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Member #2,011 · 2008-04-20 → 2010-06-28
#500 by Dispatches #679 by Author Reads #3,014 by Thread Reach Member #2,011 AMD OSx86 AHCI / SATA Chameleon / Boot-132

@generalmilk

InfiniteMac community contributor with 16 recorded dispatches, 4 lead technical dossiers (16,534 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 40,883 historical readers.

Dispatches 16 Ranked #500 of 6,691
Author Reads 16,534 Ranked #679 · 4 dossiers
Thread Reach 40,883 Ranked #3,014 in reach
Lead Dossiers 4 4,134 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #2,011 Joined 2008-04-20
Active Window 2008–2010 2008-04-20 → 2010-06-28
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
CPU: AMD S754 Athlon 64 3000+ @2.4Ghz Motherboard: Biostar NF4 4x-A7 - AppleNForceATA 1.0.4 RAM: 2 x 1 GB DDR 400Mhz Audio: on-board ALC655 AppleAC97 for VMware by Zenith432 to get 44100hz - Creative Audigy 4 Value (SB400) Video: Gigabyte NV GT240 512Mb GD5 QE & CI from DSDT Ethernet: RTL8139 OS: SnowLeopard 10.6.4 + WinXP Pro + Win7 U
Glitches: About this mac crash. ALC655 with 44100hz not working fine. SB400 only have 48000hz option. (44100Hz is necessary for RDC to Windows)
Archive Standing
#500 of 6,691 by Dispatches (16 notes) · #679 of 3,454 by Author Readership (16,534 reads across 4 dossiers) · #3,014 by Thread Reach (40,883 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #2,011 · Joined 2008-04-20
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (4) · AHCI / SATA (2) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@bhast2 (3) @WinLinMac01 (3) @elicip (2) @naquaada (2) @Puttabong (2) @zephyroth (2) @dagger (2) @Ianxxx @Snow @classic @gipo @dpollard55 @szemettelep @eMatoS

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
9 (56%)
10.X Core
3 (19%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @generalmilk (4)

16,534 cumulative reads on threads started by @generalmilk

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Chameleon Bootloader Themes Randomizer (Win/OSX)
There are so many cool chameleon themes, I can't stop at one. So I wrote several scripts to make them randomly show up at each boot. Work under windows (vbscript) and Mac OS X (applescript). You should add the script to your startup items,…
10.X Core6,529 reads
2010-06-28 · 1 notes
AMD users: what kernel and important kexts are you using
After trying different combinations, I found out only one combination can let me boot to the system. I'm now using: Kernel : ToH 9.2.0 kernel, change to 9.2.2 for amd will give me instant kernel panic at boot (right after loading mkext…
Leopard 10.53,814 reads
2008-04-20 · 4 notes
Does the new MacFuse fix system slow shutdown when using ntfs-3g
I once installed MacFuse 1.3 + ntfs-3g 1.2230 to gain the full access to ntfs partition, but suffered with the problem of slow shutdown, in verbose mode it said ntfs-3g ignore the SIGTERM message, so system had to wait 30 secs to SIGKILL…
Software & Kexts3,164 reads
2008-05-08 · 10 notes
Nobody interested in H.264 hardware decoding
Since Snow Leopard added this missing feature. Somebody said it only supports 9400m, but actually all the modern NV cards should have the necessary parts to meet the demands. Can we modify some kexts to get this work? Or to deceive the API…
10.X Core3,027 reads
2010-06-22 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (12)

Direct links into threads where @generalmilk contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
How can you backup your system and restore
“download and burn this iso, free.nc hc.org.tw/clonezilla-live/stable/ it backup and restore my hfs+ partition perfectly with filesystem recognized and compression(GHOST can't do this)(compress ratio:about 40%). This is the easiest way I fou…”
10.X Core2008-05-06
9,014 dossier reads
10.5.3 installed! Any comment about it...
“After changing zeph-amd-v2 to leo4allv3 I can install all the new kexts and new kernel! wonderful!”
Leopard 10.52008-06-12
7,801 dossier reads
10.5.3 installed! Any comment about it...
“After upgrade, I use Marvin's Util to check the whole disk, and find an upgraded file with cpuids: /usr/libexec/oah/translate and I cannot fix it, what about yours? I also can not use 9.3.0 modbin kernel, just like 9.2.2 modbin kernel, inst…”
Leopard 10.52008-06-07
7,801 dossier reads
Can't loggin the MSN in zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 but leo4all and kalway can
“So it is clear that the problem is only in Rev2, even Rev1 is ok. So only Zeph can help us with this. What change do you have from rev1 to rev2. Maybe just the similar one with "wrong alias corrupt smb connecting"? Come on Zeph, you are our…”
Leopard 10.52008-05-06
7,534 dossier reads
Can't loggin the MSN in zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 but leo4all and kalway can
“I once used onboard nforce network card with forcedeth.kext, then I changed to a rtl8139c for stability, also deleted forcedeth.kext. In both situation I can't log to MSN, it tells me wrong account/password anyway. Actually I dont use MSN, …”
Leopard 10.52008-04-25
7,534 dossier reads
Can't loggin the MSN in zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 but leo4all and kalway can
“MSN really doesn't matter, I am worrying about some problem still lie in the system, like smb sever connection problem caused by wrong alias.”
Leopard 10.52008-04-21
7,534 dossier reads
Can't loggin the MSN in zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 but leo4all and kalway can
“yes, i have exactly the same problem with msn, i'm almost sure it is a problem within Zephyroth's AMD Rev.2 because it works fine on my intel hackintosh, anyone using Zephyroth's AMD can try this for us? If it is only a msn problem that's f…”
Leopard 10.52008-04-20
7,534 dossier reads
AMD users: what kernel and important kexts are you using
“oh, some one said if we want to use applesmbios.kext 27 and other new stuff, one way is to patch efi, can amd users do this? how?”
Leopard 10.52008-04-20
3,814 dossier reads
AMD users: what kernel and important kexts are you using
“To Moderator: Sorry, this is my first post, I didn't notice the Categories To dagger: Glad to know that not only me have those issues, hope some one can help us:)”
Leopard 10.52008-04-20
3,814 dossier reads
Does the new MacFuse fix system slow shutdown when using ntfs-3g
“[cite] WinLinMac01:Well then, your mileage will vary. =) anyway thanks WinLinMac01, I feel it is hard to uninstall Macfuse, that is the reason I wouldnt dare to try out:)”
Software & Kexts2008-05-11
3,164 dossier reads
Does the new MacFuse fix system slow shutdown when using ntfs-3g
“well, before this problem solved, I wont use Macfuse+ntfs-3g combo. or someone writes a script that can auto umount ntfs partitions when logout, I once tried but I suck with writing scripts.”
Software & Kexts2008-05-10
3,164 dossier reads
Does the new MacFuse fix system slow shutdown when using ntfs-3g
“Do you mean it fix the shutdown problem? I remember NTFS can be auto mount in the previous version of Macfuse, the only problem is slow shutdown. [cite] WinLinMac01:MacFuse does have real access to NTFS partitions. The updated version fixes…”
Software & Kexts2008-05-09
3,164 dossier reads