danelly77 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 I have finally installed it on my external hard drive. Now when i go to boot it up, i just see a black screen with a blinking _, i have no idea what is wrong or what to do. it just stays there for a long time. any help? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85718-external-hd-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
go_marquette Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 I have finally installed it on my external hard drive. Now when i go to boot it up, i just see a black screen with a blinking _, i have no idea what is wrong or what to do. it just stays there for a long time. any help? Most of the time I've seen that error its because you didn't set the partition to MBR - or you set up your partition wrong. Go back and reinstall and make sure you set up the partition correctly... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85718-external-hd-boot/#findComment-608331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
danelly77 Posted February 4, 2008 Author Share Posted February 4, 2008 it is set to MBR Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85718-external-hd-boot/#findComment-608339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Badger Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 The boot flag on the partition is set incorrectly. Boot up off of something like GParted Live CD and then remove the Boot flag and reapply it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85718-external-hd-boot/#findComment-608440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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