john67 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 now i have a retail disc of snow leopard 10.6.3 i thought i'd retry my main pc. every time ive tried before the install disc gave kernel panics but this time i got to "pick your language, where im supposed to go to disk utilities. but i cant use my mouse to get to utilities? ive tried a usb to ps2 adaptor but still nothing. im taking it that ive no usb during install as ive had to dig out a ps2 keyboard. system specs as follows biostar a7208bamd sempron 2.82 gig ram250 maxtor hdd (sata)nvideo 1 g geforce any help appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted December 31, 2012 Administrators Share Posted December 31, 2012 With an AMD-based system, use Nawcom's BootCD to boot and install Snow Leopard. You need a legacy kernel for AMD CPUs, otherwise systematic KP as experienced. Look at the OSXL site for details, it's dead easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john67 Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 am using nawcoms and after i press f5 i type in rd(0,0)/Extra/modbin_kernel -v but when i osx disc boots i cant select utilities as no usb support for mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted December 31, 2012 Administrators Share Posted December 31, 2012 Any particular reason why you want Modbin kernel as opposed to legacy kernel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john67 Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 was advised to use the modbin, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john67 Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 would the legacy kernel be my best option for this system? this is all new to me so if someone says do this i tend to do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdamnit Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I'd imagine the "Legacy kernel" is better, because it was designed by Apple to be compatible with Non-Intel machines. (For developers.) If you trust the kernel that was build by "modbin", then I would use that. As most OSx86 developers do NOT care about compatibility and just stability, I'd recommend the legacy kernel. Modbin, I'm sure, built his "kernel" to accommodate as many different AMD builds as possible. Last I knew, modbin, stopped his kernel development at 10.6.7. That hardly suggests its ready for 10.6.8 or 10.7. (Which makes sense, as the kernel drivers were moved to 64-bit after 10.6.8.) Even though it "probably" still works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMick Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I'd imagine the "Legacy kernel" is better, because it was designed by Apple to be compatible with Non-Intel machines. (For developers.) If you trust the kernel that was build by "modbin", then I would use that. As most OSx86 developers do NOT care about compatibility and just stability, I'd recommend the legacy kernel. Modbin, I'm sure, built his "kernel" to accommodate as many different AMD builds as possible. Last I knew, modbin, stopped his kernel development at 10.6.7. That hardly suggests its ready for 10.6.8 or 10.7. (Which makes sense, as the kernel drivers were moved to 64-bit after 10.6.8.) Even though it "probably" still works. Are you saying that the Legacy Kernel was made by Apple? Legacy Kernel is build by Hackintosh developers, like Nawcom and Modbin. The legacy_kernel for 10.6.x is the best yet, but other developers are working on a 10.7 and 10.8 kernel. There are allready some 10.7 kernels, and even a 10.8 kernel, but they work on just a few processors. AMD will only run on a legacy_kernel. It could be also a version of the legacy_kernel, like modbin's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdamnit Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Thanks for that, Mick. Guess I learned something today! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john67 Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 ok thanks for info guys, il give it a try when i get a new psu for pc, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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