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iq860

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Boot-loader not starting (Boot Failure)
« on: September 21, 2011, 01:25:06 PM »
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 iBoot 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/innovation/en/product/Satellite-C660-1HE/1100131/toshibaShop/false/

Gringo Vermelho

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Re: Boot-loader not starting (Boot Failure)
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2011, 07:09:49 PM »
I need you to describe in detail how you installed Chameleon to the HDD.

Please boot into OS X, run Terminal.app, enter diskutil list and post the output here.
« Last Edit: September 21, 2011, 07:12:48 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

skavenger

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Re: Boot-loader not starting (Boot Failure)
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2011, 03:52:32 AM »
Hello folks,

i have some type of similar problem.

Installing Chameleon finished without problem
booting from HDD is not possible
bootloader not load
no messages - simply nothing appears
boot system via iBoot-cd works

I've tried some versions of Chameleon and other Clones - no one start boot from HD
i try the manual install method from this tut: http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,649
system wont boot

What can i do?

Partition-List - see attached file

System: 10.6.0 on 1st vol, 10.6.8 on 2nd vol, Lenovo Z560, Intel i5, WD 750GB HDD
Partitioning: GUID, 2 partitions, Mac OS Extended on both

TIA

Sorry for my bad english!
« Last Edit: November 16, 2011, 04:28:50 AM by skavenger »