eMacPC Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 I've been reading and trying a lot of things. I am trying to create an OS-X installation on a Sony Vaio CW computer. Wireless: Atheros AR9285 Ethernet: Marvell Yukon 88E8057 Graphics: nVidia Geforce 210M Sound: Realtek What I would like to do is create an external HD which when plugged in can be booted from. So, normally the computer would run Windows 7, but when the drive was plugged in, it would boot from it. I have confirmed that the BIOS supports booting from an external drive. I have the retail Snow Leopard disc. I have tried Psystar and Chameleon 2.0, but must be missing something as I can get nothing to work properly, nor can I find drivers for the above items. Can anyone point me in the right direction or provide a tutorial for what I should be doing. There is too much informaiton out there and while I have been at this for a while, the longer I work on it the more confusing it becomes. Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/201219-need-some-direction-please-assist/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
knifez Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 I'm not a guru but from what I know is that you need some patching such as: DSDT patch Kexts (the lesser kexts you have the lesser kernel panic if you get the right KEXTs that is...) EFI Strings for video card Bootloader Is it core 2 duo? If not you need to boot flag to: -cpu1 Any installation method would work since you got a retail dvd already just get a bootloader. read up there lots of bootloaders you can use to boot the dvd... There is stacks of trial and errors. I got 3 Snow leopard running so I'm testing and debugging and its headscratching I tell you...lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/201219-need-some-direction-please-assist/#findComment-1352777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eMacPC Posted December 7, 2009 Author Share Posted December 7, 2009 Alright then. Trying to find the Kexts for the devices listed. Can anyone point me in the right direction there? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/201219-need-some-direction-please-assist/#findComment-1353083 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 You don't need any of those drivers (LAN, graphics, sound) to boot the OS or the installation DVD. Worry about those later. Are you using USB or eSATA to hook up the drive? You need to make sure that your Chameleon Boot CD has drivers that support your USB or eSATA controller. I don't know how you would go about doing that without access to a Mac or a working Hackintosh though. Let alone create a personalized Chameleon Boot CD in the first place. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/201219-need-some-direction-please-assist/#findComment-1353242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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