Nickhamm Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 I sucessfully have a dual bootint Mac/XP system and am using the chain0 file in the NT Boot Loder to lead both Mac and Windows. The problem is whenever I boot into the Mac, the darwin boot loader comes up and if I don't press a button, it defaults to booting the Windows partition, taking me back to the NT Loader. I was curious if I could change the default drive in the Darwin boot loader to be the Mac drive so I do not have to manually select it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2522-the-darwin-boot-loader/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
FluffyWithTeeth Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 I'd imagine this change can be made in the boot.plist file, there should be a little bit of help on that in the bootloader itself, in the help pages. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2522-the-darwin-boot-loader/#findComment-16405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stern Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 As far as i know, you need to set the Mac drive to be the "active" drive in the Mac System Preferences. I don't remember how to do this, being that I can't get on the net from my OSx installation, but it shouldn't be hard to find. Something tells me that it's in the Startup Disk preferences pane. Good luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2522-the-darwin-boot-loader/#findComment-17155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghw9132 Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 open the startup disk pref panel and select your mac drive as the startup disk. You can modify your boot.plist file to disable quiet boot and set a timout. After restarting the darwin bootloader should appear first and will default to macos. If everything is ok, you can then remove the chain0 reference in you windows boot.ini file. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2522-the-darwin-boot-loader/#findComment-17589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubl Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 open the startup disk pref panel and select your mac drive as the startup disk. You can modify your boot.plist file to disable quiet boot and set a timout. After restarting the darwin bootloader should appear first and will default to macos. If everything is ok, you can then remove the chain0 reference in you windows boot.ini file. how to open the startup disk pref panel? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2522-the-darwin-boot-loader/#findComment-17854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghw9132 Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 how to open the startup disk pref panel? open system preferences, click on startup disk, click on the macos folder, close and restart. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2522-the-darwin-boot-loader/#findComment-17860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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