Chameleon cdboot (boot132) for 10.6

by flashGX

Package:
http://www.mediafire.com/?gdjwuk2ddtj
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1335737/chamele...cdboot%20SL.zip

contents:
everything you need, just add any extra kexts you want and MAKE SURE YOU ADD your efi strings and graphics mode to the provided boot.plist! the cdboot is version 655 from the upcoming chameleon release which has native snow leopard support! amazing work guys!

1. Download the package and extract it to your home folder. (AKA /Users/yournamehere/)
2. Add EFI strings and graphics mode to provided boot.plist
3. Add any extra kexts that you want inside the Preboot.dmg.
4. DSDT.aml loading didn't work for me. the dvd still boots fine, it just resets my cmos. If this happens, just go last known good and youll be fine.
5. Once your all done you need to make an eltorito bootable iso, enter this in terminal tehn type your password when it asks:



6. once this is done burn to cd-rw
7. reboot, and boot from cd. you'll get about 4 or 5 ebios errors, then the disk will load. When your at the chameleon screen, take out the boot cd and swap in your snow leopard dvd and press F5. you should then see Mac OS X Install DVD appear. i usually boot in -v to make sure i know what goes wrong if it hangs.
8. Install Snow like you would. youll obviously need to do to boot from the cd again to get into the SL install once your done. then install chameleon to EFI or whatever and swap in the netkas 10.1 boot pcefi file until the new chameleon release comes out. Probably best to use rc1 of chameleon.

Enjoy

All credits to the chameleon team, netkas, and anyone else striving to make this a reality. you are the kings of osx86. i merely put this guide together!

special thanks to noob766 who has been testing disks tirelessly with me this week.

flashGX

do you know if noob made one of these cd's for his inspiron 6400 and if so could he upload it for me?
Well done flash! great work!
Regards

not really sure dude! but this one should work for you, try it out!
thanks for the support!

flash

i sure will, only problem is i havent got acces to a computer running os x at the moment, any chance you could upload an iso for me, i know thats a big ask but i dont know my efi strings for my laptop and im not sure making the iso under linux will work that well as soon as im running snow leopard ill do my best to help you out in what ever way you would like, Cheers!

theres really no way i can make your efi strings for you man, so an iso would be useless im afraid! sorry dude!

flash

darn! if i could find the efi strings for you could you make a quick one then ill
Regards

sure dude no problem.

flash

whats your dev and vendor ID for your graphics card?

And Great Job Flash!

Sorry for a stupid question, but how do i know what should i put into the "graphics mode" and what efi string should i add to com.apple.boot.plist?

what is your graphics card?

GeForce 7300 GT

How many Megabytes

256

here is your EFI String

I've actually already released this before. And made it universal. Seethis

Thanks!
And what should i put in the " <string>INSERT GRAPHICS MODE HERE</string> field?


I really can't see anything "universal" in it, it has some unknown DSDT.aml file and it gives kernel panics for most people who use non Gigabyte mobos.

remove it from your plist



kdetech this isn't your boot disc. look inside before you judge...

You need to patch dsdt.aml for snow to avoid reset problem!

Correct me if i'm wrong, but there's no such thing as universal DSDT.aml doesn't it?

you are correct sir. they are so different its tough writing guides for them

0x71491002 after a bit of digging i think thats it, again i have no access to os x, your genouristy is fairly epic! if theres ever anything you need please dont hesitate to ask!
Regards

not sure it will work
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jnxjw2gym2x

Does it means trying to use JMicronATA.kext together with JMicronATAInjector.kext in order to install it on IDE drive, was a bad idea?

nice job better then kdetech, but my dsdt doesn't get loaded so i get the hpet kp, nor does the nullcpu kext, any idea?

yes, a very bad idea.

Is it worth trying to delete one of those JMicron kexts and see if it works, or it will be a waste of time and i should forget about installing Snow on IDE drive, and get some SATA instead?

delete the injector.
where did you get your kexts?

Got them from my previous custom Boot-132 CD that i used for installing 10.5.4, it's a messy one and probably has lots of kexts that i don't need.

I'm using Asus P5K-E with Intel Q6600 and 2GB DDR2-800:
(Intel P35/IHC9R chipset, JMicron JMB363 PATA/SATA controller, Marvell 88E8056 network, AD1988B audio)

Trying to install it on IDE drive connected to JMicron, because i have a working 10.5.4 on SATA and i don't want to screw it all up...

Will it works great on a Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L ? How to do ?

you need kexts from 10.6 get them from the guide posted in my signature.

Well I tried this disk without a DSDT.aml file and it just keeps on rebooting (Must be the CMOS Reset Bug.)

I'm now trying to insert my DSDT.aml and will update soon. Stay tuned but for now...

Well it seems that inserting my DSDT.aml didn't fix the Reset Bug either. It just loads the CDBoot file then the whole computer restarts.

BTW: Here are my Specs
Mobo: Gigabyte P35 DS3P
GFX: Nvidia 7600GT 256MB
Proc: Intel C2D E6550

i can not download from http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=eafd8cc...04e75f6e8ebb871,
i get time out,

thanks you

mspant

How to find the EFI id for Dell Latitude E6400 w/ Nvidia Quadro 160M 256MB Video card?

Card info - http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-Quadro...0M.11908.0.html

I just put some EFI ID for now, once the burn the ISO, it stays on "loading . . . . . . . . ." for loong time. Whats wrong here?

That´s true cause I have them both. With kdtechs I have to install SL using good old LTLs Leo method for Leo though and use his disc to boot from. It will not let me install just using his 132 boot disc. This same install will boot ok with the CD from this guide though but video turns out pretty crappy. Even though I put the Nvinject.kext I know works good with my two 7300 gs pcie videocards. Video works OK with kdtechs guide though . Well I guess there´s no winner here .

Kepp up the good work guys though, we all know everybodys new to this so we´re greatfull for any progress. The good side is you both are on to something good.

I never used a MAC before, pls bear w/ me

How to add KEXTS to this file? When I copy/paste KEXTs into this DMG image, it says no space?

Unbelievabe! It works! Thank you so much!!!

This is my first successful install of Snow, check this out:



For some unknown reason the screenshot didn't save a pic on the dsktop, so i took a photo. (maybe because the graphics card isn't fully recognized yet?)
Interesting, it recognized my Asus P5K-E, recognized my DDR2 800, but the processor speed and type is still incorrect, it suppose to be Q6600 @ 2.4 Ghz.

After the install i booted via cdboot again, and installed all the kexts from cdboot Extra folder into the Extensions folder on the HD via KextHelper. The Network interface is still not recognized, and so the Graphics card and Audio.

My questions are:
1) What's the next steps i should take to be able to boot directly from HD without using cdboot? Does Chameleon-2.0-RC2-r640 works well on Snow?
2) What's the best way to fix the Processor type/speed? Should i edit it manually via OSx86 Tools or there's some more practical solution to sort this out?
3) Regarding Network/Graphics/Audio, would it be better to inject EFI strings into boot.plist via EFI Studio or OSx86 Tools, or install kext drivers instead?

Thanks in advance.

Anyone mind posting a mirror of the disc? The mediafire link seems to be broken.

I take it back.. the download link works fine via Internet Explorer (doesn't work w/ Chrome).

Haha! glad it worked for you! id install chameleon rc1 and use the pcefi 10.1 boot file. that is working fine my end.

noob766 has alerted me that the platformuuid.kext may be causing some panics for people, so until i can update the cd, please remove these from the preboot.dmg yourself if you get panics.

As for my cd being teh same as kd's im not entirely sure but his did not work for me, and im quite sure it doesnt use this new cdboot which clearly supports 64bit efi page emulation that snow leopard needs.

ive not ever used kexts for graphics on my machine, ive only used efi strings, it says in the guide please add efi strings, because i know it works with them, no idea about kexts.

try your very best to follow the guide 100%, jump the gun and youll fail.

flash

Can't wait to try this out seem much easier than boot 132 guides. The last boot 132 disk hosed my bios to the point that i thought i had to rma my board. i had to use a screw driver to short my main bios chip in order to get to my backup bios.

But i am not ready to give up yet I will try this guide some time over the weekend and report back.

Flash i think this should work for me because my board is similar to yours I have the ep45 ud3r and i am sure ds3 is not to far in configurations.

Thanks for all your hard work!!!!

Guys,

I used this CD, finally OSX booted. But, What's the deal w/ 10.6 not installing on a partition w/ MBR?

Anyone have any idea, I have posted the issue here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=184443

Pls help. TIA!!

Give it a shot dude! yer the reason ur bios resets is the cmos error, this cd will reset your bios as dsdt.aml loading isnt working, but it will install and you will then beable to create a patched dsdt that will stop this from occuring. Let me know how u go dude!




Hey dude, mac os x generally wont install on mbr, if youve had an install disk that has before, the OSInstall.mpkg file on the disk has been patched to allow an mbr install. there is a 10A432 patched osinstall.mpkg floating around, but youll have to burn a new install disk to use it, or restore to a partition.

flash

what's the deal with the link.

fixed the link for anyone having issues

If you read the post properly it has a link to another post explaining how to use it universally!









What lies this is mine and if you looked properly has been included in this pack with my name. See Snow Leopard Package 1.0.1. SO YOU ARE A LIAR 

Props to FlashGX - in SL for the first time! Thx thx!!


KDE: 1st of all, your boot132 CD never worked. Made me wonder why you would post something that you yourself admit you never tested - kinda gave the impression you were after a 'first post' for SL boot132. Secondly, FlashGX's disc is based on unreleased Chameleon RC3 build 655 (iirc?). It's on a whole different playing field than what you released.

Worked great...thanks to everyone who contributed time for this.
I'm having an issue getting the os booting without the disk using Chameleon..I must be overlooking something,

hi kde, now look, im not trying to start an argument. my boot cd is different from yours, and yours might work well for you, but i had no luck with it so i had to preceed finding another method. and this is an unreleased build of chameleon cdboot, which i happened to stumble across. This is the only method of booting the retail disk that has worked for me, and it worked straight away. im not calling you a liar. Our disks are however different, and i certainly didnt steal anything from you.

All i want is to help this community out because theyve given me so much over the last couple of years.




Glad u got in to SL man! good job!

flash

i have problem with link, add in the other server thx

here is a mirror:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1335737/chamele...cdboot%20SL.zip

added it to the front page also

flash

Nothing looks more like a Boot132 ISO, than a Boot132 ISO