Comment 1 by valv, Nov 5, 2010
you missed the stage1 boot file; do this instead (replace X & Y accordingly): sudo -s cd package ./fdisk -f ../sym/i386/boot0hfs -u -y /dev/rdiskX dd if=../sym/i386/boot1h of=/dev/rdiskXsY mkdir /Volumes/EFI mount_hfs /dev/diskXsY /Volumes/EFI cp ../sym/i386/boot /Volumes/EFI fdisk -e /dev/rdiskX p f 1 w y q If u don't know what that does mean, go to the forum and post questions there, not issues :)
Comment 2 by Khalifazarul Izwan, Nov 6, 2010
Sorry, I forgot to mention that I did execute both commands:- fdisk440 -u -f /usr/standalone/i386/boot0hfs -y /dev/disk0 dd if=/usr/standalone/i386/boot1h of=/dev/rdisk0s1 and it stuck here:- boot0: test boot0: done boot1: error If I execute these commands:- fdisk440 -u -f /usr/standalone/i386/boot0 -y /dev/disk0 dd if=/usr/standalone/i386/boot1h of=/dev/rdisk0s1 I'm able to boot but since I set it up to dual-boot with windows 7, I use boot0hfs instead because I want the windows partition set to active partition (hibernate issue). When I use boot0hfs, whether I set the EFI partition or windows partition as active partition, it still stuck & won't continue to boot.
Comment 4 by Khalifazarul Izwan, Nov 11, 2010
1) Re-format disk - GUID/GPT - 2 partitions
2) Install OSX
3) Setup EFI partition:-
newfs_hfs -v EFI /dev/rdisk0s1
4) Mount EFI partition
5) Untar all files & folders (Extensions, Boot.plist, etc) to
EFI partition.
6) Unmount EFI partition
7) Re-format 2nd partition to FAT32 - for Windows 7
8) Install Windows 7
9) Boot to OSX using external boot disk (USB)
10) Install Chameleon 2 RC5 r629:-
fdisk440 -u -f /usr/standalone/i386/boot0hfs -y /dev/disk0
dd if=/dev/rdisk0s1 count=1 bs=512 of=/tmp/origbs
cp /usr/standalone/i386/boot1h /tmp/newbs
dd if=/tmp/origbs of=/tmp/newbs skip=3 seek=3 bs=1 count=87
conv=notrunc
dd of=/dev/rdisk0s1 count=1 bs=512 if=/tmp/newbs
Result, stuck at:-
boot0: test
boot0: GPT
boot0: test
boot0: done
diskutil list:-
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE
IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *160.0 GB
disk0
1: EFI 209.7 MB
disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS OSX 80.0 GB
disk0s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data 79.5 GB
disk0s3
fdisk /dev/rdisk0:-
Disk: /dev/rdisk0 geometry: 19457/255/63 [312581808 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
Starting Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---
1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 1 - 409639]
<Unknown ID>
2: AF 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 409640 - 156290904] HFS+
*3: 07 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 156962688 - 155356936]
HPFS/QNX/AUX
4: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
Thank you for your help. ;D
Comment 5 by Khalifazarul Izwan, Nov 11, 2010
I tried it again with FAT32 EFI partition. (continue from previous) 1) Remove the Windows 7 partition using Disk Utility 2) Resize the OSX partition to cover all spaces available 3) Install boot0 fdisk440 -u -f /usr/standalone/i386/boot0 -y /dev/disk0 4) Set EFI partition as active partition (Reboot - found able to boot into OSX) 5) Change the EFI partition filesystem from HFS to FAT32 (when I said "change", I meant erase/format):- newfs_msdos -F 32 -v EFI /dev/rdisk0s1 6) Restore the EFI contents 7) Reinstall disk loader & whatnot:- fdisk440 -u -f /usr/standalone/i386/boot0hfs -y /dev/disk0 dd if=/dev/rdisk0s1 count=1 bs=512 of=/tmp/origbs cp /usr/standalone/i386/boot1f32 /tmp/newbs dd if=/tmp/origbs of=/tmp/newbs skip=3 seek=3 bs=1 count=87 conv=notrunc dd of=/dev/rdisk0s1 count=1 bs=512 if=/tmp/newbs (Reboot - found able to boot into OSX) 8) Split the partition to two. 2nd partition for Windows 7. 9) Reinstall Windows 7. 10) Boot into OSX using external boot disk (USB) 11) Reinstall disk loader & whatnot:- fdisk440 -u -f /usr/standalone/i386/boot0hfs -y /dev/disk0 dd if=/dev/rdisk0s1 count=1 bs=512 of=/tmp/origbs cp /usr/standalone/i386/boot1f32 /tmp/newbs dd if=/tmp/origbs of=/tmp/newbs skip=3 seek=3 bs=1 count=87 conv=notrunc dd of=/dev/rdisk0s1 count=1 bs=512 if=/tmp/newbs Result:- Finally, able to boot into Windows 7 & OSX with boot0hfs. I don't know why it doesn't work when I tried earlier. Wish list:- Please, please, please add support for EFI partition with HFS filesystem. I don't like FAT32 since it produced a lot of "dot" (.) files.
Comment 7 by Khalifazarul Izwan, Nov 12, 2010
Have you tried on GUID/GPT disk? EFI partition with HFS+ filesystem?
Comment 8 by Khalifazarul Izwan, Nov 12, 2010
You can do better than saying "it already supports HFS". What I'm missing here?
Comment 9 by Ben Hooker, Nov 12, 2010
Chameleon already supports an HFS+ EFI partition on a GUID disk. Why don't you try before making assumptions? :)
Comment 10 by Khalifazarul Izwan, Nov 12, 2010
Hmm...If you read carefully, you'll know I didn't make any assumption. :)
Comment 12 by Ben Hooker, Nov 12, 2010
first, why don't you just use boot0. Then, once you get that working, install boot0hfs.
Comment 13 by Khalifazarul Izwan, Nov 12, 2010
I already did that. I already tried many possible solution/setup but it still have problem. Have you tried it yourself?
Comment 15 by Khalifazarul Izwan, Nov 14, 2010
I just want to update here. The boot0hfs issue on my Acer Aspire 9420 with HFS+ EFI partition has been solved with help from Blackosx. Please visit this thread for more information:- http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,1671.msg8717.html#msg 8717
Comment 16 by Cosmosis Jones, Jun 2, 2011
if this is still an issue please reopen and reference trunk
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Reported by Khalifazarul Izwan, Nov 4, 2010
Installed boot0hfs on GPT disk like this:- fdisk440 -u -f /usr/standalone/i386/boot0hfs -y /dev/disk0 The bootloader stuck at:- boot0: test boot0: done boot1: error diskutil list:- /dev/disk0 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *160.0 GB disk0 1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS OSX 79.7 GB disk0s2 3: Microsoft Basic Data 79.8 GB disk0s3