mujahid7ia Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Hi I have a ThinkPad R60 laptop: Intel Centrino Duo T2400 @ 1.83 GHz (SSE3 ); 768 MB DDR2 RAM; Intel 945GM (950) integrated graphics chipset; 60 GB SATA HDD. (If any other specs are need, just ask.) Using a 10.4.8 image with PPF1 and PPF2 applied (pre-patched), and has the custom files for AMD, etc. (which I don't need). It has a BIOS password so I can't enable booting from anything other than the HD. So, it can ONLY boot from hard drive, and I can't install other operating systems by booting from them directly. I have sucessfully installed Ubuntu using Wubi (http://www.cutlersoftware.com/ubuntusetup/wubi/en-US/index.html) which shows up in the NT (Windows) bootloader (through an entry in boot.ini). I have successfully run OSx86 in a VMWare virtual machine. Now, I was wondering if it was possible to use the chain0 method that I have read about to add either the virtual disk file or a separate logical or primary partition to boot.ini. I have tried using a separate primary partition (8 GB, created with no File System using Acronis Disk Director Suite) in VMWare, but the Disk Utility will not allow me to partition it with HFS+, which I understand chain0 needs to find. The drive is greyed out, and clicking on it does not reveal a Partition tab. It is independent and persistent in VMWare settings. I have posted a screen shot: I basically want to have an entry "Mac OS x86" using chain0 (or another method) in my boot.ini that I can run to boot into OS X. Thanks for taking the time to read my post. Apologies if it was too long. If you need any other details please tell me. Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Some pages I have referred to so far: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=11314 http://domination17.blogspot.com/2006/07/i...c-os-x-104.html http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Chain0 http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Vmware_how_to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mujahid7ia Posted May 31, 2007 Author Share Posted May 31, 2007 OK, I seem to have made a little progress. Using the information in http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=9260 I have managed to convince OS X installer to use my 8GB partition (Primary) to install OS X 10.4.8. It is now installing, but I might need help with chain0 and getting it to boot with the Windows boot loader (or maybe I can use Acronis OS Selector). Any comments or tips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mujahid7ia Posted May 31, 2007 Author Share Posted May 31, 2007 (edited) OK, now I have a problem . The install completed, asked to restart, so I did, and now VMWare is showing it hanging on the grey (gray) screen with the darker grey Apple logo... anybody know what's wrong? EDIT--- OK, I should just read more before I post. Comment 41 at http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Vmware_how_to helped me out (although that's pretty random... these guides really need organization). Now it has a loading thing... I anticipate more problems, and still don't know how to boot it from the boot loader... so any help would be appreciated. Thanks EDIT--- Also, I tried (using MacDrive) copying chain0 from the OS X install disc (JaS 10.4.8 AMD/Intel PPF1 & PPF2) to C:, and added in boot.ini: C:\chain0="Mac OS x86". However, when I select Mac OS x86 in the boot menu, it simply flashes and returns to the boot menu. Please help. Thanks. [still need chain0 help] Edited May 31, 2007 by mujahid7ia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mujahid7ia Posted June 1, 2007 Author Share Posted June 1, 2007 I think I may have found the problem. The page on the OSx86 wiki about chain0 said: Additional experiences: If it's still not working, make sure your Mac OS X partition (af) is not UNDER an extended partition. It also has to be a PRIMARY partition. While chain0's source code indicates support for extended/logical partitions, experiences obviously show a different picture. You can verify this by booting a Linux LiveCD and typing "sudo fdisk /dev/hda" or this sequence in Windows XP's shell: diskpart select disk 0 list partition Acronis Disk Director Suite tells me that the partition is primary. Partition Magic says the same thing. However, look at the diskpart results: DISKPART> list partition Partition ### Type Size Offset ------------- ---------------- ------- ------- Partition 1 Primary 48 GB 32 KB Partition 2 Unknown 8 GB 48 GB Any ideas??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saigon of DK Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 I got 3 word for you: Acronis OS Selector :pirate2: I just love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mujahid7ia Posted June 4, 2007 Author Share Posted June 4, 2007 lol, yeah I actually tried that and it worked... should have updated the thread. Anyway, I also have ethernet and audio working as well. Still no wireless, but it's Intel 3945ABG so I'm not too hopeful. Thanks for the advice :pirate2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRP Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 I have the same problem with dual booting (WinXp & MacOsX Tiger) on my PC. I think I have correctly made partitions but it cannot boot. - install WinXP on my first partition (primary). This partition becomes active - install Mac Os X on my second partition (logical). Partition becomes Bootable, irst partition becomes inactive - make first partition active - Booting to Windows, copy Chain0 to the root of drive C. After this my laptop can boot both MacOsX and WinXP. The problem with my PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mujahid7ia Posted June 13, 2007 Author Share Posted June 13, 2007 In a command prompt, run DISKPART. do select disk 0 list partition and tell me the output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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