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See http://forum.parallels.com/post42129.html for more details:

 

...Creating Parallels Custom Boot Camp configuration may be helpful in case Parallels Desktop is not able to determine what partition must be considered as a default "Boot Camp" partition. It may happen, for example, if Parallels has found more than one matching partition. "Custom Boot Camp" configuration also allows the user to use several partitions in one virtual machine....

 

I'm thinking this might help Hackintosh owners boot off a native hard drive partition?

 

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Wonder if this works with Vista? I'd try it, but Home Premium can't run in virtualization software. I've got the Ultimate on my desktop downstairs, and got the cheapo Home Premium licenses for my other two computers. (MBP and another desktop) so I can't test this out.

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GUYS, GREAT NEWS!

Parallels with Custom Boot Camp configuration CAN BOOT HACKINTOSH WINDOWS PARTITIONS!

Tested it right now!

You just need to create a new virtual machine using the "Use Boot Camp" option when it'll tell you to select the HD.

Then shutdown Parallels and edit the file .pvs of your virtual machine with a text editor (for example, Text Edit or Nano).

Now modify the string:

"Disk 0:0 image = Boot Camp"

with this

"Disk 0:0 image = Boot Camp;diskxsy"

where diskxsy is your disk: for example, for me is disk1s1.

Save and quit.

Then open Parallels.. IT WILL BOOT YOUR HACKINTOSH PARTITION GUYS! :)

Sherry Haibara

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GUYS, GREAT NEWS!

Parallels with Custom Boot Camp configuration CAN BOOT HACKINTOSH WINDOWS PARTITIONS!

Tested it right now!

You just need to create a new virtual machine using the "Use Boot Camp" option when it'll tell you to select the HD.

Then shutdown Parallels and edit the file .pvs of your virtual machine with a text editor (for example, Text Edit or Nano).

Now modify the string:

"Disk 0:0 image = Boot Camp"

with this

"Disk 0:0 image = Boot Camp;diskxsy"

where diskxsy is your disk: for example, for me is disk1s1.

Save and quit.

Then open Parallels.. IT WILL BOOT YOUR HACKINTOSH PARTITION GUYS! ;)

Sherry Haibara

 

Tried it a few days ago and again today. Reports "Unable to open disk imag Boot Camp;disk0s3" ... ?

 

Suggestions ...?

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Tried it a few days ago and again today. Reports "Unable to open disk imag Boot Camp;disk0s3" ... ?

 

Suggestions ...?

Did you mount the HD before starting the Virtual Machine? It seems to have random problems with not-mounted HDs.

Also, seems that the boot partition needs to be active. And random BSoD errors will maybe occour booting Windows.

Sherry Haibara

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Did you mount the HD before starting the Virtual Machine? It seems to have random problems with not-mounted HDs.

Also, seems that the boot partition needs to be active. And random BSoD errors will maybe occour booting Windows.

Sherry Haibara

 

Thanks ... booting an Active partition did the trick.

 

By the way is it ok to install paralell toolsa nd then boot native to Windows ... ?

 

cheers ...

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Will booting Vista work on a machine with only 1GB of memory?

 

And will you need to install parallels tools?

 

Hopefully it won't corrupt the vista partition I have on my osx86

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