Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #5,590 · 2009-03-19 → 2009-05-12
#246 by Dispatches #222 by Author Reads #1,010 by Thread Reach Member #5,590 AMD OSx86 Voodoo / XNU Kernel NVIDIA GeForce

@esz

InfiniteMac community contributor with 30 recorded dispatches, 9 lead technical dossiers (45,364 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 543,246 historical readers.

Dispatches 30 Ranked #246 of 6,691
Author Reads 45,364 Ranked #222 · 9 dossiers
Thread Reach 543,246 Ranked #1,010 in reach
Lead Dossiers 9 5,040 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #5,590 Joined 2009-03-19
Active Window 2009 2009-03-19 → 2009-05-12
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
My specs: · Board: M3N78-EM (Nforce 7 series) · Kernel: Voodoo 9.5.0
Archive Standing
#246 of 6,691 by Dispatches (30 notes) · #222 of 3,454 by Author Readership (45,364 reads across 9 dossiers) · #1,010 by Thread Reach (543,246 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #5,590 · Joined 2009-03-19
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (5) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (3) · NVIDIA GeForce (3) · AHCI / SATA (2) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
27 (90%)
10.X Core
3 (10%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @esz (9)

45,364 cumulative reads on threads started by @esz

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
No IDE/ATA drive, but only SATA
My specs: Board: M3N78-EM (Nforce 7 series) Kernel: Voodoo 9.5.0 I have a working installation. I boot into SATA drive, but my IDE-DVD is not detected. I have tried nforceata kext and jmicron kext from this page: code.goo…
Leopard 10.59,061 reads
2009-03-27 · 9 notes
Ethernet MCP78S
The system is up and running. Vanilla Kernel on AMD Phenom with no errors. Stable with cpus=3. I have to use rd=disk0s1, but that's not so important. I am working on Ethernet, wich is the most important now. I wanted to install the…
Leopard 10.58,301 reads
2009-03-25 · 3 notes
HFS_mountroot failed 5
i have installed iDeneb and got after the boot from HDD a waiting for root device error. I formated the disk and wanted to install with a different configuration. But after the format the setup don't show. I got the HFS_mountroot failed 5…
Leopard 10.56,237 reads
2009-03-21 · 2 notes
Geforce 8300 onboard gfx
Which injector do i can use?
Leopard 10.55,693 reads
2009-05-06 · 5 notes
Keeps rebooting right after inserting the DVD
I have Leo4all 10.5.4, a primary Fat32 partition and the problem is that the system is still rebooting. Before reboot I got 4 lines output at the console, saying something about hfs and mach loading. So the installation keeps running for…
Leopard 10.53,813 reads
2009-03-19 · 2 notes
Install KEXT
I Have a naked system. How can i install the pacifist tool and Kext modules?
Leopard 10.53,369 reads
2009-03-23 · 3 notes
Almost succes
I have now an almost working installation with iDeneb. But after restart i got "still waiting for root device error." the installation was working well, so i guess that the ATA / IDE driver that was used for installation is not loaded…
Leopard 10.53,043 reads
2009-03-22 · 3 notes
Has someone a working OSX on this hardware
Nforce 700i Series Nforce Ethernet Nforce Audio Phenom CPU 2 GB Ram IDE HDD
Leopard 10.52,982 reads
2009-03-22 · 2 notes
Shared memory IGP
I have a Geforce 8300 integrated graphic card with shared memory only. Is it possible to get this card to run?
Leopard 10.52,865 reads
2009-03-29 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (20)

Direct links into threads where @esz contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
9.6.0 Kernel, Based on Voodoo
“Can someone post the seatbelt fix for the voodoo 9.6.0?”
10.X Core2009-03-28
351,844 dossier reads
Kalyway 10.5.2 AMD Install Help
“For you should work iDeneb 1.4 and maybe LawlessPPC with an IDE drive.”
Leopard 10.52009-03-22
19,311 dossier reads
No IDE/ATA drive, but only SATA
“I have installed withou any smbios and my ide controller is working. but still no working graphic with geforce 8300 igp.”
Leopard 10.52009-03-28
9,061 dossier reads
No IDE/ATA drive, but only SATA
“What smbios did you selected? i am using macpro smbios, but i will to try it with a different bios.”
Leopard 10.52009-03-28
9,061 dossier reads
No IDE/ATA drive, but only SATA
“Yep. I cant change the resolution. I don't think that i will get any help here, so i reinstall and leave this "forum". bye”
Leopard 10.52009-03-27
9,061 dossier reads
Ethernet MCP78S
“Hej ppl. After editing the plist.info file i am getting this error on kextload: not a bundle. How can i make the kext working after editing the plist file! Please answer someone!”
Leopard 10.52009-03-25
8,301 dossier reads
Ethernet MCP78S
“I have read that i have to change inside the kext file an entry inside the plist.info file. But when i do i can't load the kext. it is saying: not a bundle.”
Leopard 10.52009-03-25
8,301 dossier reads
no system disc (Intel i7 GA-EX58-UD5)
“Here the same. But it worked for me once. The only problem was after installation the waiting for root device error. So i reformated the disk. After that it started to be strange. I could install it once more with the same result as you. An…”
Leopard 10.52009-03-21
7,587 dossier reads
Flaky ethernet? (MCP78S)
“I have the same ethernet controller and i can't get the driver to work. How did u Install the driver. Did you also had to update iopcifamily.kext?”
10.X Core2009-03-25
6,207 dossier reads
Geforce 8300 onboard gfx
“Did you have entered the device id's into the plist files? For me the OSX is freezing during boot if i enable the kext. i will try to update the OSX and report what happen then.”
Leopard 10.52009-05-12
5,693 dossier reads
Geforce 8300 onboard gfx
“I have tried it with ideneb 1.4. The problem is that the system profiler is showing that i am having 2 gb of ram. But it should be about 1.9 GB (2048 - 128). The other problem is that the system does not boot with nvkush.kext. Is ideneb 1.4…”
Leopard 10.52009-05-08
5,693 dossier reads
Beginner here - will my hardware support
“There is a ALC1200 driver inside iDeneb install CD.”
Leopard 10.52009-03-25
3,484 dossier reads
Easier to have two hard drives or one for install
“You dont have to go into the bios. just press f8 during the POST and select a disk. the same as with chameleon but safer.”
Leopard 10.52009-03-22
3,343 dossier reads
Easier to have two hard drives or one for install
“Two drives and as boot manager the F8 option in your Bios is safest for you.”
Leopard 10.52009-03-22
3,343 dossier reads
Almost succes
“The right Kernel with the right BIOS gave me a running OSX. For me. SSE3 Kernel SMBIOS Mac Pro AMD Fix Install nothing more.”
Leopard 10.52009-03-23
3,043 dossier reads
Almost succes
“No. I have moved the files and i t did not helped. It helped to use the bootloader from the cd to run the osx from hdd. but it does not boot. i get a lot of errors and it's stops on an error.”
Leopard 10.52009-03-22
3,043 dossier reads
Has someone a working OSX on this hardware
“I've got it finally! Burn slow iDeneb 1.4 Install on IDE HDD with the following options: SSE 3 Kernel SMBIOS Mac Pro AMD Fix An nothing more. Boot then from DVD into the HDD by pressing F8 during boot and enter the parameter rd:disk0s1 (the…”
Leopard 10.52009-03-23
2,982 dossier reads
PNY GeForce 7600GS 512MB AGP
“How can i install UInstaller by ~pcwiz?”
10.X Core2009-03-23
106,106 dossier reads
HFS_mountroot failed 5
“The DVD was corrupt. I have burned it 2 fast.”
Leopard 10.52009-03-22
6,237 dossier reads
Keeps rebooting right after inserting the DVD
“iDeneb is working better.”
Leopard 10.52009-03-21
3,813 dossier reads