polobreaka Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 does Leopard need to be active in order for it to boot into desktop? here is my weird test i did a couple times. i have 3 partitions setup on my hdd Partiton 1: Tiger *active* Partition 2: Leopard Partition 3: Shared i installed JAS 10.4.8 intel/amd sse2/sse3 DVD with 8.8.1 kernel. i updated to 10.4.11 staying at 8.8.1 kernel ( i want to update to 8.9.1, can someone PM me or tell me how). then i installed Kalyway 10.5.2 onto 2nd partition. it overwrote the darwin bootloader to boot Leopard as default setting partition 2 as active. i want my primary OS to be Tiger because it is the most stable for my system and Leopard as my test. i changed active partition back to "1" using "fdisk" with the DVD boot. i was able to boot into Tiger with no problem. restarted my system with F8 to boot into Leopard, i am left with bluescreen and mouse. cannot go any further. Same with safe boot for Leopard, it goes into bluescreen with mouse cursor. i ran the fdisk again with the DVD and set partition 2 to active, rebooted, and this time i was able to boot into leopard. when i use F8, i am still able to log into Tiger. 3rd time test again, i set partition 1 as active, as expected, Leopard booted up with bluescreen and cursor. now i want to know if its possible to boot Tiger as default and Leopard as secondary? has anyone gotten it to work? i read up on a lot of dual boot Windows/Leopard setup with windows as default and Leopard seem to boot up fine for them. i dont know what my case would be. can anyone chime in on this one? thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162542-dual-boot-2-partition-tiger-and-leopard-tiger-as-primary/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
polobreaka Posted April 19, 2009 Author Share Posted April 19, 2009 bumpppp Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162542-dual-boot-2-partition-tiger-and-leopard-tiger-as-primary/#findComment-1137094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
polobreaka Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 anyone? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162542-dual-boot-2-partition-tiger-and-leopard-tiger-as-primary/#findComment-1137405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
polobreaka Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 really? no one can tell me if leopard needs to be an active partition in order for it to boot or am i missing some steps? all im asking is how can i make leopard still boot but not as default. thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162542-dual-boot-2-partition-tiger-and-leopard-tiger-as-primary/#findComment-1138524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pecos Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 hello, first, excuse me for my bad english... This is the solution : • this works on MBR partition sheme... not tested on GUID. • on the first partition, you put TIGER : in my case it's a clone of an other disk make with superduper... • on the second partition, you put LEOPARD : same method, it's a clone of a WORKING leopard made with superduper or carbon copy cloner. then... • you have to set partition 1 (tiger) active with fdisk. • and... you just have to install chameleon bootloader on the TIGER partition ! so, tiger is your default system, but you still could choose leopard in the darwin boot menu (f8 on darwin prompt). Tiger, in this case, doesn't need chameleon to boot (tiger XxX 10.4.11 no EFI) but it boots without problem, by default. Leopard can still boot because it finds its bootloader on the active partition (tiger) when you choose to boot it ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/162542-dual-boot-2-partition-tiger-and-leopard-tiger-as-primary/#findComment-1149868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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