legionX Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 What boot manager should I get to be able to select which OS I want at start up? I will be having one 250gb hard drive with Windows XP Pro on it, and one 250gb hard drive with osX86 on it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSkywalker Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Acronis OS selector is one option. Also, you can select the startup disk form the bios by tapping F8 (or something else, depending on your bios) during startup.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/#findComment-250400 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vizual.menace Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 I use grub4win. It might not be the greatest out there visually but its works for me and I have never had a problem with it. It is free too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/#findComment-250414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeter144 Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 I use the Windows XP bootloader, works fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/#findComment-250502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherIdiot Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Windows bootloader more than easy to manage and install Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/#findComment-251138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bikedude880 Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Windows bootloadermore than easy to manage and install The only problem is that Windows is attached to it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/#findComment-251139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherIdiot Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 The only problem is that Windows is attached to it btw i liked that leopart stuff in ur siggy i wana do that too Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/#findComment-251152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Why not use Darwin Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/#findComment-251156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macintox Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Why not use Darwin Yes! Im using Darwin boot loader since 10.4.1. I have one 250Gb HD with 1 XP partition and 1 OSX partition. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/#findComment-251170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherIdiot Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 i dont kno but i dont like darwin bootloader its pain in the ass to keep hitting F8 all the time :S Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/#findComment-251173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 i dont knobut i dont like darwin bootloader its pain in the ass to keep hitting F8 all the time :S So, stop hitting F8 and set up the bootloader correctly: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...st&p=243116 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/#findComment-251179 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniphreak Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 will symantec bootmagic work as bootloader in winvista/xp/ubuntu/osx86 all together?!? anyone using this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/#findComment-251257 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 There is no need for any other loaders besides Darwin You can get to all your installs, linux or windows. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/#findComment-251263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherIdiot Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 So, stop hitting F8 and set up the bootloader correctly: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...st&p=243116 thanks Rammjet i've already got it but the reason is different see m using windows bootloader and if i dont setup timer for darwin by selecting OS in the windows bootloader it takes me back to the windows bootloader..and i think the problem probably is that when i select darwin it tries the first drive which is not darwin but windows is there any way i can change the order of drives in darwin bootloader? i dont kno if i've made myself clear :S Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/#findComment-251300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Darwin defaults to the active partition. Since Windows is the active partition it uses its bootloader, when you get to Darwin, it wants to go back to Windows. If you made OSX partition active, then Darwin would default to OSX and you would have to choose to go to Windows. But you would always be using Darwin bootlader instead of Windows and chain0 - you would want to remove the chain0 command from the boot.ini Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/#findComment-251346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wow Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Windows bootloadermore than easy to manage and install Dont know it, i use acronis but i dont like that. How do i use then windows bootloead or where can i config it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/#findComment-251356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 To convert from Acronis to Windows bootloader: Go to Windows and run Acronis. Run the feature that removes the Acronis Disk Selector. Pop in your OSX install DVD. Copy the file chain0 to your c:\ directory Edit boot.ini to add a line: C:\chain0="Mac OS X" like this: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry159052 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/#findComment-251369 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherIdiot Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Darwin defaults to the active partition. Since Windows is the active partition it uses its bootloader, when you get to Darwin, it wants to go back to Windows. If you made OSX partition active, then Darwin would default to OSX and you would have to choose to go to Windows. But you would always be using Darwin bootlader instead of Windows and chain0 - you would want to remove the chain0 command from the boot.ini Cheers mate got it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/#findComment-251974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
l3bed Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 EasyBCD http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 Enjoy! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35244-what-boot-manager-to-use/#findComment-251998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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