Bartboy919 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Because there is no place in the Wiki that talks about Vista installation on a mac this will be the place to post Methods for installing Windows Vista on an Intel mac. If you make a tutorial please include a way to get most (if not all) drivers working on a mac, IE. Sound, Eject, wireless and so forth. If there is indeed an addition of a vista section in the wiki I must request that this thread be closed down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevermind1331 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 there arent any instructions because its really quite simple. all you need to do is delete the efi partition when you install. then, using a dumped imac drivers cd point the device manager to each device. thats really about it, wireless works and everything (except isight) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartboy919 Posted June 22, 2006 Author Share Posted June 22, 2006 That sums it up quite well, but what about those who are not as technologically advanced? I think we would get a reduction in threads asking how to do this and that in Vista if we made a single thread that goes through it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesli M. Kada Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I posted a detailed list. I don't remember the title of the thread. But I hosted it here as well: http://wordpress.dimf.ca The only part missing is the bluetooth, I did get t work but only half the time. So Not really a solved problem yet. Don't hesitate if you need any help. Best Regards Kada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nylock10 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Hey, look at this: http://guides.macrumors.com/Vista_Beta_2_on_Macbook_Pro It has probably been posted some place else but it is a good guide. It should work on iMacs, Mac Books (not Pros) and Mac Minis, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartboy919 Posted June 23, 2006 Author Share Posted June 23, 2006 I found them useful, but I didnt notice if it put up how to do the Eject and sound drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichBUK Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 You don't need to delete the EFI partition at all, just set it to disabled with fdisk. You can then just re-enable it as an EFi partition again when required without having to re-create it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomuserprofile Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 You don't need to delete the EFI partition at all, just set it to disabled with fdisk. You can then just re-enable it as an EFi partition again when required without having to re-create it. How do you do this exactly? I would highly apprecitate instructions on how you did this - I don't know how to type in the commands and when to disable or enable a partition. Thanks! PS. Yes, I am a total noobie sometimes, but I think that's the point of this thread, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichBUK Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Ok, here goes... May be easier to go with the majority of removing the EFI partition if you are unsure Open up the terminal, type sudo -e /dev/rdisk0 <enter pw> print <this gives you a list of the partitions> setpid 1 <type 0 to disable> quit exit Thats it, the efi partition is now disabled. Vista installed with no errors from here with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applemacman Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Two questions... 1. After you disable the efi, how do you re enable it? 2. Once you've enabled it again, can you unpartition the drive to just one partition without having to wipe the whole hd clean again? (meaning can I keep same mac partition, but add the memory back to it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawydna Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 It may be because I did a straight upgrade to Vista, but I've not had any of these driver problems. Nope, i've got my own! I keep getting unknown devices come up! I think one of them is Bluetooth. edit: one usb, one "Performance Counters" (???), and one unknown. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jak08 Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 ok, is there a way to install vista without xp intalled first? because well, my xp disc is a service pack 1, and then i have the service pack 2 disc as just that, an updater. so If someone has a way to install without xp first for dual booting, that would be much abliged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartboy919 Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 Since you dont need to activate windows to install vista i suggest asking a friend if they have an xp disk. None of my friend have one so I may just get XP off of demonoid. I dont belive it is illigal if i dont even boot into XP. RichBUK are you talking about this within XP or OSX? and if OSX how do you open up the terminal? It is a rather noob question but I have just ordered my macbook and expect to get it on the 25th, so yeah. EDIT: I got it never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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