Fixing installation

So…. We finally have it: Mac OS X on Toshiba Satellite.

We are in the middle of our way. There are few things we need to take care of.

First of all setting up the system, but that’s easy.

More important is making sure that our computer will boot into OS X without Empire EFI.

Let’s continue from the point we left (intro video). That’s easy part, just follow the instructions on your screen. Notice that the trackpad is still not working. Use your USB mouse or tablet.

If you do not have wireless network choose different way to connect to internet. These settings are not permanent. There is always a way to change them later on.

You may skip those some steps.

Except this one:

And finally:

Yet, proper screenshots:

Now it’s time for serious stuff.

Place Empire EFI in your drive and open it. There are three folders inside. We are interested in the one named “Post-Installation”.

Inside there is an installer called “myHack Installer”. Go ahead and run it.

Stop once you get here:

You HAVE TO choose “Customize” and select/deselect following kexts:

Double check you have them all the same way as shown above. Choose “Install” and authenticate with your password.

Wait for the installer to finish.

Restart your computer.

Note that this time your computer should start without Empire EFI disc as we just installed Chameleon boot loader. This what you should see this time:

And don’t forget to type (for the last time) before the progress bar runs out:

GraphicsEnabler=Yes

If at this point you’re getting grey screen, one more time use Empire EFI disc with “GraphicsEnabler=Yes” option.

Now let’s fix our graphics, so we don’t need to type anything during booting. To achieve that we need to create custom string for our graphic card and insert it in to apple boot playlist.

It may sound complicated but I’m going to prove it’s easy. All we need is one application: OSX86Tools. Copy it to your Applications folder and run it.

Click on “Add EFI Strings/Boot Flag”. The new “Boot Editor” window opens. Choose the top left icon “GFX Strings”.

Pick up our graphic card from the list.

Confirm with password.

In the “GFX String Creator” window click on “Import String to Boot Editor”.

You should see this:

Then hit “Apply changes to com.apple.Boot.plist” and confirm with password.

Restart your laptop.

During the next boot you don’t have to type anything. We’ve just fixed that issue. Was it so difficult?

Let’s proceed to the next step.