ank14 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 I need help booting an already installed version of osx86 uphuck 10.4.9 on an external HD. I have another HD that has winxp on it and I would love to create an easy boot menu but I need some help because I have no clue what to do. Help would be greatly appreciated! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59788-help-booting-osx/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ank14 Posted August 12, 2007 Author Share Posted August 12, 2007 Update: Okay so I installed osx on my usb harddrive but for some reason its not not booting up. I am confused cause I thought you could maybe do this and mac osx bootable. Does anyone know how to maybe fix this this? Edit: When booting from my external drive I get a NTLDR error. Which I dont understand cause its setup in my bios fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59788-help-booting-osx/#findComment-425713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boinkytwo Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 when youre getting ntdlr error, meanig you were booting to a windows partition. it is the windows partition which is active for booting up the machine. you must configure you external hard drive to be a primary, and in bios setup, set your boot device priority to usb hdd. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59788-help-booting-osx/#findComment-425834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ank14 Posted August 13, 2007 Author Share Posted August 13, 2007 hmm... well how exactly do i set my external usb hd as a primary? It looks different than the average external hd, and i dont see any jumper to set it. is there a way to do it within my computer? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59788-help-booting-osx/#findComment-426076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ank14 Posted August 13, 2007 Author Share Posted August 13, 2007 Ok I have given up on my usb drive and managed to get my hands a spare internal hd, i set it up and installed osx on it but when i try to boot from the disk after it installs it wont go past a flashing "_" I went into bios and turned off my primary hd and made this one primary but it still doesnt work. Any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59788-help-booting-osx/#findComment-426123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boinkytwo Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 what i meant of "primary" is the partition table. im not referring to your primary ide or sata connector. its not primary master or primary slave. when you create a partition, you may set it as primary or logical. to create a primary partition, you need to use a partition software, for ease of use. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/59788-help-booting-osx/#findComment-426408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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