rhyan Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Hi, I installed 10.5.1 kalyway successfully on an external hdd with everything working perfectly i.e.sound,video,wifi etc. , the only problem is that i can only boot the os when the install disk is in the dvd drive. I've tried using G parted live c.d. and i have set the flag thing to boot on the ex hd but it still doesn't seem to work. Any help would be hugely appreciated! thanks in advance, Rhyan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuifrkns Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Hi, I had to 'un-set' it in GParted (then write change) and then set it again in GParted (and write change). Only then it booted from HD. Search for 'blinking cursor' in this forum, there are other solutions (manually install the Darwin bootloader f.i.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyan Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 Hi, thanks for the reply, what you said about the g part cd thing, do you mean you just unticked the box and then ticked it again or is there another part to it. thanks, Rhyan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuifrkns Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I first un-ticked, then wrote/committed the change, then re-open that 'boot flag manager' and set it again. I can't recall exactly the names / menus of GParted, but by first un-setting then setting I could make sure GParted actually set a flag. In my case that did the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyan Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 Ok thanks i ll give it a go Rhyan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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