sWORDs Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I've succesfully created a bootable tripple drive stripe from a drive img (restored it from a working install on a temporary 4th drive). But some things weren't in the guide. I needed to close and reopen Disk Utility after each array (or I couldn't create the next array). I couldn't boot from the first drive, but it does boot from the third drive. Results 253.22 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.5.4 (9E6) Physical RAM 4096 MB Model MacPro3,1 Drive Type Macintosh Disk Test 167.96 Sequential 201.17 Uncached Write 477.55 293.21 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 449.31 254.22 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 74.75 21.87 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 457.60 229.99 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 144.16 Uncached Write 75.00 7.94 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 662.72 212.16 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 141.47 1.00 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 171.30 31.79 MB/sec [256K blocks] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaakeha1 Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 I couldn't boot from the first drive, but it does boot from the third drive. If you apply Chameleon EFI after installed Leopard & Modified Com.apple.Boot.plist ( Added Raid Indentifier) than you can boot from any of the three disk. I have three disk Striped RIAD I can boot from any Disk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packrobottom Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 "Put kext file in the user folder" can you be more specific on this part of the guide. Do you mean the root of my working install home directory or the Users folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaakeha1 Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 "Put kext file in the user folder" can you be more specific on this part of the guide. Do you mean the root of my working install home directory or the Users folder? Root of working user see Example Below USER RK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packrobottom Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Thanks Karaa, Yah that's what I was doing. I've done this install about 6 times now to a clean guid partition. I install from retail cd first then run the comboupdater 10.5.3 then I run the post.sh file. (I've also manually added the kexts and then repaired permissions as well) I'm not using your boot plist. I'm using the one with efi strings from my working kalyway install I've also tried with no bootlist just the stock one to rule that out. Also I know my retail disc is good because it installs fine on my G5 and other macs. I really want to get this working as kalyway is working fine now without any problems running the vanilla kernel 10.5.3. Here is what happens. OSX never gets beyond the grey startup screen. Here is a screenshot of the where it hangs booting up with -v My hardware is: Gigabyte ep35-ds4 intel Q9300 quadcore 4 gig ram SATA drive 2 partitions (1st working kalyway, 2nd retail install) SATA drive windows SATA drive Media USB EXT Drive Backup Geforce 7800GT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaakeha1 Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 Thanks Karaa, Yah that's what I was doing. I've done this install about 6 times now to a clean guid partition. I install from retail cd first then run the comboupdater 10.5.3 then I run the post.sh file. (I've also manually added the kexts and then repaired permissions as well) I'm not using your boot plist. I'm using the one with efi strings from my working kalyway install I've also tried with no bootlist just the stock one to rule that out. Also I know my retail disc is good because it installs fine on my G5 and other macs. I really want to get this working as kalyway is working fine now without any problems running the vanilla kernel 10.5.3. Here is what happens. OSX never gets beyond the grey startup screen. Here is a screenshot of the where it hangs booting up with -v kexts added make sure with right permission and delete the kexts mentioned in the post patched files AppleEFI AppleintelCPUPower etc My hardware is: Gigabyte ep35-ds4 intel Q9300 quadcore 4 gig ram SATA drive 2 partitions (1st working kalyway, 2nd retail install) SATA drive windows SATA drive Media USB EXT Drive Backup Geforce 7800GT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packrobottom Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 "kexts added make sure with right permission and delete the kexts mentioned in the post patched files AppleEFI AppleintelCPUPower etc" yep done that also in single user mode. The non compatible kexts are all in vanilla folder and not in the /system/library/extentions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaakeha1 Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 "kexts added make sure with right permission and delete the kexts mentioned in the post patched files AppleEFI AppleintelCPUPower etc" yep done that also in single user mode. The non compatible kexts are all in vanilla folder and not in the /system/library/extentions Is partition is GUID Try to install on Separate drive, not with one partition has Kalyway like you mentioned . Try to install everything from the working leopard even kexts etc I have the same MB Never faced this problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packrobottom Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 finally got it. yah! I copied the correct kexts in via terminal and just copy and pasted the commands. Also after retail 10.5 installed and before I ran the 10.5.3 updater I took ownership of the drive. Disk performance is less tho than kalyway. wierd. One more thing lets say I didn't have a working install how would I install chameleon to a partition or drive? just want to know in case it ever happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaakeha1 Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 finally got it. yah! I copied the correct kexts in via terminal and just copy and pasted the commands. Also after retail 10.5 installed and before I ran the 10.5.3 updater I took ownership of the drive. Disk performance is less tho than kalyway. wierd. One more thing lets say I didn't have a working install how would I install chameleon to a partition or drive? just want to know in case it ever happens. Use these your Retail Leopard would Fly Kexts_for_Hard_Drive_.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packrobottom Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 What is the difference between those hard drive kexts in the zip or the ones that come with the installer? I can't figure this one out clean retail install with the first kexts or the one's you just provided in the zip are slower than my current kalyway install. I tried copying the kalyway harddrive kexts as well and same thing so it's something else. Vanilla retail install: 10.5.3 Disk Test 86.21 Sequential 132.15 Uncached Write 130.06 79.85 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 123.38 69.81 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 127.44 37.30 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 150.86 75.82 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 63.98 Uncached Write 23.91 2.53 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 204.45 65.45 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 105.12 0.74 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 158.88 29.48 MB/sec [256K blocks] Kalyway: 10.5.3 vanilla kernel: Disk Test 99.20 Sequential 182.58 Uncached Write 192.76 118.35 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 193.92 109.72 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 140.32 41.07 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 225.38 113.27 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 68.10 Uncached Write 24.94 2.64 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 254.49 81.47 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 108.61 0.77 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 181.44 33.67 MB/sec [256K blocks] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaakeha1 Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 packrobottom No issue with hard drive performance here > Read the forum Follow the quide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packrobottom Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I did follow the guide. I have 10.5.3 installed via it hence the benchmarks. I'm just trying to figure out what is difference between my kalyway install and my retail install so I can run retail but still get the faster disk performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelbb Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 xbench is very unreliable & gives inconsistent results. Repeat those benchmarks a few times & average the results to confirm that the kalyway kexts really are improving disk performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaakeha1 Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 I did follow the guide. I have 10.5.3 installed via it hence the benchmarks. I'm just trying to figure out what is difference between my kalyway install and my retail install so I can run retail but still get the faster disk performance. which hard Drive you are using ,I can just tell by Brand and model if your experience about Kalyway is right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emilo Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Is anybody here using EFI Strings with ATI-3870 on GA-EP35-DS4/GA-P35-DS4 boards? I can't get EFI Strings to work with this card, but it works great with Natit.kext. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packrobottom Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 karaa, I'm using a brand new WD Caviar SE16 for my osx install. 320 gig SATA It's faster than my 10,000 rpm 74 gig raptor in every benchmark even though it's only 7200 rpm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaakeha1 Posted June 29, 2008 Author Share Posted June 29, 2008 karaa,I'm using a brand new WD Caviar SE16 for my osx install. 320 gig SATA It's faster than my 10,000 rpm 74 gig raptor in every benchmark even though it's only 7200 rpmI have same But 640Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB For this I am getting between 101 to 107 & most of the time 105 for hard drive alone with Xbench with retail version Leopard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjcb Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Hi everbody! I following this: or any Retail Leopard server install First requirement is working LeopardPartition Destination Drive with Disk utility Select GUID partition how to install EFI To install Chameleon EFI -its very simple because now it has installer . just run and select the right drive For EFI v8 Put the two files EFI.sh & folder pc_efi_v80 on desktop.open EFI.sh here put your user name (same as your working leopard and make sure you put Right drive and partition number where you want to install) Make sure you ejected the drive on which you are installing leopard . Open terminal sudo -s (enter) password (enter) . Now drag drop EFI.sh into terminal and hit enter. after installing EFI yours drive would be mounter again when asked to restart you select No Install Leopard same for both Chameleon EFI & EFI v8 Mount the Leopard server retail DVD or its Image. I prefer image as instillation is very fast 5-6 mins In terminal Copy Paste cd /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ DVD/System/Installation/Packages open osinstall.mpkg Install on right Destination Drive Than install 10.5.2 Combo update on the right drive Now to remove incompatible kext or install requird one Put kext file in the user folder Open post patch change (destination=Name of Drive where retail leopard is installed) Open terminal and drag drop post patch And after installation no problen, so I reboot my system and boot on the new partition with leopard server. But after 2s the system reboot (I can see the apple for 1 s) and I don't find how to put option on the boot (F8 doesn't work) I put my bios as the tuto and I think that could be work because: PowerEdge sc1430 Install method: EFI_boot (install of 5.2.0 _server_ autoupdate to .1, manual to .2 and .3) Chipset: Intel 5000V CPU Xeon 5300 (detected as 2x1.6Ghz Generic, all 8 cores working) EFI v8 with vanilla kernel (server) Shutdown works...require Stock AppleACPIPlatform.kext \ Restart works \ Sleep works ATI ES1000 on-board graphics detected and shows blue screen GeForce 7600GT pci-e working with NVinject at x4 speed (x8 slot altered to fit x16 card) 'generic' pci-x FW800 card working. Onboard intel gig-e lan works, but with mac addr of 00:00:00:00:00, rc script fix And my system is: INTEL 5000VSA with 2 Xeon 5060 FX5200 PCI If you have a solution, ... Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innova Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 I don't get it, how did you make it read "MacPro3,1" under Model Identifier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjcb Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Hi! I have a question about my problem EFI_boot and Efi V8 is the same thing I think not ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjcb Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 So, I going to search the problem. May be a solution, is it possible to install retail dvd with Xeon Dempsey 5060? because I have this processors. Thanks you for answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaakeha1 Posted June 30, 2008 Author Share Posted June 30, 2008 So, I going to search the problem.May be a solution, is it possible to install retail dvd with Xeon Dempsey 5060? because I have this processors. Thanks you for answers. Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaakeha1 Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 Just Applied Combo update 10.5.4 to retail Leopard From working leopard.works fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catraska Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I karaakeha1!! you have Q6600 ? what kernel you use? last update 10.5.4 only works with cpus=1 for me bye!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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