Braveheart Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 is there a piece of software that will give me the choice of booting mac or pc. Ive tried gag with no joy. I have two hard drives, PC drive 0 and Mac Drive 1, I would like a bootloader that gives me the choice of whitch drive to boot from, Graphical if possible. Can anyone help? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakaru Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 is there a piece of software that will give me the choice of booting mac or pc.Ive tried gag with no joy. I have two hard drives, PC drive 0 and Mac Drive 1, I would like a bootloader that gives me the choice of whitch drive to boot from, Graphical if possible. Can anyone help? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> just use the chain0 file that is around here and edit your boot.ini file. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-4607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braveheart Posted August 21, 2005 Author Share Posted August 21, 2005 just use the chain0 file that is around here and edit your boot.ini file. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry man ive got no idea what that means. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-4652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquilo22 Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Try Boot Star at www.bootstar.com Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-4656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowdiver Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 installed bootstar. great for xp. but it gives me an hfs+ error when trying to boot x. what values did you use? (i have installed natively from dev-dvd, no darwin installation before) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-4877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyruleKnight Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Sorry man ive got no idea what that means. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Copy the "chain0" file from "/usr/standalone/i386" to your windows "C:\" (or boot) directory. Then add this at the end of your "C:\boot.ini": C:\chain0="Mac OS x86" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-4883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braveheart Posted August 22, 2005 Author Share Posted August 22, 2005 Copy the "chain0" file from "/usr/standalone/i386" to your windows "C:\" (or boot) directory. Then add this at the end of your "C:\boot.ini": C:\chain0="Mac OS x86" <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks Mate Now Have Duel Boot with mac on end Of Main Hard Disk,, Couln't have done it without your help.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-4954 Share on other sites More sharing options...
portorock Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 I installed OS X on partition 3 of hdd 0. I tried using the C:\chain0 at the end of my boot.ini file, but it doesn't work for some reason. I installed OS X after XP was already installed. I have tried putting multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) and multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3) in front of chain0, but all combinations end in errors. Am I just doing something wrong, or is this tweak not going to work with the Windows loader due to the way the way the os'es are loaded on the hdd? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-14900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
judy Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 What's the error you get? The c:\ in front of chain0 doesn't specify where OS X is to be found, but where the chain0 file is. If it's somewhere else, you have to specify the complete path to it obviously. When loaded, chain0 looks for the Darwin boot code in all partitions on all hard disks it finds (well, it should, at least), and chain-loads the Darwin boot loader. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-15283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
portorock Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 What's the error you get? The c:\ in front of chain0 doesn't specify where OS X is to be found, but where the chain0 file is. If it's somewhere else, you have to specify the complete path to it obviously. When loaded, chain0 looks for the Darwin boot code in all partitions on all hard disks it finds (well, it should, at least), and chain-loads the Darwin boot loader. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> chain0 is located at C:\. I left it there for simplicity. When I select OS X, it givees me an error saying a particular windows file is corrupt or missing. Could it be that I just installed OS X on the 3rd partition with an existing XP install, vice the 1st partition then installing XP on another partition? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-15395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanbperiod Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 are there any graphical bootloaders ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-15403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
i1sam Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 are there any graphical bootloaders ? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> try using Aronis Disk Manager 9.+ ... i do now... its graphical... cool (notfree) and i am tri-booting now with win xp pro - vista and osx86 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-15498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahamut Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 well, that worked. about as easy as it could get! no more bios for me. it's easier to change OS's now than on any of my native Macs (hold down option key...takes forever to get feedback, etc.) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-15505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
portorock Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 What's the error you get? The c:\ in front of chain0 doesn't specify where OS X is to be found, but where the chain0 file is. If it's somewhere else, you have to specify the complete path to it obviously. When loaded, chain0 looks for the Darwin boot code in all partitions on all hard disks it finds (well, it should, at least), and chain-loads the Darwin boot loader. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> what file is the Darwin boot code? I have noticed that I can not load OS X without the cd in. I am thinking that some files that were supposed to get copied did not, even after numerous installs Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-15571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyman Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Does any of you guys know a bootloader for OS X? So I can boot directly from OS X into Windows (like Disk Director does). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-15579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Does any of you guys know a bootloader for OS X? So I can boot directly from OS X into Windows (like Disk Director does). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Did you even bother to read the thread before posting this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-15602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyman Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Did you even bother to read the thread before posting this? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wait a second, are you even reading, what I have posted? I asked for a bootloader for OS X, i.e. to use from within Mac OS X! I am not talking about chain0 bla bla, nor about Disk Director which is for Windows and which I already use. What I want, is a bootloader which is similar to Disk Director just for Mac OS X, maybe I wasn't clear enough to stress this aspect! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-15717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith04 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Wait a second, are you even reading, what I have posted? I asked for a bootloader for OS X, i.e. to use from within Mac OS X! I am not talking about chain0 bla bla, nor about Disk Director which is for Windows and which I already use. What I want, is a bootloader which is similar to Disk Director just for Mac OS X, maybe I wasn't clear enough to stress this aspect! I would look into GRUB... I dont know if it supports being installed on Mac or not, but i know theres a version that installs from Linux, and Windows... While the bootloader is not actually installed "within" Mac OS X, (if there even is a mac version), it is installed on the MBR (Master Boot Record), and its settings live "within" Mac. I am using it to dual boot linux and OSX (installed from linux), so if you find there is a mac version, and need any help setting it up, reply or PM me. cheers, keith Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-16669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gk128 Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Copy the "chain0" file from "/usr/standalone/i386" to your windows "C:\" (or boot) directory. Then add this at the end of your "C:\boot.ini": C:\chain0="Mac OS x86" This is not working for me.... Boots right into Windows. I can't boot to Mac without the DVD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-18026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Wait a second, are you even reading, what I have posted? I asked for a bootloader for OS X, i.e. to use from within Mac OS X! I am not talking about chain0 bla bla, nor about Disk Director which is for Windows and which I already use. What I want, is a bootloader which is similar to Disk Director just for Mac OS X, maybe I wasn't clear enough to stress this aspect! A bootloader, by definition, is OS agnostic. It does not run IN the OS, but as part of the boot process, and is usually loaded in place of the MBR. I don't think I understand exactly what you are trying to do. Are you trying to boot straight from OS X to Windows? You can't do that without rebooting the machine. You can't do it the other way around either. This is not working for me.... Boots right into Windows. I can't boot to Mac without the DVD. Then you did something wrong with your install. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-18055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyman Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Maybe I meant boot manager, like Acronis OS Selector which does what you described: it is capable to boot from within Windows into another OS, of course not without rebooting the whole machine, but it saves some time, as I don't have to choose which OS I want to boot Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-20119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlwiz79 Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 I installed OS X on partition 3 of hdd 0. I tried using the C:\chain0 at the end of my boot.ini file, but it doesn't work for some reason. I installed OS X after XP was already installed. I have tried putting multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) and multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3) in front of chain0, but all combinations end in errors. Am I just doing something wrong, or is this tweak not going to work with the Windows loader due to the way the way the os'es are loaded on the hdd? I had a problem when i selected Mac OS it just rebooted. So I looked for the boot.ini which was on my data pratition not the Windows System partition. SO I move the chain0 to the same drive as the Boot.ini was on then rebooted and selected Mac OS and this time it worked. Hope this helps Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-20453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimplyTronix Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Copy the "chain0" file from to your windows "C:\" (or boot) directory. Then add this at the end of your "C:\boot.ini": C:\chain0="Mac OS x86" I can't find the "chain0" or "/usr/standalone/i386" Is that supposed to be on the partition drive mac's installed in? If so I can't access it. It doesn't show up in my computer. There's no drive letter when I go to disk management. Also i see no chain0 file on the install disk (iAtkos v7) I see "Boot" another boot "Boot" "Boot0" "Boot1h" "Boothelp" "CdBoot" "Readme" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/773-dual-bootloader/#findComment-1282405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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