Jrm Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I have SL 10.6.8 running on D620Nvidia in 32bit mode. This is a 32bit only D620. I would like to get it running on another D620Nvidia 64-bit machine in 64bit mode. Is this supported? If so, can I clone the first D620(32bit) to the D620(64bit) or is a clean installed required. I have already tried the cloning method and it doesn't seem to work with -force64 flag, but maybe some other tweaks need to be done. ? As I write this I'm trying a clean install on the D620Nvidia 64bit machine. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted November 5, 2012 Administrators Share Posted November 5, 2012 you use the arch=x86_64 flag not force 64. if i remember the d620 nvidia uses nvhal40 kext which i think is 32bit only. as for the drive... cloning /swapping should work fine as long as you have edp built for the machine your testing before swapping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrm Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Thanks for the quick reply.... I have the clean install of SL 10.6.0 on the D620Nvidia64bit system and I still cannot get it to run the 64 bit kernel. I have tried "-arch=x86_64" and system profiler --> Software shows that I'm not using 64bit. Has anyone gotten SL to run in 64bit mode on a D620? I have searched the forums, but I have not found any anwsers there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted November 5, 2012 Administrators Share Posted November 5, 2012 remove the dash just put arch=x86_64 or if you have chameleon wiz remove all the check marks for arch type. by default chameleon boots into 64 bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrm Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Good catch.... I tried boot options "-v arch=x86_64" and now it hangs at solid blue screen. Guess it is a 32 bit driver that doesn't like the 64bit kernel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted November 5, 2012 Administrators Share Posted November 5, 2012 do you see nvhal40 loading in verbose mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrm Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 Back to testing... It is loading sometrhing close to nvhal40. I think it is nvdanv40hal. The boot log lines are flashing up quickly and it doesn't seem to be the same each time. I tried to use Wait=yes and that doesn't pause the boot log. i have read conflicting statements about the default boot mode of SL being 64bit. My system boots fine w/o arch=x86_64. It appears to be booting 32bit by default. I;m using current (3.1.2) Myhack chameleon as described here. anymore thoughts? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted November 6, 2012 Administrators Share Posted November 6, 2012 Have a look at the following post: http://forum.osxlati...der-64bit-mode/ 'never got the D620 nVidia to boot SL in 64bit mode (it has adequate CPU). The D630 X3100, however, certainly seemed to do so with Lion since I was booting with default graphics (no 64bit kext for Intel Crestline graphics = default graphics). I've not tried it yet, but I guess there's a good chance you'd boot the D620 in 64bit mode under Lion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrm Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 Thanks Herve ... I had just stumbled across that topic minutes ago. Is the bottom line that D620Vidia64bit machine can only run SL in 32 bit mode? I can live with that but it didn't seem obvious. Since I'm new to the Hackintosh scene I thought it was some mistake I was making doing the install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted November 6, 2012 Administrators Share Posted November 6, 2012 I don't know if SL can run in 64bit mode on the D620 nVidia. I did not manage it, but that does not necessarily mean it can't. I've since moved to Lion and never gave SL 64bit mode any more thoughts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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