naquaada,

OK let me explain a few things so you can understand, as you probably have not done an install DVD. I don't know all of the graphics drivers, people provide me with stuff that I am unable to test myself, all I can do is label it with what they told me. I don't have time to research every driver for a complete description. If you want to do this pm me and I can gladly incorporate it.

You don't like the boot screen for isntaller? tough I put what I want there. The default Apple one blows....

You think the language files should be elsewhere? guess what they can't. They "HAVE" to install first. The installer is not so smart, it installs from the first option and works its way down. If I leave the language selection alone to how it was, there was a bug making all languages selected. In my opinion it is better to have to check 1 off if you need rather than have to uncheck them. I could make the extra application split apart, but what's the point? They are small and all are usefull. If you dont want them uncheck it, they will not install then.

You want the DVD image original? go buy a copy of Leopard and make your own. I leave the finished product untouched, thats good enough for me.

Sorry, I personally don't agree buddy :-)

In my opinion modifying any OS X graphics is not nice, it should stay the same like it's originally shipped.
Apple has excellent designers & I love every single graphical part of their OS.

Kalyways releases are the best example for this. His modifications are terrible. I almost have to cry when I see it. :-)

Ofcourse you can feel free to modify your release to your likings, it's just my personal opinion!!

Thanks a lot for your efforts!

@ Puttabong:

Thanks for the flowers ;-) Did you know uphucks 10.4.9 image, with the animated turkish flag in the installation document file?
But now to my comments, I hope they would finish it up.


@ eddie11c:

Oh boy, I feel like in old JaS times! He also couldn't stand a bit of critics. It's true, I haven't created an own installation DVD, others could do this better. And that's the point - I saw a lot, better and worse than yours. If you want a better looking one, take a look on Zephyroth's. The installation menu is perfect, the DVD looks and works as it should be. So I don't have to do my own. But - His system has some problems. He knows that and reacts to the information he gets, and that's what I really like on him. Your system seems to be error-free, but the first impression is always the installation DVD. If it's not easy to use it's no Apple-style and this is bad.

Have you tried to install a different language? I know the bug of all selected languages, Kalyways has it i think, but the language used at the installation can't be deselected, so you don't have to remove all, only the main point. Languages are a problem - removing some <could> show a user that a country is less worth than another one. Kalyway has only 4 languages, Zephyroth's 10.5.1 RC1 only two - but he reacted to the requests and reinstalled all languages again. Your image is the only one which doesn't auto-select the language during the installation I think. Why?

3rd-party programs: I also have some I always install even on my recovery partition, like LiteIcon, Leopaque, Docker, Butler, Onyx, a set of new folder icons, stack icons and so on, I modify my system very strong. It would be easier for me if this would be directly installed during the installation, it would save me a lot of time. But I never would do this on an installation DVD if I'd made one because every user should get a system which looks like a fresh OS X whitout changes. 3rd-party programs aren't Apple-style and if there are never versions out they waste space on the DVD. If you forget to uncheck the point you have a large applications folder and a lot of preferences files on your harddisk which you don't need and you even know of. That's why I never would pack 3rd-party soft on an DVD. If you want to try someting new, try to pack the full iLife '08 on the DVD, no one did this before, only iPhoto or so. iLife is a part of a standard Mac OS installation and so it belongs on a DVD.

Like I said: the first impression is the installation DVD. For people who saw maybe one or two it's maybe ok, but I know about 20. My peronal judgement: Installation DVD: mid-class - System: first class.


@ bajanboy:

Wow, it's great to have a man-of-all-knowledge here. If you're sure if I bought M$ software then you surely now my favourite AmigaDOS command and the graphics program I mostly used on the C64. I only buy software what's worth the money, on the C64 and Amiga I bought software in the 90's (because you could afford it), for the PC nothing and for the Mac I bought also already programs - PayPal and high Euro makes it possible. I paid for Eddies image so much like for all other images, and I hope this will stay this way. JaS later put up his begging web page to donate for his Macbook - this is making money with illegal software. The images we use are all hacks, so they doesn't have to cost anything. With the ungrateful - you're the typical negative guy who's only remembering the bad things and not that I also said something positive. Think about it.


End sentence: I hope this discussion doesn't go for the next 92 pages. There are more important things to talk about.


Something different: Does anybody know a program which changes the short name in Leopard? I'm creating systems for my friends and I don't want to do the whole process again and again with a new short name. I had a prog like this for Tiger (or you could do it manually with the Netinfo Manager) but this doesn't work in Leopard anymore.

Eddie,
The above criticisms (or comments) should really never be taken to heart; they are merely meant to be constructive and often meant with the best intentions. In many cases these criticisms are not always conveyed in the manner in which they were intended and often come across as rude or arrogant. This can be attributed to many things, though, mainly I feel it is because English is not everyone's first language. With this in mind it is up to those of us who's native tongue it is to read between the lines and understand that there are contextual differences between languages and how they are translated through the individual.

OK there is no need for explaining any more. I posted the answers already. If someone does not like the answers or can't be bothered to read it, thats not my problem. As I said there is a bug causing all languages to be selected regardless of language choice, I am not sure why and have little time to bother with it. It was much easier to have none selected by default.

3rd party programs are the best way to test my own installs. You my not like them but it is the quickest way to see if everything is working as it should be. I have thought about adding iLife but no matter what I remove it would still have to be a dual layer DVD. The little room I have left may not even cover the latest 10.5.3 seeds. These combo updates are weighing in at over 500MB each. I am hoping they release the final seed so I can just integrate it with my non-EFI version but who knows what version this will be, don't want to include a beta version if they end up updating it again.

thats a good thought eddie, no more betas, we all can wait till final

I have a dell inspiron 1525. everything installed fine. I finally found the best options to make it work. I do have a few problems that I think are related to all inspiron users. I forgot exactly what I choice but one install worked fine but no dvdrw. another install worked fine found the dvdrw which is a little slow but works but when you boot up it goes black screen for a while. and sound just doesn't work but I belive there is a fix on insanelymac. if anyone has an idea of how to fix the 20 minute black screen without having to up plug and wait please share. o yea for onboard card readers is ther a way to modify it so that it can be recognized as a usb attached card reader

the way I see it, I'll wait until Zephyroth will have a new release of 10.5.3 with all the updates

PS: I just want to know what he is doing this days (Zephyroth)?

Don't worry, he is planning BIG for AMD releases. Just be patient, and use 10.5.2 instead. =)

oh I am! I just hope he don't stop doing good deeds for AMD people :D

=D

Yes I know the non efi version is for the P4/Phenom crowd. I am hopefull to get it ready for testing in the next week.

cool :D i look forward to that :D i really would like to have something other than windows to as an OS, i would use linux but i get confused :x

This may be funny, but what about P3? I've gone crazy, haven't I? =p

yes. i would like to see a versionfor a km486 :p

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=101370&view=findpost&p=7291 63

As you can see, it is working now on my really crappy old P4 laptop without EFI. Definite progress, just a few more things to check into.

hey Eddie11c, S.O.S.

am Able to Boot to the Install disk,

I get these errors while on the Darwin screen
local host kextd[47]: root filesystem is read-only; skipping kernel link data general
local host diskarbitration[44]: unable to mount /dev/disks1 statuscode0x000000x47
local host diskarbitration[44]: unable to mount /dev/disks1 statuscode0x000000x0s5
local host diskarbitration[44]: unable to mount /dev/disks1 statuscode0x000000x4s6
local host diskarbitration[44]: unable to mount /dev/disks1 statuscode0x000000x87

it still takes me to the "Select a Language screen"

the PS2 mouse & keyboard do not get recognized, the caps lock key does not seem to work too..

is the USB mouse & keyboard the best bet / or is it something to do with that error ?

this is my second post by the way..

Thanks in Advance, waiting for you to help me further to Make my pc a Mac =p

i am not sure, my laptop keyboard/trackpad work fine. Some PS2 controllers have issues though i believe. Those errors are nothing out of the ordinary, it can't mount NTFS drives by default. This is usually the cause of those errors.

Thank you for your quick reply...

The errors have nothing to do with the keyboard and mouse not working, is that right ?

Trying a usb keyboard & mouse should be the next best thing, is that right too ?

Thanks in Advance!

eddie11c:

A friend of mine has a P4 laptop with Realtek chipset, maybe even gfx. Do you think this could work? How about ATI X1150?

graphics is all dependant on if Leopard supports it, my laptop has an old Geforce4 that I have not even messed with yet. The sound I have no idea what it uses, but works with AC97 and LAN actually works ootb also, its some built in 3com card.

"Still waiting for boot device" here
I'm at nForce 4 Mainboard and AMD Single Core

Screen Savers are messed up. When I click on any screen saver under the >Pictures I get :Cant load screen saver: Screen saver "Abstract" did not load properly. Please select another screen saver. Error: Can't load bundle

Help me!
Eddie..

help me Eddie, am unable to install as the mouse & keyboard are not responding...

Run the DVD again. Sometimes this occurs to me, since I have a USB combination.

Thanks WinLinMac01 for your reply...

I bought a USB to PS2 connector, plugged in both the mouse & kb to it, booted to the disk & iy worked!

finished installation too, do not find Leopard to boot from now..
changed the startupdisk option to leopard, restarts but asks which os to choose from..

my Monster has Ubuntu 8.04, Windows XP & Leopard on it, Leopard not in the list =\
use something like Grub / liloboot ?

Thanks Eddie 11c for you hard work in this. Leo 4 all v3 is truly the only installation that works with my sound card, which uses ALC888.

One little problem though when I completed installation of it, and got to the registration; when the wizard asked me if I want to transfer my settings and files from my old computer to a new mac, and I said no the computer froze, and after 5 minutes restarted the wizard back to the keyboard identifier part (the first part of the wizard). I successfully got through this process in your first leo4all edition but now it seems i can't. Any help would be appreciated.

My pc model is HP m8100n, and info can be found here: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?lc=en&cc=us&lang=en&dlc=en&product=3440614 &#

This is going to sound funny, turn on the machine again, and go back into the configuration process. It shouldn't freeze again. Have you tried this? If it does work, and when you arrive at the registration page, hit command-Q and that should skip the registration too.

If your keyboard/mouse is wireless, and if the receive has a ps/2 and usb wire, you can connect the USB and leave the ps/2 alone. That should get your mouse and keyboard working as usual. Just a tip... - cheers, =)

ALiveNF6P-VSTA my lan wont work, its a Realtek PHY RTL8201CL any ideas to help?

After a long journey I have a MAC
leo4allv3
mobo MSI K8N Neo4 socket 939
cpu Athlon64 3000+
video msi 7500 gt
hd maxtor ide
dvdrw LG

installed with

kernel-default
chipset option to" old nforce"
video- nvidia 10.5.2 +nvinject 0.2.0 256mb
newtwork-forcedeath
audio- ac97

I have everything included dvd player working,all resolutions,QE/CI,sound ,lan everything!!!!

Thank's Eddie

Newbrocca

I tried Leo4Allv3 on an SATA>USB drive. It boots all the way through to the blue screen, than switches to a dark gray screen with the spinning disk. Having already installed Zephyroth's 10.5.2, I have a pretty good idea of which options to choose during install. I don't know if the USB drive has anything to do with it, but will install to a Leo partition I had running before and report back.

Rick :)

Athlon 64x2 4000+
Biostar NF61S Micro AM2
Radeon HD2600XT PCIe
2GB PC6400
Pioneer DVR110D
SATA 250 GB x 2
Belkin 10/100 NIC
SIIG Firewire 800

Hey thanks for the awesome job you did.. Almost everything works, and I have ordered a compatible graphics card. One quick question: has a driver been released for my onboard lan card: Realtek RTL8201N. Wifi is great, but since I have lan i would like to use it if I can. Once again thz for you hard work.

Every Video (e.g Youtube) just plays 5 sec for me i have no QE/CI. The problem occurs in Safari and Firefox.
Any ideas?

If it's Youtube, it could also be a networking problem. Download TubeTV http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/24679/tubetv
and play it in there if the same error occurs. Then download a movie and play it with Quicktime.

I'm not sure if Quicktime plays .flv files normally, other wiese you need the Perian plugin. It's a plugin for nearly every file format.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22923/perian

No its not a networking problem because the video continues streaming..

Thanks for help naquaada

DVD worked flawlessly here, first perfect OOTB experience.

Well almost perfect, got stuck at the 'Do you already own a mac screen' thing. ./options fixed this, quick and easy, a very good utility.

As for the installed system, boot times are a bit slow, but once up, everythings fine (including sleep using the sleep kernel :D)

Dell Inspiron 531
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
2GB DDR2 667MHz RAM
320 GB Samsung SATA HD
MCP61 Chipset (nForce 430)
nVidia 8600GT
ALC888 Sound

Everything was provided for it, and thanks to p-J for the recommendation :D

cant see my DVD drive, an IDE drive

http://www.infinitemac.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=1027&page=1#Item_6

xan, what drive is this?

a LG IDE Drive. nothing special. i think its because of the sb600 ppf patch. can u upload me the original IOATAFamily.kext from the leo4allv3? maybe it will work with this kext as a reinstall

Tried it on an internal drive as well as a Core Duo Sony VAIO laptop. No Joy.

Not giving up though. Going to try Kayway to see if it works any better.

Been working great now for a few weeks!
some random crashes now and then with firefox
but that's normal. Loving it alongside my new
iPod-touch.. Woo hoo!

i have install leo4all v3 in my amd system

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: Mac
Model Identifier: MacPro3,1
Processor Name: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Total Number Of Cores: 2
CPU Features: FPU VME DE PSE TSC MSR PAE MCE CX8 APIC SEP MTRR PGE MCA CMOV PAT PSE36 CLFSH MMX FXSR SSE SSE2 HTT SSE3 CX16
Memory: 896 MB
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MP11.88Z.005C.B08.0707251237 (Phoenix Technologies, LTD)
Serial Number: CK034KMHK5B

System Software Overview:

System Version: Mac OS X 10.5.2 (9C7010)
Kernel Version: Darwin 9.2.0
Boot Volume: Leopard
Boot Mode: Normal
Computer Name: arya
User Name: Tablin Arya Juanda (arya)
Time since boot: 2:39

the problem is:
1. i allways get this msg in my system log
May 11 11:08:35 arya kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page: p=195[lssave] clearing CS_VALID
May 11 11:55:47 arya kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page: p=203[lssave] clearing CS_VALID
May 11 11:55:47 arya kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page: p=204[mdworker] clearing CS_VALID
May 11 11:56:01 arya kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page: p=208[mdworker] clearing CS_VALID
May 11 12:08:25 arya kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page: p=215[mdworker] clearing CS_VALID

May 11 13:02:33 arya kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page: p=219[lssave] clearing CS_VALID
May 11 13:02:33 arya kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page: p=220[mdworker] clearing CS_VALID
May 11 13:41:11 arya kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page: p=245[lssave] clearing CS_VALID
May 11 13:43:41 arya kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page: p=248[Console] clearing CS_VALID
May 11 13:43:41 arya kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page: p=250[lssave] clearing CS_VALID

2. i cant open "About This Mac" it caused all my aplication terminated.

5/11/08 11:08:24 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.loginwindow[37]) Exited abnormally: Bus error
5/11/08 11:08:24 AM com.apple.launchd[103] ([0x0-0x9009].com.apple.finder[133]) Exited: Terminated
5/11/08 11:08:24 AM com.apple.launchd[103] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-Aqua[130]) Exited: Terminated
5/11/08 11:08:24 AM com.apple.launchd[103] (com.apple.pbs[126]) Exited: Terminated
5/11/08 11:08:24 AM com.apple.launchd[103] (com.apple.ServerScanner[128]) Exited: Terminated
5/11/08 11:08:24 AM com.apple.launchd[103] ([0x0-0xd00d].com.skoobysoft.surplusmeteragent[147]) Exited: Terminated
5/11/08 11:08:24 AM com.apple.launchd[103] (com.apple.pboard[137]) Exited: Terminated
5/11/08 11:08:24 AM com.apple.launchd[103] ([0x0-0xe00e].com.apple.systemevents[148]) Exited: Terminated
5/11/08 11:08:24 AM com.apple.launchd[103] (com.apple.Spotlight[129]) Exited: Terminated
5/11/08 11:08:24 AM com.apple.launchd[103] ([0x0-0x6006].com.apple.dock[131]) Exited: Terminated
5/11/08 11:08:24 AM com.apple.launchd[103] (com.apple.quicklook[142]) Exited: Terminated
5/11/08 11:08:24 AM com.apple.launchd[103] ([0x0-0x8008].com.apple.systemuiserver[132]) Exited: Terminated

any suggestion?

# aryajuanda

Don't worry about the 1st log. For the 2nd log, try to install the latest SMBIOS (posted on another thread in this forum) and see if that corrects your "About this Mac" crash.

thx for info,
i habe download latest AppleSMBIOS from http://my.macdotnub.info/
but no not working for "about this mac" crash, it only change my machine to be iMac7,11

thx anyway


arya

@arya, that's odd. What kernel do you have installed? If you have the latest 9.2.2 installed, revert your SMBIOS back to an older version then, and that should correct the problem, or just check the logs for any errors that are reported.

aryajuanda, please try the attached AppleSMBIOS kext & report if it works. Thank you.

Yes, that should definitely work as others have stated in a thread I created in regards to the latest SMBIOS. ;D Try it and let us know if it works.

WinLinMac, I also still use this old AppleSMBIOS.kext, the newer version crashes my About This Mac as well.

I have always been using this one and it's running fine.