Daniel L. Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 ive installed osx 10.4.6 i think, on a dell e310 2.8ghz, 512mb, 80gb, bios A04. And after i installed it i reboot my comp and it only shows windows media center and windows media center (original bootscreen), can someone tell me what is cuasing this and if i can fix it. Thank you oh and its only sse2 maybe thats the prob idk?????????????? :D :huh: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60853-bios-doenst-show-osx-as-on-os-to-choose/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisted blatino Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 you need to set osx as the active partition, make sure you have a boot cd handy just incase so you can make windows the default boot partition again, you should then see the darwin boot loader after you set osx partition as active Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60853-bios-doenst-show-osx-as-on-os-to-choose/#findComment-432170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I would also recommend that you skim through some of the multi-boot tutorials on this site to help you understand what you are doing. hecker Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60853-bios-doenst-show-osx-as-on-os-to-choose/#findComment-432199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Yes, take Hecker's advice before you start messing with active partitions...especially if you're not sure about what you're doing. Search for the 'chain0' method of dual booting. It's easy to set up and allows you to keep windows as your active, first boot selection. Good luck. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60853-bios-doenst-show-osx-as-on-os-to-choose/#findComment-432226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel L. Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share Posted August 23, 2007 well chain0 didnt work antyhting else? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60853-bios-doenst-show-osx-as-on-os-to-choose/#findComment-433951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Adams Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 I use Acronis to boot my systems. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60853-bios-doenst-show-osx-as-on-os-to-choose/#findComment-433992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 well chain0 didnt work antyhting else? What does that mean..."chain0 didn't work"? Can't help if you don't give a little more info. If your partitions are set up right, the chain0 method is pretty foolproof. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60853-bios-doenst-show-osx-as-on-os-to-choose/#findComment-433998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel L. Posted August 24, 2007 Author Share Posted August 24, 2007 it goes right back to the os choices menu, it doesnt even show anything about an error Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60853-bios-doenst-show-osx-as-on-os-to-choose/#findComment-434745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupcancooloff Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 From what i can gather, there is no "error". For clarification, you are using Windows Media Center Edition? What does the "os choices menu" look like? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60853-bios-doenst-show-osx-as-on-os-to-choose/#findComment-434985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 This is like pulling teeth. You need to give more than one line info to get any kind of real help. How did you install chain0? OSX86 partition is primary and active? What exactly is happening when you use the chain0 method? Does it appear to give you the choices of OS? If it does and you press OSX86 (or whatever you've called it) does it then take you back to the choices? If that's the case, and your partitions are set correctly, immediately after you select OSX86 and press 'enter', press F8. That should give you your choices again. This time, choose OSX86 and it should boot the OS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60853-bios-doenst-show-osx-as-on-os-to-choose/#findComment-435058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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