neclovek Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Hello! Yesterday I decided to throw out windows (hate it so much...) and try out hackintosh. I somehow (probably a miracle) installed Yosemite and it almost works (but with random freezes, no sound, graphic card glitches and so on...) but i want to start from the start because going into something this complicated headlessly is a suicide. So what do I need? I need to start learning but i dont know where. If someone would help me to get into this i would really appreciate it. Thanks for reading and looking forward for your replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PippoX0 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 1) Post Your Hardware if you want some help 2) Start reading posts on Forum : Guide for Hackintosh http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298027-guide-aio-guides-for-hackintosh/ All About Post Installation for Yosemite http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/forum/460-osx86-1010-yosemite/ See Ya 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neclovek Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 Thanks! I will deffinitely read that stuff. My setup: MB: Asus M5A78L/USB3 CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965BE RAM: Kingston 8GB 1600MHz GPU: Asus Radeon HD 7770 1GB Few SSDs to play with 3 monitors (sides on DVI and MiniDP, main on HDMI, all three different) SoundBlaster Audigy PCI Souund card Sorry if i missed something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendietinha Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 you better put that info in your signature, like we do, so wherever you go everybody can see your specs and help. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neclovek Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 Okay, i just finished reading the stuff in the link you posted. Man, there is so much stuff one has to do to get this working... I noticed all the tools needed for this are MAC only, are there some windows alternatives? Also about the DSDT stuff - Do i need it before installation or after installation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spakk Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 then export a raw dsdt Mac OS X operating system: use MacIASL.app or DSDT Editor.appUnder Windows operating system: use DSDT-Editor or AIDA64 Under Linux operating system: use DSDT-Editor.app AMD CPU, should work without problems, use the latest AMD Kernel for Yosemite 10.10.5 GPU: Radeon HD 7770, should work without problems, either by using DSDT GPU Inject or by driver patch --> you'll find a good description on the website of rampagedev Sound card, must read with SystemInfo.app, which is built exactly (vendor-ID device-ID) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neclovek Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 I found a thing called "TransMac", can it be used as an alternative to make install usb? Because in the tutorial there is no way of doing it from windows machine so i guess i have to keep searching.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spakk Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Yes! use youtube, there is shown. it is simple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgoens Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Well..you need osx system install at some point. Where are you going to get that? If you have a mac machine somewhere why not try making an installer there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neclovek Posted November 1, 2015 Author Share Posted November 1, 2015 If i had a mac machine i wouldnt bother to convert a windows one I got myself a Yosemite 10.10.4 DMG file and i restored it to a 8GB USB. Now i guess i need to add the kernels & stuff but from the big tutorial i really dont understand step 5b: cp "/Volumes/OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.dmg" /Volumes/Yosemite/ cp -a "/Volumes/OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.chunklist" /Volumes/Yosemite/ rm /Volumes/Yosemite/System/Installation/Packages cp -a /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/Packages /Volumes/Yosemite/System/Installation/Packages mkdir -f /Volumes/Yosemite/System/Library/Kernels What does it do? Can i somehow do it if i dont have the Mac APP but only the DMG file? What happens if i dont do it? Also could someone recommend me a tool that makes windows able to read HFS partitions? Otherwise i dont see a way of editing the install (adding kernels) Thanks. EDIT: Damn, I just noticed you actualy linked a video tutorial - idk why it didnt show until now...looks like i did it wrong so i have to do it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owbp Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Spakk left you a great video guide above your post. It has link in the beginning how to do it with one 8gb flash drive. Yo need 7zip, Transmac (trial) and Paragon Partition Manager. If you don't copy BaseSystem.* files, Packages folder and kernel, you won't be able to install OS X. That simple! Difference between Yosemite and Mavericks installation is in two BaseSystem.* files, name and place of the kernel (mach_kernel vs kernel) Look here for differences, green is 10.10 and red is 10.9 From this guide . That guide is for Mac, but you can use it just to compare what are the differences as you follow that YT guide. Edit: I just saw your edit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neclovek Posted November 1, 2015 Author Share Posted November 1, 2015 So cool, after 10 minutes of extracting the InstallESD.dmg 7zip cancels it with some weird error mesage (object disconnected from its clients or something like that) and also i cant install paragon partition manager because when i open the setup it says invalid drive M: - I dont even have drive M, wtf? It almost seems like windows is trying to prevent me from making an OS X installer... EDIT: http://i.imgur.com/ZKO1rfV.png WHYYYYYYYYYY Am i doing something wrong? Its the 5GB installESD.DMG from the yosemite.app shared content but when i open it with 7zip it only has this 8MB file in it...i am just about to give up Also i dont have enough data for today left so i cant download another copy of OS X (stupid FUP...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JahStories Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I always prefer making install usb using an Osx Virtual Machine, and it's nice to have one to run on windows to do stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amit_ Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I always prefer making install usb using an Osx Virtual Machine, and it's nice to have one to run on windows to do stuff. yeah thats what i did 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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