plprado Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I have Windows XP in partition 1 and osx86 in partition 2 of the same disk. It was runnig OK, with darwin bootloader menu showing option 1: Windows XP, option 2: Tiger. I could boot to either one, and Tiger was the default OS. I had to reinstall windows XP because it was messed up. Formated partition 1 during install. XP install marked partition 1 active so it was booting directly into windows. Then I booted through osx JaS DVD and, through terminal, I marked partition 2 as active. Now it boots into Tiger by default. BUT, now the darwin bootloader menu shows option 1: Windows NTFS (notice the difference, before it was Windows XP), option 2: Tiger. Tiger still boots normally, but if I try to boot into XP I get stuck on that blue screen saying "loading..." (or something like it) and it never loads. Please, what can I do to make windows work again without having to go through all the installation process again. And, anyway, if I do this (reinstall XP) it is going to mark partition 1 active, and I´ll have to do the same procedure again and going to get to the same problem... Am I doing something wrong? Please help. thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THiRD Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I've found a much higher success rate using Windows Bootloader instead of Darwin (of course Darwin still loads OSX) but to handle the main boot, Windows has worked better for me. I'd tell you to get easyBCD but I think it's only for Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plprado Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 thanks for the reply. But, is there a way to make Tiger to boot automatically if I don´t select nothing? Or Windows is going to be always the default os? Well, I have a new info on this issue: if I flag XP partition active, Windows works again. So I gues the problem is with Windows NOT being in the active partition. I think this should be simple to fix, but I have no idea. Please, some expert, read this! thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatNeh Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 thanks for the reply. But, is there a way to make Tiger to boot automatically if I don´t select nothing? Or Windows is going to be always the default os? Well, I have a new info on this issue: if I flag XP partition active, Windows works again. So I gues the problem is with Windows NOT being in the active partition. I think this should be simple to fix, but I have no idea. Please, some expert, read this! thanks. Regarding your first question: Yes, use the chain0 method (http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Chain0) and in your startup configuration (right click My Computer, choose Properties, Advanced tab, Startup & Recovery Settings button), choose OSX86 as your default operating system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plprado Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 Regarding your first question: Yes, use the chain0 method (http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Chain0) and in your startup configuration (right click My Computer, choose Properties, Advanced tab, Startup & Recovery Settings button), choose OSX86 as your default operating system. Yeah man! Thanks a lot for the answer. I used the chain0 method and now it works, but when I select MacOSX86 in the Windows boot menu it just goes back to the menu over and over and Tiger doesn´t load. Unless I press F8 right after selecting it, then it takes me to the Darwin bootloader menu and I have to select Tiger from it, then it boots. I´ve set MacOSX86 as the default OS as you said, but the same thing happens, It takes me back to the menu unless I press F8. Would you, or anyone else, know how to fix this? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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