tyre777 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 hi guys- could you help me out- just installed 10.4.7, been using the chain 0 method before with 10.4.6- unfortunately after a successfull installation i got a MBR error- now i cant seem to boot xp/ osx anymore... i wanna have my xp back.. tried fixmbr but didnt work.. any suggestions? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/25546-1047-installation-mbr-error/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockviech Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 do you have an windows 98 cd? if yes, run fdisk Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/25546-1047-installation-mbr-error/#findComment-172857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
br0adband Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 do you have an windows 98 cd? if yes, run fdisk Not quite as simple as that. Running fdisk is all fine and dandy, but to just restore the original MBR to the drive, it's: fdisk /mbr <press Enter> Only takes a fraction of a second to do that. But, that won't restore XP's ability to boot. If you have the XP CD, boot off it, go into the Recovery Console, type: fixmbr <press Enter> then type: fixboot <press Enter> That restores the factory MBR to the drive (just like the fdisk /mbr command above), and the fixboot command fixes the boot.ini to boot from the XP partition. That won't do much for OSX however, and for getting that booting again (in a dual boot setup), you're on your own unless someone else cares to explain it. I'm having difficulty myself getting *both* of them to boot from one bootloader. I've had success in the past when I installed OSX first and then Windows behind it; this time around I have 2K3 on the drive first and adding OSX to it isn't getting me the Darwin bootloader as I had hoped. Oh well... the quest continues... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/25546-1047-installation-mbr-error/#findComment-172862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 I'm having difficulty myself getting *both* of them to boot from one bootloader. I've had success in the past when I installed OSX first and then Windows behind it; this time around I have 2K3 on the drive first and adding OSX to it isn't getting me the Darwin bootloader as I had hoped. On OSX, edit the boot.plist file at "/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist" and add the following: <key>Timeout</key> <string>10</string> Be sure the OSX partition is set "active" (bootable) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/25546-1047-installation-mbr-error/#findComment-172883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyre777 Posted August 23, 2006 Author Share Posted August 23, 2006 nope didnt restore windows boot up- but i could make osx active and boot however... hmmm now im trying to reinstall winxp on my first partition again.. anyway tnx for the help guys!! this will be a long night... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/25546-1047-installation-mbr-error/#findComment-172917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
danster Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 On OSX, edit the boot.plist file at "/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist" and add the following: <key>Timeout</key> <string>10</string> Be sure the OSX partition is set "active" (bootable) had the same problem as br0adband. fortunately your solution works! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/25546-1047-installation-mbr-error/#findComment-191100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safwan Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 After a fault update of 10.4.6, my PC always boot to Darwin!. I've tried every possible way, manual MBR and Boot fixing, XP CD, 98 CD, boot managers, everything!!!!!!!!!!!! Everytime, After doing so, the PC boot to XP, And I have the "boot.ini" choices, then after next reboot, no more XP, just Darwin. Right now I'm booting from a boot manager (boot-us) Floppy, until I solve the problem, any ideas???? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/25546-1047-installation-mbr-error/#findComment-191482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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