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[blaugrana]

About the new options

SMBIOS

Finally you can specify your smbios.plist location using a device selector prefix like “SMBIOS=rd(0,0)/Extra/smbios.plist”.

VideoROM

You can pass an alternate video ROM image file to the system.

VBIOS

Using this boolean switch, you can control the injection of your video BIOS to device-properties. We got various reports if this switch is really needed to make your graphics device handled correctly by the system.

h t t p://chameleon.osx86.hu/articles/chameleon-20-rc3-with-snow-leopard-and-large-disk-support

[XLR]

First!

[pirloui]

Great, thanks; looking foreward to testing

edit: this "first" thing really needs to stop...
@SticMAC™

[SticMAC™]

Second!

Great, thanks; looking foreward to testing
edit: this "first" thing really needs to stop...

[paddyoquinn]

Someone should probably put together a installer image while the offical one is being made, and can someone explain what setting the VBIOS in the bootloader? if it means a fix to my crappy x1300 mobility card then i will get down on 1 knee and marry these guys!
Regards

[BladeRunner]

Well, since I couldn't sleep well I was up late and found this new release. I have installed it and it boots my SnowLeo system just fine. I really appreciate this new release.

I have a problem using the Graphiceenabler option but that is no different than the previous release. I posted a feature request for an enhancement to that option over in the voodoo Projects forum.

This will be great because now I can keep a copy of Leopard and Snow on the same disk.

[sk1nhead]

im having sound assertion on boot (about 5-7 times) on Snow Leopard which i dont usually get on RC1, my audio is fine though...

working fine here except that issue.

[JoRdaN FiRsT]

thanks

[Dr. Hurt]

Installer Here:
http://www.insanelym...howtopic=184766

[adamsalac]

Yeah-yeah-yeaaaah!!!!!!!!!

Finally!

Thx!

[Jingu]

It's much harder to boot in 32-bit with this new Chameleon RC3.

Regardless of the 32-bit kernel flag I put in Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist, Chameleon RC3 always boots 64-bit!

What I have to do is when the chameleon GUI shows up, I hit Tab, that brings me to the Darwin bootloader. From there, I select the Snow Leopard partition and type at the promt arch=i386. That gets me to boot in 32-bit.

[asapreta]

With this RC3 we can install and boot without NETKAS PCEFI 10.1 boot file?

[shatterhenner]

hi folks...tryin for weeks now...little problems here

assuming i got a guid drive with first partiton 10.5.8 bootin from hidden efi partition
2 partition 10.6 with Extra/Extensions

how can i force chameleon to boot Extra/Extensions from second partition....

thanx for helpin out

[scorcho]

With this RC3 we can install and boot without NETKAS PCEFI 10.1 boot file?

Yep.

Installed using Terminal and it works. It didn't break either my SL or 10.5.8 install.

[TheAppleFreak]

Can't wait for an official installer package to be released; this sounds amazing!

[Konami®]

So if this version RC3 only boot in 64bit, we can have some issues with 10.5.8? I mean I am using the RC2 version and works fine. I am scary to damage my stable system just for a bootloader that is only optimized for SL.

[lord_webi]

for Snow Leo better use RC1 + boot 10.1 ... too many issues on the new one ...

[scorcho]

So if this version RC3 only boot in 64bit, we can have some issues with 10.5.8? I mean I am using the RC2 version and works fine. I am scary to damage my stable system just for a bootloader that is only optimized for SL.

Using it just dandy to triple boot 10.5.8/10.6/Win7, but then again there's little reason to upgrade unless you need to use a newer feature.

[tdtran1025]

I followed the link from Dr.Hurt and used the RC3 installer package. After reboot I don't notice any visual changes during boot. Is it too subtle for me to notice or is it the installer package didn't do anything?

[yeehaa]

It's much harder to boot in 32-bit with this new Chameleon RC3.

Regardless of the 32-bit kernel flag I put in Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist, Chameleon RC3 always boots 64-bit!

What I have to do is when the chameleon GUI shows up, I hit Tab, that brings me to the Darwin bootloader. From there, I select the Snow Leopard partition and type at the promt arch=i386. That gets me to boot in 32-bit.

that is because the 32 bit bootflag for PC EFI is "-x32" and for chameleon it is "arch=i386"!!