bootloader malfunction
I just installed time machine to a local harddrive and it worked without any problems (in the beginning). So anyway, I restarted eventually and instead of getting Darwin bootloader I got a flashing underscore! I reinstalled and tried all…
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- @arcticsheep Published 2008-01-30
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I just installed time machine to a local harddrive and it worked without any problems (in the beginning). So anyway, I restarted eventually and instead of getting Darwin bootloader I got a flashing underscore! I reinstalled and tried all kinds of fdisks commands ! Help!
Thanks,
peter
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I have no idea what guid and efi are. How do i check?
Would it be possible to simply overwrite the entire disk with 0s? I heard about this dd command somewhere...
My time machine backup was on the same hdd ! And also its the bootloader that isn't working..
Anyways I found out that my drive was guid.. How do i change it back to mbr?
I have yet to find out what EDI is...
okay I just installed using mbr and it does exactly the same thing ( blinking cursor ) !
Somebody please help
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hmm you have 2 solution 1: install using MBR partition 2: osx.kb ot.de/comments.php?DiscussionID=71&page=1#Item_26 fix the guid partition
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| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
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| @arcticsheep | Primary Author | 4 | 2008-01-30 → 2008-01-31 |
| @Puttabong | Contributor | 1 | 2008-01-30 |
| @naquaada | Contributor | 1 | 2008-01-30 |
| @DoiX | Contributor | 1 | 2008-01-31 |
| @roisoft | Contributor | 1 | 2008-01-31 |