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[antrunix]

Dual booting OSX/WinXP previously working by adding chain0 from DVD to C: and one line within boot.ini textfile (C:\chain0="mac osx") DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE with 10.4.3 install (8f1099)!?

A new trick for that?

[JoeP]

it works for me, but i need to and press F8 immediately after selecting OSX86 in the OS list, and then choose the partition manually

[tekno]

Working fine here.

Second system with XP and OSX using chain0.
XP on 1 HD and OSX on another.

P.L.U.R

[firebush05]

Try this.  Use two hardrives.  Make both master (using the jumpers on the back of the drives).  Hook them up, each with its own bus/port/cable (can't think of the terminology).

Boot.  On my machine, I'll just let it boot on its own, and it automatically boots my OSX drive.  If I want windows, I press the ESC key just after turning the machine on.  Thats brings up a boot menu where I can choose the drive with XP.

I didn't mess with any files or settings.. it just worked right off the bat.

[antrunix]

JoeP, on Nov 26 2005, 09:22 PM, said:

it works for me, but i need to and press F8 immediately after selecting OSX86 in the OS list, and then choose the partition manually

Many thanks !

Just after booting press several times F8 to get partition choice.

[stryder]

antrunix, on Nov 28 2005, 02:13 AM, said:

Many thanks !

Just after booting press several times F8 to get partition choice.

I have dual booting fine using the chain0 method.  I have 2 hard drives, Windows on the SATA, OS X on the ATA.  I'm using the built-in bootloader from Windows.

[Andrew J. Shephard]

can somebody point me in the direction of the chain0 dual boot tutorial, sounds quite interesting.

Hopefully it will work with an external USB too.

[Hagar]

http://wiki.osx86pro...ndex.php/Chain0