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Suggestions for installing Snow Leopard

I was using Leo about year ago, but unninstalled it because I had some problems with it, so I wonder if there are bug fixes on Snow Leo? Here is my configuration: MSI 945PL Neo-F ICH7 Intel P4 3,06 GHz Gainward nVidia GeForce 7600GS 320Gb…

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@safmaverick Published 2010-04-12
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7,015 historical reads · 4 curated field notes (from 14 dispatches) · 2010-04-12 – 2010-04-24
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I was using Leo about year ago, but unninstalled it because I had some problems with it, so I wonder if there are bug fixes on Snow Leo?

Here is my configuration:
MSI 945PL Neo-F ICH7
Intel P4 3,06 GHz
Gainward nVidia GeForce 7600GS
320Gb Hitachi & 80Gb Maxtor
Creative Sound Blaster USB (ci ao.co.uk/Creative_Sound_Blaster_Connect__6592340)
(I know its old machine, but I'm in love with Mac )

Now, I have iPC x86 Leo 10.5.6 universal PPF5 installation disc, so I wonder if I need to download some new Snow Leo version to install it (if it exists) or I have to install this and than upgrade it?

Does Snow Leo supports NTFS partition "read/write", or its just "read" like the old one?

This is all for now, there will be probably more questions in the future.
I hope you can help me in my decision wheter to install it or not.

Thanx in advance.

Author Updates & Technical Revisions

Follow-up dispatches by @safmaverick

Author Update #1 @safmaverick 2010-04-13

I've downloaded Snow Leo with these characteristics:

The new version of the assembly for single-layer DVD, which is built onthe basis of Retail Snow Leopard 10.6 + Update 10.6.2 + Safari 4.04. Anassembly can be installed on GUID, and at the Mbr. Extras. information: from the assembly removed all packages with drivers for printers, AdditionalSpeechVoices, other languages Title: Mac OS x…

And I'm worried about this: System requirements: PC with a processor Intel SSSE3 (not to be confused with SSE3!)

When I boot it it shows me gray screen with apple in the middle and thats it, no installation or any activity. Probably its Kernel problem, so which kernel should I use for this version and how to put it into the installation DVD?

Author Update #2 @safmaverick 2010-04-13

So there is no way to install Snow Leo on my machine?

Author Update #3 @safmaverick 2010-04-13

Could this work?
osx86sv.word press.com/2009/09/04/how-to-install-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-10-6-on-a-pc-asus-p5-series/

Author Update #4 @safmaverick 2010-04-15

I've installed Hazard's Snow Leo for SSE2 SSE3 but when I boot it, it stops on apple boot screen, gray with apple on it. What should I do?

Author Update #5 @safmaverick 2010-04-15

I spoke to milanca, probably installed wrong kernel, he told me what to install now, let you know the results

Author Update #6 @safmaverick 2010-04-15

OK, now there is Kernel panic :S

Verbose:

Regular boot:

Author Update #7 @safmaverick 2010-04-24

Here it is, almost there. Installation success (Hazards SL for Intel/AMD SSE2/SSE3), there are no kernel panics, boots fast; BUT, cannot get through Welcome startup procedure. I don't understand what is the problem: after boot I get screen to choose country, which I did, than get screen with keyboard input, done that, and than get screen to choose if I had some previous installations and where from I want to input my data (other mac, backup, etc.) and I choose "Do not input... bla bla", click Continue, and there everything stops, processor and HD are working for a while but after that thay stop working, and I cannot do anything but restart. Same problem in safe mode, single user mode, verbose...

Is there any way to jump over that procedure?

What can be the problem?

Synthesized Community Field Notes

4 technical responses curated from 14 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @Imkantus 2010-04-13

Yes this is a Kernel Problem - you can boot Vanilla on Intel Core architecture only.

Intel Pentium 4 with 3,06Ghz will most likely be a Northwood Series one - so you don't even have SSE3 support - for the reason that currently avaible Darwin 10.x mod Kernels have no flawlessly working SSE3 emulation layer, I would recommend you to stay with 10.5.8 + Voodoo XNU or to spend some money for better hardware.

Field Note #2 @Imkantus 2010-04-13 ↳ Re: @safmaverick
@safmaverickSo how to input vodoo kernel into here?

Voodoo Kernel is as I wrote for use with 10.5 Leopard - you can't use it with the SL image you have downloaded (it's useless on your HW) - but it is for example part of that iPC image you have…

Field Note #4 @Imkantus 2010-04-15

Without the spinning wheel? Have you selected any mod Kernel from Customization?
Otherwise; what do you get when you attempt to boot in verbose mode (using -v bootflag)?

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