myHack Installer 1.0 RC4 Released
This version is now depreciated, consult the installer guide for a link to the latest version.
This release contains a number of improvements and new features.
Changelog:
v1.0 RC4:
- -Added “Chocolate Kernel”* which allows OS X 10.6 to be run on legacy Intel, AMD** & i5 processors.
- -myHack Installer package now copies itself to the / of an installation device automatically.
- -Added Snow Leopard port of lspci.
- -Added native 64bit Snow Leopard build of IOATAFamily.kext for functional PATA (IDE) support.
- -Updated pfix v1.1 to pfix v1.2.
- -Updated PC EFI 10.3 to PC EFI 10.4.1.
- -Updated default com.apple.Boot.plist to use EthernetBuiltIn=y.
- -Refined and improved install scripts & the descriptions of each individual option.
- -Important information regarding known issues embedded into installer “Read Me” section.
* For full release notes regarding the “Chocolate Kernel” please see the Downloads page.
** This kernel will run most AMD systems but it does not include on the fly CPUID patching so if you intend to use this on an AMD system you will need to obtain a third party tool to patch your binaries.
v1.0 RC3:
- - Bugfix: PC EFI 10.3 was not properly installing over the Chameleon boot file in previous versions.
- - Bugfix: OSInstall MBR MOD would sometimes not properly install when using RC2.
- - OSInstall MBR MOD now checks for OSInstall.mpkg on target drive and is installed automatically.
- - Graphics Enabler option added.
- - Consolidated and simplified core options.
v1.0 RC2:
- - Bugfix: Added permissions enabling script to post-install. Details posted on the v1.0 RC2 release page.
- - Integrated OSInstall.mpkg & OSInstall framework into a single option.
- - Changed openhaltrestart.kext option to selected by default.
- - Added pfix v1.1 to installer.
- - Improved kext descriptions.
v1.0 RC1:
Includes:
- - Chameleon 2.0 RC3.
- - PC EFI 10.3.
- - Sample com.apple.Boot.plist for basic operation.
- - Snow Leopard inspired myHack Chameleon boot theme.
- - All of the kexts listed on the Downloads page.
- - A number of bugfixes and snow leopard specific enhancements to the Chameleon installation scripts.
- - Detailed descriptions of each custom option.
Tags: Bootloaders, Chameleon, Hackint0sh, OS X, PCEFI, Snow Leopard
This entry was posted on Saturday, October 17th, 2009 at 21:07 by Conti and is filed under myHack Utilities. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Conti: Thanks much. i have a MacBook Pro so I don’t reeeaaaallllyyyyy need the XPS420 to be a mac just yet, so I may wait it out a bit and see if a kext for ATI 2400HD comes out. Mainly I just wanted to turn that machine into a powerful FCP rig since its a quad core. Oh well.
Thanks again for the quick responses and help!
-Crizmon
Hi there. Big thanks for creating such a awesome tool. This one really can’t be compared to any distros or any other tools. Works perfectly for me with my Intel Core2Quad Q6600, Intel G31M S2L, 2×2GB 800 Mhz RAm, 120 GB HDD ATA and Nvidia Geforce 9500GT 1GB. Seems to be the best way of installing Snow Leopard on PC.
GR: I replied to you HERE ;-)
Thanks, this is the easiest installation process ever. I posted this question before, but i failed to find the page where i posted it. My question is, how can i change the display resolution after installation? I have a bigger display with higher resolution, and the default setting that shows in system preference is 1024×768. If you could please tell me how can i change that to the ones for my display. Once again, thanks this is by far the best method to make a Hackintosh, and i will for sure inform my friends on campus about your site.
Crizmon: Unfortunately lspci is certainly not going to work on DOS or Vista, but you may still be able to find a way to obtain the information. Basically it’s just a very covenant way of listing all the devices in your system with very detailed information. MBR or GUID wouldn’t make a difference in this case. I’m guessing it’s as simple as that ATI 2400 – it will not work with GraphicsEnabler, in fact I am unaware of any method currently that will allow it to function in Snow Leopard as I mentioned previously.
To answer your other question, sure you could run it off of a USB drive but it will be much slower. I would suggest you just shrink your windows partition and make room for a dual boot. But save that until after you gain some familiarity with the installation process and have gotten everything running smoothly using that USB drive.
unfortunately I do not have a copy of linux or leopard already installed on that system, it’s been running vista 32bit. I might as well ask as well, my plan was to leave Vista on one drive and install Snow Leopard to an external and then just hit F12 and choose to boot from USB once the install works, so is that a solid plan? Or do I have to give up the windows boot entirely and make it just a hackintosh? I will hop on IRC and see if anyone has any ideas as well. As for the options, I’m using your latest version of myHack and only added the Graphicsenabler option. The USB drive is formatted MBR as of now but I first tried GUID. I’ve tried other options but what I just mentioned is how the USB stick is currently set up. Also I did run the pfix on the USB before trying it on the pc.
What information are you trying to obtain with ispci? I’m not familiar with it, but maybe theres a way I can get the same info in DOS or Vista?
Thanks again for the help! :)
Crizmon: The ATI Radeon 2400hd is not yet supported on OS X Snow Leopard so that is part of your problem. If you have linux handy or a working leopard install on the system could you run lspci and copy+paste the output to pastebin and link me to it here? Also I’d need to know what options you used in the installer and what (if any) kexts you added manually. I suggest you hop on IRC (details are posted on home page) and I’m sure someone there will help you if I am not available myself.