Lion GM was stuck randomly during the installation on my Dell D630

[quest221]

Hi all,

 

I download the Lion zip file from the website, create a Lion GM installation USB drive and boot it on my Dell D630 laptop. Then the installation goes on, after I select the language, the USB mouse and keyboard stop working, so do the touchpad on the computer.

 

I tried to add some drivers(kexts) to the USB drive, however, I can't make it works.

 

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Above is the original post. I suspect that the issue is the USB driver. However, after some tests, I found that the installation was stuck randomly.

 

Sometims it was stuck before the language selecting page, sometimes I can format the disk, sometimes I can start the installation then it was stuck, sometimes the installation was stuck during the installation(the installation finished xx%).

 

Can anyone help me?

[JohnnyD]

Hi all,

 

I download the Lion zip file from the website, create a Lion GM installation USB drive and boot it on my Dell D630 laptop. Then the installation goes on, after I select the language, the USB mouse and keyboard stop working, so do the touchpad on the computer.

 

I tried to add some drivers(kexts) to the USB drive, however, I can't make it works.

 

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Above is the original post. I suspect that the issue is the USB driver. However, after some tests, I found that the installation was stuck randomly.

 

Sometims it was stuck before the language selecting page, sometimes I can format the disk, sometimes I can start the installation then it was stuck, sometimes the installation was stuck during the installation(the installation finished xx%).

 

Can anyone help me?

 

 

http://forum.osxlatitude.com/index.php?/to...ndpost__p__3631

[quest221]

Hi John,

 

Thanks very much! That resolved my issue!

[rachanta]

Pl see my experience of coming out of keyboard freeze (relevant part is in bold). I used to have D630 earlier, and it has same graphic resolution 1280X800X32. Please edit your com.apple.Boot.plist in /Extra:

 

My example:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>Boot Graphics</key>

<string>Yes</string>

<key>ForceWake</key>

<string>Yes</string>

<key>Graphics Mode</key>

<string>1280x1024x32</string>

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>

<string>Yes</string>

<key>Kernel</key>

<string>mach_kernel</string>

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>arch=i386</string>

<key>Quiet Boot</key>

<string>No</string>

<key>Theme</key>

<string>Default</string>

<key>Timeout</key>

<string>5</string>

<key>arch</key>

<string>i386</string>

<key>device-properties</key>

<string></string>

</dict>

</plist>

 

 

 

 

My full experience. Please see in bold, part that may be relevant to you.

 

 

I have successfully loaded Lion Gold Master on my Dell Latitude E6400.

 

I created a Lion USB installer. The installer is a 8GB USB GUID partition that automatically gets named as Mac OS X Base system when it is restored from Base System.dmg on Lion Gold Master. Then I , copied fakesmc, ACPIPlatform..., IOPCI... in /S/L/E on the installer drive. I used Kext Wizard which also repair /S/L/E permissions on the installer.

 

Kext Wizard that allows you to load kexts to other drives and repair other drives (from the one you are booted into) is a great help.

 

As I was loading Lion on an MBR partition I replaced:

/Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg and

/Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Frameworks/OSInstall.framework/Versions/A/OSInstall

--on the installer drive with modified files (obtained by googling)

 

Then I booted into the USB installer using Chameleon-2.0-RC5-r1083.pkg loaded on my existing SL drive, with -v -f flags. Then O followed regular install process. Once install is through I booted into existing SL and copied fakesmc, ACPIPlatform..., IOPCI... in /S/L/E on the new Lion Drive with Kext Wizard and repaired /S/L/E permissions. I also copied com.apple.Boot.plist from my old SL into /E of the new Lion Drive and repaired permissions on /E as well. This last step is essential to avoid kernel panic or keyboard freeze at login time after loading Chameleon on the new Lion Drive.

 

After initial boot up, for whatever system that didnt work, I used my old SL kexts, such as IONetworkingFamily.kext, IO80211Family.kext, Intel82566MM.kext, VoodooHDA, VoodooSDHC, AppleACPIBatteryManager.kext

 

To enable native ntfs, I used iBlacky method of copying mount_ntfs to mount_ntfs.org and saving the follwing script to mount_ntfs:

#!/bin/sh

/sbin/mount_ntfs.orig -o rw "$@“

 

For this too I had to load the kext from SL.

 

I now have a fully working Lion Gold Master. As it doesnt have nvidia, I cannot enjoy all graphic applications, but it does better than my SL, as I able to open jpegs with Preview.app.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi all,

 

I download the Lion zip file from the website, create a Lion GM installation USB drive and boot it on my Dell D630 laptop. Then the installation goes on, after I select the language, the USB mouse and keyboard stop working, so do the touchpad on the computer.

 

I tried to add some drivers(kexts) to the USB drive, however, I can't make it works.

 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Above is the original post. I suspect that the issue is the USB driver. However, after some tests, I found that the installation was stuck randomly.

 

Sometims it was stuck before the language selecting page, sometimes I can format the disk, sometimes I can start the installation then it was stuck, sometimes the installation was stuck during the installation(the installation finished xx%).

 

Can anyone help me?