Omri's Snow Leopard 10.6 Retail on PC guide
 

hi everyone it's my first time posting a guide so feel free to give any feedback



Computer info:
CPU = Intel Core 2 Duo E6600

Motherboard = Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 (rev. 1.0)

Graphic Card = Nvidia 8600GTS 256Mb

Memory = OCZ 4Gb DDR2 800

Hard Drive = Seagate 500G SATA2

DVD-RW = LG SATA


Preparations:

• Empire EFI v 1.0.4 = Empire EFI | Prasys' Blog - File here
• Retail Snow Leopard DVD (30$)
• Download - Kext Helper b7 from: http://cheetha.net/
• Download Kexts from Kexts.com
• Update: BIOS Settings = Set AHCI/RAID/SATA to enabled (or in AHCI mode) , Set HPET to 64-bit.

Installation:

• use the Empire EFI v 1.0.4 to boot your PC and run the Snow Leopard installation.
• use the Empire EFI v 1.0.4 to boot from the new installation.
• install /Volumes/Empire EFI/Extra/Post-Installation/myHack Installer.mpkg from the Empire EFI CD to set a bootloader.
• install the Kexts you need from Kexts.com web site (i added mine) useing Kext Helper b7
• update the OS to 10.6.1

DONE!

I cant find DL Link for Empire EFI v 1.0.4 , i found only DL Link version 1.0.3.
Anyone can help ?

Here you go: http://www.mediafire.com/?ytmlmwhdgnz

I like the guide omri!

thanks

i will try to do the same with the Snow Leopard Server

and update the guide...

:-)

MBR Install
 

Firstly, great short guide! I already did exacly what you wrote but it's helpfull for new comers.
Now to my problem.. I have a laptop with a genuine vista recovery partition which I don't want to delete. Therefore I want to install SL with the current MBR setup, I booted into the installation after loading Empire EFI and the setup itself, I just can't figure out how I proceed with installing on MBR. Could you help me out please? :)

i know
i had the same problem with my MBR partition.
i formated it to GUID so i don't have any solution for you beside installing from a customized cd like KELYWAY or iATKOS