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Member #9,246 · 2009-08-15 → 2009-11-06
#187 by Dispatches #538 by Author Reads #47 by Thread Reach Member #9,246 Chameleon / Boot-132 NVIDIA GeForce Retail DVD / USB

@mitchde

InfiniteMac community contributor with 38 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (20,986 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 2,597,076 historical readers.

Dispatches 38 Ranked #187 of 6,691
Author Reads 20,986 Ranked #538 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 2,597,076 Ranked #47 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 10,493 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #9,246 Joined 2009-08-03
Active Window 2009 2009-08-15 → 2009-11-06
Archive Standing
#187 of 6,691 by Dispatches (38 notes) · #538 of 3,454 by Author Readership (20,986 reads across 2 dossiers) · #47 by Thread Reach (2,597,076 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #9,246 · Joined 2009-08-03
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Chameleon / Boot-132 (13) · NVIDIA GeForce (5) · Retail DVD / USB (3) · DSDT (2) · AHCI / SATA (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
5 (13%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @mitchde (2)

20,986 cumulative reads on threads started by @mitchde

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
OpenCL GPU+CPU GALAXY Bench
10.6 only. Using: Start Galaxy key s = switch compute Modes >CPU>Single/Multi, CPU-Vector/SSE Single/Multi>GPU> GPU+CPU> (bold=start Mode) key SPACE = Pause/go on key 6 = Reset Szene key Q = QUIT DOWNLOAD 6 MB: rapid…
Snow Leopard 10.616,312 reads
2009-09-01 · 7 notes
Files of SL have 0 Bytes in Leo Finder / same F. in SL xy Bytes
i now have some ?WHATS THAT? about Sl and Files. I have an A421 SL Partition (working), an A432 Partition (KPs , mostly when using much mem, not an IOATA Problem) and Leo . When i look from my LEO bootet on some files on SL A432 (.plist) i…
Snow Leopard 10.64,674 reads
2009-08-17 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (36)

Direct links into threads where @mitchde contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L
“Really good step by step guide ! I ask about UUID because i have already an working SL A421 on an HD partition. Has HIS own UUID in boot.plist. Now i want to boot from it (like USB guide) to install A432 from that OSXInstall.mprg (modded fo…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-18
1,741,402 dossier reads
Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L
“Whats this with that UUIDs of the USB boot drive. Once it had for booting to install SL on an other partition. Then boot again from usb to boot the installed SL from HD. But before that booting delete the uuid (of usb). Whats happen if the …”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-17
1,741,402 dossier reads
Installing SL on Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
“You can fix Bonjour / Timemachine (same problem!) by DSDT. The problem is, that OS X see our LAN not as build in . So Bonjour + TM cant work. The DSDT Timemachine fix injectes build in , so you dont need any .kext patches for IONetwork or L…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-24
239,943 dossier reads
Best way to dual boot Leo & Snow Leo with Chameleon RC3
“I also prefer PC EFI 10.x (but its chameleon based, so you will miss nothing, only bugfixed + add features (ATI video rom support added).”
10.X Core2009-09-22
162,794 dossier reads
Best way to dual boot Leo & Snow Leo with Chameleon RC3
“Netkas has released his PC EFI 10.3 (Chameleon RC3 + some features Minus some bugs) http://netkas.org/?p=224#comments I will use that (i used 10.1 with success).”
10.X Core2009-09-20
162,794 dossier reads
Best way to dual boot Leo & Snow Leo with Chameleon RC3
“But for what is that 10.5 and 10.6 subfolders in /EXTRA ? I (will) not use that, becaue Chameleon should use that /EXTRA from active partition (Chameleon boot device menue not used) OR use , after selecting other boot device in Chameleon bo…”
10.X Core2009-09-19
162,794 dossier reads
Best way to dual boot Leo & Snow Leo with Chameleon RC3
“"Kexts were only being loaded from active partition." Thats excat what i am thinking. Can here the rdisk= help ? Also i get confused by an other .plist entry i seen(never used): Default Partition hd(0,2) Is that the partition which CH will …”
10.X Core2009-09-19
162,794 dossier reads
Best way to dual boot Leo & Snow Leo with Chameleon RC3
“Can someone explain that rdisk= with boot-uuid= for an dual boot LEO / SNOW for example: disk0s1 is Leo , active (standard boot disk), uuid= AAAAA disk0s2 is Snow Leo, not active (F8>Snow), uuid= BBBBB What i cant understand is why both are…”
10.X Core2009-09-18
162,794 dossier reads
No Installer Packages ..
“Yep. It seems to be an difference if using the OSInstall.mprg from OS X 10.5 or within an Snow Leo. At least i had major problems with the diskutil repair rights after using 10.5 for the install. From A421 install i had no problems with dis…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-17
129,123 dossier reads
No Installer Packages ..
“i now installed A432 again from my A421 SL. That fixed the missing packages for the disk utility repair permissions ! The Leo Installer , if using to install OSSInstall.mpkg does his work not 100%, installs but cant do that packadges for re…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-15
129,123 dossier reads
Snow Leopard 10A432
“Are there an 64 Bit RealrekR1000 ? I cant find it at the known places.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-17
69,347 dossier reads
ACPI_SMC_PLatformplugin
“"Always get this anoying messages" What messages exact ? SMC messages must not have to do with your real problem of stopping the boot process. For example : if you disabled AppeIntelCPU, you will get such an waiting message from SMC - but t…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-05
40,713 dossier reads
SnowOSX Universal 10.6 Gold Master (10a432) v3.5
“"replace appleintelpiixata with another one and check your bios settings like ahci and stuff" Sure, but how do that with the DVD stuff if DVD boot gets KP. I get no screen , even bootet with -x (safe mode). Only -v gets textoutput and gets …”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-29
38,393 dossier reads
CMOS-Reset Bug / VoodooHda Sound Distortion
“For iaslme.app DONT use the terminal ! Drag an .dsl on the iaslme App Icon (which is on Desktop, where you want)= .aml is build (in in Session directory) Drag an .aml on the iaslme App Icon = .dsl is build (same directory as .aml) iaslme is…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-23
25,671 dossier reads
Chameleon v2.0 RC 3 with Snow Leopard & Large Disk Support
“I recommend NOT to "change an good running" system with an new RC3 of chameleon ! If your "Mac" boots already without any problems you may get problems by such an update without any benefit !”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-09
22,570 dossier reads
OpenCL GPU+CPU GALAXY Bench
“Smoke Partikels and all others are from Apple Dev Source. Just compiled. For those only want to look, here is the Smoke Particles video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7yTRxJhVps On that Link you see also the DL Link (10 MB) and how to run…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-10-11
16,312 dossier reads
OpenCL GPU+CPU GALAXY Bench
“Hi, someone posted wrong (very OLD=Version1=removed) Links: Here are my (i compiled that stuff) - all need 10.6.x. ATI has problems with OpenCL, so only the Displacement works here. Galaxies cant run (need 10.6.2+...get fixed by Apple/ATI) …”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-10-10
16,312 dossier reads
SL -> 32bit vs 64bit, kexts, Chameleon2RC2 and banana split with chocolate sprinkles
“I think disk util reapir and commandline repair does the same. I read about this Chameleon /Extensions problem here and some solution by an added subfolder. But i dont understand it really, because i dont know how Chameleon exact works (wha…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-16
15,137 dossier reads
SL -> 32bit vs 64bit, kexts, Chameleon2RC2 and banana split with chocolate sprinkles
“i also think so (until now) . I had also both Leos on same HD and had major problems. Even if added an boot-uuid diffenent in each /extra, chameleon loaded the things always from that volume which as actice for boot, even i selected (F8) th…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-15
15,137 dossier reads
Can't get to 32-bit mode
“I would recreate the Extensions.mkext. Mostly random KPs are because of an damaged .mkext. start with -x arch=i386 start terminal sudo -s kextcache -v 1 -t -l -a i386 -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext …”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-30
13,944 dossier reads
Can't get to 32-bit mode
“What GPU ? It can be that GUI is shown but you cant see it ! What happens if you type in kernel flags arch=i386 -v -x ? So you have an multi system (Leo + Snow Leo) on one HD (2+ partitions) ? If yes, perhaps wrong /Extra conten is used - w…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-29
13,944 dossier reads
Can't get to 32-bit mode
“For me arch=i386 is working CH RC 3 and also know as usual 32 Bit flag since RC 2. The other flag is arch=i386_X64. For my knowledge flag arch=i386_32 is not used by any bootloader.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-29
13,944 dossier reads
Can't get to 32-bit mode
“Information: arch=i386 -legacy : Boots into 32 Bit Kernel Mode AND! 32 Bit App only arch=i386 : Boots into 32 Bit Kernel Mode , 64 BIT Apps can run also So normally use NOT the -legacy !”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-29
13,944 dossier reads
Omri's Snow Leopard 10.6 Retail on PC guide
“I cant find DL Link for Empire EFI v 1.0.4 , i found only DL Link version 1.0.3 . Anyone can help ?”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-11-05
12,195 dossier reads
Random Geforce Kernel Panic with Geforce 7800 GTX
“I also have an 9600 GT, 10.6.1 but never had an KP , also not with 10.6.0. Have you OC the GPU (gpu BIOS + MHZ) or OC the PCIe MHZ (100 MHZ normal) ?”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-16
11,309 dossier reads
HOWto get Darwin/Chameleon errors LOG file
“If you have an second system running (Leo / SL), you can look into the system.log of that problem system partition - there are all -v verbose messages listed. At least that when the kernel starts up. Not the very early messages come from ch…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-29
8,724 dossier reads
video failure installing snow with gtx260. HELP
“I am sure that something is wrong with your .mkext (Extensions Cache). It cant be rebuild from Leopard 10.5 ! KP´s without any reason (no IDE active, no old 10.5 kect installed) after some time mostly have reason in an not really working .m…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-12
8,019 dossier reads
video failure installing snow with gtx260. HELP
“At least Chameleon RC3 has an problem with the boot.plist. Its not used when on USB. Have you also installed it on Hd and can boot from there (not from USB stick) ? First i would give an -v (verbose) as kernel flag (after F8, TAB) / getting…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-10
8,019 dossier reads
plz help pc efi 10.3
“The .plist looks OK - waht excat is the problem ? Sure, yous must know if the device EFI string is correct+excat for your GPU (LAN) PCI-Slot- if wrong (PCI Slot # wrong, whole string wrong because from other user copied, you can get major p…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-29
7,794 dossier reads
X58 Platinum ShutDown restarts
“Is this a new board that you just set up? If so, check the shutdown/restart connectors. This problem is not an hardware problem of the real switches connected to the switch jumper on mainboard. Seems that it is an software problem that OS X…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-04
6,540 dossier reads
Install 10A432 to MBR
“Is listet there: heli acal.net/~solar/mac/?C=M;O=D”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-20
5,254 dossier reads
GTX 285 Bad Performance
“Forget Xbechh OpenGL - way to small OpenGL window 300x200!= more an CPU Bench than OpenGL Bench - only OpenGL 1.1 > 3 years old without change, GCC 3.x Code ! Use OpenGLExtensionsviewer Benchmark to compare ! - use fullscreen, higher resolu…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-19
4,927 dossier reads
Can't enable Radeon3870
“No, i also had an ATI 3870 and switched to NV 9600GT. Until now there is no solution for ATI 2600 / ATI 38XX cards on SL. Look at netkas website, there will be infos next months about perhaps an fix.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-15
4,834 dossier reads
Remote Desktop Client Update 21/08/09 (repair permission issue)
“Thats often when installing new system software (ARD is such). At the next OS X update from apple (as every time) that SUID will be corrected, so that after 10.5.9 OS X will not complain that.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-21
3,886 dossier reads
Remote Desktop Client Update 21/08/09 (repair permission issue)
“If you ony mean that SUID Warning - ist no problem real ! Also happens on real Macs and is only an information about a change.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-21
3,886 dossier reads
First time looking into this..few questions.
“1. > 4GB Yes, even Mac OS X 10.5 can use much more than 4 GB; 16 GB (4*4 GB) is no problem ! OS X didnt have , like XP, Vista, Win 7 such lowend to highend OS Versions. You get allinone : OS X is Home up to Ultimatex64 in ONE Version! Only …”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-11-06
3,571 dossier reads