MiniMe · 11. December 2009, 00:00 · #

Am I missing something? Why no installer? A source and a binary is useful I’m sure to an expert, but a novice like myself would love to see an installer.

Harold · 11. December 2009, 00:43 · #

@ MINIME

If your using chameleon as your bootloader, Just replace “boot” in root with the newer one.

irrationalJohn · 11. December 2009, 03:09 · #

Thanks for <key>Hide Partition</key>.

As an after thought for a future tweak, would it be possible to (slightly) extend the syntax to allow hiding ALL the partitions on a given disk? For example, if I wanted to hide all the partitions on disk 2, maybe something such as
<string>hd(0,1) hd(2,*)</string>
or
<string>hd(0,1) hd(2,)</string>
or
<string>hd(0,1) hd(2)</string>

Of course, this introduces the problem of dealing with the idiots who boot from a disk and then for reasons known only to the clueless decide to try to hide all the partitions on it. (But I suppose they could also do that now if they wanted. ;-)

-irrational john

MonkeyDLuffy · 11. December 2009, 04:21 · #

Hi,

After I installed everything, GraphicsEnabler does not work anymore with my Nvidia 7300LE 64mb. I made sure that GraphicsEnabler in boot.plist is “Yes” (as instructed in doc). I also tried “yes”, “y”, “YES” and still does not work.

I pretty much sure that my PciRoot is 0. But I also tried 1 with the same results.

EFI string works with the rc4 boot file. Its just GraphicsEnabler that does not.

I tried reverting back to netkas’ PC_EFI 10.5 boot file and GraphicsEnablers works fine again.

Is this normal or I just missed something?

Great work BTW!

Thank you so much

sadwitch · 11. December 2009, 06:28 · #

HI Thanks for the update… No problems whatsoever for me.

Just a question. How do i go about hiding a windows partition which is on a RAID 0 configuration?

My identifier is only listed as disk1 and disk2

Thanks alot once again.

Blackosx · 11. December 2009, 09:44 · #

Thank you for the long hours and hard work by everybody for their great contributions. Good Job. :)

rocksteady · 11. December 2009, 09:56 · #

smokin’

just in time i ‘ve been prepping a fresh HD

cheers gang

@MINIME: take some time to learn how use the “manual” method and you’ll find out that there’s nothing special about the installer. get some knowledge instead of buttons. all you need is in the forum

wjameson · 11. December 2009, 14:00 · #

Working great here.

I think I’d like to also have a way of renaming the partitions in the menu. That way I could s/System Reserved/Windows/.

orangecomputer · 11. December 2009, 14:42 · #

Hi,
RC4 is working great on my desktop!
And just a little request: Can you also include the pm support for Atom-based netbooks?
teateam has patched the rc3, and it would be great for the chameleon team to add this feature too!
source code:
http://teateam.blogspot.com/2009/11/chameleon-2-rc3-samsung-nc10-intel-atom.html#more
Thanks a lot!

tonymacx86 · 11. December 2009, 15:06 · #

Hey there- thanks to the Chameleon team for RC4! Now P55 users can use Chameleon without mods. Appreciate the fine effort, and the new features!

rednous · 11. December 2009, 15:35 · #

Congratulations to all involved into the Chameleon project for the hard and marvelous work done and for the RC4! Cheers :-)

I was wondering what will happen if I hide the partition on which the Chameleon boot file is installed (also com.apple.boot.plist, kexts, dsdt, etc.)?

For sure OS X will boot and reboot successfuly, but what if i want to replace dsdt file or any kext and the partition is hidden?

Raistlin · 11. December 2009, 16:12 · #

Thank you for the new version, simply awesome.

In the notes you mentioned that it now detects Intel i5, will it also detect the i7’s as well? Thx

Terc · 11. December 2009, 16:25 · #

Great work guys!

I’d heard that Intel GMA injection might be added in this version? I’ll try when I get home.

CharredPC · 11. December 2009, 16:41 · #

Been anticipating this release so Deep Sleep would work on my 4GB machine (as I filed under Bug Reports)… but since the fix included is Radekg’s non-working one, guess I’m out of luck. Any chance on a real fix? His (and this release) just instantly locks up when trying to resume, and ForceWake=y does nothing. Only way to boot in after a sleepimage is created is to replace the boot file. I love you guys, but doesn’t anyone test anything before it goes out the door?

realbabilu · 11. December 2009, 17:29 · #

Just installed on my system with 10.6.2 with Netkas 10.6.2 Sleep Enabler, got kernel panic.

Thanks god, i have multi OS/x on several partition.

The Chameleon 2 RC4 is compatible backwards with old sleep Enabler 10.6.

I think do not use SLEEP ENABLER 10.6.2 with this.
Please correct me if i was wrong..

quinielascom · 11. December 2009, 18:20 · #

In my install i had corrected the UUID with PlatformUUID.kext, but now Chameleon 2.0 RC4 override the value with wrong data, so how i can inject the correct data ?

Anyway thanks for your great work, the new hide function is working fine.

pet1 · 11. December 2009, 18:26 · #

Anyone get it to boot in 32 bit? tried both -x32 and -arch=i386. Still 64 bit.

Nero · 11. December 2009, 18:38 · #

Yes you must boot with the flag arch=x86_32 then mac will boot 32Bit.

Hack · 11. December 2009, 18:46 · #

I installed this but i get can´t fined mach_kernel?
can somebody help?

pet1 · 11. December 2009, 19:03 · #

Strange. I just booted with arch=i386 without the – and I’m in 32 bit.

osxchat · 11. December 2009, 19:50 · #

Graphics enabler no longer works for me either. nvidia 8600.

petrs · 11. December 2009, 20:06 · #

Graphics enabler doesnt work for me either on nvidia 9800gtx+.

Horqai · 11. December 2009, 23:46 · #

Same here 8800 512mb don’t work in correct resolution anymore

Scar3croW · 12. December 2009, 00:35 · #

How do I compile it into a installer??

rocksteady · 12. December 2009, 01:25 · #

ditto: GraphicsEnabler working fine here (8800GT/512)

still just quick+dirty testing, more feedback @ the forum

mandog · 12. December 2009, 01:41 · #

no graphics enabler here either, 9800GT 512MB Dual DVI, reverted back to the RC3 boot file and it works again

jamonda · 12. December 2009, 02:15 · #

Kills sleep and quartz/gl (9500GT). reverted back to PC EFI 10.5.

NighTalon · 12. December 2009, 06:53 · #

Any chance of adding Atom support for newer kernels? It just requires a slight tweak to the bootloader….

Bloggette · 12. December 2009, 07:48 · #

Graphics Resolution change no longer works for me either. nvidia 8600GT

Zack · 12. December 2009, 09:38 · #

Unfortunately, like others, it killed QE/CI on my 9800GT. :(

old_guy · 12. December 2009, 10:44 · #

works excellent for me (os x 10.6.2 & nvidia 260 , with QE/CI ) – just i have now 0mb vram in grafic system overview (but i don’t know if i had any before).
thanks very much!!!

beta992 · 12. December 2009, 11:01 · #

It should be working properly.

Try again with different DSDT patching.
You can make use DSDTSE.

Thanks agian!

dhbanes · 12. December 2009, 17:51 · #

Thanks for your hard work as always! Just wanted to say that GraphicsEnabler also does not work with my installation anymore. All I did was swap out the boot file (was using PC EFI 10.5). Both screens go black.

Running a GTX 260 c216 (dual displays). I used to have GFX enabled via DSDT but had strange color banding issues.

chadp1a · 12. December 2009, 18:05 · #

With GraphicsEnabler=Yes my laptop will not completely shutdown. Fans and lights still run. If I set to NO the laptop will shutdown.

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks

jamonda · 12. December 2009, 21:24 · #

Hi, fellows.
I solved the graphics detection and sleep issues doing this: – decompile dsdt.aml – edit dsdt.dsl and look for Device (PCI0) – change Name (_UID, One) for Name (_UID, Zero) – recompile dsdt.dsl and use the resulting dsdt.aml
Found this fix in http://forum.hbmt.org/viewtopic.php?f=135&t=3763
It’s used to solve problems with GraphicsEnabler with Chameleon RC2/RC3.
I didn’t have this issue with RC2/RC3, but I can see that the fix solved the issue I had with RC4.
Can anybody explain why changing One to Zero fixes the GFX detection?
Thanks.

jamonda · 13. December 2009, 01:54 · #

The correct link is http://forum.hmbt.org/viewtopic.php?f=135&t=3763
The forum is in portuguese and you have to register to read.

Jameson · 13. December 2009, 04:13 · #

Hi

First, thanks for all your teams work. Curious if you folks could point me in the right direction of doing a manual installation to the EFI partition? I have used munky’s method
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=127330
and wonder if this is applicable to installing your most recent bootloader. Thanks in advance and again thank you for the great work

Jameson

SniperMan · 13. December 2009, 06:02 · #

@Jameson

This will be fine for you: http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php?topic=649.0

You can use the RC2 installer and install to HFS EFI Partition then simply mount the EFI partition, replace with RC4 boot file, add kexts, dsdt, etc., unmount, and enjoy.

mike · 13. December 2009, 06:30 · #

I’m at wits end getting my system working. I’ve been using Cham Rc3 and other methods for a few days now. When I boot to run Snow install, my vid card is causing locking up, black/blank screen. Its an ATI XFX 4850. Seems Sapphire is more stock/compatible. Will RC4 help? How can I get right info …. EFI string, kext …. i dunno to get it to work?

MILDS3V3N · 13. December 2009, 11:40 · #

tnx a lot guys.. used the RC4 and work like charm.. no probs… running 10.5.8 here…

just one thing i cant hide some other partition ..i did hide 3 partition but there are remaining 2 partition i cant hide

<string>hd(0,1) hd(1,2) hd(1,3) hd(3,3) hd(4,1)</string>

hd(0,1) <—- IDE drive
hd(3,3) fat32 partition on my hackintosh drive

JM Parra · 13. December 2009, 14:26 · #

Hello, i have tried to download the file but it doesn’t work, any ideas, guys?

Slyr · 13. December 2009, 16:55 · #

Hi!

I have installed RC4 to Snow, and it is work.
I have problem whit memorie identify.
My memories running on 1066Mhz, but Snow see only 800Mhz.
I have chaged it in smbios.plst, but nothing happend.

Any idea?

Wıll · 13. December 2009, 20:10 · #

replaced my boot fıle and my 8800gt card lost second monıtorö removed the graphıcs – y
added efı strıng and ı seem to be ok but
my keyboard has a few changes the perıos key ıs now ç
and the dash ıs now * equal ıs now – forward slash ıs .
comma ıs ö and questıon mark ıs :
any ıdeas :

Wıll · 13. December 2009, 20:14 · #

nevermind, keyboard was switched to turkish.. no idea why this happened, but i found it.

Mister Mojo · 13. December 2009, 21:29 · #

Fix for all those who Lost nvidia support
via Graphics Enabler .

Here is fix if you dont already have it got to
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=140647
to get the kext utility

Then go to http://www.kexts.com/view/118-snow_leopard_nvenabler.html

and download the nvidia snow leopard enabler and install
it with the kext utility and reboot

problem solved

Jameson · 13. December 2009, 22:26 · #

Thaks SniperMan

Oddly enough found that link after my initial post and all is well.

People follow this

http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php?topic=649.0

Note should be made, after he mentions this step within his instructions “mount_hfs /dev/disk0s1 /Volumes/EFI”

do this “cd somewhere/this/downloaded/Chameleon-2.0-RC4-r684-bin/i386/”

then continue on

Steve · 13. December 2009, 22:39 · #

Do you set “GraphicsEnabler” to “n”?

“Fix for all those who Lost nvidia support
via Graphics Enabler .

Here is fix if you dont already have it got to
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=140647
to get the kext utility

Then go to http://www.kexts.com/view/118-snow_leopard_nvenabler.html

and download the nvidia snow leopard enabler and install
it with the kext utility and reboot

problem solved”

pr0ton · 14. December 2009, 12:55 · #

With the RC4 I don’t have to use PC_EFI for ATi cards (like the HD4870) anymore?

Marius · 14. December 2009, 14:46 · #

A nice feature would be adding Platform UUID to the bootloader itselve. This way we don’t have to change PlatformUUID.kext each time we boot another 10.6 installation ( or even the install image)

cunnagin · 15. December 2009, 02:24 · #

All the hard work on your guy’s part is much appreciated!

I have a GTX 275 on a Gigabyte EX58-UD3R and everytime I have to reinstall Snow Leopard, I can not get a VESA mode to work prior to proper graphics injector install. I have to sub in another VGA card and then swap it out.

Unless I’m missing an existing lever, a “Force to use VESA” parameter would be really handy (i.e. ‘-VESA’) – but, that’s icing on the cake.

Great work!

scrax · 15. December 2009, 19:18 · #

@marius, with this version you don’t need anymore PlatformUUID.kext

For the grafic enabler problem there is a fixed version online made bu rekursor, I don’t know if is allowed to post it here

Rupes · 15. December 2009, 19:48 · #

I’m running 10.5.7 with Chameleon 1.x, and am about to upgrade to 10.6.x

Should I upgrade to SL first, then install this. Or would it be better to install Chameleon 2, then upgrade to SL?

Thanks for all the great work you’ve put into this.

Harold · 15. December 2009, 23:37 · #

@ZEF:

Here is the link to the patch re UUID as SCRAX mentioning.

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=201902&view=findpost&p=1359776

Here is the V2.
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=201902&view=findpost&p=1360125

SniperMan · 16. December 2009, 18:13 · #

Zef,

The return from sleep seems to be 10 seconds slower. . . vs. RC3. Other than that, great work!

edgecrush3r · 17. December 2009, 00:43 · #

Hi guys,

First of all THANK YOU soooo much for all your hard work on the Chameleon Project. Seems the releases are getting better and better!

Still, i was hoping to get rid of the PlatformUUID.kext by modifying the smbios.plist in the /Extra folder like this:
… <key>SMUUID</key> <string>11010101-0000-1000-8000-001E68B3A674</string>
</dict>
</plist>
..
I edited the last string as part as my working ethernet connection.. however the UUID doesnt get set and results a generated default somehow:
00000000-0000-1000-8000-001E68B3A674

I checked my Extensions folders for any UUID injectors (like platformUUID, but i did remove them and rebuilded the mkexts).

Any idea what i did wrong here?

Thanks in advance,
Tony

Arklon · 18. December 2009, 10:30 · #

Hmm… you broke the enter key in text-only mode (with USB keyboards at least, don’t have a PS/2 keyboard to test). Which poses a problem.

rocksteady · 18. December 2009, 16:38 · #

@Arklon: I guess you mean the GUI=No mode?

Works fine here with Apple Slim Wired Keyboard + an old Logitech wired one

MrHali · 18. December 2009, 18:25 · #

For those looking for a solution to remove unwanted data partitions from the Chameleon GUI boot selection screen, I offer a workaround which works for me.

You can replace the graphic of the Hard Drive image with a transparent png. This way it masks the selection.

Go to the following directory: /Extra/Themes/Default

and create a transparent png file and copy it into this directory under the following filenames

device_fat32.png and device_generic.png

Once to do this, when you are at the Chameleon Boot loader, those entries will now be ‘hidden’. NOTE: You may have to set a blank label to those partitions as well.

Rupe · 18. December 2009, 18:53 · #

Will Chameleon recognize an Apple Aluminum keyboard with keypad? Or how about a bluetooth mouse?

doheejee · 20. December 2009, 16:19 · #

@RUPE

Bootloaders’ got nothing to do with detection of keyboards and mice. Well if it somehow happens to DO so, all I can say is Chameleon does recognise it well. (Because I am using it)

tsunoo · 20. December 2009, 16:34 · #

i don’t know if it may help: booting SL from USB Stick is working great but booting the same SL from HD it won’t recognize my nvidia 9800 gtx+.
It’s really weird. It seems that chameleon don’t read my com.apple…plist file (perhaps because SL is installed on the 4th partition: disk0s4). To boot from Stick and to select my HD works great (perhaps because my com…plist file is on the first partition: disk2s1)

Rupe · 21. December 2009, 04:30 · #

@DOHEEJEE

thanks for the response.

The reason I asked was because I used to have an old Apple iMac keyboard plugged into my Hackint0sh, which Chameleon recognized. But when I switched over to the newer Apple aluminum keyboard with keypad, it no longer recognized any key being touched. However both Windows and OSX work great with the keyboard.

And as Chameleon is now graphics oriented, I was hoping that perhaps it would recognize my bluetooth mouse, so I wouldn’t have to use the older keyboard whenever I wanted it to boot into an O.S. other than the default one.

Blake · 21. December 2009, 13:25 · #

@Rupe: Sounds to me like it might be a “legacy USB” issue…

Pixelnew · 21. December 2009, 16:00 · #

I have installed RC4 on a usb drive on a DELL t7400. I have been using OS x 10.5.8 without a problem. I am able to boot from Chameleon RC4 into OS X 10.5.8 Wen I boot into Snow Leopard I get a kernel panic and stop at AppleIntPIIx PCI IDE
I have installed the cmos fix. enabled graphics. Thanks for any help
Thanks to all the people who makw Chameleon so great.

pixelnew · 21. December 2009, 23:31 · #

The dell T7400 does not have a IDE controller. I think that this is the problem. Is there a way to patch the Dell dsdt to show rc4 that there is not a IDE controller. I used a gigabyte dsdt and this got me by the applePIIx,kernel panic of course I got a kernel panic later on

derpuma · 23. December 2009, 14:37 · #

Hiding Partitions is not working for me….

My Windows7 is on disk0s1. <key>Hide Partition</key> <string>hd(0,1)</string>
is not working! Partition is shown in OSX.

I boot up from a Highpoint RocketRaid 3520 where OSX 10.6.2 is on a 4xSSD Raid0!

Any help?

Vince · 23. December 2009, 14:49 · #

I upgraded my hack (gigabyte ud3r and no it wont boot keeps saying fakeSMC caused some error and is stuck in loading loop like it is waiting for something.

Arklon · 23. December 2009, 18:42 · #

@Derpuma: The “Hide Partition” option only hides partitions from showing up in Chameleon, not OS X.

Carmen · 23. December 2009, 21:15 · #

Before the upgrade i used netkas 10.5 boot and the dram mem was detected as 1067MHz, now it has changed to 800MHz.
Do I need to manually edit the plist in the /Extra folder or add the dsdt.aml file (i am running leopard 10.5.8)?

beta · 25. December 2009, 13:40 · #

You need to use smbios.plist, you can set all the numbers there. :)

Adam · 25. December 2009, 18:40 · #

Im not sure why but RC4 doesnt seem to work correctly for me.

Im getting loads of applications just quiting on me randomly. I put it sleep and when i woke it up finder kept relaunching when i clicked on the desktop.

I deleted platformuuid.kext and removed the smuid in the smbios.plist
I also added the systemid of 00000000-0000-1000-8000-001D7D0A54E4 which is my ethernet address on the end in the boot.plist.

Im i doing this correctly?

RC3 + platformuid works perfectly though.

Complete Retail install with the hardware below.

Thanks

HJMac · 28. December 2009, 13:24 · #

My nVidia GeForce 9800 GT 1024MB don’t work!

Paulik · 28. December 2009, 19:47 · #

Hi guys !!! Good work !
I have a problem with my desktop, it have installed two systems 10.6.2 and 10.6.2 server.
Main drive split into two partitions 150G (Snow Server) and 150GB (Snow) in the Guid.
Chameleon RC4 installed on usb flash 256Mb HFS Guid drive and boot from it.
It load and offers a choice of systems, but after choosing the Snow, it gives a message that it can not find mach_kernel, and a second disc Snow server loads without any problems. The same happened when he was just installed Leo.
Other loaders loads systems fine, but chameleon is my favour !

Where to dig ?

Thank you for your attention.

bigpoppa · 31. December 2009, 02:14 · #

Vince, did you get the new fakesmc from Netkas.org? If not, do so!

Breathless · 31. December 2009, 19:52 · #

For those of you who are having a problem hiding partitions in the boot loader, this is for you.

The command was not working for me at first either, until I realized that the partition numbers that terminal gives you do not correspond to what the bootloader thinks they are. You have to experiment. For instance, try hiding partitions 8-16, or something ridiculous like that. I bet if you have several partitions like I do, at least one or more will go missing on the next boot. Mine went all the way up to 12 or so but i only have 9 in OS X. Then work your way back from 8 to figure out what is what, and so on.

First make sure you backup your booter before trying anything just in case you hide your OS X partition :)

GTX · 1. January 2010, 20:20 · #

I am using 10.5.8 and I replaced the boot file with the one in the package.
After rebooting I get ‘can’t fint mac_kernel’ error.

I already added kernel option to the my com.apple.Boot.plist in the Extra folder.

I had to go back to the RC3.

Any idea?

Gerry · 2. January 2010, 09:25 · #

Chameleon Its Azmazing!!!, I have Snow Leopard REtail installed on my laptop with this bootloader and Extras :D

If only were possible in a future release add the Apple’s Chime Sound.

You know, when you press the Power button, The Apple’s Chime sound—— booooooom :D

tom · 3. January 2010, 01:22 · #

hi,

just wanted to thank you guys. finally hibernate works again with snow leopard. this is really great news for me because normal sleep (hibernatemode 0/3) never worked for me properly but hibernatemode 1 does. even the screenshot while wakeup is great!

keep up up the good work.

themacmeister · 8. January 2010, 08:58 · #

My Logitech wired USB keyboard does not appear to work in Chameleon, so no dual-boot possible.

I am switching back to PS/2 keyboard for a while, but would love eventually to go back to USB keyboard/mouse.

PS. I am using AHCI and Legacy USB disabled to get fully working HDD and USB ports (8 built-in and two additional) Just installed slipstreamed AHCI windows and booting well now (no blue screen of death!)

PPS. Is it still possible with 10.5.8 to use the BOOT0 ntldr dual-boot from the Windows disk?

Kilew · 8. January 2010, 14:57 · #

Thank you :) I just need to mention that you should little change som e instructions in your docs.

sudo fdisk boot0 -y ….. e.t.c

by default System is using fdisk that in /etc/sbin/fdisk

SO I think you should change that string to

sudo ./fdisk boot0 -y … e.t.c Thanks!

Philip · 8. January 2010, 20:51 · #

Thanks for this great work.

In the next version, could you please add { 0×10DE0615, “GeForce GTS 250” }, to i386/libsaio/nvidia.c ?
The enabler already works, it’s just system profiler says unknown under Chipset Model !

RIN67630 · 9. January 2010, 11:33 · #

Hi Chameleon team,
Thank you so much for this great boot loader, which is the first one booting all three XP, OSX, Linux out of the box!

I have got however a ridiculous problem: i miss a current handbook, describing the way to customize it.
The blogs I could find in this matter are obsolete (describing the manual install) or incomplete: “move to your chameleon/i386 directory”…
Where damned is that directory?, i was absolutely incapable to locate it.

Could someone please give clear input, where to find (from a default install e.g. of RC4) and how to edit the chameleon files to customize?

Thank you very much!

RIN67630

Atomic · 12. January 2010, 14:13 · #

Same request as RIN67630.
Please provide documentation how to customize your boot loader.
Thx

Konsti · 12. January 2010, 14:56 · #

I would like to thank you for the RC4 release, and ask you to add the display resolution/support for 1920×1080 (used on my NVidia 9400GT) since my monitor is 16:9 wide only!!!! Unfortunately, other resolutions end up as box-in-a-screen output…
Thank you!

jeff · 14. January 2010, 07:08 · #

I would love to have an installer for this version. I’ve read other comments here about how people just need to read and learn and that everything is in the forum. Well, I honestly don’t care how this all works, just that it works. The only reason I’m even trying to install SL is to make iPhone apps and the VM’s of SL are way too slow. I’ve found my problem to have something to do with my UUID, RC4 supposedly fixes the need to manually set your UUID, but I don’t think I have it ‘installed’ correctly or something, because it’s not working still. I get an error saying that it’s looking for root device “blah”. (replace “blah” with UUID of my device).

Philip · 17. January 2010, 13:57 · #

Thanks Zef, keep up the good work !

skx · 19. January 2010, 06:02 · #

Come on! You guys are killing me without a pkg installer!!

All previous package installers worked great.

I follow the directions to the letter for rc4, and my boot hangs at

boot1: startupfile

I’ve tried reinstalling rc1 and rc2, no dice!

Now my machine permanently hangs at

boot1: startupfile

I’ve asked in the IRC channel and gotten zero help.

skx · 19. January 2010, 11:25 · #

Solution —

Install PC EFI v9 over the top, then reinstall Chameleon.

And remember kiddies, to upgrade Chameleon, you’re only supposed to replace ‘/boot’

neriukas · 20. January 2010, 10:19 · #

I’m getting kjernel panic with chameleon rc4 on 10.5.8. RC3 works great!
My spec are:
Nvidia 8500GT 512MB
2GB RAM
AMD Athlon 6400+
Gigabyte mcp61m61sme-s2
any idea why? Thanks

ariggsd · 20. January 2010, 22:20 · #

Im trying to hackintosh my hp pavilion dv2000 specs:
AMD Turion 64 2000 MHz
512mb ram
no idea on graphics card

and i used this guide http://osx.mechdrew.com/guides/nbi1.shtml.
As you can see it is a guide for netbooks therefore it uses the Netbookbootmaker.
Everything worked fine until I went to actually install the OSX on to the pavilion, the screen with the chameleon at the top poped up and gave me the three options, as icons, to boot OSX Windows or some hard drive and when i click on the OSX icon it tells me “error parsing plist file” and boots me back to the icon option screen. I have trying power cycling and the other two icon options but nothing will work. Im pretty sure it is happening because I used Netbookbootmaker, and im wondering what program i should use to try and solve it?

Konsti · 21. January 2010, 09:42 · #

Dear Zef, thanks again for your work and for replying to my comment/question in post #88.

Indeed, as I imagined, Chameleon still depends on the video card’s VESA extensions. The funny thing is, when I select a drive’s drop down menu to view the video modes detected, 1680×1050 was not there, but with my previous monitor (max. res. 1680×1050) your interface covered the whole screen! The setting in com.Boot.plist was 1680×1050×32.

I thought that RC4 doesn’t support 1920×1080, despite this being the working resolution of the SL desktop.

So if the previous resolution 1680×1050 wasn’t detected in the drop-down menu, but eventually worked, could it be that VESA reports the wrong thing?

My problem is that my shitty new LG monitor doesn’t stretch the screen; it produces a box inside the screen, and it’s not even black; it’s ligther black > grey and it’s ugly :-(

Pablo Mascarpone · 22. January 2010, 03:39 · #

Hi guys, think this release will work better with this matter.

Dell 9400
ati radeon X1400 working fine on laptop´s lcd, but I need to work with 2 external lcds (extended desktop) without using (turning off) the Dell´lcd. I see the desktop on both external dell panels(1680×1050) but cant get the extended desktop…

leopard 10.5.8 everything working fine but this.

Thanks

jason · 22. January 2010, 20:29 · #

Hey guys, great work, a questiom: with this version and other patched version the graphics enabler for my msi 8800 gt on p5q deluxe has never work. Anyway, when will be release the rc5 of chameleon?

Thanks..

Felix · 25. January 2010, 08:19 · #

I have a PC with Mainboard ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe, just installed different Windows 7 (32/64). How do I start now with a new empty HD where I can install the OSX 10.6 (found on internet, Have a originial 10.5 from Mac Mini – have one).

Who can help me?

Please contact phil2000@gmx.ch

eighth-1der mail att.net · 25. January 2010, 20:57 · #

System notes Dell D830 laptop, one 320 SATA drive.
So I had Cham 640 installed on my GUID drive w/ 2 partitions. One partition was HFS+ for my 10.5.8 install. Install was fine. Then I installed Win7 on the other partition. When i was doing XP dual boot everything was fine. The clean install of Win7 suddenly made a new partition (System Reserved). And Chameleon is broken. So I need to reinstall Cham, but If I try to install to my MacOS partition the install fails. I don’t want to “brick” my Windoze install.

The Windows created “System Reserved” volume has many of the same files that Cham loaded on my other hack (which I updated manually with rc4). Do I dare run Chameleon 640 to install on the “System Reserved” volume? Or manually replace certain files? Why does Windows monopolize my drive like that.

I am currently booting to a Cham 2 RC2 bootloader CD that I used for install of 10.5. That bootCD will bring up both installs (win osx) so I guess I still am functional. We are talking about a hackinstall.

bdkennedy1 · 26. January 2010, 00:33 · #

I don’t think the key <key>USBBusFix</key> works anymore. I have an Intel DG45ID motherboard. When I set the string to Yes, Chameleon locks up after I choose my boot disk. When I set it to No, Chameleon lets me choose my boot disk and continue, but when I get to Snow Leopards installation screen, my USB keyboard and mouse won’t work.

sdbinwiiexe · 28. January 2010, 00:42 · #

Is this able to load the 64-bit kernel? Or only i386 (32-bit). I seem to only be able to get this to boot my OS X snow leopard using “arch=i386”.

Shaikh Imtiyaz · 29. January 2010, 14:17 · #

Hi,
After Installing RC4-r684 and before that too, I am facing some problem. I cant boot through my hard disk. whenever i need to boot i need to put the dvd and in at the prompt i need to put rd=disk0s1 and then the whole system works. But, when I put Kernel Flags string as rd=disk0s1 in com.apple.boot but that too didnt sort out my problem, it hang at the first screen with Apple logo. can anybody help me in this regard. i have aitkos v7 install in my x86 system. i have core 2 duo 2.8 ghz with 4 gb ram

Laszlo Lebrun · 29. January 2010, 14:56 · #

Same behaviour than Neriukas:
Kernel Panic* with RC4, works great with RC3.

*upon booting 10.4.07 on a Fujitsu Lifebook E8110
Intel Core duo with GM945. The KP comes immediately after the listing of the processor capabilities.

Shaikh Imtiyaz · 30. January 2010, 07:05 · #

Hi,
After Installing RC4-r684 and before that too, I am facing some problem. I cant boot through my hard disk. whenever i need to boot i need to put the dvd and in at the prompt i need to put rd=disk0s1 and then the whole system works. But, when I put Kernel Flags string as rd=disk0s1 in com.apple.boot but that too didnt sort out my problem, it hang at the first screen with Apple logo. can anybody help me in this regard. i have aitkos v7 install in my x86 system. i have core 2 duo 2.8 ghz with 4 gb ram

Robin · 30. January 2010, 17:57 · #

How do I install this on a Mac Sotware RAID ?
I have a mirrored software RAID set up with Disk Utility …

Goten · 1. February 2010, 16:58 · #

hi, when i install chameleon 2, after reboot snow leopard can’t mount ntfs partitions. it seems there is a conflict between chameleon 2 and softwares like macfuse, ntfs3g, paragon ntfs that allows writing to ntfs disks. if i use chameleon v1 there is no problem. someone can explain me why it happens. i use snow leopard 10.6.2 64 bit.

thank you

lisa · 1. February 2010, 21:32 · #

Is Intel GMA 4500 supported?

uketernity · 3. February 2010, 10:20 · #

Hi,

not enough space to restore image

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks

highpaul · 3. February 2010, 12:29 · #

sorry, but i am new to this stuff. i have downloaded rc4 but can not seem to get any text editor to view the files. how do i go about installing the boot file on my pc. anyone help please.

Lisa · 5. February 2010, 21:17 · #

PC_EFI 10.6 is out. So, wich bootloader is better?

Lis · 5. February 2010, 23:45 · #

A guy modified this bootloader to get native resolution with Intel GMA4500 graphics card, here: http://deviato.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/chameleon-2-rc4-patched-with-915resolution-for-snow-leopard/
It would be nice to continue his work and get full support for that device.

Botan · 8. February 2010, 19:06 · #

In december I was stupid and bought a licence key at psystar for rebel-efi. Now I would like to change to chameleon. Will I consider problems? Is it possible to overwrite the mbr with chameleon boot loader?

Matt · 10. February 2010, 08:18 · #

I installed version RC4 and everything is working except that my large drives are causing the “memory allocation issue” that was reported by people on a previous version.
I am booting on a 160G SATA hard-drive, and that’s no issue.
The issue comes in when I plug in my 6× 1.5TB USB hard drives that I use for additional storage in Raid mode.
If I boot with those disks plugged-in, the bootloader stops with the memory allocation error.

Your help is greatly appreciated, as everything else is working great.

Thanks

mallo · 11. February 2010, 01:47 · #

To the developers: Can you add to the bootloader the “915 resolution patch” for intel graphics card GMA4500?

paolo · 12. February 2010, 12:33 · #

I’ve installed chameleon boot loader using README info :

sudo fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdisk0
sudo dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk0s2
cp boot /

But on reboot chameleon bootloader do not appear and snowleopard boot normally .

my df is :

Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2 20Gi 10Gi 9.4Gi 52% /
devfs 104Ki 104Ki 0Bi 100% /dev
map -hosts 0Bi 0Bi 0Bi 100% /net
map auto_home 0Bi 0Bi 0Bi 100% /home

Where is the error ?

Keith · 12. February 2010, 22:19 · #

How do I install the bootloader? I currently have RC2 from the installer..any instructions..? or a installer?

ed · 17. February 2010, 03:00 · #

Does Chameleon work? Where are the Doc’s? I CAN’T GUESS HOW TO USE THIS, EVERY ATTEMPT FAILS.

Jeff · 22. February 2010, 20:41 · #

How do I get it to automatically boot? Right now I get the screen with the Chameleon version info across the top and a button in in the middle of my screen. I have to manually hit enter to get past that. What if I need to reboot this remotely?

Thanks!

arisestar · 24. February 2010, 01:53 · #

Hi, Chameleon Team. How to build the bottloader from the source? I`ve patched it a littel bit with the ACPI fix. Need build it now.

Adroxxx · 27. February 2010, 18:48 · #

can i use RC4 for mac os x snow leopard installation or do i have to use RC3?

Paulik · 1. March 2010, 17:52 · #

Hi guys , good work, thanx !
I have one question , how can i use this bootloader to load 10.4 (tiger)
I have rare laptop with gma900 and i need dsdt patching and other features very much.
Is it possible ?

Sorry for my english, thanx for your attention.

marina · 2. March 2010, 05:41 · #

hey…
can i use it for an asus 1005ha?
will everything work?
thanks
bye

Jhon · 2. March 2010, 18:56 · #

Nope the 1005Ha is a steaming pile of shit..

EasternGuy · 3. March 2010, 15:48 · #

Heya… Love the work on Chameleon.

Was banging my head against the wall for quite awhile trying to get my Leopard system upgraded to Snow Leopard, and Chameleon was a step in the right direction.

I did spot a bug/incompatibility in RC4 (and earlier version) however:

GeForce6100SM-M motherboard, nForce 430/MCP61 Chipset, Sempron 3000+ CPU.

Just kept rebooting with Chameleon and every other bootloader I tried.

I finally grabbed the sources, added some more verbose/sleep’s to track what was going on, and found where it was dying.

In freq_detect.c, the following line was the culprit:

msr = rdmsr64(K8_FIDVID_STATUS);

This was causing my Sempron to reboot. A bit of googling shows that other projects (coreboot, others) have stumbled across the same bug. You can’t read that particular MSR (whatever the hell those are :) on some AMD processors in 32-bit mode, or something like that.

I commented all the AMD portion of the if/else loop there, and put a hardcoded setting of my particular frequencies:

And whooohooo, it actually booted the kernel. (Then I had to track down a few other gotchas, but I’m up and running with 32/64 SL now!)

Obviously a more general solution for the nForce430/MCP61/Sempron (whatever is the culprit) would be preferable, but at least I’m up and running! Even applied a Software Update without a glitch. (BTW: I happily paid for my copy of SL, and courage others to do the same.)

Hope this info helps someone.

Pavel · 3. March 2010, 17:47 · #

Yes Marina , you can use it on your netbook.
Don’t listen any stupids like JHON.

deepblue2000 · 5. March 2010, 18:52 · #

hi,

I need some help, I dont know what I do wrong…

I have a Acer Aspire One D150 Netbook…

1. I did boot empireefi_1085 boot cd
2. installed Snow LeoPard 10.6 (org. DVD)
3. after install, I did install Chameleon Bootloader RC3 and updateded to RC4.
4. then I used OSx86Tools to set the Kernel flag: arch=x86 or arch=x86_32

But MacOS doesnt boot, it always starts a 64bit mode. It will just boot, when I boot from empireefi_1085 bootcd, choose the installed MacDrive and with bootflag -v arch=x86

What do I wrong ? and non of the GMA950 Video Kext doest work…

Paulik · 5. March 2010, 21:31 · #

Hi DEEPBLUE2000
Write arch=i386

elos · 7. March 2010, 14:12 · #

hi

I installed snow leopard on a usb hard drive, but wenn I try to boot up with arch=i386 it looks like the booting has no end. because it does not stop booting up.

does someone know whats the matter.

thanks

Paulik · 7. March 2010, 15:14 · #

Hi ELOS. What you mean ? Where is end ? If you are booting without caches it will be longer than boot with caches . Describe your problem correctly. Sorry for my English.

elos · 7. March 2010, 15:59 · #

hi

the problem is that as soon as I Installed chameleon on my usb harddrive. and I connect my usb harddrive into my windows, and i boot up my windows and boot up the usb hard drive and i type in arch=i386.
then it keeps booting and it does not go any futher.

thank you,

dan · 13. March 2010, 00:49 · #

In RC3 there was support for /Extra/10.(5|6)/Extensions, does this support the distinction between 10.6 and 10.6.2 ?? It seems to always go to the 10.6, and not load anything from 10.6.2 :-(.

Also, is there any way you could have a list of extensions to disable? It’s a bit hacky but maybe just adding an empty .kext folder to the Extensions folder would do it…

James · 13. March 2010, 04:05 · #

Does this support the NVIDIA GTS 360M? It would make all the difference in whether I decided to purchase a shiny new Toshiba Qosmio :-)

Vinnie · 14. March 2010, 02:41 · #

Please help. I installed chameleon based on the instructions and it works fine. However for whatever reason when I upgraded from Chameleon_DFE_For_Hardisk to this version RC4 my USB mouse stopped working?? Any idea’s on what to do? I think I need to remove a Kext from loading or use an older one, but can someone tell me how to exactly do this I’m a noob. THANKS!!

Vinnie · 14. March 2010, 05:48 · #

The fix for the issue I had is to just use the arch=i386 flag. It solved problems with my network card, battery, USB< and others. I guess the kexts aren’t all 64 bit friendly yet.

paaguti · 24. March 2010, 18:05 · #

A very welcome feature would be ‘declunking’ i.e. disabling APM to avoid head landing cycles. I currently do that with GRUB2, but I need two GRUB cycles to start MacOS (1 for declunking and 1 for actually booting MacOS)

Helder · 25. March 2010, 06:34 · #

2 – Does this support the NVIDIA GTS 360M? It would make all the difference in whether I decided to purchase a shiny new Toshiba Qosmio x505-q870

Dishan · 27. March 2010, 17:08 · #

I am dual booting Ubuntu and Win 7 and as of now Grub does all booting things for me. But I dont like its grahics stuff….

Can some point me right direction to get this installed on my system without having SL installed?

Thanks!!

oshak · 28. March 2010, 12:48 · #

BLUETOOTH SUPPORT ON BOOT!! PLEASE!!!

GREAT WORK SO FAR!!! MY HACKINTOSH I7 KICK ASS WITH GTX 295!!

cheers! netkas and all!!

mac os x pc · 1. April 2010, 09:19 · #

what i need to do i installed mac os x and when its restarted it says boot 0 don and boot 2 error do i need to use chameleon? and how i can extract this file?

Jimmy · 5. April 2010, 12:50 · #

<key>Hide Partition</key>
<string>hd(0,1) hd(2,5)</string>

Cannot get Hide Partition to work
I try this below.
<key>Hide Partition</key>
<string>hd(0,1) hd(2,1) hd(3,1)</string>

no matter what configuration I hard drive it still shows all my drive, I Just want to show my Snow Leopard and Windows 7 drive,

Thank you.

Hassouna · 9. April 2010, 01:49 · #

can i use it with MSI CR4OO laptop ?

pifupifu · 10. April 2010, 08:56 · #

Great jobs！
RC1 RC2 RC3 works fine, but got a KP when updated to RC4.

asus n10jh,atom n270,gma950/G105M.

Mike · 10. April 2010, 14:28 · #

This seems to have solved unreliable booting for me (Snow Leopard on a Vaio VGN-SZ).

Before on RC3 I would have to use the verbose -v switch in text mode to startup. Even with this about 50% of the time booting would hang.

Thanks very much for the new release.

EasternGuy · 12. April 2010, 16:45 · #

I found and fixed a problem where Chameleon would choke and die when looking for /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist.

Basically, ReadExtents() was being called with a (long) offset, instead of (long long), which was reading incorrect data, causing ReadBTree() go in an infinite loop (causing the loading progress spinner to stop, and things to hang).

In the two places where ReadExtents() is called with a curNode*nodeSize calculation, it should read “(long long) curNode * nodeSize”

This, I believe, mainly occurs on larger disks, and when the root (or other directories) are big or messy enough to require overflow extents. (Other crashes could be also be related to this problem, when extents are read incorrectly.)

Details (and a tweaked boot2 binary) here:

http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,901

sparky thewondersquid · 14. April 2010, 08:09 · #

I have had some problems with Linux after many frustrating hours it does not play well with grub2 hopefully the next release will support it :)

James Whitt · 14. April 2010, 21:27 · #

I was able to get this to work with Linux. Specifically, Windows 7, Ubuntu 9.10, and Chameleon rc4. Instructions are at http://james.jamesandkristin.net/2010/03/14/triple-booting-windows-7-os-x-chameleon-and-ubuntu-9-10-grub2

Steve Biskis · 14. April 2010, 22:22 · #

Hi all,

Nice work but there does appear to remain a bug that has cropped up since RC2.
Specifically, the bootloader no longer finds /Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist on multi-boot systems using the windows bootloader with chain0. It last worked in v2RC1 but got buggered in RC2, RC3 and still in RC4. Everything else in the /Extra hierarchy is loaded fine – just not the c.a.B.p file. This is very inconvenient when needing 32 bit operation since these automatically boot 64 bit. I read that someone determined that the c.a.B.p file is only loaded if the booting partition is both primary AND active.

JJ · 20. April 2010, 08:58 · #

There’s a problem getting up from hibernation for some configurations. As posted here http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,562.msg2332.html#msg2332 the solution is to modify the source code a little bit. As I checked the RC4 sources, the patch was wrong there, missing a set of parenthesis thus making a comparison invalid. The fix is as follows in boot2/resume.c on line 143:

if (!(long long)mem_base+allocSize<1024*bootInfo->extmem+0×100000)

should be

if (!((long long)mem_base+allocSize<1024*bootInfo->extmem+0×100000))

Cheers,
JJ

Josip · 22. April 2010, 16:24 · #

Any plans to include detection of ext3/ext4 partitions, so we can boot into Linux too?

Keep up the good work,
Cheers,
Josip

Nick · 23. April 2010, 09:43 · #

I have a problem that is probably not so common. I installed the RAID:

fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdisk2
fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdisk3
dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk2s3
dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk3s3
diskutil mount disk2s3
cp boot /Volumes/Boot\ OSX
diskutil unmount disk2s3
diskutil mount disk3s3
cp boot /Volumes/Boot\ OSX
diskutil unmount disk3s3

Now there is the problem. Upgrading does not work that way…. It still stays RC3. That kind of sucks….

Denika · 5. May 2010, 20:52 · #

Will it fix this error:

“ERROR: FireWire unable to determine security-mode; defaulting to full-secure”

joe bob · 6. May 2010, 06:25 · #

“Chameleon is developed to boot Darwin/Mac OS X on PCs, it doesn’t work on Macs.
Please don’t install Chameleon to your system drive, we got many failure reports with unbootable Macs after installing Chameleon.”
so if i install this on my PC, it should work fine, just not for mac?? will you make a mac version?

George Anton · 9. May 2010, 19:55 · #

It is weird how you guys work so much in programing this but when comes to make it clear for noobs like me how to replace the boot file in the root and how to get the old one back if something goes wrong, you fail to explain.
I get the eror” The boot file in invisible and it can not be replaced.”

and this does not work:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE; killall Finder

RichardUK · 12. May 2010, 17:17 · #

Just replace boot with the newer one? Can’t do because it’s invisible (or at least that’s what OS-X 10.5.8 tells me, even though I can see it in Finder). So what is all the other stuff for? And why not have an installer for those that think installing directly to RC4 is better than installing RCprevious first?

Will · 14. May 2010, 22:20 · #

RichardUK and George Anton, here’s how to fix that problem:

o Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)
o run the following, changing as explained below
cd “/Volumes/MyDisk”
sudo rm -f ./boot

Where /Volumes/MyDisk is where you are installing it to (if not sure, go to Disk Utility, select the drive, disk image, partition etc, that you are putting boot onto, right click it and select Information, then find Mount Point. This is your /Volumes/MyDisk equivalent)

sa · 20. May 2010, 06:58 · #

I can`t find the: com.apple.plist
becase I can`t find : Extra folder

innocuoussoul · 25. May 2010, 00:36 · #

can you add 05ea to the list of Geforce GTX 260s… i got it working with enabler but the card is still listed as unknown. thanks :)

innocuoussoul · 25. May 2010, 00:46 · #

{ 0×10DE05EA, “GeForce GTX 260” }, (see above post)

TonyBatty · 28. May 2010, 18:57 · #

Hey! Chameleon Team, I am new to any of this, I have been looking for something like this for sometime now, cause I like how OSx work, but I own an Intel Core2 Duo on Asus, with a 1GB Video Nvidia 9800GT and 4GB ram. I would love to install it on my system, but if you could kindly give me some assistance, I would be grateful for any help you can offer. As I said I am new to Mac OS installation.

Thanks

ouija · 2. June 2010, 01:51 · #

can you rename / relabel partitions using RC4? I know it’s possible with the RC5, but it doesn’t work on my AMD system using a modified kernel, so I’d love to get RC4 to work properly… unless someone knows a version of RC5 that works with AMD chips… not quite sure what the issue is, just know I get a kernel panic when using RC5 instead of RC4… Any help is appreciated! :)

Hackeron · 3. June 2010, 22:29 · #

@OUIJA – Can you please provide a link where you got RC5?

Martin · 5. June 2010, 18:29 · #

Hi all, please help!!

Ok, so first time round, i installed the package, i believe RC1 431 pacakge. All went well. Then i decided to update to RC4, which didn’t work so well.

Basically, it messed up the boot options, so the system couldn’t recognise a bootloader (this is on partitioned disk with 2 os). I used the instructions here, and it didn’t work, so i had to reinstall mac osx (which worked), but then i lost my Windows 7 partition. So i installed that again and it messed u and overwrote the macosx bootloader.

So then i re-installed mac osx ipc, and now i have the original cmd line chameleon bootloader, and everything works fine. BUT, i now have 3 partitions:

SYSTEM RESERVED
WINDOWS 7
MAC OSX LEOPARD

Now, the weird thing is, when i choose Windows 7, it says something like NST/boot is missing or something, so i can’t boot from there. However, when i choose SYSTEM RESERVED, it takes me to the Windows Bootloader.
Here i have:

WINDOWS 7
MAC OSX LEOPARD

If i choose WINDOWS 7, it boots fine to windows 7, but when i choose MAC OSX LEOPARD, it says no bootloader exist. So i’m guessing this bit is from a failed install previously, but there is no option for me to remove this osx and boot straight into windows 7.

Now, back to the main 3 options. How can i remove the SYSTEM RESERVED and rename as WINDOWS 7.

I can hide WINDOWS 7 by using the method above.

MAC OSX LEOPARD – how can i update to RC4 safely??
Thans

ouija · 15. June 2010, 21:37 · #

RC5 pre8 by DR Hurt Found here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=201902&st=680

jinxueli · 30. June 2010, 17:34 · #

I’d like a chameleon guide, but i can’t use it, can you give me a detailed course, i learned this so that i can teach my classmates, i want to install the three systems windows7 , mac and ubuntu, i’d like to see is on the direct is the chameleon’s image and choose the system will go directly to which the system, no light to guide the menu, i should do it, please help me, please.Can you give me a very detailed course, partitions, which is the partition which system, installation and setup order, and it is also a chameleon the package file is how to use, somewhere, in short, the more the better, thank you for help, awaiting your reply and thank you. my mailbox is 76576838@qq.com

Hackintosh-India · 30. June 2010, 19:22 · #

Follow this to boot ext4 using Chameleon

http://www.hackintosh-india.com/2010/01/boot-ext4-partition-using-chameleon.html

Reza · 3. July 2010, 19:35 · #

I restored using time machine but then when booting it gets stuck st loading mach_kernel at XXXXXXX (a bunch of numbers)

ken baker · 5. July 2010, 00:03 · #

hali, megállt kicsit az élet
mikor lesz végleges 2.0? meg újdonságok?

josingh20 · 10. July 2010, 13:10 · #

Hi, i’m a complete noob. how do i install chameleon to my flash drive? I don’t understand ANY of the instructions so far. Any help appreciated, thanks

remix · 20. July 2010, 23:42 · #

Thanks! I use iDeneb 1.6 Lite 10.5.8 my nvidia GT240 don’t work “unknow devide” I need upgrade to RC4 but as nob I don’t have idea on how to install the new bootloader, any have a dummies guide to upgrade to RC4? exist any Chamaleon 2.0 RC4 INSTALLER?

Thanks

scaner · 29. July 2010, 09:04 · #

a как его поставить чтобы грузил систему в x32

scaner · 29. July 2010, 09:04 · #

a как его поставить чтобы грузил систему в x32 ?

pcuser32 · 25. August 2010, 08:46 · #

Hi, I’m running OSX 10.5.8 w chameleon
windows 7-x86,x64 and windows xp sp3
on a HP xw8600 with scsi, and eata 1.5tb hd via pcie card I’m just trying to fix ebios errors my attempts to install 2.0 rc4 fails, run postupgrade script for packageroot.

anyone know of a fix for ebios errors
chameleon not working for me

/tia

PCUSER32 · 25. August 2010, 13:38 · #

FYI it worked forgot OSX was not my boot partition once I reset my boot partition to the active partition it worked
EBIOS errors are gone