doug98698587 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Hey guys, I've run into a little problem. I used to have Windows XP on my computer, then i successfully dual booted XP and Mac OS 10.4.9. I had a free upgrade disk from toshiba to upgrade to Windows Vista, so I did. I was still able to run Vista and OS X. Now I tried installing Leopard (10.5) and dual boot with Windows Vista. Now Windows Vista boots fine but when I go to boot leopard i get a "Chain Booting Error". I've found other topics on this forum similar to my problem but I have not found a solution. I've tried EasyBCD as well as ACronis. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks in Advance, Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_cute Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Hey guys, I've run into a little problem. I used to have Windows XP on my computer, then i successfully dual booted XP and Mac OS 10.4.9. I had a free upgrade disk from toshiba to upgrade to Windows Vista, so I did. I was still able to run Vista and OS X. Now I tried installing Leopard (10.5) and dual boot with Windows Vista. Now Windows Vista boots fine but when I go to boot leopard i get a "Chain Booting Error". I've found other topics on this forum similar to my problem but I have not found a solution. I've tried EasyBCD as well as ACronis. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks in Advance, Doug Maybe the problem is that:install OSX after Vista (sometimes it makes OSX inactive).Try activating the partition: boot from the DVD with -s,then... ->sudo -s ->fdisk -e /dev/rdiskX --->(X is the number of your HD, if you have only on its 0) ->update ->f X --->(X is the number of the OSX partition ) ->w ->q ->reboot Installing first OSX may prevent that problem (I once installed OSX after Vista and this worked for me).Try it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug98698587 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 Maybe the problem is that:install OSX after Vista (sometimes it makes OSX inactive).Try activating the partition:boot from the DVD with -s,then... ->sudo -s ->fdisk -e /dev/rdiskX --->(X is the number of your HD, if you have only on its 0) ->update ->f X --->(X is the number of the OSX partition ) ->w ->q ->reboot Installing first OSX may prevent that problem (I once installed OSX after Vista and this worked for me).Try it... thanks for the quick reply. I don't think I typed my original post well. I already had Windows Vista installed and then added OS X. I'll try this though and let you know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pril Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 thanks for the quick reply. I don't think I typed my original post well. I already had Windows Vista installed and then added OS X. I'll try this though and let you know how it goes. Hello, got the same problem as you: "chain booting error". Making partition active got no effect for me. How did you solve it? Thanx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToroLoco Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 I have also the same problem. I have already installed Vista and then installed successfully Zephyroth Leopard 10.5.2, but when I have the partition of the OSX active I get a "Missing Operating System" error and when I set the Vista partition active I get a "Chain Booting Error". What is wrong??? Is it possible to be that I have set active the partition that I have installed the OSX and the installed it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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