Vista as default os in Darwin bootloader?

[cloudstrife87]

Hi, i just got my hands on the iATKOS 1.0i DVD, and i'm planning to install on my Compaq Presario v3500 laptop with vista already installed on it. But before that, i would like to ask, is there any method to set Vista as the default os after installing iATKOS???

[ddrdark]

Sure, You have to set the win partition with the "boot" flag. Use gparted o fdisk!

[cloudstrife87]

ooo ddrdark, you mean by setting the vista partition as the default booting partition?? But if i do that, can i boot back into leopard next time?? Coz i afraid that my vista bootloader does not recognize my leopard partition...

[rl1024]

you will have to add the entry to your vista bootloader. easy way is to use easybcd

[David86]

set leopard to primary active, i used acronis disk director. Darwin boot loader will by default boot the primary active partition.

[mtotho]

if u were planning to use darwins

 

 

To set Darwin to boot from a particular partition:

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>rd=diskXsY</string>

Where X is your hard drive number and Y is the partition number (BSD naming scheme)

if you are unsure about the rd value open Aplications>Utilities>Disk Utiliy, click on the partition with OSX installed and click on info, the right "rd" value is the value from "Disk Identifier"

 

 

all this will of course be done in the com.apple.Boot.plist

[cloudstrife87]

rl1024:

But i've surfed around the net and they said that easybcd doesnt recognize the leopard partition:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...136&t=69224

http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1384

 

david86:

Hi, you mean using Acronis OS Selector like this???:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=81865#

 

mtotho:

ooo you mean by setting the "<key>Kernel Flags</key>" and "<string>rd=diskXsY</string>" in com.apple.Boot.plist to my vista partition, darwin will boot vista by default???

[mtotho]

Cloud, this is the title of your thread

Vista as default os in Darwin bootloader?

 

I was the only person who actually gave you a solution.

 

@Radx, the comp i got that from does not use darwin bootloader to boot between.. but is identical to one (other than maxmem string)

 

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>maxmem=3074 </string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>1</string>
</dict>
</plist>

 

make sure you have the time out key and string

[cloudstrife87]

ooo haha, you are right mtotho, i've forgotten of what im asking initially. Anyway, i ll try to install the leopard next weekend, i ll post it here whether it works or not, wish me luck man....thanks everyone for the advises especially you mtotho ;-)