[Guide] The all-in-one guide to Vanilla OS X (including Chameleon + DSDT) for beginners (updated for Yosemite!)

[JoachimCraeye]

Hey, thanks for this great share. Its been by far my biggest help. i only seem to have one issue, somehow when my hack is booting up, at some point it shows the boot-args im using, somehow it says im using kext-dev-mode=1 twice, but for what i know im only using it in the chameleon.boot.plist once so where could it be the 2nd one comes from?

 

greets

[passant75]

Hello,

 

I would To greatly thank the autour or this guide.

I'm really newbie in this kind or stuff and i managed To setting up this system :

- ga-z97x-ud5h (bios f7)

- i7 4790 K

- 32 gb cucial tactical sport

- evga 980ti

- 850 pro Samsung 250 go

- black magic mini mini for

 

I would want To report an issue i encountered. I was not able To install chameleon on the fresh install of os x yosemite. Perhaps something I made wrong. So i used the install chameleon .dmg found here :

[NEW]_USB Installer_OS X Yosemite Chameleon_r2679 v10.

 

Conséquence is step 3 was not effective. Not a problem for nullcpumanagement with my configuration and smc was easily edited with chameleon.

I also didn't manage To use dsdt editor.

Meanwhile, the system seems To work very well. The only issue i got, exception of imessage i don't use, is the sound. I managed to see the hardware in system pref but no sound out every jack. This is not a big trouble for me as I'm using USB speakers.

 

So, many thanks you for this guide.

 

Ps : sorry for my approximative english

[wolfi]

Dear Readers,

First of all many, many thanks for the great tutorial and the work done.

In the past I installed os x 10.5 (kalyway) on some older PC.

Now I wanted to Install a recent Version of os x (yosemite) on some newer hardware.

I followed the tutorial till I got stuck at Part 3.

Trying to boot from the USB Stick I got the error "can't find /mach_kernel".

At Part 2.1.7 I copied the kernel from the Essentials.pkg to /System/Library/Kernels/ of the USB Stick.

The tutorial then notes something about the attachment. The attachment resambles the downloads from Step 1.1 (Essential Software).

The only thing different from the tutorial is the version of the chameleon boot loader I used. The tutorial links to version 2.3 svn r2716 (wich didn't work for me; error at the end of the Installation. I used version 2.2 r2404 from the website http://chameleon.osx86.huinstead.

Where does the bootloader get the kernel (mach_kernel)? Is it the kernel from /System/Libraries/kernels? Do I have to specify this at chameleon wizard?

Greetings

Wolfgang

[Praba123]

Can patch from Windows ..since I'm not using any hackintosh Or Mac ..I'm only using Windows ...

[dndwanted]

I ran into a problem, maybe I just did something wrong. Anyway, I'm stuck here:

 

1. Mount your OS X DMG. If using a copy downloaded from the app store: Navigate to Applications (which is where it will save your downloaded copy of OS X by default) -> right click "Install OS X *version*" and click "Show Package Contents" -> Contents -> SharedSupport -> Double click "InstallESD.dmg"
2. Mount BaseSystem.dmg by typing the following in terminal:
open /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.dmg
open /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.dmg

open /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.dmg

 

I have to mention that I am running Yosemite on VMWare on Windows 7. I used an USB stick to copy from PC to my VM the .dmg which I downloaded from http://www.hackintosh.zone/downloads/download/810-nireshs-yosemite-with-amd-intel-iso-usb/ .

 

http://imgur.com/9NNjgSy

[hackerwananbe]

hi guys,

 

i followed the instructions on how to make a mavericks usb installer on a hackintosh snow leopard.  but when i boot from the usb, i get an error

 

bootcachecontrol unable to open /var/db/bootcache.playlist

 

 have tried multiple common flags, no luck.

 

btw, the mavericks installer.app i have, it was a copy i had when i was still running a mavericks hackintosh.  but when i had to change systems, i did not install another hackintosh, but backed up my installers.  i put this mavericks.app in snow leopard and tried to run "onebeast" from you know who (trying a shortcut since the end game is to download el capitan), onebeast said that the installer is not complete or corrupted.  i also could not download el capitan from snow leopard since i could not fix not being able to log in to MAS.  i dont know if onebeast saying my mavericks.app is incomplete has anything to do with this.  but i was able to copy the files, followed the instructions here.

 

thanks

[tbplayer]

Old thread, I know, but I'm using the guide to finally upgrade my old Mountain Lion to Yosemite.

 

Pacifist won't extract the kernel for me. I can open Essentials.pkg in Pacifist and start to extract, but it stops after less than a minute with the error box "Error - The file (long file name) does not exist". Is there another app that will extract the kernel from the Essentials package?

 

 

NEVERMIND!! - I found the problem - I was using an older version of Pacifist. Updated to the version 3.5.13 and all worked perfectly.

Thanks for your help.  

[faizalnin]

On 7/19/2012 at 1:26 AM, rockinron_1 said:

*****NOW UPDATED FOR YOSEMITE - PLEASE REPORT ANY PROBLEMS IN THE COMMENTS*****

 

*****There are subtle differences in the guide depending on whether you’re using Lion / Mountain Lion or Mavericks*****

*****For Lion / ML use the blue line. For Mavericks use the red line. For Yosemite use the green line.*****

 

*****If you're creating the installer for Lion/ML use "Essential 03.08.2012" attachment*****

*****Otherwise use the attachment for the version you’re using*****

 

*****This guide will not work for versions of OS X earlier than Lion (10.7)*****

 

The all-in-one guide to vanilla OS X + Chameleon + DSDT for beginners

 

Preface:
So I’ve built a few hackintoshes now to the point where I’ve a good idea what I’m doing. I’ve gone the distro way before as well as the vanilla way and I agree fully with the idea that vanilla is better. The problem with it being that I haven’t found a well explained start to finish guide of how to do it without a lot of Googling and combining numerous different guides so my idea is to collate everything into one place for beginners to hopefully understand the process better and build better systems. A lot of the leg-work for this guide has been done by other people; although I’m rewriting most of it if anyone wants credit adding to something I’ve accidentally stolen from them just PM me. Throughout the guide I try to avoid scripts and utilities so you can learn what your doing. If you want a one-click install this is not the guide for you; having said that there is nothing technically complicated that isn’t clearly explained so don’t be scared off if you’re a rookie.
If any one has any suggestions on how to improve this guide PM me or mention it on the forum thread.

Those who experience problems make sure you’ve read Part 7 before posting to the forum asking for help.

 

Part 1 - Prerequisites
1.0. Basic Requirements:
The basic requirements for OS X from Lion onwards are:
1. A Core 2 Duo processor or later
2. 2GB or more RAM
3. 8GB of disk space
N.B. For details of specific hardware compatibility see the hardware compatibility list (HCL) in the wiki:

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

 

Further to compatible hardware you will need:
1. A working install of OS X (this may be in a virtual machine or a native install) to prepare the installer
2. A flash drive of minimum size 8GB
3. A copy of Lion / ML / Mavericks

4. Patience
 

Note: All essential software / kexts below are in the attachment.         
1.1. Essential Software
You will need to obtain the following. I suggest you place them all in the same folder along with the essential kexts below for use later:
1. The Chameleon boot loader, the latest version of which can always be found here (You want "The Latest Trunk PKG ~ Standard and Official Revision"):
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=231075

2. Chameleon wizard to create a smbios (basically identify your machine as a mac) and to help with bootloader problems
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=257464

3. System info for finding device ID’s for general post-install troubleshooting (Check you get the Mac version).
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=219584

4. DSDT editor for extracting your DSDT once were up and running:
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=223205

5. Kext utility for installing additional kexts post-install:
http://cvad-mac.narod2.ru/Kext_Utility/

1.2. Essential Kexts (kernel extensions)
1. FakeSMC – absolutely essential – tricks OS X into thinking it’s a real Mac.

http://www.projectosx.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1643

2. NullCPUPowerManagement – generally required initially to prevent kernel panics, may not be needed once AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement is patched after install.
http://www.osx86.net/view/16-nullcpupowermanagement_(32--64-bit).html

 

Part 2 - Creating the installer
2.0. Preparing the USB
1. In your working OS X install open Disk Utility
2. Click on your USB drive in the left sidebar
3. Click the “Partition” tab
4. Under “Partition Layout” click “1 Partition”
5. Click Options -> select “GUID Partition Table”; check the format is set to “Mac OS X Extended (Journaled)”; name it “USB” and click Apply

 

2.1. Creating the OS X installer on the USB drive
1. Mount your OS X DMG. If using a copy downloaded from the app store: Navigate to Applications (which is where it will save your downloaded copy of OS X by default) -> right click "Install OS X *version*" and click "Show Package Contents" -> Contents -> SharedSupport -> Double click "InstallESD.dmg"
2. Mount BaseSystem.dmg by typing the following in terminal:
open /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.dmg
open /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.dmg

open /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.dmg

3. Go back to disk utility and click on “(Mac )OS X Base System”, click the “Restore” tab then drag and drop “(Mac )OS X Base System” to “source” and your USB to “destination” and click restore then erase. This will take a while.
4. You’ll now have 2 “(Mac )OS X Base Systems present in Finder, right click them and “get info” to determine which is your USB drive (hint: look at the size).
5. Navigate to the one which is your USB drive, open it and go to /System/Installation. Delete the “Packages” link then create a folder called “Packages”.
6. Open a new Finder window and navigate to “(Mac )OS X Install ESD”. Copy everything inside the packages folder to the packages folder you have just created. This will take a while.

7. Copy mach_kernel from “OS X Install ESD” to the root of your USB drive.
7. Use pacifist to extract mach_kernel from “OS X Install ESD/Packages/BaseSystemBinaries.pkg” and copy it to the root of your USB drive (note: this is in the attachment).

7. Use pacifist to extract kernel from “OS X Installed ESD/Packages/Essentials.pkg/System/Library/Kernels/Kernel” and copy it to /System/Library/Kernels/ (You may need to create the “Kernes” folder) (note: this is in the attachment).

8. Copy BaseSystem.chunklist and BaseSystem.dmg from InstallESD.img to the root of your USB drive. Since these files are hidden you must first show hidden files by typing the following in Terminal "defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES" followed by "killall Finder". Once copied you can type "defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles NO" followed by "killall Finder" to hide hidden files.

 

The terminal will look something like this when you are done:

 

2.2. Patching the installer for a PC
1. Remember the two kexts we downloaded above? Copy both of them to /System/Library/Extensions on your USB stick.
2. Run the chameleon installation package and ensure to choose your USB drive as the destination.
3. Go to the root of your USB drive and create a folder called “Extra”. This is used to store configuration files for the chameleon boot-loader.
4. Open Chameleon wizard, click the “SMBios” tab then click "Edit". Now there is a list of “Premade SMBioses”. Look through this list to see which relates best to your PC (Hint: iMac 12.2 for modern desktops or MacBook Pro 8.3 for modern laptops is a good place to look to start with). Click “Save As” and save it to the /Extra folder we created on the USB stick.

N.B. make sure you’ve got a smbios from a Mac which supports your version of OS X, for a list of which do see here: http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/

5. Use chameleon wizard to generate an “org.chameleon.boot.plist” this is necessary to set the kernel flag “kext-dev-mode=1” which allows us to boot using unsigned kexts. If you already have an org.boot.chameleon.plist you may simply add “kext-dev-mode=1” to your list of kernel flags. If not then use the one from the attachment. Copy this file to the /Extra folder we created on the USB stick.
6. Copy your folder of essential software & kexts to the root of your USB stick.

N.B.1: For those with a fully-working Lion / ML install you may omit 2.C.3. & 2.C.4. and use your old /Extra folder (including smbios & org.chameleon.boot.plist & DSDT).

N.B.2: ATi6xxx users see step 7.6 now!

 

2.3. A note for those wishing to boot OS X and Windows on the same HDD
(This is not recommended but may be necessary for those installing on laptops)
The OS X installer won’t install to an MBR partition scheme which Windows requires so we must patch the installer to allow this. If you intend on dual-booting OS X and Windows 7 then I suggest you install Windows 7 and update to Service Pack 1 before you install OS X to prevent problems updating to SP1 later. How to patch:
1. Download the required files from here:
http://www.osx86.net/view/2815-osinstallmbr+osinstall.mpkg_10.8.gm.html

2. On the USB stick navigate to /System/Installation/Packages/. Delete OSInstall.mpkg and replace it with the one you just downloaded.
3. On the USB stick navigate to /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Frameworks/OSInstall.framework/Versions/A/. Delete OSInstall and replace it with the one you just downloaded.
 

Part 3 – Installing OS X
3.1 Installing OS X
1. Stick the USB drive in the computer you wish to install OS X on and boot from your USB drive. If you’re unsure how to do this when your computer first turns on look for a prompt that says “Press X for boot selection menu” (where X is a key) or something of that effect. Common keys are F8 & F12.
2. When Chameleon comes up press enter to boot OS X. The OS X installer should boot. Go to the utilities menu and click disk utility. Select the disk / partition you wish to install OS X to, call it "OS X" and format it as “Mac OS X Extended (Journaled)” (See Part 2.1. if you’re a bit rusty with disk utility).  

N.B. For those dual booting on the same HDD as Windows ensure you've got the Partition Scheme set to MBR.
3.  Follow the installer to install OS X to the desired partition.

4. Take a well-deserved rest while it installs.
5.  Once the installer is finished it will reboot, on reboot boot back into the install USB NOT your OS X install.

3.1 Fixing the OS X install
1. From the installer go to Utilities and Terminal.
2. Type cp –R /System/Library/Extensions/NullCPUPowerManagement.kext /Volumes/"OS X"/System/Library/Extensions/
3. Type: cp –R /System/Library/Extensions/FakeSMC.kext /Volumes/"OS X"/System/Library/Extensions/
4. Type reboot
NOTE: Include the quotes in the lines above. This assumes your install partition is called “OS X” as I said above. If for whatever reason you called it something else replace “OS X” with whatever you called it (still surrounded by quotation marks).

Part 4 – Initial booot
1. Reboot your system and boot to the USB stick again but this time select your OS X install. This should boot you into your installed copy of OS X.
2. Open "System Preferences" go-to "Security and Privacy", click the lock and give it your password then set "Allow applications downloaded from" to anywhere.
3. Navigate to your folder of essential software and run the chameleon package, install it to your OS X drive.
4. Copy the Extra folder on your USB drive to the root of your HDD (open Finder -> Go -> Computer -> OS X -> paste folder).
5. Reboot, remove USB, and let the computer boot from your HDD, select OS X and it should boot straight to OS X.
You are not finished! You now need to at least read through step 6!
 

Part 5 – DSDT
5.0 Extraction

Although not strictly required it is useful to have a DSDT for your system; with a bit of research and patching it can be used to solve almost all problems you may encounter.
For those interested in what it actually is see here:
http://wiki.osx86pro.../index.php/DSDT
How to create it:
1. Open DSDT Editor
2. Go-to File -> Extract DSDT
3. Go-to to IASL -> Compile (if you get any errors click “Fix Errors”)
4. Go-to IASL -> Save AML as. Save it as “DSDT.aml” in /Extra.

5.1 Common Fixes

(coming soon eventually…)

 

Part 6 – Finishing Touches
6.0. A note on non-Mac monitors

Most non-Mac monitors will start with the wrong color calibration. To fix this go-to "System Preferences" -> "Displays" -> "Color" -> select "Generic RGB Profile".

Further to this, due to Mac monitor having a different dot pitch to normal monitors, LCD font smoothing may make the fonts appear blurred. To turn this off go-to “System Preferences” -> General -> uncheck “Use LCD Font…” (at the bottom).
 

6.1. Keymaps

If you have a British standard keyboard you will need to install the keymaps in the attachment. To do so decompress the attached zip and copy its contents to /Library/Keyboard Layouts then change the keymap by going to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Input Sources.

 

6.2. org.chameleon.boot.plist

If you open Chameleon Wizard you can navigate to “org.chameleon.boot” here you can assign numerous settings which will be useful later as well as setting the default timeout and specifying the location of your SMBios and DSDT if you don’t place them in /Extra. I suggest you ensure the “Ethernet Built In” box is checked then set the "Time Out" to a reasonable figure and then click "Save As' and save it to /Extra (Note: save it as org.chameleon.boot, it automatically appends the .plist extension).
When you've saved it you can go to "Theme" and download and apply a theme for the boot loader rather than having the default text boot.

Once your system is stable and with all necessary hardware enabled set UseKernelCache=Yes to speed up boot times.

 

6.3. NullCPUPowerManagement

Currently we have NullCPUPowerManagement.kext installed. This disables speed-stepping and thus sleep (by disabling AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext) so we need to remove it for a better system. Unfortunately not all system’s will work with the version that comes with OS X. The first thing to do is to try your system without it, to do this simply navigate to /System/Library/Extensions on your OS X drive and delete it then reboot. It’s possible you will see a kernel panic on reboot, if this is the case you will need to reinstall the kext by following Part 3.1.1&3.1.2.

If your system panics on boot then you require a patched version of AppleIntelCPUPowermanagement; reading round the forum should allow you to obtain this relatively easily.

6.4. Device Compatibility

At this point it’s very likely you will have some devices not working. The best way to get devices working is through DSDT edits rather than by adding kernel extensions; often additional kernel extensions will have to be re-installed after updates whereas DSDT edit are permanent.

To enable devices by using additional kexts: Run the “System Info” app we downloaded and click File -> check compatibility. This will let you see which devices are working and which aren’t. You can Google your vendor & device ID to find info about making them work. Once you find a kext that appears to be compatible for your hardware drag and drop it onto kext utility to install it.
Example: If your Wi-Fi isn’t working you can look for your Wi-Fi device and find its device / vendor ID’s in my case its vendor ID is 168c and its device ID is 002a so Googling for “168c:002a kext” would return results about making the device work.

6.5. Finder grid view (windows explorer behaviour)

To make finder sort files in a grid by default open Finder, navigate to your root folder of the OS X install. Go-to View -> Show View options -> Arrange by "Name" -> Click "Use As Defaults"

 

Part 7 – Common Errors & Basic Diagnostics
7.0. Boot0:Error

Boot0 error is most likely caused by incorrectly installing chameleon or having a drive with 4k-sector allocation. Try to reinstall chameleon (use the latest version!), if that doesn’t work see here:
http://www.macbreaker.com/2012/02/hackintosh-boot0-error.html

 

7.1. Boot flags

When the chameleon screen boots you can specify kernel arguments to attempt to solve problems you may be having. When you see the boot-loader pop up press any key and ensure your OS X install is highlighted. You can then type any combination of kernel flags (with a space between them) to try to boot OS X / diagnose problems. For a complete list of kernel flags see here:
http://www.osx86.net/guides-tutorials/10747-guide-chameleon-bootloader-basics.html

A few of the more common ones are:
1. –v verbose mode. If the system panics take a screen shot of the panic when you have typed this at boot and post it to the forums. It will help people diagnose your problems but won’t fix any problems.
2. –x safe boot (like windows safe mode – minimal drivers).
3. –f boot without the kernel cache (useful if you’ve installed kexts without rebuilding the kext cache – if you’ve used kext utility you shouldn’t have to use this).
4. –npci=0x2000 (or –npci=0x3000) fixes the “PCI configuration Begin” error.
5.  PCIRootUID=0 solves problems for some NVIDIA graphics card users (if it doesn't solve your issue try =1 instead).
6. GraphicsEnabler=Yes (or GraphicsEnabler=No) add support for some non-OS X graphics cards.

7. Note: The arch=i386 boot flag is now depreciated due to ML’s 64-bit only kernel.

7.2. The console

The console gives you a verbose output of any and all errors the system may encounter. It's particularly useful if you've a system which won't stay in sleep mode. Go-to Applications -> Utilities -> Console to open it.

 

7.3. App store "Your device or computer could not be recognised..." error.

App-store requires a MAC address to verify your computer (any address, it doesn't have to be an apple one) hence you MUST have a working Ethernet or Airport card for App Store to work. The problem is if you've enabled network hardware after first boot OS X won't update its caches. The fix: 

Ensure "ethernet buit in" is checked in your org.chameleon.boot.plist. Go to system preferences and delete all the devices in the network section. Navigate to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration and delete com.apple.airport.preferences.plist and networkinterfaces.plist and com.apple.boot.plist. Reboot then add your network interfaces in system preferences. Check app-store is now working.

 

7.4 Motherboard POST Freeze

I your motherboard freezes during POST (you don’t even get past the BIOS screen) it’s possible your BIOS isn’t compatible with the GUID partition table of the USB we created the installer on. To fix this in step 2.0.5 select MBR instead of GUID.

Note: If you make it to the OS X boot-loader this is not your problem and will not fix any issues other than hanging at POST. For more information see here:

http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/bios.html
 

7.5 When posting to the forum asking for help

When posting to the forum asking for help if the installer / installation won’t boot please post a screenshot of where it stops – I suggest you post this to a new thread in a suitable place in the forum rather than this guide.

 

7.6 ATi6xxx card white screen error

There is a know permissions error in Mountain Lion regarding the ATi6000Controller kext causing white screen. To fix this:

1. Navigate to /System/Library/Extensions on your install USB and copy ATi6000Ccontroller to your folder of essential kexts.
2. Delete ATi6000Controller from /S/L/E.
3. Install OS X (note: you will only have basic graphics support).
4. After install (at the end of step 4) you can drag & drop the kext onto kextutility then reboot to enable your card.

 

Part 8 - Useful Tips

8.0. To show or hide hidden files:

In the terminal type:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

or

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO

Followed by killall Finder

 

8.1. Spaces in terminal

When using the terminal spaces must be preceded by \ or the file or folder name placed in quotations

e.g.:

open /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.dmg

or

open /Volumes/"Mac OS X Install ESD"/BaseSystem.dmg

 

Part 9 – References
Massive credit goes to this guide here:
http://thetecherra.com/2012/07/10/tutorial-run-os-x-mountain-lion-10-8-gm-on-a-pc-hackintoshosx86-video/

and this guide here:
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=277015

 

Part 10 – Change-log

v2.3 - 25/07/2012 - Minor update to include InstallESD location from app-store.

v2.4 - 27/07/2012 - Minor updates regarding Gringo Vermelho’s post.

v2.5 - 03/08/2012 - Minor updates and touch-ups.

v2.6 - 22/08/2012 - Addition of UseKernelCache=Yes plus key-maps and a few minor tweaks.

v3.0 – 24/10/2012 – Addition of screenshots

v3.1 – 03/12/2012 – British keyboard layout added

v4.0 – 07/10/2013 – Updates so guide complies with Mavericks install procedure

v4.2 – 10/11/2013 – Ironed out differences between Lion/ML and Mavericks

v4.3 – 16/10/2014 – Added Yosemite support

Essential - 03.08.12.zip

Keyboard Layouts.zip

Essential - Mavericks GM - 7.10.2013.zip

Mavericks Install Guide - v0 - Quick Ref.pdf

Mavericks install Guide - v4.2 - With Sreenshots.pdf

Vanilla OS X Install Guide - v4.3 - With Sreenshots.pdf

Hi,

I have created a usb as per the guide. I come to a freeze before getting to the installation screen at PCI Begins ---- Image attached... What am I doing wrong....

My specs are:

DELL INSPIRON 1525

CORE2DUO 

4GB RAM

500 GB HDD

 

Just to inform I have OS LION 10.7.3 installed and works fine on the above laptop.

 

Any help will be appreciated.

 

Edited November 27, 2018 by faizalnin

[JaredTop]

Thanks a lot for detailed guide!

[faizalnin]

Made a USB for ML comes to the install screen and get the error pl see the attached log file:

Nov 26 22:50:49 localhost opendirectoryd[101]: opendirectoryd (build 197.17.1) launched - installer mode
Nov 26 22:50:49 localhost opendirectoryd[101]: Logging level limit changed to 'notice'
Nov 26 22:50:49 localhost opendirectoryd[101]: Safe Boot is enabled
Nov 26 22:50:49 localhost opendirectoryd[101]: Initialize trigger support
Nov 26 22:50:49 localhost opendirectoryd[101]: created endpoint for mach service 'com.apple.private.opendirectoryd.rpc' with work limit 10
Nov 26 22:50:49 localhost opendirectoryd[101]: set default handler for RPC 'reset_cache'
Nov 26 22:50:49 localhost opendirectoryd[101]: set default handler for RPC 'reset_statistics'
Nov 26 22:50:49 localhost opendirectoryd[101]: set default handler for RPC 'show'
Nov 26 22:50:49 localhost opendirectoryd[101]: starting endpoint for service 'com.apple.private.opendirectoryd.rpc'
Nov 26 22:50:49 localhost opendirectoryd[101]: no dynamic data found at '/System/Library/OpenDirectory/DynamicData/Configure.plist'
Nov 26 22:50:49 localhost opendirectoryd[101]: Registered node with name '/Configure' as hidden
Nov 26 22:50:49 localhost opendirectoryd[101]: no dynamic data found at '/System/Library/OpenDirectory/DynamicData/Local.plist'
Nov 26 22:50:49 localhost opendirectoryd[101]: Registered node with name '/Local' as hidden
Nov 26 22:50:53 localhost Unknown[297]: kern.boottime: { sec = 1543301444, usec = 0 } Mon Nov 26 22:50:44 2018
Nov 26 22:50:53 localhost Unknown[305]: Launching the Language Chooser for an OS Install
Nov 26 22:50:56 localhost configd[112]: bootp_session_transmit: bpf_write(en1) failed: Network is down (50)
Nov 26 22:50:56 localhost configd[112]: DHCP en1: INIT transmit failed
Nov 26 22:51:05 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:05.693 LCA[306:707] NSSoftLinking - The Librarian framework's library couldn't be loaded from (null).
Nov 26 22:51:05 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:05.696 LCA[306:707] NSSoftLinking - The function 'LBCurrentProcessHasUbiquityContainer' can't be found in the Librarian framework.
Nov 26 22:51:09 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:09.808 LCA[306:707] LCA+BT2: systemHasBluetooth entry
Nov 26 22:51:09 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:09.809 LCA[306:707] LCA+BT2: [[NSProcessInfo processInfo] processName] LCA
Nov 26 22:51:09 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:09.809 LCA[306:707] LCA+BT2: systemHasBluetooth exit - controller = 0x0
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost LCA[306]: Launching the Installer using language code "English"
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:14.483 OS X Installer[328:707] NSSoftLinking - The Librarian framework's library couldn't be loaded from (null).
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:14.486 OS X Installer[328:707] NSSoftLinking - The function 'LBCurrentProcessHasUbiquityContainer' can't be found in the Librarian framework.
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost OSInstaller[328]: OS X Installer application started
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost OSInstaller[328]: 1 display(s) found.
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost OSInstaller[328]: Display[1] is NOT using OpenGL acceleration.
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost OSInstaller[328]: @(#)PROGRAM:Install  PROJECT:Install-735
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost OSInstaller[328]: @(#)PROGRAM:OS X Installer  PROJECT:OSInstaller-419.1
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost OSInstaller[328]: Hardware: MacBook4,1 @ 2.00 GHz (x 2), 4096 MB RAM
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost OSInstaller[328]: Running OS Build: Mac OS X 10.8.4 (12E55)
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost OSInstaller[328]: Env: DYLD_NO_FIX_PREBINDING=1
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost OSInstaller[328]: Env: __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x0:0:0
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost OSInstaller[328]: Env: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost OSInstaller[328]: Env: PWD=/
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost OSInstaller[328]: Env: SHLVL=1
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost OSInstaller[328]: Env: __OSINSTALL_ENVIRONMENT=1
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost OSInstaller[328]: Env: CI_DEFAULT_OPENCL_USAGE=0
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost OSInstaller[328]: Env: OS_INSTALL=1
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost OSInstaller[328]: Env: _=/System/Installation/CDIS/LCA.app/Contents/MacOS/LCA
Nov 26 22:51:14 localhost OSInstaller[328]: No mutable product specified in NVRAM.
Nov 26 22:51:15 localhost OSInstaller[328]: We are not image source booted ignoring automation backup.
Nov 26 22:51:15 localhost OSInstaller[328]: No mutable product specified on boot disk.
Nov 26 22:51:15 localhost OSInstaller[328]: Opening OSInstall package '/System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg'.
Nov 26 22:51:15 localhost OSInstaller[328]: Using product <OSInstallRootProduct> at distance 5
Nov 26 22:51:16 localhost OSInstaller[328]: Installation checks failed.
Nov 26 22:51:16 localhost OSInstaller[328]: Installation check failures: We could not complete your purchase. OS X Mountain Lion is not compatible with this computer.
Nov 26 22:51:31 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:31.617 OS X Installer[328:707] *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:operation:fraction:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
Nov 26 22:51:31 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:31.618 OS X Installer[328:707] *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
Nov 26 22:51:36 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:36.817 Disk Utility[333:707] NSSoftLinking - The Librarian framework's library couldn't be loaded from (null).
Nov 26 22:51:36 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:36.820 Disk Utility[333:707] NSSoftLinking - The function 'LBCurrentProcessHasUbiquityContainer' can't be found in the Librarian framework.
Nov 26 22:51:36 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:36.964 Disk Utility[333:707] **********
Nov 26 22:51:36 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:36.967 Disk Utility[333:707] Disk Utility started.
Nov 26 22:51:36 localhost Unknown[307]: 
Nov 26 22:51:53 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:53.687 Disk Utility[333:707] Preparing to erase : “ML”
Nov 26 22:51:53 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:53.687 Disk Utility[333:707]     Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
Nov 26 22:51:53 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:53.688 Disk Utility[333:707]     1 volume will be erased
Nov 26 22:51:53 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:53.689 Disk Utility[333:707]         Name        : “ML”
Nov 26 22:51:53 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:53.689 Disk Utility[333:707]         Size        : 56.72 GB
Nov 26 22:51:53 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:53.690 Disk Utility[333:707]         File system    : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Nov 26 22:51:53 localhost Unknown[307]: 
Nov 26 22:51:53 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:53.749 Disk Utility[333:707] Unmounting disk
Nov 26 22:51:54 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:54.912 Disk Utility[333:707] Erasing
Nov 26 22:51:56 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:56.779 Disk Utility[333:707] Initialized /dev/rdisk0s4 as a 53 GB HFS Plus volume with a 8192k journal
Nov 26 22:51:56 localhost Unknown[307]: 
Nov 26 22:51:56 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:56.782 Disk Utility[333:707] Mounting disk
Nov 26 22:51:57 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:57.908 Disk Utility[333:707] Erase complete.
Nov 26 22:51:57 localhost Unknown[307]: 2018-11-26 22:51:57.909 Disk Utility[333:707] 
Nov 26 22:52:02 localhost OSInstaller[328]: Memory statistics for 'Select a Backup Source' pane:
Nov 26 22:52:02 localhost OSInstaller[328]: Physical Memory Allocation:   853 MB wired,     3 MB trapped,   152 MB active,   115 MB inactive,  2973 MB free,  3240 MB usable,  4096 MB total
Nov 26 22:52:10 localhost LCA[306]: Child exited with status 0
Nov 26 22:52:15 localhost Unknown[343]: Launching the Installer Crash Log Viewer
Nov 26 22:53:01 localhost Viewer[344]: Connection to NetworkBrowserAgent became invalid
Nov 26 22:53:01 localhost Viewer[344]: Connection to NetworkBrowserAgent became invalid
Nov 26 22:53:01 localhost Viewer[344]: Connection to NetworkBrowserAgent became invalid
Nov 26 22:53:01 localhost Viewer[344]: Folder Manager is being asked to create a folder (docs) while running as uid 0
Nov 26 22:53:01 localhost Viewer[344]: Folder Manager is being asked to create a folder (docs) while running as uid 0
 

Installer Log 26-Nov-2018.txt

[gongunner]

Can i do that on my laptop Toshiba Satellite p775 s7100? I have an intel i5 2450m mobile processor with INTEL HD 3000 GRAPHICS. HM65 MOTHER.8gb ram ( 4gb 1333 mhz +4gb1600mhz (is it a problem? difference of ram freq) )    

 (THE BIOS IS LIMITED also ) only i can deactive the vt virtualization, and ahci/compatibilty) but not more !  really Thank you !

Edited April 27, 2019 by gongunner

[makk]

Hello, does this work for High Sierra?

Thank you for this it worked for El Capitan