zonex Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 To Moderators : Sorry if this was in the wrong section , plz move if Required , and plz tell me if you ever saw this Problem before just so i can know what am I dealing with.... Well it's pretty much what the title say , I'm trying to Boot a Preinstalled Lion on a Satellite C660-1HE (specs Below) i Tried using TonyMac's [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 3.1.1 and 3.0.1 and they both fail to load the OS , while tonymac's rBoot CD was able to start the chimera boot-loader and get me in the OS , The Problem is i tried to install a boot-loader to the HDD so it can start up by it's own and it never does , Tried Chameleon 2.0 r1518 and a couple of older ones ,, also tried Chimera 1.5.4 (same one of rBoot) but they're not even starting the boot-loader it self. i always get a "boot failure" message when i try to boot form HDD and then it switches to CD. I also tried installing each of Chimera and Chameleon to a USB flash drive that works perfectly with my other Hackintosh but it also failed to even start the boot-loader . you can lookup Tonymac's installation CDs Online , the only thing that ever started a boot-loader interface and actually booted my Lion 10.7 was the rBoot LE CD.. Plz help , as this is Urgent since this is not my Laptop and i have to return it to my friend who i promised a working HackBook after checking his specs and now i can't even start to install the Proper kexts as i need to have full control on chameleon boot plist.... :$ :$ Laptop Specs: Processor type : Intel® Core™ i3-380M Processor clock speed : 2.53 GHz Graphics adapter type : ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 supporting HyperMemory™ technology memory amount : 512 MB dedicated VRAM. Available graphics memory can be expanded using system memory, through HyperMemory™ technology: up to 2,233 MB with 4 GB system memory installed, and up to 3,571 MB with 8 GB system memory, (with pre-installed 64-bit operating system). memory type : DDR3 Video RAM (resp. Video RAM and system memory combined) connected bus : PCI Express® Wireless communication Compliancy : Wi-Fi® Network Support : 802.11b/g/n Manufacturer : Atheros Wired communication topology : Fast Ethernet LAN speed : 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX see the link http://gulf.computers.toshiba-europe.com/i...hibaShop/false/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/268604-boot-loader-not-starting-boot-failure/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komano Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 To Moderators : Sorry if this was in the wrong section , plz move if Required , and plz tell me if you ever saw this Problem before just so i can know what am I dealing with.... Well it's pretty much what the title say , I'm trying to Boot a Preinstalled Lion on a Satellite C660-1HE (specs Below) i Tried using TonyMac's [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 3.1.1 and 3.0.1 and they both fail to load the OS , while tonymac's rBoot CD was able to start the chimera boot-loader and get me in the OS , The Problem is i tried to install a boot-loader to the HDD so it can start up by it's own and it never does , Tried Chameleon 2.0 r1518 and a couple of older ones ,, also tried Chimera 1.5.4 (same one of rBoot) but they're not even starting the boot-loader it self. i always get a "boot failure" message when i try to boot form HDD and then it switches to CD. I also tried installing each of Chimera and Chameleon to a USB flash drive that works perfectly with my other Hackintosh but it also failed to even start the boot-loader . you can lookup Tonymac's installation CDs Online , the only thing that ever started a boot-loader interface and actually booted my Lion 10.7 was the rBoot LE CD.. Plz help , as this is Urgent since this is not my Laptop and i have to return it to my friend who i promised a working HackBook after checking his specs and now i can't even start to install the Proper kexts as i need to have full control on chameleon boot plist.... :$ :$ Laptop Specs: Processor type : Intel® Core™ i3-380M Processor clock speed : 2.53 GHz Graphics adapter type : ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 supporting HyperMemory™ technology memory amount : 512 MB dedicated VRAM. Available graphics memory can be expanded using system memory, through HyperMemory™ technology: up to 2,233 MB with 4 GB system memory installed, and up to 3,571 MB with 8 GB system memory, (with pre-installed 64-bit operating system). memory type : DDR3 Video RAM (resp. Video RAM and system memory combined) connected bus : PCI Express® Wireless communication Compliancy : Wi-Fi® Network Support : 802.11b/g/n Manufacturer : Atheros Wired communication topology : Fast Ethernet LAN speed : 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX see the link http://gulf.computers.toshiba-europe.com/i...hibaShop/false/ How did you install the Bootloader to the hard disk? With [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]? Try the Manual method via Terminal Also, why did you promise your friend? You could be earning money while people in Insanelymac help you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/268604-boot-loader-not-starting-boot-failure/#findComment-1755159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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