Here are the changes I’m aware of:

1. At some point my System information began recognizing my processor as Dual 2.16 rather than 2.67, even though BIOS is correct.
2. I switched from a Mac keyboard/mouse to a Generic USB keyboard mouse – i only even thought of this because some folks pointed out that their issues were related to PS2 keyboards… i doubt my issue is related.
3. After getting the setup running stable I added a 80GB SATA drive and turned on time machine. It worked fine while the machine was running, but I did a restart after a couple days of uptime and entered the reboot loop. (Follow up – Time machine appears to work well now, at least when I boot into tohkernel).
4. I installed XCode from the Apple repository so I could run MacPorts. The install failed after several hours and I don’t recall the fail point.
5. I also updated iTunes from the Updater, but I doubt this could cause the problem.

After careful consideration, I’m going to believe my mistake was the XCode install. It failed, and that’s an obvious sign it ran into trouble in the system. Because I’m running Kalyway on a mission critical computer (and I am frankly not that skilled with the mac framework), I’m going to continue booting with tohkernel until I rebuild or find a satisfactory solution. If I get aggravated with the process I may try a rebuild and replicate on a different drive.

Just for fun, here’s a pic of my Kalyway Hackintosh on tohkernel (with 10.5.2ComboUpdate) running Ubuntu Linux in Innotek VirtualBox :

Hints:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=84556&pid=600294&mode=threaded&start=#entry600294

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cpus=1 or cpus=2

-f ??

“Graphics Mode”=”640x480x32″

-legacy forces 32-bit run mode on 64bit processors

-s single user (?)

-system=x86PC some people call it platform=x86pc

tohkernel  // an alternate to the Vanilla kernel, at least in kalyway. Stopped the kalyway reboot loop on my P5W DH Deluxe. Now I have to specify it every time to get a boot.

-v Verbose booting (i use this as a default)

-x “Safe mode” boot; minimal drivers. Try it after a boot hang.

Feel free to add other switches in comments; I’ll approve your comment and add the switch to the post.

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DumpPanic[28] : Error getting a reference to IODeviceTree:/options
…
panic(cpu0 caller 0x001a8387): Kernel trap at 0x39b1f5bc, type 14=page fault, registers:
//backtrace
…
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
9B18

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.1.0: Fri Nov 16 14:50:43 SCT 2007; made by ToH:xnu-1228.0.2~1/BUILD/obj/RELEASE_I386

Things I’ve tried (with no success!):

• Switching to PATA. The PATA is recognized, but the SATA is NOT!
• Disabling EVERYTHING in the bios that I can live without
• Using the disk utility to re-format/re-partition the HDD; with little success. The disk utiliy wasn’t able to work with the SATA, but it did play with the PATA.
• I am currently installing on a 2 partition scheme with PATA and using the boot option “cpus=1″.

Here are some great resources for Zephyroth 10.5.1 on AMD64:

• Zephyroth’s Leopard forum at http://osx.kbot.de/

• A “how to” for XP dual-booters that describes kernel panic problems: http://osx86.thefreesuite.com/leo_amd.php

• The answer is here, on the “known issues” page of the OSX86 wiki. Search for “Leopard Bootup Freeze” at http://osx86.wikidot.com/known-issues

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localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.SystemStarter): Failed to count the number of files in “/System/Library/StartupItems”: No such file or directory

unknown SIGSEGV code 0

I am trying to install Kalyway Hackintosh Leopard 10.5.1 on:

• Asus M2N-SLI deluxe mobo
• AMD64 6000+ windsor processor
• XFX GeForce 7600GT PCI-E card
• Tried both SATA and PATA Hdd’s

I keep running into these errors, and I’ve tried every boot option i can imagine or make up. I’m interested to hear what other people are trying. Right now I’m going to get the Zephyroth 10.5.1 disk that appears to be rolled specifically for AMD 32. To get the torrent, search google for “zephyroth torrent“… or just go to TPB and search for zephroth; and let me know how it’s working out for you!

UPDATE: Zephyroth is intended for AMD chips, and Kalyway is intended for Intel chips.

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