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I have a A8n32-sli deluxe motherboard. installation went well, removed geforce kexsts and was able to boot into "create your account" screen at initial hard drive boot. But it gets stuck there. So I tried to transfer my settings from my iMac, and it still got stuck after it asked me to unplug the cable. Now every time I try to login (my accounts were still created) it goes into the desktop, but right before it shows any icons or the finder bar, it kicks me back out to the login screen, oever and over again as I try to login until my pc finally crashes.

Anyone else have this problem? Solutions?

hi! i have athlon x2 4800+, mobo abit nf-m2s, 405 chipset, geforce 6100 integrated, 2gb ddr 2. does my comp support the zephyroth's 10.5.1 r1 or have to waitin for zephyroth's 10.5.2 r1?

@Tankk, your system should be supported by 10.5.1 release. Try it and see. If it doesn't work then you can wait for 10.5.2 and see if that will work. Nothing is definite though, people with the same motherboards are experiencing random problems. There are so many hardware configs out there that its impossible to get them all to work properly.

Ok? tnx, but im waitin for 10.5.2... cuz 4gb from torrent its week from my life))

the file is 4gb in size? 10.5.2 zeph rev.1 dvd image is 4gb in size? thats bigger than its predecessor...darn. this is not true right?

Winlinmac, don't worry! You can burn it on a usual 4.7 gb dvd

I want to install Tiger or better Leopard onto my PC:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
ASUS M2N-e
Samsung S-ATA 250GB 16MB Cache
2GB 800MHz RAM (OCZ)
apple USB keyboard
USB optical mouse

When I try to install Tiger, it doesn't find my hd and the partitions.
When I try to install Leopard, there comes an error-message, that it couldn't create the folder .../.../.../BaseSystem.pkg.137k5Wy0
I tried it with several Tiger-Disks and several Leopard-Disks. Even Zephyroth Leopard-disk shows me this error, trying to install Leo.

Is it actually possible to install Leopard on a S-ATA drive or do I have to get an IDE-drive?

Thanks for helping

@bacardi: for some chipsets, it IS possible. But in most cases (as far as I know) you have to inject a kext for your chipset into the dvd/image. You can do this with transmac. Have a look here: <a href="http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/3rdPartyDri… ↗">3rd Party Drivers - OSx86</a>. copy the .kext into System/Library/Extensions with transmac, burn the DVD and cross fingers, that it'll show your SATA-Drive.

-crawle

do i have to do this with the leopard-image or the tiger image?
tiger shows me the partitions and disks in the disk-utility and I can format the partition into hfs, but in the menu to choose the installation-partition, it doesn't show anything.
in tiger, i am able to choose the partition to install, but i get those error-messages. in leopard's disk-utility i get errors when trying to check, repaier or do anything else with the partitions.

-bacardi91

Anyone trying to install on a Shuttle SN27P2? Nforce570 chipset? Would love to hear your installation strategy to see what could be wrong. I have run out of weekend now, and will try again next weekend. Thanks

I am new to all this mac-leopard on pcs.
I have a hp pavilion dv6607nr with a AMD 64 and a copy of leopard 10.5.2 by ZEPHYROTH.
does any one have a good tutorial to follow for newbies.I have windows black xp and I tried the dual boot tutorial made at osx86.thefreesuite.com/leo_amd.php but after complete everything to step 6.
I go to disk utility to open and select the partition I have created, but the partition is not there,so I cant format my partition to HFS+ journaled.I need so help please.

PS: If dual boot does not work with xp, I dont care to format my hole HDD.
I just need somebody to help me format the HDD, so leopard recogninsed

ok, I'm a complete noob in mac osx86 thing so if someone could point me in right direction..

My laptop is hp 6715s

AMD Turion 64 x2 TL-58
SATA HDD 120GB
Intel HD Audio
VIA SB600

When I boot 10.5.2 dvd normally it just pops gray screen with black apple and sits there, so I pressed F8 to enter advanced boot, and booted with -v then I can see it gets to some IOAPIC vectors 64 07 line and system freezes..

P.S Sorry for the double post

Hi there.. im a real noob when it comes 2 mac. tried to install some version and i't didn't work.. but now when i tried 10.5.2 release. it worked beside the network... dont understand how 2 fix it either,, i got a MSI K9N Platinum Motherbord with Dual LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Vitesse VSC8601.. and BTW Zephyroth good work

I have a question.

I wiped my HDD with a 10.5.1 version of Leopard and then shut down my system. I then booted from the 10.5.2 disc and all I got on the screen was a sign that said I need to restart my computer. When I do, it says the same thing. What am I doing wrong?

Quick question? What causes the "you must restart your computer" (in 6 languages) gray screen of death message? I take it that is a kernel panic of some kind. What do i need to do to narrow down the problem?

I have a feeling it's my Marvel 88E1116 NIC. Just did a fresh install with 10.5.2 DVD and both nForce 4 chipset and forcedeth drivers selected, but still would not work. Had to go back to the old driver in this guide: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=73317 ↗

Also my system profiler shows my AMD X2 3600+ as 133mhz and FSB as 14mhz and only 1 core? Seems to run okay so i'm not worried just seems very odd.

I just have 10.5.2 (Zeph) up and running… BUT ... Looking at the system profiler I only have one core ... actually at all the last versions Tubgirl 10.4, Zeph 10.5. I had two cores ... which is normal as I have an Opteron 165.

Is this the fix to get over the Lan-Freeze-problem (as this works fine now)?

Thanx

No it's not the fix for the Lan-Freeze-Problem. I assume you are using 9.2.0 kernel which cause system profiler to show only one core.

Im using the 9.2.0 kernel as well. Should i reinstall with the older kernel? My system profiler stats for my processor are extremely off.

@ Zeph do you know if the Marvell 88E1116 chipset is supported in this version forcedeth kext? The vendor id is 0x0373. After fresh install the nic would stop working about halfway through boot up (the lights on nic port itself would go off, loosing power). The vendor id was missing from info.plist so i added it manually and reloaded everything. Then it wouldn't boot @ all (just black screen after apple logo and spinning wheel). Went into safe mode and removed forcedeth altogether and all is well again. So for now i'm still using the driver here which is very unstable but atleast works: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=73317&… ↗

[cite] zephyroth:No it's not the fix for the Lan-Freeze-Problem. I assume you are using 9.2.0 kernel which cause system profiler to show only one core.

Yep ... 9.2.0 ... so if its only the system profiler thats shows one core everything is fine ( I ll ignore my QE/CI-problem as I m close to distroying my quadro FX ;o) )

THANX

installed last night 10.5.2 (9.2.0 kernel, nvidia stuff(the nvinject + 512mb package, forcedeth, AC97, MBR EFI)

Mac OS started, but very slowly... started again in verbose mode and it hangs on something with IOKit and something with Name... can't remember.

Did I forgot something after installing the OS, like disabling something in the BIOS of my PC, or something with the rights of some drivers etc or deleting some packages in system/libraries/extensions/... ?

also, the graphics seemed to be very slow at the first start in the OS, how can I check that my Geforce 8800 GT 512MB is correctly installed?

Thanks for help

EDIT: seems to be the same problem as here:
osx.kb ot.de/comments.php?DiscussionID=348&page=1#Item_0

This is certainly a beginner question, even though I've been lurking and reading since December.

Ok, what I want to do is install 10.5.2 on a different partition than XP64, with XP being the default boot. So far, here's what I've done:

- Create 2nd partition, make it active with DISKPART in XP (but not the "create partition id=af" tag that I've seen in some places)
- Install 10.5.2 with MBR, VIA, AC97, NFORCE, NVIDIA . . . after reformatting to Mac OS Journaled

Each time, it installs correctly (I think) and gets the reboot stage. BUT! I can't boot into OSX to complete the installation. It either jumps straight to XP, or when I boot from the DVD, begins the installation process again (Both actually booting from the DVD and using the DVD bootloader).

What have I missed? Thanks.

Try setting the partition active with fdisk. Load the DVD back up and type this in terminal.
replace X and Y with your disk/partition info.

 fdisk -e /dev/rdiskXsY
update
f Y
w
q

Thanks - I'll try that when I get home today. Now I'm wondering - what is about the Diskpart utility that doesn't accept partition activation, but the Mac one will?

Is it possible to get ICH7 (full HDA) with alc880 chipset?
Some forums I looked for claimed it is possible but I couldn't do it.
It is the only thing I got not working

[cite] amitaibar:Is it possible to get ICH7 (full HDA) with alc880 chipset? Some forums I looked for claimed it is possible but I couldn't do it. It is the only thing I got not working

If you setup audio EFI you should be able to.

I'm quite new at this what do you mean by audio EFI exactly?
How do I do this?
Thanks for the quick response
Amitai

Ok...help me if you can...i just injected the kext for ATI SB600 southbridge SATA drivers and now on dvd boot up it hangs at the gray/black screen with a mouse cursor. I'm not sure if this is because of a kext issue or what but Thanks.

press F8 when the DVD first starts up and type -v and press enter to see whats going on.

thanks but I always use -v when I install-makes me feel like it is actually doing something other than spinning an icon .
No this happens after that all loads. I think it is trying to load the main intall GUI but it just stops when the cursor loads in the upper left corner. I can move the cursor but nothing happens.

Try booting into single user mode -s and remove the forcedeth.kext. I ran into this once before.

when trying to install, it seems to find my hds but hangs with:
AppleNForceATA::scanForDrives found 1 units
AppleNForceATA: Nvidia nForce MCP61 Serial ATA by MeDevil (CMD 0x9f0 CTR 0xbf0 IRQ 23 BM 0xdc00)
AppleNForceATA::scanForDrives found 1 units
AppleNForceATA: Nvidia nForce MCP61 Serial ATA by MeDevil (CMD 0x970 CTR 0xb70 IRQ 23 BM 0xdc08)
AppleNForceATA: Nvidia nForce MCP61 Serial ATA by MeDevil (CMD 0x9e0 CTR 0xbe0 IRQ 23 BM 0xc800)
AppleNForceATA: phy connection failed. status=0x00000000
AppleNForceATA::scanForDrives found 0 units
Still waiting for root device

googling a bit, i found out, that MeDevil's kext should work on my board, as in http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=77071 ↗ UPDATE 31-dec-2007 it is listed in the working sata chipsets (0x03f610de). so i would like to know, if it isn't this version of MeDevil's kext that's included on the dvd.
my specs:
asus m2n-vm dh
amd athlon 64 X2 4800+
samsung SP2504C 250gb sata hd
samsung HD252kj 250gb sata hd
samsung SH-S183L sata dvd
i already tried disabling nforce lan, fw and jmicron sata ports to exlude them to be the source of the problem.

anyway, thanks alot to all who are doing so great work to provide leo to the community!

hi..

i wold like to start a new thread about ATI HD Mobile series.. since everyone with this card don't know what to do.. and mine is not working fine yeath..

i find a lot of info but dispersed.. maybe wold be nice to eveyone with this vga cards to have a place to try slove this insure..

(everyone with this card can normaly boot with -x flag at dvd installer, and installed SO.. but i tryed netkas and triaks drivers.. and nothing until now.. )

ty for your time, and keep doing this greath job =]

[cite] eddie11c:Try booting into single user mode -s and remove the forcedeth.kext. I ran into this once before.

who is this directed to?

if it's to me, is it forcedeth.kext causing my pcmcia don't work?

one more thing

my leopard installation always boot in text mode before it went into desktop (there's no apple white screen with circling icon in the middle)

why is that?

[cite] nchellzz:[cite] eddie11c:Try booting into single user mode -s and remove the forcedeth.kext. I ran into this once before.

who is this directed to?

if it's to me, is it forcedeth.kext causing my pcmcia don't work?
This was for A_Donut333

and thank you for the great 10.5.2 DVD Zephyroth. Though I am having some minor problems. First my components, I have an amd x2 6000+, 2 sata 250GB drives, dvd +cdrw drives, x1950 Pro graphics card, 4gb ram, and a m61p-s3 nForce 430 mobo. When I customize the install I choose the 9.2 kernel, azalia audio, nforce chipset, x19x0 driver, and nforce lan driver. It successfully installs the os, though when i boot into it i get messages that the kexts for my hardware where installed improperly and should be reinstalled. None of the hardware I choose from the customize list is working. Except for maybe the nforce chipset, because the sata is working. Though my lan, audio, and graphics arent working. I dont know what I may have done wrong. Thanks.

When you get a message like " THIS.kext was installed improperly and must be reinstalled" it's because its permissions are wrong (because I didn't make the pkg correctly ... sorry). To fix the permissions on a kext, you must open a Terminal, and type :

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/"the kext"
sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/"the kext"

And reboot.

PS: There's a wiki. It's actually updated regularily, don't forget to check it.

might be slightly easier to do sudo chown -R 0:0 /System/Library/Extensions/*
                                            sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/*
if you are unsure which kexts to apply permissions to.

I have done the persmissions thing before and it still spits the error out at me, I will try again though. Thanks. Also I had forgotten that I get the messages only for the audio and graphics, the lan driver doesn't work for me and I guess the nforce chipset driver is working because I can use the sata. I dont know why the lan wont work, it is a nforce lan so it should have worked right? Thanks though for the help.

[cite] solidus23:I have done the persmissions thing before and it still spits the error out at me, I will try again though. Thanks. Also I had forgotten that I get the messages only for the audio and graphics, the lan driver doesn't work for me and I guess the nforce chipset driver is working because I can use the sata. I dont know…

Did you select it at custom install, zeph put lan drivers seperate to sata for nforce?

Ok good news and bad news sorta. The permissions changes WORKED this time. It see my x1950. Though it says that core image is running off software and quartz extreme is not supported? My audio still doesnt work, though I may have installed the wrong drivers, I may try a reinstall and just install all the audio driver, i am not sure which one i have. My lan still doesnt work and to the answer lanxxx, yes i selected the lan driver seperately from the chipset driver though thanks for the help. The video problem is weird, why does it see and and know what it is yet not be able to use it's capabilities? hmmm...

[cite] solidus23:Ok good news and bad news sorta. The permissions changes WORKED this time. It see my x1950. Though it says that core image is running off software and quartz extreme is not supported? My audio still doesnt work, though I may have installed the wrong drivers, I may try a reinstall and just install all the audio driver,…

I don't know about ati cards but I know that happens for me if I don't have my device ID in all the apropriate kexts.

Thanks lanxxx, i am a newb. What other kexts should the id be in, i know the id so that isnt a problem. I have also found the id's for my audio and lan. Audio: 0x03f010de Lan: 0x03ef10de. If this helps at all.

You may have to ask someone else cos ATI is not something I've had experience with, but I would guess the files that have ati 1000x on would be what you are looking at.
But Maybe Zeph or someone could advise you better.

Has anyone installed VMware or Paralellels Desktop on the Zephyroth's leopard 10.5.2 AMD and how is that working for you, I am experiencing kernel panics like crazy using each of those applications. Usually what is happenning is that the vitual machine will hang and then kill the host causing the panic.

Thanks,

Had a quick look at kext files and would guess ATIRadeon.kext and ATIRadeonX1000.kext

Thanks zephyroth, and other friends. Great job.

I've got Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (with fix guid ppf addon ) But, not installed. Boot screen problem messeage " unable to find driver ACPI" My bios settings on the ACPI is enabled. What's wrong

My computer specs:

Biostar TA690G AM2
Kingston 3gb ddr 667 mhz ram
Seagate hd x 3 (250, 250 400) sata2
asus 8800gt
500watt real power sup.
lg ide dvdrw

Thanks for the help lanxxx, i will definetly try that. I still am having no luck with the audio and lan though. If anyone has had this install correctly on an nforce 4 chipset let me know thanks.

More good news, the audio just started working somehow... Even in the profiler it says there is no audio, but i do... weird. All i need now is the nforce lan. Also maybe someone can point me in the right direction but where and how do i add the device id for my video card? i know i can open the contents of the kext and i need to add it to the info.plist file. I saw where a bunch of ids are in the file, is that where i add it?

@solidus23
I think 3/4's of the people here use a MB with an nforce4 chipset... 2 of my 3 installs do. It'll be more helpful if you list more specific information about your motherboard (make & model) and what audio codec (audio chipset - like ALC850 or AD1986a) and what LAN chipset (realtek RTL8201, marvell xxxxxx, etc.).

If you can't look at the chips on the MB, the info is usually in the MB Users Manual & the manufacturer may have the Users Manual online in .pdf form. Links always help...

[cite] solidus23:More good news, the audio just started working somehow... Even in the profiler it says there is no audio, but i do... weird. All i need now is the nforce lan. Also maybe someone can point me in the right direction but where and how do i add the device id for my video card? i know i can open the contents of the kext…

simply yes, probably a good idea to remove the others

I posted my mobo in a previos post, but it is the M61P-S3 Gigabyte. The audio I also got working so no need for that. The lan is the nforce build-in lan interface i dont think there is a specific company, it just says nforce lan. From my most recent post, i need help with inputting a device id into the info.plist file. I am just unsure how to go about doing it, i dont want to screw everything up. i know the id of the card, which is the x1950 pro and the id is 0x7280.

0x72801002
heres an example of my plist device id 0x029210de

your using 10.5.2 so thanks to Zeph it should open with textmate
save changes then do permission chown, chmod
reboot with -f

Thanks lanxxx, though i did add the id to the ATIRadeon.kext and X1000.kext it still says that core image is software and quartz extreme is disabled.

Ok here is where i am at. I got the audio working. Now the nforce lan, I installed the forcedeth, and even added the lan id to it and it still wont show up or work. Then the video card. x1950 pro added the id to ATIRadeon.kext, X1000.kext, and it was already in the Natit.kext. So if anyone has gotten the x1950 pro working or the forcedeth to work. Let me know thanks.

first of all, lots of thanks to zephy for this release...

got a problem anyway(one i couldnt find on anyother discussions, that's why i post here...)

In the mac osx installer, after having customized things, when starting to install, the installer log gives me this:

Can't find .info file (FixLeo)
The package "FixLeo" could not be opened.
Error opening package "FixLEo.pkg"

Then : The installer could not install the software because there was no software found to install.

Any hint on what's the problem ?

Is my install DVD fucked up ? (i checked the md5 of the iso and was the same as given in md5.txt)

Any help appreciated

EDIT : I burned DVD twice... same problem

Can this be a DVD drive problem ?

Also i checked the dvd within terminal in the MAC OSX installer and all "custom" packages added by Zeph (fixleo, nvidia, ati, lan drivers and so on) display weird owner ! The owner name is 501 instead of root (the owner group is wheel although) for all other packages. Could this be a permission problem ?
The iso is the Zephyroth 10.5.2 AMD grabbed from the pirate bay (md5 checksum IS correct).

I can try to install the image on a hd partition, boot from the partition, fix the permissions for the "custom" packages and install then. What would you guys do in this case ?
Thanks for advices. Need help pleeeaaase => Zephy any suggestions ?

EDIT : Burned the ISO using DISK UTILITY resolved the problem... sorry for NOIZEEEE HERE and good luck to everybody !

Hardware specs :
Asus A8n SLI Premium
AMD Athlon X2 4200+
Nforce4 chipset
LAN : Marvell + Nvidia
Graphics : XFX GeForce 7900 GS
DVD drive : Pioneer DVD/RW DVR109

Good News everyone... for me at leat lol. I finaly got my x1950 to work properly. So now my problem is the lan. I have found a driver that recognizes the 430 nforce lan. Though it cant connect to the internet, not sure what to do. If anyone has gotten the nforce 430 lan to work let me know, my mobo is the m61p-s3 by the way. thanks

I have got Leopard running 100%, all hardware is working. Though my last kink is with Time Machine. When I launch it I get a Finder window then it crashes. I get this in the console:

2/24/08 7:13:44 AM ReportCrash[190] _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
2/24/08 7:13:46 AM com.apple.launchd[102] ([0x0-0x10010].com.apple.finder[131]) Exited abnormally: Segmentation fault
2/24/08 7:13:46 AM Finder[191] _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35

Anyone ever see this? Thanks.

[cite] solidus23:I have got Leopard running 100%, all hardware is working. Though my last kink is with Time Machine. When I launch it I get a Finder window then it crashes. I get this in the console: 2/24/08 7:13:44 AM ReportCrash[190] _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35 2/24/08 7:13:46 AM…

Had the same thing run marvins on your system

N00b here, please be patient with me...

I have an HP dv8210US Laptop -

AMD Turion ML 32
2Gb Ram
ATI Radeon Xpress 200
Broadcom Wifi(4138?)
Conexant AC-Link audio
hdd0 - Fujitsu MHV3080AH(80G)
hdd1 - WDC WD1200VE(120G)
Lightscribe DVDRW (Pioneer)
Realtek RTL8139 Eth.

I cleared hdd1 and removed paging on hdd1 for the install of Leopard...

I don't think any of that is relevent to my problem tho... so here it is...
I've burned three different install DVD's (Zephyroth 10.5.2, iAtkos v.1 patched and V.1r2) and get the same error with all 3 "system config file '/Library/Preferences/System Configuration/com.apple.boot.plist' not found" and it won't get any further than that.

Any and all help would be very much appreciated... I am so sick of M$ Windoze I could puke but i can't afford to go out and buy myself a new Mac…

Thank In Advance…

[cite] maxunderkill:I have an HP dv8210US Laptop -

Slightly the same as my Compaq V2312us... Here's where you may have trouble:

AMD Turion ML 32 --> no problem here
2Gb Ram --> or here
ATI Radeon Xpress 200 --> biggest stumbling block, may never work with full support (WILL work with rudimentary features)
Broadcom Wifi(4138?) --> OSX LOVES the wireless G HP uses - works well.
Conexant AC-Link audio --> mine works OOTB as an AC97 audio device (but didn't test Mic In...)
hdd0 - Fujitsu MHV3080AH(80G)
hdd1 - WDC WD1200VE(120G)
Lightscribe DVDRW (Pioneer)
Realtek RTL8139 Eth. --> Same as the wireless, mine was supported OOTB

Things you didn't list:
Keyboard: OSX doesn't like PS2 keyboards - never got mine working (had to use external USB keyboard)
Touchpad: some report the Synaptics Touchpad working, mine didn't (I had too many other things wrong - didn't even fool with this one...)
Card Reader: nope
PCMCIA Card slot: nope

Biggest problem on mine: OSX doesn't seem to like the main chipset (and/or the support chips aren't quite "standard") Drive support was slow and spotty and OSX runs SLOW AS MUD (if it runs at all). I still have never been able to "directly install" to that machine. The only way I got 10.5.1 or 10.5.2 actually running was by installing to an external USB disk on another computer, finding and installing .kexts for the SB400 southbridge, then using the external drive to boot the laptop. Never got it to an internal drive...

I wouldn't start unless you feel up to trying to overcome these hurdles... I tried 15-20 times (both 10.5.1 and 10.5.2) before I gave up. It's just not a good base hardware set for OSx86 (although some of the peripherals work amazingly well)

does anyone can confirm if AppleACPIPlatform.kext on Zephyroth's DVD is original stock kext from Apple or is it already modified in some way?

i'm trying to get pcmcia card to work, and it seems that i have to have the original stock kext

is there a guide to install dual boot with vista, i have the zephyroth 10.5.2 image, i burned a dvd, but i cant seem to find any step by step guide to install it. please if you have a guide email to [email protected].

this is my configuration :
ASROCK AM2NF3 VSTA
Athlon 64X2 4200+

My problem is :
I can"t boot the new AMD EFI 10.5.2 Zephyroth on my system ..; because it always freezes on the blank OSX page (which ask you to reboot) and with the -x command it freezes on the blank page (but without asking you to reboot)..

What's the problem with my configuration ?
Do i have to change something on my system ?

thanks a lot and congratulations to zephyroth !

first to all… THANK´S, specially to contributors to make the releases.
Next times have a different questions to resolve around my AMD/Leopard platform machine.
Kanchata

I have looked everywhere and can't find a fix for the long blue screen during startup (5 minutes). Everything is working after it finally goes to the desk top, and I ran Marvin's utility.

My system:
10.5.2
9.2.0 kernel
MSI K9N Diamond mother board
AMD 6400+ processor
4 Gig 800MHZ ram
XT1950 pro video card

Thanks for the help

[cite] A_DoNuT333:thanks but I always use -v when I install-makes me feel like it is actually doing something other than spinning an icon . No this happens after that all loads. I think it is trying to load the main intall GUI but it just stops when the cursor loads in the upper left corner. I can move the cursor but nothing happens.

Hey, I still have this problem. I tried to remove forcedeth.kext using -s on dvd bootup but that got me no where. I'm not even sure it removed it at all. This is very frustrating because I am so close to seeing the installer it's not even funny. Any help is appreciated...again. Thanks.

Snapshot of screen:

Can someone help me fix this error? Heres my computers specs: expos edwire.net/specs.html

and heres the error i get:

Partition Failed

Partition Failed with the error:

Input/output error

I get that error when i try to re-partition the harddrive

hello, i have been trying to install 10.5.2 zephyroth on my HP COMPAQ NX6125 Laptop. (AMD Turion64 ML-34 CPU, Atix200GPU). the installation starts with no problem, but when i start the installation, the progres bar moves a little bit and then it stops. while this is happening i can still use my mouse and click on the menus at top.. but the laptop is starting to overheating, and after a few minutes it shuts down due to overheating. is there anything you know abot this issue?

@dreampowder
The install shouldn't make your computer over heat by itself. You need to make sure you laptop is properly ventilated and if that still does not help, go by a cooling pad for it.
Back to your issue, is there any harddrive activity or DVD activity while it's not moving?

@A_Donut333

i am using a cooling pad already.. dvd seems to be working for a while but then it also stops. and theres not much harddisk activity either..

this is my configuration :
ASROCK AM2NF3 VSTA
Athlon 64X2 4200+

My problem is :
I can"t boot the new AMD EFI 10.5.2 Zephyroth on my system ..; because it always freezes on the blank OSX page (which ask you to reboot) and with the -x (and also the -s) command it freezes on the blank page (but without asking you to reboot)..

What's the problem with my configuration ?
Do i have to change something on my system ?

thanks a lot and congratulations to zephyroth !

Start with -v flag and make a photo of your kernel panic.

-crawle

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Ps : sorry if the picture is too small i couldn't do better …
you'll need to make a huge zoom to decrypt it

it's writing : "writing OSOwned"

thank you very but very very much !

ziska, sorry, but we really can't see anything on that pictures!

I installed 10.5.2 rev. 1 and I have a couple of issues:

When installing I need to have an IDE drive plugged in, not really an issue but still...
After installation I can't boot (same with GUID & MBR, tried both). Need rd=disk0s1 when booting from the DVD
Network is SLOW (rtl8139 pci). I have a nforce network card too, but it doesn't seem to load it or so
Can't load NVinject, says something about an undefined symbol in IOKit.kext (looks like a mangled C++ symbol)
Even though I picked 9.2.0 kernel, it installed the 9.0.0 kernel... ideas?

That's about it for now, otherwise seems quite nice Thanks!

ok i'm sorry for that
i retook a photo ..
here it is in good quality :

In fact, i have sometime the picture1's problem and sometimes the picture2's problem ... but it never boot i'm sure of it !

Hi, I am having problem with the "Lan-Freeze Issue". Right now I boot with cpus=1, which obviously make so only on core is in use. But I'm not complaining, I'm very happy that I could install Leopard at all. But it would be nice to use both cores, so is there any fix for this? Thanks!

[cite] Ludvig:Hi, I am having problem with the "Lan-Freeze Issue". Right now I boot with cpus=1, which obviously make so only on core is in use. But I'm not complaining, I'm very happy that I could install Leopard at all. But it would be nice to use both cores, so is there any fix for this? Thanks!

I think there things you can do to improve it, but for me the only way to fix it was to buy another lan card. realtek 8169

[cite] Ianxxx:I think there things you can do to improve it, but for me the only way to fix it was to buy another lan card. realtek 8169

Hm, okey. Does installing EFI solve the problem?

Do you know any other way than boot with cpus=1 to improve it?

use guid efi, in info.plist change irqtimer to true instead of false in forcedeth-d.kext/info.plist

Hm, ok. Do you know any easy guide to install EFI on AMD system?

1 - Boot with the DVD.
2 - Press F8, then type "-s"
3- type "cd /usr/standalone/i386"
4 - type "dd if=./guid/boot1h of=/dev/rdiskXsY bs=512 count=1 (X is the disk number and Y is the partition number on which you installed Leo)
5 - type "dd if=./guid/boot0 of=/dev/diskX bs=400 count=1
6 - type "./startupfiletool -v /dev/diskXsY ./boot_v8"

Info was on wiki "how to fix guid"

Can't get my geforce 7600 go to work. I've installed macos from 10.5.2 amd efi dvd (with bundled nvidia update and nvinject go). That resulted in 1024x768 resolution (native is 1280x800) and no QE. Fixing permissions on /S/L/E got me to native resolution but QE still not working. After official graphics update kernel update I get kernel panic (I suppose I have to blame NVDAResman.kext for this one, it looks like cpuid inside, but I was unable to patch it).

I've got QE working on my previous 10.4.9 installation, so I know, that technically it should be possible.

Why did you use the official graphics update it's included on the dvd, its more likely you weren't getting QE from lack of correct ID in kexts

I've tried to fix IDs in GeForce.kext, NVADResman.kext, NVinject and HAL40 one, that got me to native resolution, but still no QE.

Don't know if it would work but you could try this
http://osx86.wikidot.com/how-to-s#toc6 ↗

you can try patch the graphics update with this one (tiny url.com/39csng), extract and copy to the root, boot with -s and type
mount -uw /
cd /patches
./patcher cpuid-graphics.txt

GFX string didn't help. And I've already tried that patches.zip resulting in kernel panic

After some more googling I've found "leo vid kexts" archive. that kexts do work (QE is working), but there are lots of rendering bugs (menus don't render until the last moment when I close them, dashboard rendering still buggy). I've got OpenGL.framework from the Graphics Update 1.0. I have natit, not nvinject. Any hints?

Hi! I'm new here so forgive my rudeness, but I was wondering, is there a fully functional AMD system configuration?

Like use this MOBO, this CPU, this HDD, this RAM, this OPTICAL and everything works out of the box?

Many different system configurations work out of the box, including mine!

( click my name to see hardware specs )

However, if you want to build a new machine, I highly recommend an Intel Core 2 Quad Machine!

You can purchase that Quad CPU for only $ 254 USD. Not a bad price.

@budala, why don't you visit the customize section of this forum. There are plenty of users that have listed their specifications that work out of the box. =)

[cite] Puttabong:Many different system configurations work out of the box, including mine! ( click my name to see hardware specs ) However, if you want to build a new machine, I highly recommend an Intel Core 2 Quad Machine!

[cite] WinLinMac01:You can purchase that Quad CPU for only $ 254 USD. Not a bad price. @budala, why don't you visit the customize section of this forum. There are plenty of users that have listed their specifications that work out of the box. =)

I am making a Hackintosh but with Intel it's easy and I've made my configuration but I am thinking about AMD and especially a Phenom and if possible a 690 or a 780 chipset variety

And I will check it out (How does one edit comments?)

I'm sorry but I've looked through the Customization & Screenshots part but I can't seem to find any configurations. Am I blind? Can someone please give me a couple of links?

I have just installed 10.5.2 R1 on to my pc, booted the installation in safemode and everything went smoothly. Rebooted without dvd in drive and boots up just until it moves to the operating system and i get a weird screen with black and white artifacts.

Reboot in to safe mode and i get proper graphics... or so i thought.

Checking whats installed i noticed that the kexts for my graphics aren't loaded, the ethernet isn't working so i guess the same theory could be applied to that, as well as the sound!

I repaired the permissions on the drive but still get the same when i try to boot normally.

When i boot up in safe mode, each time i get an error stating "natit.kext was installed improperly and cannot be used. Please try reinstalling it"

^^I'm guessing this is a big clue as to whats wrong?

I checked all the appropriate options at the install for my hardware (sb600 kext/ac97 audio/2600xt).

I've also looked in to the extensions folder and they do appear to all be there (maybe because its safe mode?).

Little help would go a long way

Hardware:

AMD x64 Dual Core 3800+
HIS HD2600XT 512MB
2gb PC5400
MSI K9AGM2 (sb600 chipset)
250gb Hitachi Sata

Tried to chmod the Natit* directory after reading about on google a bit but it doesnt appear to make any difference, dont even get any error messages when i try it either

This is the command i found:

sudo su
chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/Natit*
chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/Natit*

try booting with -f -x

but if you get stuck in the graphics loop you need to follow the fix

Boot using "-s" flag then type ->

/sbin/mount -uw /

passwd root <- Type any password you want

touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

reboot

Ok thats managed to pickup my ATI card, however can only select 1024x768 and another kext failed when i booted up; ATY_Triakis.kext.

Also my ac97 audio isn't working even though i ticked the box.

Dammit this stuff is hard! lol.

Incidently, what does that -f switch do and do i have to boot up with the siwtches everytime?

the -f forces the extentions to load at boot. I use at every boot, you can add it to com.apple.Boot.plist which is the boot file at it will work auto. I use -f -v

You can try reinstalling ATY_Triakis.kext with kext helper it may have a permissions problem.

my ac97 audio always works perfect, and the driver is much better than windows, Check if the kext is installed, and install it manually if its not.

If you look you may be able to find a pkg install for it.

Good luck

I don't have extensions.mkext =/

Is it because im in safe mode?

Sp00n: You can either delete Extensions.mkext, or type -f at boot, or even easier, type this into Terminal:

kextcache -a i386 -K /mach_kernel -m /System/Library/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions

Then reboot.

Well i didn't delete the mkext as i couldnt find it so i tried a reboot anyway, rebooted and didnt enter any switches so im not running in safe mode and the bloody thing works!

How awesome is this, lol.

Now i need to get my audio working, I've got a k9agm2 motherboard which has onboard realtek ALC888, i have found alcinject.kext, do i just drop it in to my extensions folder and reboot?

Make sure that you set the permissions correctly etc.

I highly recommend Kext Helper for eay kext installation.

che etha.net/Kext_Helper/Software.html

Good Luck & Have fun!

No you need to repair permissions as said earlier

chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions && chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions

installed alcinject via the kext helper, rebooted but no sound still.

I didnt repair the permissions as i thought the programme does it?

If i go to about > advanced and check the extensions it shows alcinject in the list, does that mean its loaded but its the wrong kext?

it certainly means its loaded, and no you don't have to repair permissions if you used kexthelper.
Have you tried audio in all the jack plugs?

Also under system preferences sound do you have any device showing?

I have nothing in the system preferences however i loaded a dump file for the alc888 in the hdahelper program and rebooted...

Voila! I have sound, still nothing in the system preferences which i find odd though, but right now this is working perfectly!

This is so awesome.

Can i change it so it says 2GHz AMD 3800+ ? (just being picky now)

Can someone please tell me what to do. I burned rev2 on dvd and i cant get to the installation. It just sticks at the apple logo and stop sing apears

Can someone share the bios setting of GA-M55PLUS-S3G?

My config:
CPU: 4800+ x2
Motherboard: GA-M55Plus-S3G (Bios version F13)
HDD & DVD Rom: Maxtor 40G IDE (primary master), DVD-RW (second master)
Ram: 3G DDRII 667

When I boot the computer with the Zephyroth Leopard 10.5.1 or 10.5.2 it hang.

-v -x it shows:
EFI enhanced bootloader build: ToH
Using SMBIOS table found at 0x000fbdb0
Using ACPI RSDP revision 0 found at 0x000fa7c0
Hey we are going backwards! -> , restarting timing
Hey we are going backwards! -> , restarting timing
Calibation failed with 2 attempts

I just installed rev2 using MBR EFI_v8. If I chose that option does it install efi for me or do I have to install efi separately?

I'm planning on trying to install 10.5.2 (r2) in a couple of weeks, when I have sufficient bandwidth to finish downloading the ISO. I'm after any advice or tips regarding the installation process. I'm particularly interested to hear from anyone who has experience dealing with the hardware I have:

M/board: ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe
CPU: AMD x2 4400+
Video: Gigabyte 7300GT 256mb
Pioneer DVR-111D (DVD-RW), IDE
Seagate Barracuda 320GB, SATA II
PS/2 keyboard & mouse

I also have a Netgear WG311v3 wireless card, which I don't believe will work; am I correct in this?

I'd appreciate any advice on getting this up and running successfully

Is there any way to control CPU speed in 10.5.2 r2. Computer is very noisy, because the frequency is 3.2ghz
My spec:
AMD Athlon X2 6400+
Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2
2048 MB RAM
400GB SAMSUNG HD403LJ SAMSUNG HD403LJ
Nvidia 8500GT 512MB

I dont think that you will have any problems installing leopard 10.5.2, your system specs are very close to what I have and it's running fine on mine...let me know if you have any problems.

Fantastic; thank you, bajanboy

Should be an interesting ride, regardless. Photoshop on UNIX = hot.

I'll be sure to post how things turn out, and indeed I'll likely be back to ask many (stupid) questions before I have it up and running. I'm used to UNIX based systems (mostly Linux), but not OS X, so I'm keen to have something new to play with

I'm wondering if someone can help me I installed Leopard 10.5.2 rev 1, i believe it installed no problem
when I typed,
-s
fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0
it says: help something or other then goes to
fdisk 1
it should be "fdisk0"
f 3
I know this is my problem why it won't boot I just get the "blinking curser"
how do I get rid of this problem?
somone else had this problem but I couldn't find it on the forums.

specs:
Toshiba a210-04L
AMD Athlon 64x2 TK-57
Realtek ALC268
toshiba MK1246GSX ATA 120GB
ATI Radeon X1200

ok when i did mine it showed as fdisk 1 and it all worked fine

by default if using only one hard drive and one partition should be fdisk 1. You probably have more than one partition or hd. Let us know.

I only have 1 Hd
ya! I do, I have 1.48 G EISA partition
and 98.75 Gb NTFS Partition Vista
12Gb were my Leopard is installed

is it possible to install mac os (tiger or leo) to MSI vr330?
AMD mobile (Sempron 3500 1,8 gh, supports sse3), nVidia c51, NVIDIA GeForce GO 6100, Atheros 5006/7 controller.

what iso file i must downloaad? what start with?

thx, Max

I have downloaded the Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI Rev.2 with the guide of WinLinMac01 over newsgroups. I burned it on DVD [4x speed]. I booted from it and came into Leopard menu. I chose german as default languge. I used the Disk Utility and made a partition for Leopard(called "leopard") and a second for Windows (called "DATA"). Iused Mac OS Extended
(Journaled) as format and I selected Master Boot record in the options.The DATA partition was formated with FAT. Then i went back to the Installer and chose the leopard Partition as destination to install leopard.
Then i continued and customized the Installation (graphic driver for hd 3870; AC97 sound driver ; ToH kernel SSE3 9.2.0; additional fonts; and the sb drivers. I started the installation and the DVD has been checked. The DVD check hasn´t had any errors. The installation went to the beginning of the the second girder of the X. It said that are about 5 minutes left.
Then it said that i should restart my computer. WHY? after the restart he only wanted to boot from the disk again!
I tried this with three different DVDs about 6 times.
My hardware:
MSI k9a platinium (rd580x+sb600)
AMD Athlon x2 6000+ 3ghz AM2
Samsung 250GB SATA2(in 2nd plug-in)
Samsung DVD SATA2(in 1st plug-in)
2x 512MB extrememory 2x 512MB GEiL all DDR2 800
Sapphire HD3870
PS. one time the installation went until the last minute and had the a unknown error
I hope you can help me!

I need help installing Zepyroth's OS X Leopard 10.5.2 on my PC, I need an Install guide to help me got threw the steps to get it installed on my PC, Ive download the Zepyroth's .iso file and burned it to DVD.

What do i do now to get its fully working:

My PC Spec is:

Shuttle SN25P
AMD Opteron 170 Dual Core
2GB RAM
250GB SATA Western Digital HD
XFX 7600 GT XXX 256MB Graphics Card
18x Sony DVD±RW

boot to the dvd
and go through the process of installing just like any os
but after you pick your hard drive to install it on
click the customize button to pick the packages you want to install

<UL>
<LI>Insert the DVD into your machine.
<LI>Boot into the bios and select the first boot device as your optical drive to allow the system to boot from the DVD.
<LI>If all goes well the Mac OS X installer will appear. Select your language and wait for the next prompt.
<LI>At the top of the screen you will see a menu, go to 'Utilities' and select 'Disk Utility'.
<LI>Once in Disk Utility select the drive you wish to install OS X onto - this is visually represented in the left hand pane.
<LI>Once selected look for 'Partition' and 'Options', use either 'GUID' for EFI or 'MBR' for Master Boot Record, then press 'OK'
<LI>Name your new Volume as Leopard and format it using Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
<LI>Quit Disk Utility and wait for the Installer to reappear. Follow the prompts then select the drive you have just initialized.
<LI>Choose the 'Customize' option and select/deselect the packages you wish to install. Ensure that you select the appropriate boot loader and that it corresponds with the settings you chose earlier in the partitioner.
<LI>Once you're happy with that press 'OK'.
<LI>Depending on your system speed the install can take anywhere between 30 mins to an hour, so go have a cup of tea or coffee...
<LI>Once installed the system will automatically reboot and take you into the welcome screen and user account setup.
</UL>
After all that you will most likely have small things that may or may not work correctly, so you'll need to search and dig around for information.

Good luck.

i've tried installing Zepyroth's OS X Leopard 10.5.2 on my PC followed the steps above but just can't install it i tried installing in without any thing checked and it reboots then doesn't go past were its looking for the CD-ROM at first then Hard Disk Second just stops and blinks at me, I've installed with the GUID format and boot loader the same thing happens and ive installed with the windows format and bootloader and that goes to a point near the end of installing and stops but wen reboot without the dvd i can load into the first part on Leopard then a little symbol comes up over the apple like a no smoking sign without the cig like no entry. Any Ideas?

I've got the bootloader working now but when the computer restarts it comes up to the startup options i press enter and type in -v it starts up then in the process it stops and tells me that its "still waiting for device" could anyone give me any ideas that i could get round this.

[cite] ste21280:I've got the bootloader working now but when the computer restarts it comes up to the startup options i press enter and type in -v it starts up then in the process it stops and tells me that its "still waiting for device" could anyone give me any ideas that i could get round this.

Its a common problem that can (sometimes) be resolved with a little patience.

Read this ↗ and this ↗.

Hi i can't implement theses changes as i can't boot into leopard is there another way round it if i can boot off the DVD and have the downloaded AppleNforceATA.kext on a usb stick

If you have Windows installed you can download and install either Transmac or Macdrive to easily perform that task. Alternatively you can put it on a USB stick and boot from the DVD, fire up terminal, cd to the stick then copy the file to /volumes/Leopard/System/Library/Extensions/ then reboot using -v -f

how do i cd to the stick and copy from the stick if i called the stick patcher and do you know of a working kext to work with my nForce4

could you tell me were i can download AppleNForceATA.kext that will work with the nForce4 on my Shuttle SN25P

Search for medevil's nforce kext over on insanelymac...

Excellent will give it ago now hopefully i will get into Leopard then

I get this when i enter above -bash: cd: /PATCHER/: No such file or directory

hi sorry bout this but my hard drive went down yesterday now im tryin to use a Maxtor Diamond Plus 80GB but wen i have it connected in by pc boot from the cd press f8 and goes throught the motions n stops still wait for root device how do i patch .iso with new .kext file

Success Ive done it do you know how i can get my wireless working with a Linksys WUSB54GS Version 2.1

Hey thats fantastic news! I'm afraid I can't help you with your Linksys - you'll have to ask in the forums or do some digging around.

i'm new to this forum, glad i made it here. ok enough talking , i'm going to buy the sapphire radeon x1650PRO 512MB, and i'll be installing Zephy's 10.5.2 Rev. 2 on my 4200+. I don't know much about mac's yet, i read through forums and found out that this Vid card would work, but i would have to do a graphics update or something and i have no clue how to do that:(, can anyone help me here plz. what kext or installer i would have to use to make this card work for my leo.
This is the card i'm gonna buy:-
buy .com/retail/product.asp?sku=206487061&loc=101

plz tell me that i'm not wasting my money , THANX

Note:- i asked this question in some other thread also (x1650 problems), but noone answered my question , hopefully someone can answer this time, Thanx:)

x1650 works but you will have to work a little with it...in my opinion Nvidia Cards like 7300-7600 have a great performance and they are easier to install in leopard

I agree with roisoft. I think that buying any v.card that's originally installed into mac-pro will work just great. With the amount of money you planned to go with, as roisoft told you, you can buy nvidia 7300; with maybe 20-30 more you can go with 7600gt or maybe ati hd 2600xt.

when i loggin the msn,it told me my password was incurrent or the usrename is not exist..but i can loggin the msn in my friend's macintosh!If it is the hackintosh's problem?

[cite] elicip:when i loggin the msn,it told me my password was incurrent or the usrename is not exist..but i can loggin the msn in my friend's macintosh!If it is the hackintosh's problem?

I think this is a network problem I had it but did a different install and it worked fine, what network card are you using?

Is my sound card compatible with OSX leopard? My sound card is Realtek High Def. Audio with device instance path: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0888&SUBSYS_103C2A61&REV_1001\4&333E7B7D&0&0001 ... IDK if that helps anyone, but someone said that this is an ALC0888. It has 6 ports (center/sub, front, back, microphone, line in, side) I've tried everything but I couldn't configure. Oh also its an internally built in my motherboard, its not something I added on later.

If you want more info: this is my computer's hp page: <a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?product=3440… ↗">Link</a>

[cite] elicip:my network card is Realtek RTL8111B.

So is mine, try this IONetworking kext it works for me
86.talk talk.net/IONetworkingFamily.7z

[cite] Ianxxx:[cite] elicip:my network card is Realtek RTL8111B.

So is mine, try this IONetworking kext it works for me
86.talk talk.net/IONetworkingFamily.7z

when u update the IONetworkingFamily.kext,you can login in the msn message in ur Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 ? but i still can not login in the msn message when i update your IONetworkingFamily.kext,it is a pity !

Sorry its the only solution I have, you could try looking around for other drivers. I think there are one or two floating around. other than that I think the only alternative is use a pci lan card

Maybe the IOnetworkIngfamily.kext in kalyway or Leo4all can solve this problem,who can offer me?

well I cant seam to find my problem or issue so here it is
I have an acer aspire 5100. I did my best to follow the instructions for Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 and tripple boot
when I installed leopard all was fine other than need tweeking for everything to work right. went on to install Vista
it installed well but no dual boot. and yes did both MBR for osx. I figured well maybe ubuntu might find it so installed that. I now have a dual boot vista/lynux system and if I put the dvd in I can sometimes get to Leopard.
any ideas or hints to resolve my stupidity or mistake… please dont tell me to reload and try again. vista updates suck
andy

I'm using Zeph's 10.5.2 on AMD, and it's working almost flawlessly. The thing is, after a few hours, os keyboard shortcuts stop responding. Application shortcuts work ok (copy, paste, whatever) but anything system-wise don't (exposé, spaces, dashboard, grab, etc).

I'm using the latest AppleSMBios.kext, Mac OS X 10.5.2 (9C7010) Kernel 9.2.0. Keyboard and Mouse are PS/2 (well, keyboard is actually USB but I'm using an adapter).

Any ideas on why this may be happening? I tried creating a new thread but php barked an error at me :S

Thanks for reminding me. I need to see if about this mac shows 9C7010 now since I finally updated time machine, lol. =)

Make sure your Keyboard kexts are installed properly.

[cite] federicog:I'm using Zeph's 10.5.2 on AMD, and it's working almost flawlessly. The thing is, after a few hours, os keyboard shortcuts stop responding. Application shortcuts work ok (copy, paste, whatever) but anything system-wise don't (exposé, spaces, dashboard, grab, etc). I'm using the latest AppleSMBios.kext, Mac OS X 10.5.2…

[cite] WinLinMac01: Make sure your Keyboard kexts are installed properly.

I'm sorry, which are the kexts I should check? And what should I check? Permissions? (chmod + chown)

i'm new here, and i have a question: the Zephyroth works with a Aspire 5040? I ask this because, after download the Leopard-10.5.2-AMD-EFI and try to install in my laptop (Aspire 5040, Turion 2.0Ghz, 1Gb Ram, 80Gb hd), i can select the partition, select the Kernel Roh SS3 (in CPU-Z, appears my CPU support SS3), all the thinks, ok.. but the install time, goes up to 16 hours! Well, after the 16 hours, the install hangs up in 12 minutes.. 15 hours and 48 minutes after.. there is a way to make it more faster or is thi correct? Well, i shutdown the laptop, boot again, without the DVD, using -v option, and appears: Still waiting for root device.. i try to install again now... more 16 hours… there is something to make work? Work with a Aspire 5040?
Thanks for your help!

I installed Kalyways 10.5.2 on a Gigabyte P35 Mainboard with success (and some older Intel Mainboards). Was super stabel and lithning fast;) Recently bought a ECS GeForce6100SM-M2 (V1.0A) AM2 Mainboard to play with Zephyroths 10.5.2 Rev.1. I succeed to install but only the MBR boot Method, also I have some strange USB problems. Onboard NIC won't work. Sound works with Azalia.pkg. Now for my questions:

- has someone allready succeed to install 10.5.2 on this Mainboard?
- wich drivers to select from list (Is the NForce 2/3/4 the right choice)?
- does anyone succeed to get Onboard NIC to work?
- wich Kernel to choose? 9.0.0 will result in both Cores working but also in strange USB Problems. 9.2.0 only shows up 1 CPU?!

Greetings

Wolfgang

Hey, I'm trying to install zephiroth's 10.5.2 rev2 on an amd 3000+ s939 running on a msi k8n neo4 with a geforce 6200tc install disk boots up ok but then right after selection of the prefered language, it says preparing installation and then the system shuts itself down. any clues on how to fix this issue?

CamonZ

You disk probably has a read error. Burn a fresh copy or check the disk for any scratches/dust and try again. Happened to me once I remember. Nothing to really be concerned about "for now."

I still have this strange USB Problem with my ECS GeForce6100SM-M2 (V1.0A) and Zephyroths 10.5.2 Rev.1. Sometimes I can boot without any problem, sometimes I can't (Kernel Panic becuase of appleUSBIO soemthing; I will post the correct message as soon as possible.) It seemed to me that there is a different behavior when I connect another USB Keyboard. I thought of leaving Keyboard and Mouse on ps/2 ports but then they are not recognized and I am just not able to get ps/2 to work. Please help.

I can't find a rev.2 iso?! Is there one out there? Wich one to prefer? I know the AMD Installtion is somewhat more complicated than an Intel Installation. There are a lot of Instructions out there how to Install Zephyroths. Can someone point me to the most usefull to start with?

W.

Need help. Ive tried a few different OSx86's to no avail. Zephyroth 10.5.1 will not read SATA so no luck there. Leo4All v3 gets to about where it says BSM Auditing and then goes into a reboot cycle. Specs are:

AMD Phenom 9600 CPU
Biostar A770+ MB
3 gigs PC2-6400 Ram
ATI HD 2600 Pro Video
Sound Blaster Audigy Sound
Seagate 500 gig HD- Vista
Seagate 360 gig HD- Debian Etch
Seagate 160 gig HD- Backup Images of other Drives

Intention is to install OSx86 over Debian, cuz I can reinstall it as a dual boot later. but I havent even been able to make it that far. Ive read through almost every forum and tried everything. Zephiroths Rev. 2 is downloading now. hope to have some luck there. Anyway if theres anyone with similar haedware who can tell me how they got theirs going it would be greatly appreciated.

@Dalton63841

Your board has a SB600 chipset which is supported and you shouldn't have problems with it, i have the same southbridge controller and it works just great. I am not sure if 10.5.1 can recognize sata hdd if you don't set transfer type to sata-ahci in BIOS, so dont trust me on that really cant remember, but i am sure 10.5.2 rev.2 will recognize your hdd no matter if its set to native ide or sata->ahci in bios. You would have to include sb600 driver in installation so it can be installed into your system so you can boot later to it if you were previously in native ide mode.

So for 10.5.1, try to set your BIOS (its somewhere in integrated peripherals, Ide controllers..) to SATA->AHCI mode. Boot like that with dvd and the installer has to see your hdd and you can install to it.

Many of the guys are running 10.5.3. It's done by updating from 10.5.1 or 10.5.2.

+1 what milanca said.

Zeph's Software Update has a high success rate, even higher if you're using EFI gfx strings beforehand.

It's probably best that you read this thread through first.

I am a newbie to the OSX86 world and want to dual boot it along with my Windows XP. My current specs are:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ processor
ASRock ALiveNF5-eSATA2+ R3.0 motherboard
Nvidia nForce 520 chipset
2GB of DDR2 Ram
Nvidia GeForce 6600 graphics card
2x Maxtor 6L200M0 189GB Sata HDD
Creative Audigy 2 Platinum soundcard

I have downloaded the Kalyway 10.5.2 OSX and burned it to a DVD as this was recommended on a few websites as a good/stable operating system for AMD PC's. I am not sure if it this is the best one as I have seen lots of other versions mentioned and I am also not sure whether it will install ok on my Sata hard drive. Could someone please tell me what would be the ideal OSX version to get for my specs and if it will be ok to install as a dual boot on my Sata hard drive. I currently have XP installed so I know I would have to partition my drive and I have downloaded Partition Magic 8 but I am not too sure how to do this.

I have previously tried to install OSX but I messed up a lot as I forgot to select the customize option and choose which parts I wanted to install (I also am not too sure what to select but I would imagine I just install anything that matches my PC's specs like the AMD stuff or nVidia stuff).

Any help would be greatly I appreciated.

my config is
core duo 2.8ghz
gigabyte mbo intel chipset
ati firegl 5600v

wich iso to download for this config ?

You should be able to try any intel release such as Leo4all, Kalyway, Iatkos, JaS etc. Gigabyte boards are pretty compatible.

I've not heard of your gfx card before so good luck with that

@ccfly-1000my config is core duo 2.8ghz gigabyte mbo intel chipset ati firegl 5600v wich iso to download for this config ?

As Voyn1x told you, gigabyte boards are pretty good for OSX. A couple of years ago i had FireGL Z1, pretty obsolete now but at the time it was hell of a workstation graphic card. I was using it with 3dsmax and maya. You should find its radeon chipset equivalent and i'm sure it will work fine. There are FireGL chipset cards run on macs so it will work, np about that. What exactly is your board's name?On many of them you can install from retail mac os x dvd, 10.5 or 10.5.1, and run vanilla, unmodified apple kernel.

Help with Quad

Simple question: will the Zephyr 10.5.2 install work with amd phenom quadcore and will leo recognize processor as quad?

as far as i know - it won`t work. for phenom quad core - try LawlessPPC Leopard 10.5.4 dvd, it`s confirmed to work on phenom systems, and it`s based on Zephy`s release.

I´m tired of installing OSX but I wont give up It works pretty fine but I´ve got Problems to get my Grafic Card and S-ATA installed. That´s my Sys:

CPU: Intel E6320 775 -works
Mobo: Asrock 4Core Dual SATA
SATA - not installed
Chipset: VIA PT 880 Pro -works
LAN: Realtek VIA PHY VT6103 -some troubles but I just installed another Card which works

Grafic: Sparkle GeForce 6600 GT -works with 1024x748, no Quartz and that other Thing

I used Kalyway and Leo4all. I don´t know where to get the Drivers I need for the GeForce and which I should use. Also it would be cool SATA would work. The Ethernet Problem is not a big Deal.

Some Suggestions, Links, Whatever?

According to the HCL you may need to append the SATA device and vendor id 0x73721106 into the AppleVIAATA.kext for SATA to work on an Asrock 4CoreDual board.

The application X quit unexpectly

I´m just wondering what can i do when application (in my case Toast Titanium) quits and gives you error message! what i can try to solve the problem?

thanks! here is the problem details:

Process: Toast Titanium [591]
Path: /Applications/Toast 9 Titanium/Toast Titanium.app/Contents/MacOS/Toast Titanium
Identifier: com.roxio.Toast
Version: 9.0.1 (246) (9.0.1)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [91]

Date/Time: 2008-10-19 14:19:30.936 +0300
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.2 (9C31)
Report Version: 6

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000b5b5b5b5
Crashed Thread: Unknown

Hi again! I solved the problem by editing the get info of toast.app i clicked there Open using Rosetta. then it worked

OSX installed OK, but...

So i got OSX installed without any problems om my Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pro V2035. Now I have a couple of things that wont work, here is my hardware:

Audio - In windows it said that i got the AC97 soundcard and it said in the install notes that leo4all supports the card, but in about this mac it says: "No Built-in audio"

Graphics - I think the cards name is VIA UniChrome Pro. When i get in to osx the only resolution i can choose is 1024x768, which naturally looks pretty bad on a widescreen 1280x800 screen. I found on a linux site a guy who got the grapics card working using the following info in xorg.conf, can something similar be used in osx?

Section "Device"
Identifier "VIA Chrome9 HC"
Driver "vesa"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "ActiveDevice" "LCD,CRT"
Option "NoDDCValue" "true"
EndSection

So if i understand correctly i need to install kext files for the cards, but where do i find them and how do i install? Thanks for any help in this!

@ jaawa - make sure you customize your install so your hardware will work. (except for the via unichrome graphics, which I have YET to come across a solution for)...

anyways, to save you some trouble I went and dug the install package up from the DVD...

media fire.com/file/uonmdq0myz0/AC97Audio.pkg.zip

how do i get started? is there an iso that i need to download, then burn then install? where are the instructions on how to get this going?

I have an AMD custom built PC. thanks!

@goldenzhow do i get started? is there an iso that i need to download, then burn then install? where are the instructions on how to get this going? I have an AMD custom built PC. thanks!

Yes! thats the way it is. i recommend Leopard-10.5.2-AMD-EFI.iso (worked for me)
you can find the .iso on interenet (you know where)

here is a nice .pdf guide
manuals.info.apple.com/en/Leopard_Install-Setup.pdf

i hope this helps

Whilst great at the time, I wouldn't use Zeph's distro now (the one riangeli suggested ^). I recommend you use LawlessPPC or Leo4All for AMD since they have much better driver support and fewer bugs.

@nfoav8or: thank you! that did the trick!

now i have a old fujitsu siemens amilo a 1630 too, that i thought i might try it has the following specs:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3400+
AUDIO: Realtek AC97 - ALC655
CHIPSET: SIS 755 + SIS SB 963L
GRAPHICS: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700
ETHERNET: SiS 900 Fast Ethernet
WIRELESS:
Broadcom Wireless LAN 802.11b / 802.11g or
Gemtek WMIR-103G (RaLink) Wireless LAN 802.11b / 802.11

Will i have any luck getting this rig up and running leo? In that case, should i use leo4all?

Random question about a subject I have not looked into at all.

Is it possible to run BootCamp on the Leo4All DVD Hackintosh version of Leopard?

@SHS; Hacks don't require Boot Camp as they already have the capacity to boot Windows or *nix natively

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/d...name=c01301711 ↗

Can anyone

before you do this start the boot again except type -v in to see what the codes are actually saying when it hangs for the time.

but next time you install it, install the ALC 888 sound card drivers, install zeph's universal nvidia installer (link extracted for reason below... PM for link) and also install the Nvinject 0.2.1 drivers which can be found here (nvinject.fr ee.fr/files/Latest_NVinject.0.2.1.zip) that is what i would do to start with anyway, i dont know what drivers you would need for your motherboard, you will have to look around to find out thats all i can help you with at the moment

Good way to start Aydinz

@ kisho - since you've started another topic we'll continue this there. (I'll even point to it from here so others can follow) →

I'll refer back to this post for the videos drivers that Aydinz has pointed out but I'll go a little deeper into it.

Well I've tried searching google and the forums of Infinite Mac etc but I have a few questions.

my computer: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq nx6325 (EY345EA#ABU)

CPU: AMD mobile Sempron 3400+ (1.8GHz )
Graphics card: CPU-Z says ATI radeon Xpress 200 but i'm sure it's a 1150?
Hard drive: Fujitsu MHV2060BH PL ATA device
Motherboard: Hewlett-Packard 30B0 KBC Version 40.15
Audio: ADI SoundMAX HD
Bios: F.02
SSE3
I tried installing Leopard with a friends kalyway 10.5.2, It went well but with 7 minutes it continuely fails it just freezes at the the same time left each installation. Does anybody no why? and if there is a solution?
I heard that it may be because I need an an ethernet plugged in but that doesn't work but my Broadcom wifi does.

I will try to install Zephyroth's distro but which one should i use? there seems to be a rev 1 and rev 2 what's the difference ?

I just managed to install tiger using the JaS distro, is there a way here I can keep all my driver, etc for. Leopard?

if i was you i would use Leo4All v3 in my opinion it is the best AMD install

I would like to install OS X on my Athlon system. My Hardware is the following:

MB: ASRock 939Dual-VSTA
Athlon 3000+
Chipset:
Northbridge: ULi M1695
Southbridge: ULi M1567
Gfx: GForce 2ti (AGP)
DVD and HDD at IDE

I tried a Leo4All DVD ( don't know which version), but it hang in the boot screen.

Is it possible to install on my hardware and if so, which distri is the best for me.

Thanks for now,
elinmerl

you need to try the v3 of Leo4All. I've seen this chipset talked about before and thats the distro used. see this thread over at InsanelyMac: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=24047&… ↗

They refer to Tiger in the beginning but it has been found to work with Leopard as well.

M2N-SLI (nForce 560 SLI) ethernet

Hi, new Leo4All adopter and I've gotten version 4.1.1 up and mostly running. The only crucial issue is getting ethernet going - it works fine in WinXP 64. Otherwise, 10.5.4 works fine on dual AMD processors.

I have an M2N-SLI motherboard and the manual is frustratingly unclear about the driver I'm looking for. It lists nVidia nForce 560 SLI MCP built-in Gigabit MAC with external PHY. I can't recall how to read the id for the ethernet or I would.

I tried all the nForce drivers for ethernet on the DVD to no avail and also the one over at InsanelyMac ↗ referenced here but no dice. Actually, the system log mentioned above identifies the card but then bails with the error, "Could not find valid PHY". So I'm guessing, although it is an nForce4 board, this particular LAN thingie is not supported? Thought I'd ask here before posting over there in case this is a common issue.

I'll try a fresh install (again - I believe 4.1.1 is the latest for AMD processors?) and then, if that fails, *just* installing *only* the above-linked driver but I have little faith given the above error.

Thanks for any hints!

@ blue_brian - you don't need to do fresh installs to get these from the DVD. get a copy of MainMenu (mac update.com/info.php/id/17111/mainmenu) and after you place it in the applications folder, run it and from the drop-down menu, select "Finder"->"Show Invisibles" then open your DVD and go to /System/Installation/Packages/ to find the right install packages for you. This is good if you like a certain distro but it doesn't include certain files, because then you can load a different distro and get the files you need.

P.S. I use PCWiz's "OSx86 Tools Utility" and select "view PCI Device/Vendor ID"... when looking at it, for example, my ethernet is:

Bridge [0680]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet [10de:03ef]

so my Device ID is "0x03ef10de"... make sense?

Installation Guide for iDeneb 10.5.5 on GA-P35-DS4

Could someone post the required patches, and a complete step-by-step installation guide for Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 Motherboard.

The complete configuration would be GA-P35-DS4 Mobo, E7200 C2D, 2GB Transcend RAM, Sony 16x DVD-RW (IDE), 320GB of HDD space free, all for Leopard (I dunno how to partition, so that too please).

@a5hr1thCould someone post the required patches, and a complete step-by-step installation guide for Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 Motherboard.

I would follow this guide if i was you:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=86167 ↗

@nfoav8or@ blue_brian - you don't need to do fresh installs to get these from the DVD…

Yes, I have done that and installed a lot of things from the DVD via separate package installers. So many that I think a reinstall may be needed to avoid conflicts. PS As of Leo 4.1.1, this directory structure is not hidden at all (or the Leo installer installs it for me).

But the OSx86 Utility is cool (I'm behind on the non-terminal ways to get this info). The ethernet controller is listed as an nVidia Corp CK804 Ethernet Controller [10de:0057] (rev f3). So not on the supported list for that driver I linked to. Boo.

So ... barring any other ideas, what's the most compatible ethernet PCI 2.2 or PCIe card I can get (all USB ports in use)? Most of what I read here is about on-board ethernet so I thought I'd just ask.

@milancaI would follow this guide if i was you: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=86167 ↗

That guide is for a retail DVD installation. I don't have it right now. I only have iDeneb 10.5.5.

Hallo all!

@elinmerlMB: ASRock 939Dual-VSTA Athlon 3000+ Chipset: Northbridge: ULi M1695 Southbridge: ULi M1567 Gfx: GForce 2ti (AGP) DVD and HDD at IDE

Now I've installed Leo4All V3. I put it on a blank hdd (primary slave). After install I get "still waiting for root device".
I followed the steps posted here:
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=130955 ↗
And after that it boots up. But after another reboot, I get again "still waiting...".The workaround is to boot every time with -f. Did I something wrong?

The next problem is my graphic card. There seems to be no kext in leo4all. So I can only view 1024x768. Is there anywhere a kext this card (see above), so that I can use 1280x1024?

I tried to activate german language. Many things are now in german. But not all, e.g. the finder. Is not the complete language installed?

And last, I have now 10.5.2. How can I update to 10.5.5?

Thanks,
elinmerl

boot with "-f -s" then when it starts in single user mode type:

/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /
chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/
chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/
rm -Rf /System/Library/Extensions.mkext
reboot

this will cause your machine to reboot and now it will force load the Extensions folder and recreate your Extensions.mkext file automatically.

I have seen AGP graphics working out there, but I'll have to do some more digging to remember where I can get the files from for you.

problem

i'm installed LawlessPPC-Leo-10.5.4-Phenom & AMD, i've problem can you'll solve it. my sound is not working, network detected but i can't connect to internet, already set using manual and connect but using DHCP the ip is different from my modem dsl. first time i installed is working using dhcp but now can't working. my system is :

AMD Athlon X2 3600 +
MSI K9N Ultra 2-F
2 gb Kingston
sata seagate 160 gb ( winxp )
pata seagate 20 gb ( leo )
MSI 7300 gs 128 mb
LawlessPPC-Leo-10.5.4-Phenom & AMD

Most people miss the customizing button because they are too excited to use OS X on their first time installing.

This is a little more of the info we would need to help you out:
komp lett.co.uk/k/ki.aspx?sku=320520&view=detailed#ProductTabs

The ALC883 is supported in the installer. you don't need to reinstall though. Simply use MainMenu from Macupdate.com (mac update.com/info.php/id/17111/mainmenu) to enable "Show Hidden Files" under the Finder section of the drop-down. Then navigate to the Install DVD and look in the System/Installation/Packages/ folder for the updates you need to enable your computer to work properly again.

For the network issue... just reset it back to manual in the System Preferences -> Network.

Don't forget to "Hide Hidden Files" again via mainmenu.

@nfoav8orMost people miss the customizing button because they are too excited to use OS X on their first time installing. This is a little more of the info we would need to help you out: komp lett.co.uk/k/ki.aspx?sku=320520&view=detailed#ProductTabs The ALC883 is supported in the installer. you don't need to reinstall though. Simply use…

Thanks for your replay, my sound is working now but i still cannot connect to internet. using dhcp always "self assign ip". Set IP manually connect but cannot ping to gateway or router, anyone have another solution.

make sure you don't just assign an IP... you also need to set the subnet mask (usually just 255.255.255.0) and the router. Also, for the DNS servers I use the same IP address as my router and make sure you set the DNS domain to point to your ISP provider.

Compaq Presario v6000

I am finally tired of Vista so would i be able to install leopard on this?:
AMD Turion Single core 2.0
2 Gigs of ram
Geforce go 6150
Sata Hardrive
N1 wireless pc card
Thank and pm me in you need more info.

@nfoav8ormake sure you don't just assign an IP... you also need to set the subnet mask (usually just 255.255.255.0) and the router. Also, for the DNS servers I use the same IP address as my router and make sure you set the DNS domain to point to your ISP provider.

it's work i only shutdown my pc and disconnect my network cable and PC cable wait for about 30 sec, yipee now i'm replay you with safari. i want to ask my motherboard had 2 lan but why only 1 Lan detected by leo ?.

thanks people from insanelymac and nfoav8or for replay my posts

hello i'm back again with my new problem. for a while no problem with network but now i've big problem if i surf the net and download some software, bum … my monitor came out a comfirmation that i've to shutdown. it;s just like outomatically shutdown own it's own, anyone have similliar problem.

Just realized iv got a machine laying around, that would be perfect for Os X.
Its a MSI Mega Barebone 180

Specs are as following:
CPU: Socket 462 AMD Athlon XP 2800+
Chipset:nVIDIA nFORCE2 (Crush 18G) + MCP2T
Audio: AC'97 Codec integrated in Realtek650
Graphics: Integrated in nFORCE2(AGP 8X) (there is also an extra agp port, so i can change this if necessary)
Network: RTL8201BL(10/100Mb)

Will I have any luck installing osx on this? What distro should i use?

Thanks for all your help!

-Jaawa

why is this thread closed and a new one not opened?