9.) [10.6] Final Touch

If you have your Mac OS X up and running, then it's time for the final touch. Get rid of the verbose booting messages, configure Chameleon to automatically boot your fresh installed Mac OS X 10.6 and displaying the gray Apple while booting. This is done by editing the file com.apple.Boot.plist in the Extra Folder of the Chameleon USB-Stick.

To disable the verbose booting you must change the "Kernel Flags" and the "Wait" key from:

<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>-v</string>
<key>Wait</key>
<string>Yes</string>

to:

<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string></string>
<key>Wait</key>
<string>No</string>

To boot automatically your OS X installation you must first find out on which harddisk/partition it is installed. Chameleon numbers the harddisk chronologically starting with 0 and the partitions starting with 1. The Chameleon USB-Stick itself becomes disk number 0. Just press the "TAB" key at the Chameleon Boot Menu to see this Menu:


Find the hd(x,y) for your OS X Installation and configure the "Default Partition" in com.apple.Boot.plist. My OS X installation is on hd(1,2). It is also a good idea to configure a timeout, to be able to access the Chameleon Boot Menu and to boot from other disks or partitions:

<key>Default Partition</key>
<string>hd(1,2)</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>10</string>

If you don't like the Chameleon Boot Logo, then you can enable the standard Apple Boot Logo with the following entry in com.apple.Boot.plist:

<key>Legacy Logo</key>
<string>Yes</string>

The complete com.apple.Boot.plist should look like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>Kernel</key>
        <string>mach_kernel</string>
        <key>Kernel Flags</key>
        <string></string>
        <key>Default Partition</key>
        <string>hd(1,2)</string>
        <key>Legacy Logo</key>
        <string>Yes</string>
        <key>Timeout</key>
        <string>10</string>
        <key>Wait</key>
        <string>No</string>
        <key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
        <string>Yes</string>
        <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
        <string>Yes</string>
</dict>
</plist>