LivMC Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Hi there, It's been a while since I last participated in the OSX86 scene, with my last build coming all the way under Snow Leopard. However, I recently came across a spare laptop that was lying around and wanted to make full use of its potential! I've been trying to install Mountain Lion 10.8 on my HP Compaq 6720s for the best part of a week now but I continually fall into the same problems. I bought the OS from the App Store and successfully created a USB bootdisk via ######, but no matter what boot flags I try (-x, -v, -s, PCIRootUID=1, GraphicsEnabler=No amongst others), I'm stumped at the line AppleIntelE1000e: Ethernet address <MAC code>. At first I thought it was a problem with my network adapters, but nothing changes even if they are disabled in my BIOS. I did some more research and discovered it could be a graphics problem, as it is well documented that GMAX3100 is no longer supported natively in 64-bit mode. Any ideas as to what could be at fault here? My specs are as follows: Chipset: Intel 965 Series CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 2Ghz RAM: 2GB DDR2-PC5300 667Mhz WiFi: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Graphics: Intel GMA X3100 Sound: ADI SoundMax HD DVD-RW 3x USB 1x VGA 1x ExpressCard/54 slot Thanks! I'll gladly donate some form of beer money to whoever can fix my problem, it's much appreciated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282975-mountain-lion-108-installation-stuck-on-appleintele1000e/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 go for /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleIntel8254XEthernet.kext and delete this kext and this /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/Intel82574L.kext from your USBInstaller Edit; look in your Extra/Extensions of your USB if have any AppleIntellEthernet.kext, if yes, delete this kexts Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282975-mountain-lion-108-installation-stuck-on-appleintele1000e/#findComment-1854361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivMC Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 Hey man, thanks for your reply. I tried that but unfortunately I keep on getting the same results . Any other ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282975-mountain-lion-108-installation-stuck-on-appleintele1000e/#findComment-1854383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 ok, this AppleIntelE100e.kext , this kext secure what are in Extra/Extensions of USBInstaller, this is your problem, when you use this software, USB bootdisk via ######, this instal this kext, but is occult in Extra, try delete from Extra the folder Extensions, make a new folder Extensions with only two kexts, FakeSMC.kext and NullCPUPowerManegemente.kext and put in your Extra/USBInstaller, now boot with -f -v GraphicsEnabler=No npci=0x2000 or npci=0x3000 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282975-mountain-lion-108-installation-stuck-on-appleintele1000e/#findComment-1854391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivMC Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 I tried that and got past the ethernet line! However, I'm now stuck at [AGPM Controller] unknownPlatform . Any ideas as to what's causing this? Beforehand, I was getting the same lines of code, just with the AppleIntelE1000e: Ethernet address <MAC code> after it. I've attached a picture of my screen for you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282975-mountain-lion-108-installation-stuck-on-appleintele1000e/#findComment-1854435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 try delete all Graphics kexts from USBInstaller and boot with this flag : -f -v GraphicsEnabler=No npci=0x2000 or npci=0x3000 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282975-mountain-lion-108-installation-stuck-on-appleintele1000e/#findComment-1854495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivMC Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 Thanks for your persistance! However, I think we've come to the source of the problem - AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement! The line that always appears is: ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::start - waitForService(resourceMatching(AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement) timed out. The ethernet and AGPM lines are both not there anymore, and it skips onto the loading of DSMOS and the Bluetooth kext. I've attached another screenshot for you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282975-mountain-lion-108-installation-stuck-on-appleintele1000e/#findComment-1854591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 post your Extra folder Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282975-mountain-lion-108-installation-stuck-on-appleintele1000e/#findComment-1854593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivMC Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 Sure. The contents are: Extensions\FakeSMC.kext Extensions\NullCPUPowerManagement.kext org.Chameleon.boot.plist smbios.plist Themes .DS_Store Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282975-mountain-lion-108-installation-stuck-on-appleintele1000e/#findComment-1854600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 ok, change your Extra for this one, put this two kexts of Extra/Extensions for S/L/E in your USBInstaller and delete AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext from USB an boot with -f -v Extra.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282975-mountain-lion-108-installation-stuck-on-appleintele1000e/#findComment-1854604 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivMC Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 Thanks for your attachment. Sadly, I'm still stuck at the 'timed out' line and can't get anywhere further. Really running out of ideas here . Does the 'BootCacheControl - no such file or directory' line have any meaning? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282975-mountain-lion-108-installation-stuck-on-appleintele1000e/#findComment-1854621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 you can try delete caches from USBInstaller S/L/Caches delete all caches, and if not boot try delete SMBIOS and org.boot.plist from extra and boot with -f -v cpus=1 if this not work buy a MAC!!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282975-mountain-lion-108-installation-stuck-on-appleintele1000e/#findComment-1854633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivMC Posted September 22, 2012 Author Share Posted September 22, 2012 Thanks for all of your replies iFIRE I decided to abandon ML in favour of Lion, having found this link which provides working kexts and DSDL for my model: http://www.insanelym...nstall-package/ However, using U-n-i-b-e-a-s-t again (this time for Lion 10.7.4), I now get as far as 'still waiting for root device' I never did before though, so is there a simple remedy to fix this - possibly copying any files from the ML DMG into my USB? Here's a screenshot: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282975-mountain-lion-108-installation-stuck-on-appleintele1000e/#findComment-1854951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 use this kext, put in Extra/extensions USBInstaller and boot with -f -v IOPCIFamily.kext.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282975-mountain-lion-108-installation-stuck-on-appleintele1000e/#findComment-1854963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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