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The board I would propose would be one of the following...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...8-406-_-Product (gigabyte p55-ud3l)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...8-405-_-Product (gigabyte p55m-UD2)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...8-425-_-Product (gigabyte p55-USB)

The UD2 would probably be my choice for a build, all are around 100-120 USD

Tonymac has a guide for installs with these boards, has DSDT's on them all. An automated installer would be excellent.

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Mike

 

 

i would just get one that actually works with this install, E45-Ud3 works great and is cheaper. I have the UD3L no need for raid. but to each their own

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i would just get one that actually works with this install, E45-Ud3 works great and is cheaper. I have the UD3L no need for raid. but to each their own

 

Yes, but these are P55 boards, that can use the I7 chips. The 45's cannot, which is why I would propose adding p55 support to the process here.

Mike

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Amazing! Big thanks to MrJanek. (donated!)

 

Installation was a breeze, installed on:

- Gigabyte EP45T-UD3LR

- Nvidia 9800GT

- 4GB RAM

- 640GB WD Black SATA

- Pioneer DVD-R SATA

 

I think I may have a small issue with the 9800GT, poor display after sleep. But this is currently connected via VGA, hopefully DVI will correct this.

Also, no QE on the 9800GT, will this change when DVI connected?

Do I need to inject drivers?

 

 

Super noob question: (Search isn't working) Can someone detail the best way to update to 10.6.2 without locking me out. Thanks!

 

 

:angel: I've done this install the hard way before and was pulling my hair out as I'm sure many others have. If you've found this method and package as helpful as I have then donate MrJanek a drink or two! :)

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how about this card.

 

 

XFX Radeon HD 4770 750MHZ 512MB 3.2GHZ GDDR5 Dual DVI TV Out PCI-E Video Card

 

?? it cheap $100 for tha card instead of paying $200 for a nVida GTX ??

 

 

 

ths what iwass thinking of doing for my Hackingtosh

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Intel Pentium E5200 (Wolfdale) 2.5MHz Socket 775 Dual Core Processor

 

GIGABYTE Intel P45 Express Chipset Socket 775 ATX Motherboard

 

G.Skill 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800

 

Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB 32GB cache SATA II 3.5" Hard Drive

 

XFX Radeon HD 4770 750MHZ 512MB 3.2GHZ GDDR5 Dual DVI TV Out PCI-E Video Card

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total = $370

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The board I would propose would be one of the following...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...8-406-_-Product (gigabyte p55-ud3l)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...8-405-_-Product (gigabyte p55m-UD2)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...8-425-_-Product (gigabyte p55-USB)

The UD2 would probably be my choice for a build, all are around 100-120 USD

Tonymac has a guide for installs with these boards, has DSDT's on them all. An automated installer would be excellent.

Best

Mike

 

Great! I'll look into it.

 

Amazing! Big thanks to MrJanek. (donated!)

 

Installation was a breeze, installed on:

- Gigabyte EP45T-UD3LR

- Nvidia 9800GT

- 4GB RAM

- 640GB WD Black SATA

- Pioneer DVD-R SATA

 

I think I may have a small issue with the 9800GT, poor display after sleep. But this is currently connected via VGA, hopefully DVI will correct this.

Also, no QE on the 9800GT, will this change when DVI connected?

Do I need to inject drivers?

 

 

Super noob question: (Search isn't working) Can someone detail the best way to update to 10.6.2 without locking me out. Thanks!

 

 

:) I've done this install the hard way before and was pulling my hair out as I'm sure many others have. If you've found this method and package as helpful as I have then donate MrJanek a drink or two! :thumbsup_anim:

 

Cheers! Thanks for your donation :)

QE is activated even though it's not showing so. I also suggest changing to DVI as people have been having some issues with VGA (problems with changing resolution etc).

You should be able to update to 10.6.2 just by using "Software Update" from the Apple menu.

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Great! I'll look into it.

 

Cheers! Thanks for your donation :(

QE is activated even though it's not showing so. I also suggest changing to DVI as people have been having some issues with VGA (problems with changing resolution etc).

You should be able to update to 10.6.2 just by using "Software Update" from the Apple menu.

 

Thanks, I think I'll give the update a go tonight. Do I need to run any repairs after the update?

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Hello,

in December 09 i dowloaded a version of the gigabyte.iso and installed it with SL 10.6 on my GA-EP43-UD3L.

Worked and works like a charme.

 

What board do i have to choose this time or is there a possibility to include the GA-EP43-UD3L???

 

Hello Mr. Janek,

can you give me a answer .... pleaseeeee

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Got everything up and runningn an EP45-UD3P using the USB method, the CD wouldn't work at all. Unfortunately, two days later BOTH LAN ports died, and I had to RMA the board. Currently being forced to use a Dynex card and Win7, until I replace the mobo later tonight.

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Mr.janek do you offer any support with osx software raid? I have done a bit of research, and with my Mirrored Raid (osx software) i can boot fine with the usbstick, ( i get 3 options, 1usb drive, 2 SL disk1 , 3SL disk2, Both disk1-2 boot with no issues, but im stuck having to use the USB stick which is annoying since if you forget to boot the right disk you get loaded into SL install setup..

 

From what ive read SL, makes 3 partitions on each raid. So i followed the chameleon 2.0 rc4 manual install, 

RAID Install:
 -------------

 Suppose that your installation is on /dev/disk3, which is either a mirror- or a
 stripeset consisting of /dev/disk0 and /dev/disk1

 Mac OS X creates a small helper partition at the end of each RAID member disk,
 namely /dev/disk0s3 and /dev/disk1s3

  - Install boot0 to the MBR of both disks:
	  sudo fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdisk0
	  sudo fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdisk1

  - Install boot1h to the bootsector of each boot partition:
	  sudo dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk0s3
	  sudo dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk1s3

  - Install boot to both helper partition's root directories.
	  diskutil mount disk0s3
	  cp boot /Volumes/Boot\ OSX
	  diskutil unmount disk0s3
	  diskutil mount disk1s3
	  cp boot /Volumes/Boot\ OSX
	  diskutil unmount disk1s3

  - Add "rd=uuid boot-uuid=506D8F03-0596-32D8-BE0B-E3A4E7D5C72A" to your kernel flags
 (replace with your root volume's UUID; find out using "Disk Utility.app", right
 click on your root volume, then Get Info"):
	  nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist
	  touch /System/Library/Extensions

 

now this actually worked, but booted into KP immediately, on both drive , in -x mode and when i booted from the usb, it also reset my bios setttings as well.

IMG_3014.JPG

 

 

Now i guess im getting a KP because i used the CHA 2.0 RC4's boot0 and boot1h, and not the one from your package, and never moved the proper files to the 3rd partition. im guessing that i need to move Mr.Janeks files to the 3rd partition.. here is what is on it right now

boo.jpg

 

so can anyone help me with what i need to move (com.apple.plist) etc? extras folder?? Much much appriciated!

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Any ideas to get the onboard sound card working? The only way I can get sound is when I plug in my USB Headset. Nothing comes out of my speakers.

Motherboard?

 

Hello Mr. Janek,

can you give me a answer .... pleaseeeee

Try EP45-UD3L

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- Install boot0 to the MBR of both disks:

sudo fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdisk0

sudo fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdisk1

 

- Install boot1h to the bootsector of each boot partition:

sudo dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk0s3

sudo dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk1s3

 

- Install boot to both helper partition's root directories.

diskutil mount disk0s3

cp boot /Volumes/Boot\ OSX

diskutil unmount disk0s3

diskutil mount disk1s3

cp boot /Volumes/Boot\ OSX

diskutil unmount disk1s3

that looks correct (double check, your partitions are 0s3; 1s3 and 0,1correct disks, just to be sure :)-osx likes changing disks numbers at every boot)

- Add "rd=uuid boot-uuid=506D8F03-0596-32D8-BE0B-E3A4E7D5C72A" to your kernel flags

(replace with your root volume's UUID; find out using "Disk Utility.app", right

click on your root volume, then Get Info"):

nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

touch /System/Library/Extensions[/code]

you need to edit your com.apple.Boot.plist on Raid boot partitions (helper partitions) which are: (if above are your correct disks numbers) 0s3 and 1s3 so path to your com.apple.Boot.plist shoud be: /Volumes/Boot\ OSX/Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist

 

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>boot-uuid=506D8F03-0596-32D8-BE0B-E3A4E7D5C72A</string>

thats how it looks on my system, I dont use rd= and is fine

Now i guess im getting a KP because i used the CHA 2.0 RC4's boot0 and boot1h, and not the one from your package, and never moved the proper files to the 3rd partition. im guessing that i need to move Mr.Janeks files to the 3rd partition.. here is what is on it right now

 

so can anyone help me with what i need to move (com.apple.plist) etc? extras folder?? Much much appriciated!

Cham RC4 works fine on Raid, personally I use Asere boot if you interested look here

Your boot helper partitions should have /Extra/Extensions folder and all should look like here:

post-402044-1264628751_thumb.png

here you have my com.apple.boot for comparison:

<?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>DSDT</key>
<string>/dsdt.aml</string>
<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1024x768x32</string>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>boot-uuid=9AE270E3-D1AA-371C-8525-2DE63F372121</string>
<key>SMBIOS</key>
<string>/smbios.plist</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>2</string>
<key>device-properties</key>
<string>800200000100000001000000740200000d00000002010c00d041030a010000000101060000010
101060000007fff04001e00000072006f006d002d007200650076006900730069006f006e0000003
8
0000004749474142595445206e56696469612039363030204754203531322044445233204f70656e
4
74c20456e67696e65205b4546495d22000000400030002c006400650076006900630065005f00740
0
79007000650000000b000000646973706c6179100000004e00560043004100500000001800000004
0
00000000003000c00000000000007000000000e0000006e0061006d00650000000b0000006469737
0
6c617914000000400030002c006e0061006d0065000000120000004e5644412c446973706c61792d
4
1100000006d006f00640065006c000000240000004749474142595445206e5669646961203936303
0
2047542035313220444452330e0000004e00560050004d0000002000000001000000000000000000
0
0000000000000000000000000000000000014000000400031002c006e0061006d006500000012000
0
004e5644412c446973706c61792d4220000000400031002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062
0
06c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d6163220000005600520041004d002c0074006f00740
0
61006c00730069007a0065000000080000000000002020000000400030002c0063006f006d007000
6
1007400690062006c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d616322000000400031002c0064006
5
0076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000b000000646973706c61791c00000064006500
7
6006900630065005f00740079007000650000000f0000004e5644412c506172656e74</string>
</dict>
</plist>

note that my smbios.plist and DSDT.aml have different than default locations and are written into com.apple.boot.plist, I use that with Asere boot loader, in ChamRC4 default location is /Extra and you dont need to put separate paths in com.apple.boot.plist for them

 

hope that will help

good luck :)

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that looks correct (double check, your partitions are 0s3; 1s3 and 0,1correct disks, just to be sure ;)-osx likes changing disks numbers at every boot)

 

you need to edit your com.apple.Boot.plist on Raid boot partitions (helper partitions) which are: (if above are your correct disks numbers) 0s3 and 1s3 so path to your com.apple.Boot.plist shoud be: /Volumes/Boot\ OSX/Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist

 

 

thats how it looks on my system, I dont use rd= and is fine

 

Cham RC4 works fine on Raid, personally I use Asere boot if you interested look here

Your boot helper partitions should have /Extra/Extensions folder and all should look like here:

post-402044-1264628751_thumb.png

here you have my com.apple.boot for comparison:

<?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>DSDT</key>
<string>/dsdt.aml</string>
<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1024x768x32</string>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>boot-uuid=9AE270E3-D1AA-371C-8525-2DE63F372121</string>
<key>SMBIOS</key>
<string>/smbios.plist</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>2</string>
<key>device-properties</key>
<string>800200000100000001000000740200000d00000002010c00d041030a010000000101060000010
101060000007fff04001e00000072006f006d002d007200650076006900730069006f006e0000003
8
0000004749474142595445206e56696469612039363030204754203531322044445233204f70656e
4
74c20456e67696e65205b4546495d22000000400030002c006400650076006900630065005f00740
0
79007000650000000b000000646973706c6179100000004e00560043004100500000001800000004
0
00000000003000c00000000000007000000000e0000006e0061006d00650000000b0000006469737
0
6c617914000000400030002c006e0061006d0065000000120000004e5644412c446973706c61792d
4
1100000006d006f00640065006c000000240000004749474142595445206e5669646961203936303
0
2047542035313220444452330e0000004e00560050004d0000002000000001000000000000000000
0
0000000000000000000000000000000000014000000400031002c006e0061006d006500000012000
0
004e5644412c446973706c61792d4220000000400031002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062
0
06c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d6163220000005600520041004d002c0074006f00740
0
61006c00730069007a0065000000080000000000002020000000400030002c0063006f006d007000
6
1007400690062006c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d616322000000400031002c0064006
5
0076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000b000000646973706c61791c00000064006500
7
6006900630065005f00740079007000650000000f0000004e5644412c506172656e74</string>
</dict>
</plist>

note that my smbios.plist and DSDT.aml have different than default locations and are written into com.apple.boot.plist, I use that with Asere boot loader, in ChamRC4 default location is /Extra and you dont need to put separate paths in com.apple.boot.plist for them

 

hope that will help

good luck :)

s

 

ok so basically, i just need to copy over my extras folder to the s3 partitions of my hard drives.... im going to try this later, now how can i back up my boot partion if this doenst work? because last time i had to reinstalll the whole os, etc.. any ideas? (also if i only do it for 1 of the 2 drives, say only modify disk1s3 and leave disk2(both s2 and s3) untouched, will i be able to boot of disk2? i just dont wanna have to reload the entire os my music and files, (80gb)

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ok so basically, i just need to copy over my extras folder to the s3 partitions of my hard drives.... im going to try this later, now how can i back up my boot partion if this doenst work? because last time i had to reinstalll the whole os, etc.. any ideas? (also if i only do it for 1 of the 2 drives, say only modify disk1s3 and leave disk2(both s2 and s3) untouched, will i be able to boot of disk2? i just dont wanna have to reload the entire os my music and files, (80gb)

don't quite understand what exactly you're worry about, but yes you can do it for one hd,helper partition only. when osx is booting softraid array reads only from one helper partition: 0s3 or 1s3 depends which disk you chose as first in BIOS, thats why for example boot process with Softraid disks takes the same time as with single disk installations

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don't quite understand what exactly you're worry about, but yes you can do it for one hd,helper partition only. when osx is booting softraid array reads only from one helper partition: 0s3 or 1s3 depends which disk you chose as first in BIOS, thats why for example boot process with Softraid disks takes the same time as with single disk installations

well im just saying if i made a mistake, it meant realoading lepoards and all my settings etc. thanks ill try this tomorrow when i get hom.

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Sure, give me some examples and I'll see if I can add support. I do however, have a lot do with school atm and it might take a while (~2 weeks) before a new version is released.

 

 

 

Is this causing any problems?

 

I can not say definitively that it does. I will say that after an update or two, I lost sound and (kext was loaded, hw recognized but was being disabled) and broadcom wireless kext. I am doubtful whether FakeSMC had anything to do with that (more likely a apple update on Gigabyte HW thing) but I cannot rule it out.

 

Ultimately, rather than trying to figure it out myself, I reloaded my install image (pre-update) as I had work to do. I still have the alert (I suspect it may be an issue with the dsdt) on FakeSMC. If I I lose sound/lan again I'll investigate further. What would be interesting is to see if anyone else with a 45T-UD3LR has the similar alert.

 

Thanks for the package and the response.

 

S_L

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Hello, i have a question for all you, first, sorry for my english, im from spain, mmmmmm, i`ve tried to install snow leopard with this bootloader, i have a ga ep45 ud3lr, but i have the "still waiting for the root device" trouble, mmmm, mi questions is this one, can be this because i have a IDE dvd instead of a SATA ???, thankss you in advancee guyss.

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Hello, i have a question for all you, first, sorry for my english, im from spain, mmmmmm, i`ve tried to install snow leopard with this bootloader, i have a ga ep45 ud3lr, but i have the "still waiting for the root device" trouble, mmmm, mi questions is this one, can be this because i have a IDE dvd instead of a SATA ???, thankss you in advancee guyss.

 

I have an IDE dvd drive and it's working without any problems. Even IDE Hard drive worked.

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