[AMD] Snow Leopard 10A432 Install

[Taisto]

Originally Posted by chrisamanko can anyone help me?

Reading Your post - it seems that You actually boot using the vanilla kernel. Copy the test7 kernel to the / directory of the drive, set permissions, and during boot - write the kernel full name when prompted, to make sure it boots using the one from modbin. com.apple.Boot.plist sometimes reset it's values so it might actually boot using the original one - in this case it will reboot instantly after loading kexts.

[chrisamanko]

Originally Posted by chrisamanko i have installed 10.5.6 did the update using iDeneb to 10.5.8 no problems etc i tried doing the install of 10.6 on the 2nd hard drive replaced the installer etc etc etc all installs fine i did all the usual kext stuff replace the kernal etc etc but when i reboot to the 10.6 it loads the kexts but then reboots instantally so fast infact that i cant see a kernal panic. I have tried loading it with the usual man mem stuff acpi etc etc does the same thing even with -x32 -s Im using a AMD phenon 9950 790fx motherboard sb600 ATI 3870 512mb Spinpoint SATA drive SATA DVD drive 4gb 1066 ram any help??? i used this way of doing it and copied the ijnstall to a USB stick and modified the installer and installed on a 2nd partition http://www.ihackintosh.com/2009/09/i...pc-hackintosh/ i just did some reading and found that the kernel they give you off that site doesnt work very well so i downloaded the legacy kernel 7 ill rename that and use that. try the re install now

I get this far and my pc haults. I have to press the reset button and then when my computer starts again all my bios setting have gone back to deafults?
Any ideas?

[chrisamanko]

hi mate no im defiantly using the 7 kernel look at my picture i uploaded in my last post that's where it crashes now? Any ideas?

[chrisamanko]

this is what i get now any ideas? Also when i try and boot back to 10.5.8 thats usually screwed up so i have to re install 10.5.6 and restore my ketxs etc and then i can boot back into 10.5.8.

[RetroRen]

I officially give up for now

I tried installing SL using all the AMD methods available on the net, following the exact details, but I always end up with KP, both with modbin and qoopz kernel. Vanilla kernel gives me only reboots.

I guess I'll have to wait for a better kernel. I patched DSDT, fixed RTC, edited boot plist, tried various kext combination, but it didn't work.

I see on osx86 project that one guy managed to install SL to the same MBO that I have using this guide, but I had no luck.


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Gigabyte 790X UD4P
8 GB DDR2 667 Mhz RAM
AMD Phenom II 550
ATI Radeon HD3850

[chrisamanko]

Originally Posted by RetroRen I officially give up for now I tried installing SL using all the AMD methods available on the net, following the exact details, but I always end up with KP, both with modbin and qoopz kernel. Vanilla kernel gives me only reboots. I guess I'll have to wait for a better kernel. I patched DSDT, fixed RTC, edited boot plist, tried various kext combination, but it didn't work. I see on osx86 project that one guy managed to install SL to the same MBO that I have using this guide, but I had no luck. ______________________ Gigabyte 790X UD4P 8 GB DDR2 667 Mhz RAM AMD Phenom II 550 ATI Radeon HD3850

Yes mate im in the same boat as you and by the looks of it you have the same motherboard as me.

I have 10.5.8 running fine at the moment but i cant for love nor money get 10.6 to work!

I have tried everything like yourself.

GUID install
MBR install with retail disc resotred to usb stick and the osinstall modified put on it
Installed to 2nd partition hard drive
Installed other kexts removed them
Booted with everyflag combo known
And i either get a crash at Jmicron OR i get a kernal panic
and when i reset my pc all my bios settings have gone to defaults so i guess for now ill stick with 10.5.8 till 10.6 is made more viable.

[RetroRen]

Originally Posted by chrisamanko Yes mate im in the same boat as you and by the looks of it you have the same motherboard as me. I have 10.5.8 running fine at the moment but i cant for love nor money get 10.6 to work! I have tried everything like yourself. GUID install MBR install with retail disc resorted to usb stick and the osinstall modified put on it Installed to 2nd partition hard drive Installed other kexts removed them Booted with everyflag combo known And i either get a crash at Jmicron OR i get a kernal panic and when i reset my pc all my bios settings have gone to defaults so i guess for now ill stick with 10.5.8 till 10.6 is made more viable.

I'm on a perfectly working 10.5.5.right now, even sleep works great for me.
So, I'm really not in a hurry to get SL working to have a OSX on PC expirience, but it would be nice to have a working SL.

My problem is definitly kernel, what ever I do or try I end up with KP. I have no BIOS reseting problems, though.

Hopefully, there will be a smoother non vanilla SL kernel in a month or two. With few more updates SL will probably only get better till then

[chrisamanko]

Originally Posted by RetroRen I'm on a perfectly working 10.5.5.right now, even sleep works great for me. So, I'm really not in a hurry to get SL working to have a OSX on PC expirience, but it would be nice to have a working SL. My problem is definitly kernel, what ever I do or try I end up with KP. I have no BIOS reseting problems, though. Hopefully, there will be a smoother non vanilla SL kernel in a month or two. With few more updates SL will probably only get better till then

Wjy dont you upgrade to 10.5.8? use the iDeneb 10.5.8 Combo Kit! then you can have all the latest updates, safari etc

[tr33stan]

Originally Posted by RetroRen I officially give up for now I tried installing SL using all the AMD methods available on the net, following the exact details, but I always end up with KP, both with modbin and qoopz kernel. Vanilla kernel gives me only reboots. I guess I'll have to wait for a better kernel. I patched DSDT, fixed RTC, edited boot plist, tried various kext combination, but it didn't work. I see on osx86 project that one guy managed to install SL to the same MBO that I have using this guide, but I had no luck. ______________________ Gigabyte 790X UD4P 8 GB DDR2 667 Mhz RAM AMD Phenom II 550 ATI Radeon HD3850

[quote=RetroRen;39607]I officially give up for now

I tried installing SL using all the AMD methods available on the net, following the exact details, but I always end up with KP, both with modbin and qoopz kernel. Vanilla kernel gives me only reboots.

I guess I'll have to wait for a better kernel. I patched DSDT, fixed RTC, edited boot plist, tried various kext combination, but it didn't work.

I see on osx86 project that one guy managed to install SL to the same MBO that I have using this guide, but I had no luck.

try to use a better SL or a retail version, i had the same problem

[blackknight]

[quote=tr33stan;40417]

Originally Posted by RetroRen I officially give up for now I tried installing SL using all the AMD methods available on the net, following the exact details, but I always end up with KP, both with modbin and qoopz kernel. Vanilla kernel gives me only reboots. I guess I'll have to wait for a better kernel. I patched DSDT, fixed RTC, edited boot plist, tried various kext combination, but it didn't work. I see on osx86 project that one guy managed to install SL to the same MBO that I have using this guide, but I had no luck. try to use a better SL or a retail version, i had the same problem

There are two things keeping you from a working system. One is that the Phenom II X2 550 runs at 3.1 GHz. OS X has a problem with running with a higher multiplier than 15 on AMD systems and will instantly reboot after choosing the OS in Chameleon. Set the multiplier to 15 (3.0GHz) and you should be good. The other thing is having more than 4GB of RAM. Use the switch "maxmem=4096 -v" without quotes in your com.apple.Boot.plist or at Chameleon when choosing the OS. It isn't in the graphical options, but if you just start typing you'll see it at the bottom of the screen. Also make sure that you're using AHCI mode for all SATA controllers until you get the system going.

I personally have a Phenom II 550 and a GA-MA790FX-DS5 (nearly the same chipset) and used these methods to successfully boot Snow Leopard.

Good luck.