mtrog007 Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 When I first boot up I boot up in to Darwin's Boot Loader. I have 2 options. 1) Boot "Leopard" and go straight into it. 2) Boot "Foreign OS X" (I think that's the name) and it'll boot in to vista's boot loader, making me choose, again, "Leopard" or "Vista" (I forget the name for vista's name) Is there anyway to just bypass the vista's bootloader after selecting vista from darwins boot loader? EX: Press enter on selection of Foreign OS X and boot straight up into vista, no vista bootloader. ANY HELP APPRECIATED Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118175-is-there-any-way-to-bypass-vista-bootloader/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie's Soliloquy Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Just set the timeout to '0' Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118175-is-there-any-way-to-bypass-vista-bootloader/#findComment-837254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtrog007 Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 Really? Does that mean it'll automatically bypass the screen or will I still get a glimpse for it? If I want to do that, how? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118175-is-there-any-way-to-bypass-vista-bootloader/#findComment-837260 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie's Soliloquy Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 If it's set to 0, it should in theory bypass it all together. You need to make sure you're doing it right though, otherwise it'll be pretty hard to actually boot vista (should you want to, that is ) Download EasyBCD if you haven't already done so Make sure that the Vista option is the default one Set the Countdown seconds to 0 Click save and reboot ; ) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118175-is-there-any-way-to-bypass-vista-bootloader/#findComment-837265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSn1™ Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Why do you got leo on vista's bootloader? Use easybcd to edit your vista bootloader options. There you can make all the movements you need. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118175-is-there-any-way-to-bypass-vista-bootloader/#findComment-837276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtrog007 Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 Yeah EasyBCD didn't like the fact that vista wasn't set as active so this is what I had to do for anyone who wants to know: 1) Booted into GParted Live CD 2) Flagged vista as boot 3) Booted in to vista and used EasyBCD to knock the countdown to 0 4) Rebooted Everything works fine. Windows Vista Boot Loader is "bypassed." Thanks guys. PS - GParted is a way of setting partitions active, formatting, etc. Very useful if you don't feel like going through terminal and doing things the technical way. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118175-is-there-any-way-to-bypass-vista-bootloader/#findComment-837316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_maestro Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 When I first boot up I boot up in to Darwin's Boot Loader. I have 2 options. 1) Boot "Leopard" and go straight into it. 2) Boot "Foreign OS X" (I think that's the name) and it'll boot in to vista's boot loader, making me choose, again, "Leopard" or "Vista" (I forget the name for vista's name) Is there anyway to just bypass the vista's bootloader after selecting vista from darwins boot loader? EX: Press enter on selection of Foreign OS X and boot straight up into vista, no vista bootloader. ANY HELP APPRECIATED I use Chameleon EFI on a dual boot Vista/Leopard. When I start up I see the usual Darwin boot screen with the options for Leopard or Foreign OS. If I choose Foreign, it boots straight into Vista. i used to use easyBCD, but that gave me problems with my vista install every time I updated or restored my mac partition. I haven't had a single problem with Chameleon. You can use osx86 tools to easily install it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118175-is-there-any-way-to-bypass-vista-bootloader/#findComment-837437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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