^GoJo^ Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 It works under the system, but when it's on boot menu, i must not touch it and let it boot the default flag, cause if i touch (then it should show all the partition from all disk avalaible), then it will simply block & i'll have to reboot. I wonder if my disk is defective (cause i've had some other quite big annoyance) so i just wanted to know if the other users have the same thing or not. Since these disks use a new format system, it's possible sh** happens. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210183-the-brand-new-western-digital-ears/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
srs5694 Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 If I understand what you're saying, you were able to install OS X on the drive (or copy an installation from another system), but your boot loader hangs if you try to change which OS you're booting. Please clarify if I've misunderstood. To me, this sounds like a boot loader bug, although it's entirely possible that it's a bug that interacts with the hard drive. (Which capacity do you have: The 1TB, 1.5TB, or 2TB model? That could be significant; if a boot loader uses a signed 32-bit integer for the sector value, it would top out at 1TB, and so could misbehave on any over-1TB drive. I don't know if any OSx86 boot loader does this, though; it's just a theoretical possibility.) If I'm right about it being a boot loader bug, then upgrading to a newer version of your boot loader, or changing boot loaders entirely, may fix the problem. Although Chameleon seems to be the most popular OSx86 boot loader, others are available, including PC-EFI and Boot Think. Even GRUB 2 (used by the latest Ubuntu Linux and available on other Linuxes) can directly boot OS X. FWIW, I've got a 1TB WD10EARS (1TB) drive, but it's installed on a MythTV system, and I've never used it with OS X. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210183-the-brand-new-western-digital-ears/#findComment-1406186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
^GoJo^ Posted February 9, 2010 Author Share Posted February 9, 2010 No you're wrong, i didn't intall OSX on it, it's installed on another drive. I just mean, if i plug my EARS and start the PC, it makes the boot meny crash if i want to do something, but it stills boot fine. You're right it's a 1.5TB, so i feel a bit releaved. BTW would the new Chameleon fix this? But i think i've got the last one... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210183-the-brand-new-western-digital-ears/#findComment-1406441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
srs5694 Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 My over-1TB comments were just speculation; I don't know for a fact that Chameleon (or any other boot loader) has that specific problem, or if so, how it would manifest (aside from an inability to boot anything from beyond the 1TB mark on the disk). It's worth trying another boot loader, though -- at least, if you're comfortable installing boot loaders. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210183-the-brand-new-western-digital-ears/#findComment-1406581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thymallus Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 No you're wrong, i didn't intall OSX on it, it's installed on another drive. I just mean, if i plug my EARS and start the PC, it makes the boot meny crash if i want to do something, but it stills boot fine. You're right it's a 1.5TB, so i feel a bit releaved. BTW would the new Chameleon fix this? But i think i've got the last one... Mine seems to work fine (WD15EARS). Like you no OS on it. I partionned it GUID with 4 partitions, 3 HFS+ (OS Clone, Time Machine, Save data) and one small FAT32. Chameleon (RC4) still able to boot my OS X partition as well as my Ubuntu. Time Machine seem to work well (save , restore not tested). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210183-the-brand-new-western-digital-ears/#findComment-1406701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
^GoJo^ Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 I changed something in the BIOS and no problem now! Thanks everyone! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210183-the-brand-new-western-digital-ears/#findComment-1407313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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