serotizm Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I'm trying to install Mavericks on my E5440. I couldn't find bootpack for myHack. I tried Yosemite with Clover and unifail, but it failed. So I want to try myHack. Any help appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted October 31, 2014 Moderators Share Posted October 31, 2014 Start with Herve's guide. Very close to your model. Only thing I could think of is you might have a broadcom ethernet card. We could determine that later or you could list your system specs. CPU: GPU: Display resolution: etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serotizm Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 Thank you very much for the reply. CPU: i5-4300U GPU: Intel HD 4400 Resolution: 1600x900 Any information needed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted November 1, 2014 Moderators Share Posted November 1, 2014 Nope, just follow Herve's guide and use his bootback but you'll need to generated a different SSDT as mentioned in his guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serotizm Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 Thank you very much again. I have SSDT for E5440 which another user created for Clover install. I think that will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serotizm Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 Herve's guide is great. I have booted from USB. I have entered verbose mode. But it says "Still waiting for root device" while booting installer. Is there a known workaround for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serotizm Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 BTW, SATA mode set to AHCI. Still same.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted November 2, 2014 Moderators Share Posted November 2, 2014 Try booting from the eSata/USB combo port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serotizm Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 I've tried. It's the port on the right side. But same result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted November 2, 2014 Administrators Share Posted November 2, 2014 I would not use the E6440 DSDT on your E5440 unless it really is the same hardware. Remember that the E6440 I use also has a discrete AMD Radeon GPU for instance. I was able to boot, install and run Mavericks without any DSDT to start with, I just patched it as I was progressing with post-installation tuning. All you'll need with a Chameleon boot loader + myHack installer + generic bootpack will be to specify the correct Azul framebuffer as boot flags & options -f -v IntelAzulFB=xx (where xx is in the range 0 to 15). Start with 10 to 15. You may have noticed that my guide recommends using the USB port on the left... That one always works on the E6440, the rear+right ones not unless I bypass the cache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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