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#PLEASE HELP# pre install problem
Hi there am trying to install SL via Empire EFI off the retail cd. (do not have 8gb usb or mac access) am running into kernel panic just before welcome screen
KP relates to ATIRadeonx2000 my hardware is ASUS M51va laptop ATI HD 3650 core 2 duo t9400 chipset north pm 45 south ICH9-M 4gb ram i think i have too edit info.plist for atiradeonx2000.kext but how can i edit when the file is on the retail cd and i have no iso or no means to edit iso. IM so close i can smell it have been trying for about 4 days just to see the install screen also tried retail.iso from teknojunkie with no success. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATYLY APPRECIATED |
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I think your smelling your DVD drive burning from installs. Haha.
But seriously, You could try installing an older version first, like leopard, and from their use a retail DMG. OS: Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.6.2 (10C540) | Vanilla Kernel | 64 bit Kernel | EFI64 CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.6 GHz GPU: 2x SLI Dual GTX 260 (OpenCL working)(QE+CI) RAM: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz 7-7-7-20 AUDIO: Realtek (5.1 config) HDD: RAID 0- 1 + 1TB HDD's | 320GB HDD MOBO: MSI X58 Platinum SLI (Intel ICH10) CASE: Haf 932 Full Tower Case + Red Cathodes MONITOR: Asus VK266H 26" 1920x1200 LCD All working |
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do you suggest installing from retail leo cd then upgrading to sl?
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Yes, That way, you can easily fix any kexts. Leopard has more drivers right now that might work.
💡 Deploy cloud instances seamlessly on DigitalOcean. Free credits ($100) for InfMac readers. OS: Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.6.2 (10C540) | Vanilla Kernel | 64 bit Kernel | EFI64 CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.6 GHz GPU: 2x SLI Dual GTX 260 (OpenCL working)(QE+CI) RAM: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz 7-7-7-20 AUDIO: Realtek (5.1 config) HDD: RAID 0- 1 + 1TB HDD's | 320GB HDD MOBO: MSI X58 Platinum SLI (Intel ICH10) CASE: Haf 932 Full Tower Case + Red Cathodes MONITOR: Asus VK266H 26" 1920x1200 LCD All working |