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right on.... rats.... lol... has anyone been able to use it on a internal drive with multiple partitions? i have everything i need but im hesitant...

The trick for me is to use a separate HD with single partition. Have not been able to get lion to boot from an internal HD with multiple partitions.

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Any special instructions for putting XPC bootloader on USB stick? For example, can the Extra folder containing Extensions containing fakesmc.kext be on the USB stick too or does it have to be in S/L/E of the internal hard disk.

 

 

 

No. What I mean is that I have been able to boot 10.7 from a Internal drive (single Partition) using XPC UEfi-Bootloader 0.82.17 on a usb stick. Previously I have could only run Lion on an external USB drive. Have had no luck with Chameleon RC3 or RC5 and netkas boot file though.
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Any special instructions for putting XPC bootloader on USB stick? For example, can the Extra folder containing Extensions containing fakesmc.kext be on the USB stick too or does it have to be in S/L/E of the internal hard disk.

I use this XPC_Boot_Prepare_Tool.zip Partition USB stick MS DOS-FAT MBR..Make sure destination is to USB stick..unplug & replug USB stick--Copy XPC files with terminal "sudo cp -R "target file" "USB stick"'

 

Have not tried putting kexts in the "extra_kext" on the stick, have mine in S/LE at the moment. Why not try it?

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Problem with VoodooPS2. All special kexts are in /S/L/E.

 

1. Using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] ([url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 1.5a most recently), I can manage to boot Lion about 1 out of 12 times, give or take. Each time, VoodooPS2 loads and operates and my keyboard functions.

 

2 Using XPC (0.82.22 most recently), I can boot Lion every time but VoodooPS2 does not load and my keyboard does not function.

 

3. I have an internal hard drive with 2 partitions, both with Lion. I can boot either one using XPC (every time) and [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] (when it feels like it).

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ok cool so i can run it on a partitioned internal hd, but my question is what about [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] makes it work sometimes? what do the kp's look like? i use [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] to install but and it works really well with my machine, so it would be great if we could get it to function everytime....

 

and from what ive read and understand in order to get voodoops2 to work right you have to manually load it... im not positive tho... believe i read something about it in the first few pages of this topic...

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ok cool so i can run it on a partitioned internal hd, but my question is what about [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] makes it work sometimes? what do the kp's look like? i use [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] to install but and it works really well with my machine, so it would be great if we could get it to function everytime....

There is no KP. For me it just hangs looking for the root device. I have since been successful 100% of the time if I first delete the kernelcache. The problem is that I must boot into something bootable, delete the kernelcache from Lion, reboot into Lion. When I quit Lion, the kernelcache gets rebuilt and I have to boot something bootable, delete the kernelcache from Lion, etc, etc.

 

and from what ive read and understand in order to get voodoops2 to work right you have to manually load it... im not positive tho... believe i read something about it in the first few pages of this topic...

In order to load the VoodooPS2, I need a working keyboard. So that means I need to find a USB keyboard so I can type the command to load VoodooPS2 so that I can then use my PS2 keyboard. My point is that if Chameleon can handle VoodooPS2 and [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] can handle VoodooPS2, why can't XPC?

 

Oh, and the modified chameleon always double KP's for me so that is not a solution. I would have thought that there would be another attempt at chameleon published by someone.

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There is no KP. For me it just hangs looking for the root device. I have since been successful 100% of the time if I first delete the kernelcache. The problem is that I must boot into something bootable, delete the kernelcache from Lion, reboot into Lion. When I quit Lion, the kernelcache gets rebuilt and I have to boot something bootable, delete the kernelcache from Lion, etc, etc.

 

did u delete Extensions.mkext from /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup as well. someone said they did that and [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] worked... post 75

 

Mac OS X Lion Build 11A419 is out

 

HAH!! just downloaded the first one and was gonna give it a shot, maybe ill wait now lol

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did u delete Extensions.mkext from /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup as well. someone said they did that and [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] worked... post 75

There is no Extensions.mkext any more. The file in the Startup folder is called "kernelcache" and that is the one that I deleted...and must delete every time. But I must boot some version of OSX other than Lion in order to get to the point where I can delete the kernelcache. Which means two boots to get into Lion...using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url].

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There is no Extensions.mkext any more. The file in the Startup folder is called "kernelcache" and that is the one that I deleted...and must delete every time. But I must boot some version of OSX other than Lion in order to get to the point where I can delete the kernelcache. Which means two boots to get into Lion...using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url].

 

hhhmmm and your using os_ninja's version of [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] right? that was my only idea...

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right on.... rats.... lol... has anyone been able to use it on a internal drive with multiple partitions? i have everything i need but im hesitant...

 

My Hack drive (Maxtor 200 GB SATA-150 internal drive - it started life as my Windows XP, and later Vista and 7, main drive) is split between Snow and Lion - however, I use [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] from iPhoneTom, not XPC, on my USB stick. The only reason why it wouldn't work with your internal drive is that Lion doesn't support the controller, which, unfortunately, is the case with JMicron controllers. I have Windows 7 on a newer and far larger main drive in the same computer - a 500 GB WD Caviar EcoGreen that I bought specifically for that purpose.

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My Hack drive (Maxtor 200 GB SATA-150 internal drive - it started life as my Windows XP, and later Vista and 7, main drive) is split between Snow and Lion - however, I use [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] from iPhoneTom, not XPC, on my USB stick. The only reason why it wouldn't work with your internal drive is that Lion doesn't support the controller, which, unfortunately, is the case with JMicron controllers. I have Windows 7 on a newer and far larger main drive in the same computer - a 500 GB WD Caviar EcoGreen that I bought specifically for that purpose.

 

well i havnt even tried to install i was just waiting to see if it would be worth it, or if i should wait, but now with a slightly newer dev release out i think ima give it a shot if i can squeeze enough space out of my bursting hd :) and i have the Intel ICH8-M controller so im pretty sure its supported,,,

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I would but I cannot get past the MBR Start! error message; tried it every which way and checked serial port in BIOS off, etc., but always get same MBR Start! error message.

 

I use this XPC_Boot_Prepare_Tool.zip Partition USB stick MS DOS-FAT MBR..Make sure destination is to USB stick..unplug & replug USB stick--Copy XPC files with terminal "sudo cp -R "target file" "USB stick"'

 

Have not tried putting kexts in the "extra_kext" on the stick, have mine in S/LE at the moment. Why not try it?

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I would but I cannot get past the MBR Start! error message; tried it every which way and checked serial port in BIOS off, etc., but always get same MBR Start! error message.

Did you use terminal to copy the EFI folder & Efildr20 to the Flash disk? Does not seem to work if you drag & drop copy.

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There is no Extensions.mkext any more. The file in the Startup folder is called "kernelcache" and that is the one that I deleted...and must delete every time. But I must boot some version of OSX other than Lion in order to get to the point where I can delete the kernelcache. Which means two boots to get into Lion...using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url].

 

The new [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 1.5a works as well XPC 0.82.22, in which once successfully booted using one laoder, the other loader on the next boot will boot. This was not the case before with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 1.4a, and 1.5.

Anyway, since both support better x64 boot arguments, I tried putting in boot flag "Kernel Cache", Lion boots happily and quickly with either loader.

[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] boots SL handlily withing 10 secs, XPC version .8218 can do it, but now version 0.8225 seems to hiccup. Maybe it was just me,...but I have not changed any parameters. SO far XPC 0.82.25 is still a no go for me.

Well, they both seem to try to leap frog one another after each successful release.

Note: In [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url], no matter what I key in on smbios setup page, system profile still shows the same spec, in my case, the true maker and BIOS of the board–Biostar Tpwoer I45. But with XPC, profile reflects whatever you key in, as long as it is a valid Mac smbios.plist (such as iMac8,1, MacPro, etc.)

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From [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url], press 'M' to see the settings and to set your boot flags.

I've attached a screenshot showing the default settings that [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] gave me for my system.

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In your screen shot for [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]...

I can load [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] as well but it only lists the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] usb drive it doesnt show my internal sata drives nor my internal pata optical drive

I am on a laptop with 2 internal SATA drives.

This is what I see and what I can find out in the EFIShell

the drives are there but don't mount

Pressing v to rescan devices doesnt reveal anything else

Internal SATA are formatted with GUID HFSJ.

USB is formatted MBR FAT32

 

Any luck having [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] on an internal drive yet?

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anyone have any luck with developer preview 2?

I can get [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] to start the installer on a Core 2 Desktop and Sandy Bridge Desktop, but it says Mac OS X 10.7 cannot be installed on this computer, sounds like some kind of installation check that needs to be bypassed?

 

edit: saw netkas post .. installation checks need to be removed in OSInstall.mpkg, trying now

 

working...

 

successfully running DP2 on i5-2500K

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Here's a modified OSInstall.mpkg for Developer Preview 2

 

Instructions for decompiling the mpkg for those who are curious:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=181287

 

This is untested, as I can't get either XPC or [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] to work with my GA-P67A-UD3-B3 Sandy Bridge system even though Lion kernel apparently works for the new architecture (MBR Start!, then black screen). (EDIT: Disable USB 3.0 in the BIOS to get past this!) Those who did get a working Sandy Bridge install- Did you have to set the multiplier to 29 like in Snow Leopard?

 

EDIT: New version should work now

EDIT2: Multiple reports of MBR install failing using these, there must be some other check the installer uses in addition to the mpkg. These WILL work for getting past the other checks (e.g. board serial, ect) but the newer versions of netkas' chameleon and XPC/[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] inject the correct values anyways.

OSInstall_Lion_DP2.zip

OSInstall_Lion_DP2_FIXED.zip

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Here's a modified OSInstall.mpkg for Developer Preview 2

 

Instructions for decompiling the mpkg for those who are curious:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=181287

 

This is untested, as I can't get either XPC or [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] to work with my GA-P67A-UD3-B3 Sandy Bridge system even though Lion kernel apparently works for the new architecture (MBR Start!, then black screen). Those who did get a working Sandy Bridge install- Did you have to set the multiplier to 29 like in Snow Leopard?

Little question:

Is the kernel still the same as DP1?

Otherwise, can you provide me with an installer DVD mach_kernel + kernelcache file so I can mod them for Atom / new Celeron / ...

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Successfully updated to 11a419, following netkas' instruction :rolleyes:

As netkas pointed out, had to replace ionetworkingfamily.kext with previous one to make internet work

One thing I immediately noticed is Launchpad animation and other graphic effects are a lot smoother than 11a390

 

 

 

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anyone have any luck with developer preview 2?

I can get [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] to start the installer on a Core 2 Desktop and Sandy Bridge Desktop, but it says Mac OS X 10.7 cannot be installed on this computer, sounds like some kind of installation check that needs to be bypassed?

 

edit: saw netkas post .. installation checks need to be removed in OSInstall.mpkg, trying now

 

working...

 

successfully running DP2 on i5-2500K

 

Hi everybody

 

@timmyj9

Witch mobo do you use ? Because I'm trying and tryng to get my MSI P67A-GD65 working with new macbook pro vanilla kernel without any succes, constant reboot loop anytime. So, I'm wondering if I'll can get more succes with Lion DP2 ?

Thank you

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