bandit614 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 I've already dual-booted on a partitioned hard drive, using MBR instead of GUID, XP on the first partition, OSX on the second. However, tomorrow, I'm building a system for a friend, and rather than using a partitioned hard drive, I wanted to install each OS on a different HD. How should I go about this? There are so many different guides for so many different set ups I'm not quite sure what to do. What bootloader should I use? Do I imagining I use GUID instead of MBR... or do I use MBR and chain0? Or do i have to install a separate bootloader? (I've never used GRUB, only LILO, and I don't wanna partition a hard drive to Install Linux) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/108147-best-way-to-dual-boot-on-two-separate-hard-drives/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
clumsygenghis Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I'm curious about the answer to this too - looking to set up a stable dual boot on separate HDs.. the story thus far is: Intel p4 3.2 ghz cpu, 4 gigs RAM, Intel D945GNTKLR mobo Nvidia Geforce fx 5500 256 MB PCI video, Kalyway OSX 10.5.1 Leopard installed on 80 GB IDE hd, primary boot Pioneer DVR-110 burner as slave (ATA/IDE) Vista installed on 80 GB IDE – have IDE to SATA adapter – Storage: 320 GB SATA,Storage 2: 500 GB SATA Currently have OSX as primary boot.. Vista drive is not attached at the mo Potential issues: IDE cable (master) will not reach second IDE (Vista)drive, Cannot move IDE drive closer to cable because of chassis obstacle, don't really want to remove Leopard drive (it's tight in there So.. If switch VISTA into primary socket.. what will happen with Leopard? If both leopard and vista are installed.. running stable.. which one should I set as master? If vista is master and switch leopard to SATA connection via adapter, will vista (or Easy BCD) still recognize it? If leopard is master (IDE), which bootloader to install to get it to recognize Vista (SATA)? Any specific settings that will have to be tweaked in BIOS w/ IDE to SATA adapter? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/108147-best-way-to-dual-boot-on-two-separate-hard-drives/#findComment-995565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrKrinkle Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I would also like to know the answer to this. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/108147-best-way-to-dual-boot-on-two-separate-hard-drives/#findComment-1070426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarjoe Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I would also like to know the answer to this. I am also interested in what to do. I have OSX on one drive (SATA) and have two IDE drives that I'd like to install XP, Vista, 7 (on one) and Ubuntu (on the other). The next version of Chameleon will support booting across multiple discs, so that will make our lives much easier I imagine (chameleon.osx86.hu). But I am still unsure how to format and partition these two drives. Chameleon team says they need to be on GPT disc for the bootloader to recognize, but I am unsure how that works when XP is looking for MBR. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/108147-best-way-to-dual-boot-on-two-separate-hard-drives/#findComment-1070658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cty34 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I've already dual-booted on a partitioned hard drive, using MBR instead of GUID, XP on the first partition, OSX on the second. However, tomorrow, I'm building a system for a friend, and rather than using a partitioned hard drive, I wanted to install each OS on a different HD. How should I go about this? There are so many different guides for so many different set ups I'm not quite sure what to do. What bootloader should I use? Do I imagining I use GUID instead of MBR... or do I use MBR and chain0? Or do i have to install a separate bootloader? (I've never used GRUB, only LILO, and I don't wanna partition a hard drive to Install Linux) After failing to install dual booting Win XP and OSX onto one single hdd with repeated tries, I finally gave up and installed the OSX on a separate hdd which I found to be much easier. I used SATA hdd for both OS. While running Win XP, I used Seagate Diskwizard to wipe clean the new hdd targetted for installing OSX and left it unallocated. Then I copied Chain0 file (from iATKOS DVD) into C drive root directory. Next, I edit boot.ini file by inserting C:\chain0=Leopard [i have decided to name the volumn label for OSX as Leopard] Then I booted up with iATKOS V5i DVD disk. With DiskUtilty, I selected MBR partition and partitioned the new hdd to 1 single partition, selected "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" format and labelled it as Leopard. After the hdd had been formatted, I just proceed to finish the rest of the installation. When my PC booted up, the screen would prompt me to select either Win XP or Leopard to load. I hope these will be of some help to you. Would you please describe exactly how you prepared your single hdd (on partitioning and formating parts) for dual booting XP and OSX ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/108147-best-way-to-dual-boot-on-two-separate-hard-drives/#findComment-1071411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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