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iMithos

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Help with SL Retail and Chameleon, blinking "_"
« on: May 12, 2011, 06:08:03 AM »
Hi!
If you can help me i'll be very gratefull...

My computer: Toshiba L500-245 with i3 processor and ATi 4650


I do the Retail (10.6.0) installation with iBoot legacy and I part all my disc with Disc Utility (During the installation) with Only one partition

The problem have place when I try to install chameleon.

I tried to install it with .pkg on the disk
And I followed this guide: http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php?topic=649.0 from Gringo

But the result it's allways the same: a "_" flashing when i try to launch the System

Can you help me please?
First of all, thanks for reading
« Last Edit: May 12, 2011, 04:28:38 PM by iMithos »

Gringo Vermelho

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Re: Help with SL Retail and Chameleon
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2011, 06:29:17 AM »
I'll try to help.

Open a terminal prompt and type diskutil list. Post the output here.
10.9.5 - ASUS P8Z77-V Pro - i5 3570K - GTX 660 - Chameleon 2.3 svn-r2xxx
How to...
Install Chameleon: http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,649
Make your own Chameleon boot CD: http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,484.msg2131.html#msg2131

iMithos

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Re: Help with SL Retail and Chameleon
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2011, 07:19:19 AM »
Thank's for help me :)

PD:
Yes, I use the fdisk of i386
I tried to do the process with a Pendrive

And always i get the blinking "_"
Help please :(
« Last Edit: May 12, 2011, 04:28:15 PM by iMithos »

Gringo Vermelho

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Re: Help with SL Retail and Chameleon, blinking "_"
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2011, 05:12:54 PM »
AFAIK if you're getting a blinking cursor means that the partition is not marked active.

If you have followed my guide there should be no problems (he said, overly confident in himself lol)

Are you sure you did this bit right:
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The following step isn’t necessary on all systems but it’s better to be safe than sorry. Make sure the EFI partition is flagged as active.
Verify that you are still in the i386 directory - then type the fdisk command and then each line as shown. Again, if your EFI partition is not on disk0 modify as needed:

1) ./fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0
(Ignore any “fdisk: could not open MBR file /usr/standalone/i386/boot0: No such file or directory” error)

2) f 1

3) w

4) q
Any doubts regarding the above? If you are sure you did it right then I don't know why it's doing that.
« Last Edit: May 12, 2011, 10:00:25 PM by Gringo Vermelho »
10.9.5 - ASUS P8Z77-V Pro - i5 3570K - GTX 660 - Chameleon 2.3 svn-r2xxx
How to...
Install Chameleon: http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,649
Make your own Chameleon boot CD: http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,484.msg2131.html#msg2131

iMithos

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Re: Help with SL Retail and Chameleon, blinking "_"
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2011, 05:47:12 PM »
My BIOS Boot Config:


That's I do (I try to do it in Single User mode and in de Mac OS X Desktop):


That's I get:
(I have the option "Fast boot" activated in the Bios config, but with "Normal Boot" happens the same)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBywqFz3ong

iMithos

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Re: Help with SL Retail and Chameleon, blinking "_"
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2011, 08:20:15 PM »
So, i've conected the Hard disk into another computer and chameleon works
So I thing that it could be a problem in the Bios Config
Here's all the tabs:




« Last Edit: May 12, 2011, 10:14:51 PM by iMithos »

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Re: Help with SL Retail and Chameleon, blinking "_"
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2011, 10:02:55 PM »
That looks fine to me. You posted the same screenshot four times. :)

Did you install to the internal hard drive or is it connected via eSATA or USB?
« Last Edit: May 12, 2011, 10:05:51 PM by Gringo Vermelho »
10.9.5 - ASUS P8Z77-V Pro - i5 3570K - GTX 660 - Chameleon 2.3 svn-r2xxx
How to...
Install Chameleon: http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,649
Make your own Chameleon boot CD: http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,484.msg2131.html#msg2131

iMithos

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Re: Help with SL Retail and Chameleon, blinking "_"
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2011, 10:14:20 PM »
That looks fine to me. You posted the same screenshot four times. :)

Did you install to the internal hard drive or is it connected via eSATA or USB?
Yep, I edit :D

It's in Internal Hard Drive... I tried to put it in a box and connect it via USB but the result is the same
The EFI partition has the correct flags (boot)
And the chameleon on the HD works in others computers but in the mine not.
I'm so confused
« Last Edit: May 12, 2011, 10:16:55 PM by iMithos »

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Re: Help with SL Retail and Chameleon, blinking "_"
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2011, 11:47:57 PM »
A true mystery! If the drive is bootable on other PCs then it could be something non-standard with your laptop's BIOS I guess. Or even a bug. Did you check to see if there's a BIOS update for it?

Looking at your screenshots, that Fast/Normal boot setting seems like it could have something to do with it. What happens if you set it to fast?
What you can do in the meantime is install Chameleon to a USB flash drive and boot from that. Well, hopefully that will work. I know it's not very practical but at least you can unplug it once you're done booting.


EDIT.. oh wait, you tried that already. Try changing the "SATA Interface" setting. A wild guess, probably won't change anything.
You can also try setting a password for HDD1. Yes I know it sounds weird, but I remember reading something about that setting having an effect on the ability to boot OS X on a PC. Actually, just carpet bomb it, try setting passwords for everything there and see if it makes any difference.

If that doesn't change anything, try something else, for troubleshooting purposes:
Find the "HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool" with google. Run it on a Windows PC and use it to format your flash drive as a bootable DOS disk. You will need MS DOS boot files as well, some of the tutorials for the HP USB tool that you can find with google will have a link to these. I would attach them here for you but I don't think it's legal.

Now try booting your laptop from that, just to see if it can successfully boot into DOS off of the flash drive. Let me know what happens. If it works I might have an idea what you can try next.
« Last Edit: May 13, 2011, 12:02:24 AM by Gringo Vermelho »
10.9.5 - ASUS P8Z77-V Pro - i5 3570K - GTX 660 - Chameleon 2.3 svn-r2xxx
How to...
Install Chameleon: http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,649
Make your own Chameleon boot CD: http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,484.msg2131.html#msg2131

iMithos

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Re: Help with SL Retail and Chameleon, blinking "_"
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2011, 12:01:22 AM »
Find the "HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool" with google (...)
I'm searching for that...
You always can send me a MP xD

EDIT: I need 25 minutes for installing OS X again
« Last Edit: May 13, 2011, 12:08:10 AM by iMithos »

Gringo Vermelho

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Re: Help with SL Retail and Chameleon, blinking "_"
« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2011, 12:08:48 AM »
No! Say no to private messaging. :) It's counter productive, we must share what we know.

Even if you can't get it to work, whatever we discover here must be kept public so that others can find it and use it later.

(Besides this forum doesn't allow for attachments via PM).
 
« Last Edit: May 13, 2011, 12:12:35 AM by Gringo Vermelho »
10.9.5 - ASUS P8Z77-V Pro - i5 3570K - GTX 660 - Chameleon 2.3 svn-r2xxx
How to...
Install Chameleon: http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,649
Make your own Chameleon boot CD: http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,484.msg2131.html#msg2131

iMithos

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Re: Help with SL Retail and Chameleon, blinking "_"
« Reply #11 on: May 13, 2011, 12:33:45 AM »
I used the win98 boot files
Fat32 and the things that appears on this image

iMithos

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Re: Help with SL Retail and Chameleon, blinking "_"
« Reply #12 on: May 13, 2011, 12:40:18 AM »
Yep!
It launch DOS


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Now try booting your laptop from that, just to see if it can successfully boot into DOS off of the flash drive. Let me know what happens. If it works I might have an idea what you can try next.
I'm waiting for your idea  :)
« Last Edit: May 13, 2011, 01:01:26 AM by iMithos »

Gringo Vermelho

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Re: Help with SL Retail and Chameleon, blinking "_"
« Reply #13 on: May 13, 2011, 01:02:39 AM »
Okay, so try formatting your USB flash drive as FAT32 and install Chameleon on it.

You must use boot1f32 instead of boot1h.

I am crossing my fingers because I have never done this myself. I hope it's as simple as that. If formatting it as FAT32 in Windows doesn't work, try using Apple Disk Utility to format it instead and then install again.

Latest Chameleon 2.0 RC5 SVN trunk build attached.
« Last Edit: May 13, 2011, 01:04:42 AM by Gringo Vermelho »
10.9.5 - ASUS P8Z77-V Pro - i5 3570K - GTX 660 - Chameleon 2.3 svn-r2xxx
How to...
Install Chameleon: http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,649
Make your own Chameleon boot CD: http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,484.msg2131.html#msg2131

iMithos

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Re: Help with SL Retail and Chameleon, blinking "_"
« Reply #14 on: May 13, 2011, 01:25:44 AM »
The things that I have to do are the same as here: http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,649.0.html ?
(I know that I have to change the identifiers to the Pendrive  :lol: Sorry, I'm n00b with all of this)

The same result formating via Disk Util and Windows: :S


I thing that it must work, but I think that I'm doing something wrong
« Last Edit: May 13, 2011, 02:31:45 AM by Gringo Vermelho »