refit boot manager menu

[Uraken]

Hi all i'm using refit to try and manage my xp /osx dual boot environment but the boot menu fails to appear, i have follwed the instructions to the letter does anyone have any ideas?

thanks in advance
uraken

[pscott]

Does your computer boot into Mac or Windows?

[Uraken]

currently mac but i can hold down the alt key at start up to make a choice between xp or mac..

[pscott]

Have you done the manual installation?

Open Terminal and enter the following commands: cd /efi/refit
./enable.sh


I have had to do this everytime, and after the second restart it has always worked

Have you change any settings in the conf file?

[Uraken]

i had tried the manual install yes to no availl. However using your syntax did work

Also i had not changed anything in the conf file. Can i assume that this is where the timeout settings are kept? as i would like the machine to stay at this screen until student selects an option.

Also you say you have to do this every time would
cd /efi/refit
./enable-always.sh

resolve that?

thanks

[pscott]

I just meant each time I installed it

The refit.conf file contains all the settings you need. including disabling boot from external drives etc...

[Uraken]

ah yes sorry that makes sense now.
thanks to all of you for your help this afternoon.
uraken