[obsolete] HP ProBook Installer 6

[philip_petev]

HP ProBook Installer 6

Download link: ProBookInstaller6GM.zip
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MD5: HP ProBook Installer.pkg 329136b0d91c836f4ee0b50291a8c348

Old DSDTs: OldDSDT.zip

MD5: OldDSDT.zip 38926c9cf724933f65e371b8a87ee1bf

ProBook Installer 6/6.1 sources

ProBook Installer historical archive

Changelog (last update: December 29th 2012)

 

[RehabMan]

HP ProBook Installer 6 (beta 3)

This is great! Not only are we able to install/update to the latest releases, we should have an easier time adapting to future versions.



For those of you that don't know, philip has been working on this for a while. It takes an incredible amount of time to put these packages together and it is a significant contribution for ProBook owners. Thanks for this and your other contributions, philip!

Both myself and BigDonkey (and perhaps others) have been testing this for the last couple of days, but we need additional testing to verify that it is working with a variety of hardware configurations. So, if you have the ability to do an install to an extra partition or spare harddrive, please do so and report back. Or maybe you have it in mind that you'd like to do a fresh install... now would be a good time to try that with philip's new installer.

 

[BigDonkey]

HP ProBook Installer 6 (beta 3)

OK guys, let's roll.

Philip has been with Probook Forum from the beginning so he knows all the ins and outs to make a really good installer.
We need everybody's participation to iron out all the bugs.
I'm going myself, to wipe my hard drive out and test 10.6.8 10.7.5 and 10.8.2 since these versions most likely will be used.

A long weekend ahead of us.

 

[nysos3]

HP ProBook Installer 6 (beta 3)

I'll also be testing this this weekend with my 4730s i7-2670QM. Next weekend I'll be able to test the same machine with a 1080p LCD.

Thanks for everything you guys do. My, as well as others, appreciation could never be overstated.

 

[ryman95]

HP ProBook Installer 6 (beta 3)

Nice work!!! Thank you so mutch for creating the new installer.

Edit: I got a KP after rebooting. The SSDT for i3 2330m seems to be not the right one. After changing back to the old one from Installer 5 from Windows I can boot again.

 

[philip_petev]

HP ProBook Installer 6 (beta 3)

Nice work!!! Thank you so mutch for creating the new installer.

Edit: I got a KP after rebooting. The SSDT for i3 2330m seems to be not the right one. After changing back to the old one from Installer 5 from Windows I can boot again.

I've just checked the i3 2330m SSDTs from the old and the new installer and their md5 sums have matched. Are you sure?

Edit: I've just checked them all and the checksums of the other SSDTs have matched as well. I've also checked all menu entries in the Installer for differences between the entry label and the package to which the label points and they was ok too.

Edit2: I've also checked all DSDTs and all their md5 sums have matched the sums of the DSDTs from the old Installer.

 

[Bloom]

HP ProBook Installer 6 (beta 3)

I can confirm that this installer is working flawlessly for my system (BIOS F20). Upgraded from 10.8.0 to 10.8.2. Thanks for your support.

 

[bthall]

HP ProBook Installer 6 (beta 3)

Both myself and BigDonkey (and perhaps others) have been testing this for the last couple of days, but we need additional testing to verify that it is working with a variety of hardware configurations. So, if you have the ability to do an install to an extra partition or spare harddrive, please do so and report back. Or maybe you have it in mind that you'd like to do a fresh install... now would be a good time to try that with philip's new installer.

As a very appreciative beneficiary of all the HP Probook work that you guys have done, I would be glad to try help out and will try to do a fresh 10.8.2 install. I've got a spare 2.5" hard drive just looking for something to do this weekend!

-bth

 

[RehabMan]

HP ProBook Installer 6 (beta 3)

I've used it for 10.7.5 Lion install so far... No issues to report. Although I did select the EDID generator... and I did forget to unplug my external HMDI monitor while doing it, so it did fail (folks... this is a known issue... best to unplug external monitor during installs).

Next I'm working on a SL 10.6.8 install... Go easy on me... I've not done a SL install yet.

 

[philip_petev]

HP ProBook Installer 6 (beta 3)

I've used it for 10.7.5 Lion install so far... No issues to report. Although I did select the EDID generator... and I did forget to unplug my external HMDI monitor while doing it, so it did fail (folks... this is a known issue... best to unplug external monitor during installs).

Yes guys, this is a known issue. For best results, always disconnect the external display before doing the installation, since the included EDID generator is designed to work with the internal display only. It doesn't play well with external displays (actually, it doesn't play at all) and this is an issue I've never able to solve.

Next I'm working on a SL 10.6.8 install... Go easy on me... I've not done a SL install yet.

BigDonkey have reported that the 10.6.8 option has broken kexts or something (these are the same kext from BlueKing's Installer v.3.3.0, but anyway, he wasn't able to make this OS working at all with them), I've received a message from him this morning that he have managed to make it work with an archive, containing the kexts he have used. The next beta will probably have a brand new 10.6.8 option.

Thank you, BigDonkey!