QUOTE (oldefixuser @ Sep 11 2009, 02:58 AM)

1. does the front panel audio have to be plugged in (and if so, in what mode), or will getting the onboard sound be like with efi-x where it came only out of the back of the machine?
Is does not have to be pluged in. On my mobo, both front and back panel audio works. It does depend on the hardware.
QUOTE (oldefixuser @ Sep 11 2009, 02:58 AM)

2. i am reading now and then about rebuilding extensions.mkext - can anybody share how to do this with me?
chmod -R 644 /Volumes/MacLoader/mine/Extensions
chown -R root:wheel /Volumes/MacLoader/mine/Extensions
kextcache -a i386 -m /Volumes/MacLoader/Extra/Extensions.mkext /Volumes/MacLoader/mine/Extensions
chmod 644 /Volumes/MacLoader/Extra/Extensions.mkext
chown root:wheel /Volumes/MacLoader/Extra/Extensions.mkext
QUOTE (oldefixuser @ Sep 11 2009, 02:58 AM)

3. does the boot.plist (i know that i havent't called it the right thing here) on the usb stick that I made with chameleon on it override the one on the boot hd?
If it exists it is loaded instead of the one on the Leopard partition
QUOTE (oldefixuser @ Sep 11 2009, 02:58 AM)

4. i suspect that i will have some sleep, shut down, wake up and restart issues. any insight into this?
Depends on the hardware. Mine did not need any kext fix, though I had to change a parameter in my BIOS to S3 (something in the power management or the like).
QUOTE (oldefixuser @ Sep 11 2009, 02:58 AM)

5. right now I have the usb stick, a dvd-rom, and one 500 gb drive installed. I have 4 other sata drives (3 x 750gb, 1 x 1tb) waiting to be hooked up. is this a no-brainer, or do i have to somehow prepare my system for it?
It all depends on the setup, though chameleon list all available boot partitions, so you should be good to go. See documentation for default selecting one.