bobross Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I'm having some strange issue. I have three drives. Here is the layout: Disk0 partition layout Ubuntu OSX 10.8.x Vista x64 XP 32 Disk1 Data disc no OS Disk2 OSX Snow 10.6.2 When I go into my BIOS and set Disk 0 as "boot first" I can access all the other OS's (Ubuntu, Vista, XP, 10.8.x). I'm using Grub from Ubuntu. Upon selecting Snow I get an error stating no OS. I have Grub pointing to disk2,2 the Snow install. I also tried 2,0 and 2,1 - Nothing When I have the Snow disc "boot first" in my BIOS, the Snow (Grey screen count down bar) shows up and loads Snow just fine. When I press a button to interrupt the count down bar, I can see the other OS in the selection menu but can't load them. Any Idea what is going on here? I'm getting tired of changing BIOS settings every time I want to boot a different OS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/211217-can-only-boot-snow-when-change-hd-order-in-bios/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnapalm Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 How is your GRUB entry for Snow Leopard? Are you using GRUB or GRUB2? In which partition is Chameleon installed on the Snow Leopard HD? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/211217-can-only-boot-snow-when-change-hd-order-in-bios/#findComment-1413805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobross Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 How is your GRUB entry for Snow Leopard? Are you using GRUB or GRUB2? In which partition is Chameleon installed on the Snow Leopard HD? This install is from a retail DVD, I'm not sure about Chameleon. Is that the Grey Mac OS chooser? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/211217-can-only-boot-snow-when-change-hd-order-in-bios/#findComment-1415038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnapalm Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 This install is from a retail DVD, I'm not sure about Chameleon. Is that the Grey Mac OS chooser? Actually the default theme background is blue. Are you using other bootloader, Boot Think maybe? Anyway I think it would be better to use GRUB to manage boot. How did you configure GRUB to load Snow Leopard? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/211217-can-only-boot-snow-when-change-hd-order-in-bios/#findComment-1415054 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDogg Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Can you post your menu.lst file from Grub? When I used Grub there where some oddball things that needed to be set in order to boot OS X. Chainloader +makeactive etc. I'll check to see if I have a backup of my old working grub configuration. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/211217-can-only-boot-snow-when-change-hd-order-in-bios/#findComment-1415819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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