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Bootchamp by Kainjow

Enigmafan420

Enigmafan420

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Apr 18, 2008
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I am having trouble with Bootchamp on my new MB-I use it ALL THE TIME on my mini and it is fine.

However, on the MB, when it restarts, it restarts into OS-X, not windows.

Anybody have any ideas?

Thanks!
 
chilipie said:
System Preferences -> Startup Disk

And then hold down Option during startup to boot the other OS.
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Yeah I understand that-BOOTCHAMP is an alternative to that. It works like the bootcamp assistant does in windows-it puts an Icon near the time in the upper left corner. When you click the Icon, it allows you to reboot into windows without going through all the hoops you just mentioned.

It actually is SLICK-when it works, and I am using it on 2 minis in my house and it works great-but for whatever reason, it isn't working on the new MB.

See http://www.kainjow.com/ for more details. A great little program-just wish I could get it to work on the MB.
 
Me, I just take the simple approach.

Since I usually use Mac OS X and Windows XP via Parallels/VMware, I use the Mac OS as the default boot OS. So if I start or restart my Mac it goes into Mac OS X by default.

Then if I want to boot into Windows, I just hold down the OPTION key and select from there. When I restart, it goes back into the Mac OS.

This works for me and does not require any added software.

YMMV.
 
Is your MB a MacBook Air? I think the app doesn't work on MBA's properly and if you have the brand new MB it might behave similarly (something to do with the firmware).

Anyways I have a newer beta version I haven't got around to releasing yet which you can try here. I'm not sure if it fixes the issue though.
http://www.kainjow.com/downloads/beta/BootChamp_.zip
 
kainjow said:
Is your MB a MacBook Air? I think the app doesn't work on MBA's properly and if you have the brand new MB it might behave similarly (something to do with the firmware).

Anyways I have a newer beta version I haven't got around to releasing yet which you can try here. I'm not sure if it fixes the issue though.
http://www.kainjow.com/downloads/beta/BootChamp_.zip
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Now that's great service and support! :)
 
kainjow said:
Is your MB a MacBook Air? I think the app doesn't work on MBA's properly and if you have the brand new MB it might behave similarly (something to do with the firmware).

Anyways I have a newer beta version I haven't got around to releasing yet which you can try here. I'm not sure if it fixes the issue though.
http://www.kainjow.com/downloads/beta/BootChamp_.zip
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No it is one of the new Alum MB (2.4 model).

I will try the beta and report back-THANKS!

Enigmafan420 said:
No it is one of the new Alum MB (2.4 model).

I will try the beta and report back-THANKS!
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The beta still boots me to OS-X :(

I appreciate the link to the new version though-COOL icon :)
 
kainjow said:
Is your MB a MacBook Air? I think the app doesn't work on MBA's properly and if you have the brand new MB it might behave similarly (something to do with the firmware).

Anyways I have a newer beta version I haven't got around to releasing yet which you can try here. I'm not sure if it fixes the issue though.
http://www.kainjow.com/downloads/beta/BootChamp_.zip
Click to expand...

Just tried this beta on my Macbook Pro and it is not working on it either. Would love to have this working again on MBP, so let me know if you would like me to test any new betas you have of BootChamp.

Steve
 
I haven't personally tested this on SL yet, but I just got a report that it's causing a kernel panic, so don't use it. I believe the reason comes from using an old method for running a process as root which SL has mostly removed. So it's not an easy fix but I will work on it when I can.

I did test on beta builds but it still wasn't working for the latest unibody MacBooks and Pros. I doubt it's fixed in the final build but I'll post an update on what I find.

Edit: I think that kernel panic was unrelated since I tested it and didn't get it.
 
I think the issue with the system not temporarily booting into Windows on certain machines (mainly C2D unibody MBPs) has been fixed in 10.6.3. I can no longer reproduce the problem. Can anyone else confirm? With BootChamp 1.1: make sure "Next restart only" is checked and System Preferences shows your Mac OS X volume as the startup disk, then use BootChamp to Restart into Windows. If it goes into Windows, it's working.
 
I just uploaded version 1.2 which now only requires the admin password once. A good amount of the app's code was reworked to implement this, so let me know if it's not working or is buggy. I also added back support for 10.5 although this is completely untested.

Download:
http://www.kainjow.com/downloads/BootChamp.zip

The built-in help file contains more details on what's changed.
 
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