Aztekgod Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I can't boot to XP now, it will start OSX86 right away, I need to hit F8 and then it will give me the option to Start XP Any ideas? I need help please.. I have a Dell Dimension 3000 please help me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Press F8 at boot [repeatedly] to bring up the Darwin boot menu. Use the up and down arrow keys to choose which partition you want and press enter. If it dumps you back into darwin right after choosing windows, choose it again, but continue pressing F8 to bring up the windows bootloader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aztekgod Posted November 3, 2006 Author Share Posted November 3, 2006 Yeah that's what I do, but I want to avoid that, is there anyway to do it, before that I use to boot to the menu and then I'll choose XP or OSX but now it is going straight to OSX, but I want to get the menu without hitting F8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 You can edit the Boot.plist file in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration to give you a timeout. Quiet Boot No Timeout X Where X is the number of seconds you want. Keep in mind that sometimes the counter starts a bit before the menu shows up, so add 1 or 2 extra seconds. This timeout will let you press any key to open the menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prot Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Install a boot loader. Google that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vassalle Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 You can edit the Boot.plist file in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration to give you a timeout. <key>Quiet Boot</key> <string>No</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>X</string> Where X is the number of seconds you want. Keep in mind that sometimes the counter starts a bit before the menu shows up, so add 1 or 2 extra seconds. This timeout will let you press any key to open the menu. Hi, im currently using JAS 10.4.8 using the mikfi kernel. Tried doing this command but still dont get the timeout. On a slightly different topic, how do i set the fsb=x option in the boot.plist? is it under kernal flags or key? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asapreta Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 are you editing the right file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vassalle Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Im so embarrassed. I double/triple checked the entries again and i realise that i spelled Timeout as TImeout. gaahh.. its 4 am here and im getting groggy i guess.. should be fine though. will reboot soon to test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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