Cameron Field Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I followed this guide to install Kalyway 10.5.1 on my hpdv6000t with 2 partitions. Vista on 1st, Leopard on the 2nd. 1st partition is the active one. 8 second darwin loader works, but if I boot to Leopard and then try to boot back to Vista, I get winload error. Help! Step 1: Install OS X86 10.4.x on the second primary partition Step 2: Make the first primary partition active to install Vista Boot up OS X and in a terminal window, sudo fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 flag 1 quit reboot Step 3: Install Vista on the first primary partition Step 4: Restore OS X86 in the MBR Boot off JaS OS X86 dvd in single user mode (press F8 & type -s). At single user prompt, fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 flag 2 update write quit reboot Step 5: Make the first partition active back to boot up Vista At this point OS X86 should boot up and in a terminal window, sudo fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 flag 1 quit reboot Step 6: Restore Vista on the MBR Upon reboot, Vista will show "\Window\system32\winload.exe" corrupted. Insert Vista disc & follow directions to recover. Reboot & check that Vista boots up fine. Step 7: Make second primary partition active to use Darwin Bootloader Boot off JaS OS X86 dvd in single user mode again (press F8 & type -s). At single user prompt, fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 flag 2 quit reboot Should I try to use EasyBCD? When i add the entry for Leopard it doesn't auto fill the path in or whatever. What do I put for that? I'm not sure what letter it was assigned when I made the partition. Do I need to set the other partition active (one with Darwin loader) and THEN use EasyBCD to do it? I'm so confused... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91587-winloadexe-error-everytime-i-boot-to-leopard-then-back-to-vista/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Field Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 Not sure if this is good or bad, but I (seem to have) got it working. I used EasyBCD and added osx86 to the boot list (not using auto-configure). Weird thing is I still get the Darwin menu, and when I try to open EasyBCD it says i dont have a Vista bootloader installed, AND under msconfig everything is empty. Nothing is listed there. Seems to work though. Should I be worried? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91587-winloadexe-error-everytime-i-boot-to-leopard-then-back-to-vista/#findComment-653387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuusharo Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 EasyBCD does some weird things that aren't related to your Leopard install. I think it uses its own Darwin Bootloader and ignores the one installed on the Leo partition. You shouldn't have to do anything special if you use EasyBCD. The method you quoted is only if you wish to have OSX as the active partition and Vista as the secondary system. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91587-winloadexe-error-everytime-i-boot-to-leopard-then-back-to-vista/#findComment-653406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Field Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 Well it seems to be working now. Should the empty msconfig and weird easybcd settings worry me? I dont want it to all come crashing down someday. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91587-winloadexe-error-everytime-i-boot-to-leopard-then-back-to-vista/#findComment-653432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dense Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 The winload.exe error is caused by OS X overwriting the master boot record and destroying the disk signature. The disk signature has been optional but for some reason vista has made it mandatory. You need to fix it using the vista tools and then make sure that when you put back the boot0 file you dont overwrite bytes 440 to 444. That means do not use the fdisk update command or use the dd with a block size greater than 440. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91587-winloadexe-error-everytime-i-boot-to-leopard-then-back-to-vista/#findComment-653478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Field Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 Hmm...so what do I do? Lol sorry I'm a n00b to all of this. Can you give me a step by step guide maybe? I'd really appreciate it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91587-winloadexe-error-everytime-i-boot-to-leopard-then-back-to-vista/#findComment-653486 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Field Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 Bump? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91587-winloadexe-error-everytime-i-boot-to-leopard-then-back-to-vista/#findComment-654501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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