Boot loader?

[mattchuw]

I'm Using Uphuck 4.1i. Will this automatically make a boot loader where I can choose which partition to boot off of, (xp or osx)? I only have one harddrive so if there is no boot loader im screwed. And if there is a thread that will give me detailed instructions on how to make a boot loader for xp and osx on the same hdd but different partitions, it would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

 

sorry if my english isn't very good.

[sama7896]

let's say you have windoze on first partition, you install uphuck on second.

The install will make the second partition active and bootable, also it will give you a choice at startup as for wich partition to boot, default being mac.

The second option for a boot loader is from windows, you make the windows partition active from windows disk management, also copy chain0 from the uphuck to the root of the c: drive also add the line C:/chain0 = "Uphuck" ( do a little search on the chain0 thing ) - that will give you a simple choice at startup, default being windoze.

Cheers.

[~pcwiz]

Use sama's instructions to dual boot. But if you want to know, OS X doesn't install its bootloader by default.

 

To make it install the bootloader, go into Disk Utility (DO THIS ONLY IF YOU ARE NOT DUAL BOOTING)

 

Select your drive from the left panel

Click the partition tab

Set the Partition Scheme to 1

Set the format to Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

Give the volume a name

Click the Options button

Click the Master Boot Record option

Click the Format button

Wait for it to finish

Select your new volume from the left panel

Click the Erase tab

Click the Erase button

Close Disk Utility and proceed with install

 

HTH

pcwiz