tyrantakat

Update to the latest bios (A11 i think) also, the bootpack I provide with this tutorial should already have the old AppleACPIPlatform.kext included in it.

If you get stuck on the PCI Configuration Begin please go back to my OS X Lion guide, where I adress the problem with updating to 10.7.4 and include a download with a few kexts that fix that problem.

Hope you get it working!

Seb

 

 

 

i'm seeing a17... i hope this isn't a mistake by updating, you have a link to you 10.7.3 to 10.7.4 guide? im sure i'll find it, just sick and lazy of not finishing this project once and for all =) hehehehe

Yes - when you first install, a process called kextcache runs to rebuild the kext cache - the machine will not shutdown or restart until it is done. Just leave the machine on for about 30 mins until it has finished, and then they should work. As for your myhack problem, try booting into the intaller and running a myfix from there.

 

Good Luck!

 

Seb

 

 

 

Yea, I've done that my fix, checked my bios several times, ensured im running nvidia graphics, etc, etc, etc... I've tried so many times, I've given up for periods of weeks but am still determined to get it runnin =)

 

I really don't understand why the 10.7.3 install is flawless, but when I try the 10.7.4 and the 10.8 i run into problems... with this PCI crap. I've tried the myfix recommended flags to no avail either.

 

Only thing I can think of, but haven't tried, is updating the firmware on the dell... i think im running A06 or A08... i don't recall off the bat, but I'm positive theres probably a newer one, I just don't see why that would matter...

 

What firmware is everyone else runnin?

for some reason this has happened on 10.7.4 install (not 10.7.3) and on this 10.8 install... it hangs at ACPI: system state...

 

I also HAVE to boot off the usb initially, cause the boot loader doesn't work without it.... anything I'm doing wrong?

 

 

 

I take that back, it hangs at PCI CONFIGURATION begin.

for some reason this has happened on 10.7.4 install (not 10.7.3) and on this 10.8 install... it hangs at ACPI: system state...

 

I also HAVE to boot off the usb initially, cause the boot loader doesn't work without it.... anything I'm doing wrong?