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Chameleon => General Discussion => Topic started by: esmasin on August 22, 2009, 10:54:09 PM
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Hi everybody, I have a Dell Studio XPS i7 with OS X 10.5.7 installed in one hd and vista on other hd.
I had RAID mode enabled in bios when installed Vista and if I try to boot Chameleon RC2 in this mode I get boot1: error.
If I change bios to ATA, Chameleon boot smoothly to OS X 10.5.7 but I don't want to enter the bios every time I switch from one OS to other, neither I want to reinstall vista.
In Chameleon docs it says that RAID is supported, maybe I have done something wrong? Is there a solution for this? OS X is installed in a GPT partitioned HD.
Any help would be appreciated.
P.S. I have searched a lot but I can't find any help, this forum seems the right place to ask
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BIOS RAID is not supported, but Apple software RAID is supported :)
Btw you can still use your single drives while RAID mode is enabled in BIOS.
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BIOS RAID is not supported, but Apple software RAID is supported :)
Btw you can still use your single drives while RAID mode is enabled in BIOS.
I think you misunderstood the OP. I'm having the exact same problem. We don't need RAID file system support as we're not installing OSX using RAID file system. The problem is that we had enabled RAID option in BIOS for the SATA controller. Chameleon gave "boot1: error" when the bios SATA settings is at RAID. If I changed the settings to AHCI or ATA, it boots up OSX fine. It's a pain to change the BIOS setting every time we boot to Windows or OSX. Is there anyway to make Chameleon to boot OSX even Bios SATA seting is at RAID?
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Hello there,
I have the same issue on my system. My configuration is as follows:
- SATA controller mode in BIOS is RAID
- 3 HDD connected to this controller, 2 HDD in raid array (have Vista on them), 3rd HDD is just normal non-raid disk.
I have installed Mac OS X (retail + combo update to 10.5.8) on the 3rd (non raid) disk in VMWare and after installation of combo update I've installed Chameleon 2.0-RC2. Unfortunately while trying to boot Mac OS boot loader hangs with following output:
boot0: GPT
boot0: testing
boot0: testing
boot0: done
boot1: error
Is there any way to solve this problem? According to zef it is possible to boot non-raid disk even with BIOS SATA controller set to RAID, but how?
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I would also LOVE to know if there's a solution for this. Chameleon 1.0.11 works fine in RAID, but neither of the Chameleon v2 releases have played nice thus far. zef, if you've got any recommendations it would be great to hear them! :D
I should also add that I'm not trying to boot off the array itself. Just like the other users above are trying to do. I'm doing this on Intel ICH10R for what it's worth. It also didn't work with my P5K-E on ICH9R, but that was RC1.
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Just installed RC3. Same error.
:(
However if you boot from a USB thumb drive, CF, SD, microSD, etc., t works just fine. That's what I recommend for us RAID people.
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Hello!
Thanks for your help and work
i'm running now snow leopard on a separate hard disk and i've got a win7 partition on a raid array.
So i need to activate raid to dual boot win7 and snow without changing bios parameters each time.
The Tweak's option (see below) would fit but when i create a boot usb key and boot it, the boot process hangs on "still waiting for root device".
However if you boot from a USB thumb drive, CF, SD, microSD, etc., t works just fine. That's what I recommend for us RAID people.
Please tell me how you manage to boot from USB to load the snow partition
Thanks for your help, cheers
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The Tweak's option (see below) would fit but when i create a boot usb key and boot it, the boot process hangs on "still waiting for root device".
What storage controller do you have? In case of using ICH9R-10R in RAID mode, you need an AHCIPortInjector.kext at least. You can find it in Chameleon's bin release under Optional Extras/Extensions/Common folder.
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First, thanks a lot for your quick reply and your help!!!
For the storage controller, that's my case(ICH10-r on an asus rampage II gene).
The only extension of this kind that I added to boot Snow is ioahciblockstorageinjector.kext.
Do I need to add this kext (AHCIPortInjector.kext) to my USB Boot Key or my Snow Partition.
Because when I boot on my Snow Partition in RAID activated in BIOS I get: "boot 0: GPT ... boot 1: error"
No "still waiting for root device" in this case.
However, i'll try your advice and get you informed
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Hi!
Nothing to do, I installed AHCIPortInjector.kext on my Snow Partition and the result is the result is the same:
after booting for an USB Stick with chameleon, i choose my Snow partition and then after a while,
still waiting for root device...
I tried -f, rd=disk2s2... Nothing to do
Thanks for your help and advices.
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Hi everybody,
could someone please help me!
I tried many ways but nothing to do! I can't still boot my Snow partition in BIOS Raid Sata Mode enabled, even though by USB Boot Stick...
I'm so sorry disturbing you bur I'm so sorry too to have a fully working Snow Leopard and can't dual boot with Windows.
Thanks a lot anyway!!!
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Where do you put your extra kexts?
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Hi!
Thanks for your help
First I put the kexts in S/L/E on the Snow partition
Then I put the kexts in the Extra/Extensions on the Snow partition
Both with repairing authorizations and rebuilding extensions.mkext
I tried too to do the same on USB Key
But it still doesn't work: "still waiting for root device"
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I had RAID mode enabled in bios when installed Vista and if I try to boot Chameleon RC2 in this mode I get boot1: error.
I assume that would be Intel Matrix RAID, OS X doesn't support that, it does however support Software RAID.
If you're using some other (LSI/Adaptec/HighPoint..etc) RAID cards, then maybe OS X has no driver for it.
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Just installed RC3. Same error.
:(
However if you boot from a USB thumb drive, CF, SD, microSD, etc., t works just fine. That's what I recommend for us RAID people.
Yes, you're right Kabyl.
However, booting on an USB stick can override the problem. Just I don't know how Tweak did exactly, which kexts he used...
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Well I'm sure he's booting the system that is on the USB/CF/SD.. etc.
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any news about this problem?
chameleon 1 works fine in raid mode set in bios, all chameleon 2 versions does not.
I dont mean raid array just single disk, in ahci mode set in bios all works fine.
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I got the same problem also. Chameleon 1.0.11 works when set to "RAID" or "AHCI" in the bios. But using 2.0 RC3, it does not work set to "RAID", but work set to "AHCI".
So why is it that Chameleon 1.0.11 works in "RAID" mode and 2.0 RC3 does not?