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6,010 reads · 2010-01-16 – 2010-01-22
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Hackintosh on Intel, Freeze on »Loading Darwin/x86 …«

I have the following problem: I tried to install Snow Leopard on my Intel, but it freezes at »Loading Darwin/x86 …«. What I did: - I mounted my PC, - configured my BIOS like described below, - booted with the Generic ISO that i got in this…

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@goldt Published 2010-01-16
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Snow Leopard 10.6
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6,010 historical reads · 1 curated field notes (from 3 dispatches) · 2010-01-16 – 2010-01-22
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@goldt (2)@ushpiy

I have the following problem:

I tried to install Snow Leopard on my Intel, but it freezes at »Loading Darwin/x86 …«.

What I did:
- I mounted my PC,
- configured my BIOS like described below,
- booted with the Generic ISO that i got in this tutorial Hackintosh Tutorial: Install a Mac Leopard OS X Retail DVD on a PC (bit .ly/zYBUE)
- on the boot prompt I pressed ENTER
- I replaced my boot CD with the Snow Leopard Retail DVD
- I pressed fe and then F8
- I chose the Installation Volume
- Then it gets stuck at »Loading Darwin/x86 …«

Anybody an idea, whats the problem?
I tried already -v, cpus=1 -v and so on after F8, but it didn't work... He just aded »Loading HFS+etc« and got stuck then...

I really would appreciate your help. I'm already getting quite desperate after trying everything for days.

thanks, carola

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My Hardware:

Mobo: Gigabyte EX58-UD5
CPU: Intel Quad-Core i7-920
Graphic: GeForce 9800 GTX+
HD and DVD: both SATA

BIOS:
Advanced BIOS Features:
First Boot Device: CDROM
Second … : Hard Disk
Third … : Disabled
HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability: Enabled
…

Integrated Periphals:
SATA RAID/AHCI Mode: AHCI
SATA Port0-3 Native Mode: Enabled
USB Controller: Enabled
USB 2.0 Controller: Enabled
USB Keyboard: Enabled
USB Mouse: Enabled
Onboard H/W 1394: Disabled
Onboard LAN1: Disabled
Onboard LAN2: Disabled
Onboard SATA/IDE Device: Enabled
Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode: AHCI

Author Updates & Technical Revisions

Follow-up dispatches by @goldt

Author Update #1 @goldt 2010-01-22

I couldn't install anything by now. How could I install if he is not even able to boot? Maybe somebody has an advice.

Synthesized Community Field Notes

1 technical responses curated from 3 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @ushpiy 2010-01-19

do u have the latest chameleon installed? correctly?
sorry if this is not applicable to u as i was also getting this error but resolved it by installing chameleon rc3
rc 2 was breaking my install

Sources & Contributor Provenance (2 credited usernames · Thread #5226)
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@goldtPrimary Author22010-01-16 → 2010-01-22
@ushpiyContributor12010-01-19