*Many thanks to John Demented for all his help and patience when trying to get me running Snow Leopard*
Snow Leopard, Apple’s next OS in their lineup after Leopard, was recently released. Thanks to the widespread hackintosh development of Leopard, Snow Leopard can be installed on your PC just a few short days after it was released. Fortunately, this OS is quite easy to install (much easier than Leopard) and, for the first time on the 1525, we will be booting a retail copy of OS X. This means certain devices, such as WiFi, will no longer be broken after updates, and their respective kexts will never have to be installed again.
We will be running Snow Leopard in 32-bit. Ethernet works native and so does Quartz Extreme Support. A couple things such as the Internal Microphone, HDMI, S-Video, and VGA Mirrored Display still aren’t working but, as seen with Leopard, fixes are released over time that remedy these issues. Snow Leopard isn’t perfect yet, but it’s getting pretty damn close. Just remember that you need a working Leopard install prior to installing Snow Leopard.
1. For installation, we need a .DMG of the install disc. You can learn how to make one from your Snow Leopard Install DVD here.
a) If you want to install Snow Leopard onto a HDD formated as MBR Disk, download this (thanks to The Edge3000) and place it in /Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages (Source: Infinitemac.com).
2. Launch Terminal and type
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
3. Mount the Snow Leopard DMG from step 1.
4. From the mounted DMG, go to System –> Installation –> Packages and double click on OSInstall.mpkg. If you receive a message telling you your computer is incompatible, simply close the Installer and launch it again.
5. Click continue through the License Agreement until you arrive at the install options. Then click “Change Install Location” and select the drive you want to install Snow Leopard on (It cannot be the drive/partition you’re currently booted to).
6. Click on Customize and select which components you would like to install. Then complete the install, but don’t restart yet.
7. Download the drivers pack and unzip it to your desktop.
8. Open the unzipped folder and go to the Needed Kexts folder. Copy the 5 kexts from the folder to /System/Library/Extensions/ located in your Snow Leopard partition.
9. Follow this guide to install the Chameleon Bootloader so that you can boot Snow Leopard.
10. Copy the dsdt.aml from your Leopard partition to the root of your Snow Leopard partition. If you do not already have a dsdt.aml, you can make one with DSDT Patcher GUI. Just check “Darwin/ Mac OS X” and hit Run DSDT Patcher.
11. Create a folder named Extra in the root of your Snow Leopard partition and, inside that folder, create another folder named Extensions. Then copy the kexts from “Extra Folder” to the new Extensions folder.
12. Open the unzipped folder from step 9 and unzip VoodooPS2Controller-0.98-installer.pkg.zip. Then run the .pkg and check the Trackpad option on the Installation Type step. Change the Install Location to your Snow Leopard partition and install.
13. Now you can boot to your Snow Leopard partition. Boot with the -f arch=i386 flags and go through the process of setting up your User Account. When you get to your desktop, WiFi should already be working (if you have a Broadcom 1395 chipset).
14. Copy the Kexts folder from step 7 from your Leopard partition to your Snow Leopard Desktop.
15. Download and run Kext Helper from your Snow Leopard partition. Drag and drop the kexts in the “Kext Helper” folder onto the Kext Helper screen and install them. Upon rebooting, Audio, Battery Meter, and SD Card Reader should now be working.
16. Unzip the Trackpad Preference Pane (also found in the Kexts folder) and install it with the included instructions.
17. Mount your Snow Leopard Install DVD DMG and navigate to /System/Installation/Packages/ (run the two terminal commands from step 2 if you don’t see the folder). Then run BSD.pkg and install it to your Snow Leopard partition (while booted to your Snow Leopard Partition). 9 times out of 10 you will get a Kernel Panic during the install process and will be forced to restart. This is OK. I had to install BSD.pkg 8 times before it had one successful install. Eventually, the package will install without a KP. When it does, hit OK on the install screen and then restart. Boot back to Snow Leopard and you will notice two things: 1) The system will be much more stable and you should stop receiving those damn Kernel Panics and 2) you can now repair permission in Disk Utility without getting an error.
18. Update to 10.6.1! (Just install the update and reboot)
Upon completion of this guide, you will be running Snow Leopard 10.6.4 and will have a nearly perfect system. If you found this guide useful then feel free to make a donation by clicking the Paypal link on the sidebar, or by clicking on some ads around the site. Any amount truly does help.
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September 1st, 2010 at 12:42 pm
AHCI…
September 1st, 2010 at 12:45 pm
If you can get back into OS X, run the commands for installing Chameleon in terminal and then upload a screenshot of the commands after they have been run.
September 1st, 2010 at 1:05 pm
I installed Chameleon to my Leopard disk and now everything is working… good news!
I need to erase the Leopard partition at some point cause I need the space for my SL drive. Hopefully Chameleon will still work at that point.
Thomas – Thanks again for your responses and help. It seems that MBR partitions and installing Chameleon to Leopard vs. SL did the trick.
September 1st, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Glad the issue is resolved.
August 31st, 2010 at 5:11 am
Apparently, installing SL isn’t as easy as I thought. After I get through step #12, I reboot my computer and I hit an endless loop after the Dell bios screen. It seems to be a problem with chameleon install, except I’m following each of the 3 commands exactly, one by one. My SL partition is on disk0s3…
Do I need the chameleon folder on my newly created SL desktop? I’ve been leaving it on my current Leopard desktop which is where I’m installing everything else?
August 31st, 2010 at 12:47 pm
The Chameleon folder wouldn’t make a difference. In the second step on the Chameleon install, make sure you’re typing rdisk0s3.
August 31st, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Yes I always put “r” in front, this is what I’ve been typing from the terminal per step #9:
cd /Users/Kyle/Desktop/Chameleon-2.0-RC3-r658.bin/i386
sudo fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdisk0
sudo dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk0s3
sudo cp boot /
I’ve tried numerous times, but I always get the endless Dell bios loop after reboot.
August 31st, 2010 at 7:33 pm
My partitions are GUID by the way (both Leopard & SL)…
August 31st, 2010 at 8:33 pm
You are only supposed to use an r on that second sudo command. You should be typing:
cd /Users/Kyle/Desktop/Chameleon-2.0-RC3-r658.bin/i386
sudo fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/disk0
sudo dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk0s3
sudo cp boot /
August 31st, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Thanks so much for the correction, I was following the instructions on your website exactly! I’ll try again…
August 31st, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Holy brain fart, Batman. The instructions in the post as well as what you were typing are correct; my previous comment to you was not. You should include the r in both steps. Sorry about the confusion. Since that isn’t working, try installing Chameleon to all HFS+ partition on your HDD.
August 31st, 2010 at 9:41 pm
Alright, tried again but the same result… here’s the error message after the Dell bios loads:
boot0: GPT
boot0: testing
boot0: testing
boot0: done
boot1: error
Also, I booted gparted to ensure the boot flag was set to the SL partition, but ended up with the same error as above.
September 1st, 2010 at 12:00 am
Since you’re using a GPT disk, make sure there aren’t any partitions checked with the boot flag in GParted.
September 1st, 2010 at 12:32 am
No, I’ve tried the EFI partition, Leopard and SL partitions with the same result.
Would starting over with MBR partitions make a difference? Also, your comment above about installing chameleon to all drives, does that involve just running the last two commands for each drive identifier?
September 1st, 2010 at 4:34 am
Just another late night update… reinstalled everything using MBR partitions and still stuck in an endless loop with the boot1: error message. I tried setting both SL and Leopard partitions with the boot flag, but still same result.
This is pretty frustrating since I’ve been using my 1525 for over 2 years and nothing seems to work!
September 1st, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Just out of curiosity, in the BIOS, is Onboard Devices -> SATA Operation set to ATA or AHCI?
August 25th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
So, everyone installed and tested this ‘Snow Leopard Graphics Update’? Is all okay with it? Ready to load up?
Let me know. I’d appreciate it.
Thanks!
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 am
Hi,
Has anyone had an issue with sleeping the laptop whereby it goes to sleep but instantly jumps out of it again? I did fix it with a sleep fix which was a patched IOUSBFAMILY.Kext but that then also killed the webcam from working!
I would disable Legacy USB but seemingly there is now option for this in the Dell 1525 Bios.
Any suggestions greatly received.
Thanks
Paul
August 23rd, 2010 at 10:01 am
Do you experience this when trying to put the computer to sleep on battery power, AC power (plugged in), or both?
August 23rd, 2010 at 10:15 am
Interesting it works perfectly off the battery! Hmmm I shall resume googling, or do you have a suggestion for this?
Thank you so much
Paul
August 23rd, 2010 at 11:09 am
Sorry, I don’t yet have a solution. For most, sleep on battery power works while sleep on AC power does not.
August 22nd, 2010 at 10:46 am
Hey Thomas,
I have a problem with getting the X3100 to work on Snow Leopard. I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 with a Core 2 Duo and a resolution of 1280×800 to not confuse with the 1440 resolution one. I’ve tried all DSDT’s and all possible kexts to try to get full QE/CI. Many have reported they have the display working on many websites. I’ve even tried the expose hotspot tricks and the sleep tricks but no luck with that. The X3100 worked flawlessly on Leopard but ever since Snow came out, it hasnt been able to recognize the chip. Any help? Thanks a lot!
August 21st, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Thomas,
I hope you can help me. I’ve been trying to get SL on my partners Inspiron 1525 and you guide worked great up until this point. I’m just wondering, you say that BSD will cause kernel panics a bunch and eventually work, do these KPs happen during the install or at the reboot afterwords? When I install BSD it completes no problems, then I reboot and get a KP. Is this what you’re talking about and I need to keep trying to install in safe mode, or do I have a different problem?
August 21st, 2010 at 11:50 pm
ok, now i really don’t know what to do. The keyboard has become completely non-responsive. I can’t even get the BIOS or boot menu?!? I’m at a loss here. I’m at the point of looking for any good combination of restart, let sit, restart right away type of voodoo. Any ideas? It’s one thing to not be able to get SL installed, it’s another thing to completely brick the thing :-<
August 22nd, 2010 at 12:05 am
the voodoo worked! That was scary..
August 22nd, 2010 at 12:14 am
Since you’ve posted three times now referencing different things, I’m getting a little confused. What are the issues you’re currently facing?
August 22nd, 2010 at 12:24 am
I do apologize, the keyboard not responding even at the Dell boot screen really had me worried. At the moment, I can only boot into SL in safe mode. I can install BSD fine, and when I go to reboot afterwords, I get a KP. I think that’s about where I’m at right now.
August 22nd, 2010 at 12:30 am
I’m sorry, I have to add to that. I’ve been going through some of the previous steps, and I’m reminded that when I get to step 15, the kexts seem to install fine, but after a few seconds I get a “System extension cannot be used” error for each of them. My wireless also is not working.
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:25 am
What flags are you using to boot into Snow Leopard when you receive a KP? The “System Extension cannot but used” error can be fixed by reinstalling that kext, though the error doesn’t actually have any significance.
August 23rd, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Ok, here’s an update.. I started over and followed your guide exactly. Upon installing BSD I get KPs just as you said, although, I do have to ask, how many times should I keep trying until it doesn’t work? Other than that, at this point, the built in keyboard and trackpad do not work. If I try it, SL tells me it needs to be identified, but the identification process does not work. I’m using an external keyboard and mouse at the moment. The DVD drive is also not recognized even in disk utility and all of the partitions have strange icons. In Finder, they have the icon usually used for a time machine disk, and in disk utility they have regular folder icons. I have not tested the memory card reader, also, screen resolution is limited to only one choice. Any thoughts for me?
August 23rd, 2010 at 6:43 pm
I suspect that you aren’t using the correct boot flags. You should boot with -f arch=i386 on every boot. Try booting with those flags and then let me know how many of those issues remain.
August 24th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
-f arch=i386 boot flag causes KP every time whether by itself, or combined with -x and/or -v. I can boot without any flags sometimes, and I can always boot with -x flag and -f -x flag, and of course all of these with -v flag. As I’ve been trying to install BSD I’ve been using -f -v -x flags to boot each time. Any reason why -f arch=i386 might be causing a KP each time?
August 24th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
Try -v -x arch=i386 and, if it KP’s, send me a picture of the KP screen.
August 25th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
I just received your email with the picture. Boot into the system using whichever flags work for you and remove any traces of SleepEnabler.kext. Then boot with -v -f arch=i386 and report back.
August 25th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
I just sent another picture via email. Still getting a KP.
August 25th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Which version of Chameleon are you using?
August 25th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
The Chameleon boot screen says at the top:
Darwin/x86 boot v5.0.132 – Chameleon v2.0-RC1 r
August 25th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
That may be your problem. Boot to Snow Leopard and install Chameleon RC3 from this post.
August 21st, 2010 at 8:41 am
Hi,
thanks for the guide. I’m stuck at the step 12, I’m unable to launch my new system, I got always only a black screen after the gray background with the apple (but I’m hearing the music of the welcome video).
I was following the steps in a vmware Leopard, so in the step 10 I used a dsdt.aml found on the web. After the reboot I was able to start my system in console mode (-s flag), and I recreated my dsdt.aml file in console, and replaced the old one, so I think it should be fine.
I tried also the sleep and wake trick, but my system instantly wakes up after pressing Fn+Esc.
I’ve got a 1440×900 lcd, and I dont know if it makes any difference, but the filesystem is case sensitive (the name of the dsdt file should be lowercase characters?)
Any hints?
August 19th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Hello! I followed Your excellent tutorial, Everything seems to be ok but… When I get the step 13: “13. Now you can boot to your Snow Leopard partition. Boot with the -f arch=i386 ” It doesn’t boot! My dell shows e message like:
boot0:GPT
boot0:testing
boot0:testing
boot0:error_
for just milliseconds and then automatically reboot, and so on.
Any idea?
Thanks!!!
August 19th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Sounds like you messed up when installing Chameleon. Reinstall Chameleon but make sure you use the correct values.
August 19th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
Thomas, I installed Chameleon right like it says in your guide, What do You mean with correct values? I executed:
sudo fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdisk0
sudo dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk0s3
sudo cp boot /
Is the last line completed?
What can I do???
Thanks!!!!!
August 19th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
You correctly installed Chameleon to disk0s3, though that partition may not be set as the active/boot partition. Verify that it is with GParted or some other partition managing software.
August 20th, 2010 at 12:05 am
You were right, The Snow Leopard Partition were not set as “boot”. I changed the flag with GParted and now It says “boot”….. But It still doesn’t boot… :(
I have 3 partitions, The Leopard one (No boot), the Snow Leopard one (boot) and a small partition named Efi, that is set to be boot too….
Right now, I can boot 10.5.6 using the installation DVD.
Thanks!
August 20th, 2010 at 12:37 am
Now that you’ve set the Snow Leopard partition as the boot partition, reinstall Chameleon to it. Also, are you using an MBR formatted disk or a GPT formatted disk.
August 20th, 2010 at 1:15 am
Thanks a lot for Your support!
I deleted the EFI partition using GParted, and the Snow leopard partition suddenly dissapear…. so, I will restart the entire process from scratch…
I Don’t know about to MBR or GTP… Where can I check it? Which one is better?
I will try again now, any advice?
Regards
August 20th, 2010 at 1:20 am
I found It. Is GPT (GUID Partition Table).
August 20th, 2010 at 1:24 am
Step 5 says: “5. Click continue through the License Agreement until you arrive at the install options. Then click “Change Install Location” and select the drive you want to install Snow Leopard on (It cannot be the drive/partition you’re currently booted to).”
I am using the same drive but different partition, is it OK?
Tks,
August 20th, 2010 at 1:48 am
Yes, installing to a different partition on the same drive is fine.
August 20th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Hello, I started the process again, But there is an Issue:
1) Create the Snow partition using “Disk Utility”
2) by using GParted, set the Snow partition to “boot”
3) When I reboot in my 10.5.6 Leopard, Snow partition is not visible:
Can’t see it in Finder, and can’t see it in Disk Utility
4) Again run GParted and uncheck the “boot” flag
5) Partition Snow is again alive!
So… How can I set it to be a “boot” partition?
Thanks!!
August 21st, 2010 at 12:29 am
It’s a bit different for GPT formatted disks. As you noticed, setting a partition on a GPT disk as the boot partition using GParted will make that partition invisible. To boot from your Snow Leopard partition, simply install Chameleon to it. As you’ve already tried this without success, it may be best to reformat the entire disk as MBR and start over.
August 18th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Looks like I’ll finally be taking the plunge into Snow Leopard. One question, is there a way to combine my partitions after I install SL? I won’t be using Leopard anymore so I would like to have a single partition. Does anyone actually boot into Leopard anymore?
Thanks!
August 18th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
After installing Snow Leopard, format your Leopard partition and then use this guide to combine the partitions. And I personally never use Leopard anymore.
August 19th, 2010 at 10:54 am
Thanks for the quick response, can’t wait now!
August 15th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
woohoo! running on 10.6.1 right now…no sound though but got everything else =D
August 15th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Upgrade all the way up to 10.6.4 and see if you can’t get sound working then. Are you using AppleHDA or VoodooHDA?
August 15th, 2010 at 11:47 am
Ok will keep trying the kernel panics are so random at the moment
August 15th, 2010 at 11:48 am
Try installing bsd.pkg in safe mode as you suggested and see if it successfully completes then.
August 15th, 2010 at 11:39 am
Ah, thats a shame. Can it be installed in safe mode? I’m getting Kernel Panics all the time and its so damn frustrating lol
Yeah it’s:
http://osx86.net/f57/dell-inspiron-1525-t3860/
August 15th, 2010 at 11:44 am
I’m not sure if it’ll install in safe mode, though it’s definitely worth trying. You can verify it installed properly by successfully repairing permissions in Disk Utility.
Edit: I just checked out the link and all it is i is the Chameleon boot file. It seems as if you weren’t installing Chameleon correctly (or to the right partition).
August 15th, 2010 at 11:07 am
Yeh no probem, here is the link:
http://osx86.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=568&d=1252006079 (you need to be registered to download)
it’s not too much of an issue because it works fine for me on Leopard so I can just transfer anything i need that way…
Where does the BSD.pkg instal to on the hard drive? (If you know the location I think there could be a work around to all the failed installations by just installing it through Leopard and changing where it should be installed)
August 15th, 2010 at 11:28 am
Installing BSD.pkg to Snow Leopard from Leopard doesn’t have any affect; it has to be installed from Snow Leopard. Do you have the original forum post link (instead of the direct download link)?
August 14th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Ok, just done that and now it’s frozen at Airport: Link Down on en1. Reason 4 (Disassociated due to inactivity).
Sorry for bugging you…Lol, you’ve been a great help, thank you
August 14th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
It’s no problem at all. The link down message is normal and isn’t causing the error. What processor do you have in your system? Also, what version on Snow Leopard are you installing?
August 14th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
10.6 retail
and processor is 1.92GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
August 14th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
That rules out any processor issues. When booting with arch=i386, do you type it at boot or have you added it to your com.apple.Boot.plist.
August 14th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
I type it at boot with the -f flag just before. so… -f arch=i386
should I be running repair permissions after sticking the kexts in the relevant folders?
August 14th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
It’s worth a shot. After that, I’m all out of ideas. Sorry. I just can’t think of anything else that would be causing the issue. You are using an Insprion 1525, right?
August 14th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
Yeah, using inspiron 1525 and Leopard runs like a dream.
WIll try that now, thanks for all your help
August 14th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Let me know if that helps at all. Sorry I couldn’t be more help, but I tried everything I know of.
August 15th, 2010 at 5:49 am
Ok so I am actually on snow leopard as we speak! i found a forum that was having the same difficulty and I downloaded the boot file they used and it’s working….however, I dont have wifi or sound.
Sound I just try sticking the relevant kexts from here in the extensions folder as well?
August 15th, 2010 at 10:36 am
Scratch the previous comment, re did it again! now I have sound and wi-fi! just getting random kernel panics but i havent installed the BSD package yet, will do shortly.
My only issue is snow leopard doesnt detect my dvd drive…any ideas why?
and thanks again for all your help
August 15th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Installing BSD.pkg should resolve those KP’s. Your DVD Drive should just work for you. I think you’re the first person to report a DVD Drive problem in Snow Leopard. There’s something very different about your system that is causing all of these strange errors, and I have no idea what it is. Do you mind providing the link for that custom boot file you used?
August 14th, 2010 at 4:54 am
Ok so I followed your guide down to the letter, and the first time I tried to boot it up it panicked. Restarted in verbose mode and it’s gone passed the previous issue and seems to have frozen on:
Sound assertion “0 != pathMap_aDriverInstance” failed in “/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-174.1.1/AppleHDA/AppleHDADriver.cpp” at line 1459 goto exit.
And there’s the same thing just beneath this line for createAudioEngines
August 14th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Try -x -v -f arch=i386.
August 13th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Just tried that new kext now and got back the same:
FakeSMC: key not found RPlt, length – 8
FakeSMC: key not found EPCI, length – 4
I’m going to delete snow leopard and start over and just hope for the best lol
August 14th, 2010 at 1:12 am
Yeah, I think it would be wise to reinstall. Make sure to follow the guide exactly so as not to face any problems this time. Good luck!
August 13th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
ok so I did what you suggested, got the same timeout issue and just before that message it says the fakesmc not found on two separate lines
August 13th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
The last thing I can think of before reinstalling would be to try one last FakeSMC.kext. Download this and copy the fakesmc.kext in “Needed Kext” to /S/L/E/, replacing your other FakeSMC.kext. Finally, reboot with -v -x -f arch=i386.
August 13th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Ok so now it’s stopped on:
ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::start – waitForService(resourceMatching(AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement) timed out
August 13th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Try placing the FakeSMC.kext from step 7 in /System/Library/Extensions/ and then booting with -v -x -f arch=i386 (make sure to first delete the one in /Extra/Extensions/). If that doesn’t work, copy only the fakesmc.kext from the Needed Kexts folder to /System/Library/Extensions/. Make sure that any other FakeSMC.kext is delete and then boot with -v -x -f arch=i386.
August 13th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Sorry do you mean fakesmc in the extras file? also when you say ONLY copy the fakesmc from the folder, should I delete all the other kexts I have already copied over?
August 13th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Sorry, I should have been more clear. To make it easier, just copy the FakeSMC.kext from /Extra/Extensions/ to /System/Library/Extensions/. Then delete the FakeSMC.kext in /E/E/. Finally, reboot with -v -x -f arch=i386 and report back how it goes.
August 13th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Ok will do now, i’m using chameleon 2.0 RC3 (the one in the link in this guide)
August 13th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
Ok so it’s been running for 30 mins and still nothing.
Also, the processor light isn’t on at all (don’t know if that makes a difference
August 13th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
What boot flags are you using?
August 13th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
-f arch=i386
and -v -f arch=i386 (to see where it’s stopping)
i’ve tried booting it in safe mode as well but doesn’t work either
August 13th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Try -v -x -f arch=i386 again just to be sure. Which bootloader and version are you using?
August 13th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Haha, your kidding! Well the first time I booted it I waited about 20 minutes. After that basically eveytime I saw that message I just assumed it froze *shakes head in shame*
I’ll redo it now and let you know either way
August 7th, 2010 at 2:43 am
I have a quick question, I set this up for a Dual (hopefully triple boot if I get it working) Windows XP and OS X 10.6.4 machine (and hopefully Ubuntu). Currently boots to both great. Do you have a recommendation when it comes to a CMOS reset fix? I’ve tried several on my desktop machine and none have worked, wondered if you had tried one for the 1525.
August 7th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
To be honest, I’m not even sure what CMOS Reset is or why it even has to be fixed. I did find this link to be quite helpful though: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=CMOS+reset+fix
August 7th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
I have my laptop set to boot XP, SL, and Ubuntu. When I boot to SL, it changes the time forward 6 hours or so in the BIOS, so when I boot to XP the time is now incorrect. My desktop is doing the same thing. I have tried a half a dozen different fixes so far, no luck. One forum claims using AppleRTC.kext from Leopard works, just won’t let you boot 64 bit, which your method doesn’t allow anyway. I’m torn between your no leopard kexts rule and an attempt at this repair. Anyway, I am off to check your link.
August 7th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Oh haha nice link, as if Google isn’t my friend already. Thanks anyway.
August 7th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
Sorry, I couldn’t resist :P. Now that you’ve explained it, I actually do know which issue you are referring to. I’m going to look into a fix now and will post back with my findings.
August 7th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
I may have found a fix. This fixes something in Windows and not OS X. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation\ in the registry and change the value of RealTimeIsUniversal to 1. If RealTimeIsUniversal does not exist, create a new DWORD with a value of 1.
August 12th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Hi Thomas,
I have followed your guide to the letter and I must admit it has helped me a lot and I will be donating once I have it up and running =D
I’ve double checked all the kexts and they are where they should be. What I did by mistake though was once I installed chameleon and followed the steps I rebooted into snow leopard instead of leopard which didnt load so I went back into Leopard and moved the kexts into the extra/extensions folder.
Basically when booting snow leopard with -f arch=i386 it just freezes on the apple logo loading screen. I’ve run it in verbose and it’s saying the lpc device initialization failed.
Any help would be very appreciated!
Cheers
August 12th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
That shouldn’t be too much of an issue. Just follow steps 7 and 8 again. If you are still unable to boot, boot with -v -f arch=i386 and take a picture of the screen it freezes on. Then upload it to an image site and send me the link.
August 13th, 2010 at 7:59 am
Thanks for the quick response Thomas, I followed steps 7 and 8 again and same issue. Here’s a photo of the screen it freezes on, for some reason it’s upside down, but the picture I took wasn’t… lol
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/5315/img0442rd.jpg
Thanks
August 13th, 2010 at 10:21 am
Those final message you received are completely normal and are messages everyone sees at boot. How long do you wait at this screen before deciding that it’s frozeen.
August 23rd, 2010 at 10:20 pm
Just tried this on my 1525, rebooting now to see if it worked, any idea if this will work for Windows Vista or Windows 7?
August 23rd, 2010 at 10:29 pm
This totally works for XP Thanks Thomas!
August 23rd, 2010 at 10:42 pm
Works in Windows 7 as well, sweet….