Unable to boot

[afadzli]

Hi guys,

 

I'm hoping somebody could help me.

 

I installed OSX on my PC using wiki 10.4.6 guide. I used HOTiSO dvd image.

Everything went okay when installing MacOSX. Then I boot to XP to do dual boot using chain0. Then I reboot and went to XP boot menu, choose MacOSX. Then it went back to XP boot menu.

 

Then I installed WinGRUB, it still happend. When booting the partition that I installed OSX, it went back to XP boot menu.

 

This is my harddisk layout

 

hda0,0 XP Primary

hda0,1 Data Primary

hda0,2 OSX Primary

 

And I already changed OSX partition table to AF already using Linux fdisk.

At first, I thought that there's no OS in OSX partition, so I boot with HOTiSO dvd, start Terminal and go to /Volumes/OSX and all the files are there.

[afadzli]

Hi again guys,

 

Just to let you know that, I'm able to boot to OSX now. I installed GAG boot loader. SEtup everything, then try boot it. It gave me HTS+ partition error. I restart the computer, it automatically boot to OSX. No boot loader. LOL I think I messed up my MBR or something. Well, don't mind. But, if anybody know how to fix this, by mean fix, I mean able to dual boot again, please let me know. Thanks!

[free30]

Then I boot to XP to do dual boot using chain0. Then I reboot and went to XP boot menu, choose MacOSX. Then it went back to XP boot menu.

 

Ok I managed to solve that and am now on my second problem!!!(Well sixth or seventh).

http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?sh...64entry111764

 

1. You wil have to set your OS x86 drive to actve. 'Run', 'diskpart', 'select disk ?', 'select partition ?', 'active'

2.Now configure Darwin Boot Loader to allow me to choise which partition to boot from to boot from. By Copying,

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

to desktop. Editing to:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>Quiet Boot</key>

<string>No</string>

<key>Timeout</key>

<string></string>

<key>Kernel</key>

<string>mach_kernel</string>

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string></string>

<key>Boot Graphics</key>

<string>Yes</string>

<key>Graphics Mode</key></dict>

<string>1280x1024x32@70</string></dict>

</dict>

</plist>

Copying back to location and authenticating with password.

 

Again all thanks to the support of the experts.

This also sets my graphics mode, so make your own choice

 

3. With the 'Quiet Boot' and 'Timeout' keys in place I can now use Chain0, edit my boot.ini and set my Windows XP drive to actve. Allowing me to boot into Windows or choise OS x86.

Without these keys in place using chain0 and selecting OS x86 at boot just makes the boot.ini file run the OS x86 partition and Darwin automatically selects the active partition, Windows XP and I end up quickly back with the boot.ini options, leaving OS x86 unreachable without setting it active again.

 

So this allows me to boot straght into Windows as defult. Good! Thats the way around I like it. But now I have to select the OS x86

from the Darwin boot loader.

 

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Hi Grade

-Pentium .2 (sse3 patch)

-Foxconn 865A01 motherboard (No patch, won't restart.)

-512MB ddr pc3200

-Nvidia 5200, 128mb(No patch, exceleration??? not know)

-AC97 sound (No patch, works but not reconised)

-Sata Primary Drive 120mb

-ATA secondary drive 200mb (Was one old partition but OS did not

reconise it, repartitioned it under Windows XP to smaller partition, now reconised)

-ATA Jumbo CDR (burns just fine)

-OS x86 10.4.6, upgrade and sse3 patchs only.

 

Standing on the shoulders of giants!

 

Thanks for all those experts I got this far.

[afadzli]

It works! Thanks mate. Everything runs okay except for audio in. Kinda sucks tho because I don't have mic for my G5 and I've been using my XP for skype. I hope that somebody will fix it in the future. By the way, it's an onboard sound card CMedia 9880 and can't find any fix for audio in.

 

- Asus Motherboard P5GDC-V Deluxe

- Intel 915G chipset

- Pentium 4 530 - detected 3.6Ghz (strange)

- Intel GMA900 - All supported(Patched)

- CMedia 9880 Azalia (I think) - Audio out working without patch but not recognized, no audio in

- Buffalo/Melco DVD burner

- ITE ATAPI Controller - Not detected