AMD and Retail Snow Leopard 10.6.5 --> 10.6.8 Final[GUIDE]

[one9092002]

 

This guide is for AMD

CONTENTS

1-Pre Setup

2-Setup

3-After Setup

4-updates

 

Pre Setup

notes

1- for nforce chipset you must use sata dvd drive also you must set sata on ACHI mode

2- for amd chipset i think all all drive will work but raid mode not work also perfer sata DVD drive and HDD on ACHI mode

3- read updates before follow guide as it will contain new softwares , new ways and solutions

 

Needed Tools

 

you will need

1- blank cd for BootCD

2-Apple snow leopard Retail DVD burned on dual layer DVD or you can restore the dmg on USB Flash memory 8GB

3-free HDD to do on it new install

4- you need update 10.6.5 combo

5- tools for after setup

 

How to perpare setup source

 

1-you can brun dmg on dual layer DVD use your perfered program for burn

2-or you can restore dmg on flash 8gb for rapid setup also you can apply MBR patch to setup mac on MBR tables on HDD if you dont like GPT tables

follow MBR patch from here after you restore dmg on usb flash 8GB do it

 

this picture show how to restore dmg on usb flash memory 8GB

 

 

 

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Setup

1-Boot from boot cd

2-when you reach to chamleon remove bootcd and put Apple DVD and then press F5 and choose DVD to boot it

or if you have restored it on usb flash memory put it before opening pc and choose it when bootcd reach chamleon

3-if it booted to installer there are no problems and continue setuping

4- if you cant reach to installer boot with flag -v and picture where it stop and make post on topic

5-after setup do restart

 

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After Setup

 

1- to boot your installed mac use bootcd to boot this partion contain Mac

2-after it booted do your account and reach desktop

3-after reaching desktop setup 10.6.5 combo update and restart and boot also from bootcd

4-now we prepare to boot from HDD follow that

*setup latest bootloader from here

*or you can install bootloader manually

we will use AnVAL5.0.5 folder on aftersetup tools

follow this

- run terminal

-type

Diskutil List

- you will find all of your partion see where is your mac partion you setuped on it and see what its name like

disk0s2

- type

sudo -s

-type

cd

then pull AnVAL5.0.5 folder to terminal then enter

-type

fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdiskx

as x is the numder of HDD if we use above example will be 0 so it will be

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

-type

dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdiskxsn

x is number of HDD and n is numder of partion if we use above example it will be

dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk0s2

-then copy boot file from AnVAL5.0.5 folder to mac partion root

 

*now there are two files on after setup folder named ( pfix , amd_insn_patcher )

copy them to usr/bin use show hidden files program to go to this directory

* now copy two kexts fakesmc , atiata to system/library/extensions

 

* open terminal and type this command

 

sudo -s
	  rm /mach_kernel
	  amd_insn_patcher /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib.patched
	  cp /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib.patched /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
	  update_dyld_shared_cache

this was for kernel

 

*then put mach_kernel file from folder aftersetup on mac partion

 

*put you other kexts on system/library/extensions

* open terminal again and type

pfix

*type password and then type number of mac partion then enter and wait till finish

*make new folder on mac partion and name it Extra and put on it this boot.plist

com.apple.Boot.plist.zip

 

*now we finished installing and now you restart and boot from HDD

*you can complete updates from software update

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for drivers

*audio you can use voodoohda

*eth you see here about LAN

*GFX nvidia cards will work with with out any effort

for ati you can get HD5600 HD5700 HD5800 HD5900 with out effort

*for anther gfx cards dont ask me

 

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updates

if you want to donate you can donate valv to buy AMD pc to make tests on it to add support for amd on bootloader topic here

27/11/2010

updated bootcd to 1.5

how to make quicktime work as it must to be

open terminal and follow this commands

 

sudo -s 
amd_insn_patcher /System/Library/QuickTime/QuickTimeComponents.component/Contents/MacOS/QuickTimeComponents /System/Library/QuickTime/QuickTimeComponents.component/Contents/MacOS/QuickTimeComponents.patched
mv /System/Library/QuickTime/QuickTimeComponents.component/Contents/MacOS/QuickTimeComponents.patched /System/Library/QuickTime/QuickTimeComponents.component/Contents/MacOS/QuickTimeComponents

 

also make qucktime and safari work on 32bit by enter get info of appliction and check on 32bit

now it will work good

 

there are new verison of 10.5 kernel

this is kernel only if you want to install it manually

http://nawcom.com/osx86/files/10.6/Kernels...gacy_kernel.bz2

 

and here the kernel pkg by nawcom if you want to install kernel auto it will do patching for libSystem.B.dylib and also add -force64 to bootplist

 

http://nawcom.com/osx86/files/10.6/Kernels...-10.5.0.pkg.zip

 

please give feedback about bootcd 1.5 if it works for you or not

 

 

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9/12/2010

 

sleep now work

 

just replace iousbfamaily.kext with andy kext it support usb sleep also usb3

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...st&id=82145

 

and use sleepenabler.kext

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...st&id=80803

 

enjoy usb3 and sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

 

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22/12/2010

new BootCD 1.6

changes

just added rebuilded voodoops2 controller by andy

removed busratio=16 as new kernel identify busratio auto

replaced boot with kabyl boot that make it more flexable on enabling ati cards HD4xxx HD5xxx

to change framebuffer if you have problem with ideal framebuffer for your ati card like black screen corrupted screen

just use

AtiConfig=xxxxx

as xxxxx mean name of framebuffer

this is the list of framebuffer

Alopias

Alouatta

Baboon

Cardinal

Caretta

Colobus

Douc

Eulemur

Flicker

Galago

Gliff

Hoolock

Hypoprion

Iago

Kakapo

Kipunji

Lamna

Langur

Megalodon

Motmot

Peregrine

Quail

Raven

Shrike

Sphyrna

Triakis

Uakari

Vervet

Zonalis

 

thanks to kabyl for his work on new ati injector

 

here is the boot file that you can use it if you like new kabyl bootloader

kabyl.zip

 

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7/1/2011

to update to 10.6.6 just use 10.6.6 combo update in replacement 10.6.5

i will rewrite guide but when kernel 10.6 release

 

please dont use 1.6 bootcd unless you have ATI card HD4xxx HD5xxx

and here is nawcom bootcd if you have problem with my bootcd

 

 

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10/1/2011

 

1.6 kernel released it is faster

thanks nawcom

http://nawcom.com/osx86/files/10.6/Kernels/10.6.0/

 

i need from you to give me boot log using bdmesg that on anvl505 folder

using this boot file

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...st&id=84815

and then post what on terminal

 

please support valv as he is our hope to get amd supported like intel in memory detection power managment etc

he dont have an amd pc so if you want to donate you can do that for him

AnVAL (ACPI Loader)

 

rewriting guide is soon

 

i need help

 

my specs

 

CPU

1. Support for AM3 processors: AMD Phenom™ II processor/ AMD Athlon™ II processor
   

Hyper Transport Bus

1. 5200 MT/s
   

Chipset

1. North Bridge: AMD 880G
   
2. South Bridge: AMD SB710
   

Memory

1. 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory (Note 1)
   
2. Dual channel memory architecture
   
3. Support for DDR3 1800 (OC)/1666/1333/1066 MHz memory modules (Note 2)
   

Onboard GraphicsIntegrated in the North Bridge:

1. 1 x D-Sub port
   
2. 1 x DVI-D port (Note 3) (Note 4)
   
3. 1 x HDMI port (Note 4)
   

Audio

1. Realtek ALC892 codec
   
2. High Definition Audio
   
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
   
4. Support for Dolby Home Theater
   
5. Support for S/PDIF In/Out
   
6. Support for CD In
   

LAN

1. Realtek 8111D chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
   

Expansion Slots

1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
   (The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
   
2. 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
   
3. 2 x PCI slots
   

Multi-Graphics Technology

1. Support for ATI Hybrid CrossFireX™ technology
   

Storage InterfaceSouth Bridge:

1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
   
2. 5 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 5 SATA 3Gb/s devices
   
3. 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port on the back panel supporting up to 1 SATA 3Gb/s device
   
4. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and JBOD
   

iTE IT8720 chip:

1. 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
   

USBSouth Bridge:

1. Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 on the back panel, 6 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)
   

IEEE 1394T.I. TSB43AB23 chip:

1. Up to 2 IEEE 1394a ports (1 on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to
   

i have everything working on snow leopard 10.6.6 the only problem is when i click on a application

i get the error quite unexpectedly

[nicestupid89]

nforce without AHCI is problematic with SATA DVDRW right?

[my95z34]

nforce without AHCI is problematic with SATA DVDRW right?

IDK if it's the DVDRW or the actual HDD, but I couldn't get it to install without AHCI on. It would get stuck at Waiting for Root Device.

[ptesone]

No, lol. How would I get them? I'm new to the vanilla install. I've used a hacked version a few years ago but I didn't really set it up.

 

This is not a vanilla install it's a retail using a legacy kernel that has been patched for AMD's.

Your best bet @ this point is to not even use a DSTD.aml file, and make darn sure that your com.Apple.boot.plist is pointing to your legacy kernel (which should be in the root of your drive).

 

Other important things to check is what's in your Extra/Extensions folder, make sure you don't have anything weird in it that may cause problems, like SleepEnabler.kext, PS2 kexts...

 

And also make sure your boot file is in the root ad well...

[ptesone]

So, I've been doing some experimentation... Using your guide and step 1 of this guide: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=253767 I've gotten to boot to the setup screen. Basically I'm using his step 1 and then restoring the OSX install CD to the thumbdrive and installing from there. But that's where my problem is now. I select my language and it just sticks at Preparing Installation. I've let it sit for hours and nothing ever happens. I've booted with -force64 and without it. Are there any others I should try? What does this mean if it's sticking at this point? Seems like if I made it this far, it should go all the way through... o_O

 

Anyways, should I just start a new thread at this point? Or just keep thread jacking? lmao

 

Thanks for the help so far.

 

If you are using more than 4 gigs of ram that maybe your issue, try just using 4 gigs or searching for the over 4 gigs ram fix, it's around here somewhere's. . .That's great that you've got this far, don't ever give up!

[my95z34]

This is not a vanilla install it's a retail using a legacy kernel that has been patched for AMD's.

Your best bet @ this point is to not even use a DSTD.aml file, and make darn sure that your com.Apple.boot.plist is pointing to your legacy kernel (which should be in the root of your drive).

 

Other important things to check is what's in your Extra/Extensions folder, make sure you don't have anything weird in it that may cause problems, like SleepEnabler.kext, PS2 kexts...

 

And also make sure your boot file is in the root ad well...

 

Gotcha. I was mistaken at the terminology for vanilla install. I assumed it was for using the original OSX disk.

 

When using the step 1 of that other guide, there is no extensions folder. I'm going to try to keep it from the MyHack installer and see what happens. Also, there is no legacy kernel... o_O It's using the mach_kernel.

 

Also, I cannot find a DSTD.aml file on my thumbdrive.

 

 

If you are using more than 4 gigs of ram that maybe your issue, try just using 4 gigs or searching for the over 4 gigs ram fix, it's around here somewhere's. . .That's great that you've got this far, don't ever give up!

I also tried taking out 4 gigs of ram and still got the same hangup during preparing for setup.

 

 

 

I'm trying a couple more things... lets see what happens..

[nicestupid89]

IDK if it's the DVDRW or the actual HDD, but I couldn't get it to install without AHCI on. It would get stuck at Waiting for Root Device.

same with me

 

till now i dont have a good answer for this problem

[arxdj]

hi i'm new to the scene

 

want to install my PC with Snow Leo

 

so far i've only manage to install lawless ppc 10.5.6 Phen&AMD to my PC without any kext loaded, it cause KP if i do.

my PC specs are :

AMD 64 X2 5000+ BE

Biostar T-Power 750a SLi +nForce MCP72

Kingston 4x1Gb DDR2 667 RAM

Seagate SATA 160Gb AHCI mode GUID HFS+ Journaled Partition

Seagate SATA 250Gb AHCI mode MBR NTFS Partition (win7)

Hitachi SATA II 500Gb AHCI mode MBR NTFS Partition (data only)

Lite-On SATA DVD-RW

nVidia GeForce 9600GT 256bit 512Mb GDDR3

Logitech MK250 wireless USB Mouse & Keyboard

TP-Link TL-WN651G Rev 1.5 PCI Wifi Card (AR5001X+ (802.11b/g))

 

so can anyone help me on what option to pick on install and any kext i can add later on to get maximum performance out of it.

 

any response would be greatly appreciated

 

thx in advance

[amador]

hi i'm new to the scene

 

want to install my PC with Snow Leo

 

so far i've only manage to install lawless ppc 10.5.6 Phen&AMD to my PC without any kext loaded, it cause KP if i do.

my PC specs are :

AMD 64 X2 5000+ BE

Biostar T-Power 750a SLi +nForce MCP72

Kingston 4x1Gb DDR2 667 RAM

Seagate SATA 160Gb AHCI mode GUID HFS+ Journaled Partition

Seagate SATA 250Gb AHCI mode MBR NTFS Partition (win7)

Hitachi SATA II 500Gb AHCI mode MBR NTFS Partition (data only)

Lite-On SATA DVD-RW

nVidia GeForce 9600GT 256bit 512Mb GDDR3

Logitech MK250 wireless USB Mouse & Keyboard

TP-Link TL-WN651G Rev 1.5 PCI Wifi Card (AR5001X+ (802.11b/g))

 

so can anyone help me on what option to pick on install and any kext i can add later on to get maximum performance out of it.

 

any response would be greatly appreciated

 

thx in advance

 

 

 

follow this guide http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=201330

 

i use dvd retail osx 10.6.3 then upgade to 10.6.7 , but of course you have to upgrade the legacy kernel to the latest for SL.

 

my specs

 

Biostar TA790GXE 4GB DDR2 1066mhz

 

Nvidia GT210 Pci-e

 

Asus DVD/RW

 

HDD-SATA-II 500GB Seagate

 

everything works,all application. only the usb webcam driver that doesn't work well but if i use my Panasonic DV Camera it works well on skype and captures well

[nikkokick]

Hello.

 

I have followed your guide and completed it, but when I boot from HDD I can't use my mouse or keyboard (both are USB).

 

I can use them if I boot from BootCD and then OSX partition. I guess I need a Kext for USB?

 

Can you help me with this?

Thanks

[nikkokick]

One more question.

 

How do I make my Graphics Card work? I have googled but found nothing

 

Are there any detailed instructions/guide for this? If not, can you please describe it so I as a beginner can follow it? I have a GTX 460.

 

Thanks

[snowbound]

Have a question regarding if one already have an original Apple Snow Leopard DVD why would one have to burn it to another DVD per

 

-Apple snow leopard Retail DVD burned on dual layer DVD or you can restore the dmg on USB Flash memory 8GB

[victor141516]

I have a problem with this method, I have a black screen with white letters on it, it's this:

http://cl.ly/0B3o3r1f0W0v3a1J303Y

Could anyone explain me how to install with this method or another method for my PC?

This is my PC:

 

MB: Asus M4A89GTD-PRO/USB3

Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 955

Graphic: Palit GTX460 Sonic

HDD: ST3360320AS

 

Please, explain me for noobs

[sirbow2]

I have a problem with this method, I have a black screen with white letters on it, it's this:

http://cl.ly/0B3o3r1f0W0v3a1J303Y

Could anyone explain me how to install with this method or another method for my PC?

This is my PC:

 

MB: Asus M4A89GTD-PRO/USB3

Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 955

Graphic: Palit GTX460 Sonic

HDD: ST3360320AS

 

Please, explain me for noobs

hey! i was helping someone with this mobo a week or two ago it had a {censored} tin of issues(not really, just one really bad one) he bought another mobo, then we found out how to fix it. hit me up with your gchat or something and ill try to help.

[waah]

Heya, Im running into some problem when i try to boot the installer.

I get this error:

http://i54.tinypic.com/24b4uvl.jpg

 

Does anyone know how to fix it?

 

Im running a:

ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3

AMD Phenom II x6 1055T

ATI Radeon HD 5850

[sirbow2]

Heya, Im running into some problem when i try to boot the installer.

I get this error:

http://i54.tinypic.com/24b4uvl.jpg

 

Does anyone know how to fix it?

 

Im running a:

ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3

AMD Phenom II x6 1055T

ATI Radeon HD 5850

what version of chameleon are you using?

 

 

from someone that has your mobo

"Hi.

As first, You must set Your IDE Devices as AHCI in BIOS, turn off C'n'Q, turn on HPET and set to 64, set default ACPI in BIOS (i think it's 2.1 or something), turn off Spread Spectrum... That's a good way to start a long trip called OS X ...

First boot do with -v -f. Install Chameleon rc2.4 loader (it's for AMD) in install options and must install Qooupz Patched Kernel...

Good Luck

 

from a fellow insaly"

[waah]

what version of chameleon are you using?

 

 

from someone that has your mobo

"Hi.

As first, You must set Your IDE Devices as AHCI in BIOS, turn off C'n'Q, turn on HPET and set to 64, set default ACPI in BIOS (i think it's 2.1 or something), turn off Spread Spectrum... That's a good way to start a long trip called OS X ...

First boot do with -v -f. Install Chameleon rc2.4 loader (it's for AMD) in install options and must install Qooupz Patched Kernel...

Good Luck

 

from a fellow insaly"

 

Thanks for replying!

Im using RC5.

 

I found all those settings in BIOS except for HPET. Do i turn that on somewhere else or have i just not been looking hard enough? :s

[sirbow2]

Thanks for replying!

Im using RC5.

 

I found all those settings in BIOS except for HPET. Do i turn that on somewhere else or have i just not been looking hard enough? :s

 

yeah the person i was helping didnt find HPET either so just give it a go.

[waah]

yeah the person i was helping didnt find HPET either so just give it a go.

 

I managed to get past that error. Now i get a different one though.

 

ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::start waitForService(resourceMatching(AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement) timed out

 

Anyone got any ideas?

 

EDIT:

I used Nawcom's ModCD and got through to the installer. Now however i get stuck at "Preparing Installation" after chosing language.

[snowbound]

I could not even get to the install screen on a M2N-MX SE Plus w 4GB of RAM and an ATI video card. I either got waiting for the hard drive or an DSDOS error. That was with a SATA or IDE hard drive. This motherboard does not have an AHCI setting.

 

Attached is a kernel panic as soon as I boot the retail DVD after using the instructed BOOTCD

[snowbound]

Well I used and Nvidia video card and the bootcd1.5 and busratio=20 to get retail version installed, rebooted via the bootcd and set up account. However network does not work. Did not apply the combo update.

[RyuzakiTA]

I have a cpu caller...first cpu 2 so I used cpus=2, then i got cpu caller 0 so i used cpus=0 and finally cpu caller 1 and tried cpus=1 but it doesn't work. help me!

[bpear]

Sorry if the was already asked but I know I can put the snow leopard img on a USB flash drive but can I also put the bootcd image on a flash drive I'm going to install this on a pc without a dvd drive

[RyuzakiTA]

Sorry if the was already asked but I know I can put the snow leopard img on a USB flash drive but can I also put the bootcd image on a flash drive I'm going to install this on a pc without a dvd drive

Yes =) you can find the guide in the third post, in the "second way"

[karimruan]

hey you forgot the OSinstall.mpkg method! but a great guide any way

 

What is the OSinstall.mpkg method? lol