boot0 errors

[PuzzleX]

I'm trying to install a dual boot combination of OSX Snow Leopard retail and Windows 7.

 

I'm doing an install based on this guide: http://www.hcetech.com/2010/12/28/booting-...ustom-built-pc/

 

I'm using the exact same hardware as the Lifehacker i7 build (using the 1.5TB HDD instead of the SSD). The full details are in my signature.

 

I can install both OSes fine, and they load and run perfectly when using the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] CD. However, when trying to boot from the HDD (AFTER I have done step 4 on the HCETech guide -- set [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] as bootloader over Win7), I get an error message:

boot0: GPT

boot0: test

boot0: test

boot0: error

 

I've tried everything I can find on the internet - reinstall giving less than 1TB to OSX, setting OSX as active volume using Terminal and using the EasyBCD bootloader in Windows7.

 

 

 

Can anybody help? I'd preferably like to keep it dual booted, but I could use a Windows virtual machine if there is no other way. Thanks for any help.

[PhunkMaZ]

I can install both OSes fine, and they load and run perfectly when using the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] CD. However, when trying to boot from the HDD (AFTER I have done step 4 on the HCETech guide -- set [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] as bootloader over Win7), I get an error message:

 

First of: [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] is NOT a bootloader. It's just kind of a multi-install-tool to make it easier for you. The error you get says that you don't have an active bootloader installed.

 

 

You can try following:

 

Boot your osx with your boot cd and once you are in, start [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and deselect all except Chameleon 2.0 RC5 prerelease (which is actually the bootloader). Install it to your osx disk and restart. If you see the list with you partitions then you have successfully installed the bootloader.

[PuzzleX]

Hi, thanks for the help. I managed to get it working, but then the Windows partition would not boot and I could not repair it, so I started the whole OSX reinstallation again. Now, I can't get the bootloader to work. :/

 

The Chameleon bootloader seems to do the trick though - do you have any specific guide as to how to do the dual boot OS install?

[PhunkMaZ]

I never tried to setup a dual-boot system (i always use the whole disk for osx stuff) so i cant give you any recommendations for this. But do a search in this forum and look for multiboot. There should be several guides for this. I'm pretty sure.

 

 

Edit: I saw there is a 27 pages long thread about dual booting so this should be a good start:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...mp;hl=multiboot

[PuzzleX]

Thanks, I've managed to get it working (sort of!) - Chameleon now boots into OSX perfectly (I'm using OSX now), but when I try to load the Win7 partition from Chameleon, I get a "Windows Boot Manager" screen with this error:

0xc000000e

The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.

 

 

Any ideas?