Hello, as most of you know Snow Leopard is coming out in a month. Its well supported for Macs, but hey why not PC’s? Well thats about to change. Thanks to a couple people from the net to make it possible. Here is a quick guide to help you get up to date with latest [...]
Hello, as most of you know Snow Leopard is coming out in a month. Its well supported for Macs, but hey why not PC’s? Well thats about to change. Thanks to a couple people from the net to make it possible. Here is a quick guide to help you get up to date with latest release of Snow Leopard on PC in its 64 bit gloryness.
What you will need
1. A gigabyte motherboard featuring a P45 Chipset and at least an ALC889a Codec (Works best on this motherboard, but you can experiment)
2. A Blank GUID Formatted hdd, and an already installed Leopard/Tiger Drive.
3. A DMG of Snow Leopard 10A432 (Gold Master)
4. Download The SNOW LEOPARD FILES DMG
Let us Begin.
Pre Snow Leopard
1. Open Disk Utility, and click on the drive you want Snow Leopard to be installed on.
2. Once you have selected the Drive, Click on the “Partition” Tab, Select 1 Partition from the Drop Down menu. Then Click options and GUID Partition Table.
3. After that name your drive to “Snow” YOU HAVE TO OR ELSE DMG WONT WORK. Which drive is which.
4. Let it format, and you have completed. The formatting part.
Installation
1. Mount your Snow Leopard DMG File.
2. Click on the windows where your Snow Leopard DMG Opened.
3. Press CMD + Shift + G. to go to a specific folder.
4. Type in W/O Quotes “Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages/
5. Navigate to OSInstall.mpkg
6. Go through the options and select your drive you want to install it to. Deselect all the stuff you don’t need like Printers. Languages. Etc..
7. After its done installing. Don’t Reboot!!
Modified Files Installation
1. First open the DMG I have included in this guide.
2. The Open “Bootloader2.dmg or recommended bootloader” and Install it to your “Snow” Drive (The Drive Snow Leopard was installed to)
3. After that has been done. Put the file “dsdt.aml” (Only for gigabyte) in the root of your drive as well.
4. Open back up “ShowAllFiles” and click Show.
5. Replace boot file in Snow Drive by deleting it and dragging the other one
6. Now Drag all the “.kext file” included in the DMG/Drivers into (Drag drivers heres…)
- In the Contents folder, open up Info.plist, and scroll down to find:
<key>PlatformUUID</key>
-Directly beneath that, replace the data between the <string></string> with the UUID of your Mac OS drive. Save and close.
7. Download EFiStudio from here. and open com.apple.boot.plist in /Snow/Extra. Go back to EFiStudio, and go through the drop down menu and look for your Video Card. Click add device and you will see bunch of numbers. Copy those numbers and make it look like the example underneath, Also add the Graphics Mode, for a fit resolution.
like this
and make it look like this
(Replace the Graphics Mode String with yours) ex <string>1280x800x32</string>
and put your long number string <string>long hex</string> under device-properties there.
8. Put the SMBios.plist into /Snow/Extra.
9. Now you make reboot and boot into your “Snow” drive. Everything should be working.
10. Now once in Snow Leopard open the dmg and drag the folder that says “(Drag Drivers Here….) drag that to (Drag Extensions Folder Here)
11. Now see if extensions.mkext is in /Extra
Congrats you are running Snow Leopard!
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Can’t wait to try this tonight!
Hello, can i install it on the same drive to another partition?
greetings
jaco
Looks like a great guide, very clear and brief, will test later today, thnx
@jaco
Yes, you are able to install it on the same partition, make sure it is active though
[...] 12:13 PM maybe this can help you? Guide: Snow Leopard on PC 10a432(GOLD MASTER!!!) | TeknoJunkie have you tried also with chameleon? I would like to try also but sl is still downloading… [...]
Hi Aman, I followed ur guide and when bootup i -v and stuck at this part:
waiting for dsmos….
systemshutdown false
**Device in slot:SLOT-1**
DSMOS has arrived
ACPI_SMC_PlatformPuugin::start – waitforservice(resourcematching(appleintelcpupowermanagement) timed out
Any idea what is e problem? Thanks
Hi Aman, I followed ur guide and when I bootup using -V, I stuck at this part:
waiting for dsmos….
systemshutdown false
**Device in slot:SLOT-1**
DSMOS has arrived
ACPI_SMC_PlatformPuugin::start – waitforservice(resourcematching(appleintelcpupower management) timed out
Any idea what is e issue? I using C2D6300 + maximus formula + ATI 3870. Thanks
If I already have all my drivers installed for the current version of 10.5.8 and everything is ok. Do I still need to do all this or do a straight install?
I have it to a p35 motherboard already updates fine and I dont use the khameleon but the other boot loader that looks like boot camp.
@Jes5r It has to be a striaght install since, Snow Leopard switched over 64 bit, and you modified drivers 10.5.8 and 32 bit and they wont work. You need chameleon, it has a special boot file, that works with snow leopard.
@ Jeff Try patching your own DSDT. Download this file DSDT Patcher GUI
So basically follow this guide? Format my drive from scratch and follow instructions in this guide?
@Jes5r, Yes, thats the idea
. and try patching your dsdt with the GUI Patcher, since you don’t have a gigabyte motherboard.
followd this guide, and installd SL on a sceond partition with Leopard, but when i try to boot the snow partition Chamelon says “cant find custom” and gets back to the main os selection menu…
any suggestions…?
@joransrb, try making your Snow Leopard partition active.
[...] esta guía para instalar Snow Leopard en una PC; el proceso no parece muy complicado, aunque tiene ciertos [...]
What if my video card doesn’t show in the efi editor? I have a gtx 260 core 216
How can i make my Snow Leopard partition active Aman? Thanks
Very nice. How was the performance? Also did you have any issues with the wireless internet card? Anyone tried this with the flash hard drive version?
I think i hae done this properly and it has yield no results. I do everything properly up until the point where I have to install the support file that gives out an error message. I delete the boot file from snow partition and put in the one provided in the other folder. Then I still get the error message and it does not allow me to install.
@Jes5r If your card isn’t showing in the EFiStudio install this to your Snow Leopard hard drive. GTX 260 Drivers
and what support file are you talking about?
@Jaco
Go into Terminal,
3. Determine which disk your MacOSX partition is on
Type diskutil list
Verify which disk number holds your partition (disk0, disk1, etc.)
4. Start using Fdisk
Assuming the MacOSX disk is the first disk (“disk0″), then
type fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 <== use "rdisk" with your disk number here !!
Ignore the error "fdisk: could not open MBR file …"
5. Determine which partition for MacOSX needs to be set "Active"
Type p
Verify which partition is for MacOSX (1, 2, 3, etc.)
6. Set the partition "Active"
Assuming it is partition 1, then
type f 1 <== use your partition number here !!
7. Save and exit
Type write
Type y (yes you are sure)
Type exit (to quit)
@Phil My Score on Geekbench is over 7000. Its very fast, running well. I am not using a wireless card.
I can not install SL on GUI X3100. How can do it? My system is…
macosx-laptop
description: Notebook
product: 7732A35
vendor: LENOVO
version: ThinkPad R61
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T8300 @ 2.40GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr sse4_1 lahf_lm ida cpufreq
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub
vendor: Intel Corporation
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp
*-display:0 UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
……
@Gooty – 14 Reply I don’t think there is a supported driver in snow leopard for the x3100. you have to do some extra work
Thank You for your answer.
Jes5r.
I want to make a few things clear. Sorry if I sound like such a novice.
1. I Install everything just fine up until the chameleon package
2. After I install the Chameleon package I try to install the other package.
3. It doesn’t let me install snow leopard v2 support package.
4. I erase the boot file created then replace it with the one provide it.
5. Try to run the v2 support but it still gives me that same error.
6. I skipped that after error.
7. I forgot to rename the dsdt (LOL)
8. Install all extentions just fine, no errors.
9. put the smbios in snow extra as asked.
10. skipped the graphics drivers stuff (just got provided with the drivers file)
Kernel Panic
I think im doing something wrong? and for graphics, I just install the package to the snow drive and nothing else?
@Jes5r after you have installed the ‘boot’ file you don’t need to run the support package again, Yes, install it to the snow drive. and what are you receiving a kernel panic on. do you have a pic? Are you running in AHCI?
Great guide, but by the look of it, you need to have Leopard installed first, it would be great if there was a way of doing this off a livecd or from an exisating Linux installation.
The only big problem that I see is exicuting the installer, as editing, mounting and formatting wont be a hassle at all.
i wants to install retailed mac os x 10.6 on my pc my system configuration is intel D945GCPE matherboard , intel core2due E4500 2.2GhHz, 1gb ram ,microsoft keyboard & mouse
samsung crt monitor what i will do plz mail me
it’s instable for me,after a few seconds i got a kernel panic message (GA-965P-DS3,8800GTX,SATA in AHCI mode)
thx for the guide,after a few seconds i have a kernel panic message
(GA 965P-DS3,sata in AHCI mode,8800GTX,quad core q6600,4G ram)
@dark what is the kernel panic message that you received? maybe we can see what the problem is.
@Amit do you already have MAC OS 10.5 (Leopard) running on your machine?
The configuration you provided seems to work good with 10.5.1 http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.5.1 but we haven’t seen anything higher than that. Once you’re able to get your system to work with OS X 10.5 then you should be able to use the method here to install SL on your machine.
Booted fine, but I got a kernel panic, which is due to the AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext file.
Netkas.org has supposedly has a fix here: http://netkas.org/?p=125#comments but it does nothing.
@Besweeet are you booting from AHCI mode? or IDE Mode?
Appreciate to share the guide. Thank you.
But unfortunately I can’t make it boot. I have followed the steps mentioned above but I can just got kernel panic right after Chameleon….it doesn’t seems to be caused by any kext but just panic when it load the kernel.
I use -v to see what happen, when I use -v and press enter, it load a lot of kext first, then it comes to panic and looks like the picture:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3541/3839471225_0cc5332393_o.jpg
Is there any hints for this? Thank you!
My config is Gigabyte EP35-DS3L/Q9300/8G DDR/9800GTX+ 512MB
@copo I think it has to do a problem with your dsdt.aml. did you try the quad core one?. please rename that. Did you replace the boot file. If its still not working, try patching your DSDT with the “GUI DSDT Patcher”
firstly no matter what i cant seem to install the chameleon v2 snow leopard support pkg. i replaced the boot file with the one in the zip downloaded from here tho (is this correct?).
secondly, i’ve tried various things but it simply wont boot into snow leopard. it gets to the darwin bootloader screen with the timeout (& boot flag options input bit) but just hangs after i select snow drive. -v gives me a little more info, it stops after loading mach_kernel on (some number) and nothing, never boots. is there a workaround or am i doing something wrong? thanks
@brightstar what are your system specs?
ga ep45-ud3lr (i think i got the model right, for sure a ep45 gigabyte board. Q6600 + 4gb ddr3 ram, sata drives etc
should work yes? i just cant get passed the “loading hfs+ file: from [mach_kernel]” line..
just two of those lines show up [only if i -v] and it just hangs forever
i think it may have something to do with it being on the 2nd partition on the same drive as the leo install im installing from. im trying to install it on a different drive entirely and see how that goes..
@Brightstar, that could be it, because both partitions have a boot file installed, and chameleon could be loading the boot file from leopard. and your setup should work, your board is very compatible.
ok getting somewhere now, installed to another drive and got past previous error of boot halt. now its stopping on the dreaded ‘still waiting for root device’. stuck for good now, appreciate all the help though..thanks! just where to go now..hmm
@brightstar open up disk utility and your com.apple.boot.plist add this
x being your hard drive, and y being your partition, you can find it in disk utility right click on the partition and/or drive and you will see it.
im using HP model SR1920NX everything installs fine, and i get to the bootloader where i select the partition. i select my partition and get the screen with the apple. no spinning gear, just the screen with the apple… i followed the steps to a t and it just hangs there. i already have leo installed and all works great there. any ideas?
Guide worked great. I just installed mine to a 55GB partition I made (MBR), installed it there using a modified OSInstall.mpkg file. Install the chameleon thing, and then a darwin bootloader with chameleon on top of that (I don’t actually like the chameleon gui), and it booted right up. Got QE/CI & ethernet right OOTB.
I got similar kernel panic experience as dark, which looks like this:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3541/3839471225_1e31b77cd3.jpg
Mine is a Gigabyte EP35-DS3L/Q9300/8G DDR2/9800GTX+
Any hints? Thanks!!
How can I go back to 10.5, I did a three partition setup 1TB (670GB -Leopard/10GB Snow install/ 300GB Snow Leopard) the system always boot to snow, how can I make leopard the default?
Thanks for the hint. Unfortunately it still doesn’t work for me for both the quad core dsdt nor dsdt patcher. The panic message is the same. What I saw in the panic screen looks like it is booting in 64bit mode. I have tried the -x32 switch to force it boot in 32bit mode but it still panic….
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2506/3843137860_bd547cdd64_b.jpg
It’s possible to install SL without a GUID partition table?
(Just to use Windows + SL at once)
solved the ‘waiting for root device’ error by using a sata drive instead of ide.
now i can only boot with -f , if i dont then i get a nice kernel panic for some reason. also…random kernel panic whilst booted makes the system virtually unusable really..it doesn’t specify a kext or loader but mentions the kernel and xnu something. i really thought it would be easy with this motherboard you know :p
whats odd is when i boot with -v i see that see that its having errors with loading Disabler, dsmos etc and cant load them at all (bound to cause trouble)
but is fine loading nullcpupowermanagement
is this a known error?
forget my previous post, that only happens when i -f the boot.
the random kernel panics during system operation are the issue now, all seem to be generic without pointing to a kext. is this something i just need to wait for seeing as sl isnt even out yet?
@Brightstar did you make an .mkext of your kext extensions and put it in /Extra?
@yes its possible do a google search of “OSInstall.mpkg for snow leopard mbr”
Some quick questions:
first, why I dont see the hdd’s on desktop?
second, i get KP on reboot
third, well i was going to ask for atheros drivers but I already read that they are 32bit for some odd reason, but when i tried loading with -x32 flag, i got a kernel panic buuu!
Great guide, thanks man! RAWR
Delete my previous comment i figured out the problem number 2 and 3 but problem number 1 still exists…
1) After Installing 10A432 a Error Message appears with the following warning ” Install Failed The Installer could not install some files in /Volumes/Snow. Contact the Software manufacturer for assistance. My question is this normal, because i tried 3-4 times and every time i ends with the same error then i give up and proceed to next steps.
Here is the screenshot of error message http://www.flickr.com/photos/ihackintosh/3845267964/
i did make an mkext with kext utility like the guide suggested, i’ve tried repairing permissions within sl (for the brief time its up before kp) but no luck.
@pmcnano
first, why I dont see the hdd’s on desktop?
you can go to finder preferences and enable the hard disks on desktop, it comes unchecked by default
Sorry for the broken link here is the screenshot of my problem http://www.picturepush.com/public/2153664 I tried it 7 times and now i m tired, I m using 10.5.6 is that causing the problem ???
@Taimur Hamid
i think that’s caused by selecting more than you need to in the install. When you start the installer select ‘customize’ and deselect language, fonts & printers and you should be fine
Hello
The EFI studio has strings only for NVIDIA cards. Where can I find EFI strings and drivers for ATI HD3870?
pls help
so yea, after following your directions, all i get is the grey screen with the apple, it does not seem to be loading the kernel, as working for applecare i know when the gear spins it loads the kernel. would be awesome to get some help
im using an SR1920NX computer if that helps. -thanks in advance
@ BrightStar You are a hero, that works like a charm. Finally got the installation successful screen. But can’t solve the Kernel Panic at start. My board is Giagabyte P43 with a C2D processor and a ATI4890 GFX if that helps. For patching the DSDT i used PCWiZ DSDT patcher is that making any difference ?
@snowleo try booting in verbose mode, and see what the problem is.
@PMCNano Whats message is your kernel panic showing?
@BrightStar Try experimenting more, put all your kext in Snow/System/Library/Extensions and repair permissions. Your almost there I can feel it. Its going to work, My uptime with Snow is 10 days. and no KP’s have been shown yet.
@ Aman My kernel panic is same as copo http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3541/3839471225_1e31b77cd3.jpg
@TH I can’t see it fully it got cut off
Here are the complete text http://www.picturepush.com/public/2155018 & http://www.picturepush.com/public/2155027
when i select snowleo partition in chamelion GUI and scroll down to verbose i see some white text for a split second then the apple logo comes up, with no gear underneath. i used all the tools you gave..
i can even see my regular leo partition, when i select that it boots fine using the bootloader
you would think snow leo would work on my rig if leo does right?
another thing, when i hit return on snow leo it says loading darwin the flashes black and that when i get the screen with apple
@Aman Fahimullah
tried moving them all to s/l/e but its same results, tried it with/without them also in the /extra folder (just to try) and same. kernel panic related to whichever task i do, be it safari/preview anything, and at random times.
something is wrong for sure when it boots though, i can see the errors (with -v) that it isnt loading Disabler kext for some reason, thats what im thinking is causing the kp. how would i force/try a different disabler kext?
@TH, You followed all the steps and included each kext and the mkext correct. Also, did you patch your DSDT. Where it says the Current Thread is unknown. Meaning it can’t find any .kext or its not loading them. Try booting -f -v
Brightstar Try removing the disabler and dsmos kext and adding fakesmc.kext which I added into the snow leopard package, then rebuild your mkext. see if that helps
previously hadnt removed the disabler, so i started on fresh sl install without dsmos and disabler, instead with fakesmc (plus other kexts in the zip you provided). still exact same panic on random tasks sadly..
no errors ofcourse about disabler during -v boot, or any errors for that matter which is encouraging for now.
the kp’s mention ‘BSD process name corresponding to current thread:’ (then whichever task im running, e.g Safria, kextcache, warmd etc)
and also all start with “panic(cpu 1 caller”…[kernel trap]…”type 13=general protection”
@ Aman yes i copied all kexts you supplied to my S/E/E then copied that folder to desktop then the Drag n Drop thing to Kext Utility, that generates extension.mkext then copied folder and .mkext back to S/E/E and the added the .plist you supplied. My install didn’t even boot in -S or -V very time kernel panic
@ Brightstar add Jmicron kext or Legacy Jmicron may solve ur problem..
Well, to be honest, nothing..theres nothing to show! lol because the screen is blue, i mean i can see some text but not the complete kernel panic text, some of the screen is blue and the other part is text. In short words, I dont know yet. I will post later! Thanks for answering though
tried jmicron & legacy texts (x64 of course..and re did mkext) and still same kp. seems like this’ll never work..
@TH I know your problem, You have 2 chameleon installs, one on your leopard partition and one on your snow leopard. That means, when booting from snow, its using your /Extra files from Leopard. You need to add
add the string to the com.apple.boot.plist. I have posted the string in another comment.
@brightstar Your OSInstall.mpkg didn’t install correctly that is why you are receiving many kp’s. Try reinstalling it. Repair Permissions to that drive.
after follow the guide i get boot but not w/o using “-f -v” command. the OS cannot mount disks and has no sound. : ( am i missing efi strings? everything else works great!! please give me ideas why i cant mount and have no sound i would be really happy
mount error is “Device not configured” please help
copo i got same motherboard it work for me i swich memory to 1 single 800 2g ram and follow same instroction obut and it worck
only thin my video res ist standar
tekno congrads i tho i never get this board to work my 8800 gtx 768 not working do
ga-p35-ds3l core 2 duo xtrem fxf 8800 gtx 768 one 2 gig 800mhz ram it worck but my video graphic resolution 1022×768 and im stock on that try every thing no lock
@ Aman I m almost done the last kernel panic was solved by adding Jmicron Kext to S/L/E and repairing permission.
http://www.picturepush.com/public/2164806 this is the error when i boot in -X mode. I can’t boot in -S or -V mode a KP appears.
you prob need to add the fakesmc.kext….. in all honesty, this guide and the support on this forum really blow. you should use this guide http://www.teknojunkie.com/2009/08/guide-snow-leopard-on-pc-10a421a-10a432-coming-soon/ , alot more informative and includes all the files you need to make successful snow leo. worked great for me. follow this link and disregard the above post. amir and his friends are novices compared to this post
Thanks for that Jeeves, I think you meant to post that on another website. Thanks again
@Aman Fahimullah
no more kp with the new boot loader you included! thanks very much for the guide & all the help. let’s hope the same install steps work with the final (and for the looks of it..same build) version, later this week.
is there any way to boot with x64 kernel with this new boot file though?
Everything works great but no sound!! Any solution? I have p35-ds4 mobo.
@pan-pan use voodoohda.kext 64 bit do a google search
here is a link that includes tons of .kext, enjoy
http://cid-8b65993ef55cf014.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/.Public/OSx86/Snow%20Leopard?view=details
sl working great no kp (thanks again)
with the 889a audio, i’ve only got rear channels + sub working. how did you you front speakers working?
also, no matter which kernel flag i use i cant seem to get x64 bit kernel loading
and.. any way (with this new bootloader) to edit the smbios info? trying adding it to boot.plist, smbios.plist etc but system profiler never changes or displays correct info
hi there.. thank you for the guide page… i’m installing SL now but i’m stuck on 1 step.. you said:
1. First open the zipped archive I have included in this guide.
but i can’t find any attached zip file on the page.. something wrong? there is only 1 dmg file and there is no “chameleon-2-1.0-r431.pkg file on inside it..
all working great here, but i have no sound
any ideas?
@Ozan Kilic. Sorry about that, I have updated the guide. Use the bootloader2.dmg and install that to your snow drive.
@jack use voodoohda.kext 64 bit do a google search
@brightstar
/Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist
Kernel Flags
Kernel Flags
arch=x86_64
find there:
and change it to
[...] install build 10A261), Netkas (No need to Introduction), Chameleon Team (For a great Boot-Loader), TeknoJunkies (For such a great guide) and all the OSX86 community without whom it’s not [...]
aman, i tried as you suggested, i installed voodoohda x64 via osx86 tools. still nothing. and im getting error saying extension was installed improperly.. i installed the other .kext the same way and im not getting any errors on those. any other ideas?
my snow leo install would be perfect if i only could get sound! please help
my regular leopard install has sound…. so i know it can be done. sorry for so many comments, im just getting a little frustrated ><
Aman, installation was ok, first few boots I got, after playing around in sl , totaly randomly Kp.. But that just stopt!? hasn’t happned since…
Also Voodoo 64 bit won’t work! I have a gigbyte EP45 ds3l.. So now sound, an thats sad! Gf8600 works perfect!!!!!
many thanks!!!!!!
@Rob and jack, What audio chipsets do you have installed. Try installing it using kext helper.
My audio card is realtek HD audio card, integrated in my sr1930nx. im not sure where to look for my mobo model. and i have tried using kext helper then placing in /extra/extensions and keeping my extensions.mkext in /extra
@Jack try importing this code into your dsdt (DSDT ALC883)
thanks aman for your quick response, i will give it a go then report back with my findings
sorry for the dumb question, but do i replace the similar code i already have with dsdt code in the link? or do i add it to what i already have?
i keep getting an error when trying to recompile the dsdt.dsl back to .aml ><
got 889a working with a DSDT guide + kext from insanelymac forums.
however, with the v1012 bootloader…it doesn’t seem to recognise boot.plist or smbios from the /extra folder at all. on top of that, no matter which kernel flag i enter into the boot.plist under /library(etc) it wont show that i’ve got x64 kernel in system profiler…or any hardware in profiler for that matter (as a result of the nonworking smbios i imagine)
i decided to try adding HDAenabler.kext to /extra and that .kext is found, now in sys profiler i get this in the audio section Intel High Definition Audio:
Device ID: 0x103C2A3C
Audio ID: 1
Available Devices:
which is more than i have gotten with sound previous.. im getting close, have you seen this before aman?
I have tried to do that once again, start from erasing the disk for installing snow. Using the latest files included in this guide but unfortunately I didn’t get any closer, same screen same KP…..
@ copo,
can you post an image of your KP in verbose?
There are too much to type, I try to copy come of them, thanks!
(image of the panic here: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2506/3843137860_bd547cdd64_b.jpg )
npvhash=4095
Darwin Kernel Version 10.0.0: Fri Jul 31 22:48:25
vm_page_bootstrap: 1977999 free pages and 119148 wired pages
kext submap [0xffffff7f80600000 - 0xffffff0000000000], kernel text [0xffffff0000200000 - 0xffffff0000600000]
standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
mig_table_max_displ = 73
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80002cbf74): Kernel trap at 0xffffff00004f65c3, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x……….
Debugger called:
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame: Return Address
0xffffff88a28cba50…………
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Unknown
Mac OS version:
Not yet set
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.0.0: Fri Jul 31 22:46:25 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1456.1.25±1/RELEASE_X86_64
System uptime In nanoseconds: 63715772
@Copo.
I had this problem, and fixed it by, Reformatting the whole hdd, meaning, remaking a GUID partition as well.
ok..I’ll try tonight, this might take some time to format the HDD, thanks!
Aman, thanks for the answer!
Will try everything this evening!
Hope i’ll get sound to work then!..`
After about 8 installs and plenty of (KPs) Snow Leopard is running great other than the time machine. Stops backing up at 28 percent. Used the install kexts that are flying about but is there one i’m missing. Have new hd ready for the back up.Still trying to understand all the kext information and just need a point in the right direction. Thanks for all install info.
With the bootloader you suggest there is no extra folder
@AF
Thanks for the hints. Finally I got some progress. I have re-GUID partitioned the whole disk, and do the installation procedure again and I don’t get the same KP now.
But now it is stuck at “waiting for root device…”, I have put the UUID of the disk of the volume installed SL into smbios.plist, boot in verbose mode nd it it waiting for the same UUID device that I can see the one in disk utility.
I’m trying to search around to see if there is any workaround.
Thanks again!
still no sound… : ( i decided to try adding HDAenabler.kext to /extra and that .kext is found, now in sys profiler i get this in the audio section Intel High Definition Audio:
Device ID: 0×103C2A3C
Audio ID: 1
Available Devices:
which is more than i have gotten with sound previous.. im getting close, have you seen this before aman?
Read more: http://www.teknojunkie.com/2009/08/guide-snow-leopard-on-pc-10a421a-10a432-coming-soon/#ixzz0PPs9SyO6
Damm, installed little snitch, KP, no boot…
@jack. That is close, I think you have to put you device ID into the HdaEnabler.kext.
@Rob. Download Appzapper and remove little snitch with that, in Leopard or another Mac OS
the extras folder is empty after i install the package file, there is no extensions folder. should i create one?
@js5r, Yes create one. I’ll modify the dmg a bit more later this week, so its finalized for snow leopard, before the launch day
how do i find my device id?
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Aman,
Still no sound, tried the above… I have a ALC888 chip on my gigabyte board,
how and where do I put the ID 0x1458A002??
thanks!
@Rob whats your audio chipset again?
Hi to all.
Sorry for my bad English.
I have Asus P5Q3 deluxe.
I have Leopard 10.5.8 Iatkos V7.
I try to install Snow.
I use third of your DMG.
When I reboot for start Snow I have the same KP of CAPO. (System Nanosecond)
Now I try again with the new DMG. the latest in your list, but there are many file, like recommended bootloader etc… So, can you refresh your GUIDE, with the new DMG.
Thank you very very much for your help.
Bye bye.
Sorry the nick is COPO.
Not CAPO.
I have snow leopard installed, most part thanks to your guide.
But don’t know how i make to put the boot working
boot0: error (i want only single boot)
– installa chamaleon 1012 to snow(GUID) partition, and put boot then and in terminal:
cp. /Volumes/Snow Alternative/boot /Volumes/<> in my case
cp. /Volumes/Snow Alternative/boot /Volumes/Snow (or is not Alternative/boot ????, i use single boot only remenber)
after conclude this guide de boot0:error apear
next boot in Leo and instal chamaleon2 RC2 in snow and install chamaleon 1012 again and put boot and the terminal command.
And after two days on this i can boot in Snow whith NVidia 8800 GTS 512 And audio and network(change plist in youkon2) working better than leo.
The animal does not roar but it is hard to tame it
Thanks for this
KP picture
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This is the picture.
” – installa chamaleon 1012 to snow(GUID) partition, and put boot then and in terminal:
cp. /Volumes/Snow Alternative/boot /Volumes/ in my case
cp. /Volumes/Snow Alternative/boot /Volumes/Snow (or is not Alternative/boot ????, i use single boot only remenber)”
OK this is not necessary copy boot on the Snow Alternative mounted DMG and put to Snow partition (My mind it’s not in rihgt place)
then i dont know how i make this think to boot?!!
Aman,
audio chipset ;Realtek ALC888
I get see systeminfo but no device…!?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41920955@N07/3864544986/
I think I know what I did wrong, I created a hdutil mount image then -shadow /shadow, trashed the original package file that way, and moved the mbr modified package file to the dmg. then i installed from the new mbr enabled package file.
DOes this matter at all?
I have the
“Unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35 Resource temporarily unavailable”
when i use Time Machine (doesn’t work TM), Sudo or some more Apps
I change NetworkInterfaces.plist but nothing happens (kernel 32 or 64 bits)
Sugestions??
@MaisUm add your UUID to the PlatfromUUID.kext. You can get your UUID from Disk Utility
Thank you… solved and Time Machine Works
Is there anyway to install without re partitioning HD? I currently have Leo installed with an extra partition in guid but for some reason the partition has a red ! when trying to “Select a Destination”.
I have install SL but within seconds of booting into the OS I always get the following msg “You need to restart your computer. Hold down the power button until it turns off, then press the power button again”. Please help
@Solidturk Reboot with -v -f and see what the last message it stops at.
@Robbie, make sure the drive you want to install it too, is GUID formatted.
getting that Hold down Power Button message after about 2 mins, any idea?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/88665599@N00/3867335034/
@rabalder Boot with -v -f sp when you get a kernel panic you will know what caused it
That is alot of work to do,..
Do anyone know the simple way to install MAC on PC?
What happened to the fantastic Leopard review you had up?
@Jose Jamul http://www.teknojunkie.com/2009/08/snow-leopard-review/
@chhorda Simpler methods should come in the later weeks, when people come out with dvd installers, Snow Leopard just hit, this guide came out 1-2 weeks ago.
aman
yes did that and all ok now, well snow is booting, but still some config to get it all working properly
rab
I have charmeleon 2 installed on both partitions, and above you said I needed to add a string to com.boot.plist. I couldn’t find it anywhere before that. Could you specify what it is? I think that is my problem.
this doesnt work for me.
i did everything as asked.
can someone please clean this Guide up so it is clearer in every respect, for instance – what are the bios settings meant to be set to?
@ me, I am cleaning up guide at the moment
@ben its in the /Extra
Hi thanks it worked for me !!!
here the video
http://konteudos.info/?p=2078
best regards
I did not get soung , so installed the kexts I had for the normal Leopard as well instaled my Nvidia with Efitools .
do not know how to boot in 64 bits.
GA-Ep45-Ds4
hey hey ive nearly got it…sooo close i can smell it around the corner…lol ive been getting this panic and cant for the life of me work it out
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p8/cdafillis/kernelcrasherror.jpg
Supports AMD… ok, but how? Can I have a step by step?
Copo, did you able to resolve your problem
At 2009.08.26 20:23, copo said:
There are too much to type, I try to copy come of them, thanks!
(image of the panic here: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2506/3843137860_bd547cdd64_b.jpg )
npvhash=4095
Darwin Kernel Version 10.0.0: Fri Jul 31 22:48:25
vm_page_bootstrap: 1977999 free pages and 119148 wired pages
kext submap [0xffffff7f80600000 - 0xffffff0000000000], kernel text [0xffffff0000200000 - 0xffffff0000600000]
standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
mig_table_max_displ = 73
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80002cbf74): Kernel trap at 0xffffff00004f65c3, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x……….
Debugger called:
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame: Return Address
0xffffff88a28cba50…………
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Unknown
Mac OS version:
Not yet set
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.0.0: Fri Jul 31 22:46:25 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1456.1.25±1/RELEASE_X86_64
System uptime In nanoseconds: 63715772
Read more: http://www.teknojunkie.com/2009/08/guide-snow-leopard-on-pc-10a421a-10a432-coming-soon/##ixzz0Psh2jo5Y
I have the same problem as Copo, reformatting drive doesn’t work for me. i was able to past the problem once, but next reboot i back to square one
i hope someone can shed some light on this. thanks
FYI you do not need to edit anything in boot.plist
the above is for adding your graphics card which can be added by anther installer. what worked for me was running NVkush, for my nvidia card. there are others for different brands, just google it
and when you ger the error in nanoseconds its most likely your DSDT. either not there of your using the wrong one.
I know that, but what is the string you need to add to com.apple.boot.plist? You said there was one in an above post.
@jack,
I’m having a hard time to compile my own dsdt.dsl. it always build with error. forcing to compile doesn’t work either with or without hpet options.
I will try my luck again late this evening thanks for the tip
about the error
you dont need at add anything, that is an unnecessary step, i mean its great if you use efi strings for everything, but the better way is to use some kind of kext/installer, if you gave me the brand of video card your using i could better direct you.
@bsides AMD step by Step is in the work. Should be Up Friday – Saturday
@Chris_Dee. You either have more than one chameleon boot loader installed on different drives. Try Reformatting your Snow Drive. And do the GUID partitioning again
@konteudos.info Glad to here it worked for you!
@Ben try using the “recommend boot loader” Com.apple.boot.plist
Hi….I’m back…lately. Just have some time to try the installation again.
As this guide have been doing some update, and I have previously read some other SL guide on the net, maybe I have been confused and some of the downloaded file from different guide have been mixed up.
So I have clean up the download folder and do it all-over-again using this guide. From partitioning the disk (luckily I got a spare disk for playing around) to making the kext.
Finally I got a green light! It boot straight to SL and I got the welcome screen, after the setup, I can get onto the desktop and everything seems fine.
But when I boot the second time, it got a kernel panic. I then boot using verbose mode and it said something like:
Debugger called:
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x82193b98 : 0x21acfa (x5ce650 0x82193bcc 0×223156 0×0)
…
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: fsck_hfs
Mac OS version:
10A432
I have to boot using -x32 now, any hint?
—————-
Video works with EFI string, QE/CI enabled.
Sound…kinds of work. Sound is working but it have some noise, and there is an issue, whenever the sound card it idle for a while, say 30sec., it seems to sleep itself and making the speaker have some annoying noise…..but when there is sound again, it plays. Perhaps I could try VoodooHDA or patch the sound on the DSDT since the sound device should be ALC889a on my board, not sure if the DSDT comes with this guide is the same model. Will need to find some time to try to solve this.
Not sure if Time Machine works or not. Does it require Bonjour ? I have a Synology NAS which support Time Machine backup but I cannot see the device being discovered by Finder. I can still connect to the AFP share by Command+K.
Still trying out if it is stable but currently it seems stable. Thanks!!!
copo
how do you get over your previous error can you please share what had you done? is this related to dsdt.aml or a conflicting bootloader
as of this writting i still can make this to boot…..
Aman,
First of all thanks for your time and sharing your expertise on this, I still can’t past on nano seconds error like with the previous post of COPO i’m still wondering why i can’t fix this error. i already reformatting my 2nd drive for several times and still can’t past this error no matter what bootloader i use. can you share some light on this?
many many thanks
I already try to boot this on other laptop to check if this is a bootloader issues, but the error is still the same
fakesmc.kext was put on /Extra/Extensions no luck! fakesmc.kext on S/L/E still no luck.
dsdt.aml on / or /Extra still no luck
I’m really sorry guys if i really annoys you but i’m desperately need your help
many thanks to all and congrats to others ….. hehehe
@loloski
Actually I was not trying to fix that kernel panic but just start all over again and make sure to follow exactly what this guide told to do and I’m now in SL.
The problem is now I can only boot in 32-bit and sound still have some issue to be fixed.
What I mean start all over again is to re-partition, re-download the latest file pack here.
BTW, if the file pack have a version number it would be easier to be distinguish if there is a later update to the image again.
@loloski
What is your hardware config?
@COPO sorry for some reason i can’t click on reply but here it goes, my rig is acer aspire 5570 i already successfully compiled my own dsdt.aml by editing something on dsdt.dsl
yes, i do what the guide says step by step. i double and triple check if something i forgot or might overlook but i can’t find it.
thanks
@loloski
Are you using a spare disk to install or just a spare partition alongside with your running Leopard?
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i use a spare 80 gb disk.
yeah, i use leopard 10.5.8 as my base system.
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First of all thanks for the guide, is the most complete I have seen for Snow on PC’s.
I’m also trying to make it work… First time I tried I could even pass the “Create Your Account” and reach the desktop, but after less than 10 seconds… kernel panic. Since that I cant boot again and I’m receiving kernel panics every time while booting.
I have tried to do it since step one around 10 times, but only kernel panics… My kernel panics are like the ones loloski is having.
I think some parts of the guide should be updated:
1-The DMG file has two bootloaders (bootlader2 and recommended bootloader), one of them only creates the Extra folder, but not the Extensions folder (inside Exta). Also the bootloader who does create the /Extra/Extensions also put some kexts there, should it be loaded? In summary which bootloader should we use? Cuz they work different…
2-At the end of the installation which kexts should be in /Extra/Extensions?
Thanks
First of all thanks for the guide, is the most complete I have seen for Snow on PC’s.
I’m also trying to make it work… First time I tried I could even pass the “Create Your Account” and reach the desktop, but after less than 10 seconds… kernel panic. Since that I cant boot again and I’m receiving kernel panics every time while booting.
I have tried to do it since step one around 10 times, but only kernel panics… My kernel panics are like the ones loloski is having.
I think some parts of the guide should be updated:
1-The DMG file has two bootloaders (bootlader2 and recommended bootloader), one of them only creates the Extra folder, but not the Extensions folder (inside Exta). Also the bootloader who does create the /Extra/Extensions also put some kexts there, should it be loaded? In summary which bootloader should we use? Because they work different…
2-At the end of the installation which kexts should be in /Extra/Extensions?
Thanks
@titoo The kext that should be in Exra/Extensions is the the ones included in the drivers section
Thanks Aman. What about the kext that chameleon isntall on /Extra/Extensions? Should we remove them?
mmm. Well maybe one of the reasons why this guide is not working is because I have a laptop not a Gygabyte board… so I asume I should use different kexts probably…
I , it also worked for my Acer Aspire , now in tests in usb stick , than I will clone it to the real HD.
thanks again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh-fCoUmot8
http://konteudos.info
Now I need kexts 64bit for Nvidia 7300
Hi ,
how to boot 64 bits ?
can you tell ?!
thanks
@Yes, Make sure the only Kext in there are the new ones.
i installed this perfect without any errors along the way but when i try to boot it just freezes at the gray apple screen, and when i try to use -x32 -v -x -f or them combined or anything along those lines, a bunch of files get loaded then it goes to a black screen and freezes. how do i fix this i feel like im super close!
&
my video card wasnt in efi studio so i just skipped over that step, could this be the reason why it wont boot? i have an intel integrated GM950.
please help!
thanks!
@Travis you need a dsdt.aml for your video card, basically it needs to be patched, you can find the guides on google.
i cant find a legit guide on google on what im supposed to do, maybe you can point in the right direction.
sorry but thank you
hi Aman,
Thanks for ur guide, however i hav an issue with booting to snow leo. it boots but after the loadin animation disappear, the screen is left with grey screen. iha a radeon hd4850, since there is no code for 4850 in efi studio, i added a 3850 code to apple boot.plist. does this actually matter?
thanks,
@ahamed, yes it does matter. 4850 and 3850 have different chipsets. I am pretty sure this has to do with your video card, since you are not getting KP’s but just a grey screen
…
okay i found a patched dsdt.aml, do i put it in the root of snow/ if so i still get the same grey screen or “a bunch of “loading /System/Library/Extensions “kext” then it goes to a black screen and freezes
@Travis put it in the /Extra folder
Hi guys. Please help me with my sound for GAp35 s3G which has ALC662 codec. in my Leo 10.5.8 it works fine using Tagura patch. but I have tried all kind and no sound in SL.Everything else works great
Thanks
Abdel
Hi,
thnx for ur tip but now i can boot into snow leo by typing -x32 -x
but then the resolution is small and there is no sound and it is quite slow too so is there any possible way of booting snow leopard normally without the safe mode?
Hi,
Thank you for the guide.
I installed Snow Leopard in my notebook Asus F3JC, and it works!… but I’ve got some problems too.
1. The sound don´t work. I have Realtek ALC660 sound car. I installed the VoodooHDA.kext but it don´t work.
2. Can I delete now my Leopard`s partition?
3. The PS2 keyboard and mouse don´t work. I installed the Voodoo kext for this and it don´t work.
Sorry for my English, but I`m Spanish.
Thank you
okay i did so and still no luck, any other ideas? =/
Hi all
First of all thanks for this guide!
I had a perfect install but only have no sound and ethernet..
My motherboard: Gigabyte GA-945GZM-S2
My ethernet worked out of the box with a Leopard 10.5 vanilla install.. so a bit weard..
Anybody having the same problem or maybe some1 a solution? Thanks in advance !!
Greetz !!
I have managed to get it work…it was able to boot once in 64-bit but I can now only boot into 32-bit since it will have KP when it try to fsck when boot to 64-bit.
Anyway I will need to run under 32-bit since VMWare Fusion won’t work with the 64-bit kernel at the moment. So far the system is stable.
Thanks.
This is a fake you can see the mac mini under the iphones on the left side an the controle light is blinking, when he start snow leopard
Aman, thank you for your response to the youtube video regarding the audio+sleep problem that I’m having with the S2C motherboard.
Looks like I will need to buy a usb audio card that support macs, but for the SleepEnable.kext, is there a specific version for S2C that I will need, or will the one provided in your *.dmg work? Thank again!
@Carl that is an Airport Extreme Dual Band, A Mac Mini doesn’t even have that big of a light in the front, second Mac Mini, isn’t even close to that thin. Third, why would I make a dmg, and a guide, when you think its fake.
Chameleon RC3 have released and now support Snow Leopard and 1TB+ disks. There is no installer for this release yet but you can use RC2 installer then replace the boot file from the RC3 tarball. See if I have time to re-install the whole thing all over again with RC3 to my production disk.
http://chameleon.osx86.hu/articles/chameleon-20-rc3-with-snow-leopard-and-large-disk-support
@copo thanks for this. will update the dmg!
Great guide! Followed carefully and managed install SL with success!
A big Thanks!
Your right, it was the problem with the display driver but now i got my hd 4850 working after installing the aty_init, aty_motmot, ATNDR and the ATRNDV.kexts now the booting of SL is ok but the problem is with the sound. I installed the voodooHDA then upon restart the volume icon appears but no sound to be heard. Do u know any solution for this?
Anyway thanks a big thanks for this excellent guide
hi there
I tried to install it
I made all the steps except this
3. After that has been done. Put the file “dsdt.aml” (Only for gigabyte) in the root of your drive as well.
I have the same screen with copo
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2506/3843137860_bd547cdd64_b.jpg
What I can do to fix it ?
And something else what is the UUID?
I read that I can find it at Disk utility
is it the Disk Description : ?
How to find the UUID
——————–
Open the Disk
click on the partition Snow (or whatever)
click on the info
and you will see the
Universal Unique Identifier :
thx to google
http://img43.imageshack.us/i/img0041x.jpg/
http://img14.imageshack.us/i/img0042kz.jpg/
I have a kernel panic can someone help me ?
@pkjne try patching your DSDT in the Utilities folder of the snow leopard package
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Hi,
Will this work on a P35 chipset too? (I have a Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4)
@Charon yes it will
hey so it is still freezing at the gray apple logo and i’ve reinstalled this a handfull amount of times. any other ideas? i must have tryed everything!
Travis, do you have any other hard drive, with Chameleon installed?
no i dont =/
I now what´s are all the problem beacause I had got this problem and its very easy.
The image it´s the special installation disk for tiger and it can´t be installed on a OSX86 pc, so…
http://img7.imageshack.us/i/dsc00554n.jpg/
Anyone know how to read kernal panic? I don’t understand at all. totally new to mac. Any idea how to solve?
How do you get your drive’s UUID if it is a new drive?? I have a leopard drive UUID – but no UUID for another….
thanks.
Phil
Thx but can i resize de screen?
any alternative if the drag driver doesn’t work?
Hi dude,
Thanks for this post! Really great!
any idea?
But I’ve a question, I have a dmg file, but I haven’t a mac. How I can install on my ASUS eee? I’ve not DVD DL
Thanks
Thanks for your guide, I followed it and all work in a Gigabyte EP35-DS3L (ALC889a + 9800gt 1gb) with some remarks:
- used my own DSDT without audio patch (your DSDT also works with audio errors so I prefer VoodoHDA that must be in S/L/E, not in /Extra/E)
- used Recommended bootloader
- used EFi string for nVidia 9800gt 1024mb
- used smbios.plist to match iMac model (yours match MacPro).
System boots well in 32 & 64, and Bonjour is OK with the ipconfig fix.
Thanks again.
ask a friend with a mac to clone the DMG to a USB 8G.
use a mac or hackintosh of a friend to create a chemaleon usb
,in other usb port to boot in .
I have a video showing how to boot from usb
erase it if not allowed .
http://konteudos.info/?p=1772
easy
Hey, just wondering if my computer is compatible
Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2H (rev 1.0)
AMD Phenom 8650 X3 2.3GHz
nVidia GeForce 9400GT
Ok, I’ve tried hundred’s of guides out of there, some are complex, some are useless, some are incomplete, I was so damn frustrated until I found this one that was easy to install via USB Install Snow Leopard on PC
6. Now Drag all the “.kext file” included in the DMG/Drivers into (Drag drivers heres…)
When i try to do the above it says: The volume fo “<—(drag Drivers here) Extensions" cannot be found. Insert the disk or connect to the server voluyme and wait for it to appear on the desktop, then try again.
@gabriel make sure the drive you want to install snow leopard on is called “snow” Its giving you that error because its trying to find the drive called Snow.
You are recommending this DSDT file for yours to people with P35 Gigabytes boards.
After doing some reading it seems that may not be compatible. I could be wrong on that and correct me if I am, but DSDT is edited for specific equipment on your MB. The P45 has a different chipset then the P35. Won’t that cause issues? Also not sure if the ethernet chipset is also the same on both.
Please advise, I have a P35.
Copo, I have the same problem with Kernel Panic. How did you fixed it?
6. Now Drag all the “.kext file” included in the DMG/Drivers into (Drag drivers heres…)
I get this error “The Alias <—(drag Drivers here) Extensions can not be opened because the original can not be found."
@Will . Make sure your drive your installing Snow Leopard on is called “Snow” . If that doesn’t work, manually put the .kext file into Snow/Extra/Extensions
Hey thanks so much for this great guide and for everyones helpful comments. I am really close to installing sl but when I boot into it I get an error logo above the apple logo then when I restart I have to reset my bios or else I get a chipsette errror. When I boot into verbose mode the last line is still waiting for root device and also half way through it says something about an error woth the voodoo kernel I’m using I already have leopard workin flawlessly no kp at all but I’d love to have sl!! Ps I did install chameleon to both leopard and sl but aman I can’t fond ur cmd
@Saif make sure you have installed the dsdt included, and make sure AHCI is enabled in your bios.
I get the still waiting for root device and I was wondering is using a voodoo kernel 9.5.0 ok I have leopard working perfectly on the 1st partition and I I’d install chameleon boot loader on both leopard and snowleopard if that makes a difference. Thanks r the guide and for the help!
Sorry for the second comment I
didn’t see ur reply I’ll try in morning n thanks for taking such short time to respond ps does installing chameleon on both partitions make a difference ? N the voodoo is ok?
Ps will dsdt work I don’t think I have a gigabyte chipset because my pc is a dell inspiron 530 but remember leopard is flawless and has been for 6 months and where should I put it on the sl partition
I got snow leopard no kp and everything is fine but the only program not working is quicktime x it just doesnt start when i click on it, it shows it on the dock but when i click on it while its open it doesnt open up. So what should i do also when i press shutdown it restarts immediatley
Can somebody help me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaOy2FD6dz4
I am always getting this kernel error. 10.5.8 works fine ;/
Kernel Panic text is:
npvhash=4095
Darwin Kernel Version 10.0.0: Fri Jul 31 22:48:25
vm_page_bootstrap: 1977999 free pages and 119148 wired pages
kext submap [0xffffff7f80600000 - 0xffffff0000000000], kernel text [0xffffff0000200000 - 0xffffff0000600000]
standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
mig_table_max_displ = 73
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80002cbf74): Kernel trap at 0xffffff00004f65c3, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x……….
Debugger called:
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame: Return Address
0xffffff88a28cba50…………
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Unknown
Mac OS version:
Not yet set
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.0.0: Fri Jul 31 22:46:25 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1456.1.25±1/RELEASE_X86_64
System uptime In nanoseconds: 63715772
Read more: http://www.teknojunkie.com/2009/08/guide-snow-leopard-on-pc-10a421a-10a432-coming-soon/#ixzz0c8nReN76
failed to load extension com.apple.driver .AppleACPIPlatform
couldn’t alloc class “AppleACPIPlatformExpert”
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00431D2D): “Unable to find driver for this platform
please help!
Looks like a very nice guide. A pitty though, it stops in the middle of nowhere
???
Installing Snow Leopard using lifehacker’s magic bootloader on usb stick onto Lenova Thinkpad SL410
intializes framework etc, then stalls at famous still waiting for root device stage…then it says unable to fully enumerate a usb device and then still waiting for root device
Any ideas re lenova thinkpad sl410 in general for SL/ Have read some issues
Any known workaround for this “still waiting for root device” message?
Where can I go to find the file/ext needed to make SL see the root device?
Suspect not seeing/supporting the hardrive…
TIA
Thanks!
Great instructional video. Wow, where did you find that song? That must be 80′s music.
Some instructions are ambigous :
5. Replace boot file in Snow Drive —- Where is boot file
6. Now Drag all the “.kext file” ———- Where is it?
- In your Extensions folder, ————– Where is Extension Folder
Hi
Some questions on the Instructions :
1- I have one HD with Two Partition, One is Tiger. Can I install SL on the Second?
2-In the first step,:
1. Mount your Snow Leopard DMG File.
Does it mean mounting to the Snow Drive?
3- Navigating to OSInstall.mpkg Does it mean running it?
When clicking this file nothing but error happens
Thanks,
@loloski
did you ever get rid of that kernel panic?????
This is by far the fastest/easiest TUT on how to install SL on a PC. Thanks.