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Old 12-23-2008, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by ulysses_609 View Post
Yeah if i go into the BIOS it lets me select which drive to check first or to boot from, and if want to boot from a CD/DVD. Also, do I need to change and jumpers or anything inside my machine??
well this wasn't quite what I meant. here is a different method...

You can use the windows bootloader to select at startup which system to boot.

Copy the chain0 file from
Code:
/usr/standalone/i386/chain0
on your OS X HD to your windows drive's root directory (ie. C:\chain0)

Now boot into windows and add
Code:
C:\chain0="Mac OS X"
to your Windows bootloader.

Go into your BIOS and ensure that your Windows HD is the one that is selected to boot. When you turn the computer on, you should get a menu for

Windows
Mac OS X

You can choose either, and once you select and press enter, it should automatically boot into the desired OS. No other settings required. I've used this method in the past and you can also change the default system to either drive using the windows bootloader.

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