darkten Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I concur!! darkten what changes did you make to the boot132 I provided as no matter what I do on mine it moans about a problem with hpet 0! Yeah yours works for installing 10.5-10.5.4ish...it is after 10.5.5 that it all goes to hell, because it appears the IONetworking kext is being messed with in the 10.5.5 extensions. It was really helpful to me to troupleshoot this by making a boot partition with the chameleon stuff on it so i could see it break in realtime, essentially Like I said, I'm about to wipe this puppy for the final time after I xfer all of the working known good to a fresh initrd for boot cd. I believe I will be able to do retail install->10.5.5->chameleon dfe on one partition and not lose anything in the process, not have to run broadcom script or audio installer, all in a single workflow. Will be starting in about 10 mins or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francola Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 In the interest of community spirit, brotherly love, etc... IF you: 1 Aren't busy 2 Are having issues 3 Have AIM 4 Have your mini already 5 Have a retail leo dvd and the 10.5.5 combo updater handy 6 Have 45mins to an hour to kill right now PM me. I'm going to wipe this machine ONE LAST TIME (heheh, yeah right) and reinstall everything from the latest/greatest working set of {censored} i have here from my 'final' boot132 iso. If you'd like to be in on this event with live guidance, join me in the AIM chat mini9osxftw. I plan to get started around 330 pm eastern. it is 312 now Damn! I would be honored to get in on that!! Mine is supposed to arrive tomorrow, so I guess I will just send out a prayer to you and look forward to benefitting from your great success! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteRock Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Damn! I would be honored to get in on that!! Mine is supposed to arrive tomorrow, so I guess I will just send out a prayer to you and look forward to benefitting from your great success! I am guessing this will be hosted at chat.aim.com?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Type11 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Just an update got my 32GB MyDigitalDiscount drive and it appears it is DOA as it will not even show up in the Bios... *SIGH* might be a few more days until we see if this has an effect on sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnaClocker Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Just an update got my 32GB MyDigitalDiscount drive and it appears it is DOA as it will not even show up in the Bios... *SIGH* might be a few more days until we see if this has an effect on sleep It's going to be awhile. I'm still waiting for them to get more in stock to ship me mine. Last I heard, end of this week they'll have them back in stock. Grrr.. At least your next one will be from a different batch, maybe you'll have better luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Type11 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 yeah if it is going to be a bit I think I might just go for the 64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elucid Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I ordered mine yesterday and the guy on the phone said it will 10 to 14 Business days. So i went on the website and i check and this is what i see. Estimated Delivery Date is:11/10/08 I'm so pissed off its going to take 1 month for my mini to arrive? Why was i misinformed. On the website it says Order Date: 10/5/08 Production Date: 10/6/2008 4:03:27 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francola Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I ordered mine yesterday and the guy on the phone said it will 10 to 14 Business days.So i went on the website and i check and this is what i see. Estimated Delivery Date is:11/10/08 I'm so pissed off its going to take 1 month for my mini to arrive? Why was i misinformed. On the website it says Order Date: 10/5/08 Production Date: 10/6/2008 4:03:27 PM I 1st ordered mine from Dell & then cancelled & ordered one off of eBay that will be here tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkten Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 we are beating this into subbmission in mini9osxftw on aim... It looks like we're gonna have to "two stage" this to get it to work. That is, to install, we're using pete's initrd, and post, all of the kexts i have currently we have about 21mins left on the first pass so join in. We are booting from a ~25MB iso, one install in english, one in german. Feel free to tag along I 1st ordered mine from Dell & then cancelled & ordered one off of eBay that will be here tomorrow! That is exactly what I ended up doing as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Type11 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Sure just give me the steps you guys have and what I can be of benefit to try. Also it is the same image as be for the initrd? the one posted here by pete? Also maybe extensions you want me to try. I am using a cd for boot123 and I think you guys are using usb thumb drives so at least I can document that difference Sure just give me the steps you guys have and what I can be of benefit to try. Also it is the same image as be for the initrd? the one posted here by pete? Also maybe extensions you want me to try. I am using a cd for boot123 and I think you guys are using usb thumb drives so at least I can document that difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkten Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Sure just give me the steps you guys have and what I can be of benefit to try. Also it is the same image as be for the initrd? the one posted here by pete? Also maybe extensions you want me to try. I am using a cd for boot123 and I think you guys are using usb thumb drives so at least I can document that differenceSure just give me the steps you guys have and what I can be of benefit to try. Also it is the same image as be for the initrd? the one posted here by pete? Also maybe extensions you want me to try. I am using a cd for boot123 and I think you guys are using usb thumb drives so at least I can document that difference We're doing it all off cd too, since the expected method will be to install of a leo disk what we/i really need, is a working, non-breaking .pkg that will do all of this manual {censored}. We are still walking thru and logging everything on aim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elucid Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 How can i join this AIM chat. I dont have mine but i will love to listen and see wahts going on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Type11 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 yeah message me with how to join the chat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francola Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 In AIM goto "mini9osxftw" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Type11 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Sorry i never use im. I am in ichat and I add that as an aim user? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francola Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I use Adium just because of situations like this, so that I may join many different chat platforms. I am not sure of the flexibility of iChat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Type11 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Ok again sorry but in adium do I just add a buddy mini9osxftw (tried that and it fails)? feel like a total noob for not knowing this stuff. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkten Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Ok again sorry but in adium do I just add a buddy mini9osxftw (tried that and it fails)? feel like a total noob for not knowing this stuff. thanks i don't use adium; it is too buggy for real work in chat, simply do File/Go to chat room tell it mini9osxftw Also... if there is a chameleon dfe for hard disks vet around...please join All indications that i have point t this thing NOT working...that is, it does NOT seem to pick up our kexts from the Extra folder like it should Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnaClocker Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I have used nothing but Adium for 2 years now. It's flawless and anything but buggy. I got tired of the bloat and ugly advertising in AIM and Y!IM.. And I thought the kexts on a Boot132 setup were supposed to go in the hidden 200meg partition, not some "extra" folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Dman Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Extra folder is the old method to boot without Boot-132 CD or USB, EFI partition is the new way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnaClocker Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 So are you guys using an old method on a new version? Maybe this is your whole problem. The instructions I have printed out here (didn't save the URL, doh!) talks about formatting the hidden partition and how to put all the files in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkten Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 So are you guys using an old method on a new version? Maybe this is your whole problem. The instructions I have printed out here (didn't save the URL, doh!) talks about formatting the hidden partition and how to put all the files in there. Nope. It appears that issue was a kext issue; Type11 and I are running thru the latest build of this now to make sure it is primetime ready and worry and Term free Extra folder is the old method to boot without Boot-132 CD or USB, EFI partition is the new way yeah, i had a faked EFI partition going as well at one point, but such a method is less straightforward for mac expatriates. We like it Easy™ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Dman Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 yeah, i had a faked EFI partition going as well at one point, but such a method is less straightforward for mac expatriates. We like it Easy™ Of course Extra method is easier but there's two things IMO anyone will need EFI partition method 1- No need to install Chameleon and copy boot file to root and extensions etc every time you reinstall, you just reinstall and boot like a real mac without any problem or even boot CD. You only need to setup this partition one time only. 2- If anyone wanted to use Time Machine and restore this method it the best. After restore you'll boot directly to your installation no need to install Chameleon bootloader again. Thats why if I have this Dell Mini I'll do the EFI partition, if anyone doesn't need these 2 features then Extra folder is easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Type11 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Yes agreed I am helping with the /Extras method but for those who know what they are doing I think the EFI partition is a better option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynroden Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Is there anywhere a tutorial how to create such an EFI partition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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