Question about boot

Why I can't boot my pc with floppy disk?
error message is:
could not mount file system

Please tell us some details about your PC's mainboard, BIOS version
and the type of floppy drive you use.
In case it's an Asus A7V with BIOS release 1003 or newer:
Downgrade the BIOS to release 1002 and the floppy works. It also
fixes problems with the serial and parallel ports. Old bios
versions are available here:
<br>
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/socka/kt133/a7v/
<br>
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/socka/kt133/a7v/a7v1002.zip

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Few Questions about Boot Camp...

I'm thinking about installing Windows Vista on my new MacBook but I have a few questions...
Would I be able to download software such as Halo 2 for example and run it on my Mac?
Basically, all I'm asking is, will my Mac be similar with Windows installed on it as a regularly PC? Would my Mac be a bit slower with Windows Vista installed?
Thanks

Would I be able to download software such as Halo 2 for example and run it on my Mac?
Yes.
Basically, all I'm asking is, will my Mac be similar with Windows installed on it as a regularly PC?
Yes, if Boot Camp is used.
Would my Mac be a bit slower with Windows Vista installed?
Not with Boot Camp. It will be if a Windows emulator such as Parallels Desktop is actively running on it.
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A few questions about Boot Camp: installation, performance, which Win OS?

Hello.
I am planning on getting a windows OS. My main motives for this are because I would like to get some PC only games (I've been eyeing that Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition that is soon to come out) and because there is a good chance that I will need some PC only programs for my college work. I just had a few questions before I did anything. Note: I am running 10.5.8 now but getting 10.6 soon.
1. According to wikipedia: "Its functionality relies on BIOS emulation through EFI and a partition table information synchronization mechanism between GPT and MBR combined". The only word I understood of that sentence was "emulation." I know that emulation software significantly reduces performance. Is this true for boot camp? (say i were to get the exact same game for both mac and windows and set them to the exact same performance settings, when playing on windows, would there be more lag than on OS X?)
2. Which Windows OS should I get? Since I am just going to be using Boot Camp to run games and a few other programs, would XP be the best to get to optimize the application's performance (as opposed to Win 7)?
3. How complex is installation? I am a decent Mac techie, but this is my first time with boot camp, and I am a Windows noobie.
4. There seems to be a lot of talk about partitions. What exactly is a partition? I have some theories, but want to know for sure.
Message was edited by: Tomatoes&RadioWires

Hi,
check out the following link, excellent advice and performance tests on gaming.
cheers,
Dave
http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.25/25.04/VMBenchmarks/index.html

2 questions about booting

Question 1.
When starting / rebooting it takes a long time from when you press the power button / reboot to when the windows XP flag screen is displayed. The MSI flag screen is displayed for 25 - 30 seconds, then once it goes away it is another 25 - 30 seconds untill the HDD responds and the windows XP flag screen is displayed.
Is there a way to shorten all this? I would be happy if the MSi screen was only up for a few seconds. I have replaced the HDD in this system 3 times due to upgrades and 1 failure, this problem has always been present. In BIOS I have quick boot enabled and the HDD is listed as the only boot device. If it matters the BIOS version is 1.2 11.
Question 2.
Since installation of the 60 gig HDD in my system yesterday and reinstallation of windows XP, my system hangs during booting if it is started after sitting over night / several hours. Durng a cold start, after the MSI flag screen it will prompt for me to put a boot disc in the floppy drive. If I then restart it and enter BIOS I find that the HDD has been removed from the boot list. When selecting the option to select boot devices only the CD ROM and floppy are listed, the HDD is not there. If I select disable for all 3 boot device choices and select yes to search for other boot device, it will start ok (after a minute wait). After this if I restart the PC and enter BIOS I will find that the HDD is now an option for a boot device. This problem only happens if the PC has been powered off for awhile, I can reboot all day and be ok.
If the answer to either of these 2 questions if to flash the BIOS can you please explain the proper way to do this. I have never done it and know it will cause problems if not done right

tsonka:
I cannot explain the long time for the MSI flag screen in POST but the lag time after the machine looks at your HDD might be related to a timeout period specified in your boot.ini file. You can look at it by left-clicking on My Computer, then click properties, then click the Advanced tab. At the bottom of the next window there is a section called Startup and Recovery. Click Settings. At the top, under System Startup, you can see what timeout is set for the Time to display list of operating systems. This can be reduced to 1 if you are booting from only one O.S. anyway.
This may or may not reduce some of the boot time. If you are not sure what you are doing, DO NOT click the edit button and try to edit the boot.ini file directly. You can click the edit button and look at the file. Under the [Operationg Systems] section the path "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" should have a " /fastdetect" at the end of the path.
Hope this helps.

Installing windows 7 and one other questions about boot camp

I have a 20 inch iMac with Mac OS 10.5.7 and all updates. I am thinking about upgrading from vista on boot camp to Windows 7. I know what to do but i wanted to hear some personal experiences from other people. Also, a long tome ago, I tried to install Windows XP but realized half way through that I did not have a product key. It turns out I did not need one, but I tried to cancel the installation process and all I would get was "Press any key to restart" and I would be sent back to the beginnign of the installation. I was trapped in a loop. For future reference, how do u "escape" this loop? Thanks

You 'escape' by not killing it. And most people have to redo their entire install to get things working properly.

Question about booting from detached mirror disk failed

please see bellow for detail info,would you like to give me some advise on how to do this?
root@hn-t5220-test # zpool status
pool: rpool
state: ONLINE
scrub: none requested
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
rpool ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror ONLINE 0 0 0
c1t0d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0
c1t1d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0
errors: No known data errors
root@hn-t5220-test # zpool offline rpool c1t1d0s0
root@hn-t5220-test # zpool status
pool: rpool
state: DEGRADED
status: One or more devices has been taken offline by the administrator.
Sufficient replicas exist for the pool to continue functioning in a
degraded state.
action: Online the device using 'zpool online' or replace the device with
'zpool replace'.
scrub: none requested
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
rpool DEGRADED 0 0 0
mirror DEGRADED 0 0 0
c1t0d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0
c1t1d0s0 OFFLINE 0 0 0
errors: No known data errors
root@hn-t5220-test # zpool detach rpool c1t1d0s0
root@hn-t5220-test #
root@hn-t5220-test #
root@hn-t5220-test # init 0
root@hn-t5220-test # svc.startd: The system is coming down. Please wait.
svc.startd: 96 system services are now being stopped.
Mar 23 21:13:39 hn-t5220-test syslogd: going down on signal 15
svc.startd: The system is down.
syncing file systems... done
Program terminated
ChassisSerialNumber BEL0848KRT
SPARC Enterprise T5220, No Keyboard
Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.29.0.a, 65408 MB memory available, Serial #85045372.
Ethernet address 0:21:28:11:b0:7c, Host ID: 8511b07c.
{0} ok boot mirrdisk
Boot device: /pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0/disk@1,0:a File and args:
SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_137137-09 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
NOTICE:
* This device is not bootable! *
* It is either offlined or detached or faulted. *
* Please try to boot from a different device. *
NOTICE:
spa_import_rootpool: error 22
Cannot mount root on /pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0/disk@1,0:a fstype zfs
panic[cpu0]/thread=180e000: vfs_mountroot: cannot mount root
000000000180b950 genunix:vfs_mountroot+358 (800, 200, 0, 18a7c00, 18d1400, 18fa400)
%l0-3: 00000000010d1000 00000000010d0fa0 00000000018ad7b8 00000000011fd800
%l4-7: 00000000011fd800 00000000018fc800 0000000000000600 0000000000000200
000000000180ba10 genunix:main+a0 (182b548, 180c000, 185b240, 18f6c00, 1831948, 182b400)
%l0-3: 000000000101a800 0000000000000001 0000000070002000 0000000000000000
%l4-7: 0000000001862800 0000000000000000 000000000180c000 0000000000000000
skipping system dump - no dump device configured
rebooting...

Why would you need to swap the drives? Couldn't you just boot from the mirror directly? If the primary disk isn't available, it should just mark that side down.
This is very different from removing a disk from the pool and then trying to use it.
Darren

Few questions. about booting

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Just got a Time Capsule 500gb one.
I do work with Rhinoceros 3D and AutoCad, so i was wondering if theres any chance to boot up from time capsule, like Make a partition 250gb for Microso** and 250gb for MacOS Storage, or, install windows on the MBP Hard Drive, and leave MacOS at Time Capsule.
Thanks
BtW, Time Capsule is awesome!
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Where can i learn about Boot Camp

to all
i would like to learn about boot camp and the risks of puttiong windows on my mac. some things i just need on windows.
where can i read about it before i start to post dumb questions about virus software and the risk of virus, as i'm sure its been addressed somewhere..

thanks for the reply The Hatter... but its not a case of not leaving my comfort zone, but getting the full facts first for what i want to do. I;m quite good at leaving my comfort zone thank you..
currently trying to build a server at home with little experience
teaching myself HTML and Javascript and writing 5 websites on the fly
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Some questions about a Time Capsule

Hi!!
I just have a few questions about a Time Capsule, but first let me explain the backgroud to my questions.
I live in a 2 floor house(including a basement) and my bedroom is downstairs. My parents currently have a desktop PC connected to our wireless router and our printer. Me and my step-father both have 13 inch MacBook Pros, and he uses the Mac like a basic computer, so the equipment connected to our PC is good for him. I, on the other hand, use my Mac, iPad and iPhone to their fullest potential. I am a SUPER MEGA NERD when it comes to computers, so I plan on making my bedroom an amazing office at the same time. So I want an AirPrint Enabled printer in my bedroom (Under 100$$) along with a Time Capsule to back up my information, because everyday I look around in the backdoor of my Mac alot, and if I jack anything up (And I cant handle the problem) I would like to restore my Mac to a previous version. So here are my questions:
1) My bedroom is right underneath our router, so i get GREAT Wi-Fi in my room. If I get a Time Capsule, can I use it in my room to extend my Wi-Fi, and how would that work? Will it extend my wifi under the same name, because I would like my own Wi-Fi (Titled to what I want with my own password)
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3) Would I need to connect my new printer directly to my ROUTER, or could I connect it to the TIME CAPSULE?
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1) My bedroom is right underneath our router, so i get GREAT Wi-Fi in my room. If I get a Time Capsule, can I use it in my room to extend my Wi-Fi, and how would that work? Will it extend my wifi under the same name, because I would like my own Wi-Fi (Titled to what I want with my own password)
Actually I am surprised you get good wireless as usually directly above or below a router is often the worst spot. Time Capsule cannot extend the wireless of any other router than Apple.. it is a special system and only Apple can join the club. It has bad effect though, if you set the TC to extend wireless it turns off ethernet ports.. which is hugely dumb.
The best arrangement is ethernet to the upstairs.. or EOP adapters. If not then a wireless router that matches the existing unit will generally be better than mixing apple and non-apple.
2) If I have to create a NEW Wi-Fi network, how would I do that?
3) Would I need to connect my new printer directly to my ROUTER, or could I connect it to the TIME CAPSULE?
You create a new wireless network by selecting manually the wireless channel and use different wireless name, ssid and security. There are 3 available channels on 2.4ghz.. your existing router will use one or two.. depending on if the setting is 20mhz or 40mhz.. so you need to manually set everything and not use auto.
TC is slow on 2.4ghz cf 5ghz and there are many more channels at 5ghz but not everything can use it.. iphone for instance is 2.4ghz only . whereas ipad can use 5ghz.. most full computers now can use 5ghz.
Buy a wireless network printer. Or alternatively an ethernet network would be also ok but now are more expensive than wireless ones. Network printers are not much more than straight USB and work much better.
I do not use airprint so have nothing to offer.. find the best HP model in your budget.. but others may have had more experience.. I use ethernet connected b/w laser business type HP.. they work great.. but airprint is too recent an innovation for me.

A question about grub and USB

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i cant say for hp's
havent worked on any in a while
recent machines have been coupleof dell's , vaio & emachine
which dells do offer it at least the ones i tried , my laptop does(dell)
all home pc's are built by me which do offer to boot individual drives
what hp you getting it may tell in specs
are both discs sata? if so it might not offer this option with 2 drives of same interface
check your power supply alot of these preconfigured machines put cheap under reated power supplies in there
& will burn your motherboard i just replaced PS(250 watt) & mobo(845gvsr) in an emachines <cheap stuff<
i hope you researched the pc before buying ie : mobo, power supply are the biggest concerns
i find it much more benificial to build my own machine gives me peace at mind. the cost is sometimes more in $ but not always , your biggest expense is time researching hardware
if you live in usa the best places to start looking are bensbargains.net & pricewatch.com
i am not affiliated with either & niether sell the hardware they are just advertisers a place to buy
for costomized machines that i would trust is unitedmicro.com theyll asemble & test before shipping
i have gotten 2 machines so far from them with NO PROBLEMS with hardware (knock knock)
you may want to consider this in your next venture for pc

A few questions about my MacBook Pro?

Hey guys, I have a few questions about Virtual Machines and a few other random questions.
1. Which one is the most "complete" in its features when compared to a plain install of Win. 7?
2. Which VM should I purchase?
I have a 15" late 2012 MacBook Pro with a 2.6 ghz intel i7, 16gb ram and a 256gb SSD. (I was planning on running it off of an external hard drive— if that is possible)
3. I have 206.12 GB of 255.2 GB free— should I just use boot camp instead?
4. If I use Boot Camp, do I have to delete the data that's on my Mac currently to install Win. 7 or can I partition my current drive and keep my data?
5. What is the "other" data that's taking up 25.51 GB of space on my SSD? (I have the same problem on my iPhone, but that's a different problem.)
Thank you very much.

You posted your Boot Camp questions in the MacBook Pro forum. Try asking in the Boot Camp forum where the Boot Camp gurus hang out. https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software/boot_camp

Question about using iMac 2011 as a monitor

hi ,, i have imac 2011 21'5
can i use as a monitor to play xbox 360 on it using mini displayport to hdmi cable ??
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Frank:
Thanks so much for responding! One question about your post. When you say that the Mac Mini cannot boot in OS 9, does that mean that if I wanted it to hold Filemaker Pro 4 files (which runs on OS 9), that it cannot do this? We would not be running Filemaker on the Mini, just storing the files. We would run Filemaker off of our desktop computers. Sorry, I don't know a ton about computers, so sometimes I need clarification about the terms that people use.-Rob

Question about Video Cards on Laptops

Hi everyone, and sorry if I post this in the wrong area. I own a few computers, some are consider ancient and others are somewhat old but can run Windows XP just fine. I have a question about the computers in the stores today.
I am looking to invest in a new laptop, possibly a desktop in the near future depending on my budget. The question I have about video cards today is that, I enjoy a good MMO game now and then, I don't expect to play heavy intensive games, just maybe some more advance games. I notice that for one game that I want to play, it requires a video card to have (Shadow Rendering, Vertex and Pixle Shaders). Do the computers today have those as standard for thier video card? Or do I have to invest in a little bit more expensive laptop/desktop. I am willing to invest money for some more RAM, if I need to improve its preformance. The reason I ask is because I have a 4 year old Laptop with a broken keyboard, and I was thinking about just replacing the laptop with a newer one. it has some pretty good specs and runs everything fine, but it can not play certain games because of those missing video requirements. (Current laptop incase someone is curious: 1.5Ghz Celeron M, 1GB memory 64MB video (Shared) ) Thanks to anyone who has the answer to this question. (P.S sorry if everything is scrunched together. for some reason the formatting is wierd on Opera web browser

Graphics cards have all those standard today... or at least they should unless you get a really cheap Graphics card. The kind of graphics card and processor and other specs of the computer you want to get should depend on what you want to do with it. It also depends on the kind of games you want to play. If you're playing FPS [first person shooter] then you need a really good graphics card and processor. If you're playing something like Diablo 2 or something that's on the lower end of graphics then you just need decent specs. Graphics cards, I suggest something with aGeForce Nividia card... as of today, they are in the 9 series for high-end cards I believe. For processors... get something like Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 or T9600 or the Core 2 Quatros or Extremes. Extremes are intended for hardcore gaming and would be more expensive. For RAM you should have at least 2GB... you can always upgrade that later.
For laptops my suggestions are:
$3k+ get a customized alienware
$2-3 get a customized dell xps, or macbook pro [although if you're gaming i would suggest you dual boot with windows xp or vista]
$1-2k get a cheaper customized dell, or sony vaio
under $1k... well I don't know what to say... you can't really get a nice gaming computer for under that price.
I personally DO NOT like HP computers at all because they are so quirky and have so many problems and break down easily.

Questions about Macbook

I am about to go into my first year of college this July, and I've been looking for a laptop. I've used iMacs before a little bit, but I have a few questions about the Macbook Pro and Mac OS X 10.5. So if someone can help me that would be great.
First of all: How is the Macbook Pro overall as a laptop? Is it a pretty good one?
Secondly: How good is the back-up utility? (Time Machine) Is it pretty good? How big of an external hard drive would I need to back up everything?
Third question: How is the program Boot Camp? I'm planning on putting Windows XP Pro on the Mac using Boot Camp. How is compatibility? Also I've heard that if you make the partition for Windows less than 32 GB, the partitions would be able to "see" each other... does that mean Mac OS X can read FAT 32 drives? Would I be able to transfer files between the two OSs with that setup?
and lastly: Would Mac OS X be able to read my flash drive?
Thanks in advance everyone

batwing20 wrote:
First of all: How is the Macbook Pro overall as a laptop? Is it a pretty good one?
I find it phenomenal, the best laptop I've used. OS X is a versatile and stable OS, and the hardware hasn't given me any trouble.
Secondly: How good is the back-up utility? (Time Machine) Is it pretty good? How big of an external hard drive would I need to back up everything?
It works great for me. You can't be nit-picky, so if you want a backup program with lots of settings there are plenty of options, but for those of us who just want something to fall back on when the HD goes kaput or we delete a file on accident, its perfect.
Third question: How is the program Boot Camp? I'm planning on putting Windows XP Pro on the Mac using Boot Camp. How is compatibility? Also I've heard that if you make the partition for Windows less than 32 GB, the partitions would be able to "see" each other... does that mean Mac OS X can read FAT 32 drives? Would I be able to transfer files between the two OSs with that setup?
I haven't used it enough to answer the file sharing questions, but in my limited use it's been excellent, and many friends rave.
It's worth noting that when PC World was testing the fastest Windows Vista laptops, #1 was the MBP running Vista on BootCamp.
and lastly: Would Mac OS X be able to read my flash drive?
Yes. USB drives work great. The only thing, when you delete a file off a flash drive with default formatting, you'll only send it to a hidden "trashes" file. To permanently delete it off the stick, you'll need to push commandshiftdelete.
Hope that helps!

Question about MP3-Disc

How can I make a mp3 disc with each music cd in another directory ??? Example I have ' got cd1 with song 1 and song 2 , another cd : cd2 with song 1. The name of the first directory is cd1 with the 2 songs and an another directory "cd 2" with song 1. Can somebody help me ?? Itunes did it 1 time. But I don't know how.
Wim

podsorcerer wrote:
I currently have two dell computers one laptop and one desktop. I am planning on going to get a new Mac laptop this weekend and i had a question about the windows install disk that came with the computer i already own. the disk is distributed by dell and says only for installation on dell systems. could i use this to install windows into boot camp on my new mac, or will it mess up the bios and such?
It won't work. Dell only supplies recovery CDs. They have the hardware needed for the Dell and that's it. I would also guess that it does not have SP2 incorporated into it. You could mess up your Mac, but it would not install so why even bother with it?
You need the full XP with SP2 embedded or Vista CD or DVD. Anything less won't work.

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