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I got lazy and did not apply the ppfs.

 

This issue is easily remedied as suggested by someone else by manually partitioning the disk in DiskUtility (rather than Erasing the disk and letting it do it automatically). If done automatically the partioning type is GUID based (EFI boot only?) and by doing it manually it is set to MBR (boots no problem).

Copy chain0 from the OSX dvd and put it in the root of your C drive. It's the Darwin bootloader and this can easily be used in conjuction with the standard boot menu from XP.

 

To do this edit the BOOT.INI file that also sits in the root of your C drive.

 

Edit boot.ini to include macOS as another option, you can also find it in the root of the windows drive.

Here's how mine looks after editing in the last line

 

BOOT.INI

[boot loader]

 

timeout=30

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT

c:\chain0="OSX - press f8 for options"

 

Now what this does is display a boot menu right after I startup my system.

Choose OSX and do press f8 right after you pressed enter, maybe even a couple of times. You'll now enter the Darwin bootloader and this should display both your windowsXP partition as your OSX partition. Select the OSX partition and press enter. If all goes well you'll be able to boot OSX.

Edited by Mark1970
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