Hi guys, I'm trying to quad/quint boot (don't ask why I'm a dev - we do stupid stuff) an MSI Wind U100. My bootloader of choice is BootIT NG (BING)
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm. This is simply because it allows me to disk image and restore working OS's before I get stuck in to futzing with them.
BootIT is not GPT compatible, as far as I know GUID is incompatible with where BootIT likes to store itself. Though the BING minimal DOS can be stored in a tiny EMBR partition located anywhere on the drive the MBR has to be just that an MBR not a GUID.
My plan is to let BING hide everything but a 200MB FAT32 Chameleon partition, my 30G HFS+ Snow Leopard partition and a common FAT32 data partition that sits inside an extended partition. Then when I want to boot into OSX I'm hoping the following will take place.
1) BING hides all but the relevant partitions.
2) BING sets the 200 MB Chameleon partition active.
3) BING gives control over to Chameleon which then attempts to load OSX.
I followed this vanilla install guide that is specialised to my hardware
http://insanelywind.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=347including partitioning the HD using GUID.
I then loaded the EFI partition and copied the working extras folder and contents of the partition to an external HD. Wiped the GUID, installed BING, imaged the fresh working OSX installation. Which is pretty much where I am now.
What I want to know is what disk structure will Chameleon/OSX put up with regarding the EFI partition I am now going to have to add back in and place my custom kexts into? I don't mind breaking the vanilla flavour of my install a little if it lets me use BING (I have to flash the workin' installation when I have it over to some friends U100s).
In short will the fake EFI that Chameleon provides be happy with a none GUID HD? Will OSX be happy?
I'm gonna plug away at this but any thoughts or comments from wise owls would be useful.
