iamsure Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Hello. I am successfully running OSX-10.5.2 iATKOS 2.0i on my Inspiron 1720 with dual-boot to Windows XP. I would like to set the XP entry to be the default boot, but I can't seem to find forum posts or wiki info on how to edit it. I had an existing XP install, and simply ran the iATKOS install, so I don't think its using grub for the boot loader. Any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsure Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share Posted August 28, 2008 So I found enough information that I realize now that the Darwin Boot loader doesn't allow editing, its just hard-coded to the first partition. So, I've now added in a chain0 loader in the XP boot menu, which gives me an editable, working boot selector. One problem: The Darwin Boot loader is still loading first. I tried booting to an XP recovery console and doing fixmbr, but Darwin's boot loader is still starting! How do I make the XP boot loader the initial menu? **UPDATE** Found the solution (originally on http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=3925): fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 Specifies the disc that you have XP installed to The specified location rdisk0 may of course be different if XP was installed on a different drive, e.g. rdisk1, rdisk2 flag 1 Marks XP as the active partition (assuming it was installed on the first partition of that particular disk) quit This will quit fdisk and take you back to the normal single user prompt reboot Your machine will restart and boot as intended! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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