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Old 04-18-2010, 07:07 PM
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Chameleon 2 - Boot Delay remains

The install I used did not offer Chameleon 2, so I used what was there with a 5 second delay, then installed C2.

When I edited com.apple.Boot.plist, the delay was not there, but every reboot only shows OS X with a delay. (If it defaulted to Windows, the wife would be happy)

Where else would the delay be stored?

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Old 04-19-2010, 01:08 AM
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It should be in com.apple.Boot.plist in /Extra.

Code:
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>7</string>
Default partition should be
Code:
<key>Default Partition</key>
<string>hd(0,2)</string>
Change it to your needs.

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Old 04-19-2010, 02:03 AM
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Originally Posted by milanca View Post
It should be in com.apple.Boot.plist in /Extra.

Code:
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>7</string>
Default partition should be
Code:
<key>Default Partition</key>
<string>hd(0,2)</string>
Change it to your needs.
First: Thank you.

Second: I changed it to:
<key>Default Partition</key>
<string>hd(0,1)</string>
but there is no Timeout setting. Chameleon 2 now comes up showing drives "OS X" (HighLighted), "Music" and "Vista". /Dev/Disk0s1 is named Vista.

Tiger: G4 PowerPC Dual Core 400 Mhz w/640 MB RAM
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Compaq SR5710F [email protected] w/3 Gigs Ram
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Old 04-19-2010, 03:09 AM
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Yes, it could be that it comes without that option. Just add new key/string for timeout and the value in seconds.

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Old 04-19-2010, 12:47 PM
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Wait...Now I'm confused...

Your saying com.apple.Boot.plist in /Extra (Which was correct)

another website I found (unknown) said /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration (Where I found them on my Acer/Mac)

Both are correct, but which one is the better place to put it and why? Are there more places?

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Old 04-19-2010, 12:56 PM
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It is in these two places. Extra folder is to keep your other vanilla files untouched. It has the priority.

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Old 04-19-2010, 03:54 PM
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Quote:
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It is in these two places. Extra folder is to keep your other vanilla files untouched. It has the priority.
Do I NEED both? Seems a little redundant.
Should I concern myself with whats in which?

Right now, both have been changed.

Tiger: G4 PowerPC Dual Core 400 Mhz w/640 MB RAM
20 Gig ATA HD all HFS+
Internal DVD
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Leopard: Acer Intel Atom Dual [email protected] w/1 Gig Ram
160GB HD-133GB NTFS, 15.68GB HFS+
SD slot
No Net access
iDeneb 1.6 Lite

Compaq SR5710F [email protected] w/3 Gigs Ram
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Old 04-20-2010, 12:12 AM
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Do I NEED both? Seems a little redundant.
Should I concern myself with whats in which?

Right now, both have been changed.
No, leave that one in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration intact and just tweak the one in /Extra.



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