How Install OSX Lion on PC

[pippox0]

How Install OSX Lion on PC

What we need:
a) an Intel Core2 Duo computer ( mine Optiplex 760)
b) an USB pen (8 Gb is fine )
c) an Hackintosh running Mac Os X to create Lion.dmg and USB Pen.

Start Mac Os X Leo /Snow Leo

0. Create OSX Lion for Hackintosh
------------------------
a. Download Lion GM/Retail (11A511 )
b. find InstallESD.dmg -> "Install Mac Os X Lion.app/Contents/ShareSupport"
Open and mount InstallESD.dmg
Show HiddenFiles -> here http://gotoes.org/sales/ShowHiddenFilesMacOSX/
Find BaseSystem.dmg inside InstallESD.dmg
Mount BaseSystem.dmg
c. Using Disk utility create an new immage.dmg DVD 4,6 Gb read and write , rename like Lion.dmg
d. Using Disk utility restore BaseSystem.dmg on new image Lion.dmg
e. mount Lion.dmg and rename volume like OSX LION
Delete packages link inside /System/installation
Copy Packages folder from InstallESD.dmg to Lion.dmg inside /System/Installation/ folder
f. Copy needed Kexts on Lion.dmg inside /System/Library/Extentions
*fakesmc.kext
* nullCPUPowermanagenent.kext
* ElliotForceLegacyRTC.kext -> this only if you experience Bios reset

Copy Mach_Kernel from InstallESD.dmg to Lion.dmg
Copy OSinstall.mpkg patched for MBR inside /System/Installation/Packages
Copy OSinstall. patched for MBR inside /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Frameworks/OSinstall.framwork/Versions/A folder


g. Install Extra_Lion.pkg on Lion.dmg -> here http://www.mediafire.com/?09zjtvcpqqpi9cg
h. Install Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg on Lion.dmg -> here http://www.mediafire.com/?67ixrw6tjl55949
Create a folder Postinstallation on Lion.dmg and copy the two pkg and the three kexts
i. With Disk Utility repair permission on Lion.dmg

1. Create Bootable USB pen with OSX Lion
--------------------------------------------------------------
a. With Disk Utility erase USB pen
GUID + HFS+ journaled
rename it "OSX Lion Boot"
b. With Disk Utility restore Lion.dmg to USB Pen

c. Install Extra_Lion.pkg to USB Pen
Install PC-EFI 10.6.pkg to USB Pen -> here http://www.mediafire.com/?vec09o8nifdgq7n
Install Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg to USB Pen

2. Boot USB pen with OSX Lion and install
--------------------------------------------------------------
switch off PC
a) Boot newly created USB Pen
With Disk Utility Create a HFS+ journaled partition, rename it "OSX Lion"
( You can Install Lion on MBR or GUID partition)
(if you install over SL 10.6.6-10.6.8 , don't create a new partition and you will be able to upgrade your S.O. without loosing anything)
b) Boot again with USB pen and choose to boot HD
Install Kexts on S/L/E on HD with KextHelper -> here http://cheetha.net/
Install Extra_Lion.pkg to HD
Install Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg to HD
c) Done.

Enjoy your Lion ;)

PippoX0

[sargatanas]

installer not working, i'm pretty sure i followed the instructions carefully.

when i boot using my USB:
Boot0: GPT
Boot0: testing
Boot0: testing
Boot0: done.J

then nothing will happen.

when i tried to boot from my snow bootloader it only restart after loading from verbose/single/force.

[pippox0]

Something is gone wrong in making bootable USb ....

The steps i follow exactly are
Use PC-EFI 10.6 to initialize boot flag on USB
Use Chameleon to create Bootable menu on USB
Use Extra_Lion package to create extra folder on USB ...

Verify that mach_kernel file is in / root folder of USB and /Extra folder of USB
Verify that boot file is in / folder

Give me a report if you resolve ...

[sargatanas]

i already re-install the PC-EFI 10.6, Chameleon, Extra_Lion to my usb disk but still the same problem.

[TechXero]

Hey thanks brotha !

Was just wondering to enable Dual Boot I just have to set Lion partition as active then repair Win 7 MBR n voila am Dual Booting right ?

And are there any incompatibilities or is everything good so far ?

Need to know because I'll be installing it on my home SERVER !

Thanks again !

[pippox0]

i already re-install the PC-EFI 10.6, Chameleon, Extra_Lion to my usb disk but still the same problem.

Hi,
Ok, try this: use a newer version of Chameleon-2.0-RC5-r947
download on http://www.kexts.com (http://www.kexts.com/)
Tthis should resolve your error :
Boot0: GPT
Boot0: testing
Boot0: testing
Boot0: done.J

[sargatanas]

hey man, finally installation is now working, but again got this stuck on this after installing and required to restart:

http://i.imgur.com/Eglco.jpg

i also installed the extra_lion and chameleon on my lionHD using Snow, but still hangs.

EDIT:

Tried adding following kernel flag : npci=0x2000

give me this:
WARNING - ACPI_SMC_CtrlLoop::initCPUCtrlLoop - no sub-config match for MacBookPro4,1 with 4 p-states, using default stepper instead

any ideas?

[tritonxl34]

hey man, finally installation is now working, but again got this stuck on this after installing and required to restart:

http://i.imgur.com/Eglco.jpg

i also installed the extra_lion and chameleon on my lionHD using Snow, but still hangs.

EDIT:

Tried adding following kernel flag : npci=0x2000

give me this:
WARNING - ACPI_SMC_CtrlLoop::initCPUCtrlLoop - no sub-config match for MacBookPro4,1 with 4 p-states, using default stepper instead

any ideas?

I had the same issue as you. Once i read your update I realized that the installer was looking at your smbios.plist. You need to change it from MacBookPro4,1. I have mine set to an iMac. I just copied mine from my original Snow Leopard, and I have booted up to the Lion welcome install screen.

EDIT: Successfully installed Lion! Just had to copy my original SL smbios.plist and com.apple.boot.plist file over to get it to boot properly.

[sargatanas]

i dont have smbios.plist on my snow leopard, i have only com.apple.boot.plist on extra folder,

i already tried changing the smbios.plist to "MacBookPro4,1 and iMac9,1" still not loading.

and also copied my SL com.apple.boot.plist to Lion extra folder it only changes the boot screen.

what seems to be the problem?

EDIT:

FINALLY! got it running!

http://i.imgur.com/zNuqc.jpg

woohoo! :)

[neophyter]

i dont have smbios.plist on my snow leopard, i have only com.apple.boot.plist on extra folder,

i already tried changing the smbios.plist to "MacBookPro4,1 and iMac9,1" still not loading.

and also copied my SL com.apple.boot.plist to Lion extra folder it only changes the boot screen.

what seems to be the problem?

EDIT:

FINALLY! got it running!

http://i.imgur.com/zNuqc.jpg

woohoo! :)

hi! how dit you do it ?
my problem is when everything is done loading
just before setup will start the pc reboots
any help please

[sargatanas]

hi! how dit you do it ?
my problem is when everything is done loading
just before setup will start the pc reboots
any help please

1st: follow pippox0 tutorial.

2nd: Install Chameleon-2.0-RC5-r947 instead of Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg on OSX Lion Boot usb.

3rd: When installation is complete, boot your snow leopard
Install Extra_Lion.pkg to Lion HD
Install Chameleon-2.0-RC5-r947 to Lion HD
copy your SL com.apple.boot.plist and smbios.plist to your Lion HD /Extra folder
Put fakesmc.kext, nullCPUPowermanagenent.kext on /Extra/Extensions folder of your LionHD

4th: Install Chameleon-2.0-RC5-r947 on your Snow Leopard HD to work the dual boot.

Restart.

That's it. :)

[TechXero]

Hey Guys :

All I can say is that this guide is but a fraction of what needs to be done, awesome as it might be, there are some more things to do in order to get it working 100%

Like for example if you are on a Laptop, and need Battery to work, get BatteryLion from kexts.com, also I am using Chameleon bootloader rc5 b1200, my keyboard n mousepad on laptop did not work till I got the ps2controller update ...

Enabled QE/CI via osx86Tools and dual Screen support via Lizard ... Audio had to get VOODOHDA for Realtek RC88x ...

Of course it all depends on your build, but best place to get your kexts is kexts.com ;)

Now I am 100% up n running !

Thanks Pippo for startup guide ;)

[YouDoMeIDoYou]

Hi Guys,

I've been running Leopard/Snow Leopard for a few years now without any problems. Installing Lion seems to differ a bit.

Could someone answer a few little questions :)

1: I personally don't like the USB install methods. I always installed Snow Leopard via an USB to IDE/SATA converter and plugged my destination drive to that. Lion always complains there is nothing to install. Do you guys know if I can install Lion from a running Snow Leopard via my converter to another drive?

2: I never used a smbios.plist. My DSDT did everything for me (I always thought so...). Is it recommended using that plist for performance issues? I don't see any necessity. Is a smbios.plist a reason to getting hardware run?

3: Is it necessary installing Extra_Lion.pkg? I manually set up my Extra folder - does that .pkg make anything different?

4: I love vanilla running OSX. Thats because I only had one AD1988b.Fix.kext in my Extra folder. Now everybody is talking about VoodooHDA.kext. With my AD1988b.Fix.kext I can see all audio connections in "about this mac" - but actually there is no audio available. Why can't my DSDT activate my hardware the way it did with Snow Leopard?

5: Network used to be running out of box with Leopard/Snow Leopard. Now I have to use special kexts. One way further from vanilla installation... Any ideas why my hardware isn't supported anymore (something to do wit smbios.plist)?

I hope someone can answer my questions - best regards from Bavaria, Germany :)

[pippox0]

Hi,
some answers to your questions :
1. YES - You can copy DMG/USB to a internal/external partition on HD, place Chameleon and EXTRA_Lion on it and run Lion Installation from it . (it was my first OSX Lion installation attempt )

2. smbios.plist is necessary to bypass OSX Lion installation Check.
After installed Lion, you can delete it ( BTW i don't recommend it )

3. Extra_lion.pkg have all kext minimum necessaries to install Lion. You can experiment if you like to find your Kexts

4. I use VoodooHDA.kext , but it depends on your HW .
DSDT patching don't works for me.. Do as you like ...

5. As above, it depends on your HW.
i use Intel1000e.kext patched for my network card.
BTW you need a Kext that works on 64bit on Lion
look on www.Kexts.com (http://www.Kexts.com)

I hope this will help you ...:)

Cheers

PippoX0

[rpt007]

Hi YouDoMeIDoYou or so ...,

if you've got a running SL installation, just follow the following instruction on tonymacx86 (http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2011/07/xmove-multibeast-install-os-x-107-lion.html) - imho that's by far the fastest and simplest upgrade installation. After having downloaded LION from the AppStore it took me less than an hour to get LION up and run.

The only "post install" was to pursuade my ALC889a soundchip to work. Multibeast didn't help (for whatever reason) so I found the following link: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=140941 (look for the section that begins with "For OS X 10.7, or AppleHDA version > 2.0.0
ALC885/889a" and follow the instructions that come with the downloaded file(s).

Everything else worked like my SL did before.

My MB is a GA-EP45 UD3R with NVIDIA GF 9500GT.

Hope that helps. Don't forget to have a working copy of your today's SL installation in case that something goes wrong. Murphy is living everywhere ...

One last hint: it seems that LION requires the "latest" bootloader - so if you are still on an older version of chameleon - switch to chimera (try it first on a copy of your existing SL, before you patch the SL which is to be replaced by LION). If not it will end in an endless bootloop.

Kind Regards
RPT007 from far North of Bavaria

[analot]

Nice work bro, 100% working on my Dell Optiplex 330;)

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/analot/ScreenShot2011-07-28at94315PM.png

[yasinakgun87]

Hi, thanks for the great tutorial.

I have followed it word for word but having the same issue. I have installed Lion OS, however when trying to boot it via my USB I get this screen:

(picture in attachment)

[analot]

Hi, thanks for the great tutorial.

I have followed it word for word but having the same issue. I have installed Lion OS, however when trying to boot it via my USB I get this screen:

(picture in attachment)

Try to install again Extra Lion.pkg, Chameleon-2.0-RC5-r755-Lion, and PCEFI 10.6 Lion+Snow into your USB Installer.

Also make sure that you have fakesmc.kext and NullCPUPowerManagement.kext inside USB Installler / Extra/Extensions
If theres no Extensions folder just create and paste the two kext

hope it help you out

[simakwm]

I wasn't able to repair permissions neither on the USB stick or on the LIONOSX.dmg.
I think this is a critical step right? The "Repair permissions" button is always disabled on them. What did I forget?

[yasinakgun87]

Ok,

so once I boot from my usb drive, I'm confronted with a screen showing the usb flash drive, and my leopard OS installation.

I've selected OSX Lion Boot, but I get "cant find mach_kernel"

What could be the problem

[yasinakgun87]

and if I select my leopard OS this is the screen that comes up:

[yasinakgun87]

ok, i've followed sarg's advice of:

1st: follow pippox0 tutorial.

2nd: Install Chameleon-2.0-RC5-r947 instead of Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg on OSX Lion Boot usb.

3rd: When ins etc..

now, when I boot from flash drive, I get the loading circle going round and round and round..

[simakwm]

I used kextwizard to try to fix permissions on the USB stick after doing all steps but it hangs showing that.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21980672/29072011220.jpg
The timeout error appears minutes after "nothing to load" .
Is it because of file permissions or not? :-/

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: After changing everything on the USB stick to root/wheel and chmodding 644 LaunchDaemons/* I was able to boot but the installer shows up these:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21980672/29072011221.jpg
Log:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21980672/29072011224.jpg
Maybe I shouldn't mess with permissions like that :P

[jarski58]

Hellou, can enybody tell, what's going wrong...

When I boot my pc laptop from usb lion stick, it's go and go and go...
and then, it stop and reboot again...(see the picture, when)??

SORRY MY BAD ENGLISH!!:D

[pippox0]

I used kextwizard to try to fix permissions on the USB stick after doing all steps but it hangs showing that.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21980672/29072011220.jpg
The timeout error appears minutes after "nothing to load" .
Is it because of file permissions or not? :-/

Thanks in advance.
Hi,
YES you have to repair permission on USB on /System/Library/LaunchDaemons
use terminal and type

chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/LaunchDaemons

chmod -R 755 /System/Library/LaunchDaemons

Cheers

PippoX0

[analot]

I wasn't able to repair permissions neither on the USB stick or on the LIONOSX.dmg.
I think this is a critical step right? The "Repair permissions" button is always disabled on them. What did I forget?

i also encountered that, but i just ignore that step and proceed. after i finish installing on my HDD i run Kext Utility, OSX86 Tool and check repair permissions. and also u can do that step after installation on your HDD, just run Disk utility and repair permissions in your newly installed lion HDD.

Every time i get an error on boot i just do this steps:


a. Install Extra_Lion.pkg to USB Flash Drive
b. Install Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg to USB Flash Drive
c. Install PCEFI 10.6 Lion+Snow.pkg to USB Flash Drive
After installing "a , b, c" on my Flash drive i always create a folder "Extensions" inside /Extra , and i paste (ElliottForceLegacyRTC.kext, fakesmc.kext, NullCPUPowerManagement.kext)

Hope it help. If you do this steps and still stuck just power off your pc and try to boot again.

[simakwm]

i also encountered that, but i just ignore that step and proceed. after i finish installing on my HDD i run Kext Utility, OSX86 Tool and check repair permissions. and also u can do that step after installation on your HDD, just run Disk utility and repair permissions in your newly installed lion HDD.
Yeah, but the problem is that I just can't launch the installer properly. I will redo everything and change permissions like PippoX0 told me to.

EDIT: Well, no success. It keeps telling me to clean the media :(

[analot]

Yeah, but the problem is that I just can't launch the installer properly. I will redo everything and change permissions like PippoX0 told me to.

EDIT: Well, no success. It keeps telling me to clean the media :(

Try to start again from 1st step

Start Mac Os X Leo /Snow Leo

0. Create OSX Lion for Hackintosh
------------------------
a. Download Lion GM/Retail (11A511 )
b. find InstallESD.dmg -> "Install Mac Os X Lion.app/Contents/ShareSupport"
Open and mount InstallESD.dmg
Show HiddenFiles -> here http://gotoes.org/sales/ShowHiddenFilesMacOSX/
Find BaseSystem.dmg inside InstallESD.dmg
Mount BaseSystem.dmg
c. Using Disk utility create an new immage.dmg DVD 4,6 Gb read and write , rename like Lion.dmg
d. Using Disk utility restore BaseSystem.dmg on new image Lion.dmg
e. mount Lion.dmg and rename volume like OSX LION
Delete packages link inside /System/installation
Copy Packages folder from InstallESD.dmg to Lion.dmg inside /System/Installation/ folder
f. Copy needed Kexts on Lion.dmg inside /System/Library/Extentions
*fakesmc.kext
* nullCPUPowermanagenent.kext
* ElliotForceLegacyRTC.kext -> this only if you experience Bios reset

Copy Mach_Kernel from InstallESD.dmg to Lion.dmg
Copy OSinstall.mpkg patched for MBR inside /System/Installation/Packages
Copy OSinstall. patched for MBR inside /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Frameworks/OSinstall.framwork/Versions/A folder


g. Install Extra_Lion.pkg on Lion.dmg -> here http://www.mediafire.com/?09zjtvcpqqpi9cg
h. Install Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg on Lion.dmg -> here http://www.mediafire.com/?67ixrw6tjl55949
include this: j. Install PC-EFI 10.6.pkg to USB Pen -> here http://www.mediafire.com/?vec09o8nifdgq7n

1. Create Bootable USB pen with OSX Lion
--------------------------------------------------------------
a. With Disk Utility erase USB pen
GUID + HFS+ journaled
rename it "OSX Lion Boot"
b. With Disk Utility restore Lion.dmg to USB Pen
and don't forget to do this:
a. Install Extra_Lion.pkg to USB Flash Drive
b. Install Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg to USB Flash Drive
c. Install PCEFI 10.6 Lion+Snow.pkg to USB Flash Drive
After installing "a , b, c" on my Flash drive i always create a folder "Extensions" inside /Extra , and i paste (ElliottForceLegacyRTC.kext, fakesmc.kext, NullCPUPowerManagement.kext)

[yasinakgun87]

do I no longer matter? lol :D

[simakwm]

I wonder why I am not able to repair permissions on Lion.dmg or the USB stick..

EDIT: Followed analot's advice and did everything again from the beggining (started a fight with my wife so she's not talking with me so much and I earned some hours of peace to work on this :D), plus the additional steps he told me.

Anyway, I had to fix permissions on the USB stick by hand:
cd /Volumes/OSX\ Lion
chown -R root:wheel *
chmod 755 /Volumes/OSX\ Lion/System/Library/Launchdaemons
chmod 644 /Volumes/OSX\ Lion/System/Library/Launchdaemons/*

Voila! The installer now works. Updated my SL installation but it reboots right after loading kexts. :(

[simakwm]

I did it! \o/ Thanks guys!
Erased my SL partition. Updating was a bad idea. A fresh install and booting from the USB stick and selecting my new Lion installation worked fine.

Now I am going to do the post installation procedures.
EDIT: I can only boot from USB. Booting from HD makes Lion "Waiting for DSMOS" for ever. :(

[framesx2x]

hi, all:cool:

well i followed the instructions, NO PROBLEM. Lion 10.7 running on the system below::D:D:D:D
ASus Rampage Extreme X48 chipset(NO DSDT patch)
Intel Q9450 2.66
Corsair GT 6GB 1N clock 1600mhz
Mac Radeon ATI HD 5770 1GB// for MacPro 3,1 only
HDA 320GB Lion boot
HDA 500GB data drive
HDA 120GB Snow 10.6.8 // Backup Boot...
Mac keyboad+Mouse //Both BlueTooth

Thanks

Just need some help with the sound card///
Creative Lab // Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro PCI..:(
How can fix the sound?

[simakwm]

Lucky you :)

Just need some help with the sound card///
Creative Lab // Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro PCI..

On SL I use kxproject drivers for my SB Live 5.1, you should give it a try.

[framesx2x]

thanks, i'll try it.

i hive one (Q).
after the installation of lion from usb to lion hd. when i reboot my system.
lion boot, fine , but on the screen it show all the back and white letter scroll down, them i get lion login screen., login ok. do you no why im get scroll letters of lion loading? instead of gray screen logo?


thanks

[framesx2x]

hi,

i try kx driver for X-fi, didnt work, but check this out.
i plug in my logitech webcam HD720 C905 and it work with no drive, and also logitech headset H555 with USB digital adapter, now im getting audio in digital audio in stereo plus Mic.:D:D:D
all i did was plug it in and Lion auto detect hardware ask me install new hardware click ok, lion did the rest. that nice...working audio and HD webcam and min...I'm Done.

Now i need to fix the booting lion on the my HD. Lion, it showing the loading scroll instead of the apple gray screen..any help on this part...:(

thanks.
USB= working;)
Bluetooth=working;)
network=working 1GB speed;)
audio/mic=working;)
webcam=working;)
the Mac Radeon ATI HD5770 1GB=working// from the apple store..;)

[simakwm]

You mean, you want it to boot verbose everytime? I think you can tweak Chameleon to do that. Check if you have it on System Preferences.

[simakwm]

Then I copied /boot file from my USB install stick to / and I was able proceed after 'Waiting for DSMOS' message but from a text mode Chameleon...

EDIT: I forgot to mention that Chameleon didn't work with this /boot file, I used Chimera bootloader from Muiltibeast 3.8.0.

Well, at least I don't need the USB stick anymore. ^_^
Thanks guys.

[analot]

Then I copied /boot file from my USB install stick to / and I was able proceed after 'Waiting for DSMOS' message but from a text mode Chameleon...
Well, at least I don't need the USB stick anymore. ^_^
Thanks guys.

Congrats bro,:)

this is the only fix when i encountered any error in boot up on my HDD,

a. Install Extra_Lion.pkg to HDD
b. Install Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg to HDD
c. Install PCEFI 10.6 Lion+Snow.pkg to HDD
After installing "a , b, c" on my Flash drive i always create a folder "Extensions" inside /Extra , and i paste (ElliottForceLegacyRTC.kext, fakesmc.kext, NullCPUPowerManagement.kext)

by the way this is my Chameleon settings in system preferences , this settings boot my machine like a real MAC MACHINES:cool:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/analot/chamelion.png

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/analot/chamelion2.png

[framesx2x]

hi,

where exactly is Chameleon, so that run it and change my boot.


thanks

[3square]

this guide has help me the most than any other guide. did all the steps listed.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3728089/IMG_0112.JPG

only deviations is Chameleon-2.0-RC5-r947_VS [from kexts.org] instead of Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg
i'm using a dell xps 420. ich9r
and i was using kalyway 10.5.2 install to do all the prep work.

i read that..
I had the same issue as you. Once i read your update I realized that the installer was looking at your smbios.plist. You need to change it from MacBookPro4,1. I have mine set to an iMac. I just copied mine from my original Snow Leopard, and I have booted up to the Lion welcome install screen.

EDIT: Successfully installed Lion! Just had to copy my original SL smbios.plist and com.apple.boot.plist file over to get it to boot properly.

i'm not using SL as noted above but the 10.5.2 kalyway. so i can't copy my existing boot.plist. BTW the lion installer i download has a prohibition sign (/) over it, i'm guessing since i'm running 10.5.2 so it won't let me run it.

so can i download the boot.plist of a SL and replace it? or can i edit the boot.plist to say MacBookPro4,1?

PLEASE HELP. i've been at this for almost a week =\

[dafia333]

this is my first time installing SL and Lion and it was everything thanks to you, and some google. :) the only thing i don't know if i did it right was once your done with the installation. i use multi beast so i wouldn't have to be booting from
the usb pen. because i didn't know what else to do.

[analot]

hi,

where exactly is Chameleon, so that run it and change my boot.


thanks


This what i do when i put extra OSInstall.mpkg in /System/Installation/Packages, i also put Chameleon-2.0-RC5-r755-Lion, Extra Lion.pkg, PCEFI 10.6 Lion+Snow.pkg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/analot/packages.png
and after all installation completed you can see in your System Preperences chameleon like this.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/analot/SPC.png


this guide has help me the most than any other guide. did all the steps listed.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3728089/IMG_0112.JPG

only deviations is Chameleon-2.0-RC5-r947_VS [from kexts.org] instead of Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg
i'm using a dell xps 420. ich9r
and i was using kalyway 10.5.2 install to do all the prep work.

i read that..


i'm not using SL as noted above but the 10.5.2 kalyway. so i can't copy my existing boot.plist. BTW the lion installer i download has a prohibition sign (/) over it, i'm guessing since i'm running 10.5.2 so it won't let me run it.

so can i download the boot.plist of a SL and replace it? or can i edit the boot.plist to say MacBookPro4,1?

PLEASE HELP. i've been at this for almost a week =\



this is my first time installing SL and Lion and it was everything thanks to you, and some google. :) the only thing i don't know if i did it right was once your done with the installation. i use multi beast so i wouldn't have to be booting from
the usb pen. because i didn't know what else to do.

This one fix simakwm you might also try this.

Try to start again from 1st step

Start Mac Os X Leo /Snow Leo

0. Create OSX Lion for Hackintosh
------------------------
a. Download Lion GM/Retail (11A511 )
b. find InstallESD.dmg -> "Install Mac Os X Lion.app/Contents/ShareSupport"
Open and mount InstallESD.dmg
Show HiddenFiles -> here http://gotoes.org/sales/ShowHiddenFilesMacOSX/
Find BaseSystem.dmg inside InstallESD.dmg
Mount BaseSystem.dmg
c. Using Disk utility create an new immage.dmg DVD 4,6 Gb read and write , rename like Lion.dmg
d. Using Disk utility restore BaseSystem.dmg on new image Lion.dmg
e. mount Lion.dmg and rename volume like OSX LION
Delete packages link inside /System/installation
Copy Packages folder from InstallESD.dmg to Lion.dmg inside /System/Installation/ folder
f. Copy needed Kexts on Lion.dmg inside /System/Library/Extentions
*fakesmc.kext
* nullCPUPowermanagenent.kext
* ElliotForceLegacyRTC.kext -> this only if you experience Bios reset

Copy Mach_Kernel from InstallESD.dmg to Lion.dmg
Copy OSinstall.mpkg patched for MBR inside /System/Installation/Packages
Copy OSinstall. patched for MBR inside /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Frameworks/OSinstall.framwork/Versions/A folder


g. Install Extra_Lion.pkg on Lion.dmg -> here http://www.mediafire.com/?09zjtvcpqqpi9cg
h. Install Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg on Lion.dmg -> here http://www.mediafire.com/?67ixrw6tjl55949
include this: j. Install PC-EFI 10.6.pkg to USB Pen -> here http://www.mediafire.com/?vec09o8nifdgq7n

1. Create Bootable USB pen with OSX Lion
--------------------------------------------------------------
a. With Disk Utility erase USB pen
GUID + HFS+ journaled
rename it "OSX Lion Boot"
b. With Disk Utility restore Lion.dmg to USB Pen
and don't forget to do this:
a. Install Extra_Lion.pkg to USB Flash Drive
b. Install Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg to USB Flash Drive
c. Install PCEFI 10.6 Lion+Snow.pkg to USB Flash Drive
After installing "a , b, c" on my Flash drive i always create a folder "Extensions" inside /Extra , and i paste (ElliottForceLegacyRTC.kext, fakesmc.kext, NullCPUPowerManagement.kext)

[3square]

so it works...FYI the installer didn't see my drives at first but i go a patched ioatafamily.kext, and that fix it.

i went through the post install stuff. but chameleon didn't show up under prefferences. and i couldn't boot from HDD. end up getting multibeast, that fix the HDD boot problem.

[arasel777]

Using iBoot legacy and DVD burned with Lion it won't start installation. Using -x -v, got error like in attached image. Do I need an updated version of iBoot (or iBoot legacy) ? I used iBoot Legacy to install SL 10.6 retail, now I am on 10.6.8. My specs are here: http://unixexpert.ro/mac-os-x-10-6-7-snow-leopard.html
http://www.ro-design.net/03082011104.jpg

[dafia333]

This what i do when i put extra OSInstall.mpkg in /System/Installation/Packages, i also put Chameleon-2.0-RC5-r755-Lion, Extra Lion.pkg, PCEFI 10.6 Lion+Snow.pkg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/analot/packages.png
and after all installation completed you can see in your System Preperences chameleon like this.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/analot/SPC.png








This one fix simakwm you might also try this.

Try to start again from 1st step




and don't forget to do this:

thanks guys i was only missing to install PC-EFI 10.6 PCG to my drive once i was done, i think i forgot to install it to the use at the beginning, you guys are awesome. i guess you just gotta read the instructions more than once and a lot of trial and error. but i only had to installed twice which i think its pretty good to be my first time.. thanks to you guys! cheers

[analot]

thanks guys i was only missing to install PC-EFI 10.6 PCG to my drive once i was done, i think i forgot to install it to the use at the beginning, you guys are awesome. i guess you just gotta read the instructions more than once and a lot of trial and error. but i only had to installed twice which i think its pretty good to be my first time.. thanks to you guys! cheers


Nice one bro, enjoy your hackintosh ;)

[framesx2x]

hi,
need some help..

1) sometime i get a "GRAY Screen Box" saying that i need to reboot my system.
i get this when i open one or more then three apps at the sametime or when try to play dvd player.

2) when i run DPCI manager, it tell me that ATI Technologies Error_unknow Device. from the list.

i think that the os crash sometime because i hive no way to control fan on the ATI HD 5770 card, it gets very hot...

so this is what i got:
in graphic=ATI HD 5770 , "about this mac"

ATI Radeon HD 5000:

Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 5000
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 1024 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x68b8
Revision ID: 0x0000
Displays:
G215H:
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Display Serial Number: LJ90D0028511
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected

but no graphice support.,

Lion:
Hardware Overview:

Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro3,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.67 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache: 12 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MP31.006C.B05
SMC Version (system): 1.30f3
Serial Number (system): SOMESRLNMBR
Hardware UUID: DB61970C-3731-53E7-AC72-A26C06F00AAB

help....
thanks all

[saraths007]

Hi All,

I tried to follow the steps in this tutorial and on selecting the lion install partition , i am stuck at a white screen with mouse scroll animation . (Image attached)

I am not using an USB, but an internel partition. Also as my laptop (Samsung q430) does not work with 10.6.6 or above, I did all the steps mentioned in the thread from 10.6.0 retail

Please help

[gabguig]

I do not think I would prefer it to detect any interface.
Try starting with the external USB keyboard and mouse.
;)

[Matte Black]

How Install OSX Lion on PC

What we need:
a) an Intel Core2 Duo computer ( mine Optiplex 760)
b) an USB pen (8 Gb is fine )
c) an Hackintosh running Mac Os X to create Lion.dmg and USB Pen.
PippoX0

Do I need to use a Hackintosh running Mac Os X to create Lion.dmg or can I use an actual Mac machine? I have a PowerMac running Leopard.

[analot]

Do I need to use a Hackintosh running Mac Os X to create Lion.dmg or can I use an actual Mac machine? I have a PowerMac running Leopard.

you can use any machine running OS X

[Steeve1995]

I'm nearly Diing..:S
I tried endless Times to start the Installer, many diffrent Bootloaders, two Graphiccards(I have an Intel GMA from a i5 and a ATI Mobility Radeon 5730) But everytime it Fails..:(
When I choose the ATI Graphiccard in the BIOS I get the Fail [PCI configuration begin] and if I choose the Intel It hangs by DSMOS has arrived...
Bloody Hell, whats going on?
Can anybody help me?:O
Thanks a Lot.
Befor I forget it, Here's my Hardware:
MSI GE600-i5447W7P
Intel i5-430M 2*2.26GHz
4GB DDR3 RAM 1333MHz
ATI Mobility Radeon 5730 with 1GB GDDR3 VRAM and Intel GMA HD
500GB HDD
1366x768 16" Screen

Again thanks and Greez Steeve1995

[dutchmarcus]

Hello, I'm unable to get the installer to starts this is my screen shot can anyone shed a light?

OSX 10.6.8 > 10.7 Bootloader: Chameleon RC5 r1431

MotherBoard: Asus P6T Deluxe V.1 BIOS version 2209
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @2.66 stock speed
RAM: (6GB) GeiL DIMM DDR3-1333 Tri-Kit
GPx: Nvidia 9800GT (Club 3D 9800GT Green Edition)
WD VELOCIRAPTOR 320GB SATA 16 MB 10.000 RPM
COSMOS S (Coolermaster)- BURNER: SONY DVD/RW

[Steeve1995]

Hello, I'm unable to get the installer to starts this is my screen shot can anyone shed a light?

OSX 10.6.8 > 10.7 Bootloader: Chameleon RC5 r1431

MotherBoard: Asus P6T Deluxe V.1 BIOS version 2209
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @2.66 stock speed
RAM: (6GB) GeiL DIMM DDR3-1333 Tri-Kit
GPx: Nvidia 9800GT (Club 3D 9800GT Green Edition)
WD VELOCIRAPTOR 320GB SATA 16 MB 10.000 RPM
COSMOS S (Coolermaster)- BURNER: SONY DVD/RW

I get this Eroor just if I boot with iBoot or Empire EFI.. It means from a CD... If I boot frome my HDD partition on my External drive wher I took the Installer it works and I get a ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin: startForReal - waitForService(resourceMatching(AppleIntelCPUPower mManagement) timed out
DSMOS has arrived
Maybe somebody knows this Fail?

[dockiss]

I update my sl to lion after successful installation it hangs at the grey apple logo with spinning please kindly help me


thank

[limsbros]

hi! how dit you do it ?
my problem is when everything is done loading
just before setup will start the pc reboots
any help please

Try this method.
Note when you erase your USB drive use MBR instead of GUID partition.

http://www.themacmob.com/how-to-create-a-bootable-hackintosh-ready-lion-usb-drive/

This procedure works on mine:
x58 ud5
i7 920
6 gb ddr3, team xtreem 18666
Palit GTX 260
lg gh22 dvd writer
2x Hitachi 2TB
2x Seagate 320GB

a little tweaking with the kexts is needed.

[Sajjad]

hi all

i install and boot complate

but when boot say

"you dont connect keyboard" i have acer e725

please help me

im angry :mad:

[coldfir3]

hi all

i install and boot complate

but when boot say

"you dont connect keyboard" i have acer e725

please help me

im angry :mad:

navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/Setup Assistant.app/Contents/info.plist
open info.plist
Delete:
<string> DeviceSection </ string>
<string> KeyboardTypeSection </ string>
installer won't look for ur keyboard.
if u have ps2 keyboard then use voodoo ps2 controller.
it worked for me.

[3square]

Hello!
you have been such great helps for my desktop, i need help on my laptop.

i did the above method, works so well on my desktop. but on my laptop it show the screen on installer
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3728089/IMG_0182.JPG

my laptop is a dell m1330

is it the osinstall.mpkg? i use the one provided in the instruction.

thank you so much!!

[darn]

Hi,

I am following your method to install OSX Lion in my netbook Acer 532H-2223, but i am having problems.
I am installing Lion on a USB stick but when i try to boot it reboots all the time

Any ideas ?

[pceri]

worked for me, thank you.
all i need 2 fix its my network :) im looking 4 a solution for my USB Wireless wg111v2 driver?
--------------------------
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6172/6132440194_bb2d0995c2_b.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6151/6132442168_86ed062752_b.jpg
--------------------------
Processor Name:Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed:2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors:1
Total Number Of Cores:4
L2 Cache:8 MB
Memory:4 GB
Bus Speed:1.07 GHz
Chipset: Intel X38 Express chipset
Graphic Card: GeForce GTX 260
--------------------------
this is how i did it :)

How to Install OS X Lion from USB Pen (part 1) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mN2GMJAMBw)
-----
Installing OS X Lion 10.7 (Part 2) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZEMIGHdL1Q)

[smartshoaib_007]

"Install Extra_Lion.pkg to Lion HD
Install Chameleon-2.0-RC5-r947 to Lion HD"

HOW???

PLz dnt mind my ignorance installing first time via usb.

[Jeamy]

hi. all..
i've Notebook Acer Aspire 4745g n i tried to installed OS X Lion from usb.. i'm succes to boot from usb but it stop booting like this :
** Device in slot: SLOT--1 **
** Device in slot: SLOT--1 **
** Device in slot: SLOT--1 **


how to fix that problem...
anyone can help me please...i really appreciated..
thx b4..

[Steeve1995]

Goddamned....-.-
After 20 times I passed finally the installation of Lion (updated 10.6.7 to 10.7) but it hangs by booting.. I tried many Versions of Chimera Bootloader. It started from the USB Stick but I want Full Graphic-Support(Under SL it worked) so I need Chimera. Or knows anybody any help??
I had this Tutorial http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=251027 in SL and took this now too for Lion but the Bootloader hangs..
I don't see the Apple-Logo, I just see the Chameleon-Color and .... Use ForceWake=y to..... and smth like Parse Integer 0x63 or like this don't know exactly..
But the Apple Logo doesn't come..
With -v GraphicsEnabler=No it works but I have finally a blackscreen because I installed already the kext.
I have an Imaga from SL with witch I can Boot and have a fully working SL but just on my external Drive.
So I can edit anything on the Lion-Drive..
Knows anybody this fail?
Thx for help!!
Greez Steeve
P.s. My Hardware:
MSI GE600
Intel HM55 Mainboard
Intel Core i5-430M
4GB DDR3 Ram 1333MHz
500GB Hitachi HDD
16" LCD Screen ATI Mobility Radeon 5730 (&Intel GMA HD)

[mootjeuh]

Hi, I followed this guide to the letter and I think I've done everything correctly. But when I boot, it loads every thing and then it shows me a blank/gray screen with the cursor on the top-left corner.
I can move it and all but that's it, I think that's the screen where it's supposed to tell that the installer is loading and then ask me for the language.

Here are my specs:
-AsRock P67 Pro3 SE motherboard
-Intel i5 2500k CPU
-Asus HD 6950 GPU

[bryan_mmx]

Good day

I have tried to install 10.7 on my PC with various method but have failed quite a number of times. The closest I get to is boot loops using this method. What is usually the cause of boot loops (apple logo flashes for a split second then PC reboots by itself)? I'm on a Asus P5KPL-AM/PS motherboard with 9500GT and Core2Quad Intel processor.

[bobert]

reet when i try and boot from iatkos l1 the screen goes black even with -x -f -v on external 19" screen too, ideas please?

[waseem.wani]

I have an IBM PC with the following configuration

Processor: Intel Celeron(M) Processor 1.50GHz
RAM: 512 MB DDR2

I wanted to install MAC OS on my PC.Currently im running windows 7 on it.Can anybody tell me if i can install MAC on it,If yes then which version of MAC OS will be suitable and how do i install the same

[Steeve1995]

I have an IBM PC with the following configuration

Processor: Intel Celeron(M) Processor 1.50GHz
RAM: 512 MB DDR2

I wanted to install MAC OS on my PC.Currently im running windows 7 on it.Can anybody tell me if i can install MAC on it,If yes then which version of MAC OS will be suitable and how do i install the same

I think you can install Snow Leopard or if you want Leopard. Leopard works probably better.

[carpman]

Hello, following this guide and all goes well until during boot it stops with following error.

BootCacheController : Unable to open /var/db/BootCache.playlists: 2 No such file or directory
Bug: launchctl .c:2488 (24957) :30: (dbfd = open(g_job_overrides_db_path, 0_RDONLY | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR)) |= -1


Any ideas?


Gigbyte X48-DQ6
Intel E8400
Nvidia 8800 GTS 640mb
4gb ram (installed)
No other drives or pci slots occupied.

[carpman]

OK check the bios and it was set to use pci as first display, changed this to peg and rebooted.

This time i got it to boot to the installer, trouble is now it is telling me that Lion cannot be installed on this computer?

what have i missed?

cheers

[qvejt]

How Install OSX Lion on PC

What we need:
a) an Intel Core2 Duo computer ( mine Optiplex 760)
b) an USB pen (8 Gb is fine )
c) an Hackintosh running Mac Os X to create Lion.dmg and USB Pen.

Start Mac Os X Leo /Snow Leo

0. Create OSX Lion for Hackintosh
------------------------
a. Download Lion GM/Retail (11A511 )
b. find InstallESD.dmg -> "Install Mac Os X Lion.app/Contents/ShareSupport"
Open and mount InstallESD.dmg
Show HiddenFiles -> here http://gotoes.org/sales/ShowHiddenFilesMacOSX/
Find BaseSystem.dmg inside InstallESD.dmg
Mount BaseSystem.dmg
c. Using Disk utility create an new immage.dmg DVD 4,6 Gb read and write , rename like Lion.dmg
d. Using Disk utility restore BaseSystem.dmg on new image Lion.dmg
e. mount Lion.dmg and rename volume like OSX LION
Delete packages link inside /System/installation
Copy Packages folder from InstallESD.dmg to Lion.dmg inside /System/Installation/ folder
f. Copy needed Kexts on Lion.dmg inside /System/Library/Extentions
*fakesmc.kext
* nullCPUPowermanagenent.kext
* ElliotForceLegacyRTC.kext -> this only if you experience Bios reset

Copy Mach_Kernel from InstallESD.dmg to Lion.dmg
Copy OSinstall.mpkg patched for MBR inside /System/Installation/Packages
Copy OSinstall. patched for MBR inside /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Frameworks/OSinstall.framwork/Versions/A folder


g. Install Extra_Lion.pkg on Lion.dmg -> here http://www.mediafire.com/?09zjtvcpqqpi9cg
h. Install Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg on Lion.dmg -> here http://www.mediafire.com/?67ixrw6tjl55949
Create a folder Postinstallation on Lion.dmg and copy the two pkg and the three kexts
i. With Disk Utility repair permission on Lion.dmg

1. Create Bootable USB pen with OSX Lion
--------------------------------------------------------------
a. With Disk Utility erase USB pen
GUID + HFS+ journaled
rename it "OSX Lion Boot"
b. With Disk Utility restore Lion.dmg to USB Pen

c. Install Extra_Lion.pkg to USB Pen
Install PC-EFI 10.6.pkg to USB Pen -> here http://www.mediafire.com/?vec09o8nifdgq7n
Install Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg to USB Pen

2. Boot USB pen with OSX Lion and install
--------------------------------------------------------------
switch off PC
a) Boot newly created USB Pen
With Disk Utility Create a HFS+ journaled partition, rename it "OSX Lion"
( You can Install Lion on MBR or GUID partition)
(if you install over SL 10.6.6-10.6.8 , don't create a new partition and you will be able to upgrade your S.O. without loosing anything)
b) Boot again with USB pen and choose to boot HD
Install Kexts on S/L/E on HD with KextHelper -> here http://cheetha.net/
Install Extra_Lion.pkg to HD
Install Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg to HD
c) Done.

Enjoy your Lion ;)

PippoX0
1) You need a computer with Mac OS
2) Use tools >>disk utilites << and format the USB flash drive 8GB minimun of GPT table.
3) Use tools >>disk utilites << Then Play Itakos L1.dmg image on a USB pendrive.
4) Run Chameleon and install on a USB stick with the first option from the top - start of the Boot.
5) End >>>>> start with BIOS from USB - installation takes 10 minutes - a real pleasure.^_^

[qvejt]

hi. all..
i've Notebook Acer Aspire 4745g n i tried to installed OS X Lion from usb.. i'm succes to boot from usb but it stop booting like this :
** Device in slot: SLOT--1 **
** Device in slot: SLOT--1 **
** Device in slot: SLOT--1 **


how to fix that problem...
anyone can help me please...i really appreciated..
thx b4..
No select Grphic enable, no slect ATi init

[arikstress]

[QUOTE=Create a folder Postinstallation on Lion.dmg and copy the two pkg and the three kexts/QUOTE]

Hi there, can u tell me what pkg and three kexts all did u mean by that sentence? i try to make my lion usb like ur tutorial. noob here, thanks

[arikstress]

[QUOTE=Create a folder Postinstallation on Lion.dmg and copy the two pkg and the three kexts/QUOTE]

Hi there, can u tell me what pkg and three kexts all did u mean by that sentence? i try to make my lion usb like ur tutorial. noob here, thanks

Okay i don't care my step is wrong or not, but apparently i tried to install again with your method, and IT WORKS!!!Thank you Dude! , so much. Really appreciate it.

i was trying using tonymac's move , making bootable disk with Kakewalk, and many tutorial is not working . thank you so much ....

[howmanyds]

I get as far as choosing language: English, and then get an installation error. The install log shows Dyld Error Message: Symbol not found: _OSProductManagerProductCookiefileName
Referenced from: /Volumes/VOLUME/* /Mac OS X Installer .app/Contents/MacOS/Mac OS X Installer
Expected in: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install .framework/Frameworks/OSInstall .framework/Versions/A/OSInstall

Any thoughts on this missing symbol?

Thanks!!

[howmanyds]

Forgot to say:
I'm on a Dell Optiplex 755, with a FoxConn mobo (not sure of type, but the label says LS36), GPU Asus geforce 210 1GB 64bit

[pippox0]

I get as far as choosing language: English, and then get an installation error. The install log shows Dyld Error Message: Symbol not found: _OSProductManagerProductCookiefileName
Referenced from: /Volumes/VOLUME/* /Mac OS X Installer .app/Contents/MacOS/Mac OS X Installer
Expected in: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install .framework/Frameworks/OSInstall .framework/Versions/A/OSInstall

Any thoughts on this missing symbol?

Thanks!!

Try to recreate USB Pen drive ....

[howmanyds]

I didn't need to recreate the whole pen drive -- I just had to find the osinstall files for 10.7.2 and put them in their places. And then it could begin installing.

But now I'm stuck again.

The install starts with about "20 minutes remaining" and proceeds nicely until "6 minutes remaining" where it gets stuck for a long time before finally saying it can't continue and that I should contact the software vendor.

Would this be related to that third kext (ElliotForce...) which I did NOT install?

Or maybe because I skipped a step in your guide: you say to create a image and title it lion and restore the basesystem into it -- I went ahead and restored basesystem onto my pen drive and did the editing of the contents directly on the drive. As I continued through your guide I saw that you meant for the first LION image to be on the desktop?? and after doing the editing to restore it to the pen drive. Do you think this makes much difference?

THanks!!

[howmanyds]

I went back and followed the procedures exactly as you've written them, except for using a later version of chameleon.

And I got in!

But not much was working, so I started with Multibeast and Using Kext helper I installed a Kext for intel Ethernet. But on restart I couldn't even get to the sign in screen. It said it failed to load Kext com.apple.driver.AppleRTC

So now I'm just starting over with the reinstall of the OS

In the future, when I try a Kext that breaks my hackintosh, is there a way to get back in there and undo the changes without having to reinstall everything? Thanks!

[ayois]

Hi. first of all, excuse my English.

I want to install lion in a DELL OPTIPLEX 760, the same as yours, but i haven't a hackintosh snow leopard, i have a imac with lion (my computer home). It's possible?.

Thnk you!.

[pippox0]

Sure even better ...
You can prepare your usb pen for optiplex 760 on Imac

[ayois]

Sure even better ...
You can prepare your usb pen for optiplex 760 on Imac

Ok, thanks!!! :)

[adnbek]

I didn't need to recreate the whole pen drive -- I just had to find the osinstall files for 10.7.2 and put them in their places. And then it could begin installing.

But now I'm stuck again.

The install starts with about "20 minutes remaining" and proceeds nicely until "6 minutes remaining" where it gets stuck for a long time before finally saying it can't continue and that I should contact the software vendor.

Would this be related to that third kext (ElliotForce...) which I did NOT install?

Or maybe because I skipped a step in your guide: you say to create a image and title it lion and restore the basesystem into it -- I went ahead and restored basesystem onto my pen drive and did the editing of the contents directly on the drive. As I continued through your guide I saw that you meant for the first LION image to be on the desktop?? and after doing the editing to restore it to the pen drive. Do you think this makes much difference?

THanks!!

Can you tell me where you found the OSInstall files for 10.7.2? Nawcom's site is down and I can't find the files anywhere!

[Ericool]

Does this Install the ox lion to the usb stick? and not to my hard drive?

And if not where can I find a osx lion boot usb drive for a pc solution?

[pippox0]

This guide is for installing Osx lion on hd ( intel core2 duo or superior ) .
First we have to prepare a usb booting installation pen , then we install on pc.

[mrprytz]

I didn't need to recreate the whole pen drive -- I just had to find the osinstall files for 10.7.2 and put them in their places. And then it could begin installing.

But now I'm stuck again.

The install starts with about "20 minutes remaining" and proceeds nicely until "6 minutes remaining" where it gets stuck for a long time before finally saying it can't continue and that I should contact the software vendor.

Would this be related to that third kext (ElliotForce...) which I did NOT install?

Or maybe because I skipped a step in your guide: you say to create a image and title it lion and restore the basesystem into it -- I went ahead and restored basesystem onto my pen drive and did the editing of the contents directly on the drive. As I continued through your guide I saw that you meant for the first LION image to be on the desktop?? and after doing the editing to restore it to the pen drive. Do you think this makes much difference?

THanks!!

I am having the exact same isue. So I made the flashdrive once more from scratch, but noe cure.

"I just had to find the osinstall files for 10.7.2 and put them in their places"
Wich files did you put where, and where did you find them?

I hope you can help me out.

Thanks!

NEVER MIND! Suddenly it just worked :D

[yxq1026]

Hello,

I followed the instruction and installed Lion to Optiplex 760. It works very well and I have upgraded to 10.7.2.
The only issue that trouble me is the graphic card. I can get 1280x1024 without problem by modifying the file of com.apple.Boot.plist. But the best experience of my monitor is 1680x1050. Even if I set 1680x1050, I can only get 1280x1024. Can anyone give me any idea on how to solve this problem? Do we have drivers for GMA 4500?

Many thanks.

Alex

[pippox0]

Hi,
i have Optiplex 760 too and i have 1280x1024 resolution, no QE/CI . Until Now there is no solution for graphic card intel GMA 4500.:(
When i will find a working Kext (64bit ) almost which enables changing resolution , i will post it here ...

PippoX0

[yxq1026]

Hi, PippoX0

Many thanks for your reply. I am going to buy a graphic card for Optiplex 760. What's your recommendation then? ;)

I think I will only use it to watch some movies or surf the internet and I won't use it to play game. So a low end graphic card should be enough to me. My main concern is how Lion supports to this card.

How about Nvida G210 / G240? :)

(Sorry if it is beyond the topic. )

Alex

Hi,
i have Optiplex 760 too and i have 1280x1024 resolution, no QE/CI . Until Now there is no solution for graphic card intel GMA 4500.:(
When i will find a working Kext (64bit ) almost which enables changing resolution , i will post it here ...

PippoX0

[yxq1026]

Hi, I have purchased XFX GT240 512M DDR5. And installed it on my Dell Optiplex 760. It works great. :)

[jbrownskunk]

When i try to boot with usb stick in pc it never goes past splash screen freezes

[gangsterborn]

navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/Setup Assistant.app/Contents/info.plist
open info.plist
Delete:
<string> DeviceSection </ string>
<string> KeyboardTypeSection </ string>
installer won't look for ur keyboard.
if u have ps2 keyboard then use voodoo ps2 controller.
it worked for me.

Thank You for your advice..
but i have a small problem.
How can i edit the Info.plist as i am not able to boot into Lion in single user mode.
I have freshly installed Lion so I do not have any other MAC OS X installed on my HDD to reach Info.plist
Can any 1 please guide to boot into my installed Lion in single user mode ?
The Command -s does not work and leads me to "Cannot find Keyboard error" ..plz help

btw the guide is simply awesome ..thanx pippox0:D

re-editing this post...
booting in single user mode gives this error :
BootCacheControl: Unable to open /var/db/BootCache.playlist: 2 No such file or directory
after this,the keyboard error appears :(
just cannot enter single user mode to edit info.plist :( :(

[bobert]

everything is on but i get a black screen of death i followed this to the letter.

when booting from the pendrive i get passed selecting in chameleon see the apple boot screen and it stops but with -v everything loads i just get a black screen and cant do anything..

i have also installed to the pen drive using chameleon wizard the very latest chameleon 2.1 svn r 1754 or something still the same black screen...

im on a toshiba NB 100 2GB's of ram and a moded wifi card (broadcom ootb working !)

please help im very close i think !

@jbrownskunk try a different chameleon i had that problem so i switched my chameleon and it booted !

[foohey]

Hi,

I was able to get installation screen, but after choosing language, i'm getting this error: http://pastie.org/3107620

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks in advance

[bobert]

i wonder what is your hardware and what else did you have plugged on also what flaggs did you use when booting passed chameleon ?

[foohey]

i wonder what is your hardware and what else did you have plugged on also what flaggs did you use when booting passed chameleon ?

I'm booting with verbose mode (chameleon RC5_947 on SL and Lion) (copied SL boot.plist & smbios.plist)
I also tried another language, same error

My motherboard is a Gigabyte X48-DS5
Processor: Core2Duo E8500
Graphic card: Nvidia 9800GT

Keyboard: Razer Lycosa
Mouse: Razer Lachesis

And i'm using a USB HDD for booting Lion (Maxtor 250GB)

[bobert]

why on earth did you copy those files ??? there for snow leopard... this is lion not snow dude it might be because you copied those files .


can you tell us why you copied those files as i didnt see it in the guide on the first post .. was it in a later post that i have not yet seen saying to copy them over from Snow To Lion

[foohey]

Because I got KP like first guy's.

I have successfully installed Lion by restoring default OSinstall

[bobert]

do you mean the .mpkg .pkg or the black icon thingy ?

[foohey]

do you mean the .mpkg .pkg or the black icon thingy ?

both files
I have rebuild usb disk and skip OSinstall step

[bobert]

so you didnt do any of the os install.. okay .

i have added 2 GB's of ram to my netbook rather than 1 gig and i have a newer chameleon than rc5 im on 2.1 svn 1764 but i still cannot get the thing to boot passed the apple boot screen .

my GPU is (intel) GMA 945 / GMA 950 and the screen is 8.9" sVGA

what should my boot up options be ? "Graphics Mode"="1024x600" or "GraphicsEnabler"="No" at chameleon boot screen? someone please help, i type only -v and it loads Everything but i see pcirootuid value set to 0 and i see mach_kernel loaded should i download and add the mach_atom_kernel to the pen drive or external hdd that im using and type in at chameleon boot screen

-v mach_atom_kernel arch=i386 ?

Please Help ?

[adnbek]

In case anyone doesn't know, Nawcom's blog is back up and here's the link to the OSInstall files for 10.7.2:

http://blog.nawcom.com/OSInstall_Framework.10.7.2.tar.bz2

[bobert]

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/884/img0020yo.jpg

my KP please can someone help me ? thank you for anything anyone can do

[clasusop]

and to revert the falsh drive how can i do it

[Lacedaemon]

Hey guys,

I followed these instructions a slightly different way, just because I couldn't "repair the permissions" of Lion.dmg (Disk Utility and Command Line method). :-/ What I did was:

Restore BaseSystem.dmg to USB Drive
Delete "Packages" alias and copy "Packages" from InstallESD.dmg
Copy kexts and install pkgs as directed

Everything seems to boot fine, as it appears to be loading all the kexts. Then the dead end: It'll just stop booting and give me a black screen. :mad: What went wrong with the boot process? If it has to do with something I did during the setup process, then I guess I could backtrack and do it again. Thanks for all your help and thanks for this awesome guide! :D

Additional Details:
Model: ASUS Eee PC 1000HE
Current OS: Mac OS X Snow Leopard v10.6.8
I also wasn't able to "repair the permissions" of the USB flash drive. On both the .dmg and the flash drive, the button would be greyed-out... :-/

UPDATE: So I went a little deeper into the thread, and on page 2, sargatanas recommended installing a different version of Chameleon. I installed this on the USB drive, but the boot process was the same: It would load kexts and misc. files, then just black out. :-/
UPDATE 2: The black screen is gone, but now I have the same problem as neophyter back on page 1, where the PC reboots right before setup. I followed sargatanas's instructions on page 2, but had no luck. Since I'm on an Intel Atom CPU, I replaced the stock mach_kernel with nawcom's Intel Atom kernel. This also didn't help me with my reboot problem.

[Wrangler-93]

Hi.

I try to install OS X Lion on my Optiplex 745 Core 2 Duo 3.0 for weeks now, but every time i end up with a black screen after booting from USB.
I have tryed mutiple bootloaders, flags, and all other option i could find but still no working Hackintosh!!

The last line before reboot says " Starting Darwin x86_64" .

What am i missing??

Can someone help me??

[Asgrad]

Hey guys, I installed iAtkos l2 via the insanelymac tutorial, everything seems fine until i hit the usb part... If I turn off usb legacy in bios I can't use my keyboard, the kernel flag doesn't help, the trick with pulling the keyboard after u press enter doesn't help either... I changed usb kexts, still no change... Can someone help me pls??? (more info in the photo, the interesting part is that i can type in verboose)http://s7.postimage.org/bx1orn7ez/IMG_20120530_214424.jpg

[NayWinMyint]

Although I have tried a lot of time according to the instructions from tonymacx blog multiple times, anything does not work for me. But in this, I can install successfully in my first try.

clear and simple instruction!!!!!:cool::cool::cool:

[iwarlock]

i tried for 5 days now to make this work. should have never started. i went through every possible scenario and always get the same message in the end.

BootCacheControl: Unable to open /var/db/BootCache.playlist: 2 no such file or directory

i changed everything accribically to the instructions. tried updated chameleons worked it over and over again. of course nowhere in the forum there is my issue popping up. in fact nowhere in any forum there is that issue with the
bootcache showing up. As usual and always i have a unique problem and cant make it work no matter what i do.
i knew that no one can and will EVER make Snow leopard or Lion work on a IBM/Lenovo z61t. When i initially wrote this i knew the answer because no one ever usccessfully was able to instal a hackintosh on a IBM lenovo machine. They are all {censored} magically protected or whatever. About to give up. I cant belive that i lost 5 days doing this. No one can install hackintosh on a IBM levnovo Labtop. The ones who claim it are lying....

thx for the help anyway....