Problem installing SnowLeopard

I actually forgot to mention i am running leopard...the only thing is I got no internet on that install, but thats not a hugely big deal

I think maybe i downloaded the wrong dmg or i'm not looking in the right spot. I can't find the osinstall.mpkg all i have is 3 things to select in the mounted image:

Install Mac OS X

Optional Installs (folder)

Instructions (folder)

Do i have the wrong one, or am I not looking in the right spot

P.S. Sorry for being noobish...again!

Note: If I just mount it, without making it a seperate partition, it won't run, It just says finding disks with a loading bar, then it tells me It needs to be burned to a disk

@maya77Don't run "Install Mac OS X.app" from mounted image. Mount your DMG, then press Command+Shift+G (WinKey+Shift+G). Then paste this into GoTo field: /Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages/ Find OSInstall.mpkg and run it. Follow setup instructions and install SL to desired partition.

THANK YOU! I can't believe i didn't figure that out myself. Anyways, i'm installing it now. Wish me luck

Sorry for double posting. This is a real noobish question, but which folder is the Snow Leopard root. I'm a little confused

Ok, here's my next problem *sigh*, not like i didn't expect it

So, i followed SaCleoCheater's tutorial, and everything succeeded successfully...or so I thought. I rebooted and I selected my Snow Leopard Partition in the darwin bootloader and it says it's Loading darwin/x86 then it blinks a cursor..and the entire thing freezes...and sometimes my display goes all funny too. Anybody have a soloution?

I have tried many combinations of boot flags, but none of the worked

I am running: Darwin/x86 boot v5.0.132 - Chameleon v1.0.12
Thats what it says at the top before I select a partition to boot from

I don't think it's the kernel. Because i am running my leopard boot, from the same kernel. I got the patched kernel for SL from the tut. What if I install chameleon to the partition i'm installing SL too? Or will that screw up more than it needs to?

Ok I think i'm getting somewhere. I started over from scratch one more time. I realized I was putting the new boot file in the snow leopard partition *slap's forehead* , so i finished up the editing I had to do and rebooted. This time it did a similar thing, except instead of freezing up, and me having to do a hard shut down, it just automatically rebooted. It said loading Darwin/x86 then the little spinning line, then it just reboots and it continues to do that no matter what flag I use.

P.S. Sorry again for double posting

EDIT:: Just tried a new combination of boot flags and I used the legacy flag for the first time and it started loading all the kexts...then it rebooted again *sigh* I was excited there for a minute
As well, if I used -x -s -f -v it loads all kernels, but reboots. Do you think this could be caused by having the worng version of snow leopard? Cause i am downloading another version now, but i think it is, because the icon for the installer is not the snow leopard cd...it's the cd with the X on it.

Hi again. Really sorry for triple posting.

Could this restart error be caused by not having the proper hard drive kexts. I should probably throw in the i'm installing on an external hard drive because leopard wouldn't pick my my laptops internal drive. I really want snow leopard to work, please help.

Have you tried installing Leopard first and get it running stable? If not, I suggest you do so. Get a hang of the quirks in running osx on a pc. That's what I did. Got a perfectly running 10.5.8 Leopard as a failsafe environment where I can troubleshoot issues with the SL install. And trust me, you will have issues installing SL the first time

Start installation by running OSInstall.mpkg from mounted image. There is no need to create "install partition".

What I've done to get it working:
- Installed SL to separate partition by running OSInstall.mpkg
- Installed latest Chameleon to SL partition + replaced BOOT file with SL-compatible one by netkas
- Replaced mach_kernel on SL partition with my system (AMD-based) compatible one
- Added necessary kexts to Extra/Extensions folder on SL partition
- Added dsdt.aml to SL partition root
- Added smbios.plist to Extra folder on SL partition

Note: I've edited two files to add SL partition UUID to (smbios.plist and PlatformUUID.kext/info.plist)

Don't run "Install Mac OS X.app" from mounted image.

Mount your DMG, then press Command+Shift+G (WinKey+Shift+G).

Then paste this into GoTo field:
/Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages/

Find OSInstall.mpkg and run it. Follow setup instructions and install SL to desired partition.

The HD "Root" is the start (If you want to call it that) of the volume.

So, if you were to browse to /Library, the root of the HD or volume would be / that contains the mach_kernel, var, tmp ect...

That is very weird

Make sure your not using different versions of the bootloader... for example: Chameleon v2 with PC-EFI v9 Snow Leopard boot