[Guide] Vanilla Retail 10.6.x with Chameleon v2 for Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L

[titan4]

I have had this before. My solution is to turn off and unplug the computer and the router and leave them for a bit. Then try again.

 

Thanks, ye that helped but I found it somewhere else and was going to delete that post of mine :-)

[blackosx]

Dear Blackosx.

Thank you for your excellent, well written guide. My hackintosh based on ep45ds3l works 100%. But, I have one older hackintosh (10.5.8) based on ep35ds3r. Today I'll try to install SL using your method. Any ideas about differences in kexts or something. Thanx in advance.

Well done with your EP45-DS3L

For the ep35ds3r, I would try the same setup and then see what doesn't work? Better still try and find out what someone else is using with that mobo..

 

Your ignoring my question means to me that it's been answered elsewhere. I did search but found nothing. If it's something easy then please help me out! Thanks in advance

No. I've just logged in an reading my way through the posts... .. I will get to you!

 

Ok I hope you folks can help me out. I am on a GIGABYTE EP35C-DS3R.

 

1. I first went the hdd boot route - it would give a kernel panic straight after "Loading Darwin"

 

2. The second alternative to installing worked ok, followed all the points in the guide to the letter. At boot I get this message and everything stalls:

 

Loading HFS+ file: [mach kernel] from 4232990

Loading HFS+ file: [mach kernel] from 4232990

 

Everything stalls. What the hell am I doing wrong

So you have a different mobo to the one this guide is for and you have tried, I guess, the OSInstall.mpkg install method which didn't work for you. Then you say 'The second alternative to installing'... What's the second alternative? do you mean the USB boot? which version of the guide are you following?

 

I have never come across the messages you describe when your system stalls, so maybe you need to re-install.

Have you tried the bootCD?

[blackosx]

To @blackosx or anyone who got SL to work stable in 64bit mode, without shutting down or reboot your PC, how many hours (or days) does your SL PC run before it crashes, if it ever?

 

Thank you.

Hi undo_undo

 

Well I have been running my system with the kernel in 64-bit mode, from the time you asked til now, and I haven't had one kernel panic, frozen system or any system related problems. Safari has crashed on me a few times (but I think it did that in 32-bit mode too).

 

So I hope that answers your question?

[invisiblesurfer]

So you have a different mobo to the one this guide is for and you have tried, I guess, the OSInstall.mpkg install method which didn't work for you. Then you say 'The second alternative to installing'... What's the second alternative? do you mean the USB boot? which version of the guide are you following?

 

I have never come across the messages you describe when your system stalls, so maybe you need to re-install.

Have you tried the bootCD?

 

Ok thanks for replying, much appreciated.

 

1. I used the USB boot. Did not work, gave me a KP after the Loading Darwin message

2. I then used the OSInstall.mpkg, that worked beautifully. Followed the guide to the end. At reset, I booted via the new install (10.6.0) and I got that weird message "Loading HFS+ file: [mach kernel] from 4232990".

3. I tried the bootCD method as well earlier today. Again the exact same message after successfully installing the new OS and trying to boot after the reset. "Loading HFS+ file: [mach kernel] from 4232990".

 

Yes I have a only very slightly different motherboard (I have the EP35C-DS3R as opposed to your EP45-DS3L).

 

I created my own DSMD.aml (using my board's BIOS ofcourse).

 

My only concern is the SMBIOS.plist which I left pretty much like yours apart from the obvious changes (MB type etc). I could not identify the correct values for SMexternalclock, SMmemtype, SMmemspeed and the rest of the memory setings as I couldn't really tell these details from sysctl -a | grep cpu.

 

All partitions were created on the same HDD which is located on SATA0.

 

Thank you in advance for the help, and renewed thanks for the excellent guide.

[fredouille]

Thanks for testing the faulty DSDT's. I will also try this this evening when I get home.

 

Yes, it is definitely faster at boot and shutdown.. all those little tweaks to discover.

 

 

hello blackosx and thank you for your topic.

 

I find that SL's time boot is much more long than with leo ( 30 grey wheel turns with SL compare with 8 for leo !!) and don't know why !!

Any suggestion ?

(I noticed that alternative boot file goes faster than PCEFI 10.1, but keeps staying too long)

 

good evening

fred

[blackosx]

Ok thanks for replying, much appreciated.

 

1. I used the USB boot. Did not work, gave me a KP after the Loading Darwin message

2. I then used the OSInstall.mpkg, that worked beautifully. Followed the guide to the end. At reset, I booted via the new install (10.6.0) and I got that weird message "Loading HFS+ file: [mach kernel] from 4232990".

3. I tried the bootCD method as well earlier today. Again the exact same message after successfully installing the new OS and trying to boot after the reset. "Loading HFS+ file: [mach kernel] from 4232990".

 

Yes I have a only very slightly different motherboard (I have the EP35C-DS3R as opposed to your EP45-DS3L).

 

I created my own DSMD.aml (using my board's BIOS ofcourse).

 

My only concern is the SMBIOS.plist which I left pretty much like yours apart from the obvious changes (MB type etc). I could not identify the correct values for SMexternalclock, SMmemtype, SMmemspeed and the rest of the memory setings as I couldn't really tell these details from sysctl -a | grep cpu.

 

All partitions were created on the same HDD which is located on SATA0.

 

Thank you in advance for the help, and renewed thanks for the excellent guide.

Hi invisiblesurfer

 

If you are getting the 'Loading HFS+ file: [mach kernel] from 4232990' error even from the BootCD install then it must be an issue with either your hardware or maybe your DSDT.

 

You could try removing your DSDT.aml from /Extra and booting without it, then it you still get the problem then you know it's not your DSDT.aml causing it.

 

And as you're concerned about the SMBIOS.plist you can always try removing any key&string that you are not sure about, leaving in only the ones you are happy about... I am playing with my SMBIOS.plist at the moment and trying mine as an iMac 9,1 to see if it makes a difference to how the system operates.

[invisiblesurfer]

Will try that mate and keep you posted. Please update us on your findings. Thanks for the help!

 

EDIT: I think this board of mine is really bad. It gave me a hard time getting 10.5.6 installed (now updated to 10.5.8). The easy way would be to go back to winblows and forget about it, but once you try the mac os you really can't go back.

[titan4]

Have anybody tried Time Machine restore from Migration assistant after reinstall ? Because it is rather KP Machine for me :-)

[blackosx]

hello blackosx and thank you for your topic.

 

I find that SL's time boot is much more long than with leo ( 30 grey wheel turns with SL compare with 8 for leo !!) and don't know why !!

Any suggestion ?

(I noticed that alternative boot file goes faster than PCEFI 10.1, but keeps staying too long)

 

good evening

fred

Interesting question fredouille.... So you have Leopard booting in 8 seconds? Wow.. no wonder you're asking this question

I have just done some tests on my system and I have timed how long it takes from pressing Enter from the Chameleon device selection screen until I first see my desktop picture, the results are...

 

Leopard (10.5.8) = 32.6 seconds

Snow Leopard (10.6) = 34.9 seconds

 

Note: This was using SL with the kernel booting in 32-bit mode.

[SkaPunk]

Hi!

my - GA-EP43-DS3L

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Mother...uctID=2844,2847

Suitable for this board if this patch?

[titan4]

So I had reinstalled few times and it is not perfect :-( I am keeping having KPs on 64-bit some relatively short time after boot, seems OK on 32-bit but still,...

 

Hi!

my - GA-EP43-DS3L

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Mother...uctID=2844,2847

Suitable for this board if this patch?

 

It should work fine, just give it a try ! :-)

[Lintendo]

Hi Lintendo - Well done getting your system up and running

Sleep should work, but if now maybe try ApexDE's USB EHCI fix in DSDT which has been reported to help sleep (I posted a link to it a few posts back). If this still doesn't help then maybe it's a specific issue with your Mobo?

 

As for the 1TB drive, I think you need to partition it down in to smaller volumes or OS X might complain.

 

Thanks for your reply!

I added the fix from ApexDE in DSDT and EHCI ports are now shown as built-in but still no success.

UHCI ports are still shown as external, do you know how to fix that?

 

Hard disks and monitors go to sleep but the fans stay on and wake up is not possible, so I have to reset everytime...

 

I don't know if this has something to do with the partition size. How small should the volumes be? The KPs are really annoying but only happen in single user and safe mode, so i cannot use both. Maybe I should update my BIOS? I would have to build a new DSDT then, right?

[Solow]

Bummer... I had my EP45-DS3L system running 10.6 well in 32 bit mode, transferred all my files and settings and had no KP's etc for several days running. I read about a "bad version" of Adobe Flash in 10.6 Safari so I did an update from Adobe this morning. All seemed well. Later today the machine froze up during screensaver mode. I restarted and all seemed OK. Then it began to crash regularly. I removed the Flash plugin, did the method B fix in single user mode, repaired permissions, etc etc but to no avail. It will crash after only a few minutes with the gray "you must restart your computer" deal. This is from a USB hard drive install (before the current boot disc was available) that went very well - for awhile.

 

I wonder if the Flash update could have caused some sort of instability?

 

I'll try a reinstall via the CD method soon but for now I'll run 10.5.8 and see if there are any things I need to weed out of that install to assure a clean data transfer to the 10.6 install.

[kreayshunist]

Ok thanks for replying, much appreciated.

 

1. I used the USB boot. Did not work, gave me a KP after the Loading Darwin message

2. I then used the OSInstall.mpkg, that worked beautifully. Followed the guide to the end. At reset, I booted via the new install (10.6.0) and I got that weird message "Loading HFS+ file: [mach kernel] from 4232990".

3. I tried the bootCD method as well earlier today. Again the exact same message after successfully installing the new OS and trying to boot after the reset. "Loading HFS+ file: [mach kernel] from 4232990".

 

Yes I have a only very slightly different motherboard (I have the EP35C-DS3R as opposed to your EP45-DS3L).

 

I created my own DSMD.aml (using my board's BIOS ofcourse).

 

My only concern is the SMBIOS.plist which I left pretty much like yours apart from the obvious changes (MB type etc). I could not identify the correct values for SMexternalclock, SMmemtype, SMmemspeed and the rest of the memory setings as I couldn't really tell these details from sysctl -a | grep cpu.

 

All partitions were created on the same HDD which is located on SATA0.

 

Thank you in advance for the help, and renewed thanks for the excellent guide.

I got the Loading HFS+ file errors back in the 10.5 days. Reinstalling a boot loader manually fixed it every time. Try this with Chameleon by downloading the tar file instead of the installer (though you need a working system that has access to your hard drive to do this).

[eobiont]

JMICRON IDE port is OK with new Kext

 

I was able to use my IDE optical drive after loading the new JMICROATA kext found in this forum topic about a similar Gigabyte board.

 

I was getting KPs any time I used the DVD drive prior to loading the jmicroata.kext into my E/E folder. Now it is working great. I admit I have not used it log, but as a test, I have made an image of the SnowLeopard DVD and played 1 DVD movie. I haven't tried burning anything yet, so I can't comment on that, but reading appears to work fine.

 

I am also using Chameleon RC2 with the 10.2 version of boot. That may also be contributing to the IDE port working since there is something about IDE in the 10.2 boot file.

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never mind, after about 1/2 hour, it has Kernel panics, no mater how much Douglas Adams I read to it.

 

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I 've had that JMICRONATA.kext unloaded for a day now, and have not had a kernel panic since. I think it is bad. Don't use it.

[blackosx]

Chameleon v2 RC3 r658 is officially released

 

A Quote from Zef...

"This RC3 build is a small update to RC2, but we're providing the long-awaited proper Snow Leopard extensions loading and a few fixes like 1TB+ disk addressing support. There are also some changes have been made to the graphics enabler and to the smbios patcher. Also you can even build the Chameleon sources under 10.6."

 

 

The simplest way to use it if you've already built your system with this guide it to download the tarball from

h t t p : / / c h a m e l e o n . o s x 8 6 . h u /

You will see it at the top right hand corner of the screen, under Latest Releases, it is called

Chameleon-2.0-RC3-r658-bin.tar.gz [736.38KB]

 

Unarchive it and copy the boot file from the i386 folder in place of Netkas' PC EFI v10(.1) on the root of the Cham partition.

[Capt_Boom]

I've managed to get a working system with this method

 

I have an EP45-DS3L with a Quad 3 gig CPU

 

The Only remaining problem i am having is that i get kernel panics on boot with more then 4 gig of ram

 

 

I am using 4 2 Gig Modules of G.Skill 1066 Ram which tests out fine with memtest This produces a kernel panic shortly after i select the boot drive from chameleon

 

I have 4 2 gig Modules of G.Skill 800 Mhz Ram which does the Exact same thing

 

If i take out 2 of the modules i can boot and it works fine no issues at all

this is the same behavior for both the 1066 ram and the 800 mhz ram

 

If i replace all 4 modules with 4 1 gig G.Skill 800 Modules again the machine boots fine so it's not the slots or dual channel con-fig or bios settings it's the fact if i put more then 4 gig of memory in it kernel panics every time.

 

 

Oh and it happens with x32 or x64 mode

 

 

Also i'm using Chameleon rc1 on the boot drive and the Netkas 10.1 Boot file as well

 

This is the only thing holding me up and I'm desperately hoping someone out there has a direction to point me in

[philippebezoteaux]

For those who are probably asking themselves wether or not their gfx card are opencl compatible, here is list :

• Nvidia GeForce 9400M
  
• Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT
  
• Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT
  
• Nvidia GeForce GT 120
  
• Nvidia GeForce GT 130
  
• Nvidia GeForce GTX 285
  
• Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
  
• Nvidia GeForce 8800 GS
  
• Nvidia Quadro FX 4800
  
• Nvidia Quadro FX 5600
  
• Ati Radeon HD 4850
  
• Ati Radeon HD4870
  

Now I have to test that new chameleon.

 

@titan4:

You've got KP problems. Did you solved them ?

[flyguyjake]

My journey has finally reached an end.

 

Victory at last!

 

Using the newest Chameleon-2.0-RC3-r658 boot I can successfully boot both 32bit and 64bit. Kudos to the Chameleon team!!! And thank you Blackosx for bringing that to the forum.

 

The new JMicroninjector doesn't work for me though and it KP's the 32bit start up. I found an older JMicron that works in both 32/64bit modes.

 

Boy Blackosx, your gonna have a lot of time on your hands now with the easiest install method on insanelymac.

 

BootCD & Chameleon-2.0-RC3-r658

 

I can't wait to read everyone's feedback. I feel A LOT of successes coming on!

 

OK back to loading all of my apps now... :censored2:

 

Thanks again Blackosx!!!

 

YOU ARE THE MAN!!!

[blackosx]

Using the newest Chameleon-2.0-RC3-r658 boot I can successfully boot both 32bit and 64bit. Kudos to the Chameleon team!!! And thank you Blackosx for bringing that to the forum.

 

Boy Blackosx, your gonna have a lot of time on your hands now with the easiest install method on insanelymac.

 

BootCD & Chameleon-2.0-RC3-r658

Fantastic News - Well done for trying it and thanks for confirming this

I am happy for you now you got your system running as you want it.

 

As for having time on my hands... I hope so (I am going away for a week soon so that will be good)

Enjoy

 

 

@Lintendo - I don't know about fixing your UHCI ports other than reading ApexDE's thread. And hopefully, the new Chameleon will help with accessing your larger HDD?

 

EDIT: you can maybe try this post by tapper 00 or maybe the UHCIreset=Yes flag to enable the UHCI fix (disabled by default), in the com.apple.Boot.plist in Chameleon.

 

 

@Solow - I haven't had time to look in to this Flash issue yet, But maybe I won't if that was indeed the cause of your problem?.. Good luck with the re-install. But for anyone else who might be thinking of trying updates etc... It's always worth using a second install to try them on. Use the BootCD to install a fresh system on the Backup partition for testing etc.

 

 

@eobiont - I don't use IDE drives so I have never tested with a JMicron kext. The new Chameleon RC3 includes a JMicron kext so it's maybe you could try that as well and report if that also works for you?

 

 

@Capt_Boom - I have only ever used my system with 4GB RAM, so I can't help you with any testing on this. But I know more that 4GB of 1066Mhz RAM caused problems for Z40gr in my 10.5.7 thread. But as you are saying that more than 4GB of RAM in any configuration is causing problems then all I can is put a request out to anybody else on here for their feedback on this issue..

 

Hopefully someone will have an answer for you Capt_Boom

 

 

@philippebezoteaux - Thanks for the OpenCL card compatability list

[titan4]

@titan4:

You've got KP problems. Did you solved them ?

 

Well I don't know, because I had them only on 64-bit but on 32-bit it works OK. What I suspect is some bios setting because every reinstall caused CMOS reset so I maybe forgor something because I did it quite fast. I have some idea about what I forgot so I will check it when I get home.

 

And about that OpenCL list...no GTX cards ? I will try with OpenCL Benchmark if it works for me on GTX.

[philippebezoteaux]

Well I don't know, because I had them only on 64-bit but on 32-bit it works OK. What I suspect is some bios setting because every reinstall caused CMOS reset so I maybe forgor something because I did it quite fast. I have some idea about what I forgot so I will check it when I get home.

 

And about that OpenCL list...no GTX cards ? I will try with OpenCL Benchmark if it works for me on GTX.

 

I don't know about GTX. The list is an official one from Nvidia.

[titan4]

I don't know about GTX. The list is an official one from Nvidia.

 

Yes because they understandably list only cards from and for real Macs :-) GTX and GT are in principal same cards only GTX has more RAM and more power.

[blackosx]

Chameleon v2 RC3 r658 is officially released

 

A Quote from Zef...

"This RC3 build is a small update to RC2, but we're providing the long-awaited proper Snow Leopard extensions loading and a few fixes like 1TB+ disk addressing support. There are also some changes have been made to the graphics enabler and to the smbios patcher. Also you can even build the Chameleon sources under 10.6."

 

 

The simplest way to use it if you've already built your system with this guide it to download the tarball from

h t t p : / / c h a m e l e o n . o s x 8 6 . h u /

You will see it at the top right hand corner of the screen, under Latest Releases, it is called

Chameleon-2.0-RC3-r658-bin.tar.gz [736.38KB]

 

Unarchive it and copy the boot file from the i386 folder in place of Netkas' PC EFI v10(.1) on the root of the Cham partition.

Just an update from reading about new new Chameleon RC3....

 

To boot with the kernel in 32-bit mode, you will need to use the kernel flag arch=i386 in the com.apple.Boot.plist rather than x32 that we used with Netkas' PC EFI v10.

 

An also, if you unarchive the tarball, you will see in the extensions folder, 3 folders named......

10.5

10.6

Common

 

Now I haven't tested this, but you should be able to put any kexts used for Leopard in the 10.5 folder and any kexts for Snow Leopard in the 10.6 folder and obviously common kexts in the Common folder. This should help you run both Leopard and Snow Leopard from the same Chameleon /Extra folder

 

EDIT: I have updated my Support Files to v1.5 to include the RC3 boot file.

[c0h1b4]

Hello,

 

I've installed SL on my machine (very similar to the one on the tutorial - gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L, etc). And there is one issue I can't fix, so please if you all can test:

 

My machine have 4 GB of RAM. It boots really stable BUT if start opening several apps at the same time (and free memory goes below 2.85gb) bang - kernel panic.

 

It gives a KP without any info (that gray screen with a big round power button).

 

It only happens on 64-bit kernel. On 32-bit kernel I have no problem at all.

 

I tried rebuilding the kext cache but it keeps on the same panics.

 

Any help will be very welcome.

 

C0h1b4

 

Fixed it using Chameleon RC3.