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How are you guys installing ML if MultiBeast 4.6.1 isn't supported yet?

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Hey - I've got 5 Hackintosh's varying from the one I'm on now (tag has description) to 2 others with i7's, and a Dell Optiplex 960 with dual-core. All run Lion/Lion Server just fine. However, trying on both the Dell and the i& (Asus P7P55), both install ML just fine, reboot, but don't have network access. I run MB, and I get the "Installation Failed" on both of them. Upon reboot after the failed installation, I get the BOOT:0 error and an infinite grey screen spinning icon thing.

How are you guys doing this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I guess the other bit of advice I was looking for was the planned release date of 5.0.0. If it is "soon" (the arbitrary "soon") then I'll just wait. But I am kind of chomping at the bit to get going on some of the ML features.
 
Thanks... I was thinking about copying the kexts, but figured if MB wouldn't even finish the install, then that wasn't a good idea. Not sure why I didn't try other sites... I'm just loyal that way.

Thanks. If anyone else has suggestions that would be great. I'll try the kext file copy.

I'm *very* new to OSX. I've been a MSFT security architect all this time. Is there a way I can tell which kexts are the "working" ones? Do I just infer from the filenames for the main drivers?

T
 
[Solved] How are you guys installing ML if MultiBeast 4.6.1 isn't supported yet?

Good news and bad news. Good news is that it "magically" worked when I booted up hoping to get somewhere with it and install the new version of Chimera. Even the network card worked, though I had to re-enter the manual address info. Bad news is I have no idea what fixed it, so I can't provide any additional information. It bothers me when stuff like that happens, but at least it is working now and boots up on its own just fine.

Thanks.
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I've only ever used Multibeast once. Did not like the way it did things I was not completely aware of or agreed with. Not disregarding the fact that Multibeast etc. is of invaluable use to most on this forum, I just prefer the old school method of doing it all myself. Created my own bootable USB by the restore method using Disk Utility, Inserted my own Extra folder with SMBios, working Boot.plist and DSDT as well as FakeSMC in the First Run Extensions folder and make it all bootable using the latest Chameleon (Which is what Chimera is based on). Install just always has worked 1st time for - guess I have always done my homework well in advance ;) ) Once installed, I just move the Extra Folder to Root and install Chameleon on the install drive. Tadaaaaa!

I have 1 folder with all the latest tested working kexts (only those that are needed) which I install all at once with Kext Utility, as KextBeast does not do the same thorough job KextUtility does. I label all non-vanilla / third party / patched kexts in Red so I know what was installed by the OS and what was installed or replaced by myself. Any vanilla kexts that are replaced or patched get backed up in an Original Kexts folder I keep one side - just in case!

Sounds like hard work, but I have been hackintoshing since (The release of Tiger) way before EasyBeast/Multibeast etc were conceived. I just prefer knowing that whatever my machine does is a result of something I did or tried as opposed to an automatic tick, click and install option. Which is also why I do not have to wait for the latest release of said tick-click-and-install to come out. To me, that is where the excitement of hackintoshing lies. Otherwise I may as well go and buy a real Mac.

EDIT: Just wanted to add... I am no programmer or IT specialist at all. I am a graphic designer. Everything I learnt, I learnt from other forums that , unlike this one (no disrespect intended) encourage hackintoshers to do it themselves = with expert one-on-one guidance. That way, if you solve something, you know eactly what it is you did to solve the issue and become of value to the next person who needs assistance. Sadly... those days are over it seems.
 
Is there a way I can tell which kexts are the "working" ones? Do I just infer from the filenames for the main drivers?

T[/QUOTE]

try SR Tools, showing active kexts, testing kexts and more :)
 
katiebug2u said:
I've only ever used Multibeast once. Did not like the way it did things I was not completely aware of or agreed with. Not disregarding the fact that Multibeast etc. is of invaluable use to most on this forum, I just prefer the old school method of doing it all myself. Created my own bootable USB by the restore method using Disk Utility, Inserted my own Extra folder with SMBios, working Boot.plist and DSDT as well as FakeSMC in the First Run Extensions folder and make it all bootable using the latest Chameleon (Which is what Chimera is based on). Install just always has worked 1st time for - guess I have always done my homework well in advance ;) ) Once installed, I just move the Extra Folder to Root and install Chameleon on the install drive. Tadaaaaa!

I have 1 folder with all the latest tested working kexts (only those that are needed) which I install all at once with Kext Utility, as KextBeast does not do the same thorough job KextUtility does. I label all non-vanilla / third party / patched kexts in Red so I know what was installed by the OS and what was installed or replaced by myself. Any vanilla kexts that are replaced or patched get backed up in an Original Kexts folder I keep one side - just in case!

Sounds like hard work, but I have been hackintoshing since (The release of Tiger) way before EasyBeast/Multibeast etc were conceived. I just prefer knowing that whatever my machine does is a result of something I did or tried as opposed to an automatic tick, click and install option. Which is also why I do not have to wait for the latest release of said tick-click-and-install to come out. To me, that is where the excitement of hackintoshing lies. Otherwise I may as well go and buy a real Mac.

EDIT: Just wanted to add... I am no programmer or IT specialist at all. I am a graphic designer. Everything I learnt, I learnt from other forums that , unlike this one (no disrespect intended) encourage hackintoshers to do it themselves = with expert one-on-one guidance. That way, if you solve something, you know eactly what it is you did to solve the issue and become of value to the next person who needs assistance. Sadly... those days are over it seems.
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I just wanted to thank you for the idea about using label colors to mark the custom kexts. I love the idea. Now I can tell which kexts are custom.

Thanks!
 
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well I have used multibeast.... on mountain lion and it runs nice though..
 
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