homers Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Hi I have one hard drive that I have Windows Vista on. I then disconnected that drive and connected my other hard drive which I installed AMc OS X Leopard on. In order to boot I need to have the Kalyway DVD always inserted in order to be able to boot without having the blinking "_" problem. What I want to know is how I can have it so when the computer starts I have a menu asking whether I want to start Vista or Leopard. How do i do that? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homers Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 Hi Can anyone help. I would like this accomplished asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceyone Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Once it brings up the terminal prompt type the following: fdisk -e /dev/rdisk# (this will be the disk you have it installed on) fdisk: 0>update fdisk:*0> f # (this will be the partition you have it installed on) “Partition # marked active” fdisk:*0> w Device could not be accessed exclusively. A reboot will be needed for changes to take effect. OK? [n]y Writing MBR at offset 0. fdisk: 0> q Hopefully this will work for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homers Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 Hi do I log into Leopard and open terminal then type that so after I reboot I do not need a DVD? EDIT: Also I am using 2 seperate hard drives and the Leopard drive is connected to SATA channel 2 and the Vista is connected to channel 1. What hard drive number would that leave my Leopard drive? Would it be partition 0? EDIT 2: I just tried it but I never got this "Device could not be accessed exclusively. A reboot will be needed for changes to take effect. OK? [n]y I was told the rest. I restarted after that without the disk and the Leopard hard drive connected to SATA 1 but I just get a blinking "_" as usual. So I still need the DVD inserted. What can I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaeger Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 What type of HD you have for leopard? GUID or MBR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enoree Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Try using the Leo drive on SATA 1 and Vista drive on SATA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homers Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 Hi My Leopard drive is set as MBR. I will try that set up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homers Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Hi I tried that but I still get a blinking "_". I've read people asking if they can put something on a flash drive so that it will boot. What do they mean by that and could I do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigslickk Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 same here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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