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Imkantus 12-23-2009 04:10 PM

Snow Leopard 10.6.1-10.6.2 Intel AMD made by Hazard
 
Snow Leopard 10.6.1-10.6.2 Intel AMD made by Hazard

http://bayimg.com/image/fagajaacl.jpg

Quote:

Snow Leopard for Intel and AMD. This distro include retail 10.6 with 10.6.1 and 10.6.2 update. It's include many fixes and drivers and fell free to experiment. Working perfectly 100% on my spec: GAEX58 UD5, i7, eVGA GTX 260 and OCZ 6GB 1600 MHz.

This Snow Leopard is made from Retail Mac OS X 10.6 with update's 10.6.1 and 10.6.2. Support most of the modern hardware for Intel and AMD (AMD users need to patch cupid's with Marvin's AMD Utility). DVD include Intel Atom fixed kernel for 10.6.2 update, support for Intel Pentium 4 with Legacy Kernel, SATA Fix and more.
After I upload all files one more PPF file extra will be included as a little fix.

By Hazard

DVD content:

Retail 10.6 main files

List of the kext's included in standard installation:

AHCIPortInjector
AppleACPIPS2Nub
AppleATIATA
AppleIntelGMA950 Fixed
AppleIntelGMAX3100FB Fixed
AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer Fixed
AppleIntelPIIXATA
AppleNForceATA
ApplePS2Controller
AppleVIAATA
ATAPortInjector
AttansicL1eEthernet
Disabler
EvOreboot
Fakesmc
Intel82566MM
IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector
IOATAFamily Fixed
IOPCIFamily Fixed
JMicronATA Fixed
LegacyJMB36xSATA
nForceLAN
NullCPUPowerManagement
OpenHaltRestart
PlatformUUID
RealtekR1000SL
Sleepenabler
SuperNForceATA
SuperVIAATA
VoodooHDA

List of the Tools and Software included in standard installation:

AppCleaner
BetterZip
Colloquy
Disk Order
EFIStudio
IORegistryExplorer
Kext Utility
OSX86Tools
Pacifist
PPFMaster
Property List Editor
Smultron
StuffIt Expander
uTorrent



Install options:

Mac OS X Update:

Mac OS X 10.6.1 Update
Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update Combo

Boot Loaders:

Chameleon RC3 PCEFI 10.3
Chameleon RC3 PCEFI 10.5

Kernels:

Intel Atom Kernel 10.2.0
Legacy Kernel 10.2.0 Intel AMD
Mobdin Kernel 10.0 AMD Only

Graphic:

ATI HD 2600 Fix
GMA3500
GMA X4500
ATY_init
ATI 48X0 IDs Injector
Graphic Enabler
EVOenabler for Extra/Extensions
EVOenabler for System/Library/Extensions
EVOenabler ATI HD 4870 Extra/Extensions
EVOenabler ATI 4830 System/Library/Extensions
Legacy ATI 4800
NVEnabler
NVInject
Remove ATI4500 and ATI 4600 Controller - Support for ATI 4850

Audio:

AppleAzaliaAudio
AppleAzaliaAudio ADI 1981
AD1988b Fix
AppleHDA
HDAIDT Driver for HP M311
Envy M-Audio
ALC662 for Gigabyte
ALC883 for Gigabyte
ALC888b for Gigabyte
ALC889a
Voodoo 0.2.52 new

LegacyHDA:

LegacyHDA 885
LegacyHDA 888
LegacyHDA 889
ALC 889 HDA MIC Panel Hd x86 - 64
ALC889 Legacy for EVGA X58

Network:

Atheros Fix 10.6.2
RTL8139 Ethernet
BCM 5787M Ethernet
RTL8169 Ethernet
BCM 5755M Ethernet
D-Link DWL G520
Legacy Yukon 2
Marvel-Yukon 88E8056
Skge

Laptop:

AppleACPIBatteryManager
FunctionFlip - Bightness control
MACam
VoodooBattery
VoodooMonitor
VoodooPower
VoodooPowerMini
VoodooPS2Trackpad

System Support:

AHCI SATA Fix Extra/Extensions
Legacy SATA Fix
AppleRTC
LegacyAppleRTC
ElliotForceLegacyRTC
AppleUpstreamUserClientDisabler
FramebufferDisabler
JMicronATA Injector
LegacyAppleIntelPIIXATA Fixed
IOATAFamily Fix
IOATAFamily SATA Fix Extra/Extensions
SMBIOSResolver
UUID
Dsmos
Fakesmc 1.0

AMD
AdditionalFonts
X11
Rosetta
QuickTime 7

NOTE:

THIS SNOWLEOPARD IS BOOTING BY DEFAULT IN 64BIT!

SO THE ONES WHO CANNOT BOOT IN 64BIT or WANT TO BOOT IN 32BIT MODE SHOULD TYPE IN BOOTLOADER MENU:

-v arch=i386

or

arch=i386
Has been released on saturday...

I am in kind of twisted mind about the release of fully prepatched Snow Leopard, but I thought some of you might be interested in this...

Use Google if you are looking for Download!

Fduch29 12-23-2009 05:01 PM

кто то пробовал?

заработает на asus maximus extreame ?

spalek83 12-23-2009 05:44 PM

fakesmc1.0? azalia kexts? some of the things in there are pretty ancient.

crops 12-24-2009 06:08 AM

Big Question: I have a new netbook (small notebook without DVD).

How to install this distro from USB?:-/

Is it the full DVD or does it have something ripped like extra voices?

Quote:

Originally Posted by spalek83 (Post 41652)
fakesmc1.0? azalia kexts? some of the things in there are pretty ancient.

Old (or stable) doesn't mean bad. Do you mean that snow leopard SHOULD use newer hacks?

TIA (this is the first Snow Leopard distro that I see)

agg23 12-31-2009 05:06 PM

Can't wait for this to finish downloading!!! Finally I'll have Snow Leo for AMD ;)

I would suppose that by patching cupids you mean after I install it?

Thanks for the tip,
agg23

Hack3r 12-31-2009 06:37 PM

I tried this, I didn't get past boot.

Guess it doesn't have my chipset drivers, a SATA nVidia MCP61

agg23 12-31-2009 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hack3r (Post 42165)
I tried this, I didn't get past boot.

Guess it doesn't have my chipset drivers, a SATA nVidia MCP61

You couldn't get past the DVD boot, or the installed (on HDD) boot???

Also, do you have an AMD or Intel processor (I would assume AMD).

bhokuto 12-31-2009 09:22 PM

I tried it, could not get it to boot the DVD, it is really picky. Best to have a pure Intel.

Use the manual leopard to snow leopard method I believe is the best choice for 'Legacy' systems, because you can customize your own DVD, you would edit, the dmg using DiskUtility good feature to burn your own DVD having pre-made kexts and patches. this way you can still keep leopard running and do tests for Snow Leopard.

I ran across a guide which I have here on this pc, it is very good.

I haven't tried it yet.

The other is EmpireEFIamd with sb600 support.iso .. burn this to a CD and the use that to install Retail DVD. Then once up you can hunt around for proper kexts.

If you know how to inject into PCEFI 10.x then copy this to another boot file into your pre-made DVD of snow.

happy new year

heartsurfer008 01-03-2010 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Imkantus (Post 41648)
Snow Leopard 10.6.1-10.6.2 Intel AMD made by Hazard

http://bayimg.com/image/fagajaacl.jpg

Has been released on saturday...

I am in kind of twisted mind about the release of fully prepatched Snow Leopard, but I thought some of you might be interested in this...

Use Google if you are looking for Download!

Bro I have downloaded it but can you please help me with the installation process as I am new to this

My PC config is
Gigabyte S series motherboard
AMD Phenom Processor [Quad Core]

I am now running Windows 7 x64 [7600 Build]

I tried to boot & then pressed F8 & tried entering both [-v arch=i386 & arch=i386], after doing that my PC reboots again doin nothin..!!!!

Imkantus 01-03-2010 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by heartsurfer008 (Post 42299)
I tried to boot & then pressed F8 & tried entering both [-v arch=i386 & arch=i386], after doing that my PC reboots again doin nothin..!!!!

Tried booting the DVD or the installed system?
Tried to boot with busratio=20 on boot prompt?

heartsurfer008 01-03-2010 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Imkantus (Post 42300)
Tried booting the DVD or the installed system?
Tried to boot with busratio=20 on boot prompt?


I didn't get you bro, can you please be more elaborate..!!!

After the 2nd page as shown below my PC just reboots doin nothin..!!!

http://i50.tinypic.com/b3mrcw.jpg

http://i48.tinypic.com/6jh9fs.jpg

Hack3r 01-03-2010 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by agg23 (Post 42171)
You couldn't get past the DVD boot, or the installed (on HDD) boot???

Also, do you have an AMD or Intel processor (I would assume AMD).

Yes, it would automatically reboot my system. I've tried a plethora of boot flags.

Yes, I have a AMD Athlon II 215 system

hardknoxni69a 01-04-2010 01:10 AM

help me too plz
 
I do currently have snowed installed on my amd turion x2 ultra but i did it thru leo and used my guide thru tekmodz to get it running but i would like a distro to use i get the same problems as surfer any help would be apprecciated thanks

agg23 01-04-2010 02:36 AM

I tried your suggestions Imkantus and instead of rebooting, I get a kernel panic.

Any help appreciated,
agg23

heartsurfer008 01-04-2010 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by heartsurfer008 (Post 42329)
I didn't get you bro, can you please be more elaborate..!!!

After the 2nd page as shown below my PC just reboots doin nothin..!!!

http://i50.tinypic.com/b3mrcw.jpg

http://i48.tinypic.com/6jh9fs.jpg

Guys please help me too..!!!!

Mohsenmehrvarz 01-09-2010 08:04 AM

Just USB keyboard & mouse is working !!!
 
I have Intel DP45SG and ATI 4870 HD 1G every thing is installed good but just usb keyboard and mouse is working. When attaching any usb device nothing happen.

hecke92 01-14-2010 10:06 PM

when I want to boot from the disc in verbose-mode it stucks in:
"SIGSEGV code 0"

Can anybody help me with this?

My system:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-MA770 DS3 v2 (with SB700)
RAM: 4GB MDT DDR2 800 Ram
GPU: GeForce 8800GTS

Thanks

HardRom 01-15-2010 01:17 AM

Other issues with the release
 
First off; AWESOME release. See sig for test rig.

But, how about the "Hey we are going backwards!" error... anyone have a fix for that? (Trying on my other system).
Specs:
M4A78 Plus
AMD Phenom 9650 Quad Core ~2.3GHZ
6G DDR2 800mhz
4- 1.5TB Seagate 7200rpm HD (SATA)
NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT 1G

Newest Bios, running with AHCI - but ACPI is also on, win7 wont boot without it.

samm5506 01-15-2010 01:26 AM

Thanks a lot for the release Hazard! Snow Leopard runs almost perfectly on my PC. My specs are listed in my signature. I haven't used Marvin's AMD Utility yet since the system actually worked and I don't even know how to use that utility. I had used the Chameleon v2 RC2 from an earlier install of 10.5.8 that didn't work with my graphics card, but this distro did work with the NVEnabler kext.



Here are the customized kexts I had used:
- Kernel = Legacy Kernel 10.2.0 Intel AMD
- Chipset = AppleNForceATA
- Audio = VoodooHDA
- Graphics = NVEnabler
- Network = nForceLAN (included in default kexts)
- Misc = AMD patch, Mac OS X 10.6.1 Update, Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update Combo

Problems:
- iTunes crashes when importing songs FIXED
- FakeSMC: key info not found MSDS, length " -6 (Error appears in verbose mode on startup)
- Snow Leopard runs poorly unless I first boot into my Windows HDD and then restart back into Snow Leopard O_o
- Clock sets itself forward in time when I boot back into Windows.

draculaus 01-17-2010 12:09 PM

who can help me? ;)

It was still 2 minutes to go, and tht instellation would be done. But then i become the follow Message



http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6941/img0360x.jpghttp://img686.imageshack.us/img686/2553/img0359lv.jpghttp://img27.imageshack.us/i/img0360x.jpg/

Vico63 01-17-2010 03:59 PM

I have downloaded this version but...

When I decompress the .rar, I have just 8 files (132 ko) so the iso file is 4.33Go

I have decompressed with Winrar and 7Zip but is the same result.

I have tried on Windows 7 and Windows XP

Please, Help me.

Thanks.

HardRom 01-18-2010 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by draculaus (Post 43162)
who can help me? ;)

It was still 2 minutes to go, and tht instellation would be done. But then i become the follow Message

It lloks like your kernel crashed. If you have an AMD system, try the other kernel, modbin *restart setup.

draculaus 01-18-2010 04:02 PM

Hi, i have an Intel System.
But how can i change the Kernel?
Must I do something for an Intel System? Because I only put the DVD in (first a Boot CD then this Leopard) and just click on "install".

mishootka 01-21-2010 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by heartsurfer008 (Post 42338)
Guys please help me too..!!!!


Do you have any progress there? I have exactly the same problem.
My system reboots al the time during installation after a few startup strings.
None of the keys helps (tried -f, -x, -s, cpus=1, platform=x86, arch=i386, force64 in lots of combinations - nothing).

I've got AMD Phenom II 945, 4Gigs of 667MHz [800MHz unstable] RAM, HD 5770 and a SB700 mobo.

Couple of days ago i had this pretty distro working perfectly on my mobo with Geforce 9800 GT and with Athlon 6000+, without any kexts or anything. But after a small upgrade it won't boot any more. Even from install DVD. Even in single user mode.

I also had working iAtkos 7 distro, but without videocard support.

Question to pros: are there any keys (kernel=... maybe) that i should try to get install process working?

dagger 01-21-2010 08:36 AM

Tried this distro and got SL succesfully installed on my AMD machine, but having trouble getting my NVidia Geforce 7300GT PCIe 256mb DDR2 card to work. I already tried EFI strings, Natit, CoreVidia 1.1.

I get the resolution right and it does look good, but the graphics are sluggish, the mouse pointer is everywhere even with the slightest touch. Is there a way to fix this? This is the only one that doesn't work for me right now.

Thanks in advance.

srs5694 01-21-2010 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dagger (Post 43478)
Tried this distro and got SL succesfully installed on my AMD machine, but having trouble getting my NVidia Geforce 7300GT PCIe 256mb DDR2 card to work. I already tried EFI strings, Natit, CoreVidia 1.1.

FWIW, I've got the same problem with Hazard and an nVidia 7300SE/7200GS card on an AMD-based system. Once every few days I put in an hour or two trying drivers, settings, etc., to no avail. The same card works fine under OS X 10.5 (an iPC installation).

HardRom 01-21-2010 11:39 PM

dagger I think you'd have to post in the "mouse sluggish" topic, and go from there. Whatever the issue is, its obviously system-based and a different kext may solve it for you.
Mouse out of control after install NVEnabler or iAtkos Install Problem-Mouse is Sketch- No Answers on google?? maybe?

srs5694 Did you have the same problem with a different version of SL? i.e. one that you manually installed from Leo 10.5.8? Its hard to say otherwise that its the distro causing this issue or whether your video card is just not (currently) supported. Let me know what comes of it, because I am curious.

samm5506 01-22-2010 12:04 AM

@dagger
Try doing what I had posted on that thread HardRom linked to. http://www.infinitemac.com/f7/mouse-out-of-control-after-install-nvenabler-t5183/post42942.html

Boot into Windows, restart, boot into Snow Leopard.

waveshocker2 01-22-2010 03:53 PM

have u tried lmkantus's solution?
...when it boots
-press f8
-then type busratio=20
-press enter?
works for me

dooby 01-25-2010 01:18 AM

Hi there,

I have tried to install this on two Pcs however i am having the same issue on both of the,.

I boot up from disc i use -v arch=i386 ,(the other pc was a intel quad core so i didnt use the -v arch=i386) go to disc utility and then partition select 1 partition then put in a partition name make it a mac os extended (cause-sensative, journaled) i then go to options ans make it a guid partition then hit apply. close of disc utils and then select the hard drive to install and of it goes.

after about 15-20 mins it comes up install complete with a huge tick.. no errors or anything strange straight forward install.

However after it reboots it just sits there at verifying DMI pool data......... it wont even load the OS. It hasent locked up as i can hit ctrl alt delete to reboot.

Have i missed a step or done something worng?

cheers for the help in adance..

snakeo2 01-26-2010 03:14 AM

I hope someone can help me. I downloaded the snow leopard torrent by hazzard and unzip it with winrar. I then burned the iso image using nero. The size of the iso image is 4,37GB, however when I burn it onto a dvd, I end up with 8 files totaling 192KB in size. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?Thanks in advance.

samm5506 01-26-2010 06:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snakeo2 (Post 43828)
I hope someone can help me. I downloaded the snow leopard torrent by hazzard and unzip it with winrar. I then burned the iso image using nero. The size of the iso image is 4,37GB, however when I burn it onto a dvd, I end up with 8 files totaling 192KB in size. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?Thanks in advance.

Windows can't detect some of the files on the disc, just try booting from it anyways.

snakeo2 01-27-2010 12:43 AM

Thanks for the reply. I went ahead and booted off the dvd i created by burning the snow leopard iso and my maching just kept rebooting. I should mentioned that I tried a few times and that I also changed my bios to "AHCI" with no success.

snakeo2 01-27-2010 01:13 AM

I should post my specs:

AMD Phenom II X4 940
Gigabyte MA790X-UD4P
4GB Corsair DDR2
ATI Radeon HD4650
1TB Hitachi Sata drive.

I currently have a triple boot:
XP (has its own drive)
Windows 7 (installed on the Hitachi Drive)
Gentoo ( has its own drive)

I plan to install Snow Leopard on the Hitachi Drive. I'm using Grub to boot all three Operating systems.

snakeo2 01-28-2010 12:50 AM

Anyone? Any suggestions

HardRom 01-29-2010 02:51 AM

My disc reads at 192KB, but I have successfully booted from it on my dual core system.

Sometimes the distros just dont work for certain systems. i.e. back in the day, iDeneb and (something, cant remember which) would do the same thing... reboot. The only one that worked for me was Leo4all. You may have a similiar issue. Sorry guy.

G-Force 01-29-2010 07:10 PM

Hazard also reboots instantly on my AMD pc. What I did was create two MBR/HFS+ partitions. On the first one I installed iDeneb 10.5.7. From within iDeneb I've installed Hazard onto the second partition. The iDeneb partition is now being used for Windows 7. :)

To start the install in iDeneb, open Terminal and open Volumes/Hazard_install_dvd_name/System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg if I remember correctly.

icezar 02-05-2010 12:51 PM

Hi guys,

I'm pretty sure this will work on my laptop but.. Intel X4500 driver???
That doesn't even exist...
Did anyone tried it on that type of video card?

bgeo11 02-05-2010 01:14 PM

what i need to install (kext, options from costumize) this snow to my pc : gigabyte 945 gm s2, pentium d 920, nvidia g force 8500gt and 3gb ram ddr2. Ιf you know someone please tell me. I have kernel panic after installation.

AeroKuragari 02-06-2010 12:32 AM

Hey all I was just wondering if my PC would be able to run this. And I would need help with the kext I need.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800-
Brisbane

ECS Motherboard Iris8
Chipset is Nvdia MCP61

Graphics are Nvidia GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

cottage1909 02-07-2010 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snakeo2 (Post 43974)
Anyone? Any suggestions

I have same system as you and had the same problem with the first hazard distro which worked fine on my other system with athlon x2 and sb600. I got sl installed om the phenom 2 x4 sb750 system using the hazard client server distro. try that. Make sure you are installing from a sata optical drive and ahci in bios AND reduce your ram to 2g for the install.

After I install on phenom/sb750 system and boot sl. It fails with "mis-match between kernel and cpu pm". This distro needs the null cpu management kext. Anyone know how to add this to the distro from windows? I have the kext.

andyvand 02-08-2010 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cottage1909 (Post 44619)
I have same system as you and had the same problem with the first hazard distro which worked fine on my other system with athlon x2 and sb600. I got sl installed om the phenom 2 x4 sb750 system using the hazard client server distro. try that. Make sure you are installing from a sata optical drive and ahci in bios AND reduce your ram to 2g for the install.

After I install on phenom/sb750 system and boot sl. It fails with "mis-match between kernel and cpu pm". This distro needs the null cpu management kext. Anyone know how to add this to the distro from windows? I have the kext.

From Windows?
Not a chance... you need Mac running to edit an SL distro...

snakeo2 02-09-2010 12:09 AM

"After I install on phenom/sb750 system and boot sl. It fails with "mis-match between kernel and cpu pm". This distro needs the null cpu management kext. Anyone know how to add this to the distro from windows? I have the kext."

I've had success with ideneb 10.5.8 lite. You could install ideneb 10.5.8 and then make edits to SL from 10.5.8. I'm having problems with diskutility letting me create a partition, but I suspect that I after I get past that issue, it should install. I will report back. where can i find the hazard client server distro? thanks.

casual21 02-09-2010 02:18 AM

trouble booting dvd
 
I just got a gateway sx2802 intel duo core, i had an old dell desktop and it booted the dvds fine, but with the new computer it attempts to boot but then immediatly restarts, im using the hazard dvd which worked fine on old desktop why not the new one?

cottage1909 02-09-2010 10:31 PM

1 Attachment(s)
Quote:

Originally Posted by snakeo2 (Post 44675)
"After I install on phenom/sb750 system and boot sl. It fails with "mis-match between kernel and cpu pm". This distro needs the null cpu management kext. Anyone know how to add this to the distro from windows? I have the kext."

I've had success with ideneb 10.5.8 lite. You could install ideneb 10.5.8 and then make edits to SL from 10.5.8. I'm having problems with diskutility letting me create a partition, but I suspect that I after I get past that issue, it should install. I will report back. where can i find the hazard client server distro? thanks.

I attached the torrent.

cottage1909 02-09-2010 10:40 PM

edit distro
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by andyvand (Post 44669)
From Windows?
Not a chance... you need Mac running to edit an SL distro...

I have an sl 10.6.2 system running on my other pc. I can access the installed partition that fails as it is on the same disk. Is there a way i can add the kext from the running sl? Where would i find how to do this. I am new to Mac.

cottage1909 02-09-2010 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snakeo2 (Post 44675)
"After I install on phenom/sb750 system and boot sl. It fails with "mis-match between kernel and cpu pm". This distro needs the null cpu management kext. Anyone know how to add this to the distro from windows? I have the kext."

I've had success with ideneb 10.5.8 lite. You could install ideneb 10.5.8 and then make edits to SL from 10.5.8. I'm having problems with diskutility letting me create a partition, but I suspect that I after I get past that issue, it should install. I will report back. where can i find the hazard client server distro? thanks.

Can you describe how you edit the distro?

cottage1909 02-09-2010 11:08 PM

re-boot on install
 
1 Attachment(s)
Quote:

Originally Posted by casual21 (Post 44692)
I just got a gateway sx2802 intel duo core, i had an old dell desktop and it booted the dvds fine, but with the new computer it attempts to boot but then immediatly restarts, im using the hazard dvd which worked fine on old desktop why not the new one?

The hardware will be different on your new system and incompatible with the install. Try the hazard client/server install, download from the attached torrent file. This worked for me. If this does not work you should check that your bios is set to ahci for the hdd and optical drive you are installing from which must be sata, you may need to reduce your memory to 2gb for the install. If none of this works then i would suspect your graphics chip is not supported.

snakeo2 02-10-2010 04:31 AM

Maybe someone can help me here. I went ahead and downloaded hazard snow leopard client server 10.6.2 and it booted with no problem. However, I'm running into partition problems. I have a 1TB drive which currently holds windows 7. During the windows 7 installation i allocated 350GB to windows 7 and left the remainder of the drive unallocated. After booting the hazard dvd and when I get to the point of creating a partition to install snow leopard, I cant. If i leave my volume scheme as "current", I cant create a new partition. It's simply grayed out. If I select 1 or 2 or 3 partition, it divides my drive into 1, 2 or 3 partition respectively which makes me feel uneasy since it doesnt recognize my two existing partition for windows 7.

I downloaded gparted and tried creating a partition that route, but gparted did not see the two existing partitions where windows resides. I went ahead and created a separate 250GB partition via storage management in windows 7. I went ahead and booted off the hazard dvd thinking I would be able to select the newly created partition ( which I did not format) and to my surprise it was grayed out. What am I missing? Or will I have to buy a separate drive which will bring my total to 4 which im not too crazy about.

cottage1909 02-10-2010 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snakeo2 (Post 44794)
Maybe someone can help me here. I went ahead and downloaded hazard snow leopard client server 10.6.2 and it booted with no problem. However, I'm running into partition problems. I have a 1TB drive which currently holds windows 7. During the windows 7 installation i allocated 350GB to windows 7 and left the remainder of the drive unallocated. After booting the hazard dvd and when I get to the point of creating a partition to install snow leopard, I cant. If i leave my volume scheme as "current", I cant create a new partition. It's simply grayed out. If I select 1 or 2 or 3 partition, it divides my drive into 1, 2 or 3 partition respectively which makes me feel uneasy since it doesnt recognize my two existing partition for windows 7.

I downloaded gparted and tried creating a partition that route, but gparted did not see the two existing partitions where windows resides. I went ahead and created a separate 250GB partition via storage management in windows 7. I went ahead and booted off the hazard dvd thinking I would be able to select the newly created partition ( which I did not format) and to my surprise it was grayed out. What am I missing? Or will I have to buy a separate drive which will bring my total to 4 which im not too crazy about.

I too had partitioning problems. I gave up and have a separate mac drive. Did you try letting osx partition the drive, deleting partition(s) in osx and then installing windows in the free space?

In my opinion its best to use a separate drive but i agree 4 discs is too much in a pc. It got too much and i had 5 drives in one pc. Now I only have 1 windows boot drive in a pc and use the hot swap dock ICY DOCK MB877SK-B Tray-less Alumin, then you manage your drives easily - as many disks as you like, great for backup too.