@eddie11c

Ok I have been messing with this for a couple days, have tested it some and would like to get some more people to test it. This will grab your cpu info and put it in your "About this Mac" this of course will be included as an install…

10.5.2 Update for AMD only, eddie11c I am in the testing phase of making my own 10.5.2 update just for AMD machines. It does not include the 9.2.0 kernel since not everyone has EFI installed. But what I was wondering is, what's the best…

Anyone clone a GUID drive before? Have any issues? Was going to clone a working 10.5.2 GUID install. Figure I will just have to flag it the same as the original for EFI.

Ok for those with issues getting GUID to work, here is the fix in ppf form to patch your ISO prior to burning. There are plenty of programs you can use to apply PPF patches(Google is your friend). I am not responsible if this doesnt fix…

“from looking at most everyones scores I was wondering about your disk results. Seems like they are mostly low. What kind of drives are you all using?”

“My old AMD FX-55 A8N-E Ultra 2 Gigs ram 7800 GTX 200 Gig SATA hardrive”

“[cite] freshcuts: Try this for your ALC850. rapid share.com/files/94374020/ALC850-Install.zip.html”

“You guys are on crack, my ALC850 worked with no changes with a fresh 10.5.2 install.”

“Try disabling your LAN port, and disconnecting the cable.”

“eard and opacity, try this guy. Added both of your vendor ID's in AppleNforceATA. rapid share.com/files/93326293/Extensions.mkext.zip.html”

“Grats macprodan! glad to hear you were able to get it working.”

“MBR is the easier install, i think the script for it is working properly.”

“even if it hangs at the end, boot back up with the DVD and you can finish setting up EFI yourself. [cite] WinLinMac01:For GUID do this: How to: Fix the GUID bootloader (Blinking cursor) There's an issue with the script that installs the GUI…”

“if its GUID my bet is its rdisk0s2, as the 1st partition is the GUID table.”

“[cite] nchellzz:[cite] eddie11c:Try booting into single user mode -s and remove the forcedeth.kext. I ran into this once before. who is this directed to? if it's to me, is it forcedeth.kext causing my pcmcia don't work? This was for A_Donut…”

“Try booting into single user mode -s and remove the forcedeth.kext. I ran into this once before.”

“press F8 when the DVD first starts up and type -v and press enter to see whats going on.”

“[cite] amitaibar:Is it possible to get ICH7 (full HDA) with alc880 chipset? Some forums I looked for claimed it is possible but I couldn't do it. It is the only thing I got not working If you setup audio EFI you should be able to.”

“Try setting the partition active with fdisk. Load the DVD back up and type this in terminal. replace X and Y with your disk/partition info.”

“I think some people exagerate boot time, but really my Intel boots so quick. My AMD is about 30 seconds though”

“12 seconds on my Intel, will have to test my AMD to see if its as fast. This is to desktop with all processes finished loading.”

“Those kernels may or may not work for everyone, the reason being these were all binpatched. Apple has not released the source code yet for the new kernel or Netkas would compile a true universal version. I suggest waiting for this, as stabi…”

“This kernel does not work on my AMD, when it boots it says 64bit enabled then halts soon after it gets the boot device.”

“I see lots of people with Nvidia cards asking for help. Bumping this so they might read it and fix it themselves.”

“yes once you copied them over open terminal and sudo -s can boot with -f too.”

“you need to repair the permissions on the files before leopard will load them.”

“No its a series 7 card still, its on the wiki for vendor id's. Maybe it just got missed or I did not see it. Either way no big deal.”

“I just checked the one on the DVD, seems it was missing. The closest was 0290, would make sense that he was getting panics at first after install.”

“Copy these 3 rapid share.com/files/93491573/Archive.zip.html files into your system/library/extensions then”

“Is your ID 0x029110de ? you will need to get that first.”

“You will need to browse on the DVD to /system/Installation/Packages/Nvidia run the Nvidia-Kexts.pkg To Avoid a kernel panic, make sure your device ID is in the new kexts after they install.”

“Geforce.kext is generic between all of the Nvidia cards, the only one that varies is the NVDANVHalxx. That one changes dependant on what series card you are using. Series 7 = 40, 6 = 30 etc.”

“But if he could not change resolutions prior to doing this, there may be some other issue going on. It's in /system/library/extensions”

“Check your NVDAResman.kext and make sure your Device/Vendor ID is there xxxx10de. Maybe your ID is missing.”

“Cool I can bug you if my 8800GTS doesn't work, my new computer parts will be here tomorrow!”

“go for it! Oh and this for only for Nvidia based cards, no idea what you have to do as far as the template goes for ATI cards.”

“Ok so here is the quick how-to. Get the attached gfxutil and template.plist and copy them to your desktop. Open up terminal and type You should get something along these lines printed out Now copy that and open the template.plist and look f…”

“Making the string is not all that hard, but you may have to modify the original kexts if your video card is not supported. I think only the newer cards are supported from Apple. Give me a bit and I will write a quick how-to.”

“Ok for those of you getting stuck loading to desktop for 2 minutes, you need to install EFI and the 9.2.0 kernel and it will load like normal. I installed EFI with boot_v8/applesmbios.kext and the new system.kext/dsmos.kext/mach_kernel and …”

“I dont believe that is actually for AMD as it does not work on my system, unless you need EFI installed too. (which I don't) I have however got full QE/CI graphics but it just takes forever to boot to the desktop.”

“As I said, add your device ID to AppleOnboardPCATA for your IDE drive. If its already there try removing it.”

“There are 2 main problems with the SB600 support, thats the reason why no one fix works for everyone. For some people AppleOnboardPCATA needs to have the PATA Device ID put in to get past waiting for root device for install. Others need it …”

“This will patch the system for crencom to fix his graphics update. he will also need to remove the Geforce/NVDA kexts and reinstall with whatever he was using prior to applying the patch.”

“If you copy these 2 files to your drive. boot with -s then exit all will be good.”