ph33r213 Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Hello, I have 2 harddrives, one with Windows, and one with OSX, how can I make a menu come up, and ask me which to boot to instead of going straight to OSX? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23837-boot-to-windows-or-osx/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Try this: Edit the following file on your OSX partition: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist You can use TextEdit in the Applications folder. Modify the file so these lines are included: <key>Quiet Boot</key> <string>No</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>10</string> After you are done, be sure to run Disk Utility and Repair Permissions on your OSX partition. Then reboot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23837-boot-to-windows-or-osx/#findComment-158373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph33r213 Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 Still boots straight to OSX. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23837-boot-to-windows-or-osx/#findComment-158393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 I don't think this will help, but add the following to the same file and repair permissions when done. How about posting the contents of the finished file when you are done to be sure everything is OK. <key>Boot Graphics</key> <string>Yes</string> The boot process should pause for 10 seconds and display available drives. I would expect it to display at least the OSX drive if nothing else. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23837-boot-to-windows-or-osx/#findComment-158404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph33r213 Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//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>-v</string> <key>Boot Graphics</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>10</string> <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1280x1024x32</string> <key>Quiet Boot</key> <string>no</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>10</string> <key>Boot Graphics</key> <string>Yes</key> </dict> </plist> That last line messed it up, when I take it out its fine, but when it was there, it gave me an error when I started it up, I repaired permissions. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23837-boot-to-windows-or-osx/#findComment-158813 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacApprentice Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 This worked for me, thx guys Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23837-boot-to-windows-or-osx/#findComment-159623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 That last line messed it up, when I take it out its fine, but when it was there, it gave me an error when I started it up, I repaired permissions. You can remove the last bunch of lines like this: <key>Timeout</key> <string>10</string> <key>Boot Graphics</key> <string>Yes</key> because you already have them in there, look up further in the list. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/23837-boot-to-windows-or-osx/#findComment-159658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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