Popular Post janek202 185 Posted May 20, 2011 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2011 Hi all. I made a new utility for Chameleon. It helps to install, update and download latests revs of this bootloader.Features:Installing Chameleon with boot0, boot0hfs and boot0md install methods.Updating Chameleon only by replacing boot file.Downloading latests revs from server.EFI Partitions are supported!org.chameleon.Boot.plist editor.SMBios.plist editor.Modules manager.Themes downloader.bdmesg diagnostic messages reader.DSDT: Compiling, Deassembling, Patching and Extracting.Works on Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion and Mavericks.Universal binary: x86_64 and i386.Download link:http://wizards.osxlatitude.com/chameleon/download.htmlPlease report me any bugs or ideas for new features.I would never make this application without support and ideas by osx86.org.pl team. Thank you, guys!Thanks a lot to the whole Chameleon team for the awesome work.Thanks to q64ceo for allowing me to host my applications.If you want me to add your theme into the Chameleon Wizard's theme downloader, just write me an email with zip package, thumbnail, description, and your nick to janek202.osx86 (a) gmail [dot] comTranslations:Chinese with both TW+CN by crazybirdyGerman by !XabbuItalian by iFabioIndonesian by Wayang-NTKorean by MacGuyberEnglish by janek202Polish by janek202French by fantomas1Portuguese Brazilian by sliptteesPortuguese Portugal by artur_ptRussian by AwesomeSpanish by juanersonSwedish by GreggenThanks to all, who translated this application.All outdated translations removed. You can find them here: http://dl.dropbox.co...ranslations.zipIf you want to translate, here's required files:http://dl.dropbox.co...er/en.lproj.zip THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY janek202 AND All-Seeing Interactive ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL janek202 OR All-Seeing Interactive BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. andril, Whit3Spirit, BWEL and 46 others 49 Link to post Share on other sites
MacKonsti 58 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Excellent idea janek202! Great work! I think what I can add for future versions is perhaps a radio button to select between Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion (I hear that Lion wants a special parameter like UseKernelCache=Yes) and also the installation and use of modules in /Extra/modules path. To be honest, I installed Resolution.dlyb and don't know how to activate it or what to do to see it works Does your application inform itself of its own updates, too? Link to post Share on other sites
polkaholga 31 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Yes... very nice, i'll test when i'm back home. A cool feature would be if one could install to EFI too, i.e. i prefer to have everything there and leave the OS untouched... Link to post Share on other sites
Wayang-NT 688 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 works great ... i've tried for SL and Lion ... ... good work janek202 .... hafitafite 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LIMITER 1 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Awesome app but needs one more feature : current chameleon version, which could be implemented like this strings BOOT_FILE_HERE | grep "Chameleon v" eg. strings /Volumes/Snow\ Leopard/boot | grep "Chameleon v" Darwin/x86 boot v5.0.132 - Chameleon v2.0-RC5 r823 Link to post Share on other sites
Regi Yassin 69 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 thank you very usefull tool. waiting for open beta released Link to post Share on other sites
jaymz60 3 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Thanks working fine on my system jimmy_joe 1 Link to post Share on other sites
downlord 1 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Yes... very nice, i'll test when i'm back home. A cool feature would be if one could install to EFI too, i.e. i prefer to have everything there and leave the OS untouched... Yes, would be a nice feature. Link to post Share on other sites
DarwinX 112 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Hi all. I made a new utility for Chameleon. It helps to install, update and download latests revs of bootloader. Features: Installing Chameleon with boot0 and boot0hfs install methods. Updating Chameleon only by replacing boot file. Downloading latests revs from server. Works on Snow Leopard and Lion. Universal binary: x86_64 and i386. Download links: Beta 1.1: http://cl.ly/6vJA Please report me any bugs or ideas for new features. If anyone knows how to build Chameleon's sources on linux without Xcode, please let me know. I would never make this application without support and ideas by osx86.org.pl team. Thank you, guys! Amazing! Truly, you're a genius, Janek. I am desperately fighting the urge to donate you money for all of this quality coding. If you don't mind my asking, are you a programmer? Few with your level of expertise are willing to produce such treasures with zero compensation and scant praise. I applaud you for doing this, you are truly a generous spirit. This community desperately needs this to expand and accelerate its development. Your last two products stand above the primitive and limited tools that most of us had to resort to streamline and accelerate the processes of various operating system machinations. Link to post Share on other sites
buoo 490 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Amazing! Truly, you're a genius, Janek. I am desperately fighting the urge to donate you money for all of this quality coding. If you don't mind my asking, are you a programmer? Few with your level of expertise are willing to produce such treasures with zero compensation and scant praise. I applaud you for doing this, you are truly a generous spirit. This community desperately needs this to expand and accelerate its development. Your last two products stand above the primitive and limited tools that most of us had to resort to streamline and accelerate the processes of various operating system machinations. I agree! Thanks janek202 Link to post Share on other sites
rDrG 0 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Worked like charm! I just needed to reinstall Chameleon due to my Win7 SP1 update and your app arrived at perfect time to save me a manual installation. Thank you for your good work! rDrG Link to post Share on other sites
janek202 185 Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 New Beta version 1.2: Links in the first post. Added: Showing installed Chameleon's revision. Thanks LIMITER! New option: Backup boot file. If you don't mind my asking, are you a programmer? No. It's just a hobby. I'm studying at the moment. Edit: Small update. Installed Chameleon's revision is now updated after installation. Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Hurt 228 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Love the idea. Works great here. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
crazybirdy 645 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Hi all. I made a new utility for Chameleon. It helps to install, update and download latests revs of bootloader. That's a very usefull tool, Thanks a lot. Link to post Share on other sites
ileikcaek 7 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Thank you for this excellent app, it's a very good idea and really helps as previously getting the latest builds of chameleon was quite tedious! One thing though, when I first run this app and updated chameleon it broke chameleon themes and I just got a text based selector, I reinstalled the old version of Chameleon and then installed with this app again and my chameleon themes still work! Link to post Share on other sites
MasterLen 0 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Great app! Very usefull! Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
RN95 9 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Hi all. I made a new utility for Chameleon. It helps to install, update and download latests revs of bootloader. Features: Installing Chameleon with boot0 and boot0hfs install methods. Updating Chameleon only by replacing boot file. Downloading latests revs from server. Hi Janeck, Yet another great idea after Kext Wizzard. I have a suggestion: Is it possible to have an option which allowws you to install from a local i386 folder. This would be handy when internet connection is not available. Keep up the good work, best regards Link to post Share on other sites
janek202 185 Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 Is it possible to have an option which allowws you to install from a local i386 folder. This would be handy when internet connection is not available. If I understood You correctly, It have been arleady implemented. Just select tab: "Folder on disk", and select Chameleon's i386 folder. Link to post Share on other sites
RN95 9 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 If I understood You correctly, It have been arleady implemented. Just select tab: "Folder on disk", and select Chameleon's i386 folder. Hi Janeck, I apologise. I posted before testing it. Regards. Link to post Share on other sites
bbeepp 28 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Great idea! Thanks for sharing Link to post Share on other sites
crazybirdy 645 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 If I understood You correctly, It have been arleady implemented. Just select tab: "Folder on disk", and select Chameleon's i386 folder. Great job, Is it possible to support EFI partition? It seems only support MBR partition. Link to post Share on other sites
janek202 185 Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 Great job, Is it possible to support EFI partition? It seems only support MBR partition. Currently it works only with "normal" HFS+ partitions. No matter is it MBR or GUID (GPT). I will think about it, but personally I don't use EFI partition, so others would have to test it. Maybe I will only add support for updating Chameleon on EFI partition, not whole installation. Edit: Are this commands OK for updating chameleon on EFI partition? mkdir /Volumes/EFI mount_hfs /dev/diskXs1 /Volumes/EFI cp boot /Volumes/EFI umount /Volumes/EFI rm -rf /Volumes/EFI As I mentioned earlier, I don't use EFI partition myself... Link to post Share on other sites
crazybirdy 645 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Currently it works only with "normal" HFS+ partitions. No matter is it MBR or GUID (GPT). I will think about it, but personally I don't use EFI partition, so others would have to test it. Maybe I will only add support for updating Chameleon on EFI partition, not whole installation. Edit: Are this commands OK for updating chameleon on EFI partition? mkdir /Volumes/EFI mount_hfs /dev/diskXs1 /Volumes/EFI cp boot /Volumes/EFI umount /Volumes/EFI rm -rf /Volumes/EFI As I mentioned earlier, I don't use EFI partition myself... Thanks for your reply, I don't use EFI partition, too. That's my friend's reply, doesn't work with EFI. So, I don't know the exact commands. Sorry~ Link to post Share on other sites
iRipper 40 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Great little app! Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
janek202 185 Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 New beta version 1.3. Fixed EFI partitions detection. Little GUI changes. Some small fixes in a code. Still no EFI support... (see second post on second page) Link in the first post. Link to post Share on other sites
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