hackersarchangel Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Hi everyone. I have had my Dell Latitude for a few months now, and decided that since I Hackintoshed my desktop, (have since reverted it back to Windows for various reasons) I would make the leap to doing that on my D630. I don't want to Hackintosh my desktop again, if I can avoid it. I grabbed ModCD and a copy of the SL disc from a friend who bought it thinking it would install on an original iMac. I'm getting a very early on KP with the install, even with -X -V -F. I know from previous experience that -X normally gets around the base issue of kexts and such. It's complaining about a kext corrupting the registry. I'm not sure what registry it's referring to, unless it's a memory issue. I know the computer is good, I have another HD I use and this is a test drive to see what I can get it working with before I make it more permanent. Not really looking to go up to Lion, just want SL. I have found a few guides, but none of them say to apply any special parameters on startup or anything, and just want to make sure I'm doing it right or if my disc is shot. (Which if that's the case, I'll just get another one) I'll try to get a picture of the kp's I'm having and see if anyone can help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted July 31, 2012 Administrators Share Posted July 31, 2012 Can you give us the specs of your D630? I had success with Mod CD (with a bit of work & tuning) before moving to OSXL myHack/EDP method which is the best I've found until now. If you follow the recommended process listed in EDP pages, you should be Ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackersarchangel Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 C2D 2.2Ghz, 4Gb Ram, 500GB Momentus XT (hybrid drive), Intel Wireless card, (original was replaced if I remember right, need to take apart and double check), Intel Graphics @ 1280x800. Again, I don't have access to a Mac, and am not planning to Hackintosh my desktop anytime soon, which I have done previously. As for the wireless card, I eliminated that from the equation by turning it off in the BIOS, and was willing to use an external adapter I have for the time being until I got all the other kinks nailed out of it. As for the EDP method, if I had a Mac, it would be my method of choice. I'm wondering if it's possible my disc is bad, I did a test on it and it had some issues reading some of the sectors. If I was to acquire another disc, I know I can convert it to an .iso and apply that to a thumb drive I have as an alternative install method, so I'll probably try that tomorrow/later today, if time permits. Basically, I know I can get it to work, I'm just wondering if I'm not doing something specific like arch=i386 cpus=1 busratio=22 -x -v -f and the what not. I know for my desktop I had to do busratio=22 and cpus=1 to get the installer to start up right. Also, if I put it on a thumb drive, and if possible, add the DSDT into an /Extras folder, without using a program, would it detect that coming from ModCD and load it, thus potentially avoiding the issue? Not a total n00b to this, just having difficulty getting past that KP. If time permits, before I do anything else, I'll upload a shot of it for dissection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Syonagar Posted August 1, 2012 Administrators Share Posted August 1, 2012 Dear hacker, You can try to copy file or extra to the usb you restored osx modcd or osx install cd to using linux live cd. Read the blog on it from the website. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted August 4, 2012 Administrators Share Posted August 4, 2012 Looks like you have a very similar D630 as I do: Intel graphics and T7500 C2D CPU. I initially managed to install Snow Leopard with ModCD and Retail DVD 10.6.3. I had no need of any flags to launch and complete installation. It's at the end that I encountered issues (black screen on my 1440x900 LCD) and I basically had to boot on an external display for Snow Leopard to switch automatically to my LCD at the end. Otherwise it was working 100%, albeit with legacy kernel, but the external screen boot method could not go on for ever. Copying the OSXL bootpack/correct DSDT for my Intel 1440x900 model to /Extra then fixed the problem. What a difference! It is from that base that I created a myHack USB installation key and re-did a vanilla kernel SL installation and subsequent upgrade to 10.6.8. No turning back since, except a move to Lion 10.7.4... Oh, you probably know it but your Intel Wireless card won't work, it's not supported. You'll need to swap it for a Broadcom model (Dell-branded 1390 or Broadcom BCM93411--- will do). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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