eclau Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 This guide shows you how you could use the Darwin bootloader of OS X as the boot manager. Assumption: partition 1 = OS X, partition 2 = Vista Step 1: install OS X on partition 1. Step 2: make partition 2 the active partition so that Vista can be installed on it. Boot up OS X and in a terminal window, sudo fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 flag 2 quit reboot Step 3: install Vista on partition 2. Step 4: restore OS X on the MBR. Boot off OS X dvd disc in single user mode (press F8 & type -s). At single user prompt, fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 flag 1 update write quit reboot Step 5: make partition 2 the active partition now to boot up Vista. At this point OS X should boot up and in a terminal window, sudo fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 flag 2 quit reboot Step 6: restore Vista on the MBR. Upon reboot, Vista will show "\Window\system32\winload" corrupted. Insert Vista disc & follow directions to recover. Reboot & check that Vista boots up fine. Step 7: make partition 1 the active partition again to use the Darwin bootloader. Boot off OS X dvd disc in single user mode again (press F8 & type -s). At single user prompt, fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 flag 1 quit reboot Voila! To set the timeout duration of the Darwin bootloader, add the following flag to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist <key>Timeout</key> <string>x</string> where x = number of seconds the bootloader will wait before booting up partition 1. Hope this helps. Credits to TopazBar: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=33216 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omgwtf Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Good guide,detail and simple...thanks, it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auggie Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 At step 3 (Install Vista) I get to the point where I select my partition to install Vista on (disk 0 partition 2) and I have to format it, which I do, then when I click "next" to continue Vista installation, I get error: "Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria for installation." Any ideat what's going on here, and how to fix it? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auggie Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 ...I think the step 2 (make partition 2 active) is failing when I use terminal from OS X. I'm trying now to make it active through Ultimate Boot CD's "XXFDISK," will report on success later on today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnipinTerminator Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Here's my guide about this topic: http://www.profit42.com/index.php/2006/12/...ot-on-intelamd/ It uses Vista's boot loader instead of Darwin cause with all those new developments I keep reinstalling OSX. After a reinstall the Vista boot loader stays intact and will also be usable when u delete osx. (btw: this alo solves the HFS+ partition error) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auggie Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 I was right. Fixed it through Ultimate Boot CD. Thanks. Snipin, I'll try your link if this one fails.... since I'm already in the middle of this one. Thanks. Bookmarking this page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auggie Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 :-D Worked! Great work! Thanks! Now my only issue is that im RETARDED!!!!! and apparrently mis-labeled a Vista DVD as RTM when it was IN FACT an RC1 disk!!! What a moronic error! So now I've got to re-do it all, using my REAL RTM disk... off to find the RIGHT RTM disk... *hoping I labeled it correctly... now I'm nervous that it's labeled as an RC1 disk :-/* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auggie Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 update -- worked perfectly just upgrading the RC1 vista to EcHoS release of Vista Enterprise. I then used melinda.gates method to activate vista. now i have a "fully" functional OS X partition, and a fully functional and activated vista enterprise partition! thnks for great tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitamin-c Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 (edited) worked like a charm, teriffic guide you have made there! thanks! edit: {censored}, i misspelled thanks >< Edited January 10, 2007 by vitamin-c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Elf Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 When I booted Vista DVD to repair Win's boot I got an error about the volume that was corrupted. So I reinstalled Vista and used Snipin's method, but in this way I have Vista as default selection. As anyone had the same problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilhood Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 (edited) Thanks to TopazBar, it solved my problem with the HFS+ Partition Error. Dual-Booting doesn't work though. Edited January 19, 2007 by devilhood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krowten Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Thanks eclau!! Dual boot Mac OS X - Vista RTM work fine!!! krowten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo_Escobar Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 It doesn't works in Win7, Win7 starts ONLY from active partition. Damn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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