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takwing
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is the sound normal for you?

 

 

the sound does not work well after installing AppleAC97Audio.kext. There are intermittent pause.

 

However, after installing beta 3, the sound works and the sound quality is perfectly OK!

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the sound does not work well after installing AppleAC97Audio.kext. There are intermittent pause.

 

However, after installing beta 3, the sound works and the sound quality is perfectly OK!

 

Glad it's working for you now, I'm the one who posted that on the VB forums. [OmegaX]

:)

 

? where do you saw the final version ? B)

 

 

Wow, works on 3.2!

virtualbox.3.2.osx.snow.leopard.audio.kext.jpg

 

Glad this kext is helping others get sound support. :)

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the sound for me is still with interuptions

 

Not sure why, tried VB 3.2 Beta 3?

It works fine for me in beta2/3 and for some other users.

Maybe use NullCPU as well to cut down on wasted cpu use?

 

For me I can even play youtube videos (albeit laggy video due to no video driver) but with flawless audio using the driver.

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i have beta3 and nullcpu already. youtube also plays but with sound interuptions. ahh, i don't realy give a sh about the sound :(

 

Weird that it cuts out, one of those unsolved mysteries of the unknown.

I know what you mean though about sound necessity, honestly I think I was more itching to put the kext together mainly because I get OCD and it bugged me to not see the sound icon on the menu bar. :D

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I currently have a fully working, minus the audio, install of OSX 10.6.3, which boots up in about 10 seconds :(

 

My process...

 

1. Go to http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/ and download 3.2.0 BETA 3 (just out today, 12-05-10)

2. Get Snow Leopard ISO. I used version 10.6, but I'm sure any version past this will work fine.

3. Get EmpireEFI ISO. Download the version based upon your chipset. I have an Intel Core 2 so I downloaded the first one.

4. Set up Virtual Box:

a. Select 'New'

b. Name it whatever you want and Select Mac OS X as the Operation System and Mac OS X as the Version (I havent tried 64-bit)

c. Give it an amount of ram. I gave 1024 MB.

d. Create a new Hard Disk by clicking 'Next'.

e. I used a Dynamically Expanding Storage and gave it 20.00 GB but this size is up to you.

f. Following the end of the wizard select your system and click 'Settings'.

g. General - Nothing needs changed in here.

h. System > Motherboard - Disable Floppy, Select 'Enable IO APIC', deselect 'Enable EFI', deselect 'Hardware clock', select 'Enable absolute pointing'. Leave System >Processor and System > Acceleration the same

i. Display > Video - You can enable 3D Acceleration if you want and change the amount of Video Memory given.

j. Storage - This section is important.

i. I used an IDE controller (Storage Controller). I changed Type to 'ICH6'.

ii. I added a 'Hard Disk' to this Storage Controller. To the right, from the drop-down menu, select the 'Hard Disk' that you created earlier.

iii. I then added a 'CD device' to this Storage Controller. To the right, beside CD/DVD Device, click the icon, and from the Pop up window click 'Add' and then located the Empire EFI ISO that you downloaded earlier.

k. Everything else should be fine.

5. Select you system and click 'Start'.

6. You will see the Empire EFI kick in and ask you to insert the Snow Leopard DVD.

7. At the bottom of this screen right click on the CD and unselect the Empire EFI and add another ISO. Add the Snow Leopard ISO.

8. Press F5 several times until you see the ISO load and hit enter (twice i think)

9. Install Snow Leopard. If you need help on this part reply and ill fire up options.

10. The install should fail, but technically it has been as success.

11. Before you restart the system to need to unselect the Snow Leopard ISO from the CD Drive and select the Empire EFI ISO.

12. Restart you system

13. Following this read post #418 and then post #413

 

/Mike

 

doesnt work for me...

 

i get this screen after pressing F5

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help?

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takwing
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me too, but it's better than on Vmware. (on my pc)

i Think the priority is to find an adeguate video driver for VirtualBox (at least that supports 1440x900)

 

 

If you are booting up your VM by using the default EFI, 1440x900 is already supported.

 

See my tech page for the details:

http://www.takwing.idv.hk/tech/virtual/v32...all1/page7.html

 

The chameleon boot loader should support that also (it works in VB3.1.6), though you have to patch the com.apple.Boot.plist and your vm's xml files.

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doesnt work for me...

 

i get this screen after pressing F5

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help?

You have to try another boot iso until it works.. there is 3 you can try (As I mentioned before in this thread)..

Empire EFI, [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and Rebel EFI

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can you tell me in details the steps that you performed to unmount the Empire EFI ISO and mount the Mac OS retail DVD?

 

ok, i was getting this error when i was just trying to boot with mac os x retail DMG converted to ISO...

i wont try that again, now i have another problem, after unmounting empire and mounting snow leopard and pressing f5 im getting this:

post-616165-1273771927_thumb.jpg

what this means?

 

ok guys, i think the problem is in my boot dvd of mac os x, though it should have worked normally...

can anyone tell me how to convert the retail dmg to iso? couse i dont have the DVD itself, only the image

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ok, i was getting this error when i was just trying to boot with mac os x retail DMG converted to ISO...

i wont try that again, now i have another problem, after unmounting empire and mounting snow leopard and pressing f5 im getting this:

post-616165-1273771927_thumb.jpg

what this means?

 

ok guys, i think the problem is in my boot dvd of mac os x, though it should have worked normally...

can anyone tell me how to convert the retail dmg to iso? couse i dont have the DVD itself, only the image

 

 

what is your hardware and software environment?

 

did you create your VM as what I have done in my page?

 

http://www.takwing.idv.hk/tech/index.php

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what is your hardware and software environment?

 

did you create your VM as what I have done in my page?

 

http://www.takwing.idv.hk/tech/index.php

 

yes did everything as the same except changing the iso to snow leopard, but i was doing it from the bottom right part of vm, so the same.

the problem is that after pressing f5 for 1 time nothing happenes and when i press again i get the

MEMORY ALLOCATION ERROR

 

here is my hardware:

Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5K PRO (LGA775)

RAM: 6.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 400MHz 6-6-6-18

Video: ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series (ASUStek Computer Inc)

Optical: SONY DVD RW DRU-830A ATA Device

 

im on vbox 3.20 beta 3

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yes did everything as the same except changing the iso to snow leopard, but i was doing it from the bottom right part of vm, so the same.

the problem is that after pressing f5 for 1 time nothing happenes and when i press again i get the

MEMORY ALLOCATION ERROR

 

here is my hardware:

Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5K PRO (LGA775)

RAM: 6.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 400MHz 6-6-6-18

Video: ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series (ASUStek Computer Inc)

Optical: SONY DVD RW DRU-830A ATA Device

 

im on vbox 3.20 beta 3

 

 

have you tried first mount your MacOS iso image, then enable EFI and boot up the VM? I know this is not the way to have SL installed... but at least you should be able to see the VM trying to boot your MacOS DVD, though it will stop in the middle of the booting process.... I just want to check if there is any problem in your MacOS DVD.

 

From what you have descrbed, sound like to me that the problem in fact is not related SL installation. It is a matter related to how your VM (or VB) "indentify" the DVDs.

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If you are booting up your VM by using the default EFI, 1440x900 is already supported.

See my tech page for the details:

http://www.takwing.idv.hk/tech/virtual/v32...all1/page7.html

The chameleon boot loader should support that also (it works in VB3.1.6), though you have to patch the com.apple.Boot.plist and your vm's xml files.

 

changing my Boot.Plist i 've only these (high) resolutions: 1152x864 1280x1024 1600x1200

 

changing VB xml file... no changes (I'm on hazard intel-default efi)

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have you tried first mount your MacOS iso image, then enable EFI and boot up the VM? I know this is not the way to have SL installed... but at least you should be able to see the VM trying to boot your MacOS DVD, though it will stop in the middle of the booting process.... I just want to check if there is any problem in your MacOS DVD.

 

From what you have descrbed, sound like to me that the problem in fact is not related SL installation. It is a matter related to how your VM (or VB) "indentify" the DVDs.

When my efi enabled i am able to boot the snow leopard. It loads normally, and after the line related to ethernet after some time it shows "still waiting for root device"

and again and again till i power off. So i think the problem is my virtualbox...

Ooooor my windows 7 64 bit. But ive tried on a 64 but ubuntu 10.04 too. Same problem there.

Maybe my hardware is not capatible???

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I've basically follwed takwing's guide. Once the installation was finished I rebooted and installed myHack from EmpireEFi's Post-Installation folder.

 

myHack comes with a few pkgs on its own:

org.sojugarden.myHack.com.apple.Boot.plist.pkg

org.sojugarden.myHack.Core.pkg

org.sojugarden.myHack.fakesmc.pkg

org.sojugarden.myHack.FramebufferDisabler.pkg

org.sojugarden.myHack.LegacyAppleRTC_32bit_Only.pkg

org.sojugarden.myHack.lspci.pkg

org.sojugarden.myHack.lspcidrv.pkg

org.sojugarden.myHack.NullCPUPowerManagement.pkg

org.sojugarden.myHack.OpenHaltRestart.pkg

org.sojugarden.myHack.pci.ids.pkg

org.sojugarden.myHack.PlatformUUID.pkg

org.sojugarden.myHack.PostInstall.pkg

org.sojugarden.myHack.setpci.pkg

org.sojugarden.myHack.Theme.pkg

org.sojugarden.myHack.update-pciids.pkg

 

Rebooted again, installed Chameleon 2.0 RC4, so I could boot without EmpireEFI. Changed "Graphics Mode" in /Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist to support 1600x1200x32 and installed the AC97 kext.

 

I'm on VirtualBox BETA3 / 64-Bit Debian Squeeze and everything works like a charm now, including shutdown, reboot, sound etc. Load average on my host OS is minimal.

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changing my Boot.Plist i 've only these (high) resolutions: 1152x864 1280x1024 1600x1200

 

changing VB xml file... no changes (I'm on hazard intel-default efi)

 

Hazard Intel-default EFI... this first time I heard about this (I am in fact quite new in this area)

 

for Chameleon boot loader, you have to do both....

http://www.takwing.idv.hk/tech/virtual/vir...15_display.html

 

and for VB's default EFI, you can change the display resolution by using VBoxManage command:

http://www.takwing.idv.hk/tech/virtual/v32...all1/page7.html

 

Have you tried that?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've basically follwed takwing's guide. Once the installation was finished I rebooted and installed myHack from EmpireEFi's Post-Installation folder.

 

myHack comes with a few pkgs on its own:

 

 

Rebooted again, installed Chameleon 2.0 RC4, so I could boot without EmpireEFI. Changed "Graphics Mode" in /Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist to support 1600x1200x32 and installed the AC97 kext.

 

I'm on VirtualBox BETA3 / 64-Bit Debian Squeeze and everything works like a charm now, including shutdown, reboot, sound etc. Load average on my host OS is minimal.

 

 

Glad to hear that my guide work on your mahcine.

 

Can you share with us what are the advantages of installing myHack from EmpireEFi's?

 

 

 

 

 

When my efi enabled i am able to boot the snow leopard. It loads normally, and after the line related to ethernet after some time it shows "still waiting for root device"

and again and again till i power off. So i think the problem is my virtualbox...

Ooooor my windows 7 64 bit. But ive tried on a 64 but ubuntu 10.04 too. Same problem there.

Maybe my hardware is not capatible???

 

 

So your Mac OS DVD should be a working one.....

 

Strange that after booting the EmpireEFI, the system cannot detect that you have changed the DVD....have you tried the 3 different EmpireEFI ISO images?

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Different settings / steps are used in setting up SL under VB is probably due to the fact that different people are using different methods/tools.

 

I would suggest going through the whole process at least once so that you get "one working method" for your environment. It will then help you to understand other people's methods (just like there are at least 2 methods to change the display resolution, one for default EFI and one for the Empire EFI).

 

Perhaps you can follow my guide first to get a basic understand on the whole process:

http://www.takwing.idv.hk/tech/virtual/v32...all1/index.html

 

Just to state clear here is that I am not the one who invent the installation method. I, just other people, learn from others' and our own experence.

THANKS SO MUCH!!! this was all i needed. amazing step-by-step. much appreciated

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So your Mac OS DVD should be a working one.....

 

Strange that after booting the EmpireEFI, the system cannot detect that you have changed the DVD....have you tried the 3 different EmpireEFI ISO images?

 

 

ive tried 2 of them, legacy and the normal one, can u link the third on? though i dont reall think it will work...

 

even my posts fail, lol...

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