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If anyone else comes across this error, the secret sauce is to boot into safe mode from the Chameleon boot loader screen.
(Found it in a post in Italian. Thanks Google Translate!)
ie F8 at the bootloader screen, then:
-x
...as your boot flag. The installation seemed to hang at 10 minutes remaining for a very long time (~30minutes), but then just finished installing.
Now to work out how to stabilise OSX so I don't have to boot into safe mode EVERY time... got the circular boot error if I don't -x.
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Hi Lejenk, and thanks for your response.
Here is the lshw dump from the system:
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description: Motherboard
product: Portable PC
vendor: TOSHIBA
physical id: 0
version: Version A0
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: TOSHIBA
physical id: 0
version: Version 3.00 (09/10/2009)
size: 96KiB
capacity: 4032KiB
capabilities: isa pci pcmcia pnp upgrade shadowing vesa cdboot bootselect edd int13floppytoshiba int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU P8700 @ 2.53GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.7.10
slot: uFC-PGA Socket
size: 2531MHz
capacity: 2531MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 266MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc up arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm ida tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority cpufreq
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 12
slot: CPU Internal
size: 64KiB
capacity: 64KiB
clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
capabilities: internal write-back unified
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 13
slot: CPU Internal
size: 3MiB
capacity: 3MiB
clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
capabilities: internal write-back unified
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 81
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GiB
*-bank:0
description: SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
product: M4 70T5663EH3-CF7
vendor: CE00
physical id: 0
serial: 75D69DFF
slot: DIMM 0
size: 2GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 800MHz (1.2ns)
*-bank:1
description: SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous [empty]
physical id: 1
slot: DIMM 1
width: 64 bits
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 07
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 07
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:40 ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:fa000000-fdffffff ioport:e0000000(size=268435456)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: G86M [Quadro NVS 150M]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:fd000000-fdffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:fa000000-fbffffff ioport:cf00(size=128) memory:fc000000-fc01ffff
*-communication UNCLAIMED
description: Communication controller
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset MEI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:00:03.0
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:ffcff000-ffcff00f
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
logical name: eth0
version: 03
serial: 00:23:18:78:1e:57
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=1.0.2-k4 firmware=1.8-8 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
resources: irq:44 memory:ffcc0000-ffcdffff memory:ffcfe000-ffcfefff ioport:bfe0(size=32)
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:16 ioport:bf80(size=32)
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.1
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:21 ioport:bf60(size=32)
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.2
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:bf40(size=32)
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.7
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:19 memory:ffcfd000-ffcfd3ff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 03
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0
resources: irq:47 memory:ffcf8000-ffcfbfff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:41 ioport:a000(size=4096) memory:ff900000-ff9fffff ioport:ff400000(size=2097152)
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: WiFi Link 5100
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 00
serial: 00:26:c6:7c:b3:8c
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn driverversion=2.6.35-22-generic firmware=8.24.2.12 ip=192.168.1.9 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg
resources: irq:46 memory:ff9fe000-ff9fffff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:42 ioport:9000(size=4096) memory:f8000000-f9ffffff ioport:f6000000(size=33554432)
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:43 ioport:8000(size=4096) memory:ff700000-ff8fffff ioport:ff200000(size=2097152)
*-usb:4
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 ioport:7fe0(size=32)
*-usb:5
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:7f80(size=32)
*-usb:6
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:18 ioport:7f60(size=32)
*-usb:7
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:ffcfc000-ffcfc3ff
*-pci:4
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: 93
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
resources: ioport:1000(size=4096) memory:ff600000-ff6fffff ioport:c0000000(size=67108864)
*-pcmcia
description: CardBus bridge
product: RL5c476 II
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: b
bus info: pci@0000:06:0b.0
version: ba
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=128
resources: iomemory:b00a07060-b00a0705f irq:22 memory:ff600000-ff600fff ioport:1000(size=256) ioport:1400(size=256) memory:c0000000-c3ffffff memory:c4000000-c7ffffff
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: b.1
bus info: pci@0000:06:0b.1
version: 04
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2
resources: irq:23 memory:ff6ff000-ff6ff7ff
*-generic:0
description: SD Host controller
product: R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: b.2
bus info: pci@0000:06:0b.2
version: 21
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=sdhci-pci latency=64
resources: irq:21 memory:ff6fe000-ff6fe0ff
*-generic:1 UNCLAIMED
description: System peripheral
product: R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: b.4
bus info: pci@0000:06:0b.4
version: 11
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64
resources: memory:ff6fc000-ff6fc0ff
*-generic:2
description: System peripheral
product: xD-Picture Card Controller
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: b.5
bus info: pci@0000:06:0b.5
version: 11
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=r852 latency=64
resources: irq:21 memory:ff6fb000-ff6fb0ff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
logical name: scsi0
logical name: scsi1
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:45 ioport:7f58(size=8) ioport:7f54(size=4) ioport:7f48(size=8) ioport:7f44(size=4) ioport:7f20(size=32) memory:ffcf7000-ffcf77ff
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: Hitachi HTS54501
vendor: Hitachi
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: PBBO
serial: 091208PBPB03QCDZRU0M
size: 149GiB (160GB)
capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=d2f70f97-191c-49fd-b7d1-6fe62e061bca
*-volume:0
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: BSD 4.4
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: FAT32
serial: 70d6-1701
size: 199MiB
capacity: 199MiB
capabilities: boot fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat label=EFI name=EFI System Partition
*-volume:1
description: Apple HFS partition
vendor: Mac OS X (journaled)
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
version: 4
serial: 693b9430-48f5-1a85-0000-0000004a6000
size: 148GiB
capabilities: journaled hfsplus initialized
configuration: checked=2009-09-17 21:09:27 created=2009-09-17 14:09:27 filesystem=hfsplus lastmountedby=HFSJ modified=2009-09-17 21:18:41 name=Untitled state=unclean
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVD-RAM UJ880AS
vendor: MATSHITA
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
logical name: /cdrom
version: 1.21
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,noatime state=mounted status=ready
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /cdrom
configuration: mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,noatime state=mounted
*-scsi
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@2:1
logical name: scsi5
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
size: 14GiB (15GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: signature=c3072e18
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
logical name: /media/doubleappiness
version: 3.1
serial: 76d6-dd90
size: 14GiB
capacity: 14GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2012-08-13 07:39:49 filesystem=ntfs label=doubleappiness mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted
*-battery
description: Lithium Ion Battery
product: 3R1Y22
vendor: TOSHIBA
physical id: 1
version: 12/19/09
serial: 0000002642
slot: 1st Battery
configuration: voltage=10.8V
*-power UNCLAIMED
physical id: 2
capacity: 32768mWh
Thanks in advance for any light you or anyone else can throw on the problem.
#Also, I tried installing Leopard 10.5.7 (IATKOS_v7), and got the "could not find com.apple.Boot.plist" error, from two different DVDs, one burned at 8x, and one at 4x (slowest my writer goes...) just in case anyone else tries to install Leopard on a M10 and has the same error.#