Macduzzit Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Hi, as a "new" member I am forced to post a new topic instead of replying to topics already in forums..so here goes. I have been trying for months...err years to update Chameleon on my hackintoshes, NEVER works wether I use manual, installers, or any method I've read after 1000's of hours researching. The installer runs, exits with "Installation was successful" but when I reboot I am at the 2008 version still. All my builds use the "Macloader 0.4" "vanilla"method. My EFI partition has an empty "Extra" folder except for "com.apple.boot.plist, DSDT, SMBIOS, Extensions.mkext. I have tried everything. Right now my 10.6.6 system runs/boots flawless, but I would like to update Chameleon and get out of the stone ages. In my "Macloader folder there is none of the stuff thats supposed to be in there, like com/apple.boot.plist, etc. the DSDT.aml is the original date of install, never updates. Anyone use Macloader to do installs that can explain where all the missing stuff is and how I am able to still boot this hackintosh without all the necessary stuff, I would greatly appreciate some help. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248565-new-user-postreply/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 If you can't get it to work when using an installer, then stop using installers and install Chameleon manually. Basic steps are the same, there are numerous, mostly identical guides available, here's one: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1627612 Other relevant files and important background information can be found in the same thread. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248565-new-user-postreply/#findComment-1642379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macduzzit Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 NOTE TO SELF...another 12 hours thrown at Chameleon never installed. I did however succeed in destroying my system and being forced into re-installing 2 more times from backup! Read 500 more posts on "manual install method" and again none work! Still running Chameleon-2.0-RC4-r684-bin from original install years ago. I believe the best/easiest way to install a new version of Chameleon is to just install a whole new system from scratch, so far that has always worked without wasting 1000's of hours reading every post mentioning Chameleon. I can't believe it is this hard to install a bootloader, when a new board with all new hardware only takes 1 day of work to get it set up and system installed working 100%. There are so many versions of every new version of Chameleon and so many methods for installing it, I am not surprised at all the pages wasted on this topic/subject. Also since I am the only one having this trouble it must just be my unique hardware/build causing all the issues with Chameleon. Strange. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248565-new-user-postreply/#findComment-1642818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulcyber Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 NOTE TO SELF...another 12 hours thrown at Chameleon never installed. I did however succeed in destroying my system and being forced into re-installing 2 more times from backup! Read 500 more posts on "manual install method" and again none work! Still running Chameleon-2.0-RC4-r684-bin from original install years ago. I believe the best/easiest way to install a new version of Chameleon is to just install a whole new system from scratch, so far that has always worked without wasting 1000's of hours reading every post mentioning Chameleon. I can't believe it is this hard to install a bootloader, when a new board with all new hardware only takes 1 day of work to get it set up and system installed working 100%. There are so many versions of every new version of Chameleon and so many methods for installing it, I am not surprised at all the pages wasted on this topic/subject. Also since I am the only one having this trouble it must just be my unique hardware/build causing all the issues with Chameleon. Strange. It could be hardware for you, but I have the same problem and I built my system with all compatible hardware. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=180954 Part 3 - Install Chameleon Bootloader v1.2.2 Last updated 26th September 2010 "The files of the Chameleon bootloader which we are interested in are: • boot0 (stage 0 bootfile - boots Chameleon from an active partition). • boot0hfs (stage 0 bootfile - boots Chameleon from a non-active partition - useful for a dual boot) • boot1h (stage 1 bootfile). • boot (stage 2 bootfile). • fdisk440 (Used to update only the first 440 bytes of the MBR). For this install guide, the technical installation of Chameleon involves installing three files and creating one folder. • Write boot0 to the first 440 bytes of the Master Boot Record (MBR) of the drive. • Write boot1h to the partition’s bootsector which Chameleon will be installed to. • Write boot to the partition which will hold Chameleon’s /Extra folder. • Create a folder named Extra blackosx provides the best explanation and manual install of Chameleon that I have read. boot0 is written to the MBR. I multi-boot and I think that is why I have a problem upgrading Chameleon, some sort of conflict in the MBR. So do you dual boot? I think erasing the MBR and then reinstalling Chameleon (get rid of files on disk too) would permit an upgrade, but it seems a bit risky to me, and for me, it ain't broke enough to fix it, not just for the superior appearing GUI + themes. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248565-new-user-postreply/#findComment-1642849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macduzzit Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 Well that which you have said might be my problem. I like a newbie dumbass formatted my drive for Snow Leopard as GUID and have NO MBR partition to install anything to. I was under the delusion that SL could only be installed to GUID drives. But then again my drives running Leopard formatted with MBR will not install a new version of Chameleon either. I give up, for the time wasted I could have built literally 1000's of Hackintoshes. One thing I do notice is almost everyone that writes to these forums is running an X58 MoBo so that may be my solution. Seems nobody is running the old hardware like mine. Well thanks for the help anyway. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248565-new-user-postreply/#findComment-1642914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macduzzit Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 Forgot...I have 8 drives in my case, one s for Windoze {censored} and the rest are backup OSX builds "just in case", so yes I do dual boot. I wiped a spare 160GB drive and have been playing with that to see what may be the solution and so far no luck getting it to boot a fresh install. In the process I broke my USB install setup so I have to redo that. Tried "boot-132" method but Chameleon blocks me from using that method of install. Interestingly when I use the "Macloader 0.4" method it complains of no i386 folder during step 3 of post install, whatever that is for. Just for the knowledge I did try setting up Macloader "NOT" in the EFI partition and it was never bootable, but as soon as I set it up in the EFI partition it booted fine. From what I've experienced a copy of Macloader MUST be kept on the desktop in order to remain bootable which is also weird since I thought the EFI partition should be handling all the added kexts, etc. I have come to the contusion that using Macloader may be great for a quick install, it leaves lots to be desired long term when trying to update. Oh well, thanks again for the help. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248565-new-user-postreply/#findComment-1642921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven7 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I'm also forced to talk in the "New User Lounge" so I saw your post and thought... Why not start here. I've been trying to install World of Warcraft on my Dell Vostro 1500 for a couple days now with now luck... I too the complete WOW folder on my Real iMac and copied it to my hackint0sh. Everytime I try to open wow it crashes... Not sure what to do now. I've reinstalled it a couple times so hmm... I wonder how long it will be before I can post a question in the Vostro 1500 Mega Forum... I didn't see a wait time in the forum rules or maybe I skimmed to fast. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248565-new-user-postreply/#findComment-1643500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellmantt Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I'm also forced to talk in the "New User Lounge" so I saw your post and thought... Why not start here. I've been trying to install World of Warcraft on my Dell Vostro 1500 for a couple days now with now luck... I too the complete WOW folder on my Real iMac and copied it to my hackint0sh. Everytime I try to open wow it crashes... Not sure what to do now. I've reinstalled it a couple times so hmm... I wonder how long it will be before I can post a question in the Vostro 1500 Mega Forum... I didn't see a wait time in the forum rules or maybe I skimmed to fast. 1 You need 10 posts before posting elsewhere on the forum. IMO a great idea. 2 Start your own thread, good idea to state what video you are using, what version of OS X, vanilla or patched kernel etc. In fact as much information as you can. 3 Check the logs ("Console") for clues why it crashes. 4 Search the forum. Here is a search for the previous 24 months on the subject, add snow to the search terms if you are running 10.6.x http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&...p;aql=f&oq= Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248565-new-user-postreply/#findComment-1643796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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