Minn3h Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Here is what I've done so far: I have set aside a 40GB harddrive entirely for osx86. Here is the pertinent fdisk -l: Disk /dev/hdd: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77545 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdd1 2 77542 39080664 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hdd5 * 2 12483 6290896+ af Unknown I don't know what hdd1 is or where it came from, but hdd5 is where I dd'ed the tiger .img (it wouldn't let me dd it to hdd1), Here is the part of /boot/grub/menu.lst for osx86: title OSX_X86 rootnoverify (hd3,4) makeactive chainloader +1 GRUB works just fine to boot windows and linux, but when I try to boot osx, I get an "Error 12: Invalid Device Requested." Researching that error, I discovered that what it really means is, "something is wrong," which is unusually helpful. Hmm, what else, I'm running an AMD 64 3000+ (has sse3 although I don't think that's related). My gut feeling is that there is something wrong with the way I've installed it. I tried skipping the first recommended bit of the image and also not skipping it, both ways --> error 12. If anyone sees a problem any help would be welcome. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13204-grub-error-on-booting-osx86/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJägermeister Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/hdd1 2 77542 39080664 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hdd5 * 2 12483 6290896+ af Unknown You created a logical partition (/dev/hdd5 ) in a extented (/dev/hdd1). You need a primary partition for OSX86. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13204-grub-error-on-booting-osx86/#findComment-83960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minn3h Posted March 27, 2006 Author Share Posted March 27, 2006 EDIT: I'll try that thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13204-grub-error-on-booting-osx86/#findComment-83967 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minn3h Posted March 27, 2006 Author Share Posted March 27, 2006 Well, that seems to have been part of the problem, but now I get an HFS+ Partition Error when I try to boot into mac osx86. I tried doing the recommendations here: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=6890 but I still got the HFS+ Partition Error. Not to mention, now my MBR is all screwed up and I can't boot in to any operating system (hopefully I can get this straightened out). I see that there is a brief reference to this error in the Installation guide in the wiki, but I have no Darwin CD and don't know what they mean by the suggested solution. Any advice on this error would be welcome. EDIT: Booting is fixed, still working on the HFS+ Partition Error though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13204-grub-error-on-booting-osx86/#findComment-84062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minn3h Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 Ok, well I got it all figured out, and I guess I'll explain briefly what I did since I've seen this question unanswered before. After I got my computer booting into Windows again I decided that instead of using GRUB or any other bootloader, I would see if I could use the Windows bootloader for Windows, Ubuntu AND Mac OSx86. Windows was already booting, so I figured I would tackle Mac OSx next. Goign back to the Install guide in the wiki (here: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...ootloader_boot) I found that downloading chain0 and adding one specific line to the windows bootloader should work. In fact, this change booted straight into mac osx, no HFS+ Partition Error or anything! Now I just need to get Ubuntu to boot through the windows bootloader, which is proving more difficult. Cheers! =) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13204-grub-error-on-booting-osx86/#findComment-84301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJägermeister Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Ok, well I got it all figured out, and I guess I'll explain briefly what I did since I've seen this question unanswered before. After I got my computer booting into Windows again I decided that instead of using GRUB or any other bootloader, I would see if I could use the Windows bootloader for Windows, Ubuntu AND Mac OSx86. Windows was already booting, so I figured I would tackle Mac OSx next. Goign back to the Install guide in the wiki (here: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...ootloader_boot) I found that downloading chain0 and adding one specific line to the windows bootloader should work. In fact, this change booted straight into mac osx, no HFS+ Partition Error or anything! Now I just need to get Ubuntu to boot through the windows bootloader, which is proving more difficult. Cheers! =) Do you tried this in Grub? title OSX_X86 root (hd3,4) chainloader +1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13204-grub-error-on-booting-osx86/#findComment-84446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minn3h Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 I did and that's what got me the HFS+ Partition Error in the first place. Everything works now though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13204-grub-error-on-booting-osx86/#findComment-84703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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