cyrana Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Ooh, I'm asking a question. I was installing 10.4.3 on VMWare 5.5, and it installs fine, and runs just fine in VMWare. However, I can't boot it natively. My boot.ini has the usual c:\chain0 and all that in it, but when I pick that option at bootup, it just pauses for a second and then sends me back to the Windows boot prompt. I have OS X installed onto a native partition (just had it erase the old 10.4.1 partition I had), so no idea what I did wrong during the vmware install. TIA! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Could it be the bootloader patch is needed? I don't know whether vmware would have written it properly.... just a thought. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-31953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxgus Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Hi! I am suffering with exactly the same problem. Keen to know what the issue is.. BR, Gustaf Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-31962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Sounds like PAE rebooting problem to me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-31971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted November 28, 2005 Author Share Posted November 28, 2005 It doesn't reboot, it just goes back to boot.ini, it isn't a complete reboot more like it doesn't see the HFS+ volume or something odd. This is an SSE3 Pentium-4 with HT, PAE and all that on a 915g motherboard. I can't do a normal native install since work is so cheap it only has a CD-ROM and OS X hates being installed off a USB one (kernel panics when loading USB lol). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-31978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 When you installed it was from the ISO or booting another Image and running the OSInstall package? I did my install with a 10.4.1 Image and running the OSInstall package but I replaced the /usr/standalone/i386 files withh the patched files from Maxxuss. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-31995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted November 28, 2005 Author Share Posted November 28, 2005 When you installed it was from the ISO or booting another Image and running the OSInstall package? I did my install with a 10.4.1 Image and running the OSInstall package but with the patched boot files from Maxxuss. Just used the real patched 10.4.3 + maxxuss patch DVD (same one I've used on other systems). Just sorta odd that it isn't a reboot or anything, it seems like it doesn't see the partition. Guess I could boot off a darwin cd and see if it acts the same. Not sure if there was something I could have done during the VMWare install that goofed up the partition (although it works fine in vmware lol). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-31997 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chival4ry Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 If you used vmware5, did you apply " independent/persistend " ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-32092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 If you used vmware5, did you apply " independent/persistend " ? This is vmware 5.5, but yeah I have that option checked. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-32160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 I just used diskpart in 2003 and set my Mac partition to active and it boots now. The 2003 install had marked itself active without asking me (of course). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-32245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 (edited) Cool. Is the bootloader different in the 2003 than the NT/2K/XP ? Edited November 30, 2005 by cyrana Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-32286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Hey there! Just try that: at the boot.ini bootloader, select MacOS with the arrow keys, then press ENTER and immediately press F8. If it still comes back to boot.ini bootloader, try to press F8 faster after ENTER, then try slower. For me it works without needing cocaine You should now be in Darwin's bootloader, and be able to choose which partition to boot OSX from. As far as i'm concerned, this problem seems to be caused by my OSX partition being in an extended partition, not primary. Because of that, the Darwin bootloader (which seems to work only with autodetect: no conf file anychere ) doesn't find it directly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-32551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 (edited) Cool. Is the bootloader different in the 2003 than the NT/2K/XP ? Opps, I did edit and not quote last time. Nope, 100% the same as far as I can tell. Same boot.ini to edit, and the file looks the same. Also, in regards to the prior poster, it was due to partition not being active for me (both of the ones on my disk are primary in my case...always best). Edited November 30, 2005 by cyrana Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-32582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 So, does it work for you now? If not, did you try the enter>F8 trick? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-32943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiebeest Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Just used the real patched 10.4.3 + maxxuss patch DVD...(although it works fine in vmware lol). Question: Is 10.4.3, which as you state works fine in VMware 5.5, noticably faster than 10.4.1 through VMW 5.5? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-32992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 For mee 10.4.3 8F1099 works Faster than 10.4.4 8F1111 and 10.4.1 on VMWare. Natively I don't feel much the difference. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-33012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiebeest Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 For me 10.4.3 8F1099 works Faster than 10.4.4 8F1111 and 10.4.1 on VMWare. Weird that 'older' built 8F1099 is faster than the newer 8F1111.Probably because Maxxuss's patches aren't on par for the latest 8F1111 built yet, right? Question is: So I should try 10.4.3 8F1099 instead of my current 10.4.1? Any good link to a guide for making the transition from my current 10.4.1 as painless as possible? Natively I don't feel much the difference.That's ok I'm used to VMware. The new 5.5 version rocks. It gives me, ethernet and decent refresh rates instead of the @60 Hz natively for my Geforce 6600. The supported usb enables me to download from my os X while surfing under vmware, move to my usb memory stick, and instantly use with windows and vice-versa. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-33048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neonfox Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 For mee 10.4.3 8F1099 works Faster than 10.4.4 8F1111 and 10.4.1 on VMWare. Natively I don't feel much the difference. Hey, I've been searching the forums on a howto to get 8f1099 set up in VMWare from the get-go. I have the .iso patched with Maxxuss's DVD/ISO patch or whatever, and have Daemon Tools load the image. I have VMWare 5.5 build 18463 installed. I'm just really confused on creating the steps to create a new virtual machien... do I do FreeBSD? that's the closest thing I can think of to Darwin. Furthermore, my virtual cd drive is listed as the H: drive, however I tried all the different settings for the cd drive such as ide 1:0, ide 1:1, ide 0:1 etc.... no success, it tells me that I need to insert some bootable media. Am I overlooking something obvious? I hope someone can point me in the right direction... Here's details on my hardware: Athlon 64 3000 (clawhammer, SSE2) ATI Radeon 9800 XT nForce3 250 mobo If you need any other info please ask... I'd love to get this baby up and running!! Thanks all Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-33234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 You can put your HD image as Primary Master and the CD as Primary Slave or Secondary Master. HD: 0:0 CD: 0:1 or 1:0 Then setup the "BIOS" to boot from the CD. If you can't boot from the CD with these problably de ISO is damaged or corrupt somehow. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-33248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neonfox Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 You can put your HD image as Primary Master and the CD as Primary Slave or Secondary Master. HD: 0:0 CD: 0:1 or 1:0 Then setup the "BIOS" to boot from the CD. If you can't boot from the CD with these problably de ISO is damaged or corrupt somehow. Excellent, I thought that was for the HD though... in any case I got it to boot off the image but alas, kernel panic! I tried kernel_mach.sse2 ... no luck, here's a capture of my error: Any ideas? I'm gonna try read elsewhere for help on this too, hopefully you guys have a quick fix for it. Thanks again! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-33256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 It's like the ISO is corrupted. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-33266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neonfox Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 (edited) It's like the ISO is corrupted. Are you for real? {censored}... guess I will wait till my 8f1111 is done downloading and give that one a go, although I hear that 8f1099 is much faster in VMWare at the moment compared to 8f1111. Thanks Edited December 2, 2005 by neonfox Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-33273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Yes is slower for me, and it's because I have an SSE2 processor, Maxxuss said that build 8F1111 has more SSE3 instructions so emulating SSE3 in SSE2 proc is slower, and of course is more noticeable in VMWare. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5011-vmware-55-install-question/#findComment-33397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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