMD P-II x4 & my ATI SB790 mobo (using your AppleATIATA-7 kext)

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/7753/x8664kp.gif

[wastez]

If i try to boot with arch=x86_64 it allways restarts. :(
With RC4 instead of RC5 it doesnīt restart but i canīt get into OS (because of my graphicscard) so that i can say for sure that it is the bootloader.
My CPU is a AMD Athlon 64 X2.....
Or could this problem triggered from an kext? I use one kext where i canīt say if it is 64 Bit compatible.... (SB600_SATA_ATA)
Iīm right with it that i would be not able to boot with -force64 if it is not?


It would be really interessting how to solve the problem....

Greetz

[andyvand]

If i try to boot with arch=x86_64 it allways restarts. :(
With RC4 instead of RC5 it doesnīt restart but i canīt get into OS (because of my graphicscard) so that i can say for sure that it is the bootloader.
My CPU is a AMD Athlon 64 X2.....
Or could this problem triggered from an kext? I use one kext where i canīt say if it is 64 Bit compatible.... (SB600_SATA_ATA)
Iīm right with it that i would be not able to boot with -force64 if it is not?


It would be really interessting how to solve the problem....

Greetz
Use my AppleATIATA for Snow Leopard, it is 32 + 64bit universal...

[RayFlower]

hum, anvalv isn't working with this kernel unlike the nawcom kernel, it gives me a instant reboot with 64 and 32 bit.
With chameleon 4 it works with 32bit but 64gives me the AppleACPIPlatform kernel panic, but I guess it will take some time before thats fixed.

Just out of curiosity, which bootloader do you recommend us to use with your kernel?

Anyhow great work!

[andyvand]

I use the anvalv boot loader myself.
I guess it depends on the hardware wether it works or not...
For those who are wondering: I use the following one (latest)
http://rapidshare.com/files/433917787/boot.zip

[wastez]

Hey Andy,
i tried to use your appleatiata but it donīt work as it should.
I was not able to burn cdīs or dvdīs.
Do you have an idea whatīs the reason for it?

Thx & Greetz

[andyvand]

Hey Andy,
i tried to use your appleatiata but it donīt work as it should.
I was not able to burn cdīs or dvdīs.
Do you have an idea whatīs the reason for it?

Thx & Greetz
Unfortunetely no.
Otherwise I would have fixed that issue some time ago.

[joshuak77]

First of all great work to every one,

I have been able to boot the 64 kernel on my machine (wow!) :eek:
I have an issue I hope someone can help me with. I have a NVidia 8500 GT and it's not working properly.

Using GraphicEnabler=yes I get a black screen every now and then and some colored lines poping all around. But then with the previous kernel 10.6.5 it started working fine. But with the last release it broke again :(

It is basically very annoying but you can still do some work on it.

I did search for it a while a go but couldn't find anything useful. Since it seems to be kernel related perhaps someone can shed some light. By the way with the 64 kernel it works much better with minimal issues (but then my network driver breaks :()

Thx

[davisin666]

Process: Plants vs. Zombies [178]
Path: /Applications/Plants vs. Zombies.app/Contents/MacOS/Plants vs. Zombies
Identifier: com.popcap.plantsvszombies
Version: Plants vs. Zombies version 1.0 (1.0)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [115]

Date/Time: 2010-12-02 21:25:40.152 -0300
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.5 (10H574)
Report Version: 6

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000038d8f59b
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 com.popcap.plantsvszombies 0x0000ede7 0x1000 + 56807
1 com.popcap.plantsvszombies 0x0021e7e3 std::list<Sexy::Widget*, std::allocator<Sexy::Widget*> >::list(std::allocator<Sexy::Widget*> const&) + 15509
2 com.popcap.plantsvszombies 0x0021ebb4 std::list<Sexy::Widget*, std::allocator<Sexy::Widget*> >::list(std::allocator<Sexy::Widget*> const&) + 16486
3 com.popcap.plantsvszombies 0x0021d480 std::list<Sexy::Widget*, std::allocator<Sexy::Widget*> >::list(std::allocator<Sexy::Widget*> const&) + 10546
4 com.popcap.plantsvszombies 0x0021d4c1 std::list<Sexy::Widget*, std::allocator<Sexy::Widget*> >::list(std::allocator<Sexy::Widget*> const&) + 10611
5 com.popcap.plantsvszombies 0x0008756b 0x1000 + 550251
6 com.popcap.plantsvszombies 0x0021d349 std::list<Sexy::Widget*, std::allocator<Sexy::Widget*> >::list(std::allocator<Sexy::Widget*> const&) + 10235
7 com.popcap.plantsvszombies 0x0022397a std::list<Sexy::Widget*, std::allocator<Sexy::Widget*> >::list(std::allocator<Sexy::Widget*> const&) + 36396
8 com.popcap.plantsvszombies 0x0008d5b9 0x1000 + 574905
9 com.popcap.plantsvszombies 0x000024c2 0x1000 + 5314
10 com.popcap.plantsvszombies 0x000023e9 0x1000 + 5097

Thread 1: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919833db _sysenter_trap + 3
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919a9559 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 163
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919a92fe _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 240
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919a8d81 _pthread_wqthread + 390
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919a8bc6 start_wqthread + 30

Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919833db _sysenter_trap + 3
1 ....audio_hijack_server.hermes 0x004699b2 ah_serv_loop + 132
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919b085d _pthread_start + 345
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919b06e2 thread_start + 34

Thread 3:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919833db _sysenter_trap + 3
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919dfac8 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
2 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x936d83c7 CAGuard::WaitFor(unsigned long long) + 219
3 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x936db3f9 CAGuard::WaitUntil(unsigned long long) + 289
4 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x936d8cf6 HP_IOThread::WorkLoop() + 1892
5 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x936d858d HP_IOThread::ThreadEntry(HP_IOThread*) + 17
6 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x936d84a4 CAPThread::Entry(CAPThread*) + 140
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919b085d _pthread_start + 345
8 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919b06e2 thread_start + 34

Thread 4:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919833db _sysenter_trap + 3
1 libbass.dylib 0x003da9cd BASS_StreamCreate + 6121
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919b085d _pthread_start + 345
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919b06e2 thread_start + 34

Thread 5:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919833db _sysenter_trap + 3
1 libbass.dylib 0x003dc818 BASS_Free + 1284
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919b085d _pthread_start + 345
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919b06e2 thread_start + 34

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00404a00 ebx: 0x225bb200 ecx: 0x000f3150 edx: 0x38d8f59b
edi: 0x225bb310 esi: 0x01214290 ebp: 0xbffff838 esp: 0xbffff7f0
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010202 eip: 0x0000ede7 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
cr2: 0x38d8f59b

Im booting with 32 bit

[m28ew]

Sadly on my AMD Phenom II x4,
it panics randomly even in 32-bits mode (booting with arch=i386 ; either with/without -force64)

Warning: invalid kernel IP, wont attempt to handle trap

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9334/kprandom.jpg

[ashp]

Thanks alot using this right now on OS X Server.

[RetroRen]

A big thanx to Andy and all of the people included in this project. Kernel is excelent.

Almoust a year ago I gave up from SL on my AMD machine (GA MA-790X UD4P, AMD Phenom II X2 550, 8 Gb DDR2 667 RAM, ATI HD 3850), but I gave it a try few days ago and it was a succsses :)

I installed 10.6.3 SL from .dmg on my 10.5.6 installation, put a few kexts in S/L/E and E/E folders, dsdt, newest chameleon, and PCI EFI and this kernel, and I'm able to boot in safe mode. Updated to 10.6.5 and I'm stuck again with safe mode (I guess due to VGA).

There are few more problems that are not related with the kernel that I need to solve:
1. BIOS resets - DSDT needs RTC patching (shouldn't be a problem).
2. USB mass storage devices not working, although USB mouse works perfectly (a saw a fix floating around OSX86 forums)
3. Audio doesnt work on Realtek ALC889A (there are a lot of kexts, I need to tryout)
4. Upon start up I need to plug out and plug in PS2 keyboard in order to work.
5. My VGA doesnt work with QE/CI in SL, will have to buy a new one. I can only boot to safe mode, upon the normal boot I get stuck with a black screen.

I have a question about the kernel:
I installed it after 10.6.5 combo update froma pkg installer.
What do I need to patch and how?
I was out of a OSX86 SL for a while, I'm a bit rusty :D

Andy, good luck with developing a on the fly patcher for the kernel ;)

[davisin666]

A big thanx to Andy and all of the people included in this project. Kernel is excelent.

Almoust a year ago I gave up from SL on my AMD machine (GA MA-790X UD4P, AMD Phenom II X2 550, 8 Gb DDR2 667 RAM, ATI HD 3850), but I gave it a try few days ago and it was a succsses :)

I installed 10.6.3 SL from .dmg on my 10.5.6 installation, put a few kexts in S/L/E and E/E folders, dsdt, newest chameleon, and PCI EFI and this kernel, and I'm able to boot in safe mode. Updated to 10.6.5 and I'm stuck again with safe mode (I guess due to VGA).

There are few more problems that are not related with the kernel that I need to solve:
1. BIOS resets - DSDT needs RTC patching (shouldn't be a problem).
2. USB mass storage devices not working, although USB mouse works perfectly (a saw a fix floating around OSX86 forums)
3. Audio doesnt work on Realtek ALC889A (there are a lot of kexts, I need to tryout)
4. Upon start up I need to plug out and plug in PS2 keyboard in order to work.
5. My VGA doesnt work with QE/CI in SL, will have to buy a new one. I can only boot to safe mode, upon the normal boot I get stuck with a black screen.

I have a question about the kernel:
I installed it after 10.6.5 combo update froma pkg installer.
What do I need to patch and how?
I was out of a OSX86 SL for a while, I'm a bit rusty :D

Andy, good luck with developing a on the fly patcher for the kernel ;)

USB problems are true, but en ECHI mode...
But it's too late for me, I have to format again, FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU

[davisin666]

I solved the usb problem using USB kexts from 10.6.2 but when connecting some usb device like a pendrive, in a while the whole system lags.

There is a report log

08-12-10 16:33:02 kernel IOHIDSystem::relativePointerEventGated: Unwanted Direction Change Y: oldDy=1 dy=-9
08-12-10 16:33:03 kernel IOHIDSystem::relativePointerEventGated: Unwanted Direction Change X: oldDx=-2 dx=2
08-12-10 16:33:03 kernel IOHIDSystem::relativePointerEventGated: Unwanted Direction Change Y: oldDy=-4 dy=7
08-12-10 16:33:05 kernel IOHIDSystem::relativePointerEventGated: Unwanted Direction Change Y: oldDy=4 dy=-1
08-12-10 16:33:08 kernel IOHIDSystem::relativePointerEventGated: Unwanted Direction Change Y: oldDy=-8 dy=54
08-12-10 16:33:09 kernel IOHIDSystem::relativePointerEventGated: Unwanted Direction Change Y: oldDy=-3 dy=5

And continues until I reset

Also my CPU is recognized as a 2.6GHZ Core Duo, and I overclocked that to 3.01 (I'm using Chameleon RC5)
Sorry for my bad english xD
I SOLVED I MY PROBLEMS WITH THE USB

Just using the kexts from multibeast and for the cpu using legacy_kernel v2 and boot.zip xDDD
The cpu was a TSC problem

[andyvand]

USB problems are true, but en ECHI mode...
But it's too late for me, I have to format again, FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU
Use my custom IOUSBFamily, it will fix these issues... ;)

[davisin666]

Use my custom IOUSBFamily, it will fix these issues... ;)

I'm using the usb kexts from 10.6.2 and there are working excellent XD

Thanks Andy for the kernel!

[Lnerrrka]

How to patch kernel? :P I'm getting KP on VMware

[ls8682]

Fantastic work Andy!!

I have the 10.6.5.v1 kernel running on a dual processor Opteron 8 core server board. Used the SL10.6.2 Hazard CD for the install and replaced the 10.6.2 kernel (which didn't work well) with Andys 9.17-v1 binary.

Boot option: -force64 arch=i386 busratio=12 and the patcher =-50 (probably to high).
Only one outstanding issue that I can not find a solution for and that is the Realtek ALC880 sound ship. :(

Absolutly great work and many thanks to Andy and all who worked on this.

If anybody has an idea for the ALC880 problem.....:-/

Hardware:

ASUS KFN5-D SLI server board, Nvidia MCP55 chipset, Two Opteron 2358SE 4 core (each), 8 gb Kingston ECC REG DDR2-667, Nvidia 8600GT vidio, WD 36gb SATA Raptor, WD 40gb IDE ATA, Realtek 8139 net chip, ASUS DVD +/-R/RW Optical IDE, and the crappy ALC880 sound thing.

BIOS options: Used defaults.

SL 10.6 installs on both the parallel and SATA drives. I mention this because of reading that there have been parallel HD install problems.

I'm new to OSX so please excuse any ignorance. With the help of the forum I'll get over it.

cheers :D

[ghsoft]

Hello guys,

I am just new posting to this forum but I was reading it since long time...

I had installed 10.6.4 on my HP Compaq 6530b Laptop on an external USB drive, that was working great until I upgraded to 10.6.5 when my system got down.

After two days of reparations using OS X installed on a VMWare I could repair the files in my hard drive but unfortunately I have lost the mach_kernel, and then I have downloaded the mach_kernel posted in this topic, I unzipped it, copied it to the root on my hard drive and applied chown 0:0 and chmod 755 on the mach_kernel using sudo -s in the terminal and rebooted using the USB drive with -v arch=i386 flags...

When start loading the files, it is showing that it is loading the mach_kernel TWICE!! as per the image (1.jpg), I can see from the image (2.jpg) that the Darwin Kernel loaded is 10.5.0 which is correct I assume? when continuing with the boot it is showing messages saying invalid kernel ip, won't attempt.... as per image (4.jpg)

If I am booting with only flag -v i am getting the screen (3.jpg)

Can you please guys help me out on this.

Thanks in advance...

Ghaith

[ls8682]

Fantastic work Andy!!

I have the 10.6.5.v1 kernel running on a dual processor Opteron 8 core server board. Used the SL10.6.2 Hazard CD for the install and replaced the 10.6.2 kernel (which didn't work well) with Andys 9.17-v1 binary.

Boot option: -force64 arch=i386 busratio=12 and the patcher =-50 (probably to high).
Only one outstanding issue that I can not find a solution for and that is the Realtek ALC880 sound ship. :(

Absolutly great work and many thanks to Andy and all who worked on this.

If anybody has an idea for the ALC880 problem.....:-/

Hardware:

ASUS KFN5-D SLI server board, Nvidia MCP55 chipset, Two Opteron 2358SE 4 core (each), 8 gb Kingston ECC REG DDR2-667, Nvidia 8600GT vidio, WD 36gb SATA Raptor, WD 40gb IDE ATA, Realtek 8139 net chip, ASUS DVD +/-R/RW Optical IDE, and the crappy ALC880 sound thing.

BIOS options: Used defaults.

SL 10.6 installs on both the parallel and SATA drives. I mention this because of reading that there have been parallel HD install problems.

I'm new to OSX so please excuse any ignorance. With the help of the forum I'll get over it.

cheers :D
Platform: Mac OS X x86 (32-bit)
Compiler: GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5494)
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6.2 (Build 10C540)
Model: iMac9,1
Motherboard: Apple Computer, Inc. Mac-F4208DC8 Rev 1.xx
Processor: Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2358 SE
Processor ID: AuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 2 Stepping 2
Logical Processors: 8
Physical Processors: 2
Processor Frequency: 2.43 GHz
L1 Instruction Cache: 64.0 KB
L1 Data Cache: 64.0 KB
L2 Cache: 512 KB
L3 Cache: 2.00 MB
Bus Frequency: 396 MHz
Memory: 8.00 GB
Memory Type: 800 DDR3
SIMD: 1
BIOS: Apple Inc. MP21.88Z.005C.B01.0608221120
Processor Model: Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2358 SE
Processor Cores: 8

Integer (Score: 7029)
Blowfish single-threaded scalar -- 1685, , 74.1 MB/sec
Blowfish multi-threaded scalar -- 13876, , 568.6 MB/sec
Text Compress single-threaded scalar -- 1599, , 5.12 MB/sec
Text Compress multi-threaded scalar -- 11863, , 38.9 MB/sec
Text Decompress single-threaded scalar -- 1603, , 6.59 MB/sec
Text Decompress multi-threaded scalar -- 13352, , 53.2 MB/sec
Image Compress single-threaded scalar -- 1349, , 11.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Compress multi-threaded scalar -- 10832, , 91.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Decompress single-threaded scalar -- 1054, , 17.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Decompress multi-threaded scalar -- 7748, , 126.4 Mpixels/sec
Lua single-threaded scalar -- 2219, , 854.4 Knodes/sec
Lua multi-threaded scalar -- 17170, , 6.60 Mnodes/sec

Floating Point (Score: 11400)
Mandelbrot single-threaded scalar -- 1513, , 1.01 Gflops
Mandelbrot multi-threaded scalar -- 11920, , 7.80 Gflops
Dot Product single-threaded scalar -- 2458, , 1.19 Gflops
Dot Product multi-threaded scalar -- 20131, , 9.17 Gflops
Dot Product single-threaded vector -- 2092, , 2.51 Gflops
Dot Product multi-threaded vector -- 18398, , 19.1 Gflops
LU Decomposition single-threaded scalar -- 604, , 538.2 Mflops
LU Decomposition multi-threaded scalar -- 3902, , 3.42 Gflops
Primality Test single-threaded scalar -- 2306, , 344.5 Mflops
Primality Test multi-threaded scalar -- 14978, , 2.78 Gflops
Sharpen Image single-threaded scalar -- 4568, , 10.7 Mpixels/sec
Sharpen Image multi-threaded scalar -- 29511, , 68.0 Mpixels/sec
Blur Image single-threaded scalar -- 5921, , 4.69 Mpixels/sec
Blur Image multi-threaded scalar -- 41299, , 32.5 Mpixels/sec

Memory (Score: 1640)
Read Sequential single-threaded scalar -- 1467, , 1.80 GB/sec
Write Sequential single-threaded scalar -- 2107, , 1.44 GB/sec
Stdlib Allocate single-threaded scalar -- 1790, , 6.68 Mallocs/sec
Stdlib Write single-threaded scalar -- 1431, , 2.96 GB/sec
Stdlib Copy single-threaded scalar -- 1406, , 1.45 GB/sec

Stream (Score: 1416)
Stream Copy single-threaded scalar -- 1510, , 2.07 GB/sec
Stream Copy single-threaded vector -- 1698, , 2.20 GB/sec
Stream Scale single-threaded scalar -- 1565, , 2.03 GB/sec
Stream Scale single-threaded vector -- 1568, , 2.12 GB/sec
Stream Add single-threaded scalar -- 954, , 1.44 GB/sec
Stream Add single-threaded vector -- 1733, , 2.41 GB/sec
Stream Triad single-threaded scalar -- 1001, , 1.38 GB/sec
Stream Triad single-threaded vector -- 1304, , 2.44 GB/sec

[Imkantus]

When I was doing hardware upgrades the day before yesterday, I had to reboot my system several times (if no software updates have to be applied, I am otherwise not used to do so :p), whereby I had to discover that the kernel integrated patched dyld wasn't working all the time (sometimes 32-Bit Apps are still crashing by sysenter traps) after another reboot it was working again...
I then patched dyld manually and passed std_dyld=Yes to the Kernel what seems to have solved my problem so far, this also has resolved the messed controls and browser content in Firefox, I was expiring with all 10.5.0 Kernels before ...kinda strange....

[RayFlower]

When I was doing hardware upgrades the day before yesterday, I had to reboot my system several times (if no software updates have to be applied, I am otherwise not used to do so :p), whereby I had to discover that the kernel integrated patched dyld wasn't working all the time (sometimes 32-Bit Apps are still crashing by sysenter traps) after another reboot it was working again...
I then patched dyld manually and passed std_dyld=Yes to the Kernel what seems to have solved my problem so far, this also has resolved the messed controls and browser content in Firefox, I was expiring with all 10.5.0 Kernels before ...kinda strange....

I have experienced the same issue myself, but it happens seldom so I wasn't sure if i should report it or not.

[Noob1247]

I was wondering if my system is compatible with this legacy kernel:

AMD Athlon 64 X Dual core 6400+
Asus Crosshair motherboard (AM2 nForce 590)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS

Thanks for the help!

[danfloun]

So I'm booting with this kernel seemingly okay at the moment.
But how do I use the patcher?

I've googled, never found anything useful.

Cheers
Danny

[danfloun]

I was wondering if my system is compatible with this legacy kernel:

AMD Athlon 64 X Dual core 6400+
Asus Crosshair motherboard (AM2 nForce 590)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS

Thanks for the help!

Hey,

You setup is nearly same as mine, I have the same cpu and motherboard, but I've just sold my 8800GTX as I'm not gaming anymore.
Are you running SL successully on the crosshair? I had much trouble getting the system to run properly with AppleNForceATA.kext, it caused all sorts of problems from missing cd/dvd drive to huge I/O operations. It seems reasonable at the moment but I'm not convinced it's right, I'm hoping someones gonna update the AppleNForceATA or SuperNForceATA at some point and iron it out properly.

Anyway, back to your question, I've installed this kernel and it seems to be running okay in x86 happily enough.

Cheers
Danny

[danfloun]

Okay I'm getting some errors in the kernel log.
---------
JNL: unknown-dev: journal replay done
disk0s2: ioctl(_IOR,'d',79,4) is unsupported
warning: kernel was not built with custom dyld blob
warning: using standard dydl with patcher enabled
---------

Whats this about and can it be ignored?

Cheers
Danny

[Noob1247]

Hey,

You setup is nearly same as mine, I have the same cpu and motherboard, but I've just sold my 8800GTX as I'm not gaming anymore.
Are you running SL successully on the crosshair? I had much trouble getting the system to run properly with AppleNForceATA.kext, it caused all sorts of problems from missing cd/dvd drive to huge I/O operations. It seems reasonable at the moment but I'm not convinced it's right, I'm hoping someones gonna update the AppleNForceATA or SuperNForceATA at some point and iron it out properly.

Anyway, back to your question, I've installed this kernel and it seems to be running okay in x86 happily enough.

Cheers
Danny


I am actually in the process of getting SL working, thank you for all of that information! Which AppleNForceATA.kext are you using? I have found several links but I'm not sure what I should use.

Thanks again

[danfloun]

I am actually in the process of getting SL working, thank you for all of that information! Which AppleNForceATA.kext are you using? I have found several links but I'm not sure what I should use.

Thanks again

I would personally try the latest version you can find, and if you have problems then try some others.

I ended up with an older one below, the TEST version.
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=77071

[AVO-Electronics]

Hi,

Is this the same version just posted on insanelymac.com?

Also, I've been testing this version and uname reports it as version 10.5.0? I assume this is as expected given that this kernel is based on Darwin 10.5.0!

FYI it boots without any flags into x86, it also boots fine using arch=i386 -force64 flags. Seems to run pretty good with the latter.



ASUS Crosshair MCP590 SLI | AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 6400+ 3.2GHz | CORSAIR XMS2 6400C4 4GB | GeForce 7300LE 256MB Poo Edition | WD Velociraptor SATAII 10,000rpm 150GB | WD Raptor SATAI 10,000rpm 74GB | SONY DVDąRW SATAI | Snow Leopard 10.6.x - Testing Legacy Kernel 10.6.5 V2