Zorro56 Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Hi folks, I'd like to know the differentes bootloaders used by the community, especially in Dualboot cases. So please give me the name of your bootloader, tell me why you've chosen this one and not another one, ... Your answers are useful, I'm sure it will help other members to make their configuration as good as possible, and mine by the way. Good night. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmkgd Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Presently, the darwin bootloader suffices for me for my main system: simple and efficient. On another system (also with osx), it's grub, also simple and efficient. On some occasions, for testing/experimenting/development purposes, I'll go with vista's bootloader, acronis os selector, etc. For a simple dual boot, no need to go with the big guns, darwin's bl or grub is quite enough. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-393569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDRacer48 Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Go GRUB I use it to triple boot Windows, Ubuntu, and OSx86. It works great. Best part of all. You can install it to a floppy disk, cd-r, dvd-r, usb drive, or a partition on a hard drive. Meaning you do not have to destroy the Windows MBR or Darwin. Read the manual before use though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-393574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
frizbot Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Darwin. It's simple, yet extremely limited. Does what I need on an OSX86 computer. GRUB is good as well, yet difficult for people new to it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-393588 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OcciJano Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Darwin Bootloader, it finds and let me start up from my virtual partitions. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-393603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSX86tester Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 all I use is darwin no other OS and if i had an OS uhm I use acronis Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-393911 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wang Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Darwin here too. Bruce Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-393933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filip100 Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Acronis Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-393950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorro56 Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 OK thanks, that's interesting. I'm gonna look for some stuffs to improve my boot (Windows as default choice, timeout...). Thanks again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-394055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
icehawk Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 XOSL is where it's at! http://www2.arnes.si/~fkomar/xosl.org/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-394463 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Acronis OS Selector. I keep installing/uninstalling operating systems all the time. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-394472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Acronis OS Selector. I keep installing/uninstalling operating systems all the time. Same, thats why I use it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-394501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T4RZ4N Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Darwin, because when I use Vista bootloader with chain0 method, it didn't work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-395717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mujahid7ia Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Xp bootloader (NTLDR) which links to Darwin bootloader and GRUB. Actually mine is kind of complicated (purposely): NTLDR -> XP Pro -> Darwin -> NTLDR/OSx86/GRUB(installed by PCLinuxOS) -> GRUB (grldr, on C:\) -> NTLDR/Boot from CD I need all these options because my laptop is BIOS password protected, and I can't boot from anything besides hdd, so I had to use custom memdisk and sbm files to boot from cd. Two grubs lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-396184 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogabean Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I've been through just about every bootloader possible and always end up back with Acronis. Having the emergency disk in case something really gets messed up is nice as well. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-396340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
empreality Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Is there a way to remove Darwin boot loader? It's a bit to dedicated for me, I am more easy with the Acronis OS Selector, because a few other people also use the computer and I don't them to deal with a whole new OS just because I happen to like playing around with it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-396355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henben248 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I'm triple booting xp vista and os x with Darwin. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-396784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2k. Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 darwin here too ~R Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-396818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
icehawk Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 I have used Acronis OS Selector. It is quite good. However, XOSL is very fast and reliable. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-397906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmkgd Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Is there a way to remove Darwin boot loader? It's a bit to dedicated for me, I am more easy with the Acronis OS SelectorNot really: all AOSS (Acronis OS Selector) does is to pass control to the darwin bootloader when selecting osx; and in general, any bootloader just passes control to another bootloader in a multiboot. But I know what you mean: you just don't want to see the menu of the darwin bootloader, you want it to boot osx right away when you select osx in AOSS. You first have to be in the AOSS menu and go in the OSX properties, and then go to the Partitions section and make sure the OSX partition is checked as Active; if you're not sure how, see section 7.7.3 of the Disk Director manual (downloadable from the acronis site) to see an image of where this is. Then, you must configure the darwin bootloader to boot osx right away: since now the osx partition will be the active one once selected by AOSS, the darwin bootloader will chose that partition as default boot, and you just have to say to it not to show the menu. To do this, read this OSx86 wiki article "Messing with the boot options", especially the "If you don't want to see the Darwin text on boot" part. After modifying the 'com.apple.boot.plist', you should now be able to get into osx right away when clicking OSX's icon in AOSS. And for people who use GRUB instead: The line makeactive can be used just before the chainloader line. See GRUB in Short in the OSx86 wiki. Then proceed to the second step above to configure the 'boot.plist' for a silent osx boot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-397922 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryBar Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Acronis OS selector although it gives some problems from time to time. Then I have to rewrite the MBR with the Acronis recovery cd. Can be downloaded from Acronis site. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-397936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
naddy69 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Boot Manager from Extended Fdisk. It's a 100% clone/copy/ripoff of the old OS/2 Boot Manager EXCEPT that it doesn't require a disk partition. It lives in the MBR. Easy to use and can boot anything. I'm using it to triple boot Vista/10.4.6/10.4.9. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55027-which-bootloader-do-you-use/#findComment-397941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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