Extra Lion

[paupau]

Hi,

I am after building a new hackintosh, kind of anyway. I was unable to get unibeast method working, so I decided to try out the method in this video which included extra lion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E68QVFq ... r_embedded

Everything worked for me til I got to the part where you install extra lion on the usb. I get to the section where it says 'writing packages' and nothing at all happens. This seems to have happened to a few people, but I haven't read any solutions.

Has anyone here come across this before?

 

[notshy]

Why didn't UniBeast work ?

 

[paupau]

/private/tmp/UniBeast 1.0.0.pkg.376azgrly/scripts.MOhN/./preinstall[554]: cp: symlink: /BinaryCache/MeCab/MeCab-187.2~5/Root/usr/lib/libmecab.1.0.0.dylib: File exists
/private/tmp/UniBeast 1.0.0.pkg.376azgrly/scripts.MOhN/./preinstall[554]: cp: symlink: libnetsnmp.5.2.1.dylib: File exists
/private/tmp/UniBeast 1.0.0.pkg.376azgrly/scripts.MOhN/./preinstall[554]: cp: cannot overwrite directory /Volumes/Unibeast/var with non-directory /Volumes/Mac OS X Base System//var



Whatever that means? But I have tried it loads and loads of different times on different computers with no success

 

[notshy]

Can you please try formatting the USB again - delete the existing partition(s).

You want 1 partition - Mac Extended (Journaled) with a Master Boot Record partition scheme

 

[paupau]

Hey Notshy, I have tried doing that several times but no luck. Does that error that I posted mean anything to you? Is it what you'd expect from a non partitioned usb?

I'm after doing at again, and it is running at the minute, but I dont have high expectations! One thing worth noting though is that when I go into unibeast and choose the install location, under the usb it says 7.5Gb total, 7.4Gb available. Is that just a rounding error? Would that be causing it? Thanks

 

[paupau]

No luck. here's the log, can't figure it out.


Dec 3 00:32:13 macbook /private/tmp/UniBeast 1.0.0.pkg.70937DimW4/scripts.HcmY/./preinstall[7282]: cp: /Volumes/Mac OS X Base System/: No such file or directory
Dec 3 00:32:13 macbook /private/tmp/UniBeast 1.0.0.pkg.70937DimW4/scripts.HcmY/./preinstall[7282]: rm: /Volumes/Untitled 1/System/Installation/Packages: No such file or directory
Dec 3 00:32:13 macbook /private/tmp/UniBeast 1.0.0.pkg.70937DimW4/scripts.HcmY/./preinstall[7282]: cp: /Volumes/Mac OS X Install ESD/Packages: No such file or directory
Dec 3 00:32:13 macbook /private/tmp/UniBeast 1.0.0.pkg.70937DimW4/scripts.HcmY/./preinstall[7282]: cp: /Volumes/Mac OS X Install ESD/mach_kernel: No such file or directory
Dec 3 00:32:13 macbook /private/tmp/UniBeast 1.0.0.pkg.70937DimW4/scripts.HcmY/./preinstall[7282]: hdiutil: detach failed - No such file or directory
Dec 3 00:32:13 macbook /private/tmp/UniBeast 1.0.0.pkg.70937DimW4/scripts.HcmY/./preinstall[7282]: hdiutil: detach failed - No such file or directory
Dec 3 00:32:15 macbook /private/tmp/UniBeast 1.0.0.pkg.70937DimW4/scripts.HcmY/./preinstall[7282]: chflags: illegal option -- h
Dec 3 00:32:15 macbook /private/tmp/UniBeast 1.0.0.pkg.70937DimW4/scripts.HcmY/./preinstall[7282]: usage: chflags [-R [-H | -L | -P]] flags file ...
Dec 3 00:32:29 macbook /private/tmp/UniBeast 1.0.0.pkg.70937DimW4/scripts.HcmY/./preinstall[7282]: chflags: illegal option -- h
Dec 3 00:32:29 macbook /private/tmp/UniBeast 1.0.0.pkg.70937DimW4/scripts.HcmY/./preinstall[7282]: usage: chflags [-R [-H | -L | -P]] flags file ...
Dec 3 00:32:29 macbook /private/tmp/UniBeast 1.0.0.pkg.70937DimW4/scripts.HcmY/./preinstall[7282]: chflags: illegal option -- h
Dec 3 00:32:29 macbook /private/tmp/UniBeast 1.0.0.pkg.70937DimW4/scripts.HcmY/./preinstall[7282]: usage: chflags [-R [-H | -L | -P]] flags file ...
Dec 3 00:32:29 macbook Installer[7093]: Creating destination path
Dec 3 00:32:29 macbook Installer[7093]: Validating package payload
Dec 3 00:32:29 macbook Installer[7093]: Starting file extraction
Dec 3 00:32:30 macbook payloadExtractor[7310]: Initializing new flat-package receipt.
Dec 3 00:32:30 macbook installdb[7311]: started (uid 96)
Dec 3 00:32:30 macbook installdb[7311]: Opened receipt database on '/Volumes/Untitled 1/' with schema 0.
Dec 3 00:32:30 macbook installdb[7311]: The db cache for '/Volumes/Untitled 1/Library/Receipts/db/a.receiptdb' contains: {\n schema = 0;\n sqlite = <50701000>;\n}
Dec 3 00:32:30 macbook installdb[7311]: Initializing database with schema version 17 at '/Volumes/Untitled 1/Library/Receipts/db/a.receiptdb'.
Dec 3 00:32:30 macbook payloadExtractor[7310]: Extracting...
Dec 3 00:32:30 macbook payloadExtractor[7310]: 2 of 2 files written in 0.01 seconds.
Dec 3 00:32:30 macbook payloadExtractor[7310]: 8 kilobytes installed at 0.6 MB/s.
Dec 3 00:32:30 macbook Installer[7093]: run postinstall script for multi
Dec 3 00:32:30 macbook /private/tmp/UniBeast 1.0.0.pkg.70937DimW4/scripts.HcmY[7314]: /private/tmp/UniBeast 1.0.0.pkg.70937DimW4/scripts.HcmY/__Installer_Script_Springboard__: line 13: /private/tmp/UniBeast 1.0.0.pkg.70937DimW4/scripts.HcmY: is a directory
Dec 3 00:32:30 macbook Installer[7093]: Install failed: The following install step failed: run postinstall script for multi. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
Dec 3 00:32:30 macbook Installer[7093]: IFDInstallController 874350 state = 7
Dec 3 00:32:30 macbook Installer[7093]: Displaying 'Install Failed' UI.
Dec 3 00:32:30 macbook Installer[7093]: 'Install Failed' UI displayed message:'The following install step failed: run postinstall script for multi. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.'.
Dec 3 00:32:36 macbook installdb[7311]: done. (0.009u + 0.017s)

 

[paupau]

Hi,

So I ran Chameleon and Extra lion on the usb after restoring basesystem.dmg. I still got the stalling of the installer when it got to writing packages, but after looking at the log, it appears that I was getting no error messages, so I just forced the installer closed hoping that it had done it's thing. I did all the necessary steps and plugged the usb into the computer. The computer recognised the usb, and I went on and pressed enter. Loads and loads of commands came up, and the screen then went blank. Then it loaded to where I was before pressing enter. It was a loop. Does anyone have any experience with this? The lines of text go by too quickly to read.

One thing also worth noting is that when I restored the basesystem.dmg, the name of the usb didnt change. Is that the problem?

Thanks