noamdev Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 (Dunno if this belongs in the install forum or post-install forum. If this is the wrong one, please move) Hi, I have an Asus G53SW laptop and I installed Mountain Lion alongside Windows 7 from a premade USB image. The installation went smoothly. Afterwards I ran the windows recovery tool to recover my MBR and that went well as well. I got to a point where : A - Windows loads clean (so no damage done) B - I can start both windows and ML from the USB stick loader So, I'm looking to get the 3rd and final part : loading ML without the USB stick. I have tried a few things and all of them failed : - Install chameleon from the windows app (reboots immediately) - Follow various tboot / chain0 methods of editing the windows BMR with bcdedit.exe (always get MBR errors about files being corrupt or not existing) - Downloaded an ISO of chameleon (r2069), used EasyBCD to add the ISO as a boot option. Chameleon loads fine, get kernel panic when I try to load Mac OSX. The weird thing is that after all of the attempts, it still works when I boot to it from the USB stick, so it feels like the installation did work. Does anyone have any ideas on what I could try / where I should look to find out where the problem is? Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/283591-ml-installed-smoothly-only-loads-from-usb-bootloader-asus-g53sw/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer2333 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 - Downloaded an ISO of chameleon (r2069), used EasyBCD to add the ISO as a boot option. Chameleon loads fine, get kernel panic when I try to load Mac OSX. Can you link your verbos page to see what caused the KP ? Maybe the problem is coming from the FakeSMC.Kext (try to delete the oemsbios inside the plugin folder and boot again). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/283591-ml-installed-smoothly-only-loads-from-usb-bootloader-asus-g53sw/#findComment-1860300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
noamdev Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 Hi, here it is : Looks like AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement. Also, another thing I found out : If I use the flags -v -c -x then it boots successfully. But I'm not 100% sure what they mean, and I think its better to get it to a cleanly booting state... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/283591-ml-installed-smoothly-only-loads-from-usb-bootloader-asus-g53sw/#findComment-1860359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
p.H Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 use your usb stick to boot into your osx then install chameleon manually. That should just work Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/283591-ml-installed-smoothly-only-loads-from-usb-bootloader-asus-g53sw/#findComment-1860363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
noamdev Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 Since Windows 7 is my main (first) partition, if I install chameleon on Mac it doesn't pop up in the boot menu. Googling a bit told me that -x is safe mode, which makes sense that it would change things when booting up. I'm beginning to think that since the USB stick is an installation USB, it automatically adds -x when booting, which is what causes the mac to boot from it. However, I can boot into safe mode, which is a plus. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/283591-ml-installed-smoothly-only-loads-from-usb-bootloader-asus-g53sw/#findComment-1860368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
noamdev Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 Ok... A bit more progress : This thread ( http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/281404-asus-g53sw-mountain-lion-quick-setup/ ) does give an alternative kext for the one that is crashing for me. The question is - how do I install it? They list macdrive (Which isn't working for me) or an existing installation. Can I use my safe-mode boot to do this? Couldn't find a definitive answer? (TL;DR : How do I replace a kext when starting OSX in safe mode?) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/283591-ml-installed-smoothly-only-loads-from-usb-bootloader-asus-g53sw/#findComment-1860473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 very easy, boot with -x -f -s mount / cd /System/Library/Extensions rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/name_kext_for_remove reboot or this from installer restart KP ANY KEXT? Boot from your install DVD/USB media,go to the top bar,Utilities > Terminal >: Type: cd /Volumes/name_of_your_Lion_drive/System/Library/Extensions Then just remove the offending kext by ex: rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/GeForce.kext then just "reboot" Replace the partition and kext names accordingly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/283591-ml-installed-smoothly-only-loads-from-usb-bootloader-asus-g53sw/#findComment-1860474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
noamdev Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 Hi, I was able to use the "kext utility" from safe mode to update the step1 kexts from the thread I linked to, and it boots! I also installed the atheros kexts and now I have wifi, so I'm posting from the hackintosh! Thanks for the help guys. Next missions : Get audio working, and fix red<->green color inverting in images (WTF!?!) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/283591-ml-installed-smoothly-only-loads-from-usb-bootloader-asus-g53sw/#findComment-1860482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
noamdev Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 Problem : I also needed to remove AppleHDA.kext, which I did with the same method. It worked, but after a reboot it reappeared. Any ideas why and how I can stop this for next time? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/283591-ml-installed-smoothly-only-loads-from-usb-bootloader-asus-g53sw/#findComment-1860518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
noamdev Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 Rebuilding the kext cache from the terminal in the installation disc seemed to have solved the problem. It looks like I have a working hackintosh Thanks guys! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/283591-ml-installed-smoothly-only-loads-from-usb-bootloader-asus-g53sw/#findComment-1860580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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