homers Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Hi I have a problem with OS X booting. I need to have the Kalyway 10.5.1 DVD inserted in order to boot. It is like the bootloader is not installed. Is there a way I can install the bootloader again so it does not need the DVD inserted in order to boot. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyp Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Though i'm not sure your in the right sub ....here ya go Boot DVD and press f8 at prompt boot with -s when booted to single user prompt type "fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0" without quotes and 0 being 1st hd next type "flag 1" 1 being the 1st partition type "u" to update type "w" to write MBR type "quit" to well....quit type "reboot" to... remove DVD and you should be off and bootin Kenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homers Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 Hi I have tried that quite a few times and it has never worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westwaerts Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 1. efi not installed 2. mixed MBR and GUID in formatting and installing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homers Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 Hi I thought EFI installed by default with the Kalyway DVD, thats what someone here said. If not then how do I install it? I only used MBR when it was formatted and I selected it in the customize menu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyp Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 What happens when you boot without the DVD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3mon Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 What happens when you boot without the DVD? I have the same problem. the error is "HFS+ partition error." I have tried that quite a few times and it has never worked. I use 10.5.2 AMD-EFI. on dell inspiron 1521 [ati 690G/sb600] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homers Posted April 6, 2008 Author Share Posted April 6, 2008 Hi When I boot without a DVD all I get is a blinking "_" Also, is it safe if I upgrade to 10.5.2 using software update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyp Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 OK, what HD (1st=0, 2nd=1...) and patition (1st=1, 2rd=2...) do you have OSX installed? Fdisk should work. You can try Gparted live to flag the partition, that has worked for some. If when you boot Gparted, the correct partition is marked bootable, unchech it and reboot, then boot Gparted again and mark it........that may work. You can use the update to 10.5.2 but not the auto update. You can download it, and search the forum for instructions on install. Or I used "Kalyway_hack10.5.2ComboUpdate" (correct search name) and it worked 100%. Just be sure to backup what you have, so if something goes wrong, you don't shoot me . Kenny BTW, are you multi booting? If so, what other OS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homers Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 OS X is installed on hard drive 0 partition 1. GParted LiveCD tells me the partition is 'BAD'. Does that matter. I have flagged it is active but the problem remains. I thought that if that EFI thing was installed you could install the updates just like a real mac. I have a multi boot of OSX and Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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