Excerpt from Apple Knowledge base article # 306580
Intel-based Mac: Startup issues after using unsupported version of Windows installer via Boot Camp
Issue or symptom
An Intel-based Mac may not be able to start up after attempting to install an unsupported version of Microsoft Windows XP via Boot Camp. In this situation, your Intel-based Mac may not be able to start from Mac OS X even if you hold the Option key during startup, and the hard disk may not be accessible in FireWire Target Disk Mode.
Products affected
Boot Camp
Intel-based Macs
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or earlier
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Posted: November 5, 2007 3:05 pm by Janice Canero-Conklin | 0 comments
Tags: Apple Boot Camp, Boot Camp, Dual Boot, Mac Leopard OS
Installing Leopard "cleanly" did not upgrade BootCamp to v2
Annoying. I would think that the installer would be "smart enough".
Boot Camp 1.2 was a beta that should have "timed out" (expired)
on the day that Leopaerd was released, but my laptop will still boot to Windows.
rEFIt is a 3rd party utility that interrupts the startup sequaence and allows the user to shoose what OS to startup to.
Installing rEFIt v.10 has caused a bit of instability. The Mac always boots, but
sometimes you see the rEFIt screen and sometimes you do not.
Its behavior also does not mimic what used to happen.
What used to be:
The mac would startup to O/S that it last started up to unless told to do otherwise.
My experience with the new refit and Leopard has been that the mac will always startup to the mac even though I booted to windows in the previous bootup.
I wonder if the behavior is related to the "timed out" Boot Camp v1.2.
This entry is also noted for further testing.
Posted: November 3, 2007 6:38 pm by Janice Canero-Conklin | 0 comments
Tags: Apple Boot Camp, Dual Boot, Mac, Mac Leopard OS, rEFIt
