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Member #11,075 · 2009-08-31 → 2010-01-06
#845 by Dispatches #523 by Thread Reach Member #11,075 DSDT Chameleon / Boot-132 Voodoo / XNU Kernel

@GothGargoyle

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Member Number #11,075 Joined 2009-08-31
Active Window 2009–2010 2009-08-31 → 2010-01-06
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#845 of 6,691 by Dispatches (9 notes) · #523 by Thread Reach (970,516 cumulative reads)
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Member #11,075 · Joined 2009-08-31
Hardware & Kernel Topics
DSDT (2) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1)
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Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
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Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (9)

Direct links into threads where @GothGargoyle contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Snow Leopard 10A432 Install
“Thanks, this has helped me somewhat - if I use the -s I can get into Snow Leopard as I can bypass the fsck and mount the root drive. However, if I let it boot normally (or try fsck from the terminal) I still get the "Can't initialize disk c…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-12
694,068 dossier reads
Snow Leopard 10A432 Install
“have u try this: boot -s Remount the root filesystem read-write: (mount -uw /) Set the ownership on your filesystem root and extensions and create your mkext archives: chown 0:0 / chown -R 0:0 /System/Library/Extensions chown -R 0:0 /Extra/…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-03
694,068 dossier reads
Snow Leopard 10A432 Install
“Well I seem to have got past the AppleACPIPCI issues, but it still shuts down. The issue seems to be this: /dev/disk1s4: Can't initialize disk cache I have tried booting into single user mode and it gives me the same error if I try to run f…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-02
694,068 dossier reads
Snow Leopard 10A432 Install
“Sounds like DSDT issue to me... at least partly Managed to patch the DSDT file, which has stopped it trashing BIOS, but I still get the exact same error and kernel death, so I still suspect something to do with AppleACPIPCI is the problem.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-01
694,068 dossier reads
Snow Leopard 10A432 Install
“I've tried following the guide on my machine (a Pentium D box), which incidentally works fine on Mac OS X 10.5.8. I get the following error whenever I try to start up: I am using Chameleon rc 2.640 with the replaced boot file. I have the fo…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-31
694,068 dossier reads
SSE2/SSE3 - 32/64 Bit Kernel for Snow Leopard by qoopz
“Works fine for me on my Pentium D system, even with -force64. Spoke to soon, can't watch anything in Quicktime if I have -force64. Must be the issue I saw mentioned with Pentium D and x264. Anyone know if this will be solved eventually?”
10.X Core2009-10-26
194,515 dossier reads
SSE2/SSE3 - 32/64 Bit Kernel for Snow Leopard by qoopz
“Fantastic work! Works fine for me on my Pentium D system, even with -force64. Now I can finally run with > 4Gb memory so I am very happy. With the modbin kernel it would KP unless I had maxmem=4096”
10.X Core2009-10-25
194,515 dossier reads
10.6.2 Kernel - Pcj XNU Release
“Great work! Now I can finally have my Pentium D system running a 64 bit kernel! Had a KP when I tried to run parallels, though (14 page fault). Anyone else seen a similar issue? Also looks like NTFS-3G isn't working as none of my NTFS drive…”
10.X Core2010-01-06
76,126 dossier reads
Chameleon on AMD laptop, powers down
“Try plugging in a keyboard and mouse and see if that makes any difference”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-10-10
5,807 dossier reads