bootcd link... sent..

Hi Boinkytwo,

I have two completely seperate SATA drives. One has XP installed with its own MBR and One has OSX installed with Darwin bootloader. Do you know if your guide would apply to a situation such as mine? Your guide specifically talks about partitions. I have only one partition which takes up the entire drive, both for XP and OSX. So, what is the BEST way to get dual-boot to work in my case? I would be very grateful if you could help.

Thanks,
DJ

PS - Thanks for the bootcd

Boot CD Please!

whitejw@bgsu.edu

JUST FOLLOW THE CHAIN0 BOOTING PROCEDURE. SET YOUR XP HDD AS THE PRIMARY AND TEST IT.

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BOOTCD.. ALLSENT

Hi,
could you pass a link to download this boot cd plesase?

spotkine@hotmail.com

Thanks in advance

DONE

youp , received, thank you very much,
i'll try it this week end and will report success i hope )
Greetz

Spotk

Can I have the boot cd link please ?

Thanks in advance

bigbooty [at] free.fr

BootCD requested. Please! seemaab01@operamail.com

Hi
I was wondering if you can send me the bootdisk? Thanks in advance!!!!

ALL BOOT CD REQUEST, ALL DONE.

GREETZ YA ALL FROM EAST ASIA!

Hey I've been looking for a good guide like this, can I get a copy of your boot cd? Thanks in advance!
ryn1727@gmail.com

Boot cd request :

lotofootøhotmail.com

Thanks a lot !

boot cd link request

raihanhasnain[at]gmail[dot]com

Thanks in advance

Boot cd request please

mariopont[at]gmail[dot]com

Thanks a lot !

invalid_nassar @ hotmail. com thanks

sorry for the delay... been busy....

anyways, all requests.. granted

Boot cd request please

crossglitch[at]gmail[dot]com

and a big thanks for being such a huge contributor to this community!

done... my pleasure dude

Cd request please

him88002(at)yahoo.com

Also: any one have any success running parallels to acces windows while osx is loaded?


Thanks in advance!


EDIT:

Also I was wondering how much storage I should allocate for each partition. I noticed that toolshed said he allocated 50 gb each for xp and osx and he discovered that it was not enough for the macosx because he wanted to rund FCP. I do not want this to happen to me. I will be using a 500 gb HD so should I allocate 100-100-300 or maybe 75-75-350. I should probably go with less on the windows side because I intend to use it mainly for office and some video conversion software. On the mac side I intend to install FCP as well as aperture.


-him88002

bootcd request... granted.

him88002 take a look at my partitions.

part 1 = 10 gb - for windows xp (windows and all apps are in here)
part 2 = 15 gb - mac osx (also my apps and os here)
part 3 = 50 gb - temp drive, scratch disk & pagefile (all temporary files, ie. for video editing, phootoshop and etc)
part 4 = all whats left from part 1to3 (all other files here, including installers and multi- media files.)

Please mail the contents on my boot cd: spy****niou (at) gmail dot com
received many thanks will try out today on dual core,
as it did not work on a P4 (old single core) machine.

Got CD, thanks

boot cd link request

david_849@hotmail.com

n_n

Hey guys,
Instead of waiting for the boot cd, download hiren's 9.6 boot cd from the internet.
It includes more options than just partition magic. go to www.hiren.info:

http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd
move on

all done

requesting please .... thanks

DONE... GOODLUCK

A word of caution:
The installation will NOT WORK, will NOT BOOT if the original (Windows) disk was a DYNAMIC disk.
If Windows 2003 Server or other OS was installed on the PC prior to installation, the disk MUST be of type BASIC.
Otherwise there is no way to make two partitions bootable.

Backup all the data, reformat the disk as type basic, install the OS and restore applications and data on the basic disk first.

boot cd link request´

darkside2007@freenet.de



thx

boot cd sent...





This guide was meant for single or dual disk setups with no software raid of any sort/type/kind was involve. osx86 will not recognize windows dynamic disk, software raided/striped disks.

boot cd link request

maxxed[at]gmail[dot]com

Thanks in advance

whenever it comes tie to install kalyway 10.5.2 i get this

"the installer could not install some files in "/Volumes/Untitled"."


I am using this setup: http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWi...tNumber=8773007


any ideas?

Boot CD link request

deegeecee[at]live[dot]com

Thanks much for your efforts.

Dee

ALL DONE... ALL SENT

So. I followed your guide and I'm wondering if it depends on what installation disk you use. I am using iATKIS0i or something, the instructions in the setup tells me to install the "DARWIN BOOT" but I wish to use the Windows boot loader. Should I or DO I have to install it? And what about the EFI emulation? Do i have to install it?

this guide does not tackle efi. efi wont work with this since this guide depends on bios boot setup/mbr.

Very useful tips...
what about my case:
I have winXP home installed on my pavillion DV1623TN (HP) that is OEM version. Last time I'd tried to make new partition and install ideneb 10.5.5. The installation was successful, but then mac OS x replaced the boot order from xp (I still can log into XP by pressing F8 options). I still need the boot options from XP because after installation some of my notebook features could not be running such Quickplay button.
Please advise.

Thanks in advance for any assistances.

Regards,
Eko

PS:
from default OEM installation there are 3 partition made:
1. NTFS for XP home
2. 6 GB recovery disk
3. 1 GB quickplay for VCD/DVD player without entering XP system (turn on through Quickplay button)


boot cd link please: ipo013@yahoo.com


thank you very much

dude, just use the boot cd and make your xp partition set to active. the link has been sent

i would be very grateful for a link to the bootcd file

tyler.davis (AT) gmail (DOT) com

done

boinkytwo, thanks for all your help and all who pitched in, it's much appreciated . ...need link for bootcd
jmbs2kus@yahoo.com, thanks again.

Hi. First thanks for all the great information on this site. Wth it, I have successfully installed and setup 10.5.5 and XP to dual boot (2 partitions on 1 drive). The default OS is currently set to LEO. I now have the PC connected to my TV and plan to use it as a media center. I use VNC and RDP to access and manage the machine via my laptop. However, when I want to switch the OS I have to go to the physical keyboard on the machine and, as you know, press F8 and chose XP at the darwin boot loader. I also have the XP boot loader setup that defaults to XP. If I"m in XP and need to reboot and want to stay in XP I have to go to the console again. I'd prefer not to get a wireless keyboard or other another device.

**So I'm looking for a script(s) to be able to switch the active partion on the fly from the active OS partition to the other OS partition through VNC. So I would need two scripts, one for each OS. Wondering if this is feasible to do and if it would be stable as I see that at least in Leo, to switch the partitions you need/should to be in single user mode. Is anyone doing something similar and/or has a solution to this already?

_{Setup: Motherboard GA-G33M-S2H, 2.33 GHz Core2Duo, 2GB Ram, 60GB HDD (Leo 10.5.5 / XP) + 500GB HDD}

well, i am not so aware about that script if its feasible. but if you really want to switch os on-the-fly, i think it's better to use vmware plus hardware kvm.

or you should try easybcd. it's for win vista.


@Firemac boot cd sent

please send bootCD link to marsandme@hotmail.com

Thanks in advance

Boinkytwo, I have successfully set up a new HD to use the Windows XP Bootloader. I edited the ini file "boot" using Notepad. I have followed your detailed instructions using your boot CD. Now, when I try to boot, into Windows, the computer keeps coming back to the boot screen. One time, I got an error message stating that some file was missing, but I do not remember the exact wording, and I cannot duplicate that effect.

I cannot get back into Windows to edit the boot loader. There must be an easy fix, but I am not aware of it.

Any ideas?

Edited below: this is the boot file that I changed. Now the computer refuses to boot into Windows XP, but I can make it boot into Leopard. How can I get Windows to boot so I can change the ini file?

boot.ini

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)0000
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)0000="Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
/noexecute=optin /fastdetect
c:\chain0="Mac"

please send BootCD link to john.8716@gmail.com
thanks in advance

please send BootCD link in a PM.
thanks ;D

Not getting an answer, I plowed ahead with my own solution. The example given at the beginning of this thread, shown below, was just a bit wrong thus causing Windows XP not to boot. I had to modify it to make it work, but I had to re-install Windows XP Professional before I could make the changes.

BEFORE CHANGES:
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)0000
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)0000="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
c:\chain0="MAC OS X Tiger"

Below is my modified version:

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
c:\chain0="Mac"

After re-installing XP, the boot loader now works, and I can choose between XP and Mac, which loads Leopard, on the same 500GB hard drive. I sized the 3rd partition named FAT32 as 50GB.

Many thanks to boinkytwo for the bootcd and the instructions.

Just adding a postscript to my previous post. I did not erase the 500GB HD to start over. I used Partition Magic to reduce the size of Partition 1 from 250GB to 200 so I could create a new third partition for data formatted as FAT32. I left Partition 2 at 250GB. Then I re-installed Windows XP to Partition 1 taking only 24 minutes instead of the 90 minutes that the original Install took. I left Leopard on Partition 2, so I did not have to re-install it. Now I have a dual booting Hackintosh from one hard drive. I do have two other hard drives in it, but now I can remove them for other projects.