xDeepS Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Hey guys, I have Lion working and Chameleon is set as the bootloader. I boot into Windows via Cham but Windows can't hibernate. I have it installed on one HD. Here's how I installed it: Installed Windows 7 Install Lion on top of it under a partition. Boot broke and I got boot0 errors so I had to manually install Chameleon. (I have one of those 4kb harddrives) So it all works now. When I turn it on boot0 flashes and Chameleon loads. So what could I do? I am thinking to set the Windows partition active... but then Chameleon wont load and Ill have issues booting into Lion. Kinda confused. Help? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Ah the joys of MBR, 4k sector drives and Windows requiring an active partition.. This is a known issue. In addition to not being able to hibernate, you will not be able to install Windows 7 Service Pack 1. When installing Chameleon, use boot0md instead of boot0/boot0hfs. http://forum.voodoop...8.html#msg10398 Chameleon doesn't have to be on an active partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xDeepS Posted April 2, 2012 Author Share Posted April 2, 2012 Ah.. almost there. So after installing Chameleon to boot0md do I set Windows partition as active? Or let it be.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 I believe being on an active partition is a requirement for Windows to work properly. For a better understanding of what you're doing, read this as well: http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,2304.msg11495.html#msg11495 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xDeepS Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 Woo now this was a fun experience. All works well. Thanks Gringo Vermelho! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Cool, well done. I have never tried running OS X and Windows from the same drive myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xDeepS Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 You should give it a try. Gets you heavy geek points among your friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Dude I have so many geek points I could open up a store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xDeepS Posted April 5, 2012 Author Share Posted April 5, 2012 Haha forgot I was talkin to a mod xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeeey Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I too have been experiencing the same problem, hoping you guys could help. Windows 7 won't go into hibernate, it just turns black for a bit then comes back on. This can be annoying if I forget, shut it into sleep, and 10-20 minutes later it goes from sleep to hibernate and just turns right back on. I've restored the MBR to the default Windows 7 loader, and then Windows 7 successfully hibernates. I then used a live CD to go into my OSX partition and used Chameleon Wizard to install the newest Chameleon to boot0md. I then went back into Windows 7, tested hibernate, and it doesn't work again. I've used Easeus partition master to check if windows 7 is active, but it's status is "boot" so for that reason I can't change it to active. Any other partition on my drive I can change to active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 boot= active Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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