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Why will kalyway work but nothing else?
Hey guys,
Why on my G31M-ES2L can I install kalyway with no customization and yet other distros like iPC and iakatos or whatever won't installl... I know my video, i know my sound... ICH driver's kinda obvious, vanilla kernel should be fine... what am I not loading or not knowing to load wrong? Grr... I wanna get higher than 10.5.4! :( |
the other distros might not have your correct kexts. you'll need to find out EVERYTHING about your computer and then find out what distros have your kexts... or you could do the easy thing. Go to Apple's site and download the 10.5.8 updater pack thing(sorry its been awhile) and make SURE that the thing in ur extra folder has ur kernel as the default on boot. make sure you back up your kexts before the update.
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I grasp the update thing, i tried an update and kacked my kalyway....
But I dunno how to backup or update kexts and all that stuff is still new to me. I mean even if i back them up, how do i restore them? etc... I can't even figure out how to dual boot, but i have split the drive in 3 for the concept... How do you figure out which kexts work best when it seems that a verbatim kalyway install WITHOUT clicking customize installs perfectly? Odd ball it seems. Would be nice if someone put a guide togehter showing where you should start your learning with hackin0shes and where to go from there kinda thing.... I mean... Here's what I grasp so far: Step 1. Find a distro iso on torrent sites (kalyway, iAkatos, ideneb, ipc etc..) OR Get yer boot loader (Chameleon er some other one) and some kexts you inject somewhere and or some EFI thingy and make yer own disk (way above my head) Step 2. Boot from the CD or make an image, or use a flash drive Step 3. Install and figure out the bugs once live? |
Same experience
I have had exactly the same experience with a HP/Compaq 6510b laptop: Kalyway works like a charm, nothing else does. So far my $29 SL disk has given me a warm, fuzzy feeling of honesty, sort of, and that's all. I'm also a total nubi on kexts, plists , DSDT & the like.
While I'm trying to learn these topics, I'm also hoping Kalyway 10.6.0 comes along. |