[HowTo] XP + OSX 10.4.4-10.4.8 native dual boot

[merlinios]

Hello, sadly for me your guide dont work. I do exactly what you said on the guide and when the time comes for the first boot of the osx after i make the partition primary it loads and then halts with a kernel panic error. My system is an asus P5LD2-VM DH with an intel pentium d 805 2.66 giga with 512 ddr2 ram and a sata 80 giga hard disk....Any suggestions? I use the Mac.OS.X.Tiger.10.4.6.X86-HOTiSO image. Thanks

[-Bj]

This guide rules completely. It helped me install my osx in a matter of hours rather then my original try with all sorts of methods and i was still unsucessful after 3 days.

 

I did however had a problem with the boot loader. I'm using the bootselector and on my first try, clicking on the unknow n OS actually brought me to windows xp. I right clicked and entered the properties and selected active for the osx partition and redirected it to the icon and it works flawlessly

 

I used the Jas 10.4.6 iso file and my system is a dell 6000 laptop w/ 2.0 ghz p-m, 1 gb ddr, 100 gb hdd, x300 @ 128 mb

[ToaDsiX]

nice guide.

 

I have a problem with the bootloader as well, I followed the guide exactly. I installed win xp then the bootloader. I installed the jas 10.4.6 on the 2nd partition. Everyting went perfectly. when in the bootloader and i select mac osx, it goes to windows. I tried a couple different times, still nothing. I then tried the deactivate os selector. it still booted straight to windows. I then set the osx partition to active, rebooted into mac osx.

EVERYTHING works perfectly. However, I cant get back to the windows partition to mess with the bootloader. Any suggestions????

 

My machine specs:

 

asrock p4 dual board

p4 3.0e HT processor

2 gig pc3200 ram

onboard lan (realtek, i think)

onboard audio (ac97)

gma 900 onboard graphics(qe and ci supported)

200 gb sata drive

mat{censored}a dvd burner

some budget firewire card(works)

 

I would just like to get the bootloader dialed in, then install ubuntu :glare:

[vorl]

hi

i did what '-Bj' did and changed it to the right partition and it works!!

 

but now when i boot, the grey screen with the apple logo comes up. then a blue screen appears with the mouse cursor and stays there and nothing else comes up!!. it hasnt crashed as i can still move the mouse!!

 

any ideas anyone?

 

thanks

[dilnalomo]

for those of you who had success:

6 more success added! thanks so much for the feedback!

 

for those of you who had failure:

if you can still boot into windows, it's best that you deactiveate OS Selector and use the chain0 method or use darwin.

 

sigh, throughout the 27 pages of this thread there are about 10-20 people had failure because of OS Selector! for the record, i dont use OS Selector! it's slow and it cause problems!

 

to -Bj:

I right clicked and entered the properties and selected active for the osx partition and redirected it to the icon and it works flawlessly

you redirected your osx partition to the icon???? does that mean the "Unknown OS" icon was not linked to your OSX partition? and you have to relink it to your OSX partition?

[ToaDsiX]

dilnalomo,

 

I ended having to boot the machine with a super windows dvd(it had a bootable acronis disk utility) i re-enabled the os selector, then went into the properties of the actual os and re-set the windows partition as active, then set the osx partition as active. Everything works perfectly now. Thanks again for the guide.

[msm]

"Is the problem only when you select osx? By "nothing shows up" you mean a totally blank screen? Or does it just return to the ntloader"

 

This is the problem I'm having with the chain0 method...when selecting OSx86 from the ntloader, the screen os dark for a moment and then it returns to the nt loader. Any ideas?

 

Thanks.

[cbmkgd]

"when selecting OSx86 from the ntloader, the screen os dark for a moment and then it returns to the nt loader"

This is a well known problem.

Right after you select OSX, hit the F8 key, and the darwin loader will present you with boot options. You then select OSX... I know this is redundant, and this is the problem with this chain0 method. However, with AOSS we go directly to OSX.

Also check this post by HyruleKnight about how to make this simpler.

 

Check this thread for more general informations on dual booting. (you'll see such problems are not caused by the method of this thread, they're quite general)

 

 

"for the record, i dont use OS Selector! it's slow and it cause problems!"

Concerning the slowness, I've been advised to disable "cd booting" in the options, and it's much quicker!

As for the problems, I've had none since I installed AOSS in a non-system partition; it happens also to be a small FAT32 logical partition, that doesn't need to be defragmented. Some have reported problems after defragmenting, needing to reactivate AOSS afterwards (sorry, can't find thread source yet).

I don't know which of the above details makes my AOSS stable: FAT32 partition? Non-system partition? No defragmentation? Anyway, that's my experience with it (crossing fingers!).

[t0lwers]

YES! IT'S WORKING! Im using a IBM Thinkpad R50 laptop with 1,5GHz Intel Centrino, 512MB ram, 40gb hdd and a ATI Radeon 7000 or something like that.. Can't remember..

 

First I forgot to choose the updates for INTEL and so on.. So I had to reinstall it, then it worked like a charm. The Trackpoint/Mousepad worked during the installation but in OSX only the keyboard was working. But the keyboad died somehow after a reboot :S Im using a external USB keyboard and mouse now..

 

So, these things work:

Graphics: Yes, but kind of slow during effects.

Keyboard: At first, yes, then it suddendly stopped working. :S

Mouse: No

Audio: No

WLAN: No

LAN: Yes :censored2: Im writing this post on it now

 

Where can I find drivers to my stuff? WLAN and the keyboard/mouse are the most important parts.

 

Thank you for a great guide!

[barrysanders20]

I need some help. I've gotten all the way up to Step 8. At the Acronis Boot Selector screen, when I choose the Mac OSX drive, I get another screen that says "Loading Darwin". After that screen comes up, I see several lines loading. The last line continues to repeat. That line is:

 

"Darwin Kernel Version 8.4.1, Tues Jan 3, 18:23 PST root XNU 792.7.90 .obj~/ release_I386"

 

Does anyone know what this means? Also I tried setting my system to use the Darwin Boot Loader. However, I got a HFS+ Partition Error.

 

 

 

Specs:

 

Dell SC420

P4 2.8GHz

1GB of RAM

Primary Drive 80GB - Windows XP

Secondary Drive 220GB - Windows XP Partition and Mac OS X 10GB partition.

ISO - MaC.OsX.10.4.5.Universal (Intel).iso

 

Is the problem that I have the Mac OSX on a secondary drive?

[410akademiks]

I tried to use this method

 

Everything went well up until the converting the os x partition into the primary drive in acronis

 

Once I did that, I got a error message about a operating system not being present

 

If it helps I have a PC in which there is a recovery partition before my OS, that is hidden

 

I need help....is there a way to get past this?

 

Is it possible to run the OS from the acronis boot loader if the MAC OS partition hasn't been converted to a primary drive?

 

Is there a way I can get it to work with this configuration?

 

P.S. used the chain0 method under these configurations and it still didn't work

HELP ME OUT>.....tried all options...something I'm missing...followed all the instructions but I'm wondering if the fact that I have a hidden partition before my OS makes a difference

[cbmkgd]

@410akademiks:

 

just a quick question: is your 'recovery partition' a primary or a logical one? If it's logical and its before osx, that might be a problem.

 

also, i don't think mac osx likes/wants booting in a logical partition (to my knowledge), so a primary partition before any extended/logical partition is preferable.

 

my first partition on my drive is for windows, and i've hidden it while install (my personal quirk), and keep it hidden after, and osx works well, so that detail shouldn't be your problem.

[Fletcher]

Thanks, it works. Easy with your step-by-step manual.

 

Im using a Sony Vaio SZ2XP with T2500@2.0GHz, 1024MB RAM, 100GB HDDD and GMA945/Nvidia Go 7400

 

So, following things work:

Graphics GMA945 - yes with QE/CI

Nvidia GeForce 7400 - yes without QE/CI

Keyboard: yes

Touchpad: yes

USB Mouse Logitech: Yes

integrated BT: yes

 

Following things are not working ( not yet hopefully):

Audio: No (some Sigmatel HD audio)

WLAN: No (no driver for Intel3945ABG)

LAN: not yet (Marvel Yukon 88E8036)

integrated web camera: no

finger print reader: no

two special buttons and switches for wireless on/off and switching video card: no

 

These things I didn't try yet:

Firewire - integrated

DVD+/-RW {Mat{censored}a UJ-832D

ExpressCard/34 - MMC/SD/MS/xD card reader

built in V.92 modem

[-Bj]

you redirected your osx partition to the icon???? does that mean the "Unknown OS" icon was not linked to your OSX partition? and you have to relink it to your OSX partition?

 

lol.. yeah, thats what I ment. Sorry, I was pretty tired when I typed that up. It didn't link the actual OSX partition to the "Unknown OS" for some reason. I had to right click on it, goto properties, then select the correct partition and select the box "Active" on the side to make it work

[dilnalomo]

woot, this guide has been translated into hungarian by Flamaszter, go take a look if you are interested. the link is in the beginnning of the guide, and for you lazy ones, just click the link below.

 

http://wiki.osx86.hu/index.php/Telepítési_útmutatók

 

 

lol.. yeah, thats what I ment. Sorry, I was pretty tired when I typed that up. It didn't link the actual OSX partition to the "Unknown OS" for some reason. I had to right click on it, goto properties, then select the correct partition and select the box "Active" on the side to make it work

 

hmm...i will add this to the guide, maybe this is the reason why ppl get windows when they wanted osx.

thanks!

 

dilnalomo,

 

I ended having to boot the machine with a super windows dvd(it had a bootable acronis disk utility) i re-enabled the os selector, then went into the properties of the actual os and re-set the windows partition as active, then set the osx partition as active. Everything works perfectly now. Thanks again for the guide.

 

i thought that as long as the windows or osx partition shows up in os selector, it would boot, dosen't matter its active or not.

 

maybe i was wrong. haha...

 

@ cbmkgd: i dont think i said this before, but thank you so much, for answering many questions that i dont even have a clue to solve.

 

Success: ToaDsiX = 58 t0lwers = 59 Fletcher= 60

[dilnalomo]

Is the problem that I have the Mac OSX on a secondary drive?

 

probably yes...

[dilnalomo]

I tried to use this method

 

Everything went well up until the converting the os x partition into the primary drive in acronis

 

Once I did that, I got a error message about a operating system not being present

 

If it helps I have a PC in which there is a recovery partition before my OS, that is hidden

 

I need help....is there a way to get past this?

 

Is it possible to run the OS from the acronis boot loader if the MAC OS partition hasn't been converted to a primary drive?

 

Is there a way I can get it to work with this configuration?

 

P.S. used the chain0 method under these configurations and it still didn't work

HELP ME OUT>.....tried all options...something I'm missing...followed all the instructions but I'm wondering if the fact that I have a hidden partition before my OS makes a difference

 

osx wont boot if the partition is not primary. if you use chain0, you have to deactivate os selector and set windwos partition active.

 

now about the hidden partition.. if i remember it corrcectly, i think read it before, macgirl said that it wont work if there's another logical partition before the os partition. i am not sure if that's true.

[DannyBoye]

Okay I installed OS X under VMware and got to the restart point. when I restart in VMware it says the host OS .... see attached

 

When I restart the computer and get acronis bootloader, a new unknow OS shows up, when I click it starts darwin 86 and goes to the apple grey screen this is what apperars

 

I used MaC.OsX.10.4.5.Universal.Install.DVD(INTEL-AMD-SSE3-SSE2) torrent. Everything installs fine but when it comes to booting that's what I get.

 

Now in the install when it comes to what packages to install. If I click on custom, or whatever it is, there is a package that is for intel, amd, sse2, etc. Under that package if I try to take off the AMD I can't I cant disable just indivial options.

 

I'm really lost as to what to do next. I've been trying to install this for days and I cant find the other ISO torrents everyone says exist. Or if I do find them bittorrent sits there for hours and dosent start the download, I've used several torrent clients, with the same result.

 

Please help!

 

PS I have a p4 3.2 ghz, 1 gig ram, HT. Not a shabby system. SSE 1/2 support

[dilnalomo]

sorry, i cant help you there. you didn't follow my guide 100%, you installed osx via vmware, and i have absolutely no idea what it does to the partitions, boot loaders, etc.

 

there's a guide on installing osx via vmware here you should use that guide instead.

 

oh, and, maybe it is because you installed the amd patch, so you got stuck at boot.

[410akademiks]

Hey...SUCCESS!!!! It is on my laptop and running...however...my sound and internet is not working...can someone please help me set this up...I'm so lost....my computer is a compaq nc6000

 

here are the specs

http://reviews.cnet.com/HP_Compaq_Business...7-30871204.html

 

can someone please help me set up my sound and internet stuff...please...I'd be very greatful

[SnakeITA]

Acronis Dualboot working on my laptop Acer 2423WXM...Configuration : Intel Celeron M 370 (SSE2 Patch)

GMA 900 (QE & CI at 1280x800)

Intel 910GML Express

512MB DDR2

[Marcoo]

ok, got a problem to, first what i did..

 

followed the guide and everything looked god, installation took a while (it checked the dvd for 15 minutes) but after installing mac os it says that in 15 seconds (or something) the pc will reboot, but after the 15 seconds nothing happens.. so i thought i could press the reset button on my pc and then it booted, but in acronis it says "unknow operation system".

 

After clicking on "unknow..." it sayd this

 

 

 

so? what did i wrong?

 

here the pc, i tryed to install it:

 

AMD X2 4600+

7800GTX

2 gigabyte of Samsung ddr400 memory

[valheru]

hello

 

my first post and your guide worked well!!!

 

Dell Inspiron 6000

built in Intel graphics

1.6mhz pentium m

512 gb ram

 

had a tough time in the beginnign though b/c no one told me that i needed to connect my lappy to another monitor in order to get the installation started...is there a fix for that blue screen?

 

i have sound but haven't been able connect through lan yet

[Brightstar]

SUCESS

 

After multiple tries on a single drive, I decided to separate the OS's onto two different hard disks. Windows and OSX now boot like a charm. Dual Boot obtained by editing bios boot sequence when I want to change OS.

 

System Profiler screen shot

 

Have the ATI graphical bug. Also, I have a dual monitor setup and can not extend the desktop to the second. I've got one mirroring the other instead.

 

Have no sound, no development of drivers exist (TurtleBeach soundcard)

 

Runs very fast, but due to lack of sound, iTunes won't play music and videos won't play in quicktime.

[thefabulous9mm]

Thanks, it works. Easy with your step-by-step manual.

 

Im using a Sony Vaio SZ2XP with T2500@2.0GHz, 1024MB RAM, 100GB HDDD and GMA945/Nvidia Go 7400

 

So, following things work:

Graphics GMA945 - yes with QE/CI

Nvidia GeForce 7400 - yes without QE/CI

Keyboard: yes

Touchpad: yes

USB Mouse Logitech: Yes

integrated BT: yes

 

Following things are not working ( not yet hopefully):

Audio: No (some Sigmatel HD audio)

WLAN: No (no driver for Intel3945ABG)

LAN: not yet (Marvel Yukon 88E8036)

integrated web camera: no

finger print reader: no

two special buttons and switches for wireless on/off and switching video card: no

 

These things I didn't try yet:

Firewire - integrated

DVD+/-RW {Mat{censored}a UJ-832D

ExpressCard/34 - MMC/SD/MS/xD card reader

built in V.92 modem

 

hi 'Fletcher',

 

How do you do to switch from Nvidia GeForce 7400 to GMA945,is there a kind of software to do that? do you know if i can do on a Dell?