Select CD-ROM Boot Type

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Select CD-ROM Boot Type

I have an error that many people have apparently had, but all their solutions require a Windows machine. The error is like this: I start Boot Camp Assistant, it repartitions the drive just fine, I insert my Windows 7 x64 disk, I click the install Windows button, the Mac powers down, and as it is coming back up it has the following message:

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Select CD-ROM Boot Type: _

and the "_" just keeps blinking. The keyboard is unresponsive.

I have heard of needing to reburn the DVD with some special settings and whatnot, but it all requires a Windows machine of which I do not have. Is there a Mac-only solution to this?

Thank you.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.3), None

Posted on May 10, 2010 9:30 PM

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Answer 1

The hatter

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May 11, 2010 1:06 PM in response to PhoenixRebourne

You could install Windows in a VM, modify the DVD ISO with Imgburn with that, then install using the modified ISO you created and burned.

Apple won't come out and never mentions UEFI or EFI64, but that is the crux of the why and issue.

As for x64 drivers from Apple, that is an easy work around - compatibility mode and copy to your Windows user downloads, and instead of running Apple's SETUP.exe go to the Apple/drivers/ folder instead and BootCamp64.

64-bit is less vulnerable and has better security and other features. You wanted 64-bit originally anyway.

Imgburn has to be run from Windows, and using a VM is the only work around needed.... for 64-bit versions on any Mac.

Why Macs are such closed and unfriendly to Windows...

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Answer 2

The hatter

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May 11, 2010 4:38 AM in response to PhoenixRebourne

Some people install Windows in a VM. The latest version of Imgburn is said to be better also.

http://jowie.com/blog/post/2008/02/24/Select-CD-ROM-Boot-Type-prompt-while-tryin g-to-boot-from-Vista-x64-DVD-burnt-from-iso-file.aspx

http://forums.macrumors.com/forumdisplay.php?f=86

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Answer 3

May 11, 2010 12:48 PM in response to The hatter

I am about to close this out, but I wanted to leave a final message for anyone else in the same predicament.

That will work in some cases for people who are having the same problem and have an applicable Mac. I don't have the link in front of me, but Apple has an official list of how new your Mac has to be to install a 64-bit operating system on with Boot Camp. They are the Macs starting in mid-2008 and on, if I remember correctly.

If you aren't using Boot Camp, then maybe you will have better luck, but I doubt it because there won't be any drivers. Apple won't have released any 64-bit drivers for your Mac. If you are persistent, then maybe, but I don't recommend trying unless you know what you are doing.

What I did to solve the problem, was simply install the 32-bit version. Because it's being used as a side OS, it doesn't really matter which bit-age it is unless you have more than 4 GB of RAM. In that case, only ~4 GB will be used.

Good luck.

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Answer 4

Jul 19, 2010 6:08 PM in response to PhoenixRebourne

I found this happened after first loading windows.What is happening is that the Mac is automaically selecting the Windows partition. Restart but hold down the Alt key until it boots up as a Mac. Remove the CD and restart again using the Alt key to enable you to choose which partition to use.

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Answer 5

May 11, 2010 12:51 PM in response to PhoenixRebourne

The question wasn't so much answered. I simply created a
"workaround."

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