Total newb trying to get this work

[mendietinha]

you need to fix the boot to boot without usb.

this graphic card has native support.

[Nummy]

I have no clue how to do that. In BIOS I have have 3 options for booting:

1. is UEFI USB stick - here is this 10.9 installer and I can boot with that.

2. is UEFI external HDD where I installed OS X - I can't boot with that. Screen just go black and then skips to next boot device

3. internal SSD where I have windows 8.

With aitkos distribution I selected in clover boot options where I had option to add UEFI boot to something (I don't really even can't read it) - just some numbers and letters - and this worked for me. With that option done I got one more additional option in BIOS: UEFI clover OS which was actually "pointer" to HDD.

Here in this distro I do the same, but I don't see any additional boot options in BIOS.

I also can't get chameleon bootloader. I press 1 like crazy when I get past BIOS, but it always get to clover...

[pernacabeluda]

You have to install Clover to the EFI partition of your HD. Use the "install for UEFI motherboards" option in the installer, or do like this

http://Olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=3405

[Nummy]

eeeem... you lost me here...

I downloaded 10.9 release it's something.raw file. I wrote that to USB in windows with program specified and I got EFI partition automatically there on USB key ( I got 2 partitions, one EFI and one mac).

Now only thing I should probably do if I understand correctly is to install that clover to HD, which I don't know how.

[pernacabeluda]

I explained it to other member here

http://Olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=3101&start=490#p32417

It's the same thing with 10.9 image.

[Nummy]

so I actually fu*ked up at installation?

If I understand this now correctly I have to have 2 partitions on HDD where I install OS X? One is about 30MB big, FAT32 and another one the rest of the disk with mac partition?

Then I install OS X and then copy stuff from USB to that FAT32 partition?

If that is correct, can I copy stuff in windows? I'm not that savvy with mac terminal.

[pernacabeluda]

If your HD is partitioned as GUID it already has that 200 MB partition which is the EFI partition. If your HD if partitioned as MBR, UEFI boot won't work, so you should re-partition it as GUID and install again.

[Nummy]

Ah yes I see 200MB partition in disk manager in windows. Is there an option to copy files from USB to that partition in windows?

[pernacabeluda]

I guess so, but I never did it.

http://windowsitpro.com/windows/jsi-tip-4841-how-do-i-access-efi-extensible-firmware-interface-partition-ia64-computer

[Nummy]

I tried to copy inside OS X in safe mode, but I got error when I tried to mount that ms-dos partition... something about msdosfs.kext isn't allowed at that boot level.... what now?

[pernacabeluda]

Do not use safe boot.

[Nummy]

I can't get into OS X without safe boot...

[pernacabeluda]

You better fix that first. Many things don't work in safe mode.

[Nummy]

Yeah well I don't know how to fix that. If I run without any flags I get an bunch of SMC errors (picture on first page) and I can't get into OS. If I change any CPU parameter in bootloader I get kernel panic and freeze.

I tried almost everything. I'm actually playing with few distros since friday, but this one is actually as far I could get.

I don't even know what is wrong with my installation/drivers. Graphics drivers seems to work under safe mode, but I can't say for normal mode. I can confirm, that sound and network doesn't work under safe mode.

Looks like I'm biting into an apple I can't eat too fast here... I thought this would be easier. Now I'm really scared about buying a real mac, if anything happens I will be screwed for weeks or dish out money for repairs on service

[pernacabeluda]

Try disabling Graphics Injection in Clover options menu. I used an GTX 680 which didn't work if it was enabled.

[Nummy]

It's actually everything disabled. There is only one or two things enabled in CPU menu and one in binary patching menu.

If I let everything alone I can boot up to gray background and spinning mouse cursor when I try to boot up to OS installer.

[pernacabeluda]

Are you sure? Graphics Injection is enabled by default.

Try using this kext (replace the original and boot without caches)

http://Olarila.com/forum/download/file.php?id=4510

[Nummy]

If you mean using GraphicsEnabler=No and no '+'-es inside GPU menu...

If I boot OS installer without flags I get something graphical, but it just "hangs" and waits and nothing happens. My thinking is that if it would be GPU driver problem then I wouldn't even see mouse cursor.

What is a flag to boot without caches?

[pernacabeluda]

Press space bar and select "without caches".

[Nummy]

That new kext actually worked! I changed kext with transmac and then booted with -f GraphicsEnabler=No and it booted without a single error, except something with network: network delay is not set or something like that (probably I don't have driver for it installed yet?). Today I'm going to move bootloader to EFI partition and then I should follow multishit guide to install drivers?

P.S.: also thank you very much for your time and help! I owe you a beer or two.