Installing Snow Leopard on a HP Compaq 6710b<\/p>\n
NOTES:
\n– All the files needed files are available in a single zipped file at a link supplied below.
\n– in the BIOS set the SATA mode to non-native i.e., not AHCI (especially if you get crashes pointing to IOATAFamily, there is a thread on insanelymac on this. It appears when the secondary IDE channel is disabled as in the HP 6710b for example, it causes applexiiata kext to trigger a bug in ioatafamily. There is a modified ioatafamily on that thread that fixes the bug)
\n– from an existing install of leopard (e.g., iatkos v 7 running session)
\n– restore the snow leopard dmg (snowleopard_10a432_userdvd.dmg) to a partition or usb
\n– replace the OSInstall.mpkg with the one that supports mbr if necessary
\n– start installation by double-clicking the OSInstall.mpkg
\n– choose the destination partition (already formatted hfs+)
\n– customize as necessary (e.g., add rosetta, remove language translations, etc)
\n– install (less than 20 minutes)<\/p>\n
– install chameleon 2 rc3 r658 (Dr Hurt installer package, September 7, 2009) to the Snow Leopard Volume
\n– create \/Extra\/Extensions folder on the Snow Volume
\n– edit the following file on the Snow Volume and add the kernel flag to boot 32bit kernel to it. The X3100 drivers are 32bit only. File: Library\/Preferences\/SystemConfiguration\/com.apple.Boot.plist
\n<key>Kernel Flags<\/key>
\n<string>arch=i386<\/string><\/p>\n
-copy the file Library\/Preferences\/SystemConfiguration\/com.apple.Boot.plist to \/Extra\/ on the Snow Volume<\/p>\n
– copy the following kexts to \/Extra\/Extensions\/ on the Snow Volume
\nNullCPUPowerManagement.kext
\nOpenHaltRestart.kext
\nfakesmc.kext
\nPlatformUUID.kext<\/p>\n
– Add the correct UUID to the Info.plist of PlatformUUID.kext by running the following command against the SNOW Volume e.g., (my SNOW volume is mounted as \/Volumes\/SNOWHDD)
\n# diskutil info \/Volumes\/SNOWHDD | grep UUID
\nVolume UUID:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8F7DE39F-8020-33D2-8BE0-C22BE94D9A01<\/p>\n
# below is the section from the PlatformUUID kext’s Info.plist where I replaced the default value with my volume’s UUID<\/p>\n
<key>PlatformUUID<\/key>
\n<string>8F7DE39F-8020-33D2-8BE0-C22BE94D9A01<\/string><\/p>\n
– (Optional?) copy smbios.plist to \/Extra\/ and set the SMUUID key in the file to the same string value e.g., (for my installation, 8F7DE39F-8020-33D2-8BE0-C22BE94D9A01)<\/p>\n
– copy kexcachesfix.sh \/Extra\/<\/p>\n
– delete AppleIntelGMAX3100FB.kext from \/S\/L\/E from the Snow Volume
\n– copy AppleIntelGMAX3100FB.kext from leopard graphics update 1.0 to \/S\/L\/E on the Snow Volume
\n– delete all the AppleIntelGMA950* kexts
\n– copy AppleACPIBatteryManager.kext to \/S\/L\/E on the Snow Volume
\n– copy the 2 kexts from PS2_Univers.zip (AppleACPIPS2Nub and ApplePS2Controller) to \/S\/L\/E on the Snow Volume<\/p>\n
– copy VoodooHDA.kext (version 1.2) to \/S\/L\/E on the Snow Volume
\n– copy VoodooSDHC.kext to \/S\/L\/E on the Snow Volume (optional)<\/p>\n
– run the kextcachefix.sh to build your kextcaches – specify the full path to the mount point of the Snow Volume e.g, \/Volumes\/SNOWHDD<\/p>\n
– Restart computer and boot from Snow Volume (OR continue below) Installing Snow Leopard on a HP Compaq 6710b NOTES: – All the files needed files are available in a single zipped file at a link supplied below. – in the BIOS set the SATA mode to non-native i.e., not AHCI … Continue reading
\n– install update 10.6.1 (MacOSXUpd10.6.1.dmg) to the Snow Volume
\n– delete GMA950 kexts from \/S\/L\/E on the Snow Volume
\n– delete X3100FB kext from the Snow Volume and replace with the one from Leopard Graphics Update 1.0
\n– run kextcachefix.sh again
\n– restart computer and boot from Snow Volume
\nLinks:
\n– All mentioned files are in the zip here: http:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/HP6710bSnowLeopard.zip<\/a>
\n– I got most of the kexts from: http:\/\/cid-8b65993ef55cf014.skydrive.live.com\/browse.aspx\/.Public\/OSx86<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"