zoo101 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 (edited) Hi. im trying to install the vmware image natively using DD following the guide in OSX-X86 Official Home Page. i manage to install the vmware image up to this point at the windows xp cmd screen 6,441,878,016 12581793+0 records in 12581793+0 records out --- after that, my system remains idle. so i reboot, selecting the hard disk to which OSX was installed (IDE0, Master) and i get the following message: DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK help anyone? here's my system: WinFast NForce4 AMD Athlon64 3000+, 512mb RAM Inno3D GeForce 6500, 256mb IDE0, Master = Seagate 80g IDE0, Slave = Lite-on CDRW IDE1, Master = Seagate 80g SATA 0 = Seagate 80g Edited January 31, 2007 by zoo101 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40618-disk-boot-failure/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 It appear that the boot loader isn't there. Did you skip the first 63 sectors? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40618-disk-boot-failure/#findComment-290221 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoo101 Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 It appear that the boot loader isn't there. Did you skip the first 63 sectors? yes i did. skip=63 i van view the harddisk on XP Disk Management. it says unknown partition. hhhmmm. i'll try if i can set the partition to active using diskpart. do you think that would work? the rest of the harddisk remains unallocated. but im so sleepy now. maybe tomorrow thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40618-disk-boot-failure/#findComment-290252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 You skip the 63 only when you don't want to rewrite the boot sector, so it keeps the previous boot loader. If that disk only contains the Mac OS you shout write those 63 first sectors. but the good news is that you can DD only those. If that disk has another OS and you want to keep it's own boot loader you need the chain0 file to boot from that boot loader. Look at the guides for dual booting on the tutorials section. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40618-disk-boot-failure/#findComment-290283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoo101 Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 You skip the 63 only when you don't want to rewrite the boot sector, so it keeps the previous boot loader. If that disk only contains the Mac OS you shout write those 63 first sectors. but the good news is that you can DD only those. If that disk has another OS and you want to keep it's own boot loader you need the chain0 file to boot from that boot loader. Look at the guides for dual booting on the tutorials section. oh i see! i tried it again and it worked. mac osx has its own dedicated disk; winxp is installed in the sata. im dual booting through the bios for now. thanks macgirl! ps. drivers for my devices, thats what i need now Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40618-disk-boot-failure/#findComment-290761 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Glad to know, check the Hardware Forum, also the WIKI page, and post your Specs Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40618-disk-boot-failure/#findComment-290800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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