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Many thanks!

just updated to 10.6.4 without any problem!

 

My P21Z is working perfectly! Many thanks ryuu123!!!

 

P.S. for not working QE/CI apps, you can replace them with Leopard ones (Preview and Grab).

If you need any info, just let me know!

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My own P has 80gb hard drive: TOSHIBA MK8025GAL

 

I easily solve clunk issue with it too. ^___-

 

Would you be so nice and send me your kexts ? I am solvim hdd issue...from USB whole system runs fine, but from internal hdd don't :-/

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yes, chameleon last release, boot from USB and then select HDD, same result...

 

M.

 

Hmm..

 

I can't determine what's wrong. But it's perhaps cpu or memory init.

Check DSDT.aml, com.apple.boot.plist, /Extra/Extensions1

 

And try CPUS=1 boot option.

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@maccosmo

:D

 

enjoy vaio P

 

 

 

 

 

@ccarrieta

 

My Install Procedure is ...

 

(0. make vaio recovery DVD disks.)

1. shurink VISTA partition from VISTA with diskpart.

2. boot from gparted live cd.

3. create two hfs partitions on empty area(#3:16G,#4:10G)

4. format partition #4 hfs.

5. copy entire retail dvd to partition #4(be careful copied files uid/gid)

6. copy osx86 standard kexts( dsmons, ps2 and etc...)

7. copy vaio p specific kexts( download topic link)

8. replace OSInstall.mpkg to enable MBR partition install.

9. append boot options to com.apple.Boot.plist, "cpus=1 rd=disk0s4")

10. install bootloader( mbr and pbr and /boot )

11. boot leopard installer from partition #4

12. install leopard to partiton #3

13. before reboot, install and overwrite kexts on pattions #3(installed #4 step 6. 7.)

14. append boot options to com.apple.Boot.plist, "cpus=1 rd=disk0s3")

 

this method saves VISTA and Instant mode.

but so complex.

 

I hope someone find more easy way and post here :)

 

Hi ryu123,maccosmo ,

I have a few questions,

1.How to install chameleon without using SL?

2.How to boot leopard installer from partition 4?

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nauzhdir
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@ryu123

 

1.You can use dd

2.You can select with chameleon

Im trying to install chameleon but i have a little bit problem

Im using this tutorial

 

fdisk -f boot0 -u /dev/rdiskX

dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdiskXs2

cp boot /

 

when i tried to kick in the first comman it says

-f invalid option...

 

the second one seem to be okay

 

the third one, no idea , just write the command line

 

after reboot my p , still cannot boot the chameleon

can you help me/

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Hi, i'm a noob in linux world but i'd like to install snow leopard on my p21z (bought in italy) with a 80gb hard disk (no ssd).

Is here a complete guide that explains me step by step what i have to do exactly?

I've seen ryuu's guide but i don't really know what are the KEXTS and i don't want to keep vista on my hd.

Someone who helps me? ;)

 

tnkz a lot!!!

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(You can ignore this, if you'd like. I never got this working, but switched things up, and now I have a new problem.)

 

The first time that I installed Snow Leopard on my Vaio P, I did the following:

  • Copied a retail copy of Snow Leopard to an 8 GB USB drive
  • Downloaded and installed Chameleon 2.0 RC2 (perhaps 3) to that USB drive
  • Downloaded vaiop20090910 and copied boot, DSDT.aml, and Extra to the root of that USB drive
  • Booted my Vaio P with that USB drive

 

and installation worked with no problem.

 

Now, many months later, I'm doing the following:

 

  • Copied a retail copy of Snow Leopard to an 8 GB USB drive
  • Downloaded and installed Chameleon 2.0 RC4 to that USB drive
  • Downloaded p20100327us and copied DSDT.aml to the root of that USB drive, as well as the contents of the Extra folder to the /Extra folder
  • Attempted booting my Vaio P with that USB drive

 

A second after the Apple logo comes up, the hard drive light and the USB drive light stop flashing. The spinning "loading" wheel spins for about a minute, and then a small "cancel" symbol (like this: ⦸) appears. The wheel continues spinning, but nothing happens.

 

I've been trying replacing some kext files with the ones from vaiop20090910, but I haven't had any luck.

 

Any suggestions? I've tried going through all of the pages on this topic, but I just can't seem to find any related information.

 

Can anyone save my life?

 

ALSO: Because I *can* get my Vaio P running using my old setup method, should I just do that, then use Kext Helper 0.7 to update the kexts to the current ones?

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@ryu123

 

 

Im trying to install chameleon but i have a little bit problem

Im using this tutorial

 

fdisk -f boot0 -u /dev/rdiskX

dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdiskXs2

cp boot /

 

when i tried to kick in the first comman it says

-f invalid option...

 

the second one seem to be okay

 

the third one, no idea , just write the command line

 

after reboot my p , still cannot boot the chameleon

can you help me/

 

fdisk with -f option is OSX's command.

I said "USE dd!!"

 

# dd if=boot0 of=/dev/sdx bs=440 count=1

 

You relaize rdiskX?

In the linux rdisk is usally sd and X is disk number.

OSX use numeric nimber but linux is alphabet.

 

If you have single disk drive,

internal hdd is sda and usb drive is sdb.

so it's

# dd if=boot0 of=/dev/sdb bs=440 count=1

 

Be carefully installing chameleon, if you specify wrong drive,

internal hdd become unable to boot.

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fdisk with -f option is OSX's command.

I said "USE dd!!"

 

# dd if=boot0 of=/dev/sdx bs=440 count=1

 

You relaize rdiskX?

In the linux rdisk is usally sd and X is disk number.

OSX use numeric nimber but linux is alphabet.

 

If you have single disk drive,

internal hdd is sda and usb drive is sdb.

so it's

# dd if=boot0 of=/dev/sdb bs=440 count=1

 

Be carefully installing chameleon, if you specify wrong drive,

internal hdd become unable to boot.

 

@ryuu123

 

Sorry for the question, I will try it as soon as possible

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fdisk with -f option is OSX's command.

I said "USE dd!!"

 

# dd if=boot0 of=/dev/sdx bs=440 count=1

 

You relaize rdiskX?

In the linux rdisk is usally sd and X is disk number.

OSX use numeric nimber but linux is alphabet.

 

If you have single disk drive,

internal hdd is sda and usb drive is sdb.

so it's

# dd if=boot0 of=/dev/sdb bs=440 count=1

 

Be carefully installing chameleon, if you specify wrong drive,

internal hdd become unable to boot.

 

I have tried installing Chameleon as you said but unfortunately by my mistake maybe something is wrong. After the vaio sign appears, a black screen with a sentence, "boot0 : done" appears in an instant and then staight to the windows logo.

 

I had review my step, replacing OSInstall, copying the boot file and all...can you help me guessing where the mistake I had done, please? :)

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The first time that I installed Snow Leopard on my Vaio P, I did the following:

  • Copied a retail copy of Snow Leopard to an 8 GB USB drive
  • Downloaded and installed Chameleon 2.0 RC2 (perhaps 3) to that USB drive
  • Downloaded vaiop20090910 and copied boot, DSDT.aml, and Extra to the root of that USB drive
  • Booted my Vaio P with that USB drive

 

and installation worked with no problem.

 

Now, many months later, I'm doing the following:

 

  • Copied a retail copy of Snow Leopard to an 8 GB USB drive
  • Downloaded and installed Chameleon 2.0 RC4 to that USB drive
  • Downloaded p20100327us and copied DSDT.aml to the root of that USB drive, as well as the contents of the Extra folder to the /Extra folder
  • Attempted booting my Vaio P with that USB drive

 

A second after the Apple logo comes up, the hard drive light and the USB drive light stop flashing. The spinning "loading" wheel spins for about a minute, and then a small "cancel" symbol (like this: ⦸) appears. The wheel continues spinning, but nothing happens.

 

I've been trying replacing some kext files with the ones from vaiop20090910, but I haven't had any luck.

 

Any suggestions? I've tried going through all of the pages on this topic, but I just can't seem to find any related information.

 

Can anyone save my life?

 

ALSO: Because I *can* get my Vaio P running using my old setup method, should I just do that, then use Kext Helper 0.7 to update the kexts to the current ones?

 

 

Well, I might be saying something stupid, but it seems to me your new USB drive is simply missing boot.... I had to re-install my vaioP recently (I did my first install according to post #209) and messed everything up just because I kept trying to install only the most recent package. You actually need stuff from the old release. Grab boot from one of the old packages and I think you should be fine.

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Well, I might be saying something stupid, but it seems to me your new USB drive is simply missing boot.... I had to re-install my vaioP recently (I did my first install according to post #209) and messed everything up just because I kept trying to install only the most recent package. You actually need stuff from the old release. Grab boot from one of the old packages and I think you should be fine.

That's what I found to be confusing. I downloaded the p20100327us package, and didn't see boot in there. I FINALLY found out that post #196 on this thread by ryuu123 says that he excludes boot because the boot info was accepted by Chameleon, so adding boot is no longer necessary, as Chameleon writes that information.

 

What I DID fail to notice was that he said that one needs something called pcefi by netkas, so I will be looking for that, seeing where to include that, and giving that a go.

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