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If I prep my usb thumb drive with an MBR partition table, and initialize with:

 newfs_msdos -F 32 /dev/rdisk1s1
DuetToHdd usb /dev/rdisk1s1 ./Efildr20
cp -pr ../[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]-1.2/{efi,Efildr20} /Volumes/NO\ Name/
hdiutil unmount /Volumes/No\ Name

then upon boot, I get the error:

BErr rt!

If I prep the drive with a GUID partition table, then upon boot I get:

GPT Start!

GPT Error!

 

Any ideas why this doesn't work for me? I've tried [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 1.2 & iboot1.4.

My system is a new gigabyte h67 sandy bridge based motherboard.

 

Should the thumb drive be MBR or GUID partitioned, or doesn't it matter?

In BIOS I'm booting as USB-HDD. Other choices would include USB-FDD, USB-CDROM, which I suspect are wrong but the readme files don't say...

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I didn't have this problem, but it was suggested to format the USB using the HP format tool first

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1651263

 

If you get the black screen with blinking cursor, try running DuetToHdd without the "usb" parameter.

I've tried with&without the usb parameter, and also with the fat32 partition formatted under linux (with the partition bootable into freedos).

You should use MBR.
Thanks. What about the boot disk type under bios (usb-hdd/usb-fdd/usb-cdrom)?
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I managed to install lion, on a partition of my SL, but will not start in any way, install the chameleon 2 Rc3 with netkas boot, but remains ...

setuptime in nanoseconds 286932326333034

Help me

 

Hi, I'm using Chameleon v2.0-RC5 r730 and Netkas' boot file, and ElliottForceLegacyRTC.kext, as well as the usual EvOreboot.kext, FakeSMC.kext, NullCPUPowerManagement.kext. Also JMicron36xeSATA.kext (dunno if needed). The kexts are in S/L/E folder.

 

I have com.apple.Boot.plist, my dsdt.aml, and smbios.plist in /E folder.

 

I still get random "double fault" sometimes on boot.

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I didn't have this problem, but it was suggested to format the USB using the HP format tool first

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1651263

 

If you get the black screen with blinking cursor, try running DuetToHdd without the "usb" parameter.

 

You should use MBR.

When formatted using HP's utility (sets the disk partition type to 0xc - FAT32 LBA instead of the default 0xb FAT32), followed by

DuetToHdd with the usb parameter results in black screen no cursor

Without the usb parameter the system hangs with:

 

BErro rt! (slightly different than the BErr rt! from before)

 

I believe the 0xc disk partition type is part of what is necessary for this newer motherboard. I had to use 0xc for freedos to work. With my older gigabyte motherboards the situation is the opposite - 0xb required and 0xc results in freedos not booting.

 

Makes one long for the days of simple floppies...

 

In any case I still haven't found a magic combination that works with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] on this system.

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Hi,

 

not sure if this fits here or the virtualization thread, or somewhere less polite, but it had to be done... (Win7 in VM Fusion in unity mode).

 

post-150922-1300082693_thumb.jpg

 

For a Dev Preview, I think Lion is pretty solid (getting past the double fault is the trick).

Has anyone tried it with Chameleon 2 RC5 rev. 747 ?

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Also, you need to do it in Windows XP not Windows 7. My learning.

 

Hi all.

I know that must be a little to late for that, but... where can I find the steps to install [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] into a flash drive using Snow Leopard? I know that there's a tool to do it via Windows, but I need to know how to do it via OS X.

Many posts says that first step is to install [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url], but none of them tell how to do it via OS X.

 

Cheers,

bb.

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Also, you need to do it in Windows XP not Windows 7. My learning.

 

 

Not necessarily. I use 7 x64 Ultimate, and have no issues.

 

Followup: Lion is ready to roar!

 

I have the Lion partition up and running - now I need to fix the nitpicks; networking (either wired or wireless) and sound.

 

Can drivers for Snow (either RealTek gigabit wired or the OOB Snow drivers for Ralink wireless) work in Lion? My onboard Ethernet is *different enough* that the included Apple Realtek drivers won't work in Lion (drat).

 

Followup: the Lnx2Mac latest Realtek drivers *do* work in Lion (I'm entering this from the Lion partition via Firefox 4 beta 12 (and updating to RC).

 

Graphics - transferring the kexts from /Extra/Extensions in Snow to S/L/E in Lion got my QE/CI up in Lion.

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Got Lion installed on my Gigabyte mobo.

Even when I get past the double fault KP, the thing boots ok, with full res video etc, but after 30 secs to a minute the video goes black, never to return.

anybody else had this (i've had a look thourgh the thread as best I can, and cant' see it)?

Cheers

Jon

PS using netkas modified chameleon bootloader.

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Hi all.

I'm here to share my experience.

I followed the procedure to have Lion but when I try to boot it, it hangs on the message:

hfs: created HFBT on Macintosh

 

Cursor keeps blinking, HDD light works (external HDD) but nothing happens.

 

Any ideas?

 

Cheers,

bb.

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Has anyone tried it with Chameleon 2 RC5 rev. 747 ?

 

Yes I used it, (with netkas boot file) but i have DF in my notebook, also like with RC5 rev.650 and RC3 used from netkas...

The only way in my notebook to use lion, it's with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 1.4.

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Yes I used it, (with netkas boot file) but i have DF in my notebook, also like with RC5 rev.650 and RC3 used from netkas...

The only way in my notebook to use lion, it's with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 1.4.

 

Hi mate.

Where did you downloaded the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 1.4?

Could you link it? PM if you prefer.

 

Cheers,

bb.

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Hi mate.

Where did you downloaded the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 1.4?

Could you link it? PM if you prefer.

 

Cheers,

bb.

 

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just to share some experiences with lion ( GB P35 DS4- 8800 GTX_ RAM=2G )

 

Lion boots fine with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 ( fakesmc.kext + NullCPUPM.kext) but DF with chameleon v2 rc5 or rc 3 most of time.

 

5770 works OOB like describe

7600 GT works with NVEnabler

8800GTX works with .... using kexts from 10.6.6 ! (I tried NVEnabler : finder relaunch everytime, DSDT: stuck at 1280x1024 without QE, EFI strings in com.apple.Boot.plist : not working)

 

Thanks to all community and credits to genius who makes it possible :thumbsup_anim:

fredouille

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Gigabyte P35-DS3L and [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 1,4 worked quite well. No big problems. NvidiaEnabler64 in S/L/E all resolutions and Q/E

Important is Fakesmc. I noticed that version 2.1 worked slightly better than newer versions. Put it in S/L/E and don't forget to chown and chmod.

 

With boot loader from Netkas and Chameleon RC3 even started with boot options -v -x -usecache,

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Gigabyte P35-DS3L and [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 1,4 worked quite well.

Can you detail the steps you took? My older system is a p35-ds3p and [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 1.4 failed for me from a thumb drive (system immediately switches to the boot loader on my HDD when I boot from the USB-HDD).

Did you use a fat32 formatted thumb drive? Formatted with?

Boot from usb-hdd using F12 from BIOS?

Selected HDD or usb when you ran Duettohdd?

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When formatted using HP's utility (sets the disk partition type to 0xc - FAT32 LBA instead of the default 0xb FAT32), followed by

DuetToHdd with the usb parameter results in black screen no cursor

Without the usb parameter the system hangs with:

 

BErro rt! (slightly different than the BErr rt! from before)

 

I believe the 0xc disk partition type is part of what is necessary for this newer motherboard. I had to use 0xc for freedos to work. With my older gigabyte motherboards the situation is the opposite - 0xb required and 0xc results in freedos not booting.

 

Makes one long for the days of simple floppies...

 

In any case I still haven't found a magic combination that works with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] on this system.

I tested on Asus laptop N53J, USB drive was partitioned by DU (type B) and got "BErro rt!". The same drive was working fine on older Acer laptop (Aspire 5920) and Asus desktop (P5E).

 

I toggled to partition type "c" using Linux fdisk and it worked. I didn't use the "usb" parameter in DuetToHdd.

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I tested on Asus laptop N53J, USB drive was partitioned by DU (type :( and got "BErro rt!". The same drive was working fine on older Acer laptop (Aspire 5920) and Asus desktop (P5E).
Partitioned by DU means what?

I toggled to partition type "c" using Linux fdisk and it worked. I didn't use the "usb" parameter in DuetToHdd.
My h67 motherboard hasn't worked with either partition types. (but boots freedos just fine)

My p35 motherboard can only boot freedos when the partition is fat16 not fat32 (yet DuetToHdd insists the partition type must be fat32 to match Efildr20).

Wish duettohdd&[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] included source code; it's rather hard to tell what's going wrong with them as is.

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Partitioned by DU means what?

Means that I used Snow Leopard Disk Utility to partition the USB drive and erase the partition as "MS-DOS (FAT)" before running DuetToHdd.

 

Wish duettohdd&[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] included source code; it's rather hard to tell what's going wrong with them as is.

True.

 

It still works fine in my older hardware using type "c".

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Since [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] doesn't "just work" from thumb drives with certain common motherboards, anyone have luck running [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] from a sata drive?

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Very strange, now it's working with any partition type (b or c) and using any program to partition and format (DU or Linux fdisk/mkfs.msdos).

 

Before using Linux fdisk and mkfs.msdos for the first time, I was getting "BErro rt!" in Asus N53J.

 

I didn't try on SATA drive yet.

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Partitioned by DU means what?

My h67 motherboard hasn't worked with either partition types. (but boots freedos just fine)

My p35 motherboard can only boot freedos when the partition is fat16 not fat32 (yet DuetToHdd insists the partition type must be fat32 to match Efildr20).

Wish duettohdd&[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] included source code; it's rather hard to tell what's going wrong with them as is.

 

Partitioned by Disk Utility.

 

I created and loaded my stick in Windows (specifically, 7 Ultimate x64) with zero problems (at least with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 1.4).

 

And I finally have Snow and Lion co-existing!

 

The only minus is that neither has sound (however, the two issues are unrelated to each other).

 

They are on two partitions of the same drive (with Snow being on the larger of the two).

 

Both have QE/CI, both have wired networking, and I *can* get wireless in Snow if I need it (factory drivers are usable there).

 

For some weird reason (Snow only) when I upgraded to a better/faster CPU (from E1200 to E3400), it wrecked compatibility with VoodooHDA (in Snow). HDMI doesn't work in Lion with my current enabler/kext options in Lion (for either graphics or audio).

 

So I have Windows 7, Snow, and Lion, each on separate drives or partitions (Windows is on its own drive).

 

The reason *Windows* has sound is that I can use my X-Fi XtremeGamer there (which isn't supported on either Macs or Hacks).

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