Hello,

I have the following problem:

I tried to install Snow Leopard on my Intel, but it freezes at »Loading Darwin/x86 …«.

What I did:
- I mounted my PC,
- configured my BIOS like described below,
- booted with the Generic ISO that i got in this tutorial Hackintosh Tutorial: Install a Mac Leopard OS X Retail DVD on a PC
- on the boot prompt I pressed ENTER
- I replaced my boot CD with the Snow Leopard Retail DVD
- I pressed fe and then F8
- I chose the Installation Volume
- Then it gets stuck at »Loading Darwin/x86 …«

Anybody an idea, whats the problem?
I tried already -v, cpus=1 -v and so on after F8, but it didn't work... He just aded »Loading HFS+etc« and got stuck then...

I really would appreciate your help. I'm already getting quite desperate after trying everything for days.

thanks, carola


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My Hardware:

Mobo: Gigabyte EX58-UD5
CPU: Intel Quad-Core i7-920
Graphic: GeForce 9800 GTX+
HD and DVD: both SATA

BIOS:
Advanced BIOS Features:
First Boot Device: CDROM
Second … : Hard Disk
Third … : Disabled
HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability: Enabled
…

Integrated Periphals:
SATA RAID/AHCI Mode: AHCI
SATA Port0-3 Native Mode: Enabled
USB Controller: Enabled
USB 2.0 Controller: Enabled
USB Keyboard: Enabled
USB Mouse: Enabled
Onboard H/W 1394: Disabled
Onboard LAN1: Disabled
Onboard LAN2: Disabled
Onboard SATA/IDE Device: Enabled
Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode: AHCI

do u have the latest chameleon installed? correctly?
sorry if this is not applicable to u as i was also getting this error but resolved it by installing chameleon rc3
rc 2 was breaking my install

I couldn't install anything by now. How could I install if he is not even able to boot? Maybe somebody has an advice.