MrLarryLarry Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I installed the JAS 10.4.8 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 DVD on a Sony Vaio VGNNR220E. I setup an active partition using Acronis for OSX. It installed fine and runs fine BUT ONLY if I have the DVD in the drive. If I let the DVD timeout (Press any key to boot from DVD) then the laptop will boot to OSX fine. If, however, the DVD drive is not in then I get "HFS+ Partition Error" and it wont boot. Any ideas?? Thanks in advance... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85163-hfs-partition-error/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR-33 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Sounds like the HDD is missing a boot flag. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85163-hfs-partition-error/#findComment-604653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngi Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 hey man, try to boot -s with the DVD, then write: fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 then: print u then should find that the OSX partition id is 7...it should be AF, and to do so, type: (if ur OSX partition is 2...just flag ur osx partition number) flag 2 setpid 2 AF quit that should fix the HFS partition error, but does not restore darwin boot loader, and to do so: boot -s with the DVD and: fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 flag 2 (2 should be ur OSX partition number) update write quit dd if=/usr/standalone/i386/boot1h of=/dev/rdisk0s2 bs=512 count=1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85163-hfs-partition-error/#findComment-604741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLarryLarry Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 Thanks much ... issue fixed! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85163-hfs-partition-error/#findComment-604792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ht1948 Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Hi guys, I also have this problem. I have a Dell M1530 with Vista installed on 1 partition and Leopard on the other. I'm new to OSX86, can someone tell me how to boot -s with the DVD? When my system starts, I hit f12 to get into the boot menu option. That's where I'm stuck. TIA for your help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85163-hfs-partition-error/#findComment-751121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elphaba Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 hey man, try to boot -s with the DVD,then write: fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 then: print u then should find that the OSX partition id is 7...it should be AF, and to do so, type: (if ur OSX partition is 2...just flag ur osx partition number) flag 2 setpid 2 AF quit that should fix the HFS partition error, but does not restore darwin boot loader, and to do so: boot -s with the DVD and: fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 flag 2 (2 should be ur OSX partition number) update write quit dd if=/usr/standalone/i386/boot1h of=/dev/rdisk0s2 bs=512 count=1 Hi Youngi I just wanted to say that after 2 days of all sorts of boot problems etc... gparted / smart boot manager / all sorts... your solution worked perfectly for me! Thanks so much! Your solution should be made into a sticky. Elphaba Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85163-hfs-partition-error/#findComment-763464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkster Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Worked for me like a charm!! Thanks Youngi!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85163-hfs-partition-error/#findComment-845206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nardich Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 youngi, you rock. I thought I was lost, did the idiot thing : changing drives letters in win xp... thanks so much ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85163-hfs-partition-error/#findComment-891302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rutza Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 i had the same problem. after i searched on the net for 3-4 days i found a solution. 1. boot from mac dvd 2. press f8 3. -v -s 4. fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 5. print 6. flag 1 7. update 8. write 9. quit 10. reboot 11. in windows, start acronis suite. select the partition with os x. right-click -> convert -> into a primary partition. that should resolve this problem Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85163-hfs-partition-error/#findComment-1240988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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