telir Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Hello. I recently wanted to try running OSX86 on my Dimension 3000 desktop. I followed the newbie guide located here: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...DualBoot_10.5.2 I chose this older one because the guide was very simple and easy to follow. So following the directions, I first hit one problem. I already had XP so I had to reformat my partition sizes to create a separate 25gb mac partition, taking memory from my NTFS XP partition. That went fine. In the installation though, I couldn't format the FAT32 partition and realized that it had to be set to "active" in windows disk management, so I did that. This allowed me to completely install osx 10.5.2 according to those directions. When I get to the part to use gparted, I get into the application and set my ntfs partition to "boot". Weird thing I saw there though was that that partition was not mounted... I ignored this. When I restarted I get the error saying "Error loading Operating System" when trying to get into XP. I've tried almost everything and have been scouring the internet for forever, but to no avail. I did find this topic which posts the same problem: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=106850 The user unfortunately did not post the solution, but just stated that he fixed it... I have tried using Windows Recovery Console to fix the boot problem, but that didn't do anything at all. I am new to this, and have no idea what to do. I've seen multiple topics like this, but I can't find a working solution If anyone can help, I would truly appreciate anything. Thanks so much Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/179263-1052-kalyway-dual-boot-gparted-problems/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
telir Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 Guys... I've tried everything I can think of. I set the boot flag on and off like 20 times, nothing changed. I tried setting my osx partition to boot, same error. I try loading the install disk for osx- I just get the installation screen. I even tried using all the fdisk options. I tried fixmbr, which did nothing. I can't find an achi (ahci?) setting in my bios setup. I'm pretty sure my windows partition is set to active, as I have the boot flag checked... I think it may have to do with an error with the bootloader. In gparted, my windows partition does still say not mounted however... I've completely run out of ideas. I've searched google, read every thread here involving the phrase "error loading operating system" and still have nothing. I wanted to try to access chat to talk to some people, but haven't gotten chat to work. If anyone has any plausible idea... I'd be glad to try it haha EDIT: FIXD- use testdisk from gparted live boot cd Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/179263-1052-kalyway-dual-boot-gparted-problems/#findComment-1223173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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