ibr4him Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Yes, I searched all related topics for a solution and spent hours but I still can't figure why smbios.plist has no effect whatsoever on info shown in 'About this Mac'. No matter what I do, it displays the same thing everytime. Is it cached somewhere? Any solution? Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noam AA Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Yes, I searched all related topics for a solution and spent hours but I still can't figure why smbios.plist has no effect whatsoever on info shown in 'About this Mac'. No matter what I do, it displays the same thing everytime. Is it cached somewhere? Any solution? Many thanks! try put in you boot.plist <key>SMBIOS</key> <string>/Extra/smbios.plist</string> and see if it got loaded (you can check it with "-v wait=y" at chameleon prompt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3.14r2 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 It is possible that you use an outdated version of Chameleon. Older version had a bug and didn't loaded SMBIOS values correctly. Try installing a newer version of Chameleon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibr4him Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 try put in you boot.plist <key>SMBIOS</key> <string>/Extra/smbios.plist</string> and see if it got loaded (you can check it with "-v wait=y" at chameleon prompt) I already have this in my boot.plist, but let me verify if smbios loads... Edit: I couldn't read all the lines, but I did see something like "Loading extensions from /Extras/Extensions.mkext" -- nothing else from /Extra I believe. It is possible that you use an outdated version of Chameleon. Older version had a bug and didn't loaded SMBIOS values correctly. Try installing a newer version of Chameleon. I'm currently using Chameleon-2.RC5m-r1171, but if I use any newer version, I get NO HPETs kerner panics. I guess my Mobo isn't supported with new versions of Chameleon yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noam AA Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 'Wait=Yes' should Stop chameleon prompt, and let you read whats going on, it's not supposed to continue without pressing Enter. have you tried 'ForceHPET=yes' with new chameleon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibr4him Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 'Wait=Yes' should Stop chameleon prompt, and let you read whats going on, it's not supposed to continue without pressing Enter. have you tried 'ForceHPET=yes' with new chameleon? Oh, but it didn't wait, it was just like a regular boot! Hmm... I'm afraid it would stop booting and I don't want to risk that, I've spent hours now getting this to work. I could try this If I knew how to edit the boot.plist again via Lion Boot disk terminal, but I don't know the commands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noam AA Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Oh, but it didn't wait, it was just like a regular boot! Hmm... I'm afraid it would stop booting and I don't want to risk that, I've spent hours now getting this to work. I could try this If I knew how to edit the boot.plist again via Lion Boot disk terminal, but I don't know the commands. you can also try making a Bootable USB and try from there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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