ciao

Extracting .dmg files on Windows works fine (on a ppc mac anyway). By using files from images like the 10.4.9 Combo Update and Apple TV 1.1 Update, isn’t it possible to create a Patchstick without the need of an (Intel-)Mac? Are there any files missing in the images from Apple? Could they be extracted from other images or compiled from MacPorts?

The following binaries are missing in the combo update (chmod, sleep and mkdir can be found in the Apple TV update):

/usr/bin/sed

But as far as I can tell, sed is not really necessary for the patchstick (only to enable SSH version 2)!

The following .kexts and .dylib are missing too (libncurses.5.4.dylib and AudioIPCDriver.kext can be found in the Apple TV update, but not sure if they are compatible):

/System/Library/Extensions/OSvKernDSPLib.kext
/System/Library/Extensions/IOACPIFamily.kext
/System/Library/Extensions/AppleFlashNVRAM.kext

Does someone know if they are really necessary, or where to get them from? 10.4.8 combo update does not contain any missing file. Building a patchstick using these files and leave the 3 kexts out, leads to a kernel panic because of ACPI problems (“unable to find driver for this platform: ACPI”). Adding the 3 kexts from an Intel Mac does not solve the problem. But probably I’m doing something wrong… Replacing the kexts with kexts from my Intel Mac solves the kernel panic.

That is not correct, I _did_ something wrong. When using all available files from the combo update, and use the missing files from Intel Mac it works! Perhaps combining with files from ATV Update is not good. (mcka, 2007-08-24)

For creating a Patchstick on Windows you can simply boot from an FreeBSD live CD (x86) like FreeSBIE or frenzy, which should contain all the necessary tools!

With files only from Intel-mac: http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/3kjn-1-jpg.html

* make sure that launchd is in /sbin and executable? (mcka, 2007-08-24)

and with files from Combo- Update and from OSBoot: http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/3rls-1-jpg.html

I used the following scripts to mount/unmount the Patchstick:

unmount:

diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
gpt remove -i 1 /dev/disk2
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
gpt add -b 40 -s 503728 -i 1 -t “5265636F-7665-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC” /dev/disk2
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2

mount:

diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
gpt remove -i 1 /dev/disk2
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
gpt add -b 40 -s 503728 -i 1 -t “48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC” /dev/disk2

See the manual instructions for creating a Testing Patchstick how to find you your values for the marked -b and -s

And you have change /dev/desk2 to your corresponding value.

prendi il sorgente dello script e compilalo per ppc… si può? ora provo a informarmi.

cmq, l’accoppiata faucet + appletv è bellissima:)
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