andimcknopf Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Hi I installed Snow Leopard on my external USB/FireWire Harddisk "Little Disk" from Lacie and would like to boot it with my Acer Aspire 5732ZG Notebook at the USB Port. As Bootloader I installed Chameleon 2.0 RC 4. I did the Installation from a running VMWare Installion of Leopard as my original Apple Hardware is just PPC based. When I try to boot OS X it hangs up after the Apple ACPI Messages (CPU1,2 enabled, 3,4 disabled) I think at the beginning there ist a message saying there is a Bios failure but it is to fast to read exactly. I also tried to install Snow Leopard for the VMWware but it always restarts. And I tried to install it with the EmpireEFI but it does not support my Grafikcard Technical details of the Notebooks are: CPU: CoreDuo T4300 Gfx: Ati Mobility Radeon 4570, 512 MB Mem: 4 GB DDR 2 Sound: Realtek HD Any ideas? Thanks, Andi Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/208707-acer-aspire-5732zg-external-usb-install/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
andimcknopf Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 Finally I did it, the Problem was that the NullCPUPowerManagement I used was not the new for Snow Leopard. Had to start first time with -x Option. Killing all "Ati..." kexts and AppleHDA.kext and installed RadeonHD.kext for Grafik and VoodooHDA.kext for Sound. In Extra/Extensions VoodooPS2.kext for Keyboard and Touchpad. In com.apple.boot.plist I had to set the Graphic Mode to 640x480x16, otherwise I just get a black screen after start up. Not working is the Atheros AR8132 Ethernet, but the WLAN works fine. I installed copied than the OS X Partition to a new Partition of my internal Harddisk. With Windows 7 the Bootmenu does not work to chose OS X, so I did a boot USB Stick. After booting I can get off the USB Stick and use the Port for other USB Hardware. I would like to use a second Partition at the Stick for Windows and I formated it with FAT, but when I try to use the Stick under Windows it doesn´t find the Stick, does anyone knows how to do? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/208707-acer-aspire-5732zg-external-usb-install/#findComment-1400003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David23 Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 I have the same notebook and I haven't any problem. Windows generally must installed on internal harddrive and you can use the usb to install but not as os if isn't a live. You must install windows on the main disk and with supergrubdisk or other after install change the boot flag into the hd of snow leopard and it can launch windows with chameleon. (escuse my english, I'm italian). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/208707-acer-aspire-5732zg-external-usb-install/#findComment-1547175 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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