talpaz Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 (edited) Hi, I've managed to install on a Vista RTM box the Jas OSX SSE2 10.4.6 DVD and then to perform the upgrade to the beta9 kernel (using Jas combo update). Now I've got 2 issues that I'm unable to solve, being a OSX newbie, I guess... 1) it seems to me that the OSX boot loader is set to the wrong partition, because if I don't press F8 right after selecting Mac OS X from the Vista Bootloader I'm back to the Vista bootloader, otherwise (if I'm able to press F8 at the right moment) I can see the bootable partitions, but the default one is the Windows one. I've tried to add the following line to the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist: <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>rd=disk0s1</string> but nothing has changed 2)I've installed the s5 beta kernel from Irc but I'm unable to select it when booting because if I write s5 at the boot prompt (after selecting Mac Os X and F8), I'm sent back to the Windows Bootloader... Maybe this issue is related to the other one. What's the right command to know which kernel version you're running? I've tried "uname -a" but it always says that the Kernel date is 12/5 so I guess it's the beta1, even when I've managed to boot "s5" and then F8 Anyone has any ideas to solve these issues? Thank you Ste Edited December 20, 2006 by talpaz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36351-boot-and-kernel-issues/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACC0RD22 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 (edited) You might be able to solve the first one by making the partition with OS X on it the active partition. Thats how I have mine set-up with XP, and it boots into OS X no problem, unless I want to go to XP. (which is rare. Edited December 20, 2006 by ACC0RD22 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36351-boot-and-kernel-issues/#findComment-258616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wang Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 1. Add below keys to your Boot.Plist: <key>Timeout</key> <string>5</string> 2. Rename your s5 to something like mach_kernel.s5 chown root:wheel /mach_kernel.s5 chmod 644 /mach_kernel.s5 cp /mach_kernel /mach_kernel.old cp /mach_kernel.s5 /mach_kernel Then you can always use s5 to boot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36351-boot-and-kernel-issues/#findComment-258617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
talpaz Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 Hi, tonight I'll try and let you know... Rename your s5 to something like mach_kernel.s5chown root:wheel /mach_kernel.s5 chmod 644 /mach_kernel.s5 cp /mach_kernel /mach_kernel.old cp /mach_kernel.s5 /mach_kernel Then you can always use s5 to boot. I've not yet understood if there might be some problems with the s5 kernel, because typing "s5" at boot I should have alredy been able to use it, right? Anyway I'll try again... How can I detect if I'm using the s5 or s1 version of the kernel? Thanks Ste Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36351-boot-and-kernel-issues/#findComment-258678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 If the s5 kernel you installed is named mach_kernel.s5, then you would have to type "mach_kernel.s5" at boot, not "s5". Verify what you named the kernel and use the whole name to boot it. Or rename it as Bruce Wang said in posting #3 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36351-boot-and-kernel-issues/#findComment-258681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wang Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Hi, tonight I'll try and let you know... I've not yet understood if there might be some problems with the s5 kernel, because typing "s5" at boot I should have alredy been able to use it, right? Anyway I'll try again... How can I detect if I'm using the s5 or s1 version of the kernel? Thanks Ste Had you set the permission to S5? If your s5 kernel is Exp6, there is a easy way to find out if it's running. Exp6 runs iTune 7 and Quicktime 7.1.3 without any problem. Bruce Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36351-boot-and-kernel-issues/#findComment-258691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
talpaz Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 Had you set the permission to S5? Yes. Anyway, I'll try again... ;-) Thank you Ste Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36351-boot-and-kernel-issues/#findComment-258707 Share on other sites More sharing options...
talpaz Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 Hello, I've done as you suggested but with no luck, then I've tried to download again the kernel update (from IRC). I used to download it from Windows but this time I've downloaded it directly from Mac Os X repeated the steps and everything worked ok. Now the "About this Mac" displays the correct CPU frequency, while before it displayed 0mhz, and Aperture seems to work ok. iTunes 7 works ok, too. Thank you very much Ste Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36351-boot-and-kernel-issues/#findComment-258962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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