[GUIDE] Retail OS X Install (10.5.8) on Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 (Core i7) Mobo

[digital_dreamer]

I didn't reinstall yet. This is the actual partion I tried to boot with yesterday.

 

What should I try now ? I mean, why should I reinstall again with setting I know from dont work ?

 

What is your advice ? Should I try to install a distro on my i7 and install the retail install from there ? Would that make a difference ?

From where I'm standing, I don't have a clear answer to what's wrong. It's hard to troubleshoot something long distance. Many things at play here.

But, one thing is for sure: the method and install procedure works. But, there are a lot of little details that can easily be overlooked or ignored. Happens all the time. I do it plenty of times. That's why we keep at it until we are successful.

 

You could install a distro, as that would provide you two things: (1) a working system and (2) a maintenance drive to work from, instead of swapping drives with another system. This will help reduce the pain.

Got nothing to lose but time.

 

Or, you can give it another reinstall. Should only take 30 minutes tops, or 15 minutes if you rush.

 

regards,

MAJ

[mangopeach]

From where I'm standing, I don't have a clear answer to what's wrong. It's hard to troubleshoot something long distance. Many things at play here.

But, one thing is for sure: the method and install procedure works. But, there are a lot of little details that can easily be overlooked or ignored. Happens all the time. I do it plenty of times. That's why we keep at it until we are successful.

 

You could install a distro, as that would provide you two things: (1) a working system and (2) a maintenance drive to work from, instead of swapping drives with another system. This will help reduce the pain.

Got nothing to lose but time.

 

Or, you can give it another reinstall. Should only take 30 minutes tops, or 15 minutes if you rush.

 

regards,

MAJ

 

psst. dreamer. u have any clues for me about how to get diskutility to make a raid. Whether I stripe or mirror it get through until the end of making the raid and when it tries to remount the newly created raid it says it cant be found and errors out. Gotta keep my psd's safe mang (btw its gangstah that you started with PS 1.0 - I can only claim 2.0 when alpha channels were the rage !)

[Crash4419]

DD, I am going doing a full reinstall right now share all the steps I followed and will share the results.

 

Hardware:

 

Intel Core i7 920 *Not Overclocked*

Gigabyte GA-X58-UD4P (rev 1.0) F7 BIOS

12GB G.SKILL DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) *Not Overclocked*

SAPPHIRE 100259L Radeon HD 4870 512MB

 

Target Drive - Western Digital VelociRaptor *Plugged into Intel ICH10R SATA Port 0*

Secondary Drive - Western Digital Caviar *Plugged into ICH10R SATA Port 1*

 

1. BIOS Settings:

 

*Loaded Optimized Defaults and made the following changes*

 

MB Intelligent Tweaker

 

Advanced CPU Features > C3/C6/C7 State Support - Enabled

 

Standard CMOS Features

 

Drive A - None

 

Advanced BIOS Features

 

First Boot Device - CDROM

Second Boot Device - Hard Drive

Third Boot Device - Disabled

HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability - Enabled

 

Integrated Peripherals

 

SATA RAID/AHCI Mode - AHCI

SATA Port0-3 Native Mode - Enabled

USB Keyboard Function - Enabled

USB Mouse Function - Enabled

Onboard SATA/IDE Device - Disabled

 

Power Management Setup

 

HPET Mode - 64-bit mode

 

2. Installation:

 

- Boot pre-installed OSX86 installation on Secondary Drive which runs the 9.6.0 Voodoo kernel

- Run Disk Utility and partition Target Drive as 1 Partition GUID Mac OS Extended (Journaled) labeled as 'OSX86'

- Quit Disk Utility, unzip current X58_Mobo_Installer.zip as of 4/26/2009 and run 'RUN-PATCHER'

- Enter password, select 'OSX86' disk0s2

- Install bootloader (pre-patch)

- Set partition as active

- Mount Mac OS X Install DVD 10.5 Retail.dmg, Run Retail DVD installer, de-select Printer Drivers and Language Translations

- Mount MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.5.dmg, Install to Target Drive

- Modify Boot plist for post-patch script, Kernel Flags, MemSpeed=1333, added -v & -f

- Run kext installer

- Run DSDT patcher

- Modify processor info, Press Enter, change from Unknown to Intel Core i7 920 CPU

- Modify 'About this Mac' graphic, change to option 10 'OSX Chrome Gigabyte'

- Select 14, Reboot

 

3. Results:

 

- System boots into Chameleon Boot Loader

- Hangs at Apr 29 18:22:56 localhost mDNSResponder [37]: Couldn't read user-specified local hostname; using default bMacPro-001FD0DBEC87.localb instead

- Also memory is being set to 1600Mhz despite changes

 

EDIT: I just tried booting with only Loaded Optimized Defaults with no changes except

 

SATA RAID/AHCI Mode - AHCI

USB Mouse/Keyboard - Enabled

 

and the system continues to hang

[mangopeach]

DD, I am going doing a full reinstall right now share all the steps I followed and will share the results.

 

...

 

- System boots into Chameleon Boot Loader

- Hangs at Apr 29 18:22:56 localhost mDNSResponder [37]: Couldn't read user-specified local hostname; using default bMacPro-001FD0DBEC87.localb instead

- Also memory is being set to 1600Mhz despite changes

 

couple thoughts...

• try taking the dvd out of the boot process set the 'osx86' volume as first in boot order in bios (probably isnt it but its a variable to remove)
  
• repair permissions through diskutility from the utility drive to 'osx86'
  
• make sure the the 'extra' folder on 'osx86' has the right boot.plist
  

[Crash4419]

- The OSX86 volume is the 1st hard drive listed under 'Hard Disk Boot Priority' in Advanced BIOS Features.

 

- I changed the 'First Boot Device' to 'Hard Disk' and disabled the Second and Third.

 

- I booted into my utility drive, repaired the permissions on 'OSX86' through disk utility.

 

- The extra folder on 'OSX86' contains a com.apple.boot.plist which reads the following:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>Boot Graphics</key>

<string>Yes</string>

<key>Graphics Mode</key>

<string>1280x1024x32</string>

<key>Kernel</key>

<string>mach_kernel</string>

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>MemSpeed=1333 -v -f MemType=DDR3</string>

<key>Timeout</key>

<string>5</string>

</dict>

</plist>

 

Nothing is different

[joeblough]

Integrated Peripherals

 

SATA RAID/AHCI Mode - AHCI

SATA Port0-3 Native Mode - Enabled

USB Keyboard Function - Enabled

USB Mouse Function - Enabled

Onboard SATA/IDE Device - Disabled

 

is this a transcription error, or do you really have Onboard SATA/IDE device disabled? this should be enabled, and set to ACHI mode.

 

also there doesnt happen to be a uuid string for the boot device in your com.apple.Boot.plist, is there?

[iTestTube]

psst. dreamer. u have any clues for me about how to get diskutility to make a raid.

 

mangopeach, I've seen this problem with my recent DD install also. And I've seen it with 9.6.3, 9.6.0 also. Haven't tried the voodoo kernels yet. Here's what I did to fix it.

 

Funny, I'm eating a mango now, champagne, its really good.

 

1. Create the RAID array just like you have and let it error out.

 

2. Reboot.

 

3. Delete the RAID array. Recreate the RAID array. Done.

 

I haven't been successful with booting the my Striped RAID array yet. I like the simple and clear process outlined in using the /Extra folder Chameleon and DD's script. Copying the /Extra folders to the "Boot" drives is just as complicated as using the EFI partition. I digress.

 

Not to mention my attention span is

 

Oh look! A Chicken...

[Crash4419]

is this a transcription error, or do you really have Onboard SATA/IDE device disabled? this should be enabled, and set to ACHI mode.

 

also there doesnt happen to be a uuid string for the boot device in your com.apple.Boot.plist, is there?

 

There is no UUID string in the Extra folder's com.apple.Boot.plist.

 

The Onboard SATA/IDE device I have disabled is the JMicron Controller since I never use it, I tried booting with it enabled and set to AHCI; that changed nothing

[tgintheworld]

- The OSX86 volume is the 1st hard drive listed under 'Hard Disk Boot Priority' in Advanced BIOS Features.

 

- I changed the 'First Boot Device' to 'Hard Disk' and disabled the Second and Third.

 

- I booted into my utility drive, repaired the permissions on 'OSX86' through disk utility.

 

- The extra folder on 'OSX86' contains a com.apple.boot.plist which reads the following:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>Boot Graphics</key>

<string>Yes</string>

<key>Graphics Mode</key>

<string>1280x1024x32</string>

<key>Kernel</key>

<string>mach_kernel</string>

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>MemSpeed=1333 -v -f MemType=DDR3</string>

<key>Timeout</key>

<string>5</string>

</dict>

</plist>

 

Nothing is different

 

I tried installing Chameleon 2 manually (not using DD's script) on one of my drives and I'm getting the same thing now. From what I'm reading, it could be related to the permissions of the kexts in your /Extra directory. Mine is on my EFI partition, but I don't think that really matters. There doesn't seem to be a definitive answer out there on how to solve this issue, but you might want to read this: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=83509

[joeblough]

There is no UUID string in the Extra folder's com.apple.Boot.plist.

 

The Onboard SATA/IDE device I have disabled is the JMicron Controller since I never use it, I tried booting with it enabled and set to AHCI; that changed nothing

 

yeah thats true, i didnt realize it was the jmicron. i got nothin'

[digital_dreamer]

psst. dreamer. u have any clues for me about how to get diskutility to make a raid. Whether I stripe or mirror it get through until the end of making the raid and when it tries to remount the newly created raid it says it cant be found and errors out. Gotta keep my psd's safe mang (btw its gangstah that you started with PS 1.0 - I can only claim 2.0 when alpha channels were the rage !)

LOL RE PS 2.0! You must be an "oldy-folgy" like me!

 

You know, I don't know much about the RAID setups. But, my question is: Is this setup known to work, or did it work on prior kernels or bootloaders? I know someone else couldn't get a RAID setup going on Cham2 (according to the Cham2 team's instructions) and had to change his install process slightly. Can't vouch for it, though.

 

DD, I am going doing a full reinstall right now share all the steps I followed and will share the results.

 

<Install process>

 

and the system continues to hang

hmmm. Your install process appears to cover all the necessary details. It's detailed in all the necessary areas.

The fact that the 1600Mhz variable is still in the log leads me to believe the bootloader just isn't loading from /Extra, unless that variable is inside the AppleSMBIOS.kext in /Extra.

Is there evidence from the log that it's loading Extensions from /Extra or just S/L/E? On the other hand, if it wasn't loading anything from /Extra, I think you'd get a KP in the log, as the Disabler.kext wouldn't be loading and blacklisting the AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext.

 

Is anyone else coming to the same conclusions as I am that the bootloader is not consistently loading from /Extra or is having problems loading the latest version of the System.kext?

 

Have you tried coping the matching System.kext to S/L/E? I'm curious regarding that possible solution.

 

EDIT: Can you boot with the -x flag at the prompt? (as per recent post on this issue).

I'm wondering if the -F flag would help here, too.

 

EDIT SEQUEL: If you do a Get Info on your mounted drive icon while not booted from it, does the "Ignore ownership on this volume" option appear? I'm trying to determine if the set ownership command is getting through. I have that command executed prior to any kext installs.

 

regards,

MAJ

[worthingtoni]

Wow, this thread grows very fast. However about the USB issue, placing the System.kext in /S/L/E did the trick for me.

 

I've got another issue as well. When I'm clicking on a mp3 link in either Safari or Firefox and Quicktime loads in the browser, the browser sometimes stops to respond and eventually forces me to do a hard reset. I think this problem only occur when Quicktime is working together with a web browser but I'm not absolutely sure.

 

Anyone else got this same problem? I got this problem earlier as well with my old Core2Duo Hackintosh so probably it's not a specific thing for this mobo.

 

Jon

[sdstever]

You probably got the infamous dead LAN, I got that twice this week as I was testing BIOS settings. You'll need to shut off system and unplug for 10 seconds or so. Or, you can clear the CMOS. If you do the CMOS clear, make sure you saved your BIOS settings, so you can reloaded them.

 

 

MAJ

 

Yep, that did the trick! Now I've got my system almost 100% working. Slight issue with the video card...

 

It's a GeForce 9800 GT 512 mb DDR3. I can't get it to recognize quartz extreme. I also don't have the fancy translucent menus, but I think that might be related to the QE. I've attached what System Profiler is giving me.

 

I've tried swapping out NVinject and NVkush... had to reformat the EFI a couple times. Any ideas on this one?

 

OH, and I tried installing Windows Vista Ultimate 64 with Parallels 4.0 today, and it kernel panicked every time. Is this a known issue? What's the best way to run Vista on this machine?

 

Many thanks!

 

[mangopeach]

Yep, that did the trick! Now I've got my system almost 100% working. Slight issue with the video card...

 

It's a GeForce 9800 GT 512 mb DDR3. I can't get it to recognize quartz extreme. I also don't have the fancy translucent menus, but I think that might be related to the QE. I've attached what System Profiler is giving me.

 

I've tried swapping out NVinject and NVkush... had to reformat the EFI a couple times. Any ideas on this one?

 

OH, and I tried installing Windows Vista Ultimate 64 with Parallels 4.0 today, and it kernel panicked every time. Is this a known issue? What's the best way to run Vista on this machine?

 

Many thanks!

 

 

have you tried an efi graphics string? search for aquamac and your card. I have a 9800gtx+ and full everything.

[Asterra]

Hah. I'm still struggling to get graphics working on my 4870 before I even investigate things like audio and USB. Seven installs, using variations of the ATI guide, and alternations between DVI port 1 & 2, and it still flashes blue and goes black, at about the time when normally it should have a blue screen for about eight seconds and then bring up the desktop.

 

This'll officially be the first day I spend 8+ hours on this project and achieve zero progress.

[Crash4419]

LOL RE PS 2.0! You must be an "oldy-folgy" like me!

 

You know, I don't know much about the RAID setups. But, my question is: Is this setup known to work, or did it work on prior kernels or bootloaders? I know someone else couldn't get a RAID setup going on Cham2 (according to the Cham2 team's instructions) and had to change his install process slightly. Can't vouch for it, though.

 

 

hmmm. Your install process appears to cover all the necessary details. It's detailed in all the necessary areas.

The fact that the 1600Mhz variable is still in the log leads me to believe the bootloader just isn't loading from /Extra, unless that variable is inside the AppleSMBIOS.kext in /Extra.

Is there evidence from the log that it's loading Extensions from /Extra or just S/L/E? On the other hand, if it wasn't loading anything from /Extra, I think you'd get a KP in the log, as the Disabler.kext wouldn't be loading and blacklisting the AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext.

 

Is anyone else coming to the same conclusions as I am that the bootloader is not consistently loading from /Extra or is having problems loading the latest version of the System.kext?

 

Have you tried coping the matching System.kext to S/L/E? I'm curious regarding that possible solution.

 

EDIT: Can you boot with the -x flag at the prompt? (as per recent post on this issue).

I'm wondering if the -F flag would help here, too.

 

EDIT SEQUEL: If you do a Get Info on your mounted drive icon while not booted from it, does the "Ignore ownership on this volume" option appear? I'm trying to determine if the set ownership command is getting through. I have that command executed prior to any kext installs.

 

regards,

MAJ

 

From my utility drive I copied the extensions from /Extra to /System/Library/Extensions.

 

I also deleted Extensions.mkext and replaced it with the one located in /Extra and I replaced the com.apple.boot.plist in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ with the one located in /Extra

 

The 'Ignore ownership on this volume' option appears but it was grayed out with a lock next to it, I clicked on the lock, entered my password and the option IS NOT checked off.

 

ALSO, the com.apple.boot.plist located in /Extra is set to boot with -v -f which it does. I tried -x but that didn't help.

 

All in all, the boot log of the 'OSX86' drive vs my utility drive are quite different. It does seem as if the bootloader is not loading the extensions properly. Would it be possible to go back to the PC-EFI bootloader?

 

Hah. I'm still struggling to get graphics working on my 4870 before I even investigate things like audio and USB. Seven installs, using variations of the ATI guide, and alternations between DVI port 1 & 2, and it still flashes blue and goes black, at about the time when normally it should have a blue screen for about eight seconds and then bring up the desktop.

 

This'll officially be the first day I spend 8+ hours on this project and achieve zero progress.

 

My SAPPHIRE 100259L Radeon HD 4870 512MB as seen here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814102810 works great straight into a DVI 1440x900 monitor.

 

Simply use the Natit.kext located in DD's install package and then install the following package: http%3A//www.mediafire.com/%3Fmz1leyhyolh However be sure to customize the install and de-select Natit.kext. In addition you want to always boot with -f

 

Now I notice the forum topic [http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=155477] which I followed a month or so back has changed with the addition of OpenGL.framework and ATY_Motmot.kext, I have not tried using those, maybe they fix sleep?

[adhir]

what boot method are you using? i have not seen this problem with the original D_D script or the new one using /Extra. i've only seen it when using the EFI partition install (wolfienuke)

 

I installed from a copy of iatkos 5i I have sitting around, which uses pc_efi_v9, with the Extra folder. I am not using the EFI partition stuff.

[garhunie]

first off great work DD. I've just tried to use your new script, but it wouldn't boot, I get the same error as Crash4419. I've also followed your suggested steps with no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[joeblough]

There is no UUID string in the Extra folder's com.apple.Boot.plist.

 

The Onboard SATA/IDE device I have disabled is the JMicron Controller since I never use it, I tried booting with it enabled and set to AHCI; that changed nothing

 

i just thought of something to try, have you tried rd=diskXsY as part of your boot string?

[airwalk776]

Hello All

 

Just wanted to get everyone's take on this issue I have been having. On a EVGA x58 SLI MOBo and EVGA 9800 GTX+ SC. Even when bios is at default voltages no OC. I get (random) video crashes. At any given time the screen will become greenish in tint and vertical bars about 1/2 inch apart. (grey and red) It can run for days with any issues or happen few times a day. The mouse still works but I cant select anything. I am not running any kext like nvinject or natit or kush just the GFX string in the EFI com.apple.boot.plist. I was thinking about RMA'ing the card any thoughts on this or anyone experience this in the past?

 

Thanks

[digital_dreamer]

From my utility drive I copied the extensions from /Extra to /System/Library/Extensions.

 

I also deleted Extensions.mkext and replaced it with the one located in /Extra and I replaced the com.apple.boot.plist in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ with the one located in /Extra

 

The 'Ignore ownership on this volume' option appears but it was grayed out with a lock next to it, I clicked on the lock, entered my password and the option IS NOT checked off.

 

ALSO, the com.apple.boot.plist located in /Extra is set to boot with -v -f which it does. I tried -x but that didn't help.

 

All in all, the boot log of the 'OSX86' drive vs my utility drive are quite different. It does seem as if the bootloader is not loading the extensions properly. Would it be possible to go back to the PC-EFI bootloader?

Well, here's what I'll do: instead of the PC-EFI v9 bootloader, I'll upload the original kexts we had for the boot-132 setup and those can be installed in S/L/E. It'll be the same setup we used to have, but with the new bootloader. This setup won't depend on the bootloader loading kexts from /Extra, so that shouldn't be a issue.

 

first off great work DD. I've just tried to use your new script, but it wouldn't boot, I get the same error as Crash4419. I've also followed your suggested steps with no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Disappointing. I'll upload the original kexts for the boot-132 setup, as I'm doing for Crash4419.

 

Hello All

 

Just wanted to get everyone's take on this issue I have been having. On a EVGA x58 SLI MOBo and EVGA 9800 GTX+ SC. Even when bios is at default voltages no OC. I get (random) video crashes. At any given time the screen will become greenish in tint and vertical bars about 1/2 inch apart. (grey and red) It can run for days with any issues or happen few times a day. The mouse still works but I cant select anything. I am not running any kext like nvinject or natit or kush just the GFX string in the EFI com.apple.boot.plist. I was thinking about RMA'ing the card any thoughts on this or anyone experience this in the past?

 

Thanks

Sounds like video RAM corruption. But, I'd try it out in a different OS like Windows first to see if it's not driver related. Is it related to heat, like when running 3D intensive games?

 

MAJ

[Crash4419]

i just thought of something to try, have you tried rd=diskXsY as part of your boot string?

 

I typed rd=disk0s2 in as a bootflag using the numbers specified for the 'OSX86' target drive during DD's script and that introduced two new lines of code:

 

localhost kextd[10]: IOKitWaitQuite() timed out waiting to write kernel symbols

localhost config[34]: InterfaceNamer: timed out waiting for IOkit to quiesce

 

I rebooted and did the process again and it did repeat.

 

I rebooted again and did not type the rd=disk0s2 flag and the two lines appeared

 

Well, here's what I'll do: instead of the PC-EFI v9 bootloader, I'll upload the original kexts we had for the boot-132 setup and those can be installed in S/L/E. It'll be the same setup we used to have, but with the new bootloader. This setup won't depend on the bootloader loading kexts from /Extra, so that shouldn't be a issue.

 

MAJ

 

Correct me if I am wrong but the issues at hand seem to be caused by the new Chameleon bootloader, not necessarily the kexts.

 

So when you say the 'original kexts' from the boot132 setup are you referring to an outdated setup in comparison to the kexts being used now?

 

and another question, can PC-EFI v9 boot the 9.7.0 kernel?

 

Personally I don't feel the Chameleon bootloader offers much over PC-EFI v9 besides the fancy boot menu, which one can simply use their f12 bios boot menu, the boot graphics, which can't be used in corespondance with sometimes required bootflags (-f needed for ATI 48x0 cards), and the /Extra feature which doesn't seem to work anyway.

[joeblough]

Personally I don't feel the Chameleon bootloader offers much over PC-EFI v9 besides the fancy boot menu, which one can simply use their f12 bios boot menu, the boot graphics, which can't be used in corespondance with sometimes required bootflags (-f needed for ATI 48x0 cards), and the /Extra feature which doesn't seem to work anyway.

 

there is some evidence in this thread that pc-efi v9 is not taking the kernel arguments properly and you end up with the "fast clock problem" if you use the stock kernel.

 

/Extra definitely works. before DD released his new script i had all of wolfienuke's kexts in /Extra using chameleon 2.0, and it was working fine. i think i had a system.kext mismatch though, because i had some system instability and the iphone would not auto mount. night before last i used DD's latest script to install into /Extras on my UD4P and everything is working solidly.

 

along the way, i've had hangs similar to yours due to the following:

 

- accidentally left dsdt.aml from a badaxe2 on the disk

- accidentally had AHCI mode turned off on the intel SATA ports

- accidentally left the UUID of a disk in com.apple.Boot.plist (UUID from before a reformat)

- forgot to add Disabler.kext to /Extras/Extensions.mkext when switching from voodoo kernel to stock kernel.

- whacked out kexts (i had hacked some version numbers) which did not load, rendering the SATA ports inoperative

 

however, every time i've used DD's script it has succeeded, either the original one that copied the kexts into /S/L/E or the new one that uses chameleon 2.0 and /Extra.

[digital_dreamer]

I typed rd=disk0s2 in as a bootflag using the numbers specified for the 'OSX86' target drive during DD's script and that introduced two new lines of code:

 

localhost kextd[10]: IOKitWaitQuite() timed out waiting to write kernel symbols

localhost config[34]: InterfaceNamer: timed out waiting for IOkit to quiesce

 

I rebooted and did the process again and it did repeat.

 

I rebooted again and did not type the rd=disk0s2 flag and the two lines appeared

Heh, the kernel symbols are from System.kext. Were you able to install the System.kext into S/L/E?

 

Here are the UD5_boot-132 kexts. Install them in S/L/E and make sure permissions are repaired or fixed. I have included various kernels and their matching System.kext, so make sure that matching System.kext gets installed, as well. It would be best not to install these on a live system, but if you like to live on the edge, you can certainly try.

These are for Crash4419, garhunie, neils and anyone else not having success with the kexts installed in /Extra.

 

Again, these should be installed in S/L/E. Many of them will replace the vanilla version of the same name. Make sure permissions are repaired. This will give you the same setup as before and still retain the use of the new bootloader.

 

best regards,

MAJ

[sdstever]

have you tried an efi graphics string? search for aquamac and your card. I have a 9800gtx+ and full everything.

 

I did try that earlier, but I wasn't sure if I should have deleted the NVinject when I added the string. It didn't seem to make a difference, but perhaps I did it wrong. I followed these instructions:

 

http://aquamac.proboards.com/index.cgi?boa...&thread=509

 

If I add a string, should I get rid of the NVinject?

 

EDIT: I tried Aquamac's EFI string according to the above post again, but nothing changes. I don't think it's working. Should I use some kind of EFI installer instead of manually editing the boot.plist like Aquamac says?