[How-To] Install OSX Lion on PC/Laptop The easy way :
This guide shows you how to upgrade a Hackintoshed laptop or PC to Mac OS X Lion. This guide was refined and edited by D3xus, and originally typed by TechXero.
What we need in order to do this:
a) an Intel Core2 Duo computer (mine Optiplex 760)
b) an USB key drive (8 Gb is fine )
c) an Hackintosh running Mac OS X to create Lion.dmg and USB Key Drive.
Boot up into Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard to begin.
Create OSX Lion for Hackintosh
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a. Download Lion GM/Retail (11A511) The links can be found here
b. find InstallESD.dmg in “Install Mac Os X Lion.app/Contents/ShareSupport”
Open and mount InstallESD.dmg and show HiddenFiles, Find BaseSystem.dmg
inside InstallESD.dmg and mount BaseSystem.dmg
c. Using Disk Utility, you need to create an new image.dmg DVD 4 to 6 Gb read
and write , rename it Lion.dmg
d. Using Disk utility restore BaseSystem.dmg on the new image Lion.dmg
e. Mount Lion.dmg and rename the volume OSX LION Delete the packages shortcut or alias inside /System/installation and copy the real Packages folder from InstallESD.dmg to Lion.dmg inside the /System/Installation/ folder.
f. Copy the following .kext files on Lion.dmg inside /System/Library/Extentions
Copy Mach_Kernel from InstallESD.dmg to Lion.dmg
Copy OSinstall.mpkg patched for MBR inside /System/Installation/Packages (we’re not placing it anywhere yet.)
Copy OSinstall. (it has no extension) patched for MBR inside /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Frameworks/OSinstall.framework/Versions/A folder (again, just hold onto it.)
g. Install Extra_Lion.pkg on the Lion.dmg
h. Install Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg on the Lion.dmg
Create a folder Postinstallation on Lion.dmg and copy the two pkg and the three kexts from before (Both OSInstall.mpkg’s and fakemsc.kext,nullCPUPowermanagenent.kext, and ElliotForceLegacyRTC.kext)
Create a Bootable USB Drive to Install OS X Lion
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Follow our guide here
c. Install Extra_Lion.pkg to USB Drive
Install PC-EFI 10.6.pkg to USB Drive
Install Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg to USB Drive
Boot USB Drive with OSX Lion and install
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Turn off the computer
a) Boot newly created USB Drive With Disk Utility Create a HFS+ journaled partition, rename it “OSX Lion” (You can Install Lion on MBR or GUID partition)
b) Boot again with USB Drive and choose to boot HD, Install Kexts on S/L/E on HD with KextHelper, Install Extra_Lion.pkg to HD, Install Chameleon 2.0 RC5 -755.pkg to HD
c) Done.
Enjoy your Lion!
Source Post By PippoX0 : InfiniteMac
P.S : Thanks to TechXero for writing this and myself for fixing formatting errors.
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