beg Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 hello everybody this is the problem... i have win xp and mac 10.4.6 installed on my pc. Both patitions must be active when i boot from them, so it is a bit uncomfortable to change it each time i want to change the os. I think acronis os selector allows to change without modifiying but i would like to know other posibilities. Thank you! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27013-which-is-the-best-dual-boot-solution/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmkgd Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Have you tried handling both with the darwin bootloader? (osx partn active) Or the chain0 method with ntldr? Those are the simplest. Then there's the acronis os selector solution from acronis disc director. There's also WinGrub; or if you have a linux system installed, you could use grub. Check the offical dual boot thread for comments, alternatives. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27013-which-is-the-best-dual-boot-solution/#findComment-183768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
schale01 Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I have tried all three of those solutions. In my experience the chain0 method has been the least reliable dual booting method. I just can't get it working consistantly. Acronis OS selector has worked well for me and I never had any problems when I used it. It does seem to clutter the system with unneccary files though. I now use the darwin bootloader to select which OS I boot up. Just set your Mac partition to active and edit your apple.boot.plist as stated here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=182718 Just choose the partition with the OS you want to startup. I like this method because it's simple and doesn't clutter the system with extra files. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27013-which-is-the-best-dual-boot-solution/#findComment-183781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac10 Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 If i've not got linux installed, and just OS X and Win XP, I usually just install wingrub and install it to the MBR. I put the stage files & menu.lst on a seperate fat16 partition (10mb or less) and then once everything is working ok just hide the grub partition using hide command. You can also make your own custom splash screens with grub and password protect all or some of the entries. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27013-which-is-the-best-dual-boot-solution/#findComment-183914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zedzed Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I tried to set up two separate drives - each one with an OS. Drive 1 = Seatege 320 IDE (primary IDE) loaded ith OSX and designated bootable Drive 2 = WD 320 SATA loaded with Win XP and designated bootable Drive 3 = Pioneer 111D Secondary/Slave IDE In BIOS I have the following boot order selected 1: Pioneer 2: Seagate (with OSX) 3: WD (with WinXP) The weird thing is that the computer always wants to boot to WinXP - also shows error message that the system did not shut down properly the last time. If I put in a OSX boot install disk into DVD drive then after the countdown (not pushing a button to install) the computer boots to OSX as it should. Any thoughts on why it would not boot directly to OSX like I have set it up to do so in BIOS? Why does it go to WinXP even though that is the second HD to check Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27013-which-is-the-best-dual-boot-solution/#findComment-185371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
schale01 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 tried to set up two separate drives - each one with an OS. Drive 1 = Seatege 320 IDE (primary IDE) loaded ith OSX and designated bootable Drive 2 = WD 320 SATA loaded with Win XP and designated bootable Drive 3 = Pioneer 111D Secondary/Slave IDE In BIOS I have the following boot order selected 1: Pioneer 2: Seagate (with OSX) 3: WD (with WinXP) Is there a reason that you set the Pioneer to boot first? Is there anything on this drive? It could be that when trying to boot the pioneer the bios defaults to your Primary IDE. I'd try this boot order: 1: Seagate (with OSX) 2: WD (with WinXP) 3: Pioneer See if that has any effect. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27013-which-is-the-best-dual-boot-solution/#findComment-185390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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