install disabler and dsmos was no problem, restarting neither, and installing Update to 10.5.8 so far OK – but what do to as soon as Updater has finished and is waiting to for restart?

Yes, you wrote: “start OSx86-Tools” … but nothing happened, no application was possible to start, even not text-viewer/editor. emergency-solution was to “shoot down” (cmd-alt-esc) the installer – did not help … then it might have been a fault to also shoot down the finder; afterwards it was trying to restart every second (pulsating was visible). A first reboot with -x -v was halting at a certain moment and autorebooting, a second reboot again with -x -v was starting up – in 800×600 … Now OSx86-Tools are running – but as screen is only 600 pixels high, the lowermost buttons are unaccessible … And I don’t now if the restart, even with -x – was a big mistake or not. Built-in keyboard/mousepat now not working; 800×600

Even before OSx86-Tools finished, System reports lots of updates (for 10.5.8). How about them? What will be the problem when installing them? Or just run through?

OK, OSx86-Tools now finished, asked twice for password – and told something about boot configuration that it does itself … again reboot -v, but not -x, some yellow errors … but bootup so far OK – again 800×600 and no built-in keyboard/trackpad … installed key-extension and graphics … and only shows weird pattern, but cursor is there … rebooting -x -v works …

no, that’s not the solution so far …

I interwoven the to tutorials:
http://www.ihackintosh.com/2009/08/update-hackintosh-osx86-1058/
and this:
http://cocoatree.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/how-to-update-kalyway-1051-to-1054/

Now I am working on updating mt Kexts…can anyone help? I have a ASUS P5W DH home, q6600, 4gb OCZ, Geforce 8800 GTS….any info would be helpful.

Please email it to me – ajrulez@gmail.com

I know it’s been a while since the last usefull response. But i’m lost! I’ve read this while page, and i found many usefull tips, but none has been accurate for me (it just almost worked!). Back in 14th august, Matthew replied to a reader with this response:

If you are only using the kexts that came with your install cd you don’t need to reinstall that system on another disk to get the kexts, just put the install cd in your computer, then launch the install and when it’s possible just lanch a terminal, then copy all the kexts from your cd on the local disk and that should do it.

The question is: what command line should i use to recover kext files from the instalation cd? As unfortunately i have not done my backup, as suggested, I should copy the files from the cd into the HD. But how am i supposed to do that?

I’m desperate here… I had the 10.5.7 working pretty well, but as the iTunes required the newest version of Safari, and this one the 10.5.8+ version of the system, i had to change. But i did it all wrong!

The issue is that my system, as obvious, do not load. It freezes at the Apple logo screen, but differently than many erros messages people are getting here, my system DO NOT shows me the message: “still waiting for the root device”. Actually, it runs smoothly through the -v methode of reading message erros. It goes straight, after the analyzes to the system’s booting, and locks itself at the Apple’s logo screen.

Please, Mathieu, or Flávio (who seems to be brazilian too), or anyone with confidence on this subject, give me some support! I need to fix that.

If that should help, you guys could leave me a message through my mail: thyago8@hotmail.com

thanks for any help!!!

btw “cp Extensions.backup Extensions” is ment to be cp -r, which worked for me.

Thank you

I’m not a total noob but what I haven’t managed to figure out is now that I have gone from 10.5.6 on my MSI Wind to 10.5.8 – I have lost my display hacks/settings so it knows/thinks that display is an MSI Wind LED and is forcing my settings to 800×600. Can someone tell me where I need to look to make the changes. I have also lost VGA out ability which is the real issue. Thanks

Updated my Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3S
Not sure what the two kexts in the original post did but I installed them.

Had to restore APPLEHDA.kext and I got sound back. Everything else seems good.

Now at 10.5.8

- Backed up /System/Library/Extensions as suggested. This was critical.
- Downloaded Disabler.kext and dsmos.kext and used OSX86Tools to install them.
- Rebooted to verify they worked.
- Used normal software update to 10.5.8. Update did not actually happen until Restart clicked, thereafter there was no chance for manual intervention, nor was it required.
- Machine rebooted by itself a couple of times, eventually started 10.5.8.
- Sound (ALC883 sound chip) stopped working, had to restore AppleHDA.kext from the Extensions backup to get it to work again. Prior to that tried VoodooHDA.kext and the original ALC883.pkg that came with iPC-PPF5, but none worked and just made matters worse.
- Time Machine stoppped working, had to restore IONetworkingFamily.kext from backup to get it to work again.

My gratitudes to Vinay for the original article, and to all the posters who shared their upgrade adventures.