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6,868 reads · 2009-10-13
Dossier 10.X Core Chameleon / Boot-132

CPU Recognition in Snow Leopard

DigitalDJ from InsanelyMac has made a handy 'tool' to make you're CPU recongnized in Snow Leopard. He has made a modified bootloader named, Chameleon-2.0-RC3-r658-PCEFIV10.3-ddj0.4 Version 0.4 includes: - The CD Driver netkas included in…

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@pαuℓzurrr. Published 2009-10-13
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OSx86 Core & 10.X
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6,868 historical reads · 0 curated field notes (from 1 dispatches) · 2009-10-13
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@pαuℓzurrr.

DigitalDJ from InsanelyMac has made a handy 'tool' to make you're CPU recongnized in Snow Leopard.

He has made a modified bootloader named, Chameleon-2.0-RC3-r658-PCEFIV10.3-ddj0.4

Version 0.4 includes:
- The CD Driver netkas included in PC_EFI 10.2 (but pulled in 10.3)
- A hibernation fix
- This automated CPU injector

You can download it here ( +sources)

DigitalDJ also posted some nice info.

The "boot" file that you have to install is in the above archive under the sym/i386 folder. Install it just as you would Chameleon RC3. If you need exact installation details, they're in "doc/README". OK, so you've got it installed. Great. Theoretically, with the auto-detection I provided, OSX should now detect your CPU (only works…

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