[Guide] Success! Install 10.8 on old unsupported Mac

[batmanofzurenar]

I finally got AUDIO for Pete's sake ! I totally re-did my installer (fyi neither of those specific "mach_kernel" or "boot" files you downloaded are absolutely necessary. Using Pacifist as described in my addendum/adjustment guide to jabbawok's 10.8 Mac Pro 1,1 method accomplishes the same however having the mach_kernel handy to drop into the installer root without extracting it will save time. The "boot' file you also downloaded is actually the file that goes into the root of the "BOOT" partition that Chameleon is installed in. Using the "update" method with Chameleon Wizard creates an invisible "boot' file and negates the need to install and or having to drop it in manually.

I confirmed that updating the smbios.plist wasn't necessary either to get this thing fully working. The smbois.plist using my actual system information that I created for jabbawok's 10.8 Mac Pro 1,1 method ended up doing the trick. I am also relieved that as I suspected, my updated 1,1 to 2,1 firmware in not the culprit

I believe we are now at the same stage install wise though on another encouraging note, my "messages" also seem to be working. The lone hurdle for my OS X 10.9 Mavericks 64 bit install system to be fully functional is still the none recognition of my Blu ray optical drive connected to the SATA port on my Mac Pro's motherboard.

Might you be able to test your motherboard SATA port and see if you get your device to show up within your system ?

Yeah gimmie 10 minutes I need to pull out my Bluray drive out of my gaming rig and hook it up to the the Mac Pro

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I finally got AUDIO for Pete's sake ! I totally re-did my installer (fyi neither of those specific "mach_kernel" or "boot" files you downloaded are absolutely necessary. Using Pacifist as described in my addendum/adjustment guide to jabbawok's 10.8 Mac Pro 1,1 method accomplishes the same however having the mach_kernel handy to drop into the installer root without extracting it will save time. The "boot' file you also downloaded is actually the file that goes into the root of the "BOOT" partition that Chameleon is installed in. Using the "update" method with Chameleon Wizard creates an invisible "boot' file and negates the need to install and or having to drop it in manually.

I confirmed that updating the smbios.plist wasn't necessary either to get this thing fully working. The smbois.plist using my actual system information that I initally created for jabbawok's 10.8 Mac Pro 1,1 method ended up doing the trick. I am also relieved that as I suspected, my updated 1,1 to 2,1 firmware was not the culprit.

I believe we are now at the same stage install wise though on another encouraging note, my "messages" also seem to be working. The lone hurdle for my OS X 10.9 Mavericks 64 bit install system to be fully functional is still the none recognition of my Blu ray optical drive connected to the SATA port on my Mac Pro's motherboard.

Might you be able to test your motherboard SATA port and see if you get your device to show up within your system if you have one ?

Also, when you re-did your installer, what did you do differently?

 

[H2SO4]

Who wants to try out my OS X 10.9 DP on Mac Pro 1,1 guide? BE MY GUINEA PIG!!!! or not... your choice XD

http://wp.me/p1NdqU-7

Took me 14 hours straight to write and put together. That's right 14 hours non-stop folks... well anyways, if somethings not working or if I made any mistakes just leave a comment and I'll check it out and fix it.

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GROWL** I'M BATMANOFZURENARH! FEAR ME!

I do. I've been looking at it for a few days now. Just haven't got the time.
I've 1,1 which is stock Apple apart from a Toshiba SSD Boot drive and a second optical - Blu ray, (plugged into the ODD spare SATA point on the motherboard).

I've been looking at a way around an issue I have for quite some time but may as well spend the time on this too.

 

[gpatpandp]

Yeah gimmie 10 minutes I need to pull out my Bluray drive out of my gaming rig and hook it up to the the Mac Pro

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Also, when you re-did your installer, what did you do differently?

In scrutinizing my original addendum/adjustment guide and after much deliberation I came upon this section:

"…you will also need to perform this step (adding your motherboard ID) with Text Edit .app to these specific files in these locations within your created OS X 10.9 “Installer boot image:

System/Installation/Packages/InstallableMachines.plist
System/Library/CoreServices/PlatformSupport.plist
System/Library/CoreServices/com.apple.recovery.boot/PlatformSupport.plist"

In looking it over...I don't know..it just seemed like an "overkill"; like I was over thinking the whole thing by trying to be TO thorough so I decided "oh what the heck what do I have to loose" and I omitted the entire section. Oddly that seems to have been the road block that was holding my install back.

 

[batmanofzurenar]

In scrutinizing my original addendum/adjustment guide and after much deliberation I came upon this section:

"…you will also need to perform this step (adding your motherboard ID) with Text Edit .app to these specific files in these locations within your created OS X 10.9 “Installer boot image:

System/Installation/Packages/InstallableMachines.plist
System/Library/CoreServices/PlatformSupport.plist
System/Library/CoreServices/com.apple.recovery.boot/PlatformSupport.plist"

In looking it over...I don't know..it just seemed like an "overkill"; like I was over thinking the whole thing by trying to be TO thorough so I decided "oh what the heck what do I have to loose" and I omitted the entire section. Oddly that seems to have been the road block that was holding my install back.

Yeah I never do that.. especially since I have my Mac Pro being identified as a 3,1 model (Not as 4,1 as I mentioned before) I didn't really see the need. anyways check out the tutorial I wrote, on http://www.batmanofzurenarh.com -- just scroll down to part 3 and compare it.

EDIT: I just hooked up the my SATA Bluray Drive it shows up.

EDIT: I don't have any bluray disc though, so I can't test if it actually works with them. Seems to read regular DVDs okay.

 

[gpatpandp]

Yeah I never do that.. especially since I have my Mac Pro being identified as a 3,1 model (Not as 4,1 as I mentioned before) I didn't really see the need. anyways check out the tutorial I wrote, on http://www.batmanofzurenarh.com -- just scroll down to part 3 and compare it.

EDIT: I just hooked up the my SATA Bluray Drive it shows up.

EDIT: I don't have any bluray disc though, so I can't test if it actually works with them. Seems to read regular DVDs okay.

Odd...though kind of in a good way as we now know it is possible (like getting audio to work). What model is your Blu ray drive ? Mine is a LG Electronics 14x Internal BDXL Blu-Ray Burner Rewriter WH14NS40.

 

[batmanofzurenar]

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Odd...though kind of in a good way as we now know it is possible (like getting audio to work). What model is your Blu ray drive ? Mine is a LG Electronics 14x Internal BDXL Blu-Ray Burner Rewriter WH14NS40.

Mines an

Asus BC-12B1ST 12X SATA Blu-ray Combo Internal DVD+/-RW

another thing, I didn't have a molex to (whatever the SATA power adapter is called) so i ended up hooking the data cable to my Mac and leaving the power connected to my Gaming rig... looks so ghetto right now

 

[H2SO4]

Yeah I never do that.. especially since I have my Mac Pro being identified as a 3,1 model (Not as 4,1 as I mentioned before) I didn't really see the need. anyways check out the tutorial I wrote, on http://www.batmanofzurenarh.com -- just scroll down to part 3 and compare it.

EDIT: I just hooked up the my SATA Bluray Drive it shows up.

EDIT: I don't have any bluray disc though, so I can't test if it actually works with them. Seems to read regular DVDs okay.

Can I assume your instructions work for 10.8 too?

 

[gpatpandp]

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Mines an

Asus BC-12B1ST 12X SATA Blu-ray Combo Internal DVD+/-RW

another thing, I didn't have a molex to (whatever the SATA power adapter is called) so i ended up hooking the data cable to my Mac and leaving the power connected to my Gaming rig... looks so ghetto right now

oh phooey you got to show up system wise how it looks at this juncture is irrelevant. You know what sucks is that my LG is the second Blu ray drive I have purchased in over a year. I also have a Pioneer BDR-207DBK that had initially installed in my PowerMac G5 and it worked perfectly. After upgrading and installing it in my Mac Pro, the Pioneer would suddenly drop out of the system randomly. Research indicated that this was a fairly common problem with that model and the Mac Pro so I purchased the LG and have not had a problem since until now. This time however its seems more a problem with OS X 10.9 as the LG functions perfectly in OS X 10.8.4. I wonder if there is a info.plist somewhere in Mavericks that specifically list supported models that I could check and see if the LG is one of them and if not present edit the list to include it.

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Can I assume your instructions work for 10.8 too?

I would suggest following jabbawok's instructions for 10.8. We are both merely modifying them to work for OS X 10.9 Mavericks.


http://www.jabbawok.net/?p=47

 

[H2SO4]

oh phooey you got to show up system wise how it looks at this juncture is irrelevant. You know what sucks is that my LG is the second Blu ray drive I have purchased in over a year. I also have a Pioneer BDR-207DBK that had initially installed in my PowerMac G5 and it worked perfectly. After upgrading and installing it in my Mac Pro, the Pioneer would suddenly drop out of the system randomly. Research indicated that this was a fairly common problem with that model and the Mac Pro so I purchased the LG and have not had a problem since until now. This time however its seems more a problem with OS X 10.9 as the LG functions perfectly in OS X 10.8.4. I wonder if there is a info.plist somewhere in Mavericks that specifically list supported models that I could check and see if the LG is one of them and if not present edit the list to include it.

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I would suggest following jabbawok's instructions for 10.8. We are both merely modifying them to work for OS X 10.9 Mavericks.


http://www.jabbawok.net/?p=47

Yep, looking at that too.

 

[gpatpandp]

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Mines an

Asus BC-12B1ST 12X SATA Blu-ray Combo Internal DVD+/-RW

another thing, I didn't have a molex to (whatever the SATA power adapter is called) so i ended up hooking the data cable to my Mac and leaving the power connected to my Gaming rig... looks so ghetto right now

You know what I think I am going to do...one thing we also approached differently at least the way I understood is that you took your Chameleon "Boot" drive from your OS X 10.8.4 system and used Chameleon Wizard to update the original version in jabbawok's guide (Chameleon-2.1svn-r1921) to v2.2 svn r2246. I on the other hand actually started with a empty "Boot" drive partition, downloaded the Chameleon v2.2 svn r2246 app and did a fresh install. I am going to clone my original Chameleon-2.1svn-r1921 that also boots my OS X 10.8.4 system and instead update to v2.2 svn r2246 with Chameleon Wizard. Perhaps my blu ray optical will reappear then. That however is going to have to wait until tomorrow as I have been at this all day long and I am beat. Adios amigos I am quite certain we will be in communication soon !

 

[batmanofzurenar]

You know what I think I am going to do...one thing we also approached differently at least the way I understood is that you took your Chameleon "Boot" drive from your OS X 10.8.4 system and used Chameleon Wizard to update the original version in jabbawok's guide (Chameleon-2.1svn-r1921) to v2.2 svn r2246. I on the other hand actually started with a empty "Boot" drive partition, downloaded the Chameleon v2.2 svn r2246 app and did a fresh install. I am going to clone my original Chameleon-2.1svn-r1921 that also boots my OS X 10.8.4 system and instead update to v2.2 svn r2246 with Chameleon Wizard. Perhaps my blu ray optical will reappear then. That however is going to have to wait until tomorrow as I have been at this all day long and I am beat. Adios amigos I am quite certain we will be in communication soon !

I'm sure we'll crack this soon. Going off to bed too... been a long day

Also if you have time would you see if my modified method works on your Mac Pro (like from start to finish cause everything still seems to be functioning properly even after re-installing on my machine. Which is a good thing for me I guess.), want to see if you get the same results as me.

 

[GuiGsM]

kext cache issue

Thanks to Wayne for spending so much time on this free project.

Just to confirm: nobody has been able to make Little Snitch work as of yet with MLPF, right? It's the one thing that still prevents me from buying you that cup of coffee, Wayne =)

Apart from that, my MacBook 4.1 runs like a charm under 10.8.3, it's a real pleasure.

(one more thing though: my PPTP/LP2P proxy connections seem to be very unstable, as compared to under 10.5.8... any explanation for that?)

Cheers,
D-

Hi guys,

Same here. Awesome work, thanks. Just need to iron out this kext cache issue, which creates KP when installing Little Snitch.

Any idea where we could investigate on our sides ?

GuiGsM.
Macbook 2.1 (white) - mid 2007

 

[RV-ABZ]

No 32-bit kernel like 10.8.

Hi Wayne,

You mean you're using 10.8 DP1 on 10.9 ? Because 10.9 DP1 seems to be 64bit only...

 

[LuisN]

Virtual Machine

I hate to be a schumck, but can somebody go step by step on how to get Mountain Lion .app without having a compatible mac to download from?

I've got a white macbook 3,1 and I had the ML .app 10.8.0 (and successfully installed with 0.22 but now with PF 0.3 you can't install and upgrade. Is there a legit legal way to get the ML 10.8.4 .app?

Thanks

shady

I once used a 10.7.5 vmware install to upgrade to Mountain Lion. did you try it?

 

[Rastafabi]

I hate to be a schumck, but can somebody go step by step on how to get Mountain Lion .app without having a compatible mac to download from?

I've got a white macbook 3,1 and I had the ML .app 10.8.0 (and successfully installed with 0.22 but now with PF 0.3 you can't install and upgrade. Is there a legit legal way to get the ML 10.8.4 .app?

Thanks

shady

There is a fairy easy method. You don't need to have a compatible mac, nor you need any virtual machine.
You can use another efi-bootloader, that can mime your mac to be a compatible one.
Should work, if you use the bootloader attached to this post, and restore it to a USB drive (GUID, HFS+). Than you can boot from this while pressing alt during boot (may be named EFI Boot).

 

[gpatpandp]

A Simple/Concise Guide for Installing OS X 10.9 Mavericks Dp1 on unsupported Mac Pro

I'm sure we'll crack this soon. Going off to bed too... been a long day

Also if you have time would you see if my modified method works on your Mac Pro (like from start to finish cause everything still seems to be functioning properly even after re-installing on my machine. Which is a good thing for me I guess.), want to see if you get the same results as me.

Firstly much thanks to batmanofzurenar for taking the time out to put forth a comprehensive guide. In the interest of making the process as simple as humanly possible however, ALL that needs to be done is simply this:

(PLEASE NOTE: that while I cannot confirm that this method will not work on other unsupported Macs, these instructions refer/have been tested to be FULLY FUNCTIONAL on unsupported Mac Pro models ONLY)

Things you will need:

the "mach_kernel" file ONLY from the "Essential Dp1 V2.zip" acquired/downloaded from here:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/289062-109-mavericks-simple-vanilla-hackintosh-install-guide/

AND Chameleon Wizard Version 4.2.2

Then head over to jabbawok's blog for his guide "How I installed Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion on my 2006 MacPro 1,1" and start from the beginning

http://www.jabbawok.net/?p=47

Once you get to this step:

“Next job is to copy mach_kernel from MacOSInstallESD to the Installer partition.

In terminal navigate to the Installer ESD with: cd /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ ESD then copy mach_kernel to the installer partition with cp mach_kernel /Volumes/Installer/mach_kernel have a quick look in terminal to see that it’s there with: cd /Volumes/Installer/ then ls . You should see it there.”

…omit it as in OS X 10.9, the “mach_kernel” (invisible or otherwise) is no longer located within the “root” of the OS X 10.9 installer.


***INSTEAD unzip the "Essential Dp1 V2.zip", locate the mach_kernel file and simply Drag and Drop it into the root of your OS X 10.9 Mavericks Installer image.

Proceed with jabbawok's guide and while following EVERY STEP complete it in its entirety.

ONCE COMPLETED YOUR NOT QUITE DONE SO DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REBOOT TO YOUR INSTALLER JUST YET !!!

Install and Open Chameleon Wizard Version 4.2.2

Click on the 1st icon located in the upper left hand corner of the .app entitled "Install"

Then click on the middle tab entitled "Download"

Next make certain that "2246" is selected in "Chameleon revision"

Then click/select the "Update" radio button and also check the square box field underneath entitled "Update more boot loader files etc."

Lastly, within the "Target partition" field, scroll through the available disk images and locate the "BOOT" partition you created in the very first portion of jabbawok's guide and installed Chameleon-2.1svn-r1921 on.

Click the "Install" tab located on the very bottom right hand corner and complete the installation process.

Basically what you are doing here if it is not so obvious is updating the Chameleon version from 2.1svn-r1921 to v2.2 svn r2246 on your “BOOT” partition as v21_r1921 no longer works for booting OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Within my first attempt at this process, I instead downloaded the Chameleon v2.2 svn r2246 .app and installed it from scratch rather then updating it through Chameleon Wizard. For some reason the only way I was able to get a fully functional working OS X 10.9 Mavericks OS system is by this method (updating your "BOOT" partition from 2.1svn-r1921 to v2.2 svn r2246 via Chameleon Wizard).

***LAST STEP

Again using Chameleon Wizard, click on the middle icon entitled "SMBios". Next click on "Open" and within the "Extra" folder you placed inside your "BOOT" partition while following jabbawok's 10.8 guide, find the smbios.plist. Then select "Edit". In the field entitled "Premade SMBoises", scroll through the various Mac models, find and select the "Mac Pro (3,1) - LGA775" profile in the list. My findings indicated that this seemed to be the only profile that did not cause a kernel panic upon start up. Hypothetically you supposed to be able to then "Save" this new updated populated information within the smbios.plist though I could not get that to work. So I instead opened the smbios.plist with Text Edit .app and edited manually with the Chameleon Wizard Mac Pro 3,1 auto populated information myself. Once the new info is entered save the smbios.plist file back in your "Extra" folder on your "BOOT" partition and THATS IT !!! Enjoy your OS X 10.9 Mavericks OS 64 bit system on your Mac Pro !

Hope this is helpful to folks.

 

[gpatpandp]

More screen shots...

 

[H2SO4]

You know what I think I am going to do...one thing we also approached differently at least the way I understood is that you took your Chameleon "Boot" drive from your OS X 10.8.4 system and used Chameleon Wizard to update the original version in jabbawok's guide (Chameleon-2.1svn-r1921) to v2.2 svn r2246. I on the other hand actually started with a empty "Boot" drive partition, downloaded the Chameleon v2.2 svn r2246 app and did a fresh install. I am going to clone my original Chameleon-2.1svn-r1921 that also boots my OS X 10.8.4 system and instead update to v2.2 svn r2246 with Chameleon Wizard. Perhaps my blu ray optical will reappear then. That however is going to have to wait until tomorrow as I have been at this all day long and I am beat. Adios amigos I am quite certain we will be in communication soon !

When you cme back to life. A question for you. In Jabbawoks guide he refers to setting the, <key>default partition <string> as something like 1,2. Is this actually another way of writing disk 1s2 as seen by disk utility?

 

[gpatpandp]

When you cme back to life. A question for you. In Jabbawoks guide he refers to setting the, <key>default partition <string> as something like 1,2. Is this actually another way of writing disk 1s2 as seen by disk utility?

I believe what this/you are referring to is establishing how Chameleon is identifying/labeling/reading your various boot disk so that it (Chameleon) can be set to boot the disk you wish to have boot up automatically. Obviously this applies to only those disk that are being booted up by the Chameleon boot loader.

The easiest way to establish this is by pressing the "alt" key at start up. Once you get you the entire list of bootable disk on your screen, locate the one entitled "Windows". Once it begins booting, begin in a semi continuous fashion "tapping" the down arrow key on your keyboard until you are booted to Chameleon's main menu screen. Within that screen, there will be your list of bootable disk and next to each will be in parentheses the boot order (i.e. 1,2 0,1 0,2 etc.) as Chameleon is reading/seeing them. Take note of the number sequence next to the disk that you would prefer that Chameleon automatically boot to. Boot to your desktop and navigate to your "BOOT" partition. In the root of your "BOOT" partition, find your "Extra" folder and open it. Once there, open the file entitled "org.chameleon.Boot.plist" with your Text Edit .app. Locate <key>Default Partition</key> then under it the <string>hd(2,2)</string>. While referring to the sequence of boot order numbers that you wrote down next to the disk that you wish chameleon to automatically boot enter those (again it should be something like 1,2 0,1 0,2 etc.) within the parentheses then close your "org.chameleon.Boot.plist". The next time you boot to the "Windows" partition Chameleon will automatically boot to the disk you assigned it to do so in your "org.chameleon.Boot.plist".

Hope that addresses your question.

 

[gpatpandp]

I received a few questions regarding the available "mach_kernel" that is provided in the following link:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/top...install-guide/

...the answer is while it is necessary to copy a OS X 10.9 Mavericks "mach_kernel" into the root of the Installer disk image you created, NO this specific "mach_kernel" is NOT necessary. The link provided is merely a way to save some steps in getting your OS X 10.9 Mavericks OS system up and running with the least amount of effort.

If you are so inclined and prefer to acquire your own "mach_kernel" from the original OS X 10.9 Mavericks .app here is how:

You will need to launch/open the Pacifist .app. Once you have done this, you will need to Locate your 10.9 installer. Right-click and chose ‘show package contents’. Locate InstallESD.DMG in the SharedSupport folder. Double ckick on InstallESD.DMG to mount it. Once mounted, you will see a folder entitled “Packages”. Open that folder and locate the OSinstall.mpkg file. Take that file and “drag and drop” it into your Pacifist .app. Continue clicking through the following content folders: “Contents of EssentialSystemSoftware”, then “Contents of EssentialSystemSoftwareGroup”, then finally “Contents of BaseSystemBinaries.pkg”. About half way down the list you will come across the “mach_kernel”. Before clicking on the “mach_kernel” file, find the “Not Authorized” lock icon located in the top upper right hand corner of your Pacifist .app and click it. Enter in your admin password when prompted. Then click on the “mach_kernel” and select the “Extract To…” icon in the upper left of the Pacifist menu list and extract the “mach_kernel” to the root of the OS X 10.9 “Installer” boot image that you created.

 

[blackfreccia]

Success!

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to say thank you for all you good work. My black macbook 4,1 (core 2 duo @ 2.4 GHz, 4 GB ram, 500 GB HD) is running Mountain Lion flawlessly: bluetooth, wi-fi, audio, graphics, keyboard, sleep mode, japanese dictionaries, trackpad, notification center, iMessage, FaceTime Photo Booth, they all work.

I also think that is worth saying that I installed over 10.7.5 instead of doing a clean install and it didn't affect my system's performance. It took a little longer than expected to install (took about an hour), but everything works fine.

 

[batmanofzurenar]

More screen shots...

Looks like I'm not the only one in the world with a fully functional Mavericks install on a Mac Pro 1,1 anymore XD

 

[Kyubey]

I'm not sure if this is related to MLPostFactor, but I've been using it to get my GMA 950 computer to run ML. And it works really well!

Thing is, I can't seem to run the combo update for 10.8.3 OR 10.8.4 at all. It just tells me that it can't evaluate JavaScript for the package. Do you know what's with the Installer? It's not a corrupt DMG or installer package, as Pacifist loads it with no failure. Restarting didn't help.

I tried searching but there doesn't seem to be an answer. Some say that you can remove ServerVersion.plist to do this but I have no plist files starting with the word "Server" on this partition.

 

[gpatpandp]

Looks like I'm not the only one in the world with a fully functional Mavericks install on a Mac Pro 1,1 anymore XD

lol what a wild ride...check your inbox

 

[Kjaerealf]

Create a new Installation for 10.8.4

Hi, I did a clean install of MLPostFactor 0.3 with OSX 10.8.3 on my Mac Mini 2007 and work perfect. But for this installation i decide to remove the original partition with the Lion using disk utility and just create one that contain the new OS. The installation files are in one USB DRIVE right now and i wish to create a new installation with 10.8.4 due to the 0.3 version dont support update. My concern is if I Can perform a new 10.8.4 install drive from 10.8.3 MLPostfactor?