OSx86 future version

[tripleboot]

If there will be a future release of OSx86 I would hope to see where if XP is loaded first and OSx86 .. is second I'd like to see where the bootmanger can pick up the XP boot.ini and then be able to boot into either one. The whole partitioning thing on XP was a pain in the you know where. I messed with trying to boot into OSx86 for three days and after I finally got the partitian set up and OSx86 installed I still couldn't get it booted up. Thanks.

[rogabean]

Huh? I'm a bit confused by what you are asking.

 

When I installed OS I had a blank drive. I've done it both ways. Installing OS X first and installing XP first. Either way you can partition with either in their respective setups.

 

The OS X bootloader will detect and present and XP partition for boot by default and XP can be configured to boot from the chain0 file in it's bootloader.

 

I don't understand the problem your presenting.

 

Now if you have XP installed presently and are using the whole hard drive and don't have a second drive, then yes you are going to have to partition from Windows. I'm just confused by what you are asking.

[Colonel]

I think what tripleboot is trying to say is that the boot partition and the default OS should be on Windoze and that you should be able to edit the boot loader settings in Windoze.

[rogabean]

Well either install xp second, repair using fixboot (and then using chain0), or install macdrive so you can in fact edit darwin boot options in windows.

 

I don't see any issues with the current bootloader options. But maybe that's just me. It all seems very simple and easy to use in that regard.

[tripleboot]

I first had to delete the partitian I created for OSx86 because I wasn't able to install on it. My point I'm trying to make is after I installed OSx86 10.4.4 and rebooted, it booted back into XP. Thats my point. There wasnt' any bootmanager, boot screen that OSx86 presented. No I didn't do allot of editing and configuring, although I realize this is easy and I have spend countless hours editing files, programs, OS, etc, etc, I didn't spend as much time on this one since it is relatively a hacked version that isn't the most stable. I'm anxious for future releases. Thanks.

[dponmac]

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what are these? questions or comments?!!

[tripleboot]

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what are these? questions or comments?!!

Good observation skills. What I'm saying is: After installing OSx86 I wasn't able to boot into OSx86, as it booted into XP wihtout giving me any boot options for OSx86.

[rogabean]

Good observation skills. What I'm saying is: After installing OSx86 I wasn't able to boot into OSx86, as it booted into XP wihtout giving me any boot options for OSx86.

That shouldn't have happened, but still a quick debug to create the chain0 file and an edit of boot.ini would have fixed that right up in about 30 seconds.

[tripleboot]

Going to reinstall later. Good to know and thanks rogabean.

 

By the way could you post what the XP boot.ini would look like with the chain0. Also where can I find the chain0.reg to add to C:\Windows or is it C:\WINDOWS\system32 directory I add it to. Thanks.

[vince29]

Well, just copy the chain0 file to c:\ end add

c:\chain0="whatever you want"

at the end of your boot.ini file.

[rogabean]

easiest method is the the debug method personally.

 

Go to 'Start Menu' --> Run --> type 'cmd.exe' and hit enter. Now type the following:

1. c: [hit enter]

2. cd \ [hit enter]

3. debug.exe [hit enter]

 

Now paste the following (the whole thing. just highlight all of it and paste it as a whole thing into the command window):

 

N CHAIN0

E100 fa 31 c0 8e d0 bc f0 ff fb 8e c0 8e d8 be 00 7c

E110 bf 00 e0 fc b9 00 01 f2 a5 ea 1e e0 00 00 66 31

E120 c0 66 a3 91 e1 a2 95 e1 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 72

E130 0e 81 fb 55 aa 75 08 f6 c1 01 0f 95 06 95 e1 b0

E140 01 31 db 8e c3 bb 00 10 89 de c7 04 00 00 c7 44

E150 02 01 00 66 c7 44 08 00 00 00 00 e8 b2 00 72 08

E160 bf be 11 b4 00 e8 0f 00 fe c2 f6 c2 04 74 af be

E170 7b e1 e8 f6 00 eb fe 51 56 81 7d 40 55 aa 0f 85

E180 8b 00 89 fe b9 04 00 80 7c 04 ab 74 0f 80 7c 04

E190 a8 74 09 80 7c 04 af 74 03 e9 2b 00 b0 01 bb 00

E1a0 00 8e c3 bb 00 7c e8 67 00 72 1c 81 bf fe 01 55

E1b0 aa 0f 85 58 00 66 8b 44 08 66 03 06 91 e1 66 89

E1c0 44 08 ea 00 7c 00 00 81 c6 10 00 e2 ba 89 fe b9

E1d0 04 00 8a 44 04 3c 05 74 11 3c 0f 74 0d 3c 85 74

E1e0 09 81 c6 10 00 e2 eb e9 23 00 b0 01 31 db 8e c3

E1f0 bb 00 12 e8 1a 00 72 e9 08 e4 75 09 66 8b 6c 08

E200 66 89 2e 91 e1 fe c4 bf be 13 e8 6a ff 5e 59 c3

E210 51 f6 06 95 e1 01 74 0a b9 05 00 e8 24 00 73 0c

E220 e2 f9 b9 05 00 e8 06 00 73 02 e2 f9 59 c3 60 8a

E230 74 01 8b 4c 02 b4 02 cd 13 73 05 31 c0 cd 13 f9

E240 61 c3 60 89 e5 1e 1e 66 8b 0e 91 e1 66 03 4c 08

E250 66 51 06 53 30 e4 50 68 10 00 89 e6 b4 42 cd 13

E260 73 05 31 c0 cd 13 f9 89 ec 61 c3 bb 01 00 fc ac

E270 3c 00 74 06 b4 0e cd 10 eb f5 c3 0a 0d 43 68 61

E280 69 6e 20 62 6f 6f 74 69 6e 67 20 65 72 72 6f 72

E290 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

E2f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa

RCX

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Close the command-prompt window and open up C:\boot.ini in notepad. At the end, add this line:

c:\CHAIN0="Apple Mac OS X x86"

Save and close the file now.

 

(you may also want to adjust boot options in the system properties screen of xp for advanced startup options such as timeout)

 

This will give you quick and dirty dual boot using the XP bootloader.

[tripleboot]

Well, just copy the chain0 file to c:\ end add

c:\chain0="whatever you want"

at the end of your boot.ini file.

 

I wanted to get a visual on what it looks like to make sure its properly edited.

[vince29]

[boot loader]

timeout=3

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP dition familiale" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

c:\chain0="Tiger"

[tripleboot]

[boot loader]

timeout=3

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP �dition familiale" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

c:\chain0="Tiger"

 

 

Thanks vince29

[tripleboot]

I'm a litte late getting back on this topic but wanted to say thanks to you guys for helping me out. I've been fascinated with OSx86 and will continue to mess with it later even though I don't have it installed right now.