[AMD] Snow Leopard 10A432 Install - Page 7

GothGargoyle · #61 09-12-2009, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by GothGargoyle

Thanks, this has helped me somewhat - if I use the -s I can get into Snow Leopard as I can bypass the fsck and mount the root drive.

However, if I let it boot normally (or try fsck from the terminal) I still get the "Can't initialize disk cache" error!

Worked around it for now by adding memsize=4096 to the startup parameter. Any idea why my system doesn't link >4Gb ? Could it be a limitation of the modbin kernel? I am hoping there will be a source patched kernel for non-supported CPUs soon and that it will help this problem disappear.

Taisto · #62 09-12-2009, 11:54 AM

I guess this kernel is 32bit only right now, so no >4Gb yet. But i might be wrong.

aryajuanda · #63 09-12-2009, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Taisto

I guess this kernel is 32bit only right now, so no >4Gb yet. But i might be wrong.

glad to hear its work on your system...

yes this is a 32 bit kernel only.. but you can try to boot kernel n kext in 64 bit mode (use -64_bit on boot arg) but is not working for me

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we have to wait for a new patched kernel to enable 64 bit mode.. i hope some one has start try to build it with latest xnu source..

Taisto · #64 09-12-2009, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by aryajuanda

glad to hear its work on your system...

yes this is a 32 bit kernel only.. but you can try to boot kernel n kext in 64 bit mode (use -64_bit on boot arg) but is not working for me

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we have to wait for a new patched kernel to enable 64 bit mode.. i hope some one has start try to build it with latest xnu source..

Actually im waiting for new kernel, cause on this one - dual core bug is present ( mouse starts to jump over the screen, and sound gets distorted after around 2 hourd ), just like the early days of Leopard =) but for now cpus=1 fix the problem.

Siro · #65 09-13-2009, 08:54 AM

How do I go about installing drivers for nVidia Geforce 9500 GT 512 MB the Efi Strings method results me in getting a boolean error via OSX86 Tools. I am going insane in trying to find a working method to get my card working in some way or the other.

aryajuanda · #66 09-13-2009, 10:25 AM

u can use your 10.5 VGA driver on 32 bit 10.6..

Siro · #67 09-13-2009, 10:44 AM

How to go about it, I have no idea how to make a .plist or whatever in order to get my card running via EFI Studio I was so fed up that I installed the 8600 GT one and using that for the time being. Any information will be highly welcomed.

lemn · #68 09-13-2009, 10:50 AM

first, thanks for the giude, it's straightforward and easy to understand. i managed to install the new kitty, and it seems to boot just fine with the modbin kernel, but i got the damn still waiting for root device error. i only got that error with some early leopard distros, and now with snow.

what i did:
i have 2 sata drives, and they both have a partition for osx. i use one partition for leopard on a day-to-day basis, and the other one from the second drive to test new stuff on osx, like updates, etc.
if i need to boot from teh second drive, i use F8 at boot time to select the boot drive. i found this easier than to mess with the boot loader. each drive has it's own bootloader installed. (chameleon)
now i wanted to try out snow, so i formatted the second drive, followed the guide (again, thanks), and got in intalled.
i tried to boot from teh second drive, no kernel panics, no errors, except the dreaded still waiting for root device.
i tried to disable ata in bios, i set the sata to only sata0, removed the first drive, so the only drive in the system was the one with snow, and set up bios to boot from this drive first, so i don't have to use F8, but still the same error.
i even tried with the newer boot file from chameleon rc3, with no luck.

any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

Taisto · #69 09-13-2009, 12:24 PM

@lemn - You have to add Your chipset support kext to the system before You can boot into it. If You had working leopard earlier - and have it now, cause You needed it - copy AppleVIA / AppleATA/VIAATA kexts from leopard Extension folder, to Snow Leopard Extensions folder. Make permissions and boot with -f. You should go through the error now.

lemn · #70 09-13-2009, 12:57 PM

taisto, man, thank you, it works, i can't believe i was so stupid to forget to copy the chipset kext. live and learn, i guess

only one problem, and i think others have it too: why is the internet so slow? is this because of installing it to a foreign architecture, or is it a bug?