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[Guide] Installing 10.9 Mavericks on older Macs. -HackerWayne

tripmusic said:
What would be signs of the QE/CI not working properly?
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When you move windows around does your CPU use spike? When opening new dashboard items on the screen do you get a smooth ripple effect? I've been running a 4890 for years and every time Apple pushes out an OS update I have to grab the corresponding QE/CI patcher. Unless you're running a really off reference 4870 you shouldn't need to do this.

tripmusic said:
I don't have to use a theme... I just thought it was an option
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Using a theme is an option but if you're reporting problems with them why use them?

tripmusic said:
Before I checked darkwake, it would freeze after wake. I'll uncheck it and see what happens.
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The hard freeze is a known issue and so far has no fix I've heard of. Personally I just disable system sleep in the Energy Saver prefs.

tripmusic said:
I didn't use any EFI patch to the cards ROM. If I'm not having graphics issues do I need to?
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Then how, may I ask, did you flash it? Previously the only way to get the grey Apple logo on boot with a PC card was to flash it with a modified ROM that included the EFI code.

tripmusic said:
I must have neglected to copy the dsdt.aml file. I do have it though
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That right there will solve a number of your problems.(How have you not had audio issues?)
 
Treksdot said:
When you move windows around does your CPU use spike? When opening new dashboard items on the screen do you get a smooth ripple effect? I've been running a 4890 for years and every time Apple pushes out an OS update I have to grab the corresponding QE/CI patcher. Unless you're running a really off reference 4870 you shouldn't need to do this.



Using a theme is an option but if you're reporting problems with them why use them?



The hard freeze is a known issue and so far has no fix I've heard of. Personally I just disable system sleep in the Energy Saver prefs.



Then how, may I ask, did you flash it? Previously the only way to get the grey Apple logo on boot with a PC card was to flash it with a modified ROM that included the EFI code.



That right there will solve a number of your problems.(How have you not had audio issues?)
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I bought the gfx card already flashed. I don't see any cpu spikes. Seems Ok

In regards to themes... Even without the GUI, if I don't use the arrow keys to bring up all of my bootable drives before the 5 sec timeout runs down, it goes into a panic. Otherwise it boots fine

Now it's not freezing with dark wake unchecked. I prefer to sleep rather than shutdown and reboot.

I use a FW audio interface, so the absence of built in audio didn't bother me. What else does the dsdt file fix?

I've gained so much horsepower running Pro Tools in 64bit on this MP 2,1. It's amazing. I hope it stays stable for me. Next up is a pair of X5365's and an SSD
 
tripmusic said:
In regards to themes... Even without the GUI, if I don't use the arrow keys to bring up all of my bootable drives before the 5 sec timeout runs down, it goes into a panic. Otherwise it boots fine
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That means you need to edit your org.chameleon.Boot.plist and set "Default Partition" to the correct partition. The next time you reboot pay attention to the number listed after your Mavericks install. Nominally this would be 0,3 but make sure what it is in your case and edit the plist accodingly.

tripmusic said:
Now it's not freezing with dark wake unchecked. I prefer to sleep rather than shutdown and reboot.
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Interesting that it's not freezing for you. Once you make the edits to your Boot.plist please upload it again so I can look at it.

tripmusic said:
I use a FW audio interface, so the absence of built in audio didn't bother me. What else does the dsdt file fix?
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Along with audio it makes it so the internal drives aren't listed as external, re-enables the ODD SATA ports, fixes a restart bug and a few other things I can't remember off hand.

tripmusic said:
I've gained so much horsepower running Pro Tools in 64bit on this MP 2,1. It's amazing. I hope it stays stable for me. Next up is a pair of X5365's and an SSD
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Initially I was puzzled at the many stability issues you were reporting with Chameleon but, as we've discovered, some of them were due to an erroneously configured plist and others because of a missing key file. Get that new plist uploaded and I'll make some final modifications for you to test out.
 
Hennesie2000 said:
I have put together a pretty detailed guide to installing everything using one HDD and only using the Mac Pro 1,1 or 2,1. If anyone with a spare HDD would like to give it a try and let me know if there is anything I have overlooked in the guide, it would be appreciated. I would need you to follow the guide exactly as it is written starting in OS X 10.7.5 without Chameleon present. I can PM you with a link to a PDF.
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Hennesie2000,

You are the bom :D.
Your PDF is as clear as glass and I have my Mac Pro up and running in 40 minutes as you mentioned some where in the thread.

The instruction are not that different from what we have on the forum but it is clear and for sure to do for every one with a left and a right hand.

Thanks for all the effort that you and all the other are putting into this to save our beloved Mac Pro's.;)

I would advise you to put your instruction out there for others to down load as well.
 
atvusr said:
I have nearly the same MacBook Pro (late 2006, with ATI X1600) and want to install Mavericks.

It seems we have to wait on the official release of MacPostFactor.

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I will wait. :) That is better solution then buying a new mac. :)
 
RobertJB said:
Hennesie2000,

You are the bom :D.
Your PDF is as clear as glass and I have my Mac Pro up and running in 40 minutes as you mentioned some where in the thread.

The instruction are not that different from what we have on the forum but it is clear and for sure to do for every one with a left and a right hand.

Thanks for all the effort that you and all the other are putting into this to save our beloved Mac Pro's.;)

I would advise you to put your instruction out there for others to down load as well.
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I run into one item that seems not to work.
The system can go to sleep.
When I hit a key on the keyboard the system awakes. Perfect.
Only then both the mouse and the keyboard do not respond any more.
Is this a know issue or is there a fix?

thanks,
 
RobertJB said:
I run into one item that seems not to work.
The system can go to sleep.
When I hit a key on the keyboard the system awakes. Perfect.
Only then both the mouse and the keyboard do not respond any more.
Is this a know issue or is there a fix?

thanks,
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There are known sleep issues. I believe it has to do with the graphics card but I am not entirely sure. My sleep works about 98% of the time. Other times it seems to kp but the display never comes on so I just reboot.

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RobertJB said:
I would advise you to put your instruction out there for others to down load as well.
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I have a few others testing it and will wait for their feedback too.
 
Hennesie2000 said:
There are known sleep issues. I believe it has to do with the graphics card but I am not entirely sure. My sleep works about 98% of the time. Other times it seems to kp but the display never comes on so I just reboot.

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I have a few others testing it and will wait for their feedback too.
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I have a 5870 original Mac Pro card.
Do others have this problem as well with this card?
 
Hennesie2000 said:
Is the computer responding at all? Try to connect to it from another Mac using screen sharing or from another device using VNC and see if it is truly frozen.
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Strange.
Sleep, wake, sleep, wake does function now.

But at once in wake it all stops working not connection at all. Share screen
Only power down does work.

Some more testing to do.
 
RobertJB said:
Strange.
Sleep, wake, sleep, wake does function now.

But at once in wake it all stops working not connection at all. Share screen
Only power down does work.

Some more testing to do.
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This sounds like my experience. 98% of the time it works just fine. Occasionally the display doesn't turn or it does turn on but then freezes immediately.
 
@Hennesie2000

Could you please provide me the link for your PDF instructions.

Maybe due to the popularity of the instructions, you can start a separate thread with the added information you mentioned with the non-auto-mounting partition.

Thanks for your help and everyone else's.
 
chrisrand said:
@Hennesie2000

Could you please provide me the link for your PDF instructions.

Maybe due to the popularity of the instructions, you can start a separate thread with the added information you mentioned with the non-auto-mounting partition.

Thanks for your help and everyone else's.
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You must have PM's disabled.
 
RobertJB said:
Hennesie2000,

You are the bom :D.
Your PDF is as clear as glass and I have my Mac Pro up and running in 40 minutes as you mentioned some where in the thread.

The instruction are not that different from what we have on the forum but it is clear and for sure to do for every one with a left and a right hand.

Thanks for all the effort that you and all the other are putting into this to save our beloved Mac Pro's.;)

I would advise you to put your instruction out there for others to down load as well.
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@Hennesie2000

Could you please provide me the link for your PDF instructions as well? I am getting ready to attempt this on my MacPro 2,1 using an ATI 5770 and could use some guidance! Thanks in advance!:D
 
GergNotwen said:
@Hennesie2000

Could you please provide me the link for your PDF instructions as well? I am getting ready to attempt this on my MacPro 2,1 using an ATI 5770 and could use some guidance! Thanks in advance!:D
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Here is the link to the PDF...

https://mega.co.nz/#!G0wkFSYZ!SVy58A1ygdDf552i74txy3vjLS0x-FvExeJ1LNuzCQk


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chrisrand said:
@Hennesie2000

Could you please provide me the link for your PDF instructions.

Maybe due to the popularity of the instructions, you can start a separate thread with the added information you mentioned with the non-auto-mounting partition.

Thanks for your help and everyone else's.
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The non-automount instructions are included in the PDF.
 
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gpatpandp said:
...Late last week after an exchange and getting some insight from the poster "Rastafabis", I outlined what I did in getting OS X 10.8.5 in 64 bit mode (meaning not using MLPF) to work on this same iMac with ATI X1600 graphics. If your interested feel free to let me know....
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gpatpandp said:
It's the best 10.8 hack for the iMac with ATI X1600 graphics that I have implemented. This set up provides an OS X 10.8.5 64 bit system that I would estimate @ 99.8 % full functionality. Repairing permissions, Little Snitch are among several key components that fully operate in this set-up. And while nvram is not supported on this system (i.e. no iMessages), I have found that porting over an account from an OS X 10.7.5 Lion system coupled with the addition of the "PlatformUUID.kext" gets FaceTime to work.
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I don't use FaceTime or iMessages, those limitations will not affect me. I have a spare 1TB drive to tinker with; I would be interested in trying your method. I think I have member mail active on my account here, please advise :)
 
HD Partition Types?

So I downloaded your PDF instructions, seems straight forward but you dont mention if any of the three partitions need to be formatted GUID or Master Boot Record... I am assuming all partitions need to be GUID??
 
So I downloaded the Chameleon Bundle.zip...
There is a file Chameleon 2.2 rev2247.pkg and a file named Chameleon Wizard.
Launching the Chameleon 2.2 rev2247.pkg the first screen says "DO NOT INSTALL TO AN APPLE MACINTOSH COMPUTER". At this point I stopped, do I ignore this and continue on?
Your instructions state "2. Unzip the package and use the Chameleon installer to install it onto the 1GB "Startup Disk" partition." When you mention install it onto the 1GB partition, are you talking about a drag and drop this install into the 1GB partition or running the Chameleon 2.2 rev2247.pkg and installing it onto the 1GB partition????
There is a newer version Chameleon-2.2svn-r2266, should I be using the newer installer or the old one in the Chameleon Bundle.zip??
Sorry I'm not clear on some of the instructions and don't want to screw this up.
 
EBIOS Read Error: Controller or device error Block 0x0 Sectors 0

At the onset and just for the record, I am fairly savvy regarding procedures such as these, did not have any issues with the original Mountain Lion method set-up. Although I downloaded he ".pdf" it really did not offer any further instructions from the way this procedure was described when introduced last week. Understanding it and following the appropriate steps are not a problem for me. Though as what I am experiencing has not been addressed in either a forum question or on the .pdf "how to" and as it continues to occur sporadically/erratically since applying this a week ago, I thought I would make mention of it.

Basically the weirdness that is happening for me is that my "all on one hard drive/Chameleon, Mavericks, Install, all formatted in HFS+/GPT will suddenly stall during boot and I will get this following error message "EBIOS Read Error: Controller or device error Block 0x0 Sectors 0" and the only way I can get it to boot again is to return OS X 10.7.5 Lion Hard Drive back into my Mac Pro. Once Lion is present again, Chameleon boots up fine including the "all on one hard drive/Chameleon, Mavericks, Install, all formatted in HFS+/GPT. Once I remove the separate OS X Lion 10.7.5 Hard Drive, the error as reported returns when attempting to boot just the Chameleon, Mavericks, Install, all formatted in HFS+/GPT drive alone.

When returning the "two drive" traditional/original set-up back into my Mac Pro and booting the Chameleon 'Windows"drive all returns to normal and my Mac Pro is happy once again.
 
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