Kent Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 i have 2 hard drives, 1 X SATA2 installed WinXP in C: and 1 X PATA native installed MAC OS x86 10.4.3a Jas' patched, here is my boot.ini code and the chain0 file that download from internet: pls correct me if i am doing in wrong way, thx [boot loader] ;timeout=3 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect C:\chain0="Mac OS x86" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9304-pls-help-cant-dual-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikil Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 I have the same setup and problem...I can't get it to dual boot please help us =) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9304-pls-help-cant-dual-boot/#findComment-71992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 What's the error. Did you activated the Mac OS X Partition? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9304-pls-help-cant-dual-boot/#findComment-72168 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefsalami Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 The chain0 method doesn't work with 10.4.3 (only 10.4.1). Use some sort of bootloader to activate the Mac OS X partition, and boot that way. Acronis OS Selector is very good. It's also probably a good idea to make sure the MBR isn't being written or changed by Mac OS X, because it might screw up your Windows partition. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9304-pls-help-cant-dual-boot/#findComment-72197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 I'm being using chain0 since 10.4.1, work wll with 10.4.3, 10.4.4 and now with 10.4.5. I also set up a grub from linux, grub for DOS and grub for windows. What I found are partitions no initialized with Disk Utility have some probs, but not always, because the bless command can help it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9304-pls-help-cant-dual-boot/#findComment-72259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossarian Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 I've set up my boot menu with eXtended Fdisk off of Hiren's Boot CD. It works great for me. However, unlike your situation, I have my system drive partitioned in half (40 / 40 off an 80 GB) and OSx86 on one side and Windows XP on the other. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9304-pls-help-cant-dual-boot/#findComment-72282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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