LaminarFlow Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 I've been out of the OSX86 game for a while...my last Hackintosh ran 10.4.6. I'm trying to get back in now, but of course everything has changed! Equipment: Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H67MA-USB3-B3 Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K Optical drive: LG WH12LS30 Blu-Ray burner Hard drive: Seagate ST31000526V 1TB 6GB/s SATA Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) Graphics card: Asus nVidia GeForce GT430 As it sits right now, the graphics card is not installed, and I've only installed one 4GB stick of RAM. The machine will boot and install Windows 7 Ultimate without issue. I have available to me a Mac Mini running Lion and the Lion install image. I imaged it onto a flash drive and used that flash drive to install Lion onto a MacBook. I've tried following this guide to get Lion installed, but it references a folder on the flash drive that I imaged the Lion install disc to that I can't find: After the restoration, open the restored partition, navigate to System/Installation, delete the Packages link and create a folder with the same name, Packages. I don't see an Installation folder. I ran the Extra_Lion_DP4 and Chameleon RC5 on the flash drive. I'm booting from an [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] CD. It successfully finds the Lion flash drive, but upon boot it immediately kernel panics and hangs with the final line saying "System uptime in nanoseconds: #######" (real numbers in there, of course). Some of the other lines include: Can't load kext com.psystar.driver.OpenHaltRestart - failed to resolve library dependencies Kext com.psystar.driver.OpenHaltRestart (error 0xdc00800e). panic(cpu 0 caller 0x672801): "Unable to find driver for this platform: \"ACPI\".\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1699.22.64/iokit/Kernel/IOPlatformExpert.cpp:1504 Etc. If other lines might be relevant let me know and I'll post those, too. Any suggestions on which direction to head? Is there something I'm doing wrong with the flash drive? Do I need to try a different install method? Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/268057-trying-to-dual-boot-win7lion-on-a-fresh-pc-cant-get-installer-booted/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacNutty Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Download [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] from kexts.com, it booted Lion for me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/268057-trying-to-dual-boot-win7lion-on-a-fresh-pc-cant-get-installer-booted/#findComment-1748992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaminarFlow Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 There are several "[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]" options on the Downloads page of kexts.com; which one would you suggest? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/268057-trying-to-dual-boot-win7lion-on-a-fresh-pc-cant-get-installer-booted/#findComment-1749146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noam AA Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 first, [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] won't boot lion, install chameleon into the thumb-drive, (BUT BE CERFUL!!!! DON'T EVER INSTALL ON YOUR REAL MAC!) also, the Packages link placed on System/Library/Installation/Packages, delete the link and copy the real folder placed on dmg file of the Lion installation your can read this if you haven't http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=256729 this is preparation of hackintosh Lion installer thumb Drive. Also, take some time to read about DSDT fixes, and i think you can find a patch file to patch your DSDT have fun Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/268057-trying-to-dual-boot-win7lion-on-a-fresh-pc-cant-get-installer-booted/#findComment-1749243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaminarFlow Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 Awesome, thanks for the guidance! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/268057-trying-to-dual-boot-win7lion-on-a-fresh-pc-cant-get-installer-booted/#findComment-1749320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaminarFlow Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 first, [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] won't boot lion, install chameleon into the thumb-drive, (BUT BE CERFUL!!!! DON'T EVER INSTALL ON YOUR REAL MAC!)also, the Packages link placed on System/Library/Installation/Packages, delete the link and copy the real folder placed on dmg file of the Lion installation your can read this if you haven't http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=256729 this is preparation of hackintosh Lion installer thumb Drive. Also, take some time to read about DSDT fixes, and i think you can find a patch file to patch your DSDT have fun I don't have an "Installation" folder in my System/Library directory: And according to the how-to that you and I both linked to, I'm looking for a System/Installation folder. Where exactly should my Installation folder be? I do have a "Packages" folder but it's in the root directory of the flash drive, as pictured. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/268057-trying-to-dual-boot-win7lion-on-a-fresh-pc-cant-get-installer-booted/#findComment-1749357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaminarFlow Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 I ended up going right into Lion using the Kakewalk method: http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=32592 I haven't started in with Win7 yet, but still plan on it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/268057-trying-to-dual-boot-win7lion-on-a-fresh-pc-cant-get-installer-booted/#findComment-1754891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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