How to install OS X Lion?
August 24th, 2013
Here what you need:
Mac OS X Lion image file (dmg)
Existing Snow Leopard or Leopard
XPC Bootloader
USB Drives for XPC Boot loader and Restore Mac OS X Lion Installation
Step 1. Restore Mac OS X Lion installation to your HDD or USB Drive
Boot into your existing Snow leopard or Leopard.
Create 1 Partition 8 GB of size if you want restore to HDD (name it Lion) or 8GB USB Drive if you want to restore to Usb.
Mount Mac OS X Lion image file (.dmg) and “Right Click” and Show package Contents on “Install Mac OS X” file. Navigate to “SharedSupport” folder and mount InstallESD.dmg file, find and mount BaseSystem.dmg.
Open Disk Utility (Applications/Utility folder), and click on “Lion” Partition then click “restore” tab. Drag and drop “BaseSystem.dmg” (left) to “Source” and “Lion” to “Destination” then click restore.
Open “Finder” and navigate to “Lion” or USB partition (Restore drive) and go to Systems –> Installation folder then delete Package alias (shortcut).
Open new “finder” and go to “Mac OS X Install ESD” and copy “Packages” folder and go back to first finder (restore drive) then paste.
Download FakeSMC.kext and copy to the “System -> Library -> Extentions” folder on USB drive or Partition Restore Drive.
Open Terminal (Aplications/Utility)
Type :
sudo -s
(type password here)
chown -R 0:0 (drag and drop Fakesmc.kext here) and press enter
chmod -R 755 (drag and drop Fakesmc.kext here) and press enter
Step 2. Installing XPC Bootloader
Boot into your existing Snow leopard or Leopard.
Download XPC Bootloader from here
Insert New USB Drive (i use 2GB USB Drive)
open “ XPC Boot Prepare Tool ” and install it to usb drive (it will reformat and flash your drive, backup important data first)
copy efi folder and Efildr20 file to usb drive
Done
Step 3. Installing Mac OS X Lion
Boot your computer via XPC Bootloader (USB Drive)
you sould see a white line for a second.
Press “M” and set boot flags : “arch=i386 -v” (without quote) and exit
Select your Lion or USB restore drive.
Once the installation loads, select your language and continue normal installtion of mac os x lion.
Step 4. Post Installation
Boot into your existing Snow leopard or Leopard.
Go to Installed Mac OS X Lion Drive (not lion restore drive) and navigate to “System/Library/CoreServices” folder and delete PlatformSupport.plist
Copy FakeSMC.Kext to “System/Library/Extensions” on Installed Lion Drive (not restore drive)
Open Terminal and type :
sudo -s
(type password here)
chown -R 0:0 (drag and drop Fakesmc.kext here from step 4.3) and press enter
chmod -R 755 (drag and drop Fakesmc.kext here from step 4.3) and press enter
Reboot and boot your computer from XPC Bootloader (USB drive) and select Installed Lion partition.
Done
Do you have MAC?
wo_Ot? replied: Do you have MAC?
I have a Mac with windows dual booted.