twilight.lee Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 (edited) System Required: wnidows 2000/2003/XP Assume your windows install on C:\ step1 : Download attachment and extract it to C:\. step2 : Edit boot.ini , add a line : c:\ieldr="Chameleon-2.0RC1-r431" NOTE: Do NOT rename the chameleo.iso , because ISOEmu only support 8.3 format file name. Thanks Chameleon Team , ISOEmu author! PS: I haven't Vista or Win7 , so don't konw how to let this stuff working under Vista or Win7. Maybe EasyBCD can help , if anyone know how , please share. chameleon_2.0RC1_r431_bootiso.rar Edited April 7, 2009 by twilight.lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aetherzz Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 System Required: wnidows 2000/2003/XP Assume your windows install on C:\ step1 : Download attachment and extract it to C:\. step2 : Edit boot.ini , add a line : c:\ieldr="Chameleon-2.0RC1-r431" NOTE: Do NOT rename the chameleo.iso , because ISOEmu only support 8.3 format file name. Thanks Chameleon Team , ISOEmu author! Thanks mate I m gonna try that with vista x64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faninx Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Thank you very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miliuco Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Thanks, it can run OSX from a GUID partition. In the boot selector screen the Chameleon choice text has a bracket, is it a misspelling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kajtas Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 how to do this .. on windows vista? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanderon Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 working from a XP hdd to boot into OSX raid on another HDD. thnx can we modify the iso with theme / smbios / dsdt etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twilight.lee Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 In the boot selector screen the Chameleon choice text has a bracket, is it a misspelling? Yes , it is misspelling. fixed. thanks. can we modify the iso with theme / smbios / dsdt etc? Actually , I made this ISO use this method : hxxp://chameleon.osx86.hu/articles/how-to-rebuild-an-install-dvd-with-chameleons-cdboot You can add any stuff what you want. [Key Code] sudo hdiutil makehybrid -o chameleo.iso bootmedia/ -iso -hfs -joliet -eltorito-boot bootmedia/usr/standalone/i386/cdboot -no-emul-boot -hfs-volume-name "Chameleon 2.0RC1" -joliet-volume-name "Chameleo" -iso-volume-name "Chameleo" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatDeceiver Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 just wanted to report that it's not working on my win7/osx dual boot. put the files in place, replaced my tboot line in boot.ini with yours and cannot boot. some error and then says should be either partition 1 2 or 3. went back to tboot line and everything is fine. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twilight.lee Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 just wanted to report that it's not working on my win7/osx dual boot. put the files in place, replaced my tboot line in boot.ini with yours and cannot boot. some error and then says should be either partition 1 2 or 3. went back to tboot line and everything is fine.thanks There are a method for Vista and Win7 , but I can NOT test, so no guarantee it's working. Assume your Vista or Win7 installed on C. step1 : Download attachment and extract it to C:\. step2 : Copy boot.ini,bootfont.bin,NTDETECT.COM,ntldr from XP to your C:\ step3 : Edit boot.ini , add a line : c:\ieldr="Chameleon-2.0RC1-r431" all done , reboot. good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastowl Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 win 7 may cause problems since it creates a secondary boot partiton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatDeceiver Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 There are a method for Vista and Win7 , but I can NOT test, so no guarantee it's working. Assume your Vista or Win7 installed on C. step1 : Download attachment and extract it to C:\. step2 : Copy boot.ini,bootfont.bin,NTDETECT.COM,ntldr from XP to your C:\ step3 : Edit boot.ini , add a line : c:\ieldr="Chameleon-2.0RC1-r431" all done , reboot. good luck! attachment? did I miss it? I already have ntdetect and ntldr to get tboot working. I don't have bootfont.bin though. maybe not important and just a problem with the extra partition win7 puts onto the hdd. edit1: ahh, just reread your post and realized that copy is not related to download attachment . Since I don't have XP I need to get the missing files elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twilight.lee Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 attachment? did I miss it? I already have ntdetect and ntldr to get tboot working. I don't have bootfont.bin though. maybe not important and just a problem with the extra partition win7 puts onto the hdd. I mean the chameleon_2.0RC1_r431_bootiso.rar attachment, it's seemed this method not working for win7 , sorry , can't help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatDeceiver Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I mean the chameleon_2.0RC1_r431_bootiso.rar attachment, it's seemed this method not working for win7 , sorry , can't help you. thanks, just reread your post and realized that copy in step 2 had nothing to do with the attachment of step 1 (which was referring to the original post). yeah, seems that this is not working for win7. thank you tgd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huahuagongzi Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 o ths!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macslap Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Will this work if MacOS is installed on a separate physical harddrive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradontctak Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 my windows installed in C: bt my boot.ini is at E:... i extract to C: after i paste in c:\ieldr="Chameleon-2.0RC1-r431", restart, it shows me a msg.. about hal.dll how to solve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Will this work if MacOS is installed on a separate physical harddrive? Also my question: HD1 = MBR, 4 partitions OS X, first active Chameleon 2.0 HD2 = 3 partitions, first WinXP,NTFS (not active), second OS X partition, active=default boot, Chamelon 2.0 I must select by F12 to boot from HD2 , then in Chameleon select WINXP to boot XP=OK. But when i boot normal (from HD1) and do select WinXP (which is on HD2) i get only an blinking cursor. May that NTloader + configs helps also in that case (WinXP is NOT the defaulr bootloader, its Chameleon on my HD2), or can that method explained here only works if my WinXP would be the default boot (means XP partition=active) ? I boot XP not often, so also my HD2 should have OSX as default boot active and not XP bootloader. No problem if no way, then i use the little longer way over F12 >HD2 > Chamemeon>XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twilight.lee Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 To bradontctak : I guess the windows on your C: is vista or win7 As I mentioned , i have no idea how to make this stuff working on vista or win7. Sorry. If you find a way , please share. To mitch_de : When you boot from HD1 , Did Chameleon 2.0 list all partitions of both hardisks ? Are you sure you select the *RIGHT* XP partition? If sure , that maybe a bug of Chameleon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Yeah CH booting from HD1 shows all partitions on HD2 and i selected XP. Maybe an limitation of CH 2RC1 with seperate HDs. I will try to use this (not already tested) .rar and edit the boot.ini. So Chameleon 2 on HD1 will boot/load that isoemu and that loads chameleon.iso from HD2 ? I will report - at least i am sure to damage not my already working CH 2 install on that second partition of HD2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twilight.lee Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 Yeah CH booting from HD1 shows all partitions on HD2 and i selected XP. Maybe an limitation of CH 2RC1 with seperate HDs.I will try to use this (not already tested) .rar and edit the boot.ini. So Chameleon 2 on HD1 will boot/load that isoemu and that loads chameleon.iso from HD2 ? I will report - at least i am sure to damage not my already working CH 2 install on that second partition of HD2. The ISOEmu must load by NTLoader , so you need extract the attachment to your XP Partition of HD2 , and boot from HD2, maybe you also need mark XP Partition as active. HD1 = MBR, 4 partitions OS X, first active Chameleon 2.0HD2 = 3 partitions, first WinXP,NTFS (not active), second OS X partition, active=default boot, Chamelon 2.0 Can you try boot form HD1 , then use Chameleon2 choose the OS X partition of HD2? Tell us whether the Chameleon2 of HD1 can boot OS X partition of HD2 or not. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradontctak Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 i'm running xp my hdd gt 3 partition.. 1st is E: 2nd is C: 3rd is F: boot.ini is in the 1st and windows is at 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twilight.lee Posted April 9, 2009 Author Share Posted April 9, 2009 i'm running xpmy hdd gt 3 partition.. 1st is E: 2nd is C: 3rd is F: boot.ini is in the 1st and windows is at 2nd. Do you use tboot ? Deal with ieldr as same as tboot. So just extract the attachment to the partition which has the boot.ini. In your case , extract the attachment to the E: edit boot.ini add a line : e:\ieldr="Chameleon 2.0RC1 r431" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Thanks. I was a bit busy to test. I use tboot on my HD2. I now will try that new method and report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradontctak Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 it shows me a error Windows could not start because the following files is missing or corrupt <windows root> system/hal.dll Please re-install a copy of the above file. what is Tboot? how to use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Yeh Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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