How Install OSX Lion on PC
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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 |
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. |
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 ... |
i already re-install the PC-EFI 10.6, Chameleon, Extra_Lion to my usb disk but still the same problem.
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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 ! |
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Ok, try this: use a newer version of Chameleon-2.0-RC5-r947 download on http://www.kexts.com Tthis should resolve your error : Boot0: GPT Boot0: testing Boot0: testing Boot0: done.J |
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? |
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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 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! :) |
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my problem is when everything is done loading just before setup will start the pc reboots any help please |
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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. :) |
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 ;) |
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 :) |
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 I hope this will help you ...:) Cheers PippoX0 |
Hi YouDoMeIDoYou or so ...,
if you've got a running SL installation, just follow the following instruction on tonymacx86 (http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2011/...-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/ind...owtopic=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 |
Nice work bro, 100% working on my Dell Optiplex 330;)
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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) |
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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 |
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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? |
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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 |
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and if I select my leopard OS this is the screen that comes up:
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ok, i've followed sarg's advice of:
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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EDIT: Well, no success. It keeps telling me to clean the media :( |
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do I no longer matter? lol :D
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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: Code:
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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. :( |
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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? |
Lucky you :)
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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 |
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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..;) |
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.
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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. |
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this is the only fix when i encountered any error in boot up on my HDD, Quote:
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hi,
where exactly is Chameleon, so that run it and change my boot. thanks |
"mac os x can't be installed on this computer"
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.. Quote:
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 =\ |
thanxs great tutorial
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. |
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http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/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 Quote:
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suceesss!!
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. |
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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
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Nice one bro, enjoy your hackintosh ;) |
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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 |
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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 |
I do not think I would prefer it to detect any interface.
Try starting with the external USB keyboard and mouse. ;) |
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