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“Fixed in IRC. Yup, desktop is now running retail 10.5.6 thanks to this method (and nfoav8or's help)!”

“what does your Boot.plist look like that you've placed on the EFI partition? (for me, I placed this in the native directory tree on the EFI partition: /Volumes/EFI/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist just for future…”

“For audio, the only way I was able to get this to work was to amend my AppleHDA kext. This isn't ideal but placing it on the EFI partition wasn't working for me because when I would update, the new one would take precedence. For the bootloa…”

“This works great! I updated flawlessly to 10.5.6, just a few more things I need to sort out. - Audio isn't working anymore (Alcinject & AppleHDA), however I'm using the kexts that worked before (on 10.5.6) - How can I make the bootloader bo…”

“Very detailed and complete guide, great work munky! Edit: It works great on my intel laptop, I'm now going to try the same thing on my desktop (amd). Thank you for this guide!”

“That's a very complete and helpful reply nfoav8or, this should be added to the wiki (how mac drivers work)!”

“I hadn't seen this before and I'm interested how does your gma950 work do you get artifacts, also what about audio does that work or do you still need extra kexts? Editing DMI strings will allow you to use the vanilla SMBIOS, it won't give …”

“Random application crashes have been reported. This is an issue with our custom-dyld built for opcode patcher support, so make sure you are using latest 10.5.5. Will I be able to install from a retail 10.5.1 dvd and upgrade _after_ the inst…”

“-can`t use sleep so i have to boot it every time It's always better to boot than to resume from sleep”

“and the boot-up time is faster than my macbook! It boots faster then my intel laptop (Asus U3S) as well, while the laptop should boot faster.. Let me know if you need more info”

“Try "save link as" and watch it on VLC / quicktime, if it still doesn't work I'll upload a new video, sorry for the inconvenience”

“Video of verbose boot (26-27s), usually a bit faster but never under 20s like others here.. And don't pay attention to the song in the background, just to prove that I didn't use any magic click here”

“Or those with an NForce chipset that use the kernel extension. I have an nForce chipset and boot at 20-30s, let me know if you want a video of that.. I'd like to see WinLinMac01's monster boot”

“I agree. All the kexts in the Extensions folder aren't really needed; I think a good explanation of them would help individual users make the best choices of whether or not they need to keep them. I've started cleaning up my systems but hav…”

“Just booted in 23s (darwin prompt till dock is loaded) I'll remove some more kexts and add efi strings to boot a little faster. edit: perhaps a new thread with some tips & tricks to speed up boot would be nice?”

“finally...got it work...haha use zeph universal installer,edit kext,and if QE/CI still not working...install natit.kext it will activate d QE/CI and give d card's model name automatically. try it! it's fun! lol NVkush works great with this …”

“- You can also exclude folder from a time machine backup, so you only backup system files. - Booting from DVD and restoring from TM backup doesn't take too long, and most of the times you're able to boot into single user mode / safe mode. -…”

“Great guide, very complete and it has screenshots! Since I'm reinstalling tomorrow, I'll use this for sure!”

“It is a Grub loader with dfe's boot-132. It load's initrd images and allow's you to boot the retail dvd. Can it also run custom kernels like the original boot 132 (the method monky has explained over at insanelymac?).”

“I guess this means we'll see a lot of new dvd releases soon? Haven't tried it yet, but it looks nice.. keep up the good work pcwiz!”

“oh come on! don't butcher it like that ... nfoav8or as in NFO aviator. Good to hear its working right... This is also why I recommend you place the UUID in the com.apple.Boot.plist file... then you don't have to enter any boot flags later. …”

“I used munky's tutorial on my external HDD, and I'm able to boot it (load the kexts & kernel I want) but it gets stuck at still waiting for root. I boot with "bt(0,1)/mach_kernel.voodoo -x -v" edit: maybe I need to add rd=disk2s2, will try …”

“You are using the UUID of the volume in your com.apple.Boot.plist file right? Each of these is specific to a certain volume so they will need to be changed to match either the installer volume (on the flash drive) or the Hard Drive where yo…”

“Ok, I'll try that! - Restore DVD to external HDD - Apply the munky thing to the external HDD (does this have another name?) - Partition the real HDD in GUID (change UUID?) - Boot external HDD, erase real HDD - Reboot and enjoy Am I right? T…”

“So basically EFI is considered retail an no-efi is a patched system if I understand correctly? Retail means installed from an original and official DVD from apple.”

“Retail is WAY sexier! And way easier when you use a method that all the "fixes" are always in the EFI partition so even if I have to erase and redo an installation... its all ready for me. Gotta give it up for munky's EFI-mod method. I'm go…”

“maybe this: how to update to 10.5.5 on amd might help. That guide patches the updates (ASU), I'm trying to update without patching the updates.. Nice guide btw”

“I upgraded to 10.5.3 using the voodoo kernel (vanilla update) but my system froze during the install.. I guess I'll keep using a patched system, however retail is more sexy!”

“I'm in exactly the same situation as you (except different hardware of course). There's 2 options you can try 1) Safest (afaik): Use ASU, it will patch your updates but your system will run fine 2) Go vanilla: install voodoo kernel and upda…”

“Currently testing it, it has been running for 30+ minutes and it said it'd take about 11 minutes. I'll let it run for one more hour since my dvd drive is very busy, and the program seems to be working. edit: it took about an hour to complet…”

“I prefered the zephyroth image over leo4all, but I had to use leo4all to fix kernel panics. They both work fine on the a8n sli premium motherboard.”

“Just installed leo4all v3, everything seems to work fine. I'm checking some big files in transmission, and till now the kernel hasn't panicked yet I guess I'm sticking with leo4all Thanks for all the help!”

“I have 4gb of ram, but I had the same issue with 1gb. ( for system specs, see my profile ) I'm currently installing leo4all, if that doesn't work I'll go back to zeph v2 and install another IOATAFamily. Thanks for the help”

“I will try another IOATAFamily.kext, but first I'll try leo4all v3. Btw: the kernel panic on insanelymac is caused by viaata, mine is nforceata..”

“Debug Output, tried posting a new discussion several times about this but I get a 404 error when I submit the discussion. I contacted Puttabong about this, so I hope he'll fix it”

“But when I decrease the voltage of my CPU, will my system become unstable? And what voltages are safe to use ( I don't overclock ). Thanks for all the info”

“I'll try playing with the voltage then, I knew about the multiplier but I thought you could also overclock by increasing the voltage.. seems like I was wrong What's wrong with the JaS patched image / his work? I'm using this version ( insta…”

“Well, afaik increasing the voltage is overclocking -> for better performance. So logically decreasing it would be underclocking. Perhaps you didn't "feel" the difference, but I'm quite sure a benchmark will. I don't really burn dvd's a lot,…”

“Reducing the CPU voltage will result in lower performances afaik, and I have no heating-troubles. Removing 1GB of ram just to make Toast work seems a bit drastic to me, but anyway I had the same panics when I had 1GB of ram so it's not rela…”

“Motherboard: Asus A8N SLI Premium 1,02 BIOS 1303 ( nforce 4 sli ) CPU: AMD Athlon64 3500+ Venice Graphics: nVidia 8500GT 512mb ( nvinject ) HDD: S-ATA 250gb RAM: 4x1GB DDR400 Will try Leo4All v3.. I don't need skge, since I only use the nvi…”