Help..iATKOS S3 V2 Boots Only With DVD Post-Installation Even After Choosing Bootloader

[Siddharth Thiagarajan]

I've Been Trying To Install iATKOS S3 V2 On My Friend's PC..

 

The Config Is :

 

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 2.7GHz, Intel DG41 Chipset(ALC 662 HDA, Realtek 8168D/8111D LAN), 2GB RAM, Nvidia 8400GS 512MB

 

I Got The Perfect Install Very Easily And Booted Into Mac OS X On The Very First Try..

 

Everything Works Perfect Except The USB(Tried All The Fixes On The Disc) Pls Give A Solution For This..

 

AND

 

I Am Not Able To Boot Into OS X Without The Install DVD Inspite of Choosing Bootloaders During Installation.. I Get BOOT ERROR Message Without Install DVD.. I Tried Asere, Chameleon During Installation..

 

Note : I Already Had An Windows XP Installation On Another Partition.. I Tried To Use EasyBCD On XP.. But It Didn't Detect Boot.. So I Tried Boot Think 2.4.6 From XP ... I Get The Boot Options Now.. Windows Boots Fine.. But When I Choose Mac.. It Boots And Then After Going To Desktop, I Get A Panic...

 

Please Help And Give Me A Solution For The Above Mentioned Problems...

[Biso007]

I faced the same problems while using S3 V2 and solved it as following:

 

after completing the installation do this:

 

- boot using the DVD

 

- install Chameleon 2R3 package

 

- only apply the USB fix (no other USB enhancements)

 

- modify com.apple.boot.plist file and add "arch=i386" to the "kernel flags" section.

 

this should solve your problem as I think the whole issue is that the default boot mode for iAtkos S3 is 64-bit as well as Chameleon R4 and R5.

 

Good luck