rc_square24 Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Hello, I have OSX 10.4.6 installed natively on a partition that i created as primary, type AF and XP on another partition (C:\) as primary NTFS set active. I used to use acronis os selector and it boots osx with no problem but it was too slow so i wanted to try windows bootloader so i deactivated acronis os selector. I did accordingly to the guides for the chain0 mehtod, copied the CHAIN0 file from the OSX dvd and pasted it onto the top of my C drive and went into system>startup to edit my boot.ini file and added C:\chain0="Apple Mac OS X Tiger" under the line for windows XP("..... XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect") when i apply the changes and restart, the windows bootloader show up with both xp and OSX but when i select OSX and enter, a blinking cursor shows up for a sec or two and brings me back to the OS selection screen, i have no problem if i boot into windows though. anyone know of a fix for this? Thanks in advance for any help:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willgonz Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Flame me if I am wrong but... the chain0 only works when you have Windows installed as a Primary partition and OS X is installed on the same drive on another partition. If your installation is on two different drives, use the boot menu with-in your BIOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyruleKnight Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 The Darwin bootloader is selecting the Windows partition by default, that's why you are going in a loop back to the Windows bootloader. You need to add the following to the "/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist" file: <key>Quiet Boot</key> <string>No</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>10</string> This enables the Darwin bootloader's select menu so you can select the Mac OS X partition. I don't know of any way to make the Darwin bootloader select the Mac OS X partition by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyowen Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Flame me if I am wrong but... the chain0 only works when you have Windows installed as a Primary partition and OS X is installed on the same drive on another partition. If your installation is on two different drives, use the boot menu with-in your BIOS. i have win and osx installed on 2 diff drives, and chain0 works. but on my laptop, two sys on 1 drive 2 partitions, chain0 not working. maybe there's a solution for this but well, i'm only using osx on my desktop, so... doesnt matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanZen Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I just got everything about the graphics to work (has taken a long time) but now I have problems making it boot os my harddrive! I used to use WinGRUB, set Windows to boot from hdd 0 and partition 0 - and then OSX from hdd 0 and partition 1. And then I edit my boot.ini to start Grub! It worked a few days ago, but if I do i now it just goes bavk to the screen where I can choose between Windows and Grub!? I don't get it - I did it the exact same way! If I instead use the CHAIN0 method (both with the OS's on the same harddrive and on seperate harddrives) I keeps booting from my Install DVD (if its in) and I'll get this stop sign right over the apple on the screen!? How do I fix this??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyowen Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 If I instead use the CHAIN0 method (both with the OS's on the same harddrive and on seperate harddrives) I keeps booting from my Install DVD (if its in) and I'll get this stop sign right over the apple on the screen!? How do I fix this??? If ur install dvd was not in, where would they go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiles Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 If ur install dvd was not in, where would they go? I have on separate hard drives as well, have to change in bios everytime. Besides my OSx starts ONLY if I boot from DVD, otherwise black screen, blinking coursor and continuous running HDD LED. So tired of entering in bios all the time and in/out DVD. I would love a boot menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyowen Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I have on separate hard drives as well, have to change in bios everytime. Besides my OSx starts ONLY if I boot from DVD, otherwise black screen, blinking coursor and continuous running HDD LED. So tired of entering in bios all the time and in/out DVD. I would love a boot menu. that's weird my two hard drives are ata, let me guess, are yours sata? sorry, i'v no clu jus guessing, cz everything is fine for me with chain0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiles Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 that's weird my two hard drives are ata, let me guess, are yours sata? sorry, i'v no clu jus guessing, cz everything is fine for me with chain0 no ATA I started from the beginning, I downloaded the Goatdecx iso that worked perfect for me. I have now triple boot with ACRONIS: Mac OSX 10.4.6, XP SP2 and Ubuntu 64bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanZen Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 I have had that problem myself. I fexed it by copying the kernel to the correct volume and then I hit F8 right after I select OSX from the OS select screen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmkgd Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 @rc_square24: Press F8 after selecting osx from ntloader; you'll then access the darwin bootloader, on which you can select osx again. Then follow HyruleKnight's instructions. (/edit: oops, duplicating hanzen's info) Check here for more info/problems about dual booting. If you go back to acronis though, you'll find that disabling the "cd booting" in the options makes it load quite faster (info from domino, thanks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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