MrM

I'll definately do that, I have to wait until Monday what the installing machine is available again (friends computer). How can I verify that the usb installer is good? Last time i followed the instructions step by step from the myhack site. Thank you guys again. MrM

This is what I found when I ran the log according to Bob's instructions: ============================ 1 Jan 19 05:29:51 localhost LCA[302]: Bookmark failed to issue extension for this item (depth=4000): No such file or directory 1 Jan 19 05:30:01 localhost OSInstaller[315]: Bookmark failed to issue extension for this item (depth=4000): No such file or directory 1 Jan 19 05:30:04 localhost Unknown[303]: Keyboard Layouts: duplicate keyboard layout identifier -16899. 1 Jan 19 05:30:04 localhost Unknown[303]: Keyboard Layouts: keyboard layout identifier -16899 has been replaced with -28673. 1 Jan 19 05:30:04 localhost Unknown[303]: Keyboard Layouts: duplicate keyboard layout identifier -16900. 1 Jan 19 05:30:04 localhost Unknown[303]: Keyboard Layouts: keyboard layout identifier -16900 has been replaced with -28674. 1 Jan 19 05:32:08 localhost OSInstaller[315]: No recovery image found relative to distribution. 1 Jan 19 05:32:08 localhost OSInstaller[315]: PFPackage::packageWithURL - can't instantiate package: /System/Installaation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg ======================= It locked up after that last line. (I set up the Bios exactly as the sugested url for the D630) Any ideas? I am searching the net to see how to resolve the instantiation of the installer

Bob: I am definately going to try the installer log. Thank you for the input, and definately thank you for the time and expertise. MrM

OSX 10.7 from app store the myhack device was created with a macbook pro running 10.8 My bios is A08 (maybe this is my problem, but at least in his signature Bob is running a very similar machine with the same Bios) I went thru the bios and basically shut off everything except the usb (so the computer could read the usb stick) Wifi/bluetooth everything else was off. Booted up with the -v and I am able to get to partition and erase the Toshiba MK8034GSX 80gb drive as journaled and GUID. I get to accept the apple terms and conditions and select the drive where I want to install the os. It starts installing the os, then it freezes: I am left staring at the installation screen with a giant X and a frozed blue bar with a numeric minute countdown. This morning I thought it was me being impatient, so I left it for hours to see if it was just taking a long time (being that the computer is not an apple product) 2 hours later..stock at 18 minutes. Is there a way to see where in the installation at the 18 minute mark is happenning? I would have thought that after the os is running, its just a matter of copying into the drive. It manages to boot up from the usb flawlessly everytime. Thank you in advance. MrM

Admin: I am really a newbie. I have shut off most everything at the Bios. I am following the installation step by step, however It locks up at 18 minutes left on the installation. Any ideas? Thxs!

It has a Dell Wireless 1395 WIFI, No Bluetooth. I'll shut them off on the bios regardless and let you know. Is there a way to do a verbose installation so I see and post why the setup is failing? Thx!

Greetings!!! I am following the step-by-step process to run OSX on my Latitude D530. I created the boot flash disk, with the image inside. Powered the computer with the usb, the installer is read, I get to select the language, then installation begins and it locks up. The farthest that I have gotten is 18 minutes remaining. Any ideas? Any help would be appreciated. My model is the Core2 Dou, with 4 gb of memory, the harddrive was freshly partitioned (journaled)....What can I try? Thank you in advance MrM