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Ok, first off, my drive configuration is as follows:

 

1 SATA 250GB with Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (NTFS)

 

1 IDE 20GB with OSx86 10.5.6 on it (HFS+)

1 SATA 500GB Empty HFS+ [THIS IS THE NEW DRIVE]

 

So my current OSX install is on the 20Gb IDE, I know... sucks. That was originally a test, but it worked great. This drive uses a GUID partition table. I do not have more than one OS on any drive, so GUID was not an issue.

 

Now I added a 500GB drive that I patitioned as HFS+ using GUID as well.

 

I want to move the 20GB OSX to my 500Gb HFS+ drive.

 

I have read SuperDuper can do this, but I am looking for a free solution if there is one.

 

Also I have seen screenshots of the new chameleon loader and wonder if this will work for my final setup? which will be (250GB windows, and separate 500GB OsX drive)

 

Also, until that comes out, what bootloader should I use that support booting to separate drives? I have read Darwin doesn't support that. Currently I have been hitting F8 on my keyboard when it starts up to choose a harddrive, but I wan't something a little more clean, or pretty, as chameleon looks.

 

Thanks for any help!

 

UPDATE: So I went ahead and got SuperDuper, and it worked great!

 

I also installed Chameleon, but I am confused... Chameleon seems to just show one line of text on the top with it's name, then show the regular darwin bootloader.

 

Where is Chameleon's pretty interface? Did copying from my old drive also bring over darwin which is conflicting with chameleon?

 

Rgardless, my system still botts and works from the new bigger hard drive, so I am happy, but I still want the pretty chameleon interface someday!

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