EDIT: Latest Chameleon 2.0 RC5 version in MultiBeast.
As Chameleon 2.0 development continues, new updates are being pushed out almost every day. Among other code corrections and bug fixes, the latest versions have eliminated the need for Restart and PlatformUUID kexts. Realistically, if you're unfamiliar with the Terminal, compiling the latest source or installing Chameleon manually may not be an option.
As Chameleon 2.0 development continues, new updates are being pushed out almost every day. Among other code corrections and bug fixes, the latest versions have eliminated the need for Restart and PlatformUUID kexts. Realistically, if you're unfamiliar with the Terminal, compiling the latest source or installing Chameleon manually may not be an option.
To that end, I've created an unofficial Chameleon 2.0 RC5 Prerelease 6 Installer based on Rekursor's latest Chameleon development branch.
Also created an unofficial Chameleon 2.0 RC4 Installer based on AsereBLN's 1.1.9 RC4 mods. This particular installer doesn't have an embedded theme. In order to get a graphical user interface, you'll have to drop this Themes folder to your Extra folder.
Both of these are regular OS X installer packages that will replace your Chameleon version. They also will install the full Chameleon bootloader on a fresh OS X install, replacing any older Chameleon installer (such as the PC EFI 10.1 app). Note that you'll have to move your DSDT to the /Extra folder, as this is the new default location for RC4.
Download the Chameleon RC5 Installer Package (based on rekursor's RC5pre6)
Dr. Hurt's Chameleon RC5 Installer Package (based on rekursor's RC5pre8)
or
Download the Chameleon RC4 Installer Package (based on AsereBLN 1.1.9)
Download the Chameleon RC4 Installer Package (based on AsereBLN 1.1.8)
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27 comments:
So after I install SL, update to 10.6.2 I can install this?
Also I won't need to do your tweaking system: get rid of platformUUID kext?
Thx tony!!
Confirmed Awesome! I dont know why but my boot times are way faster now.
I got a kernel panic. Then re ran it, and it and lost support for my video card. nvidia gts250. Any suggestions?
Now I have Samsung DDR2 667MHz memory instead of DD3 1333 :(
@Anonymous-
Rekursor's RC5 version does not have the memory recognition features. You'll have to go back to smbios.plist injection, or use AsereBLN's 1.1.7 booter. I just rolled up a package to install it- check out the updated post.
@Benski
You may have to use a different version, or modify your com.apple.boot.plist with PCI root to get graphicsenabler to work in RC4. Check out this post to inject PCI root to DSDT:
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=207635
i have a Asus p7p55LE Core i5 4gb ram DDR333 and it worked good my clock (time) fixed so nice work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks for the installers.
very helpful for the inexperienced.
one question:
do these installers give the option to install onto so-called "EFI" partition?
@zarac-
At this time the installers don't give the option to install to the EFI partition- I just tried mounting and choosing the drive- no dice. I'll have to delve back in to get that to work.
EFI'ers will have to use the manual chameleon install method for now.
so i installed the rc5 release and everything works. it boots into mac osx. the problem is, that the hackintosh is my studio workhorse and i need to isntall my audio firewire card called steinberg mr816. it runs only in 32bit so i need to change the boot.plist kernel flag to boot mac osx in 32 bit. the curios thing is, that the boot.plist is missing! i´m not joking, com.apple.boot.plist isn´t there at all! i´ve used the finder search and spotlight plus i´ve searched in the extras folder and other system folders where it could normally be found. NO boot.plist! now i´ve downloaded a standart boot.plist from the net, dropped it into the extras folder and wrote the 32 bit kernel flag into it. but the problem isn´t solved as the software which is neccesary for using the soundcard could´nt be loaded which does mean it still runs in 64 bit. maybe the boot.plist isn´t loaded when booting the machine? someone has an idea why the boot.plist is missing and what i can do? best regards
@Anonymous-
I'd recommend using AsereBLN's RC4- it's my personal favorite at the moment. I'd take a gander at your com.apple.boot.plist in /Library/Preferences/System Configuration- sometimes that one gets picked up by default. You can even remove that one, as the one in /Extra is the one that should get scanned. Use MultiBeast to install RC4 + Standard com.apple.boot.plist- it's 32bit. Good luck!
I have installed the follwoing:
Dr. Hurt's Chameleon RC5 Installer Package
However, I got the follwoing error:
"NO HPETS available ... CPUs configured incorrectly....."
What should I do?
Thx tony -- will these installers create a USB bootstick? I want my OSX drive vanilla. And can they be in a format that allows "Show package contents" from the Finder?
Dr. Hurt has an updated RC5 Pre8 R2 (2nd release) available in the linked thread.
hello! thanks for the installers.
Very useful for the inexperienced.
thank you all for your information in your blog
Install worked, but during boot I get a message about success finding my dsdt file and press any key to continue... (DEBUG_DSDT)
Doesn't make for a quick, easy boot, how do I bypass this message?
Thanks.
Ok im confused - i have not done anything apple since the apple 2gs - yes i do feel old. I think I need to somehow create a iso file for a DVD to start an install process - so how do I do it with this package file.
Hi, thanks for the rc5 installer. It's worked really well for me. I have one small error I'd like to clean up:
As the poster a few entries up says, I get "press any key to continue... (DEBUG_DSDT)"
The reason I'm getting it is because it says it can't find "acpi version 2".
I've tried enabling it in the bios, but then it says it can't find "acpi version 1"!
I read elsewhere I could mod the dsdt file like this:
DefinitionBlock ("DSDT.aml", "DSDT", 1, "APPLE ", "MacBook", 0x00010001)
into this:
DefinitionBlock ("DSDT.aml", "DSDT", 2, "APPLE ", "MacBook", 0x00010001)
...However after successfully doing this, I'm still getting the press any key screen. Any ideas? I'm more than happy to provide more in depth info if it's fixable.
Many thanks.
I compiled and installed manually with no problems so far! Even my RAM is now properly recognized. I was using RC4 before, and it kept saying 667MHz, and now after upgrading it says 800Mhz again.
I have the same problem as mentioned above with:
"press any key to continue... (DEBUG_DSDT)"
Does anybody knows how to fix it?
if your setup is wrong you will get a DEBUG_DSDT since they think you obviously want to debug a broken setup. I have the same RC5 and my DSDT doesn't debug.. instant boot.
How useful is Chameleon on a regular Mac OS X install from Apple? I can see some real potential use I think, but wanted to see what others think.
"How useful is Chameleon on a regular Mac OS X..."
No, it would only break a real Mac. For a real Mac, look at rEFIt. http://refit.sourceforge.net/screen.html
works on my ASUS laptop for multi booting with Windows7 and Linux Fedora
Tony rocks as always
Please excuse last post. It was late and I wasn't reading where you'd fixed the instructions per corrections pointed out. I finally got everything, I think, installed where it's supposed to be, but get the DEBUG_DSDT message upon booting. Pressed a key and it ran the spinning gear forever. Went to http://www.ltooz.com/ltooz/htpc/osx86/dsdt-cpu-fix.html which said I should run DSDT_Patcher1.0.1e and DSDT Patcher GUI.app with instructions. After looking far and wide I can't find a good download for DSDT_Patche1.0.1e. Does anyone know where to find it? That is if I need it. Maybe there's another way to get rid of this hangup.
Where did Chameleon hid their theme. I installed Dr. Hunt's version which is not supposed to have a theme, put the one I would like to use in Extra/Themes, but still get the one I had before installing Dr. Hurt's Chameleon RC5 Installer Package. This along with getting the boot logo changed has been driving me crazy for 3 days. Please, someone answer. It's bound to be a simple error I'm making.
Hozey
Where to put the theme other than /Extra/Themes? Cause i had put the theme in /Extra/Themes and selected it in com.apple.boot.plist but with no luck.
The installer i used is Chameleon 2.0 RC5 Prerelease 6 Installer
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