digital_dreamer Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Step 6 causes me problems, if I partition to GPT and try and boot the installer it locks up. Gigabyte Ex58a-UD7, not sure how you booted GPT on USB with a gigabyte board..as this locks up the from bios. You're right. Partition the USB drive as MBR, not GUID. The Gigabyte BIOS doesn't recognizes GUID partitions at boot and always locks up. MAJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motawa Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Is it possible to repair permissions for my DP4 Partition from/trough my DP3 partition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v7kF4U2HTd Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 here's my modded osinstall.mpkg from DP4. installation works fine with a gigabyte ex58-ud4p. all is working except my 8800gts 320mb OSInstall.mpkg.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-aKy- Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 here's my modded osinstall.mpkg from DP4. installation works fine with a gigabyte ex58-ud4p. all is working except my 8800gts 320mb try GraphicsEnabler Yes and delete all GF7xxx and NVDAResman7xxx kexts in S/L/E, that worked for my 8800gtx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 Arghhhh!!!! This is so frustrating, you've used the method that I used and it works for you and not for me. It stops at the same point every time when booting off the usb, screenshot included. It goes through all the loading kext stuff and then just hangs at the above point. Can anyone explain why this isn't working as I'm really losing the will to live here, lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieSheen Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 use OSInstall.mpkg from http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=256729 , should work, at least it did for me (DP 3 atm, still downloading DP 4) http://blog.nawcom.com/?p=751 Try the OSInstall.mpkg that one instead, it was made just for DP4 supposedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 Install USB (MBR can't boot GPT) will boot to the point it says repeatedly: couldn't find symbol _perf_monitor_register_11 Not sure what else to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacVertigo Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 booting fine for me but i get that nasty "cannot be installed on this machine" window :-s I'm getting the same problem. I'm running a MB, 2ghz C2D, 8gb ram, running 10.6.8. I get through the initial part of the install.. after reset I get 2 minutes into the actual install and I get the same error... over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 I'm getting the same problem. I'm running a MB, 2ghz C2D, 8gb ram, running 10.6.8. I get through the initial part of the install.. after reset I get 2 minutes into the actual install and I get the same error... over and over again. I can't even get to that bit! Use the OSInstall.mpkg linked earlier and replace the item on the USB: System/Installation/Packages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0ck3r4ever Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I just downloaded the DP4.. inside the 3.4G .dmg there is no Basesystem.dmg there... (there is one in DP2) I just downloaded the DP4.. inside the 3.4G .dmg there is no Basesystem.dmg there... (there is one in DP2) you could use these Terminal commands for show and hide files in Mac Os X. Show: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE killall Finder Hide: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE killall Finder Or you could use this nice app. ShowHiddenFiles.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v7kF4U2HTd Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 try GraphicsEnabler Yes and delete all GF7xxx and NVDAResman7xxx kexts in S/L/E, that worked for my 8800gtx. ah yes, didn't try that. will give it shot thanks EDIT: no luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-aKy- Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 ah yes, didn't try that. will give it shot thanks EDIT: no luck Did only try that on DP 3, I'm at work atm, will check when I'm home and see if I can find a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motawa Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 The problem is. i need to use kextutility on dp4(to get my gfx work). is it possible do use kextutilty or rebuild/cache/kext/whatsoever from another mac installation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v7kF4U2HTd Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Did only try that on DP 3, I'm at work atm, will check when I'm home and see if I can find a solution. oh that'd be nice. also tried nvenabler and when booting with -v i see it recognized the card correctly but the systems seems to ignore it. gfxinfo shows 3MB vram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 Well, its installing now, the errors seemed to be linked to doing the process from within Lion DP3. i reinstalled SL and am installing now, I'll update on my progress. By the way, I can't post from my iPad but I can from the iPhone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-aKy- Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 oh that'd be nice.also tried nvenabler and when booting with -v i see it recognized the card correctly but the systems seems to ignore it. gfxinfo shows 3MB vram Maybe you can find a solution here http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=256103 , no 8800gts mentioned there yet, but other 8xxx cards, one solution could possibly work for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffito Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Lion DP4 Working for me... Had Problems with my graphics card (8800GTS) Solution that worked for me: Used Chameleon RC5 r982. Added GraphicsEnabler key to boot.plist Now getting full resolution 1680 x 1050 Only thing thats not working for me is Sleep.. Asus P5WDH Deluxe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoYelloW Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I have successful results. It boots from USB, all I had to do is replace all the ATI kexts from Base System with older ones from DP3. No more white background with beach ball. Let's see what happens. Here is a little guide on how I got it working: 1. Get the dmg from the usual sources. 2. Mount the dmg 3. Show all hidden files in Finder (this can be done with an app, search on google "show files" or here on insanelymac) 4. Mount BaseSystem 5. Go to Disk Utility 6. Partition your 8 gb USB drive with GPT partition table, one partition 7. Restore BaseSystem.dmg on your USB drive 8. Copy mach_kernel from Lion DMG to root of USB 9. Copy from the parent dmg the Packages folder over USB drive /System/Installation/ (you should delete the alias/shortcut there) 10. Install to your USB drive Chameleon, your working Extra folder and dsdt.aml file 12. Install FakeSMC in USB drive /System/Library/Extensions (using Kext Wizard) 13. Reboot and Install wait for the installer to finish 14. Boot in Snow Leopard and install Chameleon, the Extra folder and dsdt.aml to your Lion partition 15. Boot in Lion and enjoy. I was inspired by this method: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=256729 and credits go to MaLd0n Please note that I used a spare hard drive partitioned with GPT. The sistem works except there are some glitches when going to GUI, there are sound issues with ALC889a and sleep does not work at all and also resets CMOS. Otherwise the system feels more solid and it is more polished. With this build Apple droped the intro video, they also droped the legacy wallpapers. Hope you will find this usefull, Cheers This one worked for me on my GA P55M UD2 with ati5770 card, have everything except sound and sleep at this point, will dig more to get that working too. EDIT: EVERYTHING is working!, sound, and sleep (not tested alot thou) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc32 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Hi folks, I try to install dp4 or dp3. I can boot on my usb stick but after select language installation it only allows me to restore via timemachine. I can't make a fresh install. If someone can help me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkin Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Hey, Got DP4 running on a Dell Latitude D430 using clone method (install on a mbp, then use superduper to clone to a dmg, then on the D430 running SL, clone to the Lion partition, use EDP from www.osxlatitude.com and wolla) However.. i have one problem. My screen is really dark, even when i turn up brightness to 100% its still very dark.. seeing that it turns down brightness durring boot straith after loading fakesmc.. so i guess its some new power function??! Anyone else have that problem or know of a solution ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javimdq Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 This one worked for me on my GA P55M UD2 with ati5770 card, have everything except sound and sleep at this point, will dig more to get that working too. EDIT: EVERYTHING is working!, sound, and sleep (not tested alot thou) Same here with GA P55M UD2 with Nvidia GTS 250. Please, can you tell me if you have a CMOS reset after sleep? I solved it with other post we created in the Post Installation section of the forum. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v7kF4U2HTd Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Lion DP4 Working for me... Had Problems with my graphics card (8800GTS) Solution that worked for me: Used Chameleon RC5 r982. Added GraphicsEnabler key to boot.plist Now getting full resolution 1680 x 1050 tried 982, still no luck. maybe it's the 320mb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoYelloW Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Same here with GA P55M UD2 with Nvidia GTS 250. Please, can you tell me if you have a CMOS reset after sleep? I solved it with other post we created in the Post Installation section of the forum. Thanks. what post exactly? the AppleRTC.kext with a perl script? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffito Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 tried 982, still no luck. maybe it's the 320mb Did you edit you Boot.plist ? Sleep now working.. Added custom DSDT file using DSDT Auto patcher and removed NullCPUManagement.kext from Extra folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v7kF4U2HTd Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Did you edit you Boot.plist ? plist and direct command (should be the same anyway). both not working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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