taneddy Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Tool I have is Gpart Live Cd and another blank hard drive, however I can combine XP to hd1 since there's a lot space there, but I need to shrink osx partition first. Any suggestion is appreciated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/110428-how-to-make-it-dual-boot-now-osx-on-hd1-and-xp-on-hd2/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonelyTV Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I asked a very similar question and a user name gkjk came to my aide with this advice: 1) Partition the whole disk with GUID partition table with single partition in JHFS+ format. 2) Use command line command "diskutil resizeVolume" to smaller the JHFS+ partition and to create second fat32 partition. This is probably the only way at this time to create "Hybrid GPT/MBR" disk with NTFS partition readable by Os X. 3) Connect the drive to windows and convert fat32 partition to NTFS with comman line command "convert". If you remove/resize/create partitions in xp, it will just update the MBR and Os X, which reads GPT, does not notice the changes. But with "convert" the partition stays the same, so Os X will see it. You will probably need to use the "diskutil" commands from your boot dvd. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/110428-how-to-make-it-dual-boot-now-osx-on-hd1-and-xp-on-hd2/#findComment-782476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Read the new Sticky: Darwin Bootloader FAQ. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/110428-how-to-make-it-dual-boot-now-osx-on-hd1-and-xp-on-hd2/#findComment-782926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kebomix Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 after i installed it on physical partition when i try to start the vitrual machine it tells me this message Cannot open the disk 'C:\Documents and Settings\...........\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\Other (2)\Other.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.Reason: The partition table on the physical disk has changed since the disk was created. Remove the physical disk from the virtual machine, then add it again. any one knows how to fix that as , i dont know how to remove physical drive and add it again Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/110428-how-to-make-it-dual-boot-now-osx-on-hd1-and-xp-on-hd2/#findComment-784894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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