Snow Leopard on Gigabyte GA-965P-S3



Introduction
This guide will document the steps and materials required to install Snow Leopard on the Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 Rev 1.0 motherboard. This guide requires that you have a working copy of Leopard or Snow Leopard so you may create a boot-able Snow Leopard DVD on your usb key.

Sounds complicated but it really isn't. In fact to make it easier I recommend you print this out and cross off each step as you complete it to make sure you don't miss anything.

Requirements
- 8GB USB Flash Thumb Drive / External HDD or greater
- Snow Leopard DVD
- PC or Mac that has either Snow Leopard or Leopard installed

Part I - Preparing the OS X Installation Image
Step 1. Insert the Snow Leopard Disc into your Mac/PC
Step 2. Open the Disk Utility
Step 3. In the top left pane click on the Snow Leopard DVD's partition labeled "Mac OS X Install DVD"
Step 4. From the menubar at the top click "File->New->Image from device "Mac OS X Install DVD"
Step 5. Save it to the Desktop (This may take some time)
Step 6. Check to see if your newly created image is listed in the bottom left pane. If it isn't then just mount it by double-clicking on the image file on the desktop and then right-click eject it.
Step 7. Highlight/select the image from the bottom left pane.
Step 8. From the menubar at the top click "Images->Scan for Restore" (This should take a few minutes)
Step 9. Close the Disc Utiltiy App
Step 10. Eject the Snow Leopard DVD disc out of your Mac/PC.
Step 11. Mount your image you created on the Desktop
Step 12. Copy this zip file to your desktop : download link
Step 13. Extract the contents to your desktop you should have a folder there named "Gigabyte Installer"
Step 14. Run the install script.
Step 15. Make sure the image you created in Part I is NOT mounted. If it is right click on it and choose unmount/eject.
Step 16. The image is now ready to be copied onto a USB storage device.

Part II - Creating the Bootable USB
Step 1. Open the Disc Utility
Step 2. Select the 8GB USB stick from the top left pane.
Step 3. Click on the "Partition" tab in the right-hand pane.
Step 4. Select the number of partitions you want (I used one).
Step 5. Give the partition a simple name (it will get overwritten shortly, I gave mine 'SNOWINSTALL').
Step 6. Select the "Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partition scheme.
Step 7. Select the boot type as GUID.
Step 8. Click the "Apply" button.
Step 9. Click on the "Restore" tab in the right-hand pane.
Step 10. Drag the Image you created in Part I from the bottom left pane or from your Desktop into the source.
Step 11. Drag the partition you created (SNOWINSTALL) from the top left pane and drag it into the target.
Step 12. Click the "Restore" button and enter your password when prompted. (This may take some time)
Step 13. When it's finished you now have a USB stick that can boot up on your EeePC 1000H and install OSX on it's HDD.

Part III - Installing OS X
Step 1. Insert your bootable usb stick you created in Part II.
Step 2. Power on your PC and press the 'Esc' key to bring up the boot menu
Step 3. Select your usb stick from the menu and hit 'Enter'.
Step 4. Wait until the Chameleon boot loader appears on the screen then select "Mac OS X Install DVD"
Step 5. Wait for the OS X installation setup to start. (May take a few minutes)
Step 6. Click 'Continue' & click 'Agree"
Step 7. From the menubar at the top click on "Tools->Disk Utility"
Step 8. Select the HDD you wish to install OS X on to.
Step 9. Click on the "Partition" tab in the right-hand pane.
Step 10. Select the number of partitions you want (I used one).
Step 11. Give the partition a simple name with no spaces or unusual characters ( I gave mine 'SNOW' ).
Step 12. Select the "Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partition scheme.
Step 13. Select the boot type as GUID.
Step 14. Click the "Apply" button.
Step 15. Close the Disk Utility application.
Step 16. Select your drive that you wish to install OS X onto ( 'SNOW' in my case )
Step 17. Click Install and wait for it to install. (This may take some time)
Step 18. When the installation finishes it will reboot. LEAVE THE USB STICK IN!


Part IV - Post-Installation
Step 1. When it shows the Chameleon Boot loader you'll notice a new OS to select ('SNOW' in my case). Select it and hit 'Enter'.
Step 2. Complete the registration details.
Step 3. When Snow Leopard starts and shows the desktop open the usb stick and run the installer "GA-965P-S3_Installer.mpkg". Downlad link here
Step 4. After it has finished reboot.
Step 5. Unplug your usb stick just after it powers off during the reboot.
Step 6. You now have Snow Leopard installed.

Comments

  1. JooperJuly 4, 2011 at 1:32 PM

    Hi,

    Would you be able to post a link to the mpkg file?

    Thanks

    ReplyDelete
  2. GeoffJuly 25, 2011 at 9:36 PM

    I would love to see the GA-965P-S3_Installer.mpkg file as well, the link is dead, can you direct me to it ?

    ReplyDelete

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