N!tr@m Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Hello to everybody, I want to set the windows partition as the default one, but how to I find the right parameters fpr the com.apple.boot.plist file? Thanks, N!tr@m Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/223709-windows-parameters-for-default-partition/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyndder Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Hello to everybody, I want to set the windows partition as the default one, but how to I find the right parameters fpr the com.apple.boot.plist file? Thanks, N!tr@m If you use Chameleon as your Bootloader download lizard.app... If no, add this to your /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist <string>rd=diskXsZ</string> Where X are your Disk Number and Z the Partition Number bye... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/223709-windows-parameters-for-default-partition/#findComment-1504686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
N!tr@m Posted July 5, 2010 Author Share Posted July 5, 2010 Hey, The following comes up in my bootloader: Chameleon-2.0-RC4_PCEFI-10.5_AsereBLN_myHack-1.0 r11 So I think, it's the chameleon bootloader indeed. I set the windows partition in the com.apple.bootl.plist file many times as default before using the "hd(x,y)" command. But it didn't work. I tried to get the parameters using disk-utility and the command "mount" in the terminal, but the windows partition hasn't been default any time. What's wrong with it? Thanks, N!tr@m Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/223709-windows-parameters-for-default-partition/#findComment-1504835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyndder Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Hey, The following comes up in my bootloader: Chameleon-2.0-RC4_PCEFI-10.5_AsereBLN_myHack-1.0 r11 So I think, it's the chameleon bootloader indeed. I set the windows partition in the com.apple.bootl.plist file many times as default before using the "hd(x,y)" command. But it didn't work. I tried to get the parameters using disk-utility and the command "mount" in the terminal, but the windows partition hasn't been default any time. What's wrong with it? Thanks, N!tr@m Open a terminal window and type ~diskutil list~... you should see somethint like this... Last login: Mon Jul 5 09:43:29 on console signastation2:~ prepress$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: FDisk_partition_scheme *160.0 GB disk0 1: Apple_HFS OSX 160.0 GB disk0s1 /dev/disk1 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: FDisk_partition_scheme *320.1 GB disk1 1: Windows_NTFS WindowsXP 210.2 GB disk1s1 2: Apple_HFS OSX2 109.8 GB disk1s5 signastation2:~ prepress$ The right path to windows partition in this case are ~/dev/disk1s1~ try put the right information in your com.apple.Boot.plist, sometimes (i dont know why!!!) the string ~hd(x,y)~ may not work. good luck... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/223709-windows-parameters-for-default-partition/#findComment-1504918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
N!tr@m Posted July 5, 2010 Author Share Posted July 5, 2010 Last login: Mon Jul 5 17:10:39 on console martins-mac-pro:~ martin$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: FDisk_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0 1: 0xDE 82.2 MB disk0s1 2: Windows_NTFS RECOVERY 16.1 GB disk0s2 3: Windows_NTFS OS 379.1 GB disk0s3 /dev/disk1 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *160.0 GB disk1 1: EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1 2: Apple_HFS SnowLeopard 49.5 GB disk1s2 3: Apple_HFS SnowLeopardPro 26.0 GB disk1s3 4: Apple_HFS SnowLeopard64 84.0 GB disk1s4 martins-mac-pro:~ martin$ I've already used the parameters hd(0,3) already many times but "interesting" about it is that SnowLeopardPro, that should be hd(1,3), is the default partition and not windows. Any ideas? Thanks, N!tr@m Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/223709-windows-parameters-for-default-partition/#findComment-1504973 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyndder Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Last login: Mon Jul 5 17:10:39 on consolemartins-mac-pro:~ martin$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: FDisk_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0 1: 0xDE 82.2 MB disk0s1 2: Windows_NTFS RECOVERY 16.1 GB disk0s2 3: Windows_NTFS OS 379.1 GB disk0s3 /dev/disk1 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *160.0 GB disk1 1: EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1 2: Apple_HFS SnowLeopard 49.5 GB disk1s2 3: Apple_HFS SnowLeopardPro 26.0 GB disk1s3 4: Apple_HFS SnowLeopard64 84.0 GB disk1s4 martins-mac-pro:~ martin$ I've already used the parameters hd(0,3) already many times but "interesting" about it is that SnowLeopardPro, that should be hd(1,3), is the default partition and not windows. Any ideas? Thanks, N!tr@m Ok, lets go, add these lines to your com.apple.Boot.plist... <string>rd=disk0s3</string> your file must look like this... <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>rd=disk0s3</string> <string>arch=i386</string> <key>Theme</key> <string>Clean_MACOSX</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>5</string> <key>device-properties</key> <string>6602000001000000010000005a0200000d0000000 2010c00d041030a000000000101060000010101060000007fff 04001e00000072006f006d002d0072006500760069007300690 06f006e0000002b0000006e5669646961204765466f726365203 6323030204f70656e474c20456e67696e65205b4546495d22000 000400030002c006400650076006900630065005f00740079007 000650000000b000000646973706c6179100000004e005600430 04100500000001800000004000000000003000c0000000000000 7000000000e0000006e0061006d00650000000b0000006469737 06c617914000000400030002c006e0061006d006500000012000 0004e5644412c446973706c61792d41100000006d006f00640065 006c000000170000006e5669646961204765466f7263652036323 0300e0000004e00560050004d0000002000000001000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000014000000400 031002c006e0061006d0065000000120000004e5644412c4469737 06c61792d4220000000400031002c0063006f006d0070006100740 0690062006c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d616322000 0005600520041004d002c0074006f00740061006c00730069007a0 065000000080000000000000820000000400030002c0063006f006 d00700061007400690062006c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4 e564d616322000000400031002c006400650076006900630065005 f00740079007000650000000b000000646973706c61791c00000064 00650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000f0000004 e5644412c506172656e74</string> </dict> </plist> bye... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/223709-windows-parameters-for-default-partition/#findComment-1505020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
N!tr@m Posted July 6, 2010 Author Share Posted July 6, 2010 HELP ! I deleted <string>Default Partition</string> <key>hd(0,3)</key> and added <string>rd=disk0s3</string> instead and now I'm not able to start OSX anymore: Can't load kext com.apple.driver.AppleRTC link failed [....] USBMSC Identifier (non-unique ... still waiting on root device Single and Safe Mode don't work, too. ??? What can I do ??? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/223709-windows-parameters-for-default-partition/#findComment-1505811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyndder Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 HELP ! I deleted <string>Default Partition</string> <key>hd(0,3)</key> and added <string>rd=disk0s3</string> instead and now I'm not able to start OSX anymore: Can't load kext com.apple.driver.AppleRTC link failed [....] USBMSC Identifier (non-unique ... still waiting on root device Single and Safe Mode don't work, too. ??? What can I do ??? try this at chameleon`s boot... rd=disk1s3 after read this... http://apple2pc.blogspot.com/2008/05/still...oot-device.html Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/223709-windows-parameters-for-default-partition/#findComment-1505821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
N!tr@m Posted July 6, 2010 Author Share Posted July 6, 2010 doesn't work Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/223709-windows-parameters-for-default-partition/#findComment-1505830 Share on other sites More sharing options...
N!tr@m Posted July 7, 2010 Author Share Posted July 7, 2010 Fixed, I used a program on windows to enable HFS+ and edited the com.apple.boot.plist file this way, but I've the problem with windows as default partition further on. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/223709-windows-parameters-for-default-partition/#findComment-1506447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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