Archive for the ‘BOOT-132’ Category
Guide Project - Status Update
Well it’s been a busy holiday break! The Gigabyte DS3L and UD3P driver packages for 10.5.6 are nailed down, and I also have a working plugin for the MSI Wind & MSI Wind PC, as well as one for the Intel Atom motherboards. Now it’s all about updating and finalizing the documentation for these projects. [...]
MSI Wind Package released
Got an MSI Wind? Try my BOOT-132 package: (for BIOS 1.0A)
Download here
Instructions here
A few notes:
I sold my wind; the keys were too small for my fingers. This will probably be the only package I release for the Wind.
This package doesn’t include the leaked Realtek drivers (I was using a 3rd-party Wifi card and didn’t need [...]
10.5.6 Status Update
Finally figured out my issue with the 10.5.6 update - my video card was causing the kernel panic at boot (modded Quadro FX 5600). My guess is that Apple put something in 10.5.6 that detects and disables video cards with modded ROMs. I’m sure we’ll find out more information as more people with modded cards [...]
PC EFI v9 + Chameleon = Happiness
Netkas (PC EFI) teamed up with Zef (Chameleon) and released PC EFI v9 Chameleon v1.0.12, a unified bootloader installer that supports DSDT. Think of it as XM & Sirius merging (i.e. awesome!). I’ve removed the original Kalyway customizations (wallpaper & MP3), added a new icon and slashscreen graphic, and edited the intro text [...]
Sneak Peek at the BOOT-132 “Table of Contents”
Enjoy:
Currently at 60 pages and counting!
Sneak Peek at the new 1-Click Installer
Here’s a sneak peek at PCWiz’s new 1-Click Installer, named the Universal OSx86 Installer:
Some features to whet your appetite:
Automatic updates? Check.
Motherboard plugin support? Check.
Plugin repository with browser for easy downloading? Check.
10.5.6 support via DSDT? Check.
Automatic kext installation? Check.
Custom boot timeout setting? Check.
Native Resolution editing? Check.
Over 55 video cards supported OTB with EFI Strings? Check.
Ability to [...]
How to make your own BootCD for BOOT-132
PCwiz has done it again with his new SlimbuildGUI Boot-132 ISO Creator app. This tool allows to you compile the kexts for your motherboard into a customized Boot-132 bootable BootCD with a few clicks of your mouse. Here’s a screenshot:
All you need are the kexts for your board and this great little app. Grab it here:
Slimbuild [...]
New BOOT-132 Final Draft Kit
New BOOT-132 for DS3L update (26.2mb zipped) released Friday, November 21st, 2008:
Download here
New Features:
Updated Readme with new installation instructions
Removed EFI Studio (now uses OSx86Tools build 150 for Strings)
512mb 9800GTX support added
Custom Nvidia EFI Strings support added (ex. add a Quadro FX 5600)
Updated Jmicron Kext (better for IDE devices)
New software tools in the “Tools” folder
The eventual [...]
BOOT-132 Core Package Contents Review
The core of my download package contains the tools and software required to run BOOT-132 on a DS3L-based Hackintosh. It’s split into 4 sections:
Audio
DSDT
Kext
Tools
Audio:
This contains an older version of Taruga’s AppleHDA patcher, v1.20, along with a copy of an audio codec dump from Linux. This is the same audio patch we use in my previous [...]
Birth of the BOOT-132 for DS3L Project
A month or so ago, I started working with BOOT-132 to improve my Leopard installation on the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Rev 2.0 motherboard I have. Kalyway is great, but requires constant patches and upkeep. BOOT-132 promised an easier method with improved results. So far, it’s been great! The installation workflow has been narrowed down to 3 [...]