10.4.4 installation success

[technolion]

I just wanted to share my experience with installing Mac OS X 10.4.4 on my PC.

 

First of all, I own a new iMac Intel, so I am alos owning a MacOS License. Since I cannot use two computers at the same time, I had no maral issues with installing it on my PC (mainly out of curiosity..)

 

I basically followed Maxxuss instructions, with explains how to start the installation process out of a running 10.4.3.

 

AND IT ACTUALLY WORKS!

 

One thing though seems to be incorrect in his instructions: The command

 

kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions -z -a i386

 

did not work for me. I had to do instead

 

kextcache -z -a i386 -k /System/Library/Extensions

 

I'd be happy to help with other issues...

 

PS: Thanks Maxxuss!

[HeadRush]

Good to know thanks - well done.

 

Can anybody confirm that at this moment you have to start with 10.4.3 thenn upgrade to 10.4.4. There is no way to jump directly to 10.4.4 (as yet?)

thanks

[R. Bear Helms]

I have 10.4.3 running on a cheap PC (well, cheaper than my Mac Mini), and I follow Maxxuss' instructions to the letter. What I see in the installer, once I customize (down to almost nothing beyond base install):

 

Normal progression of preparing for various packages, etc.

Configuring Installation

Installing Base System Part 1

Writing files *crash*

 

The top of the installer will say "There were errors installing the software" and inside the progress pane it says "Please try installing again."

 

May I know what your hard drive layout(s) are? It seems to me I have to install on a fresh hard drive and not a partition or same partition as OS 10.4.3 - that's about the only thing I've not been able to try.

 

Actually I take that back - I tried installing onto a mounted, OS X formatted external USB drive and that too failed.

 

If I use a bootable version of 10.4.4 (the hacking Wiki had a shell script for making one), I never get past a panic saying there's no driver for ACPI. I try platform=X86PC and various switches (-s, -F, -x, -v) and nothing changes - always that panic.

 

Is there a log file stored anywhere I can read for more details on why the installer quit?

 

In any case, knowing what configuration your PC had when upgraded to 10.4.4 might shed some light onto why I can't do it.

[technolion]

Normal progression of preparing for various packages, etc.

Configuring Installation

Installing Base System Part 1

Writing files *crash*

 

The top of the installer will say "There were errors installing the software" and inside the progress pane it says "Please try installing again."

 

Hi Bear!

 

I first had this problem, too.

 

You have to make sure, that the reference to the installation source is correct. You must have done a mistake while edititing the file BaseSystem.pkg/Contents/Info.plist.

 

If you mounted the original restore Disc or a DMG, then the correct path needs to look like this:

 

<key>IFPkgFlagAltSourceLocation</key>

<string>../../../../Volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc 1/</string>

 

It is a relative path that tells the installation routine to go up 4 directory steps and then to Volumes/Mac OS X install Disc 1/ .

Make sure you have the lash slash.

This sample only works if the copied packages folder is on the top-level folder of a volume. If it is in a sub directory, you need to add another ../ in the relative path.

 

You may want to recheck Maxxuss' instructions. He updated them

 

Good luck!