Report Lion – Catalina Chameleon / Boot-132 Retail DVD / USB

I can't boot any Mountain Lion installer

Primary Author: @stanca Published 2012-12-03
Collection: Lion to Catalina (10.7–10.15)
Archival Footprint: 23,783 historical reads · 1 curated field notes (from 2 dispatches) · 2012-12-03 – 2012-12-05
Credited Voices (2): @stanca @lanceomni

I followed any known guide and option for installing or upgrade to Mountain Lion 10.8 or 10.8.2 ,usb or dvd install too,hackintosh or retail,but everytime I boot from them after the boot loader,chimera,clover or chameleon,it restarts quickly over and over again,no matter what boot flags option I try.And all these in spite the fact I succeeded to install and run perfectly Lion 10.7.3 from Niresh on the same system.

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Field Note #1 @lanceomni 2012-12-05

stanca,

Have you tried using the boot-flag

PciRoot=1

PciRoot=0

Have you change your BIOS setting since your 10.7 install?

Do you still have your 10.7 install intact or do you have a backup to revert to?

I am not an advocate of pre-patched pirated copies. The same goes for automated patch/install applications. It is important to understand the workflow for install and which patched or new files are required. When you decide to update, you will have a better understanding of what it takes.

Your motherboard's spec sheet is a good start: http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?cat=Specification… ↗
AsRock H61M-VS
BIOS: AMI UEFI
Chipset: Intel® H61
LAN: Atheros AR8152
Audio: VIA VT1705

I would consider starting from a clean download of Mountain Lion from the App store. Keep a clean copy as a backup and then work toward getting to the installer with the minimum required patches.

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Username	Dossier Contribution	Dispatches	Active Window
@stanca	Primary Author	1	2012-12-03
@lanceomni	Contributor	1	2012-12-05

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