.isidor Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 well, i installed a mac os x 10.7 in vmware to a newly formated IDE PATA hard drive (140gb) and it worked great in vmware, but when i restarted, my computer did not seem to see the harddrive... if i open up partitionmanager, then there is two harddrives that i can see, but when i open my computer then theres only one with the windows installation on. does anyone know how to set the other hard drive active? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37366-set-harddrive-active/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cringemaster Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Thats because windows cannot read HFS partitions, and to boot from it youll need a bootloader to do so. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37366-set-harddrive-active/#findComment-266122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.isidor Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 can someone link me to a good bootmanager/bootloader? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37366-set-harddrive-active/#findComment-266149 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eGWan Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 To boot to osx partition without to set it as active, you can use acronis boot selector, To read hfs partion in xp, use Macdrive or Transmac to set partition active in windows, Option #1 click start menu -> run type diskpart [enter] type select disk 0 <-- [if it's on disk 1, 1 if it's on disk 2] then enter type list partition [enter] find partition number that contains macosx partition type select partition 2 [if your osx on partition number 2] then enter type active [enter] osx should as active partition now Option #2 you can more simple use partition tool e.g partition magic Option #3 Use osx86 dvd then boot, after a welcome screen Click 'Utility" menu then choose terminal, Type: mount -a fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 print [find partition number that contains macosx partition] f 2 [2 = if your osx partition number is 2] quit reboot Warning: If you're going to dual boot, make sure both partition [xp and mac] as primary partition if your osx is not as primary, you wont be able to boot to osx, dont ask how to make primary partition, search and read! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37366-set-harddrive-active/#findComment-266163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.isidor Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 okay, i have installed acronis boot selector, but when i boot, it only shows me the windows os and not the macosx? so, how do i make windows read hf's with transmac? please! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37366-set-harddrive-active/#findComment-266317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherIdiot Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 if u wana use windows own bootloader then Pop in your OSX install DVD. Copy the file chain0 to your c:\ directory Goto System properties >>Advanced tab >> Startup and recovery settings Click Edit to edit boot.ini add this line in the end c:\chain0="OS X" Save it and restart you should be able to use it if no more problems then you are good otherwise IF selecting OS X takes you back to the boot options then hit F8 soon after you select OS X boot into OSX and edit the file boot.plist. You can use TextEdit in the Applications folder (Go menu -> Applications) file is in Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist Change the "timeout" parameter to look like the following. If the "timeout" parameter is not there, then add the following lines to boot.plist <key>Timeout</key> <string>10</string> Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37366-set-harddrive-active/#findComment-266362 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.isidor Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 well i tryed using the chain0 method, but when i started it i just get a "chain booting error" any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37366-set-harddrive-active/#findComment-266371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.isidor Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 okay, i got the macosx partition (hdd 1) active and bootable, but when i boot into the DARWIN bootloader it shows me exactly the same text that shows up if i load the DVD, i don't have the full text, becouse the computer is rebooting so fast after the text (about 0.001 Seconds) but i have the last line of the text wich is: [/system/Library/Extensions.mkext] from 4238548 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37366-set-harddrive-active/#findComment-266416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjur Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Hi .isidor How did you sort it out? I get 'chain booting error' when try to install and boot 10.4.8 and couldn't sort it out. Can you please let me know how did you do it? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37366-set-harddrive-active/#findComment-266600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.isidor Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 well, i did'nt fully sort it out, i just set tmy macosx hard drive as the default one in BIOS,and used darwin bootloader, but, iduuno my computer does not like darwin so i i need a new bootloader? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37366-set-harddrive-active/#findComment-266665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eGWan Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 try to set your hd as primary than your dvd drive as secondary, onced again if you're going to try dual/multibooting, Both Windows and Mac must setup as PRIMARY partition You can check partition table from diskpart select disk 0 list partition Good: 1 PRIMARY for WINXP/W2K3/Vista 2 PRIMARY for Mac 3 Extended or PRIMARY for DATA or other OS Bad: 1 PRIMARY WINXP/W2K3/Vista 2 Extended 3 Logical Mac error message "'chain booting error" cuz xp bootloader [boot.ini] can't access your osx partition. Make sure your osx partition after winxp partition and both os must setup as PRIMARY partition. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37366-set-harddrive-active/#findComment-266716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.isidor Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 Thx , i think i had an extended before, switched and will see how the results will be Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37366-set-harddrive-active/#findComment-266827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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