andy99999 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Hi everyone, bit of a problem I cant seem to find info on. Basically I've managed to install OSx Ideneb 1.6 on my ACER Aspire 5735z laptop. It boots to the homescreen where i can use the dock etc. However, it only seems to load the O/S when the ideneb disc is in the drive. Have I got a bootloader problem? If so, any ideas on where I might find out any info?? Cheers guys, Andy (Intel Core2Duo t4200 4gb DDR 800FSB) (voodoo kernal 9.5 used) Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/247323-installed-osx-only-boots-up-sometimes-s/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy99999 Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 *update* For those who might stumble across this thread here's where I'm upto. Partitioned HDD with iDeneb Disk utility (1st partition Hfs+ 2nd ntfs) Installed Osx with minimal drivers.(voodoo kernal and ps2,) installed windows 7 on the other partition. Installed easybcd bootliader Here's the problem; when I select osx from the bootloader menu it then proceeds to load chameleon(came with ideneb) however it freezes on the apple boot screen. If I leave the ideneb disc in the drive it boots its own darwin bootloader and loads Osx fine. would people suggest I have a bootloader issue?any one else with a similar problem? Thanks people! Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/247323-installed-osx-only-boots-up-sometimes-s/#findComment-1638536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetoster Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 It sounds like you do have bootloader problem. i'd recommend installing GRUB (usually comes with any linux distro) or using the iPC 10.5.6 final (which comes with PC_EFI, I think, which has always worked for me) Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/247323-installed-osx-only-boots-up-sometimes-s/#findComment-1638839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy99999 Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 Update: Cheers for all the info its all helped alot. Think ive found out why im having boot issues. The OSX partition has not been assigned a drive letter (windows 7 is C:\) so im presuming that its not mounted and marked active as is needed for the bootloaders to work correctly. Ive checked the infor and the NTFS partition mount is 'VOLUMES/Windows'. For the OSx partition its just 'Mount:/' leading me to believe that must be the reason. Ive had a good search on this forum and with google but i cant seem to find any relevant info with regards to marking this partition active. Any ideas anyone at all?? Im really not too clued up with using the OSX terminal and dont know the apple commands. Thanks guys!! Andy Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/247323-installed-osx-only-boots-up-sometimes-s/#findComment-1644094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulcyber Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Update: Cheers for all the info its all helped alot. Think ive found out why im having boot issues. The OSX partition has not been assigned a drive letter (windows 7 is C:\) so im presuming that its not mounted and marked active as is needed for the bootloaders to work correctly. Ive checked the infor and the NTFS partition mount is 'VOLUMES/Windows'. For the OSx partition its just 'Mount:/' leading me to believe that must be the reason. Ive had a good search on this forum and with google but i cant seem to find any relevant info with regards to marking this partition active. Any ideas anyone at all?? Im really not too clued up with using the OSX terminal and dont know the apple commands. If you can boot to Windows, download free Easybcd and add Mac to its boot menu. This is the easy way, but is not as pretty as Chameleon. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/247323-installed-osx-only-boots-up-sometimes-s/#findComment-1644278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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