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Getting there...
Ok, with the excellent tips of LawlessPPC and lanceomni (great to see those options summed up in one place) I started working on this again and got some nice results.
First of, I used this tutorial to get the iPC distro on a USB flash drive: How Can I burn The MAC OS X distro to USB flash memory? This is a real time saver if you are experimenting a lot because it reduces install time to 6/7 minutes. I also used this guide from naquaada to create a nice backup/restore system which is also great for experimenting in a safe way to get your stuff working: Guide: Creating a very safe OS X system Chipset (nForce 430) and SATA drives: Selecting AppleNForceATA during install made sure my installation booted but all-tough the DVD drive got recognized it fails to mount any disks. nfoav8or mentioned somewhere that the "forcedeth AppleNForceATA-test" version (also on the install disk) might solve this but because I have 4Gb in my machine I need to use the "64Bit adapted AppleNforceATA.kext" and with this one the DVD's also do not mount. Am I stuck with either 4Gb support or a working SATA DVD drive? Or are there other possibilities? (I have an external DVD rewriter so it's not a big problem but feels like a waste of hardware) Audio (ALC662 Audio Codec): This was a no brainer, the driver is available on the install disk and worked from the start. Ethernet (PHY Realtek RTL8211B): LawlessPPC pointed out that Realtek provided Mac drivers but unfortunately not for this one (PHY is the key). The Realtek website tells us this: Quote:
Then I noticed in the signature of lanceomni the mention of "nForceLAN.kext". Searching for that led me to the release page on the insanelymac forums where I found out why my previous search efforts failed. That post only mentions the number of the Realtek chip "8211B" and I was searching for "RTL8211B" all the time! Installed the nForceLAN.kext and Ethernet started working instantly. Graphics (NVIDIAŽ GeForce 6150SE): For the video it looks like I'm screwed. According to this thread on InsanelyMac there is no solution for shared memory Nvidia cards. LawlessPPC already advised to turn of shared memory but that is not possible with this card. I can turn it down to 32Mb shared memory but it needs at least that. I tried several Geforce kext's but they all result in a non booting system. My video needs are not that high, I'm not planning on playing games but I want to at least get rid of the artifacts I have when moving windows and of course a higher resolution. Any tips on this? Or should I get a dedicated card? (It's a shame my board doesn't do AGP, I have several AGP cards lying around) So, it looks like I got a fairly stable system with a few important functionalities missing but I'm happy that I got this far already. Code:
CPU : AMD Athlon64 X2 5600+ Dual-Core 2.9GHz MB : ASRock AliveNF6G-GLAN Mem : 4Gb (2x 2GB, PC-6400 DDR-II 800MHz) Chip: nForce 430 GFX : Integr. NVIDIAŽ GeForce 6150SE, 256MB shared LAN : Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s, Giga PHY Realtek RTL8211B Snd : ALC662 Audio Codec HD : SATA 7200RPM 250GB DVD : SATA 22x DVD rewriter Running iPC Public release. Shared mem. GFX will probably never work. Replacement is underway. |
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OR temporarily take out 2GB RAM so you are left with 2GB and then install normally and then install the new 64bit kext and shut down, reinsert the RAM, and reboot. Walla! Magic. Quote:
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Thanks for the quick reply...
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I will buy a dedicated card when my wallet allows me to. Now I need to decide if I go for a cheapo solution or get a real fancy one . Cheers! Code:
CPU : AMD Athlon64 X2 5600+ Dual-Core 2.9GHz MB : ASRock AliveNF6G-GLAN Mem : 4Gb (2x 2GB, PC-6400 DDR-II 800MHz) Chip: nForce 430 GFX : Integr. NVIDIAŽ GeForce 6150SE, 256MB shared LAN : Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s, Giga PHY Realtek RTL8211B Snd : ALC662 Audio Codec HD : SATA 7200RPM 250GB DVD : SATA 22x DVD rewriter Running iPC Public release. Shared mem. GFX will probably never work. Replacement is underway. |
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4GB Issue
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If you surf around you can find a pretty good PCI Express card for under $50 and some I have seen for less than $20. It is definitely worth any extra change you have laying around. The deals are out there. Of course you can go all the way. I looked on Newegg.com and found this guy though Im not sure if its supported. This blows my mind. I looked at the specs. I bet you could get OSX running on the graphics card itself http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814103068 Anyway there are good cards out there at discount prices. MOBO: Z77MX-QUO-AOS CPU: Core i7 3770K GPU: MSI N760 TF 2GD5/OC Case: Modded MacPro2,1 Memory: 32GB Corsair Vengeance (CMY32GX3M4A1600C9) Wifi: Airport Extreme bcm94321MCA BIOS: HermitCrab Labs H3A.816M Monitor: AOC Q2963Pm 29" WFHD 2560x1080 21:9 Interests: KDE on Apple Darwin, Keeping it real with the command line, Helping those that help themselves Last edited by lanceomni; 01-03-2009 at 03:07 PM. |
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Im trying to boot from the dvd i burned and it wont booot lol
i have a amd phenom 9600 ideneb 10.5.5 ppf 3 (burned to dvd) wont boot 790g SB700 I changed the boot sequence to boot from my dvd first and it wont even recognize the dvd and goes to the second boot option Last edited by natewill18; 01-03-2009 at 08:22 PM. |
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Its not booting at all as in the blinking underscore or does it display a msg? Or are you getting a grey screen with apple logo and spinning wheel?
MOBO: Z77MX-QUO-AOS CPU: Core i7 3770K GPU: MSI N760 TF 2GD5/OC Case: Modded MacPro2,1 Memory: 32GB Corsair Vengeance (CMY32GX3M4A1600C9) Wifi: Airport Extreme bcm94321MCA BIOS: HermitCrab Labs H3A.816M Monitor: AOC Q2963Pm 29" WFHD 2560x1080 21:9 Interests: KDE on Apple Darwin, Keeping it real with the command line, Helping those that help themselves |
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blinkin underscore
Somethin I noticed: After adding PPF2 and 3 (w/ PPf o Matic (the program)) I went to burn the new image with Magic ISO and it said Non botable right above the drop down list ov all files in the iso Last edited by natewill18; 01-03-2009 at 09:52 PM. |
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PC I assume? Give this a try and remember to burn at a slow speed (makes a difference) http://www.imgburn.com/
MOBO: Z77MX-QUO-AOS CPU: Core i7 3770K GPU: MSI N760 TF 2GD5/OC Case: Modded MacPro2,1 Memory: 32GB Corsair Vengeance (CMY32GX3M4A1600C9) Wifi: Airport Extreme bcm94321MCA BIOS: HermitCrab Labs H3A.816M Monitor: AOC Q2963Pm 29" WFHD 2560x1080 21:9 Interests: KDE on Apple Darwin, Keeping it real with the command line, Helping those that help themselves |
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Thnx
ill give it a try right now with the XxX 10.5.5 Leopard Beta1 PPF1 (with PPf2 &PPF3) image.
thnx While it's burning I might as well put up my specs in my sig, so anyone else here checkin can see my specs Do I need to inject a workin Kext for my SB700 chipset before i insert the dvd ? Last edited by natewill18; 01-03-2009 at 11:01 PM. |
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Same blinkin underscore.
I burned at 2x and verified it. I burned it o a DVD + R Im sin a Pioneer DVR - 111D optical drive in slave ide mode 💡 Deploy cloud instances seamlessly on DigitalOcean. Free credits ($100) for InfMac readers. CPU: AMD Phenom 9600 Chipset: 790G SB700 (looking for the kext for it now) Audio:Realtek ALC888 Lan: Realtek 8111C Video:ATI Radeon HD 3200 unimportant stuff: Ram: 4 x 1GB 240 pin ddr2 @ 1066mhz Hdd: 40 gb (IDE) (FAT32) 250 gb (SATA) (NTSF) External 1TB (HFS+) External 250 GB (NTSF) Audio interfaces: Mobile Pre, FW Solo, Lexicon Alpha, Motu, etc. This whole rig is for production purposes www.myspace.com/natewil |