Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #738 · 2008-02-18 → 2008-02-25
#468 by Dispatches #437 by Author Reads #3,247 by Thread Reach Member #738 AMD OSx86

@NdR23

InfiniteMac community contributor with 17 recorded dispatches, 3 lead technical dossiers (25,962 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 33,003 historical readers.

Dispatches 17 Ranked #468 of 6,691
Author Reads 25,962 Ranked #437 · 3 dossiers
Thread Reach 33,003 Ranked #3,247 in reach
Lead Dossiers 3 8,654 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #738 Joined 2008-02-13
Active Window 2008 2008-02-18 → 2008-02-25
Archive Standing
#468 of 6,691 by Dispatches (17 notes) · #437 of 3,454 by Author Readership (25,962 reads across 3 dossiers) · #3,247 by Thread Reach (33,003 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #738 · Joined 2008-02-13
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
15 (88%)
Leopard 10.5
2 (12%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @NdR23 (3)

25,962 cumulative reads on threads started by @NdR23

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
tboot and chain0 method dual boot Leopard/XP
So I installed Leopard on a seperate partition(F:/).I can't get Leopard to boot, I tried the C:/tboot and c:/Chain0 method's, both do not work..what am I doing wrong?
10.X Core15,046 reads
2008-02-23 · 6 notes
Leopard Installed fine, Xp won't load
I installed the recent release of Zephyroth's Leopard for AMD and everything went perfect,Leopard boots 100% and I have the dual boot option.But when I select the windows partition(I installed before Leopard), it gets stuck at the blue XP…
10.X Core6,225 reads
2008-02-19 · 32 notes
Wireless G USB adapter WUSB54G v4 on Leopard
I was wondering if there was a driver or kext edit that made it possible for my Linksys WUSB54G v4 to work on Mac OS X Leopard?
Leopard 10.54,691 reads
2008-02-25 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (14)

Direct links into threads where @NdR23 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
10.5.2 Trouble with booting/installation here
“Did you follow all of the steps to make the partition that you are installing Leopard onto, ACTIVE?”
Leopard 10.52008-02-18
7,041 dossier reads
Leopard Installed fine, Xp won't load
“NM..I just installed vista on the 2nd partition..installed easybcd..piece of cake! Thx for all ur help guys!”
10.X Core2008-02-25
6,225 dossier reads
Leopard Installed fine, Xp won't load
“I used that tboot file you supplied, I still get the /library/system/preferences..doesn't exist..Am I labelling it wrong..should I choose something other than "Leopard"?”
10.X Core2008-02-24
6,225 dossier reads
Leopard Installed fine, Xp won't load
“I get a library/system/... error when I try to boot Leopard using tboot.This is what my boot.ini looks like [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)…”
10.X Core2008-02-23
6,225 dossier reads
Leopard Installed fine, Xp won't load
“What would be the proper chain0 entry in the boot.ini file?I tried C:\chain0="Leopard" XP is installed on the disk0s1..leopard is the thrid partition on the drive(0s3/Leopard) = C:/windows and F:/Leopard What should my entry be? btw I downl…”
10.X Core2008-02-22
6,225 dossier reads
Leopard Installed fine, Xp won't load
“I did it! I used the windows vista cd instead of XP, i chose the repair computer option..then chose terminal, from there I typed.. diskpart list disk select disk X (X= # of primary drive) list partition select partition Y (Y= Drive installe…”
10.X Core2008-02-21
6,225 dossier reads
Leopard Installed fine, Xp won't load
“sounds very noob friendly..so it would an entirely different OS?”
10.X Core2008-02-21
6,225 dossier reads
Leopard Installed fine, Xp won't load
“I there another way to make The XP partition bootable, I typed diskutil list in the terminal..seems more straight forward, listed all the partitions.I'm just looking for any alternative to get XP booting again.(besides re-installing the OS …”
10.X Core2008-02-21
6,225 dossier reads
Leopard Installed fine, Xp won't load
“yeah your dead on..XP is 0s1, do you have any other recommendations before I choose to copy XP to the 2nd partition?Any other commands I could use in the terminal to make the XP(0s1) partition active?”
10.X Core2008-02-21
6,225 dossier reads
Leopard Installed fine, Xp won't load
“so I opened a terminal window in Leopard, Ityped the following.. diskutil list (it then shows my one drive 0..that is in 3 partitions, windows being #1 , blank fat 32 drive is #2, and Leopard is #3) I typed ... fdisk -e/dev/rdisk0 (brings m…”
10.X Core2008-02-21
6,225 dossier reads
Leopard Installed fine, Xp won't load
“Well zeph I tried your method, I got as far as PRINT is not a command, therefore i got stuck there.Secondly nchellzz, I tried to make the windows partition active by entering the recovery console using the XP cs..i got as far as DISKPART. I…”
10.X Core2008-02-21
6,225 dossier reads
Leopard Installed fine, Xp won't load
“All I need to know now is the steps in order to make the windows partition Active. I can only do this using either Leopard or DOS.Any suggestions?”
10.X Core2008-02-20
6,225 dossier reads
Leopard Installed fine, Xp won't load
“K this is probably a dumb question, but seeing as how I can't access windows at all,how do I activate the windows partition using LEOPARD or DOS? I'm gonna need a point in the right direction zeph, btw I found easyBCD in 2secs. THX for ever…”
10.X Core2008-02-20
6,225 dossier reads
Leopard Installed fine, Xp won't load
“THX Zeph I'll give it a shot”
10.X Core2008-02-20
6,225 dossier reads