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New Project: Boot retail leopard from VHD


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One of Windows 7's new features is the ability to boot a VHD file. Using this technology to boot Leopard would help many people - especially noobs - to setup a dual boot. So you're probably wondering how close this project is to completion. Pretty close actually. Here's how you can do it:

 

1. Create blank VHD using Disk Management in Windows 7 RC1 and attach it

2. Set vmware workstation to use a physical disk and set it to the attached VHD

3. Use donk's instructions to boot retail leopard on vmware workstation

4. Boot the VM and install using retail disc

5. Boot into install (still using vmware workstation) and install chameleon 2.0 RC1 to the root of the hard drive. I added necessary kexts for my system (dsmos, cpumanagementdisabler, IOATAFamily)

6. Close vmware, copy VHD to C:\vdisk\

7. Run the following as admin:

C:\>bcdedit /copy {current} /d "Mac OS X"
C:\>bcdedit /set <guid> device vhd=[C:]\vdisk\mac.vhd
C:\>bcdedit /set <guid> osdevice vhd=[C:]\vdisk\mac.vhd
C:\>bcdedit /set <guid> detecthal on

8. Reboot.

 

This is where I'm stuck and help would be awesome. I get an error while booting up:

pb230218.jpg

 

Any idea what's wrong guys?

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