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

[weaksauce12]

Weaksauce

 

When can we hope to see your DIY Time Capsule?

 

I am looking forward to this one.

 

I would also like to say this build is very solid I like it very much.

 

Thanks again for your hard work

 

Glad your system is working out for you!

 

I'll see about posting it within the next week or two. I'm still troubleshooting some stuff on people's systems, so I won't be doing the video screencast of this project until next week anyway. The DIY Time Capsule system is based on UNIX instead of Hackintosh, but it inter-operates with your Hackintosh and other computers. I should note, it removes the router functionality of the actual Time Capsule in favor of other things. In a nutshell, it's a guide to installing FreeNAS on any standard x86 PC and adding useful things like (1) Time Machine backup, (2) iTunes Server (shared central folder), and (3) RAID support (Hardware or Software). The NAS is surprisingly useful. You can do a lot of things with it:

 

1. Time Machine backup: For multiple computers

2. SuperDuper clone storage: Freeze your Hackintosh's "perfect installation" for off-system storage

3. iTunes Server: Shared central folder for single or multiple computers

4. Media Server for your Media Center: Works with VLC, Xbox Media Center, Plex, Front Row, Windows Media Center, Popcorn Hour, Tvix, etc. All of my DVD movies are stored in ISO format for network playback, as well as my MP3s and Photos.

5. Software Backup: I keep ISOs and DMGs of all of my software, including updates and serial numbers, safely stored on the NAS

6. Project Archiving: Safely archive old projects, such as completed videos, photo collections, school and work documents, etc.

7. Massive Storage: Supports individual 1TB hard drives and RAID sets, including Hardware and Software RAID. Safely use RAID 5, for example, for protected backup in case a disk fails.

8. FTP Server: Access your files remotely, away from home (or have really speedy LAN access to your files!)

9. Web-based GUI: No need to install the Airport software on each computer to access the server settings

 

Plus, it's really, really, really stable. Much better than a Drobo or other so-called "NAS" appliance too!

 

Hello -

 

I bought this motherboard and the recommended ethernet pci card based on the stellar reports from folks in this thread. I, like another guy in this thread, broke down my badaxe II based system to build this one, primarily because I could not successfully get my badaxe II to sleep. I've been a big fan of Weaksauce's work for a long time! Thanks!

 

I have a few issues with this install, and wonder of I could get some help:

 

1) After installing Kalyway 10.5.2, the hard drive will not boot unless the Kalway DVD is in the drive. That is, if I try to boot without the DVD in the drive, I am presented with the following error:

 

boot0: GPT

boot0: HFS+

boot0: booting

boot0: done

HFS+ partition error

 

How can I make that problem go away?

 

2) After steps 5,6,7 and 8 (which I did all of these steps and then rebooted - should I have rebooted in between each step?) I get an error on booting into Leopard titled "Disk Insertion" "the disk you inserted was not readable by this computer" (Initialize - Ignore - Eject).

 

The disk it is referring to is my separate sata hard drive that has my Windows XP installation. I don't want to have to reformat it. Have any of you experienced (and solved) this problem before?

 

3) Lastly, my machine does not wake from sleep. I suspect it is because my video card is the ATI HD2600 XT (256mb). I am using the Natit.kext file from netkas's web site. I read elsewhere in this thread that someone may have used a patch from the Kalyway 10.5.2 DVD to get that to work. But since my card is one that is used in stock Apple hardware, is there any way to insert an EFI string into the com.apple.boot.plist to make it work?

 

The jack-leg place I ordered this board from sent me an open-box one without me having ordered an open-box one, so I guess it could be a defective board. But I thought I'd ask if these are simple problems to fix before going through the hassle of sending it back.

 

Thanks for any advice!

 

Craigolio

 

Hey, that makes at least 3 of us who have ported over from the Bad Axe 2 Great board, but this is definitely better! We'll get you up and running, don't worry! Possibly could be a bad board. It should NOT require the Kalyway DVD to be in the drive in order to boot (haha...this was actually a problem specific to the Bad Axe 2. Had me pulling my hair out for MONTHS!). First question:

 

Are all of the BIOS settings on your board exactly the same as mine, and are you using the F7 BIOS?

 

Second question:

 

Have your run Memtest86+ overnight? If not, do a 6-pass test tonight.

[greythorne]

Anyone here tried VMware, Parallels or Virtualbox to run windows?

 

I could not any of these to work, basically the problem is when i tried to create a virtual machine the whole system hangs for no apparent reason and i have restart by pressing the reset button on my desktop system. Now i am left with no choice but to dual boot, i thought if i could get any of these programs to run then i could get away with dual boot thus avoiding switching back and forth between Mac and windows.

 

I need windows basically for my school work.

 

Anyone here tell me what to do?? Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks and regards.

[dci693]

Anyone here tried VMware, Parallels or Virtualbox to run windows?

Yes, you just missed the discussion a few posts back. Parallels and VMWare both run fine on these builds.

[weaksauce12]

Anyone here tried VMware, Parallels or Virtualbox to run windows?

 

I could not any of these to work, basically the problem is when i tried to create a virtual machine the whole system hangs for no apparent reason and i have restart by pressing the reset button on my desktop system. Now i am left with no choice but to dual boot, i thought if i could get any of these programs to run then i could get away with dual boot thus avoiding switching back and forth between Mac and windows.

 

I need windows basically for my school work.

 

Anyone here tell me what to do?? Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks and regards.

 

I use VMware and it works great! I'd really like to get my hands on an EP35 board...there seems to be a scattering of issues on them, using my guide. Works great on the P35, sometimes on the EP35, sometimes not. VMware is rock-solid on my machine, no issues to report of with v1.1.1.

[dci693]

I'd really like to get my hands on an EP35 board...there seems to be a scattering of issues on them, using my guide.

Mine should be delivered tomorrow. As I hope to make it my primary box, there will be much testing on it.

[andcraig]

I tried following this guide, but Kalyway is just hanging.

 

I'm running the GA-EP35-DS3l board with 2 gigs of RAM, a intel qx9650 and a SATA dvd drive and HDD, my GPU is a geforce 8600GT.

 

I set the BIOS as you instructed and then attempted to boot from the kalyway dvd I downloaded. I hit f8, then enter -v and hit enter and it appears to start working, but then the screen goes black and I see nothing.

 

Any suggestions?

[weaksauce12]

For those of you with clock drift on the EP35 boards, try installing the Chameleon EFI in the Cloning folder of the tutorial package. This should fix it (thanks Zaap!).

[steveoa3d]

Thanks to those that helped my with my install problem, I was trying to install the CHUD.pkg with the Kexthelper (duh).

 

If I install the Kext's in the next step I can't get the system to restart, just gets to the Apple logo screen and I get a small box with a circle and line though it.

 

AppleSMBIOS.kext (System driver, updated for Memory)

AppleAHCIPort.kext (SATA driver #1 of 2)

IOAHCIFamily.kext (SATA driver #2 of 2)

IOBluetoothFamily.kext (Bluetooth driver #1 of 2)

IOBluetoothHIDDriver.kext (Bluetooth driver #2 of 2)

 

Not sure what one of these updates breaks me, but one does for sure. I do have IDE turned on for my CDR and DVDR drives. I'm guessing this might be problem. I have a IDE to SATA adapter card that I used on an old IDE HDD, looks like the specs say it works on DVDR/CDR drives so I think I will try it on my DVDR so I can turn off IDE headers. I can live with one optical drive.

 

And it will not sleep for me, seems busy when I hit sleep but nothing happens.

 

Still need a firewire PCI card that works in OSX86, research that next....

 

Steveo

[MacInsanely]

Thanks to those that helped my with my install problem, I was trying to install the CHUD.pkg with the Kexthelper (duh).

 

If I install the Kext's in the next step I can't get the system to restart, just gets to the Apple logo screen and I get a small box with a circle and line though it.

 

AppleSMBIOS.kext (System driver, updated for Memory)

AppleAHCIPort.kext (SATA driver #1 of 2)

IOAHCIFamily.kext (SATA driver #2 of 2)

IOBluetoothFamily.kext (Bluetooth driver #1 of 2)

IOBluetoothHIDDriver.kext (Bluetooth driver #2 of 2)

 

Not sure what one of these updates breaks me, but one does for sure. I do have IDE turned on for my CDR and DVDR drives. I'm guessing this might be problem. I have a IDE to SATA adapter card that I used on an old IDE HDD, looks like the specs say it works on DVDR/CDR drives so I think I will try it on my DVDR so I can turn off IDE headers. I can live with one optical drive.

 

And it will not sleep for me, seems busy when I hit sleep but nothing happens.

 

Still need a firewire PCI card that works in OSX86, research that next....

 

Steveo

 

Hmm thats strange, I have those installed and my dvd-rw works fine on IDE. I even have a IDE harddrive on it.

[yochino]

Thanks to those that helped my with my install problem, I was trying to install the CHUD.pkg with the Kexthelper (duh).

 

If I install the Kext's in the next step I can't get the system to restart, just gets to the Apple logo screen and I get a small box with a circle and line though it.

 

AppleSMBIOS.kext (System driver, updated for Memory)

AppleAHCIPort.kext (SATA driver #1 of 2)

IOAHCIFamily.kext (SATA driver #2 of 2)

IOBluetoothFamily.kext (Bluetooth driver #1 of 2)

IOBluetoothHIDDriver.kext (Bluetooth driver #2 of 2)

 

Not sure what one of these updates breaks me, but one does for sure.

 

Steveo

 

Leave out the two bluetooth kexts and see if that helps. that's what was breaking my system

[Grayson]

I was able to update my BIOS on the EP35-DS3L with a USB flash drive to F5(the latest for the EP). I mistyped earlier when I said I had F6, I had F4. Still have the no resolution switch or get blue screen, slow Date and Time(loose 20 estimated minutes every real hour), will not wake from sleep, not able to edit SMBIOS to update my RAM from 800 to 1066 and VLC skips audio for me but QuickTime plays everything I throw at it beautifully. I am researching all these issue but no solutions as of yet so if anyone can clue me in it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks WeakSauce12 and everyone else too.

[seanmcgpa]

Glad your system is working out for you!

 

Hey, that makes at least 3 of us who have ported over from the Bad Axe 2 Great board, but this is definitely better! We'll get you up and running, don't worry! Possibly could be a bad board. It should NOT require the Kalyway DVD to be in the drive in order to boot (haha...this was actually a problem specific to the Bad Axe 2. Had me pulling my hair out for MONTHS!). First question:

 

Make that 4 of us. I have replaced two of my BadAxe2 rigs with the Gigabyte board using Weaksauce's guide. SOMEBODY BUY THAT GUY A BEER!

 

 

 

Anyone here tried VMware, Parallels or Virtualbox to run windows?

 

I could not any of these to work, basically the problem is when i tried to create a virtual machine the whole system hangs for no apparent reason and i have restart by pressing the reset button on my desktop system. Now i am left with no choice but to dual boot, i thought if i could get any of these programs to run then i could get away with dual boot thus avoiding switching back and forth between Mac and windows.

 

I need windows basically for my school work.

 

Anyone here tell me what to do?? Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks and regards.

 

I use Parallels flawless with Windows XP SP3 - the *only* thing I still use Windows for is Quicken. I have 10+ years of data in Quicken and couldn't stand to lose it all moving to the Mac (INTUIT - SUPPORT THE MAC!)

[lindmar]

Make that 4 of us. I have replaced two of my BadAxe2 rigs with the Gigabyte board using Weaksauce's guide. SOMEBODY BUY THAT GUY A BEER!

 

Actually 5 of us LOL

I bought two gigbytes, replaced a BA2 and am building another.

Really starting to get the HTPC itch.

[seanmcgpa]

Silly question - one of my (Hackin'Sauce) rigs has all 4 SATA ports used by up by hard drives (I installed using a SATA DVD Burner, then after Leopard was up and running I disconnected it in lieu of hard drives).

 

My wife is complaining she wants to occasionally listen to CDS in the rig - so how do I go about this? External 3.5 enclosure > USB?

 

I'd love to keep it internal - so leave the DVD Burner in the case and use some sort of SATA > USB doohickey?

 

Add a PCI card with extra SATA ports? What works with the Hackin'Sauce rigs?

 

 

 

 

 

Glad your system is working out for you!

 

I'll see about posting it within the next week or two. I'm still troubleshooting some stuff on people's systems, so I won't be doing the video screencast of this project until next week anyway. The DIY Time Capsule system is based on UNIX instead of Hackintosh, but it inter-operates with your Hackintosh and other computers. I should note, it removes the router functionality of the actual Time Capsule in favor of other things. In a nutshell, it's a guide to installing FreeNAS on any standard x86 PC and adding useful things like (1) Time Machine backup, (2) iTunes Server (shared central folder), and (3) RAID support (Hardware or Software). The NAS is surprisingly useful. You can do a lot of things with it:

 

1. Time Machine backup: For multiple computers

2. SuperDuper clone storage: Freeze your Hackintosh's "perfect installation" for off-system storage

3. iTunes Server: Shared central folder for single or multiple computers

4. Media Server for your Media Center: Works with VLC, Xbox Media Center, Plex, Front Row, Windows Media Center, Popcorn Hour, Tvix, etc. All of my DVD movies are stored in ISO format for network playback, as well as my MP3s and Photos.

5. Software Backup: I keep ISOs and DMGs of all of my software, including updates and serial numbers, safely stored on the NAS

6. Project Archiving: Safely archive old projects, such as completed videos, photo collections, school and work documents, etc.

7. Massive Storage: Supports individual 1TB hard drives and RAID sets, including Hardware and Software RAID. Safely use RAID 5, for example, for protected backup in case a disk fails.

8. FTP Server: Access your files remotely, away from home (or have really speedy LAN access to your files!)

9. Web-based GUI: No need to install the Airport software on each computer to access the server settings

 

Plus, it's really, really, really stable. Much better than a Drobo or other so-called "NAS" appliance too!

 

Weak,

 

I'm confused - is FreeNas an update to an actual Time Capsule? Or is it a program that runs in OSX and allows a Hackintosh to act as a NAS server?

[dci693]

Silly question - one of my (Hackin'Sauce) rigs has all 4 SATA ports used by up by hard drives (I installed using a SATA DVD Burner, then after Leopard was up and running I disconnected it in lieu of hard drives).

 

My wife is complaining she wants to occasionally listen to CDS in the rig - so how do I go about this? External 3.5 enclosure > USB?

 

I'd love to keep it internal - so leave the DVD Burner in the case and use some sort of SATA > USB doohickey?

 

Add a PCI card with extra SATA ports? What works with the Hackin'Sauce rigs?

If you're running one of the DS3L boards you could (gasp) enable IDE and get yourself an IDE DVD drive.

 

I guess you could hook it up via a USB connection and leave the drive in the case, but unless you have an internal USB plug, you'd have to route the cable from a rear port into the case, perhaps through a expansion slot cover.

[seanmcgpa]

If you're running one of the DS3L boards you could (gasp) enable IDE and get yourself an IDE DVD drive.

 

I guess you could hook it up via a USB connection and leave the drive in the case, but unless you have an internal USB plug, you'd have to route the cable from a rear port into the case, perhaps through a expansion slot cover.

 

Thanks - but for some reason my IDE burner gives me kernel panics (?) I know some people have IDE working (and can even install Kalyway from an IDE drive) but I wasn't one of the lucky ones

[steveoa3d]

Per my last post, I disconnected the IDE drives, disabled IDE in BIOS and now the unit sleeps and shuts down ! So I guess I'll grab a SATA DVD Burner and use that. I have an older IDE to USB adapter cable hooked to my current DVD Burner, ran the cable out the back of the case and into a USB port, rather ghetto but hey it works ! hehehe

 

Still not gonna install those Kexts, too scary ! My install is working great and I don't want to hose it, 5 installs in one day was plenty for a while.

 

Not installed

AppleSMBIOS.kext (System driver, updated for Memory)

AppleAHCIPort.kext (SATA driver #1 of 2)

IOAHCIFamily.kext (SATA driver #2 of 2)

IOBluetoothFamily.kext (Bluetooth driver #1 of 2)

IOBluetoothHIDDriver.kext (Bluetooth driver #2 of 2)

 

 

Now I need a PCI/PCIe firewaire card for my sony camcorder and I'm set.

 

Back to newegg....Thanks all !

 

Steveo

[seanmcgpa]

Hey guys - help the nub again

 

I purchased two Linksys WMP300Ns from Newegg and I just popped one into my bedroom rig.

 

Rebooted - but my "Hack'nSauce" doesn't see the new card. Do I need to install a kext for this card? Or reinstall Leopard from scratch?

 

As far as the CD issue I posted about earlier today, for {censored} and giggles I enabled my IDE controller and let Leopard boot with the IDE attached. Inserted a cd, played some tunes, even burned a DVD. No kernel panics. Apparently for me it was installing Kalyway on the IDE that had all the issues - once I temporarily used another SATA drive to get the OS up and running, I'm golden.

 

Or am I?

[dci693]

Hey guys - help the nub again

 

I purchased two Linksys WMP300Ns from Newegg and I just popped one into my bedroom rig.

 

Rebooted - but my "Hack'nSauce" doesn't see the new card. Do I need to install a kext for this card? Or reinstall Leopard from scratch?

 

As far as the CD issue I posted about earlier today, for {censored} and giggles I enabled my IDE controller and let Leopard boot with the IDE attached. Inserted a cd, played some tunes, even burned a DVD. No kernel panics. Apparently for me it was installing Kalyway on the IDE that had all the issues - once I temporarily used another SATA drive to get the OS up and running, I'm golden.

 

Or am I?

This text is from weaksauce12's section on network cards:

Network Card Note: Make sure you disable the onboard NIC in BIOS if you're using a fully-working PCI card. Also, make sure that you plug the network cable into the correct jack - the PCI card, not the motherboard's jack! If you are doing a fresh install of Leopard with a PCI card, make sure you have it installed in the case before doing the software installation!

Did you disable the onboard card? It seems to indicate that you need to have the new card in before installation.

 

On your IDE issues, only time will tell. If you're doing stuff that would've definitely panicked previously, but not doing it now, then you've got a pretty good chance of being good to go.

[seanmcgpa]

This text is from weaksauce12's section on network cards: Did you disable the onboard card? It seems to indicate that you need to have the new card in before installation.

 

On your IDE issues, only time will tell. If you're doing stuff that would've definitely panicked previously, but not doing it now, then you've got a pretty good chance of being good to go.

 

The onboard card is disabled (I had installed the PCI ethernet card he suggested from Newegg - do I have to remove that to get Airport working?)

[weaksauce12]

Thanks to those that helped my with my install problem, I was trying to install the CHUD.pkg with the Kexthelper (duh).

 

If I install the Kext's in the next step I can't get the system to restart, just gets to the Apple logo screen and I get a small box with a circle and line though it.

 

AppleSMBIOS.kext (System driver, updated for Memory)

AppleAHCIPort.kext (SATA driver #1 of 2)

IOAHCIFamily.kext (SATA driver #2 of 2)

IOBluetoothFamily.kext (Bluetooth driver #1 of 2)

IOBluetoothHIDDriver.kext (Bluetooth driver #2 of 2)

 

Not sure what one of these updates breaks me, but one does for sure. I do have IDE turned on for my CDR and DVDR drives. I'm guessing this might be problem. I have a IDE to SATA adapter card that I used on an old IDE HDD, looks like the specs say it works on DVDR/CDR drives so I think I will try it on my DVDR so I can turn off IDE headers. I can live with one optical drive.

 

And it will not sleep for me, seems busy when I hit sleep but nothing happens.

 

Still need a firewire PCI card that works in OSX86, research that next....

 

Steveo

 

Hah, I need to start a Wiki to keep track of everybody's setup. Remind me again, do you have a P35 or EP35? I haven't tried running IDE with the new Bluetooth and AHCI kexts on my system yet, so if you're running a P35 I'll hook that up this weekend and see if it gives me errors.

 

Also, sleep works perfectly on my system. Is your video card working correctly? QE/CI plus res change?

 

Silly question - one of my (Hackin'Sauce) rigs has all 4 SATA ports used by up by hard drives (I installed using a SATA DVD Burner, then after Leopard was up and running I disconnected it in lieu of hard drives).

 

My wife is complaining she wants to occasionally listen to CDS in the rig - so how do I go about this? External 3.5 enclosure > USB?

 

I'd love to keep it internal - so leave the DVD Burner in the case and use some sort of SATA > USB doohickey?

 

Add a PCI card with extra SATA ports? What works with the Hackin'Sauce rigs?

 

Weak,

 

I'm confused - is FreeNas an update to an actual Time Capsule? Or is it a program that runs in OSX and allows a Hackintosh to act as a NAS server?

 

Regarding PCI cards - any SIL3132-based card will work. I'm running a pair of Rosewill PCI RAID cards on mine. Also, my cards can be flashed to non-RAID cards using a different BIOS from Silicon Image. I'll give this a try over the weekend for you and let you know how that turns out. Bottom line, you should be able to get a 2-port card for around $25 to add more ports to your system. They're PCI Express too, so your regular PCI ports are free for Firewire or whatever you want to use.

 

FreeNAS is a separate, standalone BSD-based operating system. The concept is basically to remove the router functionality from Time Capsule and focus on making a dedicated computer for a NAS Server, with features such as a Time Machine backup server, iTunes server, etc. It's kind of like my Xbox Media Center tutorial...you take an Xbox and turn it into a quasi-AppleTV...it's not really an AppleTV, but for most functions it acts like one. The purpose of FreeNAS is to take any old (or new) x86-based PC computer and turn it into a file server for your enjoyment

 

This text is from weaksauce12's section on network cards: Did you disable the onboard card? It seems to indicate that you need to have the new card in before installation.

 

On your IDE issues, only time will tell. If you're doing stuff that would've definitely panicked previously, but not doing it now, then you've got a pretty good chance of being good to go.

 

Yeah, if you reboot a few times and nothing happens other than smooth operation, you're pretty much guaranteed to have a good system for the duration of your stay in Hackintosh land

 

As far as the network card goes, if you're installing a Wifi card you probably want to enable Onboard Networking so that it sees an Ethernet connection in the system. Leopard seems to spaz out if there's not some kind of Ethernet device either installed in a card slot or enabled onboard. Also, is that Linksys card you got supported on Hackintosh? If so, try moving it to a different card slot on the motherboard and then reboot. And see if there is a driver required for it.

[Suckerlove78]

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but here is a fix for onboard GA-P35-DS3L Ethernet:

 

1. Extract attached archive somewhere...

2. Open terminal and change directory to where you have extracted the archive.

3. Type the following commands:

 

chmod +x install_ethernet.sh

./install_ethernet.sh

 

Reboot your computer for changes to take effect.

 

This will fix the issue of, if you have DHCP configured and wake from sleep, you've lost network connectivity.

P35_DS3L_ethernet.zip

[seanmcgpa]

FreeNas sounds exciting - I need to figure out how to set one up.

 

I bought the Linksys WMP300N because everywhere I read said "works OOB". Doh.

[weaksauce12]

FreeNas sounds exciting - I need to figure out how to set one up.

 

I bought the Linksys WMP300N because everywhere I read said "works OOB". Doh.

 

Tried changing the PCI port yet?

[Joe Shit]

Hi Weaksauce12,

 

Thank you for your recipe: I've used your procedure up to and including Mac OS X 10.5.4, and everything worked fine on my system.

 

Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R with XPX nVidia GeForce 9600 GT video card.

However, since I updated Video (Step 6b) with NVinstaller v.52, setting it to 512MB, my system will only boot into the grey screen.

 

This problem may have been solved in the previous 20 pages, but the forum search function is not working for me.

 

Is it possible to reset to the default nVidia setup without redoing the whole setup ? Is there a specific setup which works with the GeForce 9600 GT at better than the lowest resolution ?

 

Joe