BootThink 2.4.6 (2010-01-28) support ubuntu 9.10 GRUB 2

[MiniHack]

My Windows only booted after I used the windows version of the Bootthink installer (with the OSX version already installed). Then though it takes you first to the windows boot manager and then second to the Bootthink GUI, so for me it doesn't seem possible under boot think 2 to go direct to the chosen windows installation from the Bootthink GUI. It works, but still you end up going through two boot managers.

 

Anybody managing dual or triple boot using only the Boot Think GUI?

[xiezhy]

My Windows only booted after I used the windows version of the Bootthink installer (with the OSX version already installed). Then though it takes you first to the windows boot manager and then second to the Bootthink GUI, so for me it doesn't seem possible under boot think 2 to go direct to the chosen windows installation from the Bootthink GUI. It works, but still you end up going through two boot managers.

 

Anybody managing dual or triple boot using only the Boot Think GUI?

 

 

Try to run the file : /Darwin/MBR/SetupMBR.bat

 

 

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[chokia]

Try to run the file : /Darwin/MBR/SetupMBR.bat

 

 

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This works to allow BootThink to appear first after the boot but when any windows hardisk icon is cliked then the windows boot menu will appear again with "Boot Think" listed on the menu

 

But I think this is good enough for V2, maybe in V3 every windows partitions (XP, Vista, se7en) will boot itself without going through the windows boot menu first.

[xiezhy]

Update 2.2 (suggestion that all users update)

 

1. fixed some bugs that may be result in the Windows system does not be recognized

 

2. support loading the files /Darwin/System/Library/Extentions/*.kext under windows

 

download:

 

http://www.apple163.com/thread-1476-1-1.html

 

 

 

 

I have 64bit XP, Vista, Windows7, Ubuntu, Tiger and Leopard on GUID

 

Since i hate ubuntu native installation will ruins the boot loader creating the ugly grub, swap partition and displaying as "hd04 Linux" instead of "Ubuntu" on Boot Think GUI, so i decided to install Ubuntu using wubi on empty NTFS partition labeled as "Ubuntu" via XP, only then it displays as [ubuntu] on Boot Think GUI and boot instantly when click it on Boot-Think GUI.

 

Boot think v1 recoqnizes all partitions including DVD and my shared non-bootable partition for data storage.

 

But i still hate XP doesnt boot directly but have to go through its bootloader. Vista and Windows7 are unable to boot from Boot Think GUI but only boot via XP boot loader which appears after clicking XP logo on Boot Think GUI.

 

 

Now I boot leopard and install Boot Think V2 on it and restart. The GUI is more cleaner now displaying only bootable partitions. Leopard|Tiger|Ubuntu|XP|Vista|Se7en

 

 

But Now I can only boot Leopard, Tiger and Ubuntu. None of the windows partition can boot.

 

 

Any help? and i really want them to boot directly without windows bootloader menu.

 

You can download the Boot Think 2.2. It have fixed the bug.

 

 

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[oldnapalm]

Hello.

Boot Think hangs on boot, nothing happens. GRUB and Chameleon 1.0 work fine, but Chameleon 2.0 just reboots before showing any info.

Motherboard is a MSI 945 Platinum, processor is a P4 EMT64.

On Asus motherboard with Core 2 Quad processor all work fine.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[Dr. Hurt]

Thank you xiezhy

This bootloader keeps getting better with every release. I still wish it has SMBIOS.plist support though.

[Cheezmen]

what are the kexts in /darwin/rc/extensions.mkext for?

[chokia]

You can download the Boot Think 2.2. It have fixed the bug.

 

Oh Thank you very very much xiezhy , i really must try this and report, but unfortunately i already cleanup my hardisk and start a cleaner install due to my attempt installing snow leopard (that i torrent'ed for days sigh) with chameleon updates (but still fail) i cant get the update to be installed on chameleon v2 either. (bump and tired)

 

So now i shall forget about snow leopard and chameleon and go back to your beautiful Boot Think 2.2

 

I dont hope it'll support snow leopard yet as the current snow release is still beta and not user friendly to most hackintosh including mine. I hope by the time uphuck releases Aitkos v8 10.6 Snow Leopard DVD, we shall also have Boot Think v3 that support snowleo, included in the dvd like what he did for Aitkos v7 10.5.7 DVD.

[Evostar*]

Newbie here.

 

basically i have iAtkos v7.

 

I used Disk Utility. Made 2 Partitions "1 x 100GB MS-DOS" & "1 x 200GB OSX Journalled" with a GUID table.

 

then installed iAtkos v7 OSX with the Xiezhy Bootloader First.

 

works great. with bootloader

 

Now i am install Win 7 Ultimate on 1st Partition.

 

after 7 install microsoft boot fine. but no osx boot anymore. how do i enable boothink menu again? if i set diskpart osx partition active. this shows no boothink menu.

 

also how to best upgrade original boothink after install from iatkos to latest version simple way?

 

all help is much apreciated. and i thank you in advance.

 

Evo.

[chokia]

www.apple163.com/thread-1476-1-1.html

 

This server very slow, can anyone upload in mediashare?

[The Storm]

first, thanks a lot for this wonderfull bootloader !

 

I've been using it for a while now, and everything was fine : to get the most retail HackOS, I put everything into Darwin folder (Extra folder when I was using C2 ...), including com.Apple.boot.plist with EFI strings for my graphic and ethernet cards.

 

so far, the .plist located in /Library/SystemConfiguration was bypassed at boot as expected, but 2.2. BootThink seems to load this one first, and the one located in /Darwin only if the other is missing : after installing it, no EFI string and so on anymore !

 

then I had to reinstall 2.1 version, and everything came back ...

 

did you people encounter such an issue ? can you also confirm that it comes from a modification in BT since 2.1 ??

[xiezhy]

Newbie here.

 

basically i have iAtkos v7.

 

I used Disk Utility. Made 2 Partitions "1 x 100GB MS-DOS" & "1 x 200GB OSX Journalled" with a GUID table.

 

then installed iAtkos v7 OSX with the Xiezhy Bootloader First.

 

works great. with bootloader

 

Now i am install Win 7 Ultimate on 1st Partition.

 

after 7 install microsoft boot fine. but no osx boot anymore. how do i enable boothink menu again? if i set diskpart osx partition active. this shows no boothink menu.

 

also how to best upgrade original boothink after install from iatkos to latest version simple way?

 

all help is much apreciated. and i thank you in advance.

 

Evo.

 

 

Download the latest version Boot Think 2.2 for windows and install under Win 7.

 

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[Evostar*]

Download the latest version Boot Think 2.2 for windows and install under Win 7.

 

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thanks will try. also i worked out perfect dual boot for win 7 + iatkos v7.

 

following my previous post you install windows 7 first then os x last. after reboot both win 7 and os x work flawlessly in boot think. is maximum screen res 1600x1200? as i tried 1920x1200(native lcd res) but only 1600x1200 is shown. good think is without boot think my max resolution is 1024 with ati x600 mobility. but boot think defaults my card to 1600x1200 without callisto kext installed.

Display:

 Type:	Display
 Bus:	PCIe
 PCIe Lane Width:	x16
 VRAM (Total):	128 MB
 Vendor:	ATI (0x1002)
 Device ID:	0x3150
 Revision ID:	0x0000
 Kernel Extension Info:	No Kext Loaded
 Displays:
Display:
 Resolution:	1600 x 1200
 Depth:	32-Bit Color
 Core Image:	Software
 Main Display:	Yes
 Mirror:	Off
 Online:	Yes
 Quartz Extreme:	Not Supported

 

thankyou for your hard work. boot think rocks!

[Evostar*]

im having a problem in windows 7.

 

i click the 2.2 executable and it extracts the files to root Darwin. but it refuses to install after extraction with "re-run install as administrator"

 

i have attempted to run it as admin as many ways as i know but still same error.

 

 

 

evo

[chokia]

Ok i finished testing Boot Think 2.2 installed in 1st partition (XP)

My setup is 6 operating systems in MBR partition Table*

 

 

Partition 1: XP Pro boots directly

Partition 2: Leopard boots directly

Partition 3: Tiger boots directly

Partition 4: Ubuntu boots directly

Partition 5: Vista boots with windows boot menu

Partition 6: Windows7 boots with windows boot menu

Partition 7: Shared data unbootable

 

Since Boot Think is installed in XP partition, XP boots without windows boot menu

 

As my goal is to make every bootable partition boots without any other menu, I wonder if installing Boot Think and "run the file : /Darwin/MBR/SetupMBR.bat" in partition 5 and 6 can make them boot directly too?

 

What exactly SetupMBR.bat do?

 

 

 

 

 

*Note: Guid Partition Table (GPT) gives all sort of problem when installing x64bit XP and GPT takes up a lot of space for setup (the 1st partition will be used by GPT already 200MB and alternate 8MB at beginning and ending of partitions - what a waste) Since my notebook only have 120GB, i had to use MBR, and they're all installed and boot successfully without taking up space.

[pampaboy]

Hi all people. I wonder if someone can provide me some help. I installled XP in the first partition, then I installed osx 10.5.7 in the second partition, and the boot think 2.2. really beautiful, Leopard works perfect, but when I select windows, it hangs in the welcome blue screen. Is there a way to fix it?

 

 

Thanks for your help,

 

 

Leopard distro: iAtkos v.7 (10.5.7)

SONY VAIO VGN FE-790G

-Video Adapter: Mobile Intel 945 Express Chipset Family (128mb) (No artifacts at all, using switchresx to enable the right resolution)

-Disk Drive: Fujitsu MHV2160BT PL (160Gb, 4200 RPM, SATA)

-Optical Drive: Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K16M (read&write)

-Network Adapter: Intel PRO/100VE Network Connection

-Wireless Network Adapter: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 ABG (waiting the progress from mercurysquad)

-Audio: Sigmatel STAC9225 Intel 82801GBM. (using Voodoo HDA, the internal mic doesn't work)

-1394 (firewire) network Adapter: Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394

-Camera: sony visual Communication Camera VGP-VCCC1

-Touchpad: ALPS Pointing Device for VAIO (tapping&two fingers scrolling using this)

-Keyboard: Standard 101/102-key

-Flashmedia: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Integrated FlashMedia Controller

[xiezhy]

what are the kexts in /darwin/rc/extensions.mkext for?

The file '/darwin/rc/extensions.mkext' only for CD

 

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first, thanks a lot for this wonderfull bootloader !

 

I've been using it for a while now, and everything was fine : to get the most retail HackOS, I put everything into Darwin folder (Extra folder when I was using C2 ...), including com.Apple.boot.plist with EFI strings for my graphic and ethernet cards.

 

so far, the .plist located in /Library/SystemConfiguration was bypassed at boot as expected, but 2.2. BootThink seems to load this one first, and the one located in /Darwin only if the other is missing : after installing it, no EFI string and so on anymore !

 

then I had to reinstall 2.1 version, and everything came back ...

 

did you people encounter such an issue ? can you also confirm that it comes from a modification in BT since 2.1 ??

I am so sorry for this. But i have fixed the bug in Boot Think 2.2.2. In the latest version, it will load the .plist file in /Darwin first.

 

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im having a problem in windows 7.

 

i click the 2.2 executable and it extracts the files to root Darwin. but it refuses to install after extraction with "re-run install as administrator"

 

i have attempted to run it as admin as many ways as i know but still same error.

 

 

 

evo

You should run the file *:/Darwin/install.bat with Right-click it and selected "Run as Administrator"

 

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Ok i finished testing Boot Think 2.2 installed in 1st partition (XP)

My setup is 6 operating systems in MBR partition Table*

 

 

Partition 1: XP Pro boots directly

Partition 2: Leopard boots directly

Partition 3: Tiger boots directly

Partition 4: Ubuntu boots directly

Partition 5: Vista boots with windows boot menu

Partition 6: Windows7 boots with windows boot menu

Partition 7: Shared data unbootable

 

Since Boot Think is installed in XP partition, XP boots without windows boot menu

 

As my goal is to make every bootable partition boots without any other menu, I wonder if installing Boot Think and "run the file : /Darwin/MBR/SetupMBR.bat" in partition 5 and 6 can make them boot directly too?

 

What exactly SetupMBR.bat do?

First thank you very much for your test and your report.

Boot Think only can recognise the ntldr(for XP) and bootmgr(for Vista or Win 7). So if your Vista and Win 7 use the same bootmgr, the windows boot menu will appear.

The file 'SetupMBR.bat' will rewrite the MBR for Boot Think, to make the Boot Think to be loaded first when your PC power on.

 

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Hi all people. I wonder if someone can provide me some help. I installled XP in the first partition, then I installed osx 10.5.7 in the second partition, and the boot think 2.2. really beautiful, Leopard works perfect, but when I select windows, it hangs in the welcome blue screen. Is there a way to fix it?

 

Thanks for your help,

 

If Boot Think was installed under XP, you could uninstall it and reboot your PC.

If Boot Think was installed under Leopard, you could have a try with chameleon 2.

If the problem remain, I guess it maybe some thing wrong with the partitions.

 

 

 

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[chokia]

First thank you very much for your test and your report.

Boot Think only can recognise the ntldr(for XP) and bootmgr(for Vista or Win 7). So if your Vista and Win 7 use the same bootmgr, the windows boot menu will appear.

The file 'SetupMBR.bat' will rewrite the MBR for Boot Think, to make the Boot Think to be loaded first when your PC power on.

 

 

 

 

I tried to copy bootmgr to each folder, but then vista automatically creates a new gldr file into each root xp folder, win7 folder and vista folder, and disabled boot think

 

Delete all gldr files from all these folders will bring back boot think.

 

Is it hard to make Vista and Win 7 to boot directly from Boot Think menu?

[The Storm]

thx xiezhy for fixing it : you really rock !

 

any chance to see a SL compatible version ?

 

and a multi .mkext on (quite as C2RC2 does, with its UUID flag for instance ...), which would be needed in my cas (SL using different extensions) ?

[OcciJano]

xiezhy thank you very much. Your bootloader it's geting better and better.

 

Your are a Genius!

 

I love your work! (It's time to use it with my hard disks).

 

Thanks.

[shames]

easy as pie. i got 3 working os in my 320 gb partitioned in 4parts (mbr)

 

partition 1 = osx

partition 2 = win7

partition 3 = winXP

partition 4 = DATA (NTFS)

 

installed osx iatkos v7 then win7 and winxp, after that i boot with iatkos dvd and reinstalled the xiezhy bootlader and everything work as i expeceted no more typing in fdisk terminal or diskpart inxp/win 7 command prompt.

 

 

thanks a lot..

 

waiting for the update that would support the SL with mbr partition

[Evostar*]

Working Perfect still with 10.5.8 update. is resolution change only up to 1600x1200? my native resolution is WUXGA 1920x1200 but not supported by bootthink? g="1920x1200x32" = 1600x1200 only. the reason why i'd like to request 1920x1200 resolution support is with a Mobility x600 128mb 3150 i do not need a kext for my display. as whatever boot think resolution is set at my os x resolution matches without any mouse tearing like with callisto. so i hope to have native 1920x1200 without a kext. i appreciate if this is possible and im sure many other -x1000 owners would be too.

 

thanks for you help.

 

edit: just did the ?video command at boot. only goes up to 1600x1200x32 under vesa2. am i stuck with this idea now?

[zarac]

hi xiezhy and thanks again for your great bootloader.

i've been using it ever since version 1.1.0 and it works great for me.

 

one nice thing with your bootloader is that it contains a decrypter and a CPU PM disabler in the code, so no kexts for that are necessary.

but with the release of 10.5.8 update, almost all hackintoshes lost the sleep function.

some users found that removing disabler.kext helps getting sleep working again, but only if you're using a proper dsdt patch (and at the price of a few degrees hotter CPU).

 

unfortunately, Boot Think users cannot check if this works because removing the disabler is not possible.

could you make the decrypter and the disabler as options while installing Boot Think?

 

thanks

[xiezhy]

I tried to copy bootmgr to each folder, but then vista automatically creates a new gldr file into each root xp folder, win7 folder and vista folder, and disabled boot think

 

Delete all gldr files from all these folders will bring back boot think.

 

Is it hard to make Vista and Win 7 to boot directly from Boot Think menu?

Yes, i have no good idea now.

 

thx xiezhy for fixing it : you really rock !

 

any chance to see a SL compatible version ?

 

and a multi .mkext on (quite as C2RC2 does, with its UUID flag for instance ...), which would be needed in my cas (SL using different extensions) ?

Boot Think 2 do not support Snow now.

 

Working Perfect still with 10.5.8 update. is resolution change only up to 1600x1200? my native resolution is WUXGA 1920x1200 but not supported by bootthink? g="1920x1200x32" = 1600x1200 only. the reason why i'd like to request 1920x1200 resolution support is with a Mobility x600 128mb 3150 i do not need a kext for my display. as whatever boot think resolution is set at my os x resolution matches without any mouse tearing like with callisto. so i hope to have native 1920x1200 without a kext. i appreciate if this is possible and im sure many other -x1000 owners would be too.

 

thanks for you help.

 

edit: just did the ?video command at boot. only goes up to 1600x1200x32 under vesa2. am i stuck with this idea now?

"?video" lists the modes that the Boot Think supports. But the Leopard maybe support more.

 

hi xiezhy and thanks again for your great bootloader.

i've been using it ever since version 1.1.0 and it works great for me.

 

one nice thing with your bootloader is that it contains a decrypter and a CPU PM disabler in the code, so no kexts for that are necessary.

but with the release of 10.5.8 update, almost all hackintoshes lost the sleep function.

some users found that removing disabler.kext helps getting sleep working again, but only if you're using a proper dsdt patch (and at the price of a few degrees hotter CPU).

 

unfortunately, Boot Think users cannot check if this works because removing the disabler is not possible.

could you make the decrypter and the disabler as options while installing Boot Think?

 

thanks

'disabler.kext ' and 'decrypter.kext' are in the file /Darwin/rc/mkext

[AdLion]

I have no problem so far with this bootloader but I can't understand why booting OSX with it changed my HDDs (and the relative icon) from internal to external. If I boot with another bootloader icons are fine.

 

Also, when I hit Restart in OSX, the monitor go black but the POST doesn't appear and I need to do an Hard Reset.