LowPro Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Whenever I try to run the installer either by directly running the Install App on my current installation or by using,kakewalk install,or the restore to partition methods...it says it can`t be installed on my system...these are the specs...please help if you can Specs: Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P41-ES3G Hardware Overview: Model Name: iMac Model Identifier: iMac8,1 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 3 MB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 1.12 GHz Boot ROM Version: IM81.00C1.B00 SMC Version (system): 1.30f3 Serial Number (system): SOMESRLNMBR Hardware UUID: DF557FA2-C304-556B-A442-960AB835CB5D GPU: ATI Radeon HD 5750: Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 5750 Type: GPU Bus: PCIe Slot: Slot-1 PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 1024 MB Vendor: ATI (0x1002) Device ID: 0x68be Revision ID: 0x0000 ROM Revision: 113-B7710C-176 EFI Driver Version: 01.00.318 Displays: ASUS VH232: Resolution: 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888) Display Serial Number: A1LMTF044293 Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Rotation: Supported SyncMaster: Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888) Display Serial Number: HDDY814329 Mirror: Off Online: Yes Rotation: Supported Display Connector: Status: No Display Connected RAM: 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM SATA: WDC WD5000BPVT-00HXZT1: Capacity: 500.11 GB (500,107,862,016 bytes) Model: WDC WD5000BPVT-00HXZT1 Revision: 01.01A01 Serial Number: WD-WXF1A51Y8978 Removable Media: No Detachable Drive: No BSD Name: disk1 Protocol: ata Unit Number: 1 Socket Type: Serial-ATA Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table) S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified Volumes: Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes) Writable: Yes BSD Name: disk1s1 Mac OS X Base System: Capacity: 6.65 GB (6,647,865,344 bytes) Available: 2.21 GB (2,207,141,888 bytes) Writable: Yes File System: HFS+ BSD Name: disk1s2 Mount Point: /Volumes/Mac OS X Base System Mac OS X Lion: Capacity: 492.98 GB (492,981,805,056 bytes) Available: 492.53 GB (492,534,222,848 bytes) Writable: Yes File System: Journaled HFS+ BSD Name: disk1s3 Mount Point: /Volumes/Mac OS X Lion Ethernet: Type: Ethernet Controller Bus: PCI Vendor ID: 0x10ec Device ID: 0x8168 Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x1458 Subsystem ID: 0xe000 Revision ID: 0x0003 Link Width: x1 BSD name: en0 Kext name: RealtekR1000SL.kext Location: /System/Library/Extensions/RealtekR1000SL.kext Version: 2.0.0d1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacModifier Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 LowPro, I am guessing you are struggling getting OS X Lion installed from reading your post. I struggled with it for a day, till I figured out what I was doing wrong and then it was a breeze to get it working. Everything is working perfectly on both of my Gigabyte Hackintoshs. If you follow this you should be up and running pretty quickly. I would definitely get some more ram from newegg for your machine, I believe the minimum is 2 gigs which you have but I would at least have 4 gigs in your machine. My problem was that I used the Magic Installer when I had Snow Leopard installed and though it worked GREAT for Snow Leopard, when trying to upgrade to OS X Lion the the magic installer boot loader I used was not written to work with Lion. 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aufa333 Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 i think MacModifier say it all but from what u posted ,i guess you already have SL and want to install Lion < if that is the case then ,do u get this msg "Mac OS X can't be installed on this computer" ? which if yes then get This and replace it with the file in System/Installation/Packages on ur lion installation driver 'usb or hdd driver' ,if its something else _it would be better to post the exact msg so we can be more helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowPro Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 do u get this msg "Mac OS X can't be installed on this computer" ? That`s exactly what I get. I`ll try to follow Macmodifier`s method and use the file you linked also and I`ll post to let you guys know if it worked thx for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowPro Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 WOOHOOOOOO got it working thank you both I just can`t get my sound working yet grrrrrr tried to do the same as for Snow Leopard but it`s not working...any ideas? I have VoodooHDA installed,should I install AppleHDA or the AppleHDA Enabler?! (going to try this,be right back haha yessS Lion FTW) *edit1* baaaah...no sound still...I even ruined my install and had to reinstall Lion,now I`ve got a 99% working lion (haha a Lion with his mouth shut hahaha ) *edit2* SOLVED yayyy HDAEnabler888 and VoodooHDA kexts did the job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacModifier Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 WOOHOOOOOO got it working thank you both I just can`t get my sound working yet grrrrrr tried to do the same as for Snow Leopard but it`s not working...any ideas?I have VoodooHDA installed,should I install AppleHDA or the AppleHDA Enabler?! (going to try this,be right back haha yessS Lion FTW) *edit1* baaaah...no sound still...I even ruined my install and had to reinstall Lion,now I`ve got a 99% working lion (haha a Lion with his mouth shut hahaha ) *edit2* SOLVED yayyy HDAEnabler888 and VoodooHDA kexts did the job Good Job! What tutorial did you end up using to get Lion installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pentiumpc Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Good Job! What tutorial did you end up using to get Lion installed? This tutorial solved my problem.. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=256729 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowPro Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Good Job! What tutorial did you end up using to get Lion installed? I followed your (macmodifier`s) tutorial,and some parts of THIS VIDEO to create the install image partition.I also used the OSInstall.mpkg on aufa333`s post and it just worked,even installed over a clone of my SL system and I got to keep all my settings and apps Only thing I can`t set is the 64 bit kernel kexts and extensions...tried to change the mach_kernel file and use a 64_kernel file I found on someone`s post, I don`t remember where, but still no luck...but besides that it`s a 100% working Lion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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