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Right, thanks to Patel, I've got it! For 10.8.5 (v1.3.29 if you open get info on the original ML installer), you should install using the 10.8.4 pack found in the 6/4/13 edit. The installer says it fails, but if you then restart and treat it as a rebooted computer in the same post (copy AppleAHCIPort & IOAHCIFamily over using terminal), and then follow the rest of the guide, everything works like a dream. Cheers! EDIT: Except Wi-Fi, which isn't being recognised with either the 10.8.4 airportd or the 10.8.3 one

I've tried a bunch of different things this morning, and i'm getting the error every time. Install says its failed, and trying to load just results in it hanging on 'Still waiting for root device'. I have used the ML & ML 10.8.4 packages with both the 9/4/2012 & 6/4/2013 update AppleAHCIPort & IOAHCIFamily Kexts (fresh usb every time). All combinations of this result in that same error. Any ideas?

theres a troubleshoot on that...

Ok, so both the messy method above, and a clean usb with only the 10.8.4 E/E & S/L/E result in the same problem. Installer says it failed, OS is visible on reboot, but attempting to load just gets the 'no' sign and an endlessly spinning gear. Booting in verbose mode, it hangs at the following: AppleIntelE1000e(Info): changing MTU from 0 to 1500 AppleIntelE1000e(Info): AppleIntelE1000e:WOL = 2 Sill waiting for root device

Just had some luck! Installed the 10.8.4 kexts on my flash drive, then overwrote with the original ML ones (they aren't all the same). I now have Hard Drive and CD Drive. Will try to install, but if it fails like ABQJohn describes, i'll give you suggestion a shot. This is a bit of a mess now...

10.8.5, i've been using the original E6410 ML folder as Coldsun says, with the 10.8.4 folder waiting

Hi Folks, I'm having a very similar problem to that described by bnplz. I get to the installer no problem, but when I fire up disk utility I only see my thumb drive. I've followed all the advice here; reseating thumb drive, DFT'ing, lspci -nn (just returns the error 'Illegal Instruction: 4'(its definitely in E/E)) and patching IOATAFamily.kext (neither the ML or L (read some reports of it working with ML) were successful, in either S/L/E or E/E), but nothing seems to work. I have noticed that the CD drive is also not showing up, but that other USB drives do appear when I plug them in. Thought this might be something to do with the patched AppleACPIPlatform.kext (based on some discussion of this problem occuring with 10.9 installs), so I switched back to the default one, but again no luck. I've kind of run out of ideas. Can anyone help?