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Hi,

 

I've been trying to make bootable my PC but it just doesn't work banghead.gif . I'm using tonymacx86 guide to do this but probably somewhere on the middle i'm doing something wrong. I need someone smart to look on my steps and give me a hint. I'll explain the best as i can what do i do:

 

Step 1: Preparing the drive

Boot into your existing OS X installation.

Open Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility

Select your hard drive in the left column.

Click the Partition tab

Under Volume Scheme: separate your hard drive into 2 Partitions. You can make them any size you want.

Click Options... choose GUID Partition Table, then click OK.

Click Untitled 1. Under Name: type Snow Leopard. Under Format: choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

Click Untitled 2. Under Name: type Windows 7. Under Format: choose MSDOS (FAT).

Click Apply and close Disk Utility.

Insert Windows 7 DVD in tray.

Unplug all hard drives except this one and reboot.

 

Step 2: Install Windows 7

Nothing fancy . Reformat to NTFS and install operation system.

 

Step 3: Boot from ATI [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] as i have Sapphire Vapor-X 5870

Swap CD with Mac OS X retail

 

Step 4: Installing Snow Leopard

After installation reboot and swap CD with ATI [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]

Complete the OS X setup routine

 

Step 5: Updates + [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]

I'm updating to 10.6.4

GraphicsUpdate

[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] -> DSDT, ATY_Init Uakari, GraphicsEnabler 32 bit = No, Ethernet + Utilities

 

 

And now i'm trying to put DSDT + Extras to my EFI partition. I think i'm doing something wrong here

 

Step 6: Reformat and mount EFI partition

 

Open Applications/Utilities/Terminal

Type: sudo -s

Type: newfs_hfs -v EFI /dev/disk0s1

Type: mkdir /Volumes/EFI

Type: mount_hfs /dev/disk0s1 /Volumes/EFI

 

My EFI partition is on desktop now

 

Step 7: Install Chameleon to EFI partition

It says in guide "download any Chameleon binary source" but maybe for my graphics card must be something different???

Anyway i'm using this one:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index. ... try1360125

 

Type: diskutil list

Locate your EFI partition. It will be under IDENTIFIER. Be sure to use the correct one. (For this example: disk0s1)

Type: cd

Click and drag the Chameleon folder to Terminal, creating a path to it. This is a cool trick that you can use instead of typing the whole path. The command will become: cd /Users/****/Desktop/Chameleon-2.0-RC4-r684-bin

Type: cd /i386

Type: sudo fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdisk0

Type: sudo dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk0s1

Type: sudo cp boot /Volumes/EFI/

 

Step 8: Copy files to EFI partition and edit com.apple.boot.plist

Open /Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist in TextEdit or Property List Editor.

Add the DSDT=hd(0,1)/DSDT.aml flag

Save com.apple.boot.plist

 

So after it looks like this:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>DSDT</key>

<string>hd(0,1)/DSDT.aml</string>

<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>

<string>Yes</string>

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>

<string>No</string>

<key>Kernel</key>

<string>mach_kernel</string>

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>arch=i386</string>

<key>Legacy Logo</key>

<string>Yes</string>

<key>Timeout</key>

<string>1</string>

</dict>

</plist>

 

Then i'm putting my DSDT.aml and /Extra folder from Snow Leopard to EFI.

Than inside EFA i have:

 

boot

DSDT.aml

/Extra

 

inside /Extra i have:

 

com.apple.Boot.plist

DSDT.aml

/Extensions

Extensions.mkext

smbios.plist

/Themes

 

Step 9: Set the EFI partition as active

Open Applications/Utilities/Terminal

Type sudo -s

Enter your password.

Type fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0

Type p

Type f 1

Type w

Type y

Close and re-open Terminal

Type: sudo -s

Enter your password.

Type: umount -f /Volumes/EFI

Type: rm -rf /Volumes/EFI

Type: fsck_hfs /dev/disk0s1

Close Terminal and reboot.

 

 

Unfortunately after rebooting it's boot Snow Leopard instead showing the screen where i should have choice between Windows 7 and Snow Leopard

 

Please, please can anyone help me. I feel like completely idiot now!

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