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Note 10.X Core ALC889a / Audio Chameleon / Boot-132 Voodoo / XNU Kernel AMD OSx86

Install on Acer Aspire 5250-BZ455

Acer Aspire 5250-BZ455 AMD E-350 1.60GHz 1MB Cache Dualcore APU (Zacate) ATI Radeon HD 6310 (Shared memory not dedicated) 8Gb 1066mHz DDR3 Ram 320GB WDC WD3200BPVT-22JJ5T0 ATA Device Slimtype DVD A DS8A5SH ATA Device Atheros AR5B125/AR9485…

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@demetry6666 Published 2012-04-27
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OSx86 Core & 10.X
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@demetry6666

Acer Aspire 5250-BZ455
AMD E-350 1.60GHz 1MB Cache Dualcore APU (Zacate)
ATI Radeon HD 6310 (Shared memory not dedicated)
8Gb 1066mHz DDR3 Ram
320GB WDC WD3200BPVT-22JJ5T0 ATA Device
Slimtype DVD A DS8A5SH ATA Device
Atheros AR5B125/AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter
Atheros AR8152/8158 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.20)
Conexant High Definition Audio
Acer Crystal Eye Webcam

I have been able to successfully install Snow Leopard 10.6.0. I used Nawcom's OSX86_ModCD-032311-151021 burned to DVD/DL and OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.0 Retail Install DVD used with TransMac and restored to portable HD. ModCD booted with the following kernel flags: -v busratio=8 or busratio=16 (both work).
Most of the install packages will be preselected for you based on what the modCD detects: Audio- voodooHDA, Processor- Legacy Kernel, Ethernet- Atheroslc1e, wifi- atheros wifi injector (doesn't work), Keyboard/Mouse- Apple PS/2
Both the mach_kernel and legacy_kernel work, I used the legacy kernel.
Bootloader: Chameleon V2 RC4, boot with -v busratio=8 arch=i386, you can edit the com.apple.Boot.plist after you get to the desktop.
Kernel: Legacy Kernel

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