After some quite long period of compiling/testing/debugging, semthex 10.4.8 kernel
finally boots to single user mode!

Congrats Semthex!

• This kernel was compiled for SSE2, so it will work for any SSE2 comp 🙂
• The NX bit is not required, disabled by JaS.
• HPET has also been disabled.
• Legacy support for socket 7 has been added as a boot option

Here is the semthex 10.4.8 source code: coming soon…

You can get original apple 10.4.8 sources here: www.macgeekblog.com/files/xnu-792.13.8.tar.gz
To compile, you need to install XCode 2.4: developer.apple.com/tools/download/
Download and install the kernel tools: www.macosforge.org/files/kernel-tools-8J2135.root.tar.gz

Execute the following commands in Terminal to install:

$ curl -O https://www.macgeekblog.com/files/kernel-tools-8j2135.root.tar.gz
$ sudo tar xzf kernel-tools-8J2135.root.tar.gz -C /

Then extract the source to a folder in /tmp/sources, and fire a Terminal window:

sudo -s
cd /tmp
chmod -R 777 sources
cd sources
make ARCH_CONFIGS=I386 KERNEL_CONFIGS=RELEASE install
mach_kernel is in BUILD/dst

copy mach_kernel to the root of your test system.

chmod -R 755 mach_kernel
chown -R root:wheel mach_kernel

Apple released the source code of the new 10.4.8 kernel!
Dated 14-feb-1970! LOL

For those who wants to play with the sources, you can download here:
www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/tarballs/apsl/xnu-792.13.8.tar.gz

Semthex has begun hard dev to bring this kernel on our hacks.
So we could get a complete 10.4.8 clone.

HPET and EFI have been successfully disabled, so a lot more boxes will be supported!
The main efforts right now are focused on some legacy support.

The next step semthex is workin’ on is get the kernel boot in single user mode
on a box with SSE3, and no NX/XD.

Give semthex some support: http://semthex.freeflux.net
Me and JaS are testing and will report soon.

-skr3dii