I'm looking for help...
I started a few days ago trying to follow the Yosemite build, but I got discouraged with all the stuff that I couldn't get working combined with reading that Mavericks was more mature (I finally got Yosemite booting off the internal drive, but the resolution was messed up no matter what I tried, it seemed that all the guides were a different version of Multibeast than what I had). So I jumped off the Yosemite and headed to Mavericks. Now I'm not sure I should have done that.
Using Unibeast 5.0.2 and Install OSX Mavericks 10.9.5, I'm getting stuck.
My hardware build comes from the recommended lists. Corsair 550, GA Z97N WIFI and i3 4360 (3.7GHz) HD4600, 2x 4GB Ballistix, 250GB Samsung 840 EVO. I find myself wondering if the i3 had been an i5 if things would have been easier, but I do see glimmers of hope.
I can't get the Mavericks installer to boot.
If I throw all the recommended command line arguments at it (-x -f -v maxmem=4096), I get a 0xDEADBEEFDEADBEEF problem. If I add -no-zp to the mix, I get considerably further, but the screen goes blue (no signal) and shuts off after a few seconds right after displaying a few lines. I can't read fast enough, but I may have captured it with my camera phone. It does this right after the Bluetooth stuff:
Ethernet [AtherosE220]: Link up on en1, 1Gigabit, Full
DRMStatus: iTunes/Apple Store Content Access Problem. Co
the machine, but you should contact an Apple support re
(that's the last three lines that fit in the screen.)
I have set the BIOS to all the settings I see, Profile 1, VT-D, IGFX and IGP enable.
I understand that this works for other people, and if it doesn't work for me I've done something wrong, but any help would be appreciated.
Edit: if I disable the VT-D (which I think is called "Intel Virtualization Technology"), I can replicate all the above results without using the -no-zp option. Also, I'm using version F4 of the BIOS. I know it's not the newest, but people have had success with it, so I don't think it's my problem.
Edit2: Turns out I only have no video in the install process if I use the bottom of the two HDMI ports. Every boot where the top HDMI is used, it works great. I'm now in Mavericks, full resolution video, sound works (analog, but that's all I've tried) and network works! Huzzah!!!