Weird extra partition, please help

[JuzzMann]

Hey all,

 

I just installed kalyway 10.5.2 and just upgraded to 10.5.5

 

My problem is that when i boot it gets to the bootloader and shows two partitions(keep in mind, i dont hav another OS installed)....the first one when i hit enter it says its unbootable....the second one is my leopard install

 

I have installed using GUID partition scheme

 

I just want to know if there is a way to make it book without me having to select that second partition, how can i get it to go straight into leopard??

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Justin

[pontifex22]

When you have a GUID partition, there is always a hidden extra 200MB partition by default (EFI specs)

Why it shows up I don't know.

 

Make yourself aquainted with fdisk and boot up with -s.

Then fdisk -e/dev/disk0.

 

Might be differnt parameters on your drive but then your into fdisk.

[JuzzMann]

Thanks for your quick reply!

 

But what can i do to make the computer boot straight in Leopard instead of waiting at the bootloader screen selection between the two.

 

Any ideas?

[pontifex22]

You have to flag the appropriate partition with fdisk

[JuzzMann]

can someone please briefly explain how to do that...please

 

Thanks in advance!

[pontifex22]

1. Boot up with option -s .

2. As the system stopped (Unix terminal) typr fdisk -e /dev/disk1 (if your OS X disk is the first)

3. Now you sould be in fdisk and can type "Print" to show the MBR .

4. The asterix in some row hints what partition is the boot partition.

5. Type in flag 1 or flag 2 for the appropriate partition

6. Type: Update

7. Type Write

8. Type Exit

9. Type Reboot

 

If there is a confirmation needet on the way type Y