[solved] EasyBCD throws me into grub prompt?

[the_diller]

Hey everyone,

 

You guys have been awesome in the past, thanks for your help up to today.

 

Grub 2 wasn't detecting Windows 7...spent days troubleshooting but no dice. So I switched to Chameleon 2 RC3...this would absolutely refuse to boot my Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic 64-bit, so I switched to Easy BCD 2 beta. This could boot Ubuntu and Windows 7...but I have been Leopard-less for a week now and need it back for iMovie editing for school this weekend.

 

I added OS X to my EasyBCD system list. Tried both stock settings and with the boot drive set to #1 (which is what EasyBCD calls my second HD). Each time it would throw me into a grub prompt when I booted OS X. I don't get that? I am not using grub...it isn't on any drives whatsoever...does Neosmart use it in their EasyBCD software somehow?

 

My setup:

 

750 GiB Western Digital SATA - (Windows 7/EasyBCD bootloader)

Partition 1: Windows 7 x64 - 500GB

Partition 2: Ubuntu 9.10 x64 - 198GB

 

40GiB Western Digital SATA

Single Partition: OS X 10.5.7 (iAtkos v7) with Chameleon 2 RC3

 

Am I dealing with remnants of my past grub install that Windows 7 bootloader didn't overwrite? Why would EasyBCD try to chainload to MacOS X, fail, then throw me to a grub prompt?

 

Thanks for any suggestions!!

Dylan

 

----------------------------edit-----------------------------

 

So I feel stupid...

I went back through EasyBCD and I was adding OS X as EFI not MBR. Switched it and it worked perfect. Also I see that the bootloader path for OS X is something like /NST/.../something_with_grub1. So I think that answers my question about Neosmart using grub.

 

Sorry for cluttering up the forums with my n00bness.

 

Dylan

[Wizzyboiy]

Thanks a lot. I had been having exactly the same issue. Had reformatted 4 times.

 

Here is how I resolved my problem. First the basics: EeePC 1000HE, 500GB HD with three equal partitions, 2GB RAM, Stock wifi card: BCD94312MC. I followed MoonDogg's installation guide to retail install Mac OS.

 

Using EasyBCD any which way (ie alternating which OS to install first), I either ended up with the GRUB error when Win & was last to be installed, or Win 7 boot failure when OS X was last. In the first scenerio, I tried to reinstall the Chameleon loader but that would immediately mess up Win 7 start. What I surmised is that installing Win 7 and didnt work with EasyBCD, even adding OS X as EFI or MBR. So here are the steps I took to make it work.

 

1. I formatted the HD with Guid Partitioning into three equal partitions - the first two were FAT and the third was Mac OS Journaled extended. I installed OS X on the third partition (Moondogg Guide on here).

 

2. I installed Win 7 on the second partition - so at this point, OS X couldnt boot successfullly.

 

3. I added EasyBCD for Win 7, but instead of adding OS X on the EasyBCD menu, I connected the back-up USB Drive for Mac OS and added it as an external device - I used the first small booting file = Drive 1:Partition 1 (Type 0xEF - 0GB)

 

4. When I rebooted, I had ''Win 7'' and ''EasyBCD Bios Extender'' options. I chose the latter and confirmed my choice of the small booting file above. Computer booted into OS X using the external HD.

 

5. I reloaded Chameleon loader into the Mac OS Partition on the hard drive and rebooted into Win 7

 

6. Win 7 could not boot so I used the Win 7 installation disk which repaired the booting process - Win 7 (recovered). Previously this step couldnt complete.

 

7. I rebooted into Win 7 and added Mas OS, and my mistake here was using the EFI option instead of the MRB option in the EasyBCD menu. So when I used the MBR option, it worked like a charm - thank you Diller

 

I have since started builing my 2 OSes on this single little devil. I am thinking about adding Ubuntu to the first partition to have a triple OS bootable machine. Any ideas will be appreciated.