sasza Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Hi * I have strange problem with 10.4.4 booting. I want to setup mirror backup partition of my 10.4.4 on dedicated partition on my second HDD. So, I create designated partition on my second HDD, and I made DMG image from my working 10.4.4 volume. Next I restore DMG onto backup partition using Restore in 10.4.4 DiskUtil. Where is problem: When I'm trying to boot from my second HDD - I have black screen with blinking cursor in upper left corner of screen. No single message from Darwin bootloader. I already tried to run "bless -mount /Volumes/10.4.4Backup -setBoot" on 10.4.3 - no change . For me it looks like bootloader on MBR level isn't working properly. What strange: when I boot from 10.4.3 Install DVD - I receive "Press any key to install...." message. Not pressing any key works as expected - causes proper boot of 10.4.4 from my backup partition ! Can some kind soul help me with this issue ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10274-1044-problem-with-booting/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbjonas Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Please don't post duplicate questions... You just posted the following exact post: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=10273&hl= This doesn't get your question answered any faster, is annoying to the rest of us, and I consider it rude. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10274-1044-problem-with-booting/#findComment-64108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Kipe Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 More importantly look around and see if there are any topics with a giant READ in the title about the very issue you're speaking of. I'd post a link, but you'll feel better if you get it yourself.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10274-1044-problem-with-booting/#findComment-64113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasza Posted February 26, 2006 Author Share Posted February 26, 2006 Please don't post duplicate questions... You just posted the following exact post:http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=10273&hl= This doesn't get your question answered any faster, is annoying to the rest of us, and I consider it rude. Well, I posted it to "Install" & "Dual Booting" Let assume I will post it only to "Install". What if somebody with knowledge about solution isn't watching Install forum, but is active on Dual Booting ? I can understand - we have to save bandwitch. But after all those forums are by people for people. Your reaction is quite heavy. I subscribe here for fun, but it didn't look funny for me.... Take it easy, and simple ask - "why You duplicate posts" - I will for sure answer.... IMHO: my issue might be related to both forums, so it was posted to both. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10274-1044-problem-with-booting/#findComment-64154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasza Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 More importantly look around and see if there are any topics with a giant READ in the title about the very issue you're speaking of. I'd post a link, but you'll feel better if you get it yourself.. Well, I already tried both ways: Darwin 8.0.1 fdisk & Partition Boot magic from Hiren's Boot CD. No Go for both attempts. I saw on other thread info that DiskUtil from 10.4.4 made GTP partitions.... Yesterday evening I run 10.4.3 Install DVD and made fresh partitions layout. By this I hope to have APT partitions instead of GPT. Next I restore 10.4.4 form DMG. Unfortunatelly problem is still present :-( So is blessing from 10.4.3 a only solution ? BTW: In Your instructions You are refering to /dev/rdisk0 Mine 10.4.4 is on disk1s2. Should I still refer to rdisk0 ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10274-1044-problem-with-booting/#findComment-65354 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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