Thread: perfect install BUT.... chameleon refuse to boot

Hello,

first of all i'm new to this forum , and i just installed snowleopard on my amd 64+ dualcore
using the modcd guide here.

the installation went exactly as described, and i have a running snow leopard , however,
when i installed chameleon V2.1 and i restarted i got the chameleon menu and it started booting , but then it shuts down my pc

anyone can elaborate on something i might have missed when installing

thx

Jurrie

Did you use nawcom´s mod CD 0.3.1 or 0.3.2? If so, there is no need for installing a bootloader to your HDD.
Nawcom´s mod CD already did that for you.
Try to boot with your mod CD into your installation and look for a pkg in preboot.dmg/postboot.dmg and run the Chameleon pkg another time. If that should fail, Chimera 1.7 might do. At last a new clean install with 0.3.1 may help.

In case you are installing on a AF HDD (Advanced Format) no bootloader will work without some tinkering.

i managed to get it working , but after doing an update , the system didn't work anymore,
now i seem to be unable to find a hdd when reinstalling, i tried installing windows and that works just fine, i did change the bios settings to AHCI but i'm unable to find a hdd to install to

System upgrades are best done with the combo update from Apple´s servers. As written many times in other threads, the matching legacy kernel MUST be installed before restart. AMD boxes need a patched kernel to operate, as pointed out in AppliArt´s guide.