Boot problem after Maxxuss install on Thinkpad X60s

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Hi,

 

I'm having boot problems after natively installing OS X 10.4.5 from the Maxxuss DVD image on my Thinkpad X60s (code 1702-55G).

 

My partitions are laid out like this (I created them using QT Parted from the SystemRescueCD Linux ISO image, then setting type AF and activating partition 3 from Windows XP diskpart):

 

Partition 1: Primary, 40 GB NTFS with a Windows XP installation

Partition 2: Primary, 10 GB FAT32

Partition 3: Primary, Active, 20 GB Mac HFS, type AF.

Partition 4: Primary, 4 GB, IBM Recovery area.

 

Install works smoothly and without problems, but on rebooting the BIOS says "Missing operating system". If I activate partition 1 instead and try to launch OS X from the NT boot loader using the Chain0 method, it just goes back straight into the NT boot loader again without booting from partition 3.

If I boot from the Maxxuss DVD, the HFS partition is invisible and the normal install is the only option I get, so the partition 3 is just not seen by the Darwin boot loader. However, when I choose DIsk Utility in the installation menu, I see the volume just fine, everything is there, and it has the Bootable flag.

 

Is this a known problem? How can I actually get partition 3 to boot? Can I expect this to be different if I install 10.4.3 from the 8f1111 image?

 

Philipp