Chameleon doesn't automatically boot OSX partition but PC_EFI does

[whya]

I have Leopard installed onto the 2nd partition of my 3rd hard drive (GUID partition table), and somehow the PC_EFI boot loader (v8) automatically boots it, but the Chameleon boot loader (1.0.11) does not automatically boot it (requires pressing F8).

 

- 1st partition = ext2 (to hold Chameleon or PC_EFI files that are booted by grub)

- 2nd partition = hfsplus (Leopard installation)

- 3rd partition = ext2 (data...)

 

With PC_EFI:

1. I boot up boot_v8 using grub

2. I press enter and choose 82 for my third hard drive

3. PC_EFI just finds the OSX installation and boots to it

 

With Chameleon:

1. I boot up boot_v8 using grub

2. I press enter and choose 82 for my third hard drive

3. I get a message that repeats over and over: "system config file com.apple.Boot.plist not found

4. If I press F8 at this point, I get a list of my partitions, and I can then select the OSX installation (second partition) and it boots fine

 

My guess is that Chameleon is trying to load the first partition by default, which does not contain any installation of OSX, and thus it fails with the "system config file com.apple.Boot.plist not found" while PC_EFI on the other hand just goes ahead and boots the one and only OSX partition on the drive.

 

I would like the boot process to be automatic (no need to press F8). Any idea how to fix this?

 

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Just editing with more info:

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I found a post here stating that Chameleon "will try to boot the Active partition first, then try for an HFS partition"

 

Also, the 'parted' utility (run from Ubuntu) says this about the drive; so maybe the boot flag is set wrong?

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 Number  Start   End	 Size	File system  Name				  Flags
  1	  20.5kB  210MB   210MB   fat32		EFI System Partition  boot 
  2	  210MB   1149MB  940MB   ext2		 Untitled				   
  3	  1149MB  1283MB  134MB   hfs+		 Booter 0x93066187		  
  4	  1283MB  87.2GB  85.9GB  hfs+		 Untitled				   
  5	  87.3GB  320GB   233GB   ext3		 Untitled				   
  6	  320GB   320GB   134MB   hfs+		 Booter 0x93066187		  
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[whya]

it is still a mystery to me as to why Chameleon gives me the "system config file com.apple.Boot.plist not found" error until I press F8, but i've switched over to one of the boot-132 images, which works fine