ianinsane Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 OK, it's me again. I had another try at this. The first try was to use my SL Hackintosh to create the Chameleon USB installer for ML on my E6220. I always got a memory allocation error, no matter what I tried. Now, second try: I used an iMac running El Capitan to create the Chameleon USB installer (again ML), even used a different stick. But again: memory allocation error. What is going wrong here? The strange thing is, this only happens when I use the E6220 bootpack. When I use the generic one it takes me to the installation menu without memory allocation error. I just can't proceed from there of course, because it doesn't recognize my HDD then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted March 1, 2016 Administrators Share Posted March 1, 2016 Then you've got a corrupt bootpack. Why don't you try Mavericks, Yosemite or El Capitan using more recents guides? https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/7914-dell-latitude-e6220-with-intel-i5-2520m-hd3000-and-1366x768-lcd-mavericksyosemite/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsane Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Thanks for the new motivation. Still, to no avail... I managed to get a Yosemite installer (10.10.4), used an iMac running EC and your guide above. The creation of the Install Stick worked fine until I tried to boot the E6220 with it. Again: Memory allocation error. I'm going crazy. So I tried different machines to create the stick, different sticks, different OS X versions, different bootpacks, all with the same outcome: Memory allocation error. So the problem seems to be with the E6220, am I wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted March 10, 2016 Administrators Share Posted March 10, 2016 What BIOS does your E6220 currently run? Is it configured according to the recommended settings? Since you have a recurring memory related error, did you try to reseat, swap out, remove or replace memory modules? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsane Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 It's BIOS A08 I just configured the BIOS setting, indeed there were to be made some changes. But still: Memory allocation error. I cleaned the RAM modules, swapped them, tried each of them without the other: Memory allocation error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsane Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 I probably should try to update to A13, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted March 10, 2016 Administrators Share Posted March 10, 2016 It's fully supported but I doubt it'll make any improvement. If using clover, have you considered switching to Enoch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsane Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Heureka! A13 it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsane Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Good that brought me some steps forward. I got to the language selection menu, was able to format my HDD and the OS X installation seemed to complete without complaint. But now I can't boot that installation. When I remove the stick and try to boot, it won't work. When I boot from the stick it always just takes me to the language selection menu / OS X installation. What step am I missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted March 10, 2016 Moderators Share Posted March 10, 2016 Boot with the USB stick and then select the installed drive. After that, install the boot loader on the HDD and bootpack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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