polkaholga Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Currently it works only with "normal" HFS+ partitions. No matter is it MBR or GUID (GPT). I will think about it, but personally I don't use EFI partition, so others would have to test it. Maybe I will only add support for updating Chameleon on EFI partition, not whole installation. Edit: Are this commands OK for updating chameleon on EFI partition? mkdir /Volumes/EFI mount_hfs /dev/diskXs1 /Volumes/EFI cp boot /Volumes/EFI umount /Volumes/EFI rm -rf /Volumes/EFI As I mentioned earlier, I don't use EFI partition myself... Installation ( manually ) from scratch on EFI would be... newfs_hfs -v EFI /dev/diskxs1 mkdir /Volumes/EFI mount_hfs /dev/diskxs1 /Volumes/EFI fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdiskx dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdiskxs1 cp boot /Volumes/EFI cp Extra /Volumes/EFI umount /Volumes/EFI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRipper Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Would it be possible to have a Chameleon Uninstaller bundled with this app? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larx Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Excellent janek202 Great work! Thank you ! Works perfect here ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellarola Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Great utility! I'd love to see a Super tool come out of this and KEXT Wizard. "OSX86 Wizard"? Thanks! -Stell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomas Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 really great work , janek202 !!! r863 in da place !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarwinX Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Great utility! I'd love to see a Super tool come out of this and KEXT Wizard. "OSX86 Wizard"? Thanks! -Stell Great idea! How about a replacement for the now defunct OSX86Tools.app? A brand new one stop OS X installation solution suite by Janek! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLeopod Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 what about using this update framework: http://sparkle.andymatuschak.org/ to get real auto update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKonsti Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Hello again janek202 and thanks for a great work. Are we supposed to support the installation and use of modules in /Extra/modules path? As I mentioned earlier, when I got the latest SVN and compiled chameleon, I saw Resolution.dlyb and don't know how to activate it or what to do to see it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janek202 Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 As I mentioned earlier, when I got the latest SVN and compiled chameleon, I saw Resolution.dlyb and don't know how to activate it or what to do to see it works I don't know either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RN95 Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Hi Janeck, Wouldn't it be nice if one could do all this from Windows (Dual booting) ? Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janek202 Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 Beta 1.4. Added: Beta support for EFI partitions. ONLY HFS+ formatted! Please test if it's ok. New menu for mounting and unmounting partitions. (EFI too.) Would it be possible to have a Chameleon Uninstaller bundled with this app? smile.gif No, Probably I won't do it. Great utility! I'd love to see a Super tool come out of this and KEXT Wizard. "OSX86 Wizard"? Currently I don't plan to merge my apps into single one. It's easier for me to keep them separate. what about using this update framework: http://sparkle.andymatuschak.org/ to get real auto update? I'll think about it. Wouldn't it be nice if one could do all this from Windows (Dual booting) ? Probably (99%) I won't make Windows version. It's written in obj-c, (native for mac os x) and porting it into Windows requires writing it all over again. Besides that, can be a problem with some commands (like dd)... And I haven't been writing any windows applications for quite long time. Currently I'm using only OS X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Hurt Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Could you please add a change log to the first post? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorcho Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 not sure if this is in the code, but perhaps you can add a disk check to the partition before it attempts to mount? if there are errors in the partition, or if it was mounted uncleanly previously, it won't mount at all and will throw up an error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polkaholga Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Beta 1.4. Added: Beta support for EFI partitions. ONLY HFS+ formatted! Please test if it's ok. New menu for mounting and unmounting partitions. (EFI too.) Damn... have to wait another week before i can test this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razvizion Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Janek202, great job //Janek, świetna robota! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkythewondersquid Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Works great for me Thank you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfcaster Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 works perfect, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalel83 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 This is surprisingly awesome and unexpected, thank you good sir for creating this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarwinX Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Hello again janek202 and thanks for a great work.Are we supposed to support the installation and use of modules in /Extra/modules path? As I mentioned earlier, when I got the latest SVN and compiled chameleon, I saw Resolution.dlyb and don't know how to activate it or what to do to see it works Chameleon 2 RC5 Unofficial Package Installer, Unofficial Package Installer based on latest RC5 trunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSCXP2005 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Hi MacKonsti, Just download the latest chameleon pkg build that DarwinX has posted and then use this and select update to get the latest release. All the best, NSCXP2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifrit05 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Hey, Nice app but I got a problem. I know EFI support is still sketchy, but I decided to try it out anyways. It mounted my EFI partition (GUID) and said "Installed Successfully", But it completely wipped out my EFI data (boot0, and Extra folder). So, heads up everyone, looks like it still needs more work for the EFI part. Thanks for the sweet app though! I'm off to get my Kexts back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janek202 Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 it completely wipped out my EFI data (boot0, and Extra folder). So, heads up everyone, looks like it still needs more work for the EFI part. Are you sure you had it HFS+ formatted? Currently my application formats EFI Partition into HFS+ when it's not formatted or it's in FAT32... I think I will make it this way: If mounting as HFS+ fails, app will stop working instead of formatting EFI partition. There will be another menu item for EFI partition formatting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifrit05 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Are you sure you had it HFS+ formatted? Currently my application formats EFI Partition into HFS+ when it's not formatted or it's in FAT32... Yeah, It was a HFS+, I formated it and installed Chameleon manually before (and just now, lol). I think that's a pretty good idea though. It's a good failsafe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janek202 Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 Yeah, It was a HFS+, I formated it and installed Chameleon manually before (and just now, lol). I think that's a pretty good idea though. It's a good failsafe. Done. New beta version 1.5. No more automatic EFI formating. Some fixes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davirus Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 This should be sticked, so we can track progress and updates on this software. The functionality is priceless. Tons of users dreamed with this once, including me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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