[GUIDE] Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L - Page 12

bzen · #1 09-12-2009, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tamriel

Thanks for your response. So I went to BIOS and saw that i already had "Legacy USB storage detect" enabled. A picture of my BIOS is attached below. I've found no solution yet...

What BIOS Version looks different then mine as no secondary IDE option and also the SATA is not set to Enhanced.

Can you see USB in BIOS boot options

MonkeyDLuffy · #2 09-10-2009, 03:20 PM

Hi all,

Thanks sk1nhd33t for this guide but I'm afraid it is not working for me. I'm still on the 1st step (Creating the USB flash Snow Installer) and can't pass that. I followed your instructions completely and carefully and I have a kernel panic right away. What could be the problem? Could it be a setting in your BIOS? Is your G31M-ES2L rev 1.x? What BIOS version do you have, mine is F9c rev 1.x.

-With the hidden files are shown and dragging and dropping the "boot" to the USB flash disk gives me an error because it was saying that it is hidden, but it is not. Anyway, I just copied it manually using the terminal. Do I have to repair permission to that "boot" file? chown/chmod?

-I already tried your dsdt.aml and tried my own. Both doesn't work.

-I'm sure that my GFX EFI String works (in Leoaprd).

-I don't have to copy the smbios.plist to the USB installer right? It will be copied to the Installed OS after installation?

Please help! I just received my computer parts last night and the 1st thing I did is install OSX86. By the way, Leopard works flawlessly (retail method).

Full Specs:
G31M-ES2L rev 1.x F9c
250GB SATA HDD (Enhanced mode in BIOS)
NO DVD drive
7300LE 64mb (works with EFI string in Leo) - DVI
2gb memory Crucial ddr2 800ghz
Intel E5200
275W PSU
USB mouse/kb

Thank you!

heemsker · #3 09-10-2009, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonkeyDLuffy

Hi all,

Thanks sk1nhd33t for this guide but I'm afraid it is not working for me. I'm still on the 1st step (Creating the USB flash Snow Installer) and can't pass that. I followed your instructions completely and carefully and I have a kernel panic right away. What could be the problem? Could it be a setting in your BIOS? Is your G31M-ES2L rev 1.x? What BIOS version do you have, mine is F9c rev 1.x.

-With the hidden files are shown and dragging and dropping the "boot" to the USB flash disk gives me an error because it was saying that it is hidden, but it is not. Anyway, I just copied it manually using the terminal. Do I have to repair permission to that "boot" file? chown/chmod?

-I already tried your dsdt.aml and tried my own. Both doesn't work.

-I'm sure that my GFX EFI String works (in Leoaprd).

-I don't have to copy the smbios.plist to the USB installer right? It will be copied to the Installed OS after installation?

Please help! I just received my computer parts last night and the 1st thing I did is install OSX86. By the way, Leopard works flawlessly (retail method).

Full Specs:
G31M-ES2L rev 1.x F9c
250GB SATA HDD (Enhanced mode in BIOS)
NO DVD drive
7300LE 64mb (works with EFI string in Leo) - DVI
2gb memory Crucial ddr2 800ghz
Intel E5200
275W PSU
USB mouse/kb

Thank you!

Is your memory 2x1GB or 1x2GB?
I've had KP's when I tried to install with a single 2GB memory module.

MonkeyDLuffy · #4 09-10-2009, 03:35 PM

@heemsker

I use 1 stick of 2gb only. Could it be the cause.

UPDATE: Well, I have a good news update, not yet sure though.

I noticed in the kernel paneic that 64-bit enabled. Ofcouse, I put -v -x32. I know it works because verbose mode is working.

So I went to the bios and changed 32-bit mode to 64-bit, rebooted - booted to my Snow Leo flash drive then just put -v boot flag and it booted. Now I'm installing in my internal hard drive. It is actually 50% right now. I'll give an update later to see if it will work.

Any other boot flag aside from -x32? It doesn't seem to work on mine. It still loads 64-bit

Good luck to me

UPDATE 2:

After installing snow Leo from the USB flash drive, I followed the next steps. First one is to install Chameleon to the Internal hard drive where Snow Leo was installed.

I run the chameleon package and for some reason, the installation is not pushing. It is stuck at "Installing Core" "Writing Package Receipt". The leopard is still running though and I noticed hard drive activity. Cold reboot my system and redid the same thing, it was still the same, stuck on that same spot. I tried 32-bit mode/64-bit mode inside leopard but they are all the same. I'm sensing permission problems. I don't know how to install chameleon manually.

I'm going to try other stuff now, see if it works.

sk1nhd33t · #5 09-10-2009, 04:43 PM

@MonkeyDLuffy

just install it manually, take a look at this guide to manually install chameleon 2, since you'll be using PCEFI just replace the path of the boot file or drag it in terminal.

Code:

eg- cp [drag efi10.1 boot file here] [drag the destination]

-you can also skip the leopard part of the guide if you have all the files in your flash key and just install RC1 when you are in snow.

MonkeyDLuffy · #6 09-10-2009, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sk1nhd33t

@MonkeyDLuffy

just install it manually, take a look at this guide to manually install chameleon 2, since you'll be using PCEFI just replace the path of the boot file or drag it in terminal.

Code:

eg- cp [drag efi10.1 boot file here] [drag the destination]

-you can also skip the leopard part of the guide if you have all the files in your flash key and just install RC1 when you are in snow.

Hey sk1,

thanks. I'm going to check on manually installing chameleon, I also wanted to learn it a long time ago. I guess this would be the perfect time.

But while youre here, maybe you can share you're BIOS settings. Are you on 32-bit or 64-bit mode? Enhanced mode? C1E enabled? Etc.
Only if you have spare time

Or willing.

Thanks man!

UPDATE:

I have installed the bootloader properly and it boots but not completely. When I run -x32 -v as boot flags, it kernel panics right away (right after loading /Extra), but when I boot in normal -v (64-bit in BIOS) it boots but only half way. It kernel panics after loading some other kext. I also tried -x32 while in 64-bit mode in BIOS. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

sk1nhd33t · #7 09-10-2009, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonkeyDLuffy

But while youre here, maybe you can share you're BIOS settings. Are you on 32-bit or 64-bit mode? Enhanced mode? C1E enabled? Etc.
Only if you spare time

Or willing.

Thanks man!

im running 64bit after thorias found a fix for bonjour, my F8 bios settings below

Advanced BIOS Features:

CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E): [Enabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2): [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function: [Enabled]
Init Display First: [PEG]
Onboard VGA: [Enable If No Ext PEG]

Integrated Peripherals:

On-Chip Primary PCI IDE: [Disabled]
On-Chip SATA Mode: [Enhanced]
USB Keyboard Support: [Enabled]
USB Mouse Support: [Disabled]
Legacy USB storage detect: [Enabled]

Power Management Setup:

ACPI Suspend Type: [S3(STR)]
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN: [Instant-Off]
HPET Support: [Enabled] HPET Mode: [64-bit Mode]

Voyn1x · #8 09-10-2009, 09:53 PM

During the eternal quest to reduce the amount of kexts used, i've managed to combine both legacy audio kexts into one

L8nitehackin · #9 09-10-2009, 11:06 PM

Been lurking these boards for several days and have successfully implemented SL on my setup... with one exception, NO AUDIO! So, with this new audio kext can I just put it in my extra / extension folder and be done with it? Or do I need to generate a new mkext file also and possibly remove others?

For the most part I installed 100% per this threads suggestions.. However for the life of me I never could get Chameleon to install on my SL partition. I ended up creating a separate small partition on the same hard drive and installed Chameleon on that, and simply copied the Extra folders and files to my Snow Leopard partition that Chameleon generated. Who knows.. perhaps that is part of the problem with no audio? But everything else works great, network ok, 64 bit ok, graphics ok... just no sound.. yet! ;-)

JShubert683 · #10 09-11-2009, 06:21 AM

I have audio, all I did was reboot twice both times with -v -f -F. I am also using the new rc3 of chameleon. My install of SL with basically the old boot 123 way using the required kexts and got a full vanilla install with no issues without even installing through 10.5. So I would say try out the new rc3 and reboot doing -v -f -F and the kext util to repair all extens