ABQJohn

Pablo, This worked GREAT on my E6410. Thank you for posting it!!

I'm confused... I have built following the guide, I installed the ethernet kext also listed in the guide. I have Ethernet no problem. I purchased a Dell broadcomm based wifi card and now have wi-fi no problem (the DW1510; I HIGHLY recommend it; it was recognized without needing any reconfig). I have problems shutting it down, but I assume that is related to the sleep issues which I see is an ongoing problem. However, I have to enter -f to get it to work properly. I ended up adding it as a permanent kernel flag in /Extra/org.chameleon.Boot.plist. Is needing the "-f" a problem that I should work to rectify? Some googling nets pages that say the -f is "sometimes needed on later releases no one really knows why don't worry about it", but I figured I would seek the consensus of the group here.

If you check the guide (https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/3112-e6410-mavericks-guide/) under updates, Patel4Prez posted the e1000 kext you need to get the intel NIC running. I need to pick up another wireless card, as mine has the not-supported Intel card.

And I meant the hard drive as well - Mac OS Extended Journaled for the hard drive, per Installation steps 17-25 on the guide at https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/3112-e6410-nvidia-mavericks-guide/

depends on what you have in there; I have Intel for both wifi & ethernet; everything I have seen says I will need to replace the wifi card. Haven't figured out the ethernet yet.

Yes, from scratch. No, did not copy the MBR files Formatted the drive per the main section instructions - Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with GUID (same as he listed in his Mountain Lion Guide).

Another GREAT guide, patel4prez! I did it on two e6410's yesterday, worked great. I DID get the 104% notice, too. One question, though: In the guide, under "Creating the Installer", step one says "Make sure your Mountain Lion copy is in the Applications folder on your working Mac/Hackintosh". I assume you meant Mavericks copy, not Mountain Lion copy?

Thanks for the link, but it says it addresses "Waiting for root/boot device", not "PCI Configuration Begin". I am starting on 10.8.5 and that only links through 10.8.2. Would the files linked there be the same ones linked in post #1 in this thread? In my case, the AppleAHCIPort & IOAHCIFamily Kexts.zip for 10.8.4 linked from the 6/4/2013 edit? Currently, I am researching the options to try at boot (along with -v, but nothing has worked so far).

Yes - the bios IS set to AHCI (thanks for asking; never hurts to check the basics...). Any suggestions on how to find Leon's post on PCI Configuration Begin issues? I'm not having any luck...

Still not working for me. Built the installer with the 10.8.4 zip file, ran through the installer, fails at step 28, same as always. I rebooted with the USB installer, chose the HDD, launched the O/S installer, accepted the license, launched terminal, and copied over the updated kexts, downloaded from the 6/4/2013 update, ran MyHack, MyFix, Full, copied over the extra folder off of the 10.8.4 folder when asked; when MyHack was done, rebooted off of the USB installer, and chose to boot from the hard drive. At this point, I get the Apple Logo, and it just sits there. Finally shutdown, and rebooted off of the USB installer, and entered the "-v", chose the Macintosh HD, and ended up with this: MAC Framework successfully initialized using 16384 buffer headers and 10240 cluster IO buffer headers IOAPIC: version 0x20 Vectors 64:87 ACPI: sleep states S3 S4 S5 pci build Sep 29 2013 13:35:16, flags 0x23008, pfm64 (36 CPU) 0xf80000000, 0x80000000 [ PCI Configuration Begin ] And it sits there. What next?

To explain further - I am crashing at step #28 under Installation: "Process will take about 20 - 40 minutes", It crashes, and I never get asked for an Extra folder, so the installation never finishes, and of course I never get to the Post-Installation part, either.

Today I tried it again; this is with a USB installer using the orignal E6410ML files, and the two updated kexts from the 9/4/2012 edit. I copied them to the USB using the KEXT wizard and then doing a maintenance on both Extra & S/L/E on the USB. Booted with the USB, did a format on the hard drive, and ran the installer. Again, the installer never finishes, never gets to the three questions part at the end. The installer log says: Unknown[286]: FSF Cache NOT written: /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Recovered Items/Library/Caches/com.apple.FindSystemFiles.plist OSInstaller[305]: PackageKit: ----- Begin Install ----- OSInstaller[305]: PackageKit: Install Failed: Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=121 "An error occurred while updating system extension information." UserInfo=0x7f8e7e6b1fb0 OSInstaller[305]: Install Failed: The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance. --- I'm confused by the two sets of instructions. Post #1, under the 9/12/2013 part (which refers to the 6/4/2103 part) says to create the installer with the updated 10.8.4 zip file, but there are also pointers to Coldsun1187's post #356 which says to create the installer with the original E6410ML zip file, and don't refer to the 10.8.4 zip file until the part of the installation that I am not getting to (As I understand it), the three questions at the end of the OS installation. Again, when I create the installer using the original E6410ML file, I cannot see the hard drive, unless I fiddle with the kexts (which I suspect I am doing wrong); if I use the 10.8.4 file, it sees the hard drive, but the installation fails same as the using the original file with replaced kexts. I assume I am missing some basic step, but don't see which one...

Yes, it ends with an error that the installation failed. Per Coldsun1187's post #356, I get what he mentions at bullet three - at the end of the actual install I see an "Installation Failed" message and the three questions never pop up at the end of the install. (I've never seen these three questions, so I am just going by his post that they are supposed to come up). One thing I don't understand is the behavior when I use just the E6410ML folder to create my USB installer, I DO NOT see the hard drive; it sounds like that is not the norm for everyone else. Any idea why that is? I don't have the laptop here with me; I will retry it again in the morning, and see what the installer log says (I just found that early Friday, after trying this more times than I care to admit!)

Thought I posted, but it looks like it is nowhere to be found! Total newbie here, just to admit that up front. I cannot get through the installer. E6410, 2.4Gh i5, Nvidia, 10.8.5 that I bought from the App store three days ago. If I build my installer just using the E6410ML folder, no hard drive appears, so cannot start the installer (bios *IS* set to AHCI). If I build using only the 10.8.4 zip, I see the hard drive, can partition it & start the installer, but the installation never finishes. I tried installing the two kexts from the 10.8.4 AppleAHCIPort & IOAHCIFamily Kexts.zip file, but I guess I did it wrong, as the same failure. I assume there is some basic step I am missing... any ideas?