New OSX Installer Pack - All Windows, All USB!

[tomtomtom]

Hi,

Firstly, thank you for the obvious time and effort you guys have spent producing these guides and packages!

I have a Lenovo S10E and am following the guide to the letter (well, almost to the letter- had to use transmac to manually expand the the SX-BL.dmg file before it would let me write it to the USB stick, and had to enable view hidden files to see all the directories )

Everything seems to go as planned until I actually boot the system and choose to boot Max OSX Install DVD.

At this point it says 'loading darwin' and the usb lights are flashing away, but then before it gets to any actual install screen or options it comes up with a 'you need to restart your computer' message (which reading elsewhere seems to indicate kernel panic?)

I've tried recreating the disk images several times, but it doesn't seem to help.

Could this be because the only retail install disk I have is 10.5.1 rather than anything newer? If that is the problem then how should I go about getting round it?

I'm totally new to this, so please be gentle

Note - I re-ran the install process again and used the -v switch to see what was going on - don't know how to grab all the output or if its of any use, but the portion of the screen I can see reads:

EAX: 0x03808620, EBX: 0x00000000, ECX: 0x038da300, EDX: 0x0149ed7c
CR2: 0x00000000, EBP: 0x2e01be48, ESI: 0x00000000, EDI: 0x00000000
EFL: 0x00010202, EIP: 0x2e1efef6, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00000010

Debugger called: <panic>
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x2e01bc38: 0x12b0e1 (0x455670 0x2e01bc6c 0x133238 0x0)
0x2e01bc88 : 0x1a7bed (0x45ea20 0x2e1efef6 0xe 0x45e1d4)
0x2e01bd68 : 0x19e517 (0x2e01bd88 0x1 0x1c 0x3e8317)
0x2e01bd80 : 0x2e1efef6 (0xe 0x3e0048 0x0 0x520010)
0x2e01be48 : 0x40d650 (0x38da300 0x37e9b80 0x1 0x3e8070)
0x2e01bea8 : 0x40f4e5 (0x37e9b80 0x38da300 0x3877040 0x0)
0x2e01bf28 : 0x40ed49 (0x37e9b80 0x380dc40 0x8 0xffffffff)
0x2e01bf78 : 0x40d9c5 (0x37e9b80 0x0 0x2e01bfac 0x1)
0x2e01bfc8 : 0x19e2ec (0x37a0540 0x0 0x1a10b5 0x38008b8)
Backtrace terminate-invalid frame pointer 0
Kernel loadable module in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.superhai.driver.SMBIOSResolver(1.0.7)@0x2e1ee000->0x2e1f0fff

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
Not yet set

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.1.0: Wed Oct 31 17:46:22 PDT 2007; root:xnu-1228.0.2~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: 40684SG


Thanks for any advice/help,

Tomtomtom

[SilverZero]

Yeah, I would guess it's because you're using 10.5.1. There must be something (looks like the SMBIOSResolver) that expect a higher kernel version. You could try not copying anything from /Extra or /Patches to the retail image to start with, and instead copying them onto the 1gb boot stick. Then you can copy them from Terminal after the "Install Failed" message. That is actually where we're going with the next version, so you can beta test that, too. Although I still expect you might run into a kernel panic after copying things, you would probably at least get through the install, and then you could try booting in safe mode (-x flag) to see if you can get into the new installation. Then you could update your kernel, but if you can find a .6 update, that might be best. Run postinstall after that . . . etc.

Really, I think it would be best to just see if you can get through installation by skipping the step about copying things to the retail USB image. Then we can worry about how to get you through the rest.

[tomtomtom]

Yeah, I would guess it's because you're using 10.5.1. There must be something (looks like the SMBIOSResolver) that expect a higher kernel version. You could try not copying anything from /Extra or /Patches to the retail image to start with, and instead copying them onto the 1gb boot stick. Then you can copy them from Terminal after the "Install Failed" message. That is actually where we're going with the next version, so you can beta test that, too. Although I still expect you might run into a kernel panic after copying things, you would probably at least get through the install, and then you could try booting in safe mode (-x flag) to see if you can get into the new installation. Then you could update your kernel, but if you can find a .6 update, that might be best. Run postinstall after that . . . etc.

Really, I think it would be best to just see if you can get through installation by skipping the step about copying things to the retail USB image. Then we can worry about how to get you through the rest.

Hey - thanks for the super quick reply.... I tried using just the vanilla image but get pretty much the same kernel panic (com.superhai.driver.SMBIOSResolver(1.0.7)@0x2e1ee000->0x2e1f0fff )

Am I right in thinking I can create a retail install image from an upto date Mac install?

Thanks,
TTT

[Hagar]

Kernel loadable module in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.superhai.driver.SMBIOSResolver(1.0.7)@0x2e1ee000->0x2e1f0fff

First thing to try is to take that out of the equation (SMBIOSResolver.kext). The fact that your DVD is 10.5.1 could easily cause version issues, but I doubt this is one. I'm not sure where this is loading from, but repacking the kextcache without it might be necessary. in any case SMBIOSResolver is largely cosmetic and shouldn't be needed for install.

[SilverZero]

Hey - thanks for the super quick reply.... I tried using just the vanilla image but get pretty much the same kernel panic (com.superhai.driver.SMBIOSResolver(1.0.7)@0x2e1ee000->0x2e1f0fff )
TTT

That's probably because Chameleon looks for any /Extra folder and uses extensions from it. I found this out when I noticed my S10 with OSX and Chameleon could boot the retail USB image without a bootloader, because it just used the /Extra stuff from the hard disk. If you kept the /Extra folder on the boot stick, it will try to use those same kexts, even if you removed it from the DVD image. That's why it's still loading a Superhai kext (that's patched), which means even if it got past this, it might run into the same issue with another of the /Extra kexts. Try making a folder on the USB stick called "Post" or something and putting /Extra and /Patches into that folder, just to get /Extra out of the root of any of both your USB sticks. What you want is for Chameleon on the USB loader to not be able to find ANY /Extra folder at the root of any drives. Of course, you may not have trackpad without it, but if you get to the installer GUI, we'd at least have that part figured out.

Not sure about creating an image from an existing install.

[tomtomtom]

Hi,

I removed the AppleSMBIOS.kext folder and contents and this has allowed the installer to successfully load.

I've gotten to the stage where I partition the hard disk (this seemed to go without problem) but when I then go to try and select a destination to install, the new partitions are shown with red exclamation marks and when selected a message is shown that says:

You cannot install Mac OS X on this volume. To enable installation on this volume open Disk Utility from the Utilities menu and repartition this disk as 'GUID partition Table'.

I did make sure MBR was ticked as instructed - any idea why this is happening?

Thanks,
TTT

[SilverZero]

Ah, that's why we replace the OSInstall.mpkg in the /System/Installation/Packages directory of the retail USB. It checks to make sure the target is GUID (which we don't want). You can safely copy that file in using TransMac, or use Terminal to copy it over before proceeding with the installation. There is a modified version in the "Copy First" folder of the USB-Install package.

I'm off to work, so you're on your own for a bit (but there are plenty of people here more apt than I to guide you).

[tomtomtom]

Doh, silly me!

I replaced the OSInstall.mpkg file and now got as far as the customisation screen - unticked the additional languages etc and as soon as I clicked to begin the install process a large 'install failed' message is shown 'Mac OS X could not be installed on your computer - the installer could not locate the data it needed to install the software. Check your install media or internet connection and try again or contact the software manufacturer for assistance'

Any idea what I've done wrong this time?

(also - in the copy first folder there is a file called .DS_Store does anything need to be done with this (replace the existing one on the install media)?

[nulldevice]

Hi tomtomtom,

I experienced the exact same problem with OSX 10.5.1 Retail when I tried to follow corruption's guide, it just would not boot from the install image. After switching to a 10.5.6 image everything went smooth and I now have a fully functional S10e with OSX und Win XP Pro SP3. You can get the disk image at the obvious places if you know where to look. I don't think it illegal to use this image if you own an original retail version of Mac OS X.

Thanks to all you guys, especially Corruption and SilverZero, you are doing an awesome job here!

nulldevice

[macloon]

Thank you Silverzero and Corruption for your welcomes,

i've decided to try this install first - DellEFI Guide: Fresh installation and upgrade to 10.5.7

as my retail copy is only 10.5.1 . its going ok and im booting in so just taking my time getting the other things working.

i will try corruptions guide next. is there any significant differences between the dellEFI guide and corruptions guide?

thanks guys