e30cabrio Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 (edited) Hello, thanks for the great forum! I followed Jake's great write up as far as I could and am getting errors. My problem I assume is due to the inability to find the extra referenced in step 2. After creating your USB installer, run myHack again Select Install Extra and point to the Extra folder attached (extract it first) Boot up system with USB installer disk with the -v switch (use USB 2.0 port on the left, USB 3.0 ports don't always work) Format the HDD per instruction from myHack Select "Use my Own" when prompt and point to the Extra folder in the root of the USB installer drive Delete the 3 files when prompt You'll get an Install Failed error towards the end, that's fine, restart the computer. Remove the USB installer drive Complete the customization ( if you get Invalid Partition Table during boot - just hit enter - more info below to remove the error) Install 10.8.4 Combo update When I just run the installer I get this: The installer hangs there. When I use -v flag, I get this: Here is my system info: Thanks! Edited October 31, 2013 by Hervé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted October 30, 2013 Moderators Share Posted October 30, 2013 I edited the post to put the attachment next to step 2, you should see it there now. Looking at your specs, I believe you have an E6430/E6530 with Nvidia Discrete Graphics (aka Optimus). You need to go to the BIOS, under Video and disable Optimus in order to successfully build this system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e30cabrio Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Thanks I really appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e30cabrio Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 I added the extras and I disabled Optimus. Now I get this: It just sits here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted October 31, 2013 Moderators Share Posted October 31, 2013 Boot with -v switch when you select the myHack OS Installer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e30cabrio Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 Sorry, I didn't know I could enter text there. That is what I got so I tried adding the other extra which got me this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted October 31, 2013 Moderators Share Posted October 31, 2013 When you replace the Extra folder, you need to re-run myHack/myfix (full) on the Installer before booting with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e30cabrio Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 Yes sir I did that. Then I wiped and started over 2x the second I tried mbr. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted October 31, 2013 Moderators Share Posted October 31, 2013 Yes sir I did that. Then I wiped and started over 2x the second I tried mbr. Thanks Check out this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e30cabrio Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 Tried every iteration of that and your threads, now it won't boot into the USB. I tried it 10x+ on three different devices 8-16 gb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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