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#16
just got one of these ordered. should be arriving tomorrow morning sometime. out of curiosity, has anyone tried installing os x on there and running xbmc that way. i know it seems kind of a roundabout way of doing things but that's just how i roll. i've had a pretty good look into it and it seems like it should work fairly well. there are a few guides where half the hardware works and by piecing the guides together it should be possible to get a fully functioning system. just wondered if anyone has any hands on experience running things that way?

thanks,

marc
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#17
Does OSX run on atom CPU?
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#18
Thomss Wrote:Does OSX run on atom CPU?

yeah, it does on 10.6 natively i believe and possibly 10.6.1 (someone correct me if i'm mistaken) and needs a patched kernel anywhere after that. i plan on running 10.6.3 due to the video acceleration so i'll be using the patched kernel.
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#19
Interesting thanks. Smile
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#20
got this fully working under snow leopard. i intend to write a full guide over the coming week.
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#21
Awesome! Look forward to seeing that.
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#22
El Massman Wrote:got this fully working under snow leopard. i intend to write a full guide over the coming week.

Looking forward to the guide. Never really played around with osx before Cool

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El Massman Wrote:got this fully working under snow leopard. i intend to write a full guide over the coming week.

Looking forward to this!!

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#24
Here's the guide. It's not overly beginner friendly but it does work. Smile

Required:

USB DVD Drive
Boot132 CD found inside the linked zip file
Mac OS X Snow Leopard Retail Install DVD
A second machine with a network share
Chameleon Bootloader binaries found here... Chameleon Bootloader Binaries
The Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Combo Update
Kextutility found inside the linked zip file
Zip file found here... ZIP FILE!!

I *think* this guide assumes some prior knowledge of installing OS X on a PC and for that I'm sorry. I have basically documented my methodology. As I've been out of the loop for a while I don't know if there's an easier way. Be assured though, this way will work. That said, if you already have a working install I'm guessing your main issues will be audio and VDA. In that case, if you update to 10.6.4 with the attached 'mach_kernel_atom' and use both the DSDT.aml and 'ALC662.kext' you should be just dandy.

Firstly, in the BIOS you need to enable 'AHCI' mode for the onboard SATA controller.
Secondly, you need to disable both 'Intel XD Bit' and 'Hyper Threading Technology'.

Burn the boot132 iso to a blank CD.

Restart with the DVD drive attached with the boot132 disc inserted. Press F12 when booting to enable the boot menu and select the DVD drive.

Once the bootloader has loaded, remove the boot132 disc, insert the Snow Leopard DVD and press F5 (I had to press it twice) to rescan the drive. Once it's successfully detected the Snow Leopard disc, type '-v' and hit 'enter'.

This should load the install DVD without any problems. Once booted, from 'Utilities' select 'Disk Utility'.

Select your hard drive on the right hand side and select 'Partition' from the list.

From the drop down menu select '1 Partition' and select the options button.

From the available options select 'GUID Partition Table'.

Select 'OK'.

Select 'Apply'.

This should partition your disc to be detectable by the installer.

Quit the Disk Utility and return to the installer. Follow the instructions to install the OS. It will take a good 45-60 minutes and you may get an error at the end saying it's failed. It hasn't.

Once it's finished installing, restart the computer. This may require holding down the power button to turn it off.

You need to put the boot132 disc back in and boot from it again since there's no bootloader currently installed. Once loaded, select your hard drive, type '-v' and hit enter.

Please bare in mind that from now on, if there's a problem with the installation of the bootloader to the internal hard drive you can still boot into the OS using the boot132 cd.

This should boot into Snow Leopard, it may take a while since it's the initial boot. Once booted, follow the instructions to set up your account.

Once at the desktop, open up the network share and drag the chameleon bootloader binaries and files attached to this post to your desktop.

Open up a terminal window.

Type 'sudo -s', hit enter and type your user account password.

Type 'diskutil eraseVolume "HFS+" "EFI" /dev/disk0s1' and hit enter.

Type 'cd ' (there's a space after the cd), then drag the i386 folder from the chameleon binaries into the terminal window and press enter.

Type './fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdisk0' and hit enter.

Type 'dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk0s1' and hit enter.

Type 'mkdir /Volumes/EFI' and hit enter.

Type 'mount_hfs /dev/disk0s1 /Volumes/EFI' and hit enter.

This should have mounted your EFI partition.

Type './fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0' and hit enter.

Type 'f 1' and hit enter.

Type 'w' and hit enter.

Type 'y' and hit enter.

Type 'q' and hit enter.

Navigate to the EFI partition in finder and drag 'boot' and the 'Extra' folder supplied with this post into it.

Back to the terminal window.

Type 'chown 0:0 /Volumes/EFI/Extra' and hit enter.

Type 'chown 0:0 /Volumes/EFI/Extra/Extensions' and hit enter.

Type 'chown 0:0 /Volumes/EFI/Extra/Extensions.mkext' and hit enter.

Type 'umount -f /Volumes/EFI' and hit enter.

Type 'rm -rf /Volumes/EFI' and hit enter.

That's everything done with the EFI partition.

Now's the time to try rebooting the system and see if it actually works. Hopefully, upon restarting you'll be greeted by the chameleon bootloader and the option to select your hard drive. Type 'mach_kernel'. Press 'Enter'. This will boot back into OS X.

Drop mach_kernel_atom_1062 and mach_kernel_atom into the root of your hard drive (the main partition with OS X installed on).

Drop 'Kext Utility' onto your desktop.

Now's the time to update to 10.6.2. Any update after this breaks the ability to patch the sound so it's important to back up the 'AppleHDA' kext from this version in order to keep working sound.

Start the 10.6.2 update and wait for it to finish.

Once completed, reboot the system. Tap 'F8' repeatedly at the BIOS splash screen. At the bootloader type 'mach_kernel_1062' and hit 'Enter'.

Open finder and navigate to 'System/Library/Extensions' and drag a copy of 'AppleHDA.kext' onto your desktop.

It's then safe to use 'System Update' to update to 10.6.4.

Let the update install and the sytem reboot.

Open finder and navigate back to 'System/Library/Extensions'. Drop the 'AppleHDA.kext' from the desktop into the 'Extensions' folder.

Run 'Kext Utility' from the desktop. This will install the new 'AppleHDA.kext' properly.

After letting it run, you should be able to reboot and have 'fully working' (no audio over HDMI) sound.

Cleaning up:

It's now safe to delete 'mach_kernel_1062' from the root of your hard drive. It's also safe to re-enable 'Hyper Threading Technology' and 'Intel XD Bit' in the BIOS.

Enjoy.
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#25
Nice!!! Thanks a lot. Going have a go tonight.

cheers
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#26
Im getting an error

Quote:sh-3.2# ./fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdisk
fdisk: /dev/rdisk: No such file or directory

any ideas?

Edit, ok figured it should be /dev/rdisk0.


cheers
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harryzimm Wrote:Im getting an error



any ideas?

Edit, ok figured it should be /dev/rdisk0.


cheers

Oops. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll change that in the guide. If you could let me know how the rest works out that'd be awesome.

Thanks,

Marc
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#28
Hi,

I have tried and failed a few times now and i have found a few problems.

1) There is no mach_kernel_atom64 supplied in the zip and when you say put the files in the root of the hd is it the EFI partition or the main partition? Are there any chown commands needed to be applied to these kernel files?

2)After i update to 10.6.2 and reboot, the loader automatically boots so i cant type mach_kernel_1062.

Im new to mac but it seems similar to linux. I've been trying to figure it out but any help is appreciated.

cheers.
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harryzimm Wrote:Hi,

I have tried and failed a few times now and i have found a few problems.

1) There is no mach_kernel_atom64 supplied in the zip and when you say put the files in the root of the hd is it the EFI partition or the main partition? Are there any chown commands needed to be applied to these kernel files?

2)After i update to 10.6.2 and reboot, the loader automatically boots so i cant type mach_kernel_1062.

Im new to mac but it seems similar to linux. I've been trying to figure it out but any help is appreciated.

cheers.

ah, i'm really sorry. this is why i needed someone to work through the guide and point out my errors. there should be two mach_kernel files in the zip folder. each kernel is update specific. the one for use with 10.6.2 should be 'mach_kernel_1062' and the one for 10.6.4 'mach_kernel_atom'. these are placed in the main partition. you don't get time to type anything because i've provided my finished com.apple.boot.plist from which i removed the timeout. an oversight on my part. you can get around this by tapping f8 at the bios screen so the bootloader gives you time to type something. again, i'm very sorry. thanks for working through it though and pointing out the errors. i've got an hour or so 'computer time' later so i'll give the guide a once over and try straighten things out.
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#30
Its no problem. I've been enjoying playing around with it. I have managed to get it working, i used the boot cd to run the other kernel, then updated. Everything seems to work including sound and vdadecoder off loading. To get sound working i had to choose onboard speakers instead of head phones.

My next issue is figuring out why i get a blue screen after changing my resolution to 1080p at 50hz

Thanks again for the guide

cheers
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