Originally posted by: DWells55
Kaido, any chance of updating the ES2L guide to use Chameleon 2.0 and EFI and install the custom kexts to the EFI partition? That seems to be the optimal way to run OS X from what I gather.
Originally posted by: Zaap
Yeah, originally I had a 7300GT in this machine (P35-DS3L). I thought that might be the problem since that card had been setup using EFI strings, so I replaced the boot.plist with the backup. But it didn't make any difference. I finally got it working on two separate partitions, two installs, one with the altered boot.plist, and the other without. Both work. For me, it was just the simple port switch that seemed to do the magic.
Fully working!
Originally posted by: leglez
Ok I got transfered from my DS3L to my UD3P, everything seems to be working right now. I installed the UD3P leopard on a new F1 hard drive, I still have my DS3L setup on my Raptor. Is there anyway I could install the kexts for the UD3P on the raptor and overright the DS3L kexts? That way I don't have to go about reinstalling all my software and everything?
Originally posted by: Zaap
Seems like a lot of hoop-jumping just to avoid a reinstall that takes what, 20-30 minutes? I know reinstalling apps can be a PITA, but at least you get the satisfaction of knowing for sure everything will work correctly. Also, I always recommend doing a backup install as well as a main install. Makes any kind of troubleshooting go 10x faster without any worry of borking the whole thing, as you always have a working backup to restore anything you screw up. (At one point trying to set up my XT2600 my screen went completely grey- I'd have been screwed if not for the second install. I just booted back into it, and undid the previous changes that borked the other install, and voila, back to pristine.*) It's more than worth a few GB of disk space.
*I should add, use one install to lable EVERY kext in the system folder of the other install. That way anything that gets added won't have a label- you know instantly what any installer has added and can undo any changes blindfolded.
Originally posted by: Kaido
DVI on the left, VGA on the right? I'll make a note of that...
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: DWells55
Kaido, any chance of updating the ES2L guide to use Chameleon 2.0 and EFI and install the custom kexts to the EFI partition? That seems to be the optimal way to run OS X from what I gather.
Nope. Chameleon 2.0 is still in beta, and I don't like installing to the EFI partition personally (you still have to install Audio & Networking kexts, and sometimes Video kexts, to SLE - might as well put the rest in /Extras so when you clone your drive you don't lose most of your drivers!). But you're free to give it a go yourself!![]()
Originally posted by: KeypoX
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: DWells55
Kaido, any chance of updating the ES2L guide to use Chameleon 2.0 and EFI and install the custom kexts to the EFI partition? That seems to be the optimal way to run OS X from what I gather.
Nope. Chameleon 2.0 is still in beta, and I don't like installing to the EFI partition personally (you still have to install Audio & Networking kexts, and sometimes Video kexts, to SLE - might as well put the rest in /Extras so when you clone your drive you don't lose most of your drivers!). But you're free to give it a go yourself!![]()
Ihave chemeleon installed, and i am also using the uinstaller for drivers. Im not able to follow kaidos guide right now because the retail disk wont install to the partitions i have setup for leopard. However ipc does, i install with no drivers (this is basically the same as retail?).
But i use the driver package from kaido. I do not know the implications of this, but do find that programs will become unresponsive pretty often. Once that happens the system basically becomes unresponsive. Not sure if this is due to my install method or not... seems to be mostly* vmware or crossover. Then spotlight goes, then system needs to be rebooted.
Originally posted by: metzler555
I'm having another weird error here.. When I try to burn DVDs with my hackintosh, no matter what brand DVD I put in it says "files are too large for disk" and will not burn. Any help would be great. I'm using this DVD Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16827136152
It reads perfectly fine. About this Mac says it can do all of the types of burning, but when I check info of the DISK it says "Burning Support: No" If anyone knows of any possible solutions I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks.
tOriginally posted by: mosslack
Originally posted by: metzler555
I'm having another weird error here.. When I try to burn DVDs with my hackintosh, no matter what brand DVD I put in it says "files are too large for disk" and will not burn. Any help would be great. I'm using this DVD Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16827136152
It reads perfectly fine. About this Mac says it can do all of the types of burning, but when I check info of the DISK it says "Burning Support: No" If anyone knows of any possible solutions I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks.
How are you trying to burn a disc, Finder, Toast, ??? If you aren't using a program like Toast, try downloading Burn, it's free, and see what it reports for burn support, etc. I have basically the same drive and mine works fine. If you have a version of Windows you can boot, does the burner work with it? That would be a clue as to whether the problem is with the drive or the OS. HTH
Burn website
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: KeypoX
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: DWells55
Kaido, any chance of updating the ES2L guide to use Chameleon 2.0 and EFI and install the custom kexts to the EFI partition? That seems to be the optimal way to run OS X from what I gather.
Nope. Chameleon 2.0 is still in beta, and I don't like installing to the EFI partition personally (you still have to install Audio & Networking kexts, and sometimes Video kexts, to SLE - might as well put the rest in /Extras so when you clone your drive you don't lose most of your drivers!). But you're free to give it a go yourself!![]()
Ihave chemeleon installed, and i am also using the uinstaller for drivers. Im not able to follow kaidos guide right now because the retail disk wont install to the partitions i have setup for leopard. However ipc does, i install with no drivers (this is basically the same as retail?).
But i use the driver package from kaido. I do not know the implications of this, but do find that programs will become unresponsive pretty often. Once that happens the system basically becomes unresponsive. Not sure if this is due to my install method or not... seems to be mostly* vmware or crossover. Then spotlight goes, then system needs to be rebooted.
It all boils down to having the right drivers for your motherboard and video card. It's just like Windows - if you install Nvidia drivers and have an ATI video card, your results won't be good! What problems were you having with my guide?
iPC simply hacks the retail disc by adding the bootloader to Leopard (instead of using a separate BootCD) and then bundles various drivers as options to install.
Originally posted by: tbJohnson
So I have Windows 7 Installed now on another boot drive. So of course the PC_EFI v9 Chameleon Edition 1.0.12 boot loader doesn't see the Windows 7 drive. What do I need for the loader to see the Windows 7 Drive, if I install Chameleon 2, will my EFI String and my custom kext packages get erased or ruined? I am hoping I don't have to deal with that again.
Originally posted by: metzler555
tOriginally posted by: mosslack
Originally posted by: metzler555
I'm having another weird error here.. When I try to burn DVDs with my hackintosh, no matter what brand DVD I put in it says "files are too large for disk" and will not burn. Any help would be great. I'm using this DVD Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16827136152
It reads perfectly fine. About this Mac says it can do all of the types of burning, but when I check info of the DISK it says "Burning Support: No" If anyone knows of any possible solutions I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks.
How are you trying to burn a disc, Finder, Toast, ??? If you aren't using a program like Toast, try downloading Burn, it's free, and see what it reports for burn support, etc. I have basically the same drive and mine works fine. If you have a version of Windows you can boot, does the burner work with it? That would be a clue as to whether the problem is with the drive or the OS. HTH
Burn website
I was using Disk Utility and Drop Burn. It works fine with my real Macbook Pro, but not at all with the hackintosh. I just did a fresh install and it still doesn't work. It tells me there is not enough space on the disk to burn the files, which is totally not true because I'm trying to burn a 5mb file onto both a single layer and dual layer dvd. Anyone else experience this with the drive I mentioned? Is it possibly my drive? Should I just buy another drive? I thought this one was compatible..
Originally posted by: tbJohnson
So I got the Vista Bootloader installed via EasyBCD. I was hoping EasyBCD would let me boot into OSx86 on my other drive, but it couldn't. I kept getting "chain booting error"
So can I get EasyBCD or the Vista Bootloader to boot into the other drive?
Originally posted by: tbJohnson
Hey Mosslack, so I if I screw something up I can still recover using my BOOT-123 disk? So, I can just install the .PKG of Cameleon2, the file I have is "Chameleon-2.0-r431.pkg" its about 1.4mb. I don't have to deal with any .kext or EFI because it doesn't screw up any of my Uinstaller, that is my hope. Sorry if I am being paranoid, I just have a working station right now and I don't want to screw it up..
Thanks!!
Originally posted by: tbJohnson
mosslack, it worked. I was able to boot into Win7. Now I just need to get my station running properly. I was hoping to be able to use the Gigabyte EasyTune 6 to optimize my system, but it won't work in Win7 64bit. I have memory that is 1066 Mhz, but only showing up as 800Mhz in OSx. I was hoping I would be able to get this memory to 1066Hmz. Would you know the settings for UD3P and Q8300 to be able to get my mem faster? Did you use the EasyTune6 to optimize your EP45-UD3P?
Thanks Again!!