if its GUID my bet is its rdisk0s2, as the 1st partition is the GUID table.

by the way, the install has never finshed for me, I just hoped it had done all it needed to do. I formatted as all Zeros and tryd both MBR and GUID.. Im stuck and ready to pull my hair out.

OK rdisk0s1 is dedicated to GUID partition table.
The first usable partition to install Leopard (with GUID) is rdisk0s2 (so this is your partition).

Retry and type rdisk0s2 instead of rdisk0s1

Do i have to choose costumize on the second installation, or i just click continue?

ok,

on dd .... boot0 command got a disk alignment error
on ./startupfiletool command got filesystem not cleanly unmounted.

did fsck /dev/disk0 and got Superblock not found or somthing.. Magic number wrong

First, all thanks to zephyroth for giving us amd users a chance.

Okay, just got finished reading through all twenty bloody six pages, and am downloading off of my at&t usenet account at a steady 134 kb on my slow dsl connection (should be done in 8 1/2 hours). I am wondering if that problem of a few rars not being complete is over with, and also I am downloading 10 files which are named differently than the other 73 files. Check here- http://www.binsearch.info/?b=Leopard-10.5.2-AMD-EFI&g=alt.binaries.mac.cd-images&p=zephyroth-osx86%40hotmail.fr&max=250 to see what I am talking about. Can someone explain this to me? Are those top ten files rars?

Also I read on a few pages before that this release includes the latest medevil kexts. My history is that I tried to install tubgirl months ago, but it couldn't get past the "creating partition map" when trying to format. Same problem with zephyroth 10.5.1. I installed the latest medevil kexts on that 10.5.1 disc, but got the "waiting for root device" error (so I am really hoping these kexts will work this time around). I am wondering if the problem of not being able to format my drive can be fixed with the latest medevil kext that is included in this release, or is my problem deeper than that? Anyone else ever heard of the problem of not formatting? After all my searching, I only met one guy at insanelymac with this problem.

Specs-
HP Pavilion a6230n PC
Asus M2N68-LA Motherboard (nforce 430)
3GB DDR2 SDRAM
Nvidia GeForce 6150 SE Graphics
Hitachi 400GB SATA

thanks for those who did answear my question!

I removed my other Sata DATA Drive so now I have one, So wont go all dumb and get confused. I reformated the drive, yes again, as a single GUID Partition. It is installing now. I hope I get Lucky and it don`t hang at the end.

even if it hangs at the end, boot back up with the DVD and you can finish setting up EFI yourself.

Did you understand the reference (or are you being a smart-ass? It's cool if you are - I'm just asking...)

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But - "a word, to the wise, is sufficient"...

Yeah, Looks like ill have to try that. Seems like it has hung again.

it is Stuck at Dummy Bless Executed.

Here is the last few lines of the log, Taken with the iSight in my MBP.

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/3889/photo1ao4.jpg

Okay, my first question can be ignored. I read at insanely mac that those 10 files are par files to recover broken rar archives. Still need an answer to my second question. Thanks for any help.

b0 error, Gonna Try the above commands in single usermode from the dvd.

Mmmm, Easy to fix

[ok] 1 - Boot with the DVD.
[ok] 2 - Press F8, then type "-s"
[ok] 3- type "cd /usr/standalone/i386"
[ok] 4 - type "dd if=./guid/boot1h of=/dev/rdiskXsY bs=512 count=1 (X is the disk number and Y is the partition number on which you installed Leo)
[alingment error] 5 - type "dd if=./guid/boot0 of=/dev/diskX bs=400 count=1
[ok] 6 - type "./startupfiletool -v /dev/diskXsY ./boot_v8"

Feel like I been kicked in the nuts..

so it's working now macprodan?

AnyThing I can Do, Does MBR work any better for other Users, which group has had the most success ?

nope, b0 error. Command .5 did not do anything, said disk alignment error

I can type those commands. Thank You. I have been using Hackintoshes from day 1 mate. I got my MacBook Pro that just works, But I would like to get a totally uptodate Hack for Me and the family to use. OK

MBR is the easier install, i think the script for it is working properly.

Anyone has been able to fix the Still waiting for root device error? I've read somewhere i should try ide, but i don't have ide on my motherboard :(
I know the kext works with the DVD because i got it working 2/3 times myself with my own 10.5.1 DVD with the kext injected into the DVD, but i cant remember what 'special' thing i did to get it past the error, hope there is a other solution :)

YAAA! I fought with a GUID + EFI install for a couple of hours, then re-partitioned MBR + EFI and stinking 10.5.2 installed without a single hitch. Even my 8600GTS was fully supported ootb! I even made it through "account creation" without a working LAN Adapter. The only things I had to do after the install were: ALC880 (which I always have to do) and I'm now using a USB wireless LAN adapter (which I knew I'd have to install the software for...)

Once I switched to MBR, it was the easiest install EVER...

Working now :) I typed the commands again. I did not type them wrong last time, as I got error messages not related to them being inputed wrong. Mmmmm strange.


Thats a Lesson to everyone, Try and Try and Try again.. must have done about 12 installs at least. Thank for you patience Guys and Gals. I am gonna set up the Account now. I will report back how it goes.

100% Working. :) Thanks Dudes.

Grats macprodan! glad to hear you were able to get it working.

Et voilà ! Patience is a virtue ... yeah that's true ... :-)))

Sure it is! lol...

Plus I learnt some new commands to add to YoJimbo archive. But most Important of all I wont have people nagging to use my MBP.

Have fun, macprodan :)

Best Wishes

ok so i tried every audio driver option there was in differrent fresh installs and none worked.
I still dont have sound on my asus a8nsli premium.
Does any one have the same mobo with working sound?
thanks

What is your "sound card"?.

realtec alc850

Hmmmm...No luck for that sound card. A friend told me that editing the AppleAC97Audio it colud work...Did you try this?.

After getting over some initial bouts of stupidity i found that this release (from th tpb iso) works on my system OOTB completely. installed on a separate SATA HD with a freshly formatted single GUID partition and installed GUID EFI v8. the only weird issue is with memory and CPU id. system info IDs the processor correctly but lists only one core, although activity monitor does show two separate and independently operating windows for cpu activity. also my ram is listed at 667 MHz in sysinfo and about this mac. while i would love that my ram is most assuredly maxed out at 400 MHz. only other quirk is having to change my speaker setup to 2ch from 6ch in Audio MIDI setup.

specs:
CPU: AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+
MOBO: MSI K8N Neo-4f (Nforce4 chipset/LAN)
Audio: Onboard Realtek ALC850 (uses AC'97 from install options)
Ram: 2 GB 400 MHz 3-3-3-8 Corsair
HD: 1x160 GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA (Zephyroth 10.5.2)
1x160 GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA (Ubuntu 7.10, OSX can't mount this HD)
1x160 GB WD IDE HD (Vista)
1x500 GR WD USB HD (storage)
GFX: evga Geforce 8800 GTS 320 MB Superclocked
Optical: 1x LG 16x DVD-R/RW+- (can't remember model)
1x Pioneer 111D 16x DVD-R/RW+-
Display: 19" X2gen LCD monitor (VGA connection, ID as display)
22" Viewsonic VX2235m (DVI connection, correct ID in OSX)
Dual screen, Res Change, QE/CI all work

Options on install: 10.5.2 Nvidia Kexts, Nvinject 320 MB, Medevil nForce kexts, forcedeth LAN driver, AC97 audio, EFI_v8 GUID

thanks again zeph for this awesome release and support and everyone else too for being so helpful!

rock on

thanks for your reply!i didnt try to edit bcase i dont really know how to do it...

freshcuts, i used to think sound didn't work on mine because it was set to 6ch in the Audio MIDI setup in utilities and when i would play something sometimes it would play and sometimes it wouldn't because it seemed to send the audio to the random channels that I didn't actually have. so if you haven't looked at that you may want to check it out. hope you get it working

Okay I finally got it installed on IDE, I was never able to get SATA to work after restart with hitting F8 and then typing “mach_kernel rd=disk*s* -v”. I will have to go and try the boot loader fix on page 25 for GUI. My problem now is I have no LAN. I have Nforce 590 (MSI K9N Diamond board) I tried the Nforce drivers and I tried the south bridge via drivers along with the Forcdepth drivers. My LAN worked on 10.5.1 so did I do something wrong? Is there a way to copy the files from the 10.5.1 and use them on 10.5.2?

Thanks for the help

thanks for yor interest. The problem is that in midi setup there is no device
edit:i see we have the same audio device.how come yours work and not mine?
Does the mobo make a difference?

I have an Asus MB though not the same model and have always had problems with sound after an install, there is what works for me, I simply replace the AppleAzaliaAudio.kext with the one from tiger, or search online for an older ver. than what is included with leopard. Now I am not saying that this will fix you problem because your issues could be more than that but this is what works for.

They are on-line tutorials on how to replace kexts, let me know how it works out.

can you please send me the kext u used so maybe i could try to replace mine.
Thanks
edit i attached an image of my setup:

I have that motherboard and the sound worked out the box with the AC97 driver selected during install. Try putting the DVD in and using iVisible or pathfinder to show hidden files then run the ac97 installer package.

I am going to try that,thank you
EDIT: i just reinstalled the ac97 kext like you said and still no sound!

Try editing it...As before,for some people it worked...

you mean edit the kext?
what should i change?

For example,check (go to):
---> /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAC97Audio.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleAC97Audio-brand-.kext/Contents
---> chmod 644 Info.plist
---> nano Info.plist
Look for some Id device 0x0850XXX.If is not,add this string...

I have alot of brands include:check pic.
i dont know which one to choose..

I have an A8N5X modo with a Realtek ALC850 sound chipset and my dev id is in AppleAC97AudioIntelICH.kext/Contents/Info.plist.
My dev id is 0x005910de. If it can help.

Thought I'd put my trials and success in

DLed from the usenet groups.

First install - missed the customize options - didn't want to boot

Second install - Checked appropriate options (New Kernel, VIA drivers, nVidia installer, GUID bootloader) - could never get past the HFS+ partition error. Tried all the fdisk stuff but no joy

Third install - Checked appropriate options same as above but with older kernel and MBR bootloader - booted right up. nVidia didn't want to work so I installed Zeph's installer from the wiki post-install and it took this time. Onboard LAN not working but Linksys USB Ethernet adapter working great. Onboard AC97 working. iLife/Office 08 working great after Marvin's Utility run (iPhoto "failed to load" crashes before running Marvin's Util).

Thanks Zeph! You da man!

Abit A8V Motherboard S939
Athlon 64 X2 3600+
2 SATA drives (1 w OSX, 1 with data)
nVidia FX5200
Linksys USB Ethernet adapter

Rob

as you can see in the new pic the mentioned id is included in the kext...