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FYI - I just locked myself out of my 10.5.1 - something must've gone wrong when I was in there and typed:

 

sudo dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk1s2

 

rdisk1s2 is the second HDD I have in my computer that I have installed SL onto. But now I can't boot my machine at all - I think I'm screwed. So now I'm on a MacBook and am re-making the flash drive in hopes that I can boot using the Flash Drive, install SL on my 2nd HDD, and somehow get that 2nd HDD to boot properly. I can then reinstall my apps and restore my data from my backup drive.

 

Would someone please refresh my memory on exactly what I need to have on the flash drive to make sure this will work for me on my Dell 410 AND HOW TO DO IT?? I'm restoring the SL DVD install files now, then I know that I need to install Chameleon RC3-r658. I know that I also need to put the modded boot1h on there, and also the kexts, dsdt, com.apple.plist, BUT I NEED HELP TO MAKE SURE I DO IT CORRECTLY. I also need a refresher on how to install the kext files correctly.

 

Please help - I need to use my machine this weekend, and I need to get this done ASAP.

 

Thanks again for everyone's help.

 

==Brandon

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Thanks - I'll try it this afternoon. Now, assuming I can get this to work, would it be possible for me to clone my current HDD to the new HDD and run through this process to essentially UPGRADE my current setup to 10.6.1?

 

==Brandon

 

I don't think this process will work for upgrading.

Instead, you could install 10.6 into a new disk/partition and then use Migration Assistant from there to transfer all the accouns/info. You need to choose "From a TimeMachine backup or other disk" and choose the 10.5 disk

 

That's all.

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I don't think this process will work for upgrading.

Instead, you could install 10.6 into a new disk/partition and then use Migration Assistant from there to transfer all the accouns/info. You need to choose "From a TimeMachine backup or other disk" and choose the 10.5 disk

 

That's all.

 

Good idea - I'll do that. Any thoughts on my other post?

 

==Brandon

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Good idea - I'll do that. Any thoughts on my other post?

 

==Brandon

 

You can use the same Migration Assistan procedure to restore your data from the 10.5 partition that is not booting anymore after having installed a fresh new 10.6 into a different disk.

I did it in the past to restore data from a not booting 10.5 paartition( due to wrong kexts)

 

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You can use the same Migration Assistan procedure to restore your data from the 10.5 partition that is not booting anymore after having installed a fresh new 10.6 into a different disk.

I did it in the past to restore data from a not booting 10.5 paartition( due to wrong kexts)

 

Cheers

 

Thanks, G3erry. I will do that. Would you please help me with this?...

 

Would you help refresh my memory on exactly what I need to have on the flash drive to make sure this will work for me on my Dell 410 AND HOW TO DO IT?? I'm restoring the SL DVD install files now to a flash drive, then I know that I need to install Chameleon RC3-r658. I know that I also need to put the modded boot1h on there, and also the kexts, dsdt, com.apple.plist, BUT I NEED HELP TO MAKE SURE I DO IT CORRECTLY. I also need a refresher on how to install the kext files correctly.

 

Thank you very much,

Brandon

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I would LOVE to know how you were able to get it to install. I have been trying for a month with no success. I have it installed on a new HDD, but when I select the HDD from the boot disk options (after initial boot, pressing F12 gives me the list of bootable devices), all I get is:

 

boot0: GPT

boot0: testing

boot0: testing

boot0: done

boot1: error

 

If there is a better process I should be following to get this installed (I have a retail disk for Snow Leopard), I'm all ears! I'm not interested in a dual boot setup with another OS - just need 10.6.1 for my Dell 410.

 

Thanks in advance,

Brandon

 

 

I was having the same issue as well but managed to get it install using the guide on the OSx86 Wiki. Easy and fool proof.

 

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph..._Leopard_Method

 

That is the guide I used and did it couple of times with the same results. You need to use migration assistant for transferring apps coz when I used the backup, my SL won't boot. I guess you gotta keep the install clean.

Good luck..

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I was having the same issue as well but managed to get it install using the guide on the OSx86 Wiki. Easy and fool proof.

 

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph..._Leopard_Method

 

That is the guide I used and did it couple of times with the same results. You need to use migration assistant for transferring apps coz when I used the backup, my SL won't boot. I guess you gotta keep the install clean.

Good luck..

 

Thanks very much. Rob, G3erry- any additional thoughts? I'm going to be working on this today and need to get this up and running by tonight.

 

Thanks,

Brandon

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I'll post my dsdt when I get home I'm at work now. Any one have a version of transmission that works with snow leopard that's not banned at broken stones?

 

After spending much of the day working on this, I was finally able to get it working. Thanks again to everyone for your help!

 

==Brandon

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After spending much of the day working on this, I was finally able to get it working. Thanks again to everyone for your help!

 

==Brandon

 

Brandon

which method did you uese to install SL?

I am still not able to install correctly.

My second HDD (used for Sl) is so slow when I try to install from first one with 10.5

I know there is a thread about IRQs confict, I followed it , but no result

Thanks

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Great!

so what was it? what were you doing wrong? maybe that can help other users?

 

After spending much of the day working on this, I was finally able to get it working. Thanks again to everyone for your help!

 

==Brandon

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I didn't follow the instructions that Rob and G3erry posted exactly - I was trying to take some shortcuts, and that did me in every time.

 

Right now, I'm up and running, but I don't feel like this is very stable compared to when I was running Kalyway 10.5.1. For example, when I use VirtualBox, running either a virtualized XP session or Windows 7 session, my machine spontaneously reboots at random times (I've only seen this happen when VirtualBox is running). I am running the latest OS X version of VirtualBox (version 3.0.8).

 

Also, I had to get a new video card in my Dell yesterday because my previous one died during all of my installation trials. I now have an NVidea GeForce 9800 GT (1GB) and need a kext for it. It appears to be working fine now, but every now and then, the fan on top of the card revvs up very fast and the machine locks up. I don't want this card to die, so if anyone can help me out with a kext for it, I would appreciate it.

 

Also, I would like to know if, when Snow Leopard point releases are available (i.e. 10.6.2), if it is okay to install them without screwing up my installation.

 

Thanks again for everyone's help - I really do appreciate it!

 

==Brandon

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Brandon: i have only used nvidia cards and always use EFI string not kext and never had a problem that way.

 

Rob and the others: how do you fix the time issue when dual boot? i have windows 7 and SL

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Brandon: i have only used nvidia cards and always use EFI string not kext and never had a problem that way.

 

Rob and the others: how do you fix the time issue when dual boot? i have windows 7 and SL

 

Can you tell me how to use the EFI string or is there a way to check to see if I have it already?

 

Thanks,

Brandon

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I uploaded a boot.plst for snow Leo on this thread with some other stuff a few pages back it has the efi string for the nvidia 7300 a few pages back and as for the time issues in window I don't have a fix for that :(

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Can you tell me how to use the EFI string or is there a way to check to see if I have it already?

 

Thanks,

Brandon

Whats your video card model? and memory size? maybe i can generate a file for you.

 

But the way of doing it is:

1. Get a copy of EFI Studio

2. open efi studio and look for your video card model and memory size

3. click ADD Device

4 on the botom box will generate a hex code copy all that and paste it on your boot.plist file on the extra folder like this

	<key>device-properties</key>
<string>HEX CODE GOES HERE - BUNCH OF NUMBERS</string>

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Whats your video card model? and memory size? maybe i can generate a file for you.

 

But the way of doing it is:

1. Get a copy of EFI Studio

2. open efi studio and look for your video card model and memory size

3. click ADD Device

4 on the botom box will generate a hex code copy all that and paste it on your boot.plist file on the extra folder like this

	<key>device-properties</key>
 <string>HEX CODE GOES HERE - BUNCH OF NUMBERS</string>

 

My video card is an NVidea GeForce 9800 GT (1GB GDDR3).

 

Also, I tried to install the Logitech control center for my Logitech Cordless Click Plus mouse, and it screwed up my mouse settings really bad. Had to uninstall it. So as it stands now, I can't program the thumb forward and back buttons that I used to be able to use. Any thoughts on how to get that driver to work?

 

Thanks,

Brandon

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How was the 9800 under leopard. I've been looking at buying one for a little bit.

 

I just got it after I got SL up and running. It appears to be working fine, but every now and then, the fan starts spinning very fast and the machine locks up and shuts down. I think I need an EFI string or a kext for it. Still looking for that.

 

Also, I am having troubles with my keyboard. Sometimes after I boot, I am not able to use the keyboard to enter my password to get into SL. I have to reboot and try again. Sometimes it takes several tries. Any thoughts on that?

 

Thanks,

Brandon

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I've read through the entire thread and then patiently waited for my HDDs and 16G flash drive to arrive and now I'm trying to install Snow Leopard.

 

Here's what I've done:

I've followed RobG's instructions posted here-

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1282323

 

Used this package, also posted by RobG

Snow_Leo_XPS_410_64_Bit.zip

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1289920

 

But instead of using the boot1h file included with the above package used the one here to prevent the boot1 error-

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1297352

 

When booting w/o the -v toggle from the flash drive I get the no smoking sign.

When booting w/ the -v toggle I get:

 

MAC Framework successfully initialized
using 10485 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87
ACPI: System Stat [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
RTC: Only single RAM bank (128 bytes)
AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: Enabling legacy HPET check
netkas presents fakesmc, a kext which emulates smc device
mbinit: done (64 MB memory set for mbuf pool)
From path: "uuid",
Waiting for boot volume with UUID CD8FC506-2BBB-32A8-9B86-3887582C2783
Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOresourceMatch</key><string ID="2">bo
ot-uuid-media</string></dict>
venderid: 0x8086 deviceid: 0x104b.
USBF: 1.292 AppleUSBOHCI[0xffffff8005558000]::CheckSleepCapability - controller will be unloaded across sleep
USBF: 1.292 AppleUSBOHCI[0xffffff800578a000]::CheckSleepCapability - controller will be unloaded across sleep
com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib load succeeded
AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient: ready
USBMSC Identifier (non-Unique): 0000030534CA 0x644 0x200 0x408
USBMSC Identifier (non-Unique): 19015202037236580019 0x3530 0x59 0x100
AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: intialazation complete
Still waiting for root device
Still waiting for root device
Still waiting for root device
Still waiting for root device

 

So that's where I am.

Please advise.

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