XLR Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Should i just move the kexts from E/E to S/L/E rebuild caches and turn on "Use Kernel Cache" prior installation, or does it requires anything else additionally? What's the easiest way of upgrading, assuming i have a perfectly working clean 10.6.8 install with no modifications to any vanilla kexts? Thanks in advance:) Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/277011-upgrading-1068-to-107-from-app-store-whats-the-proper-way/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLR Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 Is it possible somehow without creating install partition or using USB flash drive? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/277011-upgrading-1068-to-107-from-app-store-whats-the-proper-way/#findComment-1805342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
buoo Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Hi I don't particularly like installing from a USB stick, even if it's a easy way. For this reason I made a mac os x lion dvd using this guide http://olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=178 It is very useful, indeed I can use it where I want simply using a boot132. About your first question, I think anything else is not required. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/277011-upgrading-1068-to-107-from-app-store-whats-the-proper-way/#findComment-1805347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLR Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 Thanks) When i launch Lion installer from Applications it installs pretty fast (couple of minutes) but after it restarts the computer it returns back to 10.6.8... Do you reckon there's no easier way to install, than making a Lion DVD or Flash as described above? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/277011-upgrading-1068-to-107-from-app-store-whats-the-proper-way/#findComment-1805421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I don't know if we can do that. I haven't seen any posts yet from anyone who has successfully upgraded from 10.6.8 to Lion just by running the installer like on a real Mac. I have no idea why it doesn't work. Maybe the installer fails because it can't create the Lion recovery partition? Are you on MBR, GUID or hybrid? I'm guessing it'll only work on GUID, that is, if creating the recovery partition is the hold up. I made a "Lion installer" partition on my hard drive - it's nice to have because you can use it to work from (Terminal, Disk Utility, it even has Safari on it now) if something goes wrong with your main installation. 4.5 GB is enough, at least for a 10.7.2 installer. Be careful when repairing your drive with Lion's Disk Utility - I discovered the hard way that if you have Chameleon installed to your EFI partition and select the whole drive instead of a single volume when repairing, Disk Utility will obliterate Chameleon along with your extra folder and everything in it! Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/277011-upgrading-1068-to-107-from-app-store-whats-the-proper-way/#findComment-1805424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TH3L4UGH1NGM4N Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 @GV OS X isn't used to seeing our bootloader so sadly it would go over and remove the files as they aren't normally in the system but that is just one of the few reasons why I keep my bootloaders on flash drives as I never have the need to run a disk utility repair on them. @XLR I'd also suggest that you keep an installer on a partition as well, I chose to use a distro in the event I don't have any access to a bootloader it comes with one installed so I can do anything quick and dirty from there. I did read there was reason why the App Store upgrade didn't work it ties into the reason as to why we have to do a manual install or restores the base system in order to do the setup. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/277011-upgrading-1068-to-107-from-app-store-whats-the-proper-way/#findComment-1805501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleff Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 @buoo, your link doesn't seem to work. Thx Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/277011-upgrading-1068-to-107-from-app-store-whats-the-proper-way/#findComment-1805647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
buoo Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Try now Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/277011-upgrading-1068-to-107-from-app-store-whats-the-proper-way/#findComment-1805675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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