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Post 4 : Making Booting Media

You will have to write ML2 onto a USB drive or dual layer DVD, and boot your computer from ML2 media  to install Mac OS X .  * If you are setting up ML2 from Windows, you have to write it onto a dual-layer DVD or Bluray disc (normal DVDs don't work because ML2 is slightly too large). However, if you're setting up ML2 from Mac OS X, you can use a 8 GB or larger USB drive instead of a dual-layer DVD. You will need to erase all of the files on your USB drive beforehand, so make sure to back up its contents first. You can reuse this USB drive for normal stuff after you finish installing Mountain Lion. * You can not write ML2 onto a USB drive from a Windows computer.   TransMac :  If you're using a Windows computer to set up ML2, you need to use TransMac to  write ("burn") the ML2 disk image file onto your dual-layer DVD or Bluray disc .   Multibeast :  Multibeast is a collection of kext files that your Hackintosh will need to run ...

Post 3: Before Installation

- BIOS settings: - Set your BIOS to its default settings. - Execute Disable bit: Enabled - XD (if exists): Enabled - Limit CPUID Max: Disabled - Set all cores of the CPU active/enabled. - Virtualization (if exists): Enabled or Disabled, try it. - Hyper-threading: Enabled or Disabled, try it. - HPET (High Precision Event Timer/PCH): Enabled - SATA Mode: AHCI - Set all the Overclock/Performance/Turbo etc. values to Auto. - Set the UEFI mode settings (if exists) to compatible mode Boot Device - If you're using an ML2 USB drive , change the boot device of your computer so that "USB-HDD" is first. If you're using an ML2 DVD , change "CDROM" to first. You need to do this for ML2 to boot. After you finish installing Mac OS X, you should change this setting back to default, so that "Hard Disk" is the first boot device (this optional, but it will speed up your boot times) HPET - Change this to 64-bit SATA Control Mode (your BIOS mi...