renegadeandy Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Ok guys! Need your help again. I have stupidly just reinstalled Windows 64 bit, and this has obviusly rewritten the bootloader. Now, i have tried using the chain0 method, but all that happens is on the boot menu when starting the pc -i select mac osx , but it goes blank and restarts. SO - i am wondering what options i have left. Any guidance would be incredible. Thanks very much guys Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvornik Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 If you press F8 right after you select OSX in windoz bootloader - do you get anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeandy Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 ok wow, im very impressed -it then loaded another boot screen thing - which i selected my "AndyMac" and boom - its loaded! Wow, legend. Ok, so now how do I organise this a bit more so i dont have to do that awkward f8 step! Thanks Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvornik Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 (edited) Umm... I don't know. I know that's how you get to Darwin bootloader and there's a way to set a timeout. But how to organize things nice and tidy - can't tell you cause I use Grub. I'm sure someone will stop by this thread and tell you. Here's a post I came across a couple of days ago: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=292382 Edited February 7, 2007 by dvornik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeandy Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 hmm that didnt help too much (the link) hopefuly someone will stop by and let me know the best course of action. Thanks Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 (edited) Here's a comprehensive Darwin Bootloader Page What you need to do is edit your darwin bootloader like this: open a terminal window and type: sudo -s nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist You will then see something similar to this (some of it may be missing. That's ok): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string></string> <key>Boot Graphics</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>10</string> <key>Quiet Boot</key> <string>No</string> </dict> </plist> If the Quiet Boot key is available then thange the string value to No. If not, add the whole key like this: <key>Quiet Boot</key> <string>No</string> Save the file by pressing ctrl-X and "y" to save the file. Press enter and you're done. * Quiet Boot - if set to yes the OS boots straight to the GUI without showing the bootloader, if set to no it boots to the bootloader first. To use the chain0 boot method this MUST be set to 'No'. To access the bootloader when this is set to 'Yes' bash F8 repeatedly during boot till it displays. hecker Edited February 7, 2007 by hecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeandy Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 but..... the active partition is windows - does this make any difference? Right - also - i want to find the latest version of emacs for obviously mac osx! However i just dont understand how the hell u bloody find or download it - i cannot find it! Thanks Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 (edited) but..... the active partition is windows - does this make any difference?No. It just manages the way your mac system boots when it gets called from your MBR. Right - also - i want to find the latest version of emacs for obviously mac osx! However i just dont understand how the hell u bloody find or download it - i cannot find it! Why can't you find stuff? Is your internet broken? Try this There seems to be a great deal of information about emacs for Mac OS X out there. The first link seemed very interesting to me. My name is hecker. Cheers, hecker. Edited February 7, 2007 by hecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeandy Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 ok ty, tried that earlier but d/l link was dead. Right, so this bootloader problem, i dont want the first bootloader - windows one, if it could go straight to the darwin one that would be perfect! Let me know how to do it ! Thanks Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 I need to know exactly what you mean. Do you want to be able to boot windows from your Darwin Bootloader or just plain jump to Mac OS X (man, I love to do that )? hecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvornik Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 (edited) Try this tool: Extended Fdisk. It worked for me before I needed Linux. I think it works with Vista as well. And if it doesn't - just uninstall it. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=6890 It's the same thread as I mentioned earlier obviously... But it's pretty informative as far as bootloaders go... Edited February 7, 2007 by dvornik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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