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

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macsga
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I have had the same problem today @ the office. I have a 250WD SATA drive that OSX installer fails to recognize. :angel: I guess there's no other way to install OSX but connect a PATA drive.

I'll try installing to my USB-2 60Gb drive tomorrow (I think that m/b can boot off it) and see what happens. If the thing is successful I'll let you people know. :)

benjo645
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when i boot up into osx, at the login screen, a warning pops up telling me that the usb device is using too much energy, and that it will be disconnected fromt the hub. I have an external harddrive, and it shows up in the sytem profiler, but it wont show up anywhere else, and i cant access it. i support sse2, and i am on a intel machine, 1.8 celeron. any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

can anyone help me with this please

ACC0RD22
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SUCESS!

 

The only thing Im having trouble with is iTunes, it says that theres not enough memory for it to load.

 

anyone know how i can fix that?

 

USB mouse works.

Internet works.

Extra screen works.

everything Ive expected it to do except iTunes works.

 

Thank God.

ACC0RD22
ACC0RD22
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Go read the iTunes problem thread: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=27441

yea, just finished reading that. Thanks for the link.

 

Im really not familiar with Rosetta or the PPC stuff, is there anywhere I can get iTunes 6?

 

I liked that better anyways.

anitanium
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thanks to the advice here, i got my system up and running

 

wifi,sound,video all working literally out of the box

the only thing i actually configured is the battery icon

 

having some video playback issues, but probably because I don't have the proper codec

itunes works very very nicely

orliraz
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like samerali2

I got to the screen from which i need to choose the HD

but the box is empty

in the disk utilty i see onlt the dvd drive and not my hd

 

thank's very much for your time

Or

 

p.s

my hd is maxtor 120GB. i have 3 partitons (2 Ntfs, and 1 Fat32 with 20 GB)

the Hd is Sata and i don't have any IDE drive smile.gif

jtekky
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great guide.. didnt have any problems or nothing..... just finished with installing... good thing i have 3 computers in my room side by side... making sure everything im doing is correct by reading the guide... now lets see if i have any hardware problems... thnk u

 

ok everything works.. had no problems.... mouse/keyboard/display/network card/etc works perfect without me doing anything...

 

only problem is the sound.. gotta search the forum to fix my realtek hd audio...

 

GREAT GUIDE~

 

actually i have some problems... my mouse/keyboard lags? when i type or move my mouse it loads for some reason.. the circle keeps spinning... is that normal? or is there a fix? thank you

ACC0RD22
ACC0RD22
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ok, big problem.

 

I reinstalled to get iTunes 6 back, but now when I go to run OS X it just gives me this grey screen with none of the cool menus that I got the first time.

 

anyone else had this problem.

 

I tried wiping EVERYTHING on the OS X partition, including making it unallocated space, then reformatting it to FAT32 primary, and reinstalling again, still have the same problem. the load screen (grey with apple) comes up fine, and it even blinks into blue, but when it goes to activate the other monitor, it goes grey, and never comes back.

 

anyone else ever had this problem?

ACC0RD22
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I tried wiping EVERYTHING on the OS X partition, including making it unallocated space, then reformatting it to FAT32 primary, and reinstalling again, still have the same problem. the load screen (grey with apple) comes up fine, and it even blinks into blue, but when it goes to activate the other monitor, it goes grey, and never comes back.

 

anyone else ever had this problem?

 

 

OK scratch that, it works again, however I still have no sound. it says the driver was installed improperly. is there anything I can do about it?

samerali2
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I think your problem is the SATA drive. Unfortunately, OSX doesn't recognize all SATA controllers. Dig up an ATA drive and install to that.

I have SATA x 2 ...But I am not using them for that...

I actually Trying to install that one on an ATA HDD!!!

samerali2
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here you go...mine:

 

CPU: AMD Athlon 4000+ 2,41 GHz

 

MotherBoard: ASUS A8N 32 - SLI_Premium

 

Memory: Kingston ValueR. PC3200 DDR-DIMM 1024MB Kit w/two matched ValueRAM 512MB

 

video card: XFX GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 eXtreme, PCI-Express, Dual-DVI, VIVO, 450MHz

 

I/O Controller: x

 

Hard disk: (400+80+60) WesternDigital 400GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache S-ATA + Phlips 60GB + X x 80GB

 

CD/DVD-Rom station: Phlips CD-R

 

Burner: BENQ DVD-Rom+RW 8/4/12 - 24/10/40

 

Sound: dont know!

 

Speakers: Old Fujitsu Siemens! extremly "RUBISH"

 

Network: dont know!

 

Monitor: LG Flatron L203WT " 20.1" (20.1" VIS) Widescreen LCD Monitor "

 

Cupboard: Raidmax Gaming Case X1 Black

 

Refrigeration: 1x cpu, 1x Motherboard, 1x psu, 3x case, 1x extreme one to the Graphic.c

 

Feeding: NorthQ 4001BX, ATX 400W, 120mm Blue LED Fan, 12-17dBA, 4xSATA, PCI-E, 20/24pin

 

Keyboard: founded in rubush place..and I am not kidding. waiting for Fumb.Duck to buy me one!!!

 

Mouse: Logitech G5

 

Gamepad: Quick mini Steal

 

Printer: no

 

Scanner: no

 

Operating System: Windows XP Pro

 

Remaining: 2GB ram sticks, better keyboard and better sound system!

 

 

~S.A.2

Rammjet
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MotherBoard: ASUS A8N 32 - SLI_Premium...Sound: dont know!...Network: dont know!

Since your DVD drive is recognized, try putting your ATA hard drive on the same cable. Jumper the hard drive as master and the DVD as slave.

 

According to the manual for your motherboard, your sound is Realtek ALC850 and your network is both Nforce4 and Marvell 88E8001.

samerali2
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Since your DVD drive is recognized, try putting your ATA hard drive on the same cable. Jumper the hard drive as master and the DVD as slave.

 

According to the manual for your motherboard, your sound is Realtek ALC850 and your network is both Nforce4 and Marvell 88E8001.

yes indeed..Thanks for trying to help my :D

and I'll try that :lol:

mapebij
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Hi,

 

Great tuturial and everything goes well untill the final step... starting the os!

 

Just like other I too was having problems with the boot menu (xp starting when choosing osx) but with the tips found in this topic that problem could be resolved.

 

But now when I start osx I get the white screen with the grey apple in the middle and after that a blue screen with a window with a loading bar. But when it says "starting osx" it hangs.

 

Did I select some wrong options (or didn't select the right ones) when installing?

 

I have a dell6000 with a pentium M 1,86 processor and a radeon mobility card.

 

These are the options I selected:

 

INTEL BaseSystem

Intel.sse2

10.4.6.Radeon Mobility support

Wireless networking support

sigmatel9220audiosupport

 

 

options I didn't select:

 

10.4.6 combo update

semjaza 10.4.6.intel.decrypts

amd.basesystem

amd.sse2

amd.sse3

intelsse3

soundblaster

10.4.6 gma900.support

 

I have the JAS edition

 

Thanx for the help in advance

OSX-fan
OSX-fan
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Anyone know if you can partition the hard drive as I want to if possible install the Myz and Jas versions on the same HDD. I 'found' a copy of iPartition BUT you can't partition on the hdd you are usuing nor will it work via my external USB / firewire drive

 

With my Samsung P28 no sound no DVD drive but it runs well :-) Maybe the Jas release will give me sound etc hence why I want to try the above. I don't really want to wipe the existing installtion as I've installed a number of progs anyway

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