Daveychan Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Thank you so very very much! I'll try again with your attachments and post any progress. MUCH appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveychan Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Hello again.... I'm not having much luck here... i've got a nice pile of hair next to my keyboard now i'm afraid (ha ha). Here's where i'm at: I've tried adding/replacing the EXTRA files in my 10.8.4, 10.8.5, and 10.9 OSX images via TransMac, but i still cannot even get to an install screen. (I only alter the files in that folder, i never touch any of the files from the System/Library/Extensions folder.) I've also just created a VMware OSX 10.9 - i've tried unifail and myHack tools with the above images as well, and then tried replacing the files in the Extras folder with your attached replacement files - no joy. For my clarity (sorry, I'm new at this) the "Bootpack.zip" attachment is intended for the original creation/installation and the "Extra.zip" is for using with multifail after it's booted up correctly once, right? I have tried getting to the initial install with one pack and then the other (because i wasn't sure), but neither seem to get me to an install screen. I've also tried all the boot parameters suggested, and have even tried adding the <key>DSDT</key><string>/Extra/DSDT.aml</string> to the org.chameleon.Boot.plist in the Extras folder... still no joy. It's very possible i'm missing something simple here, but i promise i've read and read and tried and errored on this process many many times... Please and thanks for any advice you can provide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jruschme Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 I think the problem is that you are trying to build the installer under Windows (with TransMac). The preferred method (here, at least) is to build the installer from a within OS X using myHack. I think you're on the right track with the VMware install. Can you get to the point where you have a running system? If so, then you should be able to install myHack and use that to build the installer. The other alternative I've seen mentioned here it to bootstrap the installation by installing 10.6 (SL) from a retail disk using the Nawcom ModCD. This would set up a minimal OS X on your m6300, but it would be enough to install myHack and make the installer including the bootpack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveychan Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Hello! I really appreciate that, and by using myHack with my VMware OSX, I've now been able to successfully get OSX10.9 to install and actually reboot correctly. I will, in turn, write up a full HowTo on what I've done to get to this point - a few tweaks here and there, but 90% using your guide and files. (For others interested, i'll be sure and include all the details.) Not sure yet if all the hardware is doing it's thing correctly (example: WiFi simply doesn't want to turn on), but i imagine the correct KEXT applied to the right place in the right method may fix this kind of issue. I'm still learning how to do that, so i'll have to keep trial and error and error until i get it right. Thank you again for the advice! -Update: STILL trying to reproduce the steps I took to get 10.9 running. I'm having a lot of trouble getting a consistent step-by-step going for this process. I seem to be very hit-or-miss on getting through the initial boot and then through the initial installation, depending on which 10.9 DMG file i use when i first setup everything with myHack. I do promise to post something as soon as i have it, if anyone else is working on this now, it would be great to hear your input! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jruschme Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Which WiFi card do you have? Intel cards have no OS X support. You may need do replace it with a Dell 1490 which is supported out of the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impala68 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 i'm on a similar mission as i have 2 m6300's and the wifes 2008 15" mackbook pro just died so i took a retail 10.9.2 and made a unifail boot using the bootpack for the m4300 dsdt and /e/e ... needed -v -f cpus=1 PCIRootUID=0 and graphicsenabler=no to get it installed ... then multifail with the dsdt from the bootpack so from that point i dug up the sound card, and ethernet kexts and that gave me a 95% functioning machine what is working: sound battery wifi wired ethernet boot and shutdown (most of the time) whats not working: sleep memory shutdown (sometimes have to hold power button down to complete shutdown) my main concern that i'm working on now is: chimera (chameleon, stolen and rebranded) and osx only sees 2gb of memory when the machine has 4gb in it from about this mac and memory info it shows only one memory slot populated when both have 2 gb chips in them windows sees all the memory so its not a hardware issue from what i have read it seems to be either a system definition issue or something like that but i cant seem to find anything on how to set this part up or which one i should be using on this machine anyone have any ideas or pointers for me on this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted March 9, 2014 Administrators Share Posted March 9, 2014 yeah try chameleon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impala68 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 actually it was a hardware thing turns out it was a loose memory chip that happened after the last time i booted into windows and i got sleep working last on the list startup/shutdown it works 90% of the time flawlessly but then both on startup and shutdown i get the black screen with no hd activity ... only way out is the power button ... and then it boots fine any thoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveychan Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Hello again, Just wanted to send my appreciation again for the support and advice! I've just posted a new tutorial on setting up OSX 10.9 : https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/6364-m6300-step-by-step-osx109/ Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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