dziwei Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I renamed the basic extra folder on my myhack usb (to orginal_extras) and copied my bootpack extra folder in its place. what that bad? hehe then when installing I chose use generic extra folder (assuming it would use the only extra folder on the usb) but install is sketchy sometimes it works and sometimes it freezes at various screens did I need to run myfix on the usb stick after changing that default extras folder? can I revert to the original and expect install to work? tnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted April 28, 2013 Administrators Share Posted April 28, 2013 You can do anything you want with /Extra folder on a myHack installer, but yes, you need to run myFix afterwards to repair permissions and rebuild caches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted April 28, 2013 Administrators Share Posted April 28, 2013 you should be able to boot the original extra folder if needs be by booting with the chameleon flag Extra=orginal_extras -f -v or whatever you named it exactly... but yes when changing an Extra directory like that run a myfix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dziwei Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 I thought perhaps running myfix on the usb stick would help this symptom but it did not; when I boot off the usb/myhack installer the machine is stuck for a good 5-10mins on the myhack background then eventually gets to the OS X Choose a Language screen. Is that a red flag? this is a D830 2.4ghz 2gb 256mb nvidia 140N 1920 x 1200. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted April 29, 2013 Administrators Share Posted April 29, 2013 you should have tscsync.kext in extra or boot with cpus=1 flag i see you mention your bootpack but have you tried ours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dziwei Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 sorry, yes it is EDP bootpack from osxlatitude. if that kext is in the EDP bootpack for my machine (D830 nvidia) then I am using it, but does that kext effect booting from the USB/myhack? I have setup this machine once already (using advice from this site/forum) and the boot times (several minutes) and framerates (50fps) for 3d video are terrible so i am going through the process again with a re-install from the beginning and trying to see if I missed something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted April 29, 2013 Administrators Share Posted April 29, 2013 you can also try the D630 nvidia bootpack. as for usb try different usb ports. like bottom right one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dziwei Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 thanks I may try the other bootpack, the hardware is quite similar, sounds like a good idea. you may not have seen my other thread, do you think my D630 2ghz 2gb nvidia 135M/128mb machine having better 3d video benchmarks (90fps vs. 50fps) over my D830 2.4ghz 2gb nvidia 140M/256mb machine is possibly a hardware issue; like a failing graphics card? all the hardware diagnostics I run on the video pass without errors. thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted April 29, 2013 Administrators Share Posted April 29, 2013 maybe try different smbios files. like MacBookPro3,1 /4,1/or 5,1 and see if it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dziwei Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 well, thanks again, I forgot to rename the default extras folder and put the D830 bootpack extra on the myhack usb stick so I ended up using the default extra folder. no problem installing and getting to OS X desktop, sweet! One thing different this time is I am trying a new hard drive because I am still problem solving on my original volume attempt, it seems to have speeded boot up considerably (just over a minute to the desktop), maybe too many bad sectors on the other drive? so I updated the system software and now I should what? 1. Install EDP & do the Dell D830 Build or 2. Install extras folder from EDP Bootpack Extras for Dell D830 & run myFix or ??? thanks for all the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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