newcolorrs Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Hey everyone, I was curious if it would be a possibilty to go from 10.6.8, to mavericks, yosimite, or even El Capitan? Specs: Gfx card: Intel GMA x3100 Ram: 3gb HDD Space: 500GB Processor: core 2 duo 1.5ghz (Dell XPS M1330 Laptop) I just hackintoshed onto Snow Leopard, I was wondering if its possible to upgrade to those systems, without "F'ing" everything up (Typed from my newly hackintoshed system) -Thanks! Jared Marshall Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307192-snow-leopard-to-el-capitan/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Video card is the problem really I think it is Lion or Mountain Lion where you are limited to using it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307192-snow-leopard-to-el-capitan/#findComment-2154010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcolorrs Posted July 18, 2015 Author Share Posted July 18, 2015 I know for mountain lion support was "dropped".. but a hack was released that made it fully functional again, I was curious if the same was out for any of the versions of OSX, I released(: Video card is the problem really I think it is Lion or Mountain Lion where you are limited to using it. Video card is the problem really I think it is Lion or Mountain Lion where you are limited to using it. But at the same time, if I decided to upgrade to mountain lion (since a lot of software still supports it), is there a way I could do it with a DVD, and USB, keep in mind I have mountain lion bought, (I have 10.4-10.8 bought, since I have a Imac g5, and a macbook pro.. sorta.. its my sisters.. lol) I was thinking of using Iaktos (Would that still be considered pirating if I already have bought the software?), but if there is a better way let me know. Hardware at my disposal: 2GB Flashdrive 4.7 GB DVD- RW 800mb CD- RW -Thanks! Jared(: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307192-snow-leopard-to-el-capitan/#findComment-2154034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 But at the same time, if I decided to upgrade to mountain lion (since a lot of software still supports it), is there a way I could do it with a DVD, and USB, keep in mind I have mountain lion bought, (I have 10.4-10.8 bought, since I have a Imac g5, and a macbook pro.. sorta.. its my sisters.. lol) I was thinking of using Iaktos (Would that still be considered pirating if I already have bought the software?), but if there is a better way let me know. Hardware at my disposal: 2GB Flashdrive 4.7 GB DVD- RW 800mb CD- RW -Thanks! Jared(: No extra hardware needed really, partition the existing hard drive open the installer for ML choose newly created partition as destination for install and see how it goes. If anything extra is needed then you can always install from existing SL install into ML install and try to see if it worked or not. At least that is the method I would go with never installed on an x3100 Laptop so am not sure how it will go but worth a try anyways. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307192-snow-leopard-to-el-capitan/#findComment-2154062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcolorrs Posted July 18, 2015 Author Share Posted July 18, 2015 No extra hardware needed really, partition the existing hard drive open the installer for ML choose newly created partition as destination for install and see how it goes. If anything extra is needed then you can always install from existing SL install into ML install and try to see if it worked or not. At least that is the method I would go with never installed on an x3100 Laptop so am not sure how it will go but worth a try anyways. Iatkos for ML is too big for my CD, so I went with Niresh's, I got a kernel panic before I even got to the instal screen (I only found out because of verbose), without verbose mode it just hung at a the apple logo, with no spinning wheel. So my option he is.. should I try and find a mountain lion iso/dmg to put on a cd, and then put a boot loader onto a cd, and do the swap cd/dvd method (like the method i used to install SL). If that is a viable option what bootloader would be best to put on a CD? If this isnt a viable option i think im stuck w/ SL, or i'll try putting iatkos Lion (non mountain lion) on my machine, since that iso will actually fit on my dvd. please reply asap, I kinda want to hurry xD Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307192-snow-leopard-to-el-capitan/#findComment-2154072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Iatkos for ML is too big for my CD, so I went with Niresh's, I got a kernel panic before I even got to the instal screen (I only found out because of verbose), without verbose mode it just hung at a the apple logo, with no spinning wheel. So my option he is.. should I try and find a mountain lion iso/dmg to put on a cd, and then put a boot loader onto a cd, and do the swap cd/dvd method (like the method i used to install SL). If that is a viable option what bootloader would be best to put on a CD? If this isnt a viable option i think im stuck w/ SL, or i'll try putting iatkos Lion (non mountain lion) on my machine, since that iso will actually fit on my dvd. please reply asap, I kinda want to hurry xD Thanks! Chameleon would be the boot loader. Now I have not done anything but retail disk install since just after Leopard came out so I have no clue on these other methods you speak of. My idea for you would be as I said start the installer in SL then install onto your partition this way you are already running OS X and it should not kernel panic. Now depending on your machine definition it may not start if it is too old a definition for ML then you would need to edit the installer to allow it too install or update the definition. Once/If it completes a ML install then you need to get it so it will boot without problems by putting whatever the .kext are needed by your machine to do so onto that ML partition. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307192-snow-leopard-to-el-capitan/#findComment-2154087 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcolorrs Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Chameleon would be the boot loader. Now I have not done anything but retail disk install since just after Leopard came out so I have no clue on these other methods you speak of. My idea for you would be as I said start the installer in SL then install onto your partition this way you are already running OS X and it should not kernel panic. Now depending on your machine definition it may not start if it is too old a definition for ML then you would need to edit the installer to allow it too install or update the definition. Once/If it completes a ML install then you need to get it so it will boot without problems by putting whatever the .kext are needed by your machine to do so onto that ML partition. It says it cant be installed on this computer, lion did as well. I know its compatiable many people with my laptop have (on other threads, theyve gotten on yosimte with the same comp) My computer is recognized as a macbook pro 5,1 Although in system profiler, there is no serial number, maybe thats the problem? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307192-snow-leopard-to-el-capitan/#findComment-2154114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vusun123 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Your laptop's GPU works in Lion 32bits only 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307192-snow-leopard-to-el-capitan/#findComment-2154120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcolorrs Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Your laptop's GPU works in Lion 32bits only I dont think thats the problem at all.On my computer the resolution is "locked" (the only option) to 1024x768, when the actual resolution is supposed to be 1280x800, in system profiler, every things wrong, the vram is supposed to be @144mb and it says no kext is loaded, here are some details (animations are choppy, etc) Keep in mind i'm on snow leopard, 10.6.8, and it worked perfectly fine before I installed the combo update (although I never messed around with 10.6.3, I just followed the guide, but everything looked "good" in 10.6.3,) and now it seems like 10.6.8 just kinda ruined my graphics drivers, and the crazy thing is, people have gotten the same graphics driver working on ML, there's just a patched kext. Heres what system profiler says: Display: Type: GPU Bus: Built-In VRAM (Total): 64 MB of Shared System Memory Vendor: Intel (0x8086) Device ID: 0x2a02 Revision ID: 0x000c Kernel Extension Info: No Kext Loaded Displays: Display: Resolution: 1024 x 768 Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888) Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Specs: Dell XPS m1330 Ram: 3GB Proccesor: intel core 2 duo 1.5ghz Graphics: Intel 965m, x3100 (@144mb, 1280x800) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307192-snow-leopard-to-el-capitan/#findComment-2154210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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