The Gonif Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Hi, I installed Leopard on my Abit IP35e about a year and a half ago... it worked great but then an update killed it and after a lot of struggling I sort of gave up on it. Now I'm getting the itch to try again. Things have changed a bit in that time. I'm trying to catch up but I'm confused about Chameleon. It emulates EFI, right? And is it also a bootloader? Some of the install guides use both Boot 132 and Chameleon, but from what I read it seems like all you'd need is Chameleon. Can someone explain what these tools are used for? I'm trying to get a pure vanilla installation going. Not sure if it's possible, but my mobo has a P35 / ICH9 chipset, which is identical to some of the Gigabytes, I think. Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/185392-quick-question-about-chameleon-and-boot-132/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gonif Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 Anyone? Was this a dumb question? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/185392-quick-question-about-chameleon-and-boot-132/#findComment-1260579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilpostus Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Boot123 and Chameleon are the two different things. Boot123 is a CD that allows to install OS X on a PC from a retail Leopard Disk. Just like the real Mac. First you boot the Boot123 CD. It loads up all necessary stuff to memory (RAM), creating a pre-boot environment. Then you insert a retail OS X disk and make install. Now to boot the new installed system, one will need a special extra called boot loader. Chameleon is that boot loader that let's boot the OS X. It also has many useful features like: boot manager to boot Windows or Linux, patching system without patching the system files and more. I guess you got the idea... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/185392-quick-question-about-chameleon-and-boot-132/#findComment-1260837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gonif Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 Ah, now it is clear. I had figured they must be about the same thing, since you'd think that you'd need a boot loader + an EFI emulator for both booting to install DVD and booting into the installed OS, but I guess not. Thank you for taking the time to explain this! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/185392-quick-question-about-chameleon-and-boot-132/#findComment-1261790 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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