Omri's Snow Leopard 10.6 Retail on PC guide
it's my first time posting a guide so feel free to give any feedback Omri's Snow Leopard PC Guide Computer info: CPU = Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Motherboard = Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 (rev. 1.0) Graphic Card = Nvidia 8600GTS 256Mb Memory = OCZ…
- Primary Author
- @omri Published 2009-11-05
- Collection
- Snow Leopard 10.6
- Archival Footprint
- 12,195 historical reads · 3 curated field notes (from 6 dispatches) · 2009-11-05
- Credited Voices (4)
- @omri (3)@mitchde@pαuℓzurrr.@Tommy
it's my first time posting a guide so feel free to give any feedback
Omri's Snow Leopard PC Guide
Computer info:
CPU = Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Motherboard = Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 (rev. 1.0)
Graphic Card = Nvidia 8600GTS 256Mb
Memory = OCZ 4Gb DDR2 800
Hard Drive = Seagate 500G SATA2
DVD-RW = LG SATA
Preparations
- Empire EFI v 1.0.4 = Empire EFI | Prasys' Blog (pra sys.co.cc/2009/10/empire-efi/) - File here (media fire.com/?ytmlmwhdgnz)
- Retail Snow Leopard DVD (30$)
- Download - Kext Helper b7 from: che etha.net/
- Download Kexts from Kexts.com
- Update: BIOS Settings = Set AHCI/RAID/SATA to enabled (or in AHCI mode) , Set HPET to 64-bit.
Installation
- use the Empire EFI v 1.0.4 to boot your PC and run the Snow Leopard installation.
- use the Empire EFI v 1.0.4 to boot from the new installation.
- install /Volumes/Empire EFI/Extra/Post-Installation/myHack Installer.mpkg from the Empire EFI CD to set a bootloader.
- install the Kexts you need from Kexts.com web site (i added mine) useing Kext Helper b7
- update the OS to 10.6.1
DONE!
Author Updates & Technical Revisions
Follow-up dispatches by @omri
i will try to do the same with the Snow Leopard Server
and update the guide...
i know
i had the same problem with my MBR partition.
i formated it to GUID so i don't have any solution for you beside installing from a customized cd like KELYWAY or iATKOS
Synthesized Community Field Notes
3 technical responses curated from 6 original dispatches
I cant find DL Link for Empire EFI v 1.0.4 , i found only DL Link version 1.0.3.
Anyone can help ?
Here you go: media fire.com/?ytmlmwhdgnz
I like the guide omri!
MBR Install
Firstly, great short guide! I already did exacly what you wrote but it's helpfull for new comers.
Now to my problem.. I have a laptop with a genuine vista recovery partition which I don't want to delete. Therefore I want to install SL with the current MBR setup, I booted into the installation after loading Empire EFI and the setup itself, I just can't figure out how I proceed with installing on MBR. Could you help me out please?
Sources & Contributor Provenance (4 credited usernames · Thread #4611)
| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
|---|---|---|---|
| @omri | Primary Author | 3 | 2009-11-05 |
| @mitchde | Contributor | 1 | 2009-11-05 |
| @pαuℓzurrr. | Contributor | 1 | 2009-11-05 |
| @Tommy | Contributor | 1 | 2009-11-05 |