Problem installing Mac OS X Lion on XPS 1645

[xtrememenace]

I followed the steps posted on http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=265762

till step 2 successfully, I'm kinda stuck at step 2 itself. I'm not able to get past the 'beach-ball spinning logo' after the selection of Mac OS X base system from the chimera boot loader. After I select the same, i can see many terminal commands getting executed and after sometime I see the beach-ball logo spinning endlessly. I restarted my laptop and redid the entire step 2, still I'm unable to see any disk utility as mentioned in the tut as I can only see the spinning beach-ball once the terminal commands execution stops...

 

 

For the step 1, i used a Snow Leopard X installed on virtual box running on Windows 7 ultimate x64..

 

 

Need help as how to get past the infinitely spinning beach ball logo!

[xx66stangxx]

The link is coming up as an error repost it. Boot off of the disc with this command -v and take a screen shot after the commands load.

[xtrememenace]

Heres the link again: http://www.tinyurl.com/mactodell..

 

I tried using the -v option, still i get the same spinning beachball logo...

 

 

I will post the screenshot once i reach home.

[xx66stangxx]

For step one, make sure that you have a legally obtained Lion install .app.

 

For:

9. Go back to Disk Utility, and open the Restore tab.

10. For Source, select the Mac OS X Base System from the lower left pane. For destination, select the partition you created and named on the flash drive.

 

Try this:

 

In Disk Utility right click BaseSystem.dmg and select 'Restore', Drag your formatted USB stick or drive into the 'destination' box, untick 'erase destination' and click 'Restore'.

 

After that continue the rest of the guide for STEP 1.

[xtrememenace]

For step one, make sure that you have a legally obtained Lion install .app.

 

For:

9. Go back to Disk Utility, and open the Restore tab.

10. For Source, select the Mac OS X Base System from the lower left pane. For destination, select the partition you created and named on the flash drive.

 

Try this:

 

In Disk Utility right click BaseSystem.dmg and select 'Restore', Drag your formatted USB stick or drive into the 'destination' box, untick 'erase destination' and click 'Restore'.

 

After that continue the rest of the guide for STEP 1.

 

 

 

hey, thanx for the help....it worked...I finally managed to install Lion on my laptop..

But now stuck at the last step....

when i try to copy the four ATI .kext files using the kext wizard to System/Library/Extensions, it shows me the following:

http://www.image-share.com/ijpg-1043-148.html

How should i go about copying the .kext files to the extensions folder???

if i try it using terminal, it gives me a 'not permitted' error

[xx66stangxx]

In the picture you have nothing selected under "Target disk:" Select your hdd :-)