IRONSLAVE Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Boot loop: The state in Which Windows Vista Boot loader Boot's and the user Selects to boot to their mac os x drive. The Darwin bootLoader appears with a cursor and Darwin Then Boots BACK INTO WINDOWS! Can this be Fixed so i do not have to press F8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTimster Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 this is due to vista being the active partition. you can set a timeout for darwin in com.apple.boot.plist so that you can press any key to choose the boot partition, but if you dont press anything, it will still default to the vista partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRONSLAVE Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 i guess that means i have to press f8 still though huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTimster Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 any key, but you'll have time time to spot it. it's better than no timeout and vista partition autoboot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRONSLAVE Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 i agree, do you have the code to add to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTimster Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 the file is at /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist. open it in textedit and look for a section like this: <key>Timeout</key> <string></string> if there isn't one then put it under the section: <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>[blah blah]</string> ([blah blah] represents whatever has been put there by the install disk, do NOT change this) and then type the time you want for a timeout in second between <string> and </string> in the end it should look like this <key>Timeout</key> <string>[time you decided on in seconds]</string> save it to the desktop. then drag it form the desktop to the open window /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ and type in your password when asked. then reboot the system. NOTE: if you aren't confortable doing this, then pst your com.apple.boot.plist file and i'll edit it for you with the value you want. if you mess this file up, your system will be unbootable. for safety reasons backup the file first to the root of your drive (drag and drop) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRONSLAVE Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 Thanks, i am fine doing this. I have done enough With computers to Recover myself.... Installing this on my Laptop has been the biggest PITA it even tops Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTimster Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 yeah osx86 can be a real pain if you dont have the right intel chipset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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