very easy Dual Boot, no chain0 or Terminal-fiddling needed |
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very easy Dual Boot, no chain0 or Terminal-fiddling needed |
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RobbieTobbie
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 Apr 25 2009, 08:42 AM Post #1
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Hello,
after trying a lot of different Dual Boot methods mentioned on different websites , I wanted to have one which followed the upcoming rule: OSX should be the standard boot OS, Windows only when selected. Finally I found a solution and it´s so simple that I think many other users before me found it but I just wasn´t able to search for it. So if this is cold coffee to youo, just ignore the thread. But before we start: There is a minor flaw: After installation, Windows is not installed on Drive C: but (in my case) on H:, that seems to depend on what drives (card readers e.g.) you have installed. I personally don´t mind it since it doesn´t effect Windows at all but if someone can come up with a remedy I´m glad to read about it ;-) Ok, let´s go: What you should have: 1) a clean Harddisk 2) Windows XP Install CD 3) OSX Install CD (I used Kalyway 10.5.2) 4) a Geparted disk (just burn the iso you can download on the Geparted-Website) Start: Boot from the XP-CD an create a Partition of your desired size for XP, leave the rest unpartitioned. Then install Windows in this partition. How that works I guess you know. After finishing Windows Installation, boot from the Geparted-Disk and in Geparted create a primary partition of the size you want to dedicate to OSX. You can take any filesystem you like since OSX doesn´t accept this partition to install OSX in anyway, even if you take HFS+... Then in Geparted mark this partition as "boot" - reboot! Now boot from the OSX-DVD and after selecting the desired language go into Disk-Utility. The second primary partition (the one created with geparted) is shown in light grey. Select and erase it so that it´s reformatted with Mac OS Journaled file-system. Now leave the Disk-Utility and install OSX (after selecting the necessary options for your hardware). It´s done! After successful installation of OSX you can reboot and if you do nothing, it starts into OSX, or when prompted at bootloader, you can press a key and start windows. I´m not quite sure if prepping the second primary partition as boot is necessary but in my case it prevented OSX from meddling with the first partition so no "ntldr is missing" or anything pops up. If some steps can be left out, please correct me ;-) Bye RobbieTobbie |
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RobbieTobbie very easy Dual Boot Apr 25 2009, 08:42 AM
Eddie Turfboer During the windows installation the drive letters ... Apr 26 2009, 07:50 AM RobbieTobbie Hello,
thanks for that tip, I´m going to try that... Apr 26 2009, 02:08 PM ninetto Hello,
your instructions seem too simple to be tr... Apr 28 2009, 08:22 AM LatinMcGyver75 QUOTE (ninetto @ Apr 28 2009, 04:22 AM) H... Apr 29 2009, 07:47 AM   |
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