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

A quick check of the 10.9.2 updater shows it only replaces the boot.efi in u/s/i but not CoreServices.

Hennesie2000 said:
Anyone try the 10.9.2 update yet to see if it replaces the boot.efi?

Update: using Tiamo's boot.efi works fine with 10.9.2. Just paste it over the updated boot.efi in both locations.
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At what point during the update process did you copy Tiamo's boot.efi back over and did you update via AppStore or combo updater?
 
Hennesie2000 said:
Update: using Tiamo's boot.efi works fine with 10.9.2. Just paste it over the updated boot.efi in both locations.
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Thank you! I recklessly updated my 2006 MP 1,1 and it wouldn't boot from 10.9.2 until I did this. Just now successfully rebooted :D

Will monitor this thread for issues and post if I have any. Is there anything in particular I should be testing, to anyone's knowledge?
 
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Treksdot said:
A quick check of the 10.9.2 updater shows it only replaces the boot.efi in u/s/i but not CoreServices.



At what point during the update process did you copy Tiamo's boot.efi back over and did you update via AppStore or combo updater?
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I updated via the AppStore and I booted into my Lion install after the computer restarted. Replaced the boot.efi files on the Mavericks install and then booted back into Mavericks where it continued the update process (about another 10 mins). Then it went to the desktop.

I didn't check if it needed to be done in both locations but did it for safe measures.
 
Can someone give me a download link or a direction where i can find the Tiamo Boot.efi file. i did the 10.9.2 update and now the system won't boot because it need the new boot.efi file.

Thanks.
 
Hennesie2000 said:
@Treksdot better method is to use the combo update and replace the boot.efi files before you restart.
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Yes. I had a problem with the App Store install. The Combo worked great. I should have known better. I had installed a few of the betas via the standalone installer and it worked great. My MacPro was down for most of the morning. I was not a happy camper.
 
wwanthony said:
Yes. I had a problem with the App Store install. The Combo worked great. I should have known better. I had installed a few of the betas via the standalone installer and it worked great. My MacPro was down for most of the morning. I was not a happy camper.
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Personally I have always updated via the AppStore and did this time as well but it can help reduce problems.
 
Hennesie2000 said:
Personally I have always updated via the AppStore and did this time as well but it can help reduce problems.
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Same here (AppStore) for 10.9.1. Did 10.9.2 betas standalone. Tried the AppStore for the public release and it bit me. 1-Download Combo, 2-Install Combo, 3-Restore Tiamo's boot.efi, 4-Reboot, 5-Enjoy....seems to be the best way to go.
 
wwanthony said:
Same here (AppStore) for 10.9.1. Did 10.9.2 betas standalone. Tried the AppStore for the public release and it bit me. 1-Download Combo, 2-Install Combo, 3-Restore Tiamo's boot.efi, 4-Reboot, 5-Enjoy....seems to be the best way to go.
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Correct me if I'm wrong.
So its safe to first Download the combo, then install it. Before rebooting you simply replace the boot.efi with Tiamo's boot-efi. Then you Rebooting computer.

Thanks
 
-texan- said:
Correct me if I'm wrong.
So its safe to first Download the combo, then install it. Before rebooting you simply replace the boot.efi with Tiamo's boot-efi. Then you Rebooting computer.

Thanks
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I believe that standalone functions the same as the AppStore update and you will need a working 10.6/10.7 install or another Mac to restore tiamos boot.efi. It will restart before you can restore it.
 
Hennesie2000 said:
I believe that standalone functions the same as the AppStore update and you will need a working 10.6/10.7 install or another Mac to restore tiamos boot.efi. It will restart before you can restore it.
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So if I update my 10.9.1 with this update and reboot (or shutdown), change boot drive to an 10.6/10.7 (eg my previous installed OSX). Mount the 10.9.2 drive and replace the boot.efi, then replace boot drive to 10.9.2 now it should boot without any problem?
 
-texan- said:
So if I update my 10.9.1 with this update and reboot (or shutdown), change boot drive to an 10.6/10.7 (eg my previous installed OSX). Mount the 10.9.2 drive and replace the boot.efi, then replace boot drive to 10.9.2 now it should boot without any problem?
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That's how I did it.
 
-texan- said:
So if I update my 10.9.1 with this update and reboot (or shutdown), change boot drive to an 10.6/10.7 (eg my previous installed OSX). Mount the 10.9.2 drive and replace the boot.efi, then replace boot drive to 10.9.2 now it should boot without any problem?
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That's what I did as well using a 10.7 install.
 
Hi,

I'm running 10.9.1 on a macpro 1,1 (installed 10.9 following tiamo's instructions and flawlessly updated to 10.9.1 afterwards). Yesterday I tried to update to 10.9.2 but it resulted with the question mark during startup... Then I did the unthinkable: reinstall 10.9 on top of 10.9.1 :eek: ;), which, to my surprise, worked! So I'm back to square one and reading this thread I'm tempted to download the 10.9.2 combo instead of the direct app store download. I have one question though: why do we need to replace/restore tiamo's boot.efi *after* the update and *before rebooting? why not just replace it before running the update?

(new to the forum as well so hi everyone!! ;))
 
Morpheo said:
Hi,

I'm running 10.9.1 on a macpro 1,1 (installed 10.9 following tiamo's instructions and flawlessly updated to 10.9.1 afterwards). Yesterday I tried to update to 10.9.2 but it resulted with the question mark during startup... Then I did the unthinkable: reinstall 10.9 on top of 10.9.1 :eek: ;), which, to my surprise, worked! So I'm back to square one and reading this thread I'm tempted to download the 10.9.2 combo instead of the direct app store download. I have one question though: why do we need to replace/restore tiamo's boot.efi *after* the update and *before rebooting? why not just replace it before running the update?

(new to the forum as well so hi everyone!! ;))
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The update replaces the boot.efi file in usr/standalone/i386. One of the first things the installer ask you to do is to restart so there is not chance to replace the boot.efi file with tiamo's before it restarts. After it does the initial installation and updates the boot.efi file the computer restarts and won't boot any more. At this time boot to an older 10.6/10.7 install and replace the boot.efi on the 10.9.2 drive with the tiamo boot.efi file. Then boot to the 10.9.2 drive and it will finish the update process and you are good to go.
 
Hennesie2000 said:
The update replaces the boot.efi file in usr/standalone/i386. One of the first things the installer ask you to do is to restart so there is not chance to replace the boot.efi file with tiamo's before it restarts. After it does the initial installation and updates the boot.efi file the computer restarts and won't boot any more. At this time boot to an older 10.6/10.7 install and replace the boot.efi on the 10.9.2 drive with the tiamo boot.efi file. Then boot to the 10.9.2 drive and it will finish the update process and you are good to go.
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Thanks for the clarification. I'll give it another go tonight...
 
How about permissions on the boot.efi files? Do they have to be ”correct” or can they be whatever they get when I manually copy them in the Finder booted from another OS X installation?
 
star-affinity said:
How about permissions on the boot.efi files? Do they have to be ”correct” or can they be whatever they get when I manually copy them in the Finder booted from another OS X installation?
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They can be whatever when you copy them in. Always best to repair permissions after you are booted in 10.9.2 though.
 
Hennesie2000 said:
They can be whatever when you copy them in. Always best to repair permissions after you are booted in 10.9.2 though.
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Okay, thanks!

It seems when repairing permission it just fixes the boot.efi in /usr/standalone/i386/ but ignores the one in /System/Library/CoreServices/ for whatever reason. One can always change that manually in the terminal of course, but if it isn't necessary for proper booting then no need to bother I guess.

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Crap. For some reason I can't get it to work anymore with 10.9.2. The computer just shuts down after 15 seconds when I try to start it up. I have replaced the boot.efi files, and added ”MacPro1,1” in the ”PlatformSupport.plist” file. That should be it shouldn't it? I mean I got it to work pre 10.9.2.
 
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star-affinity said:
Okay, thanks!

It seems when repairing permission it just fixes the boot.efi in /usr/standalone/i386/ but ignores the one in /System/Library/CoreServices/ for whatever reason. One can always change that manually in the terminal of course, but if it isn't necessary for proper booting then no need to bother I guess.

Edit:
Crap. For some reason I can't get it to work anymore with 10.9.2. The computer just shuts down after 15 seconds when I try to start it up. I have replaced the boot.efi files, and added ”MacPro1,1” in the ”PlatformSupport.plist” file. That should be it shouldn't it? I mean I got it to work pre 10.9.2.
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Why are you changing the PlatformSupport.plist when it is already installed? That change is only needed to get the Mavericks installer to accept your machine as a valid one for the initial install of Mavericks. Are you getting a KP at all when it shuts down?

Here is my exact process:

  1. Start update via AppStore
  2. Restart the computer when it tells me to
  3. Computer won't boot so I shutdown and put in my 10.7 HDD
  4. Boot to 10.7 and mount the 10.9.2 drive
  5. Replace the boot.efi files in both locations
  6. Shutdown and remove 10.7 HDD
  7. Boot up computer to 10.9.2.
  8. Computer boots and finishes the update process (~10mins)
  9. Computer goes to desktop, done.
 
Hennesie2000 said:
Why are you changing the PlatformSupport.plist when it is already installed? That change is only needed to get the Mavericks installer to accept your machine as a valid one for the initial install of Mavericks. Are you getting a KP at all when it shuts down?

Here is my exact process:

  1. Start update via AppStore
  2. Restart the computer when it tells me to
  3. Computer won't boot so I shutdown and put in my 10.7 HDD
  4. Boot to 10.7 and mount the 10.9.2 drive
  5. Replace the boot.efi files in both locations
  6. Shutdown and remove 10.7 HDD
  7. Boot up computer to 10.9.2.
  8. Computer boots and finishes the update process (~10mins)
  9. Computer goes to desktop, done.
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The thing is I was installing OS X 10.9.2 from scratch from a MacBook Pro (Mid 2010). But I guess that also makes altering the PlatformSupport.plist pointless.

The thing is that I have a ”PC ROM:ed” Radeon HD 4890 so there's no video until actually booting into the desktop. I have applied a patch for these cards that's been released from the Hackintosh community and that has wokred before, so I'm not sure what's wrong here.

Anyway, thanks for trying to help!
 
10.9.2

In reference to Hennesie2000 Post:

"Here is my exact process:
Start update via AppStore
Restart the computer when it tells me to
Computer won't boot so I shutdown and put in my 10.7 HDD
Boot to 10.7 and mount the 10.9.2 drive
Replace the boot.efi files in both locations
Shutdown and remove 10.7 HDD
Boot up computer to 10.9.2.
Computer boots and finishes the update process (~10mins)
Computer goes to desktop, done."

I have successfully installed OS X Mavericks in my Mac Pro 1,1, Using Tiamos workaround. I have not yet done the new update 10.9.2 I understand the process as explained above. I found the boot.efi file under system/library/coreServices but I cannot find the location of the other boot.efi file (usr/standalone/i386). Is this something I have to do using the terminal?

Sorry if this has been asked before I'm new to the forum and Im not well versed on terminal commands.
 
lumo60 said:
I have successfully installed OS X Mavericks in my Mac Pro 1,1, Using Tiamos workaround. I have not yet done the new update 10.9.2 I understand the process as explained above. I found the boot.efi file under system/library/coreServices but I cannot find the location of the other boot.efi file (usr/standalone/i386). Is this something I have to do using the terminal?

Sorry if this has been asked before I'm new to the forum and Im not well versed on terminal commands.
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In the Finder just select Go to Folder under the Go menu.
 
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