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Hello Everyone.

I have gotten a lot of messages, emails, and posts about Lion and the progress on it, mainly negative messages about why the guide isn’t out yet. Here’s some background:

Everyone keeps saying that people have already released guides to get Lion on other models of Asus Netbooks. Here would be the difference between my guide and theirs: They are using DP1 or DP2 to put Lion on the netbook. If you don’t know, DP means Developer Preview, so basically beta versions of Lion. They are not the full versions and do not allow for all the parts of Lion to be utilized (and thus making the guide would be easier). I will NOT release a DP guide for Lion because I consider it a waste of time.

Secondly, in reference to the numerous amounts of messages, emails, etc. This has become extremely frustrating during my time in making the guide. I am a college student, enrolled in 7 classes this semester, and my number one priority is exactly that, school. Unfortunately, I cannot devote hours and hours of time to making a guide, as much as I find certain aspects of it enjoyable. I have become extremely irate at times during this guide-making experience, because Lion is a completely separate beast compared to Snow Leopard. There are numerous differences, especially with the structure of how Lion is run/how it was made. The constant barrage of interaction between the community and myself is tiresome and makes my progress even slower.

Lately, the decision to continue to make this guide is very shaky. I have been going back and forth debating whether to continue my progress on this guide or not. For now, I am focusing on my schoolwork and seeing from there whether my guide will continue to be worked on.

During this time, I ask the community to please be respectful of my decision, for now, to take my focus off this guide. I understand that some people will hate and some people will get pissed and publicize it. My job as the Asus Netbook Moderator on the InsanelyMac forums remains, as I love doing that, and it isn’t time consuming like making hackintosh guides. For the remaining people who will understand my position, thank you for your respect and your understanding.

Thanks,
Techno Talk

Hey Guys,

So I’m getting somewhat frustrated at this point. So this is the update on the 1005HA/HAB guide.

1) As far as updating to 10.6.8, please do NOT attempt this update on your own. you will cause a KP or an unstable install. I have released and update for a reason, and that reason is because I cannot create a stable install yet. Please WAIT!

2) If you are going to go against my recommendation of updating, then be smart and still follow the backup steps for updating to 10.6.5/10.6.6/10.6.7 (as far as the graphics and buffer kexts…)

3) OS X Lion: I have gotten a RIDICULOUS amount of emails and comments from people about making their netbook able to run Lion. So I have multiple comments on this:

a) First of all, Lion is STILL IN BETA! Yes, the GM (Golden Master) beta was just released, but it’s not even fully out, so BE PATIENT!
b) Secondly, even if it were out, it’s going to take the entire community a WHILE to create a way to get Lion to work on hackintosh (IF AT ALL). Since there is no physical media for the Lion install (it is going to be a download through the Mac App Store), it is going to be very difficult to get a way to modify the Lion installation, let alone actually install it. So, again, BE PATIENT!
c) Please don’t spam my email or comment continuously about this. I have had the beta for a while, but it’s going to take a while before Lion will be available for hackintosh. Not only that, do NOT spam the InsanelyMac forums either. I moderate the Asus Netbook section, as you guys know, and any spam related to Lion will be removed immediately, unless it is a LEGITIMATE question. (i.e. “What are the major structural changes Lion has compared to Snow Leopard?” not “When will Lion work on my netbook?”).

I appreciate your cooperation in this. I have become somewhat annoyed with the community about their lack of patience on this release. At least wait until the software is fully released before spamming everyone’s laptop screens.

Thanks,
Techno Talk

Hey Guys,

The new legacy Kernel was released for the 10.6.7 update. There is a new package way to update to 10.6.7 and upgrade the kernel, but I do NOT recommend doing this. There are too many ways to make mistakes. Here’s how you update.

Download the zip file from this LINK

Download the apple 10.6.7 COMBO UPDATE from HERE

There are 2 ways of doing this guide. I will post both and you decide which to go with.

Once the combo update is downloaded, go ahead and backup the following kexts:
IO80211Family.kext
AppleIntelGMA950.kext
AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext

Method 1

This is the older way of doing this, which has worked for me. Run the combo update. Once it is done, it will prompt you to restart. DO NOT RESTART! Minimize or hide the window. Move the old 10.6.5 kernel (found in the original download that you used get to 10.6.5) to your desktop. Then open Terminal and enter the following codes (same as last time).

*sudo -s (and then enter password)
*cd /
*mv mach_kernel mach_kernel_1062
*cp ~/Desktop/mach_kernel_atom /
* mv /mach_kernel_atom mach_kernel
*chown 0:0 mach_kernel
(again the stars are NOT included)

Once this is done, restart using the combo update window. After your computer boots, replace all the kexts you backed up and also put in the new SleepEnabler kext from the updated download into your /System/Library/Extentions folder. Then run pfix again. Restart. You should be updated to 10.6.7 and have everything working.

Method 2 (I DID NOT USE THIS METHOD AND DO NOT LIKE IT!)

Run the combo update. This could take a while, so be prepared to do some waiting. Once this is done, it’s going to prompt you to restart. Like the previous updates, DO NOT RESTART! Just minimize the window for now.

At this point, you want to run the legacy_kernel-10.7.0.pkg. This will update your kernel to the new version (10.7.o legacy kernel) and replace the SleepEnabler kext for you. You can now restart. On bootup, replace the backed up kexts and run pfix. Restart again.
Like I said, I do not support Method #2 because I did not use it myself. There is no difference between using the new legacy kernel and the old method. I personally like the first method because it is safer to use with the way we have updated to 10.6.5 and 10.6.6.

Hope this helps you guys out,

TechnoTalk