I simply do not understand what is happening. I cannot build another HIGH SIERRA UNIBEAST until I can get the MOUNTAIN LION installation to work.
I built a brand new ML UNIBEAST USB after reloading SNOW LEOPARD...and upgraded to 10.6.8.
The .APP file was freshly downloaded from APPLE STORE for ML.
It builds the USB fine on a brand new KINGSTON 16GB USB drive.
Reboot and the Optiplex 7010 is still in FULL LEGACY mode as SL does not support UEFI (and my research finds that neither does ML). The system boots fine for the install portion using the -v option.
Once the HDD is erased, 1 partition 250GB (GUID HPFS+) it installs just fine.
System reboots itself back to the UNIBEAST install screen - and it shows USB and HDD. I choose the freshly installed ML from the HDD - with the same -v option. It begins booting, and goes through a TON of screens and EVERY SINGLE TIME it will stop at an error with BLUETOOTH TRANSPORT. This machine has nothing installed other than the default components of the 7010 with an i5 2475S CPU and 8GB RAM. The monitor is a 23in SAMSUNG montior connected with DP to HDMI Cable (and I get full screen graphics). I cannot even get to the completion SETUP OSX screens.
If I boot with -v -x -f options. It will get to the desktop, but everything does not seem to work -- NAMELY the APPLE STORE - so that I can re-download HIGH SIERRA.
WHY does it keep stopping with a BLUETOOTH TRANSPORT error, when there is no BLUETOOTH installed.
I find it extremely odd that the SL install with the IVY BRIDGE boot CD boots just fine, and I even have AUDIO from the onboard speak in the 7010. I have not installed a single kext and everything seems to be working - HARDWARE-WISE (network, sound (onboard speaker), graphics (locked in at 1024x768), Dell KB and MOU). I upgrade to the 10.6.8 and sound goes bye bye, and APPLE STORE still does not work (nor does SAFARI - even after running SOFTWARE UPDATES).
Can any explain why the ML installation will boot (when it has before on a previous load) using the UNIBEAST USB and choosing HDD? What gives with the BLUETOOTH TRANSPORT error?
Grizz