[email protected] Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Hi, I've used the installation guide here: http://www.osxlatitude.com/edp/documentation/on my latitude d420 however once it boots and starts the loading process it hangs on the grey apply screen with OSX LATITUDE logo on. Trying with OS X Lion. I also could not find a bootpack for a d420 so tried with a d620. If anyone could help with this installation that would be great thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted April 17, 2015 Administrators Share Posted April 17, 2015 Please use the search facility of the forum before posting. This very matter has been covered many many times: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/6452-dell-d420-doesnt-install-os-x-lion/ https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/6164-myhack-331-107-lion-on-dell-d420-usb-install-problem/ https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1373-lion-on-d420-core-2-duo/ https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1563-d420-usb-starts-up-but-it-goes-black/ https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1373-lion-on-d420-core-2-duo/ In a nutshell, D420 has 32bit-only CoreSolo/CoreDuo CPU and is limited to SL. Lion requires 64bit Core2Duo CPU (even though it has to run in 32bit kernel mode on GMA950 systems). Of all D4xx, only the D430 can run Lion, hence no bootpack for D420 other than SL's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[email protected] Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 Ah ok sorry, should've looked, i'm currently experiencing an issue where when I use myHack it finished and says everything is fine but the USB stick is blank when I check it and it does not boot, do you know why this could be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted April 17, 2015 Administrators Share Posted April 17, 2015 i think it depends on what os you used to make the installer. my hack is not compatible with yosemite as of yet. if you have the snow leopard retail disk image you can use disk utility to restore the disk to the usb then install my hack to the usb with your bootlick. also you need to install chameleon to it after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted April 17, 2015 Administrators Share Posted April 17, 2015 To make a myHack Snow Leopard USB installer, use v3.1.2. We published this old version in the myHack subforum. For Lion, ML and Mavericks, you can safely use v3.3.1. Yosemite is not yet supported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[email protected] Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 So I managed to get a bootloader going and starting the process of booting but i get a kernel panic on booting: "Unable to find driver for this platform: \"ACPI\".\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1456.1.25/iokit/Kernal/IOPlatformExpert.cpp:1389" Screenshot show below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted April 17, 2015 Administrators Share Posted April 17, 2015 Make sure you use a retail version of SL (10.6, 10.6.3 or 10.6.8) and install the SL D420 bootpack on your USB installer. You appear to be installing the very initial release of Snow Leopard, i.e. 10.6(.0). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[email protected] Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 Ah ok ill try with another retail version, I haven't been able to find the D420 bootpack anywhere, do you know where I can get it? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[email protected] Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 Tried with a 10.6.3 with D620 bootpack but still got the same error, will a D420 bootpack help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted April 17, 2015 Administrators Share Posted April 17, 2015 I would not use the D620 pack, no. I'll have a look and see if I still have an old copy of the D420's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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