skylinepkr Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Hey guys, So I have been trying to get mac and windows 7 dual boot on this asus laptop for months now. As of now I do have both properly installed (using iAtkos L2). A huge problem i am running in to though is with my boot. When i start the laptop all i see is: boot0: done Thats it, nothing more nothing less. I have tried installing boot1h through terminal from the DVD, I have tried to run ###### and try to reinstall chameleon. I have even reinstalled lion trying both chimera and chameleon. All give me the same problem and I can't seem to get it past this point. :/ As a last resort, Ive come here again lol What can i do at this point? Thanks for your help guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Hey guys, So I have been trying to get mac and windows 7 dual boot on this asus laptop for months now. As of now I do have both properly installed (using iAtkos L2). A huge problem i am running in to though is with my boot. When i start the laptop all i see is: boot0: done Thats it, nothing more nothing less. I have tried installing boot1h through terminal from the DVD, I have tried to run ###### and try to reinstall chameleon. I have even reinstalled lion trying both chimera and chameleon. All give me the same problem and I can't seem to get it past this point. :/ As a last resort, Ive come here again lol What can i do at this point? Thanks for your help guys! Try this: After you convert it to MBR you will have to set the active partition otherwise it won't boot. First of all try to install Chimera, it should work as it does everything necessary for it to boot (install boot0, boot1h and set partition active). If it failed now we'll try this manually to make sure it's done right. First get chameleon's binaries, you may download Chimera and open the package with pacifist and extract them somewhere. Put fdisk440 in the same folder. Then try this in a terminal: Code: cd /folder where you extracted the binaries/ Look for your boot partition's identifier (diskXsY): diskutil list Get root access: sudo su Install boot0 to the MBR: ./fdisk440 -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdiskX Install boot1h to the bootsector of the boot partition: dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdiskXsY Copy the file "boot" to the partition: cp boot / Set the partition active: ./fdisk440 -e /dev/rdiskX f Y (from the partition identifier rdiskXsY) w (write) q (quit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylinepkr Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 Hey thanks for replying. I'm sorry this might be a noob question.. How do I convert a disk to mbr? And also which directory are the binaries in after using pacifist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylinepkr Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Try this: After you convert it to MBR you will have to set the active partition otherwise it won't boot. First of all try to install Chimera, it should work as it does everything necessary for it to boot (install boot0, boot1h and set partition active). If it failed now we'll try this manually to make sure it's done right. First get chameleon's binaries, you may download Chimera and open the package with pacifist and extract them somewhere. Put fdisk440 in the same folder. Then try this in a terminal: Code: cd /folder where you extracted the binaries/ Look for your boot partition's identifier (diskXsY): diskutil list Get root access: sudo su Install boot0 to the MBR: ./fdisk440 -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdiskX Install boot1h to the bootsector of the boot partition: dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdiskXsY Copy the file "boot" to the partition: cp boot / Set the partition active: ./fdisk440 -e /dev/rdiskX f Y (from the partition identifier rdiskXsY) w (write) q (quit) Okay I did as you said but I still get this: Boot0: done I have almost tried every method. Only one I have not dome and can not do right is the Linux live cd method.. What is exactly wrong here? I forgot to mention try specs: Asus x53s I7 750gb hard drive 6gb ddr3 I am willing to try anything as booting from a DVD is super annoying.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylinepkr Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 Turns out it is because I had a MBR drive. I re-installed everything and it is working fine now. Thank you eep357! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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