[Guide & Software] A Recipe for Delicious Leopard Soup - Now with Vanilla Flavor!

[Johnny V]

(JohnnyV)Looking forward to your plugin as i have the same board (EX38-DS4 board). But it seems to me that our board is really compatible, i didnt have to install many of the kext after the 10.5.4 update, ie no smbios, achi, ioachi and any of the bluetooth kext.

you?

Like you, DLing the guide now as i'm a OCnoob and like to OC my chip to 3.0ghz.

 

Hi CJMclean,

 

I need free hard drive to do the install and also time...so it might be a few days before I get to it. But yea I used PCWiz's and WeakSauce12's Kalaway guide for their board not our EX38-DS4 board, and the components were so dang similar that I really didn't have to change much. So this might be easier that we think!

 

Thanks again WeakSauce12 I read most of your guide last night and it's a work of art...much like The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo.

[weaksauce12]

@weaksauce12

 

Thanks for the prompt reply.

 

I gave up in the end, and did a cd-install instead of an image install - worked first time!

 

(btw - I had already tried re-downloading the zip, running it from the desktop and also my documents folder, to no avail. I was able to do the whole patching procedure successfully, except for the last 2 checkboxes : time machine fix and gfx driver, both of which produced the above error)

anyway got it working now with the cd-method, so thanks!

 

Hmm that's odd. Which distribution did you have before this install? The way Uinstaller works is that it creates a temporary folder in the Documents folder to work in, and from your error message it looks like it didn't have permission to create that folder, which means that the folder didn't exist when it went to copy the temporary files to that folder.

 

Hi CJMclean,

 

I need free hard drive to do the install and also time...so it might be a few days before I get to it. But yea I used PCWiz's and WeakSauce12's Kalaway guide for their board not our EX38-DS4 board, and the components were so dang similar that I really didn't have to change much. So this might be easier that we think!

 

There's a Developer folder inside my guide package; inside are various useful tools for creating your own Plugin for Uinstaller (which conveniently has a Plugin Maker built-in! I've included a copy of all the kexts inside the Kexts Files folder, which is broken down into two folders: Mkext Files and SLE Files. Mkext Files are the kext files that get wrapped up into a single Extensions.mkext file, and SLE Files are the two kexts that get copied to /System/Library/Extensions. These drivers are specifically tuned to the DS3L board and this board's quirks. The core kit that most people start out with, which are within the OSx86_Essentials plugin, also in the Developer folder. If you right-click on this plugin, you can show the package contents, which are:

 

1. Disabler.kext

2. AppleDecrypt.kext

3. OpenHaltRestart.kext

 

Disabler.kext is like AppleCPUPMdisabler.kext, but disablers more stuff (doesn't like the DS3L though). AppleDecrypt.kext is what decrypts Leopard's encryption, which allows it to boot on a PC. OpenHaltRestart.kext handles shutdown & restart properly. Those are the 3 core kexts that work on most boards, so I would advise you to start from there (copy that essentials Plugin to the Motherboards folder inside of the Installation folder to allow Uinstaller to see it) with a fresh install of Leopard, and start adding kexts one-by-one with Kext Helper to see what works with your system. Again my Developer's Guide will be out within a few days to more fully explain the process, but this is where the real work of doing a Hackintosh comes in - lots of testing!

[jaikob]

What exactly does DSDT do?

[weaksauce12]

What exactly does DSDT do?

 

It fixes RTC (Real Time Clock). The Developer releases of 10.5.6 required this patch, but the final version does not. It's completely unnecessary apparently. I've updated the Plugins and for the v1.1 release of my guide it won't be in there. But it doesn't hurt to install it.

[tmmuk]

Hmm that's odd. Which distribution did you have before this install? The way Uinstaller works is that it creates a temporary folder in the Documents folder to work in, and from your error message it looks like it didn't have permission to create that folder, which means that the folder didn't exist when it went to copy the temporary files to that folder.

 

 

Ahh ok. That hackintosh was on 10.5.4 (kalyway I think, or maybe leo4allv3 - can't remember), but if it's permissions related then that's probably because I always keep my home directory on a separate HDD (to facilitate reinstalls and get extra performance) - so that probably explains permissions problems with both desktop and documents folders.

[weaksauce12]

Ahh ok. That hackintosh was on 10.5.4 (kalyway I think, or maybe leo4allv3 - can't remember), but if it's permissions related then that's probably because I always keep my home directory on a separate HDD (to facilitate reinstalls and get extra performance) - so that probably explains permissions problems with both desktop and documents folders.

 

Ah yup, that would do it - it would be looking for the home directory on the same hard drive that Uinstaller was installed on. If you still have that Kalyway install running, do me a favor and put Unistaller in the Documents folder on the separate HDD and try running it from there. I'm curious to see if it would work correctly that way.

[tmmuk]

do me a favor and put Unistaller in the Documents folder on the separate HDD and try running it from there. I'm curious to see if it would work correctly that way.

 

It's not running anymore sorry, but I'm pretty sure I've already done that. What I tried:

 

run uinstaller from ds3l folder located at:

/Volumes/Data/[myusername]/Documents

/Volumes/Data/[myusername]/Desktop

 

neither worked. (/Volumes/Data is my secondary HDD, /Volumes/Leopard is my primary OS hdd)

[weaksauce12]

It's not running anymore sorry, but I'm pretty sure I've already done that. What I tried:

 

run uinstaller from ds3l folder located at:

/Volumes/Data/[myusername]/Documents

/Volumes/Data/[myusername]/Desktop

 

neither worked. (/Volumes/Data is my secondary HDD, /Volumes/Leopard is my primary OS hdd)

 

Ah, it would have looked for the directory based on where the main directory was located, which would have been /Volumes/Users/[username]/Documents. In this case, if you have a separate HDD for user folders, you can (1) install the Leopard image to the Hackintosh SATA drive, (2) burn a BootCD to allow it boot up, and (3) follow the rest of the DVD install guide (i.e. installing Uinstaller after Leopard installation).

[tmmuk]

Ah, it would have looked for the directory based on where the main directory was located, which would have been /Volumes/Users/[username]/Documents. In this case, if you have a separate HDD for user folders, you can (1) install the Leopard image to the Hackintosh SATA drive, (2) burn a BootCD to allow it boot up, and (3) follow the rest of the DVD install guide (i.e. installing Uinstaller after Leopard installation).

 

 

ok great thanks, I'll bear that in mind if I ever need to do a more speedy reinstall.

 

mmmm I was wondering why the Uinstaller stuff happens before booting into the hackintosh (for the hdd-guide) as opposed to after the boot (for the dvd-guide). I suppose it's so that you can avoid any need for a boot-132 disc in the hdd guide?

 

EDIT: as an aside, am I safe to relocate my user folder back onto the separate drive once I've finished the install, without experiencing adverse effects (there's no dependency on the /Users folder being located on the main hdd once the install is finished, right?)

[weaksauce12]

ok great thanks, I'll bear that in mind if I ever need to do a more speedy reinstall.

 

mmmm I was wondering why the Uinstaller stuff happens before booting into the hackintosh (for the hdd-guide) as opposed to after the boot (for the dvd-guide). I suppose it's so that you can avoid any need for a boot-132 disc in the hdd guide?

 

With the DVD install, you are starting off with a Leopard DVD, a Boot CD, and a blank HDD on a DS3L system. There is nothing on the hard drive, so you use the BootCD to swap out with the Leopard DVD and then install Leopard (Leopard DVD can't boot without EFI, and the BootCD has an EFI emulator). But Leopard, once installed, can't boot without a Bootloader on a PC, so we have to pop back in the BootCD to do the initial Leopard setup (welcome screen and all that). Now that we're at the desktop, we can install a Bootloader, plus drivers (Uinstaller does this). No more need for the temporary BootCD. So it's simply a matter of doing things in the proper order due to the necessity of the situation.

 

With the Hard Drive install, we can install Leopard onto the secondary drive right from our desktop GUI. Because we're already in a Mac environment, Uinstaller can run. So we can use Uinstaller nowto install the Bootloader (and drivers), which allows Leopard to boot up on a PC - this means that we don't need a temporary BootCD, because we can just throw the Bootloader on the hard drive now, because we already have Leopard installed to the previously-blank Hackintosh hard drive. With the DVD install, we don't have this luxury because we have no way of install Leopard or Uinstaller beforehand. It's merely a convenience trick. Also, when paired with a Leopard disc image, you can cut your install time in half easily, since a hard drive is much faster than a DVD disc to install from.

 

EDIT: as an aside, am I safe to relocate my user folder back onto the separate drive once I've finished the install, without experiencing adverse effects (there's no dependency on the /Users folder being located on the main hdd once the install is finished, right?)

 

Sure.

[tmmuk]

Ok 3 things:

 

1. My belkin wireless G pci card (f5d7001uk) works OTB no drivers needed ()

 

2. PS/2 mouse support isn't working for me at all

 

3. After wake from sleep, keyboard and mouse take 5-10 secs to start working (or maybe that's)

[K2`]

after installing the 10.5.5 combo update and push restarts.. it says something about updating caches... so click ok.. and now it just sits there... how long do i have to wait? lol... do i just hard shutdown the pc?

 

 

 

Update: ok.. now bootup just times out... with a -v bootup.. i think i'll install it again...

[Vis]

Ok, how big is an official Leopard install disc? The one I found seems much too large to fit on a single dvd..

[flagtuck]

Ok, how big is an official Leopard install disc? The one I found seems much too large to fit on a single dvd..

I can't remember if its a dual layer disk or if all the images online are full of bloated malware. If you "find" it at the apple store, you will not have to worry about this.

[Vis]

I can't remember if its a dual layer disk or if all the images online are full of bloated malware. If you "find" it at the apple store, you will not have to worry about this.

 

I appears to be a dual layer dvd. I've just never used one before, so that's new. I'll give that a shot.

[macgirl]

Also, we are currently using AppleCPUPMdisabler.kext to disable CPU Power Management. I know that Disabler.kext is newer and better, but it doesn't like our boards very much. Not only does it kill a whole bunch of cosmetic stuff in System Profiler, but it also disables other features on our motherboards, so I'm skipping it for now

 

Did you try NullCPUPowerManagement instead, I use it and no problems at all.

 

All we need now is to get 10.5.6 working.

Hopefully now that you have your guide out, others will take the plunge and try getting 10.5.6 working.

What parts are incompatible with 10.5.6 ?

I am running 10.5.6 on my P35-DSL3 without DSTD, no probs at all.

[weaksauce12]

Ok, how big is an official Leopard install disc? The one I found seems much too large to fit on a single dvd..

 

About 8 gigs

[Vis]

Did you try NullCPUPowerManagement instead, I use it and no problems at all.

What parts are incompatible with 10.5.6 ?

I am running 10.5.6 on my P35-DSL3 without DSTD, no probs at all.

 

Before I nuked it, I also had 10.5.6 working just fine on my ds3l, granted it was iDeneb, but it worked fine.

 

About 8 gigs

 

I see what you did there.

 

[weaksauce12]

after installing the 10.5.5 combo update and push restarts.. it says something about updating caches... so click ok.. and now it just sits there... how long do i have to wait? lol... do i just hard shutdown the pc?

Update: ok.. now bootup just times out... with a -v bootup.. i think i'll install it again...

 

Tell me about how you installed Leopard & what your hardware setup is like.

 

Ok 3 things:

 

1. My belkin wireless G pci card (f5d7001uk) works OTB no drivers needed ()

 

2. PS/2 mouse support isn't working for me at all

 

3. After wake from sleep, keyboard and mouse take 5-10 secs to start working (or maybe that's)

 

1. Awesome!

 

2. Perhaps a BIOS setting is off?

 

3. USB K/M or PS/2 K/M? It should work instantly either way.

 

Did you try NullCPUPowerManagement instead, I use it and no problems at all.

 

What parts are incompatible with 10.5.6 ?

I am running 10.5.6 on my P35-DSL3 without DSTD, no probs at all.

 

I've messed with the CPU PM stuff, it's not that. I tried the 10.5.5 kext, I tried Disabler, I tried CPUPMdisabler, removing DSDT, etc. etc. etc. Something else is mucking it up. Just been swamped trying to get the 10.5.5 guide out haha. I'll poke around with it more this week, hopefully I can make some progress.

[Auzigog]

Current kext package is buggy, so I won't pass it on just yet to save you the headache I gotta do some reading on this ICH10 stuff and figure out what goes where!

 

Ok. Well I know I can't go another few days without this working. And I have found every thread on this board relating to the UD3P and the UD3R and PMed a few people about which kexts/bootloader they used. Once I get everything working, I'll let you know about my install process and hopefully it will help you.

 

Also, I'm keep track of my progress here: http://wiki.auzigog.com/Hackintosh_v2_(GA-...UD3P)#Attempt_1

[weaksauce12]

Ok. Well I know I can't go another few days without this working. And I have found every thread on this board relating to the UD3P and the UD3R and PMed a few people about which kexts/bootloader they used. Once I get everything working, I'll let you know about my install process and hopefully it will help you.

 

Swapping out my board tomorrow, if I don't make much progress then I'll just PM you the plugin as-is.

[K2`]

Tell me about how you installed Leopard & what your hardware setup is like.

 

DS3L rev2.0 w/ q6600

8800GT

2 gig pc1066

seagate 500 gig SATA HD

 

i've had leopard already installed ...except my video didn't work properly.. e.g. VLC wouldn't be able to play anything.. just black screen wiht audio... also on xbench.. the opengl tests didn't run. so i thought i would just redo the whole thing with your guide.

 

it boots up ok after install, but after i do the uinstaller and 10.5.5 combo update is when it hangs on bootup

 

i have an IDE dvd drive.. so i thought that was the problem, so i stuck it in a USB enclosure.. did the whole reinstall.. but same thing. I've checked the bios settings and made it exactly the same as what you have. The only difference is my bios version is F8a and not F7.

 

so recap.. install method was following your guide:

 

1. boot with boot cd using usb enclosure

2. install **edit** leopard 10.5.0 disc

3. boot into leopard with boot cd

4. ran the uinstaller, also did not check the video card efi string because i have the 8800gt

5. ran combo update and rebooted .. this is where it hangs

 

running mem test right now.. almost done test#6

[weaksauce12]

DS3L rev2.0 w/ q6600

8800GT

2 gig pc1066

seagate 500 gig SATA HD

 

i've had leopard already installed ...except my video didn't work properly.. e.g. VLC wouldn't be able to play anything.. just black screen wiht audio... also on xbench.. the opengl tests didn't run. so i thought i would just redo the whole thing with your guide.

 

it boots up ok after install, but after i do the uinstaller and 10.5.5 combo update is when it hangs on bootup

 

i have an IDE dvd drive.. so i thought that was the problem, so i stuck it in a USB enclosure.. did the whole reinstall.. but same thing. I've checked the bios settings and made it exactly the same as what you have. The only difference is my bios version is F8a and not F7.

 

so recap.. install method was following your guide:

 

1. boot with boot cd using usb enclosure

2. install **edit** leopard 10.5.0 disc

3. boot into leopard with boot cd

4. ran the uinstaller, also did not check the video card efi string because i have the 8800gt

5. ran combo update and rebooted .. this is where it hangs

 

So you installed 10.5.5 and rebooted - without ever having checked the video card box?

 

What driver were you using previously for your video card? How much VRAM does it have?

[K2`]

So you installed 10.5.5 and rebooted - without ever having checked the video card box?

 

What driver were you using previously for your video card? How much VRAM does it have?

 

 

yes.. didn't check the box.

 

i have 512 on my card.. i was using nvinject 0.2.1 512MB .. but then i tried a whole bunch of different installers.. like nvidia installer by Punk92.. etc

[K2`]

so i did it a bit backwards... instead of running the uinstaller then update.. i did it the other way around.. and now i'm able to boot up... ran update.. then uinstaller with the video string checked off

 

i am now running all the updates except for 10.5.6 .. hopefully everything will work if i keep chugging through the guide.. *crosses fingers*