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AndrewNZ

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Curious lack or resolution of issue
« on: August 30, 2010, 12:53:52 PM »
Hello all.

I don't believe in asking in the forums as I can use Google to answer questions. Usually. Not this time though.

I want my laptop Hackintosh to boot to the Chameleon bootloader, and thus allow me to choose an icon to boot OS X SL, or Win7.

Both OSes reside on the same HDD. The first OS is OS X. The second Win7. The only working dual boot I can achieve is for the Windows boot manager to allow me to boot into MacOSX_NST or Windows 7. So if I want to boot into OS X, I let the boot run uninterrupted and eventually it loads SL desktop. And if I want to boot into Windows 7, I arrow key to that item in the Windows boot manager screen and hit enter.

If I boot into the Chameleon bootloader, and I choose the Win7 icon, it takes me back to the Windows 7 boot manager screen, instead of booting directly into Win7.

Not very elegant, I'm sure you'll agree. It works though, in a sort of amateur way, so all is not lost. But I thought Chameleon would offer a more elegant solution. In fact, as far as i can figure, I can boot into both OSes without Chameleon even being there at all.

So, how do I get the Win7 icon in Chameleon to boot into Windows without going back through the boot manager? And how do I get Chameleon to boot directly without going through the Windows boot manager?

Anybody able to help?

Thanks in advance.

kulfon77

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Re: Curious lack or resolution of issue
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2010, 04:37:58 PM »
Install Chameleon on MBR using fdisk and play with Windows' booting settings

AndrewNZ

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Re: Curious lack or resolution of issue
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2010, 12:35:48 PM »
Install Chameleon on MBR using fdisk and play with Windows' booting settings

It's on an MBR partitioned scheme now. Can you explain the "using fdisk and play with Windows booting settings" comment? Seems a little vague. Is it a case of trial and error? Or can you point me to a link that describes what exactly I can do to resolve my issues?

Help gratefully received.

Zane

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Re: Curious lack or resolution of issue
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2010, 01:04:44 PM »
Install Chameleon on MBR using fdisk and play with Windows' booting settings

It's on an MBR partitioned scheme now. Can you explain the "using fdisk and play with Windows booting settings" comment? Seems a little vague. Is it a case of trial and error? Or can you point me to a link that describes what exactly I can do to resolve my issues?

Help gratefully received.

First. Undo any changes you made to your Windows Boot Manager.

Then i'll quote what i said to another guy.

Just so you know, what you are asking is what chameleon does. Boot into OS X and then follow this tutorial here

I'll elaborate more when I get back.

If you are unable to make your partition active. I suggest using Gparted which can be found here and set the boot flag to your hfs+ partition OR use Diskpart in windows to do it. If i'm not wrong, to set your partition active in windows the commands are.

List disk <- listing your disks
Select disk x <- Change x to the number of your main HDD
List partition <- listing your partitions in your main HDD
Select partition x <- Change x to the partition number of your OS X.
make active <- making it active.

EDIT: Oh. and about the guide in chameleon, do use the ./fdisk440 included with the chameleon. It prevents rewriting over any Windows signature that is REQUIRED to boot windows.
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