Jx2 Anarchy Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Okay, a little background i have done the following installed windows xp pro on a fat32 partition installed OS x 10.4.7 (i think) modified the boot.ini to see chain0 in the C:/ drive modified the darwin bootloader.....not exactly sure, but, it looks like this now <?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> used fdisk to make my windows xp pro install the bootable partition. now, when i turn my computer on, i get the screen asking me to choose the operating system, xp or os x. when i choose xp, it loads up fine. when i choose os x, it goes to the darwin bootloader, gives me 10 secound countdown, then, goes back to the xp boot loader... what have i done wrong that it does this, and not boot OS x? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59659-chain0-error/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
xeraphine Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 download easybcd. takes care of dual-booting painlessly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59659-chain0-error/#findComment-424749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boinkytwo Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 download easybcd. takes care of dual-booting painlessly. check out mys simple dual boot guide using darwin. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59659-chain0-error/#findComment-424851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jx2 Anarchy Posted August 11, 2007 Author Share Posted August 11, 2007 id use darwin, but, i have to constantly switch my keyboard between ports then, and, its REALLY annoying conciderint the computer is behind my desk, not on the side or anything... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59659-chain0-error/#findComment-424914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boinkytwo Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 switch keyboard? you mean you unplug it and then plugin it again? hmmmm... confused. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59659-chain0-error/#findComment-424944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 used fdisk to make my windows xp pro install the bootable partition. now, when i turn my computer on, i get the screen asking me to choose the operating system, xp or os x. when i choose xp, it loads up fine. when i choose os x, it goes to the darwin bootloader, gives me 10 secound countdown, then, goes back to the xp boot loader... what have i done wrong that it does this, and not boot OS x? If I understand you correctly, this is not an uncommon thing on many motherboards, including my own...the Bad Axe 2. Solution: After you press OSX, immediately press F8. That will give you another Darwin BL. Choose your OSX system disk and it should boot just fine. This is just the way my system board works as do many others. After doing this a couple of times, it will become second nature. Hope this helps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59659-chain0-error/#findComment-425122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Boy Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 The exact same thing happens for me. The answer: at the darwin boot loader, press the down arrow key (before the 10 seconds are up) and then select the Mac partition. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59659-chain0-error/#findComment-425278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jx2 Anarchy Posted August 14, 2007 Author Share Posted August 14, 2007 All well and good advice guys, but, for some reason the darwin bootloader doesnt recognize my keyboard when its plugged into usb, only under ps/2 does it recognize it... and ideas on how to fix this, or, am i going to have to constanly move it from usb to ps/2 to boot...? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59659-chain0-error/#findComment-426900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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