errandwolfe Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 I am trying to do a dual-boot solution right now. Here is what I have done. 1. Installed Windows 2000 on 1 partition. 2. Installed Acronis Disk Director, 3. Forgot to install OS Selector 4. Rebooted and installed OSX My system no automatically boots to OS X. How do I modify chain0 temporarily so I can choose Windows as my boot OS so I can install OS Selector. Everything I have found on chain0 talks about calling it from boot.ini, but I am in the opposite boat right now as my default boot is to OSX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJägermeister Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 I am trying to do a dual-boot solution right now. Here is what I have done. 1. Installed Windows 2000 on 1 partition. 2. Installed Acronis Disk Director, 3. Forgot to install OS Selector 4. Rebooted and installed OSX My system no automatically boots to OS X. How do I modify chain0 temporarily so I can choose Windows as my boot OS so I can install OS Selector. Everything I have found on chain0 talks about calling it from boot.ini, but I am in the opposite boat right now as my default boot is to OSX. I think you don´t need another bootloader, just use the Darwin bootloader. When OSX86 is booting press F8 (be quick) and you can choose the volume you want to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted August 17, 2006 Author Share Posted August 17, 2006 Well that was easy enough, bless OSX for being so intelligent. Thanks for the assist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavio Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 hi.. i have a Windows Xp on partition 1 on SATA HD, and i want to install OSX 10.4.5 on partition 2 in the same SATA HD. it's possible ?? i try to install.. by VmWare.. and the OSX its work, but the windows stop work. What i need to do ?? i want to install by VmWare, because i don't have DVD. so i want the OSX to be NATIVE just like Windows XP.. help me.. OBS* can i install the OSX 10.4.5 on a HD IDE and Windows Xp on a SATA HD ?? OBS2* how i want dual boot ?? - My msn is : flaviotallevi@hotmail.com so... help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnniecarcinogen Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 I think you don´t need another bootloader, just use the Darwin bootloader. When OSX86 is booting press F8 (be quick) and you can choose the volume you want to boot. Give yourself 8 seconds to choose rather than having to be super quick: put this in your /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist <key>Timeout</key> <string>8</string> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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