Panja Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 As the topic says: What's teh difference between those two? Which one is better? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critic81 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Yes I would like to know the difference also. I installed Kalyway 10.5.1 a while back and have upgraded up through 10.5.4. I'm not sure what chameleon is either? Any info would be great. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panja Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 Anyone that can lighten us up? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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3Dman Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 these are the difference : Provides the same (fake) EFI features as PC_EFI* device-properties string in the com.apple.Boot.plist can have line-breaks, tabs, spaces. With PC_EFI you must keep the whole string in one single line - which is hard to maintain. * Unified boot0/boot1h for MBR/GUID partitioned disks - PC_EFI uses a separate boot0/boot1h for GUID disks which makes DVD builders and users work harder. * boot0 can even pick-up unactivated primary HFS+ partitions - PC_EFI can’t. * cdboot is also available (works now with JMicron connected IDE DVD drives) - you can’t get cdboot with PC_EFI. DVD builders would be happy with that, it makes their - and our - life easy. * Can boot from software RAID configs - PC_EFI can’t. * Don’t need to hassle with startupfiletool anymore to embed the stage2 boot onto your partition, instead just copy the ‘boot’ file to your root folder as a single file. boot1h is still compatibile with the old startupfile loading method. * Installation takes only 3 steps: Suppose that your installation is on /dev/disk0s2 1. Install boot0 to the MBR: fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdisk0 2. Install boot1h to the partition’s bootsector: dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk0s2 bs=512 count=2 3. Install boot to the partition’s root directory: cp boot / * Supports more CPUs (AMD, Intel SSE2) - PC_EFI only supports Intel CPUs. * As a bonus we’re providing a Vista friendly fdisk which won’t break your current Vista installation in case of dual-booting scenarios. * Chameleon is an opensource (APSL) and open-minded project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panja Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 Thanks for lighten us up! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schnullimaus Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 seems like chameleon has better Hardware and CPU support. For me, it solved sound related and time-of-day clock issues which I had with PC_EFI Regards, Stephan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGJulius Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Hey, Go with Chameleon. Think it of a newer updated version of PC-EFI. Plus it supports more hardware specs. And chameleon is easily obtained from their website along with patches for your existing distro's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panja Posted September 21, 2008 Author Share Posted September 21, 2008 Thanks for the answers! So if I'm not mistaken I could just install my Kalyway 10.5.2 dvd and than run the Chameleon installer over pc_efi? I dont have to patch the DVD right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Dman Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Thanks for the answers! So if I'm not mistaken I could just install my Kalyway 10.5.2 dvd and than run the Chameleon installer over pc_efi? I dont have to patch the DVD right? Yes, You need to patch your DVD only when you have "com.apple.boot.plist not found" errors or you have problems weith ATA DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intrax Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Tried Chameleon 1.0.11 with AMD Athlon sse2 and MBR partition. Booted ok, but kernel panic on AppleVIAATA anyone know why ? Maybe have to use GUID ?... Don't want to because other XP partitions on same disk... Any advise ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seye Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Hi I have a dual boot with Vista and GUID partition. When I install Chameleon (1.11) it boots directly into Vista. How can I make it show the boot menu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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