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

[skurk]

Your PC HDD has some non-standard, non-NTFS and non-FAT32 partition which may be hidden so you cannot see it. If you are using Dell, it canbe their Media Direct partition which can be erased with Hitachi Ftool. If it is something else, there is still unknown partition which Darwin cannot identify.

 

It could also be a damaged partition table in which case removing ALL partitions and starting all over creating new ones _might_ work.

Try the first tip first though ;p

[ACC0RD22]

just reinstalled my JaS 10.4.7 DVD. still works like a charm. thanks!

[ForumSnoBorderRK]

hmm...

i will definetly see what i can do to try and fix this problem..

 

maybe a clean format IS in fact a good idea..?

 

we'll see shortly..

[Riaz]

Hi all,

I recently got my native dual boot successfully installed.

 

1. Mac OS X 10.4.6 JaS (just upgraded to 10.4.8 JaS for Intel SSE2 this morning)

 

2. Spec

-> Intel Pentium 4 (2.0 GHz) support SSE2 max

-> 768 MB SDRAM (PC133)

-> Linksys LNE100TX ethernet adapter

-> Nvidia TNT (VANTA) with 64mb VRAM [(old card ) but still it handles the display very well ]

-> Sony DVD burner.

Anything else I forgot to mention?

 

The installation was pretty and easy and this thread guide really helped me for step-by-step installation.

 

Thanks to all those who spend their hours working to release such a wonder.

 

Its a Dream come true release

[ChelNam Guerrilla]

Mac OS X 10.4.6 JaS

I selected SSE2 (which is weird b/c it's SSE3 and SSE2)and updated to 10.4.7. I'm a little hesitant about updating it to 10.4.8 b/c I had to reinstall last time I tried .

[ricky333]

Hey... didnt have time to read 66 pages, so if this has already been asked, sorry.

I've installed about 4times. Fixed the sse3 and 2 patch thing, then the b0 error. FINALLY, it gives me all the nice scrooly text on the first screenshot, then gores... blank. and reboots after 5 seconds. Im on a dell 3.4 ghtz with a gig of ram, 160 gig hd, 256 radeon gfx card, and it supports sse3, but i used 2 cause it wasnt working. PLEASE HELP, its my only partiton, so itll be my main os.

[Wybl]

Hey, by now i have tried installing OSX about 5 times and only two times i actually got it to boot completely through. Mouse, keyboard, bluetooth worked but when i tried getting the x1600 to work it booted to a black screen with no response at all. After that i installed it again but OSX wasnt in the boot list of boot loader and i cant boot it anymore. So it actually worked a few times but it is kinda worthless now.

 

Thanks for the guide though, it was quite fun to see osx in action on my computer.

[elduran]

Problem solved, had to update Bios from A26 to A32, last release, then change UMA value to 8 Mb, reboot, and osx running fine, update to 10.4.7 jas version and works fine shows my cpu is 2.8 Ghz Celeron (it is 2.4Ghz Celeron), then update to 10.4.8 Jas version, everything working fine, audio,network, and everything, actually posting from laptop inspiron 1100, osx86, firefox browser, and downloading torrents via azureus, the only thing is my cpu is not showing up in system profiler, but it works.

Inspiron 1100 256 ram, graphics runs faster than my old G4 733 Ghz 640 ram, thanks for the tutorial

[ForumSnoBorderRK]

coming soon:

+ guide translation to farsi

+ video guide set up

+ new pictures

[Fadedrs]

dilnaloma, you can add one more to your list i installed it with no problems at all (execpt my optical mouse i had to switch that out.)

 

and i took me only about an hour and 1/2 to do it.

 

here is the specs

 

MacOSX_10.4.4DVDPATCHED_Myz.iso

P4 1.7mhz

512 megs of mem

4 hard drives 80, 40, 20, 20 gigs

Nvidia geforce2 mx/mx400

dvd rom and burner

lexmark x1185 all in one

Intel pro/100 vm ethernet card

Intel 82801ba/bam ac`97 sound card

 

Thanks for the guide it works perfect.

[kenny_boy019]

Works great! (almost... )

 

Cant get OS selector to work, gotta go into the bios to boot OSX...

 

Network card (Gigabit eithernet) wont work but Im working on a fix.

 

3.2ghz p4

installed on 30 gig drive

ATi all in wonder video card

1 gig pc3200 ram

Gigabite Mobo

[Fadedrs]

kenny_boy019

 

what version of acronis disk suite are you using?

 

i could not get version 9 to work at all :censored2: (in fact it lost 50 gigs on my 80 gig that i had to find, did not lose any data though) found ver10 installed it and it worked perfect

[kenny_boy019]

kenny_boy019

 

what version of acronis disk suite are you using?

 

i could not get version 9 to work at all (in fact it lost 50 gigs on my 80 gig that i had to find, did not lose any data though) found ver10 installed it and it worked perfect

 

I used 10.4.6

 

and heres a screen shot of my PCs specs...

[DiRaC]

Hi

I managed to install mac osx on my laptop. However, I got a serious problem now that I need help.

 

I used the Acronis.Disk.Director.Suite to format the disk that mac osx was on after I decided I didn't need OSX anymore. I also changed the primary type to logic type of the disk. After I reboot, the Disk Director is not able to run because it says it can't find some boot file. Now basically I can't start my computer because I can't start Windows XP now. How do I delete the Disk Director from the booting file so that I can get Win XP running after the computer starts?

 

Thank you a million!

[Fadedrs]

kenny_boy019

 

what version of acronis disk suite are you using? did you use Ver 9 or Ver 10?

 

Ver 9 is known to up and not work right. Ver 10 works great.

 

or did you just install OS Selector?

 

i would recomend if you did that to unistall it and install ver 10 of disk director suite.

 

_-FadeD-_

 

Hi

I managed to install mac osx on my laptop. However, I got a serious problem now that I need help.

 

I used the Acronis.Disk.Director.Suite to format the disk that mac osx was on after I decided I didn't need OSX anymore. I also changed the primary type to logic type of the disk. After I reboot, the Disk Director is not able to run because it says it can't find some boot file. Now basically I can't start my computer because I can't start Windows XP now. How do I delete the Disk Director from the booting file so that I can get Win XP running after the computer starts?

 

Thank you a million!

 

 

Try this before you boot up insert your XP cd and boot from that, than you should be able to get into windows and uninstall ACRONIS

 

_-FadeD_-

[Razer(x)]

hi!!!i got mac os x run in a toshiba L20-101

 

-intel pentium M 1.73ghz

-intel 915gma

-515 of mem

-audio intel ich6

-jas mac os x iso

 

...but i got 2 errors...itunes after update won't start (error:it says there isn't not enough memory)

and i can't use my keybord in italian map...yes i am italian ;-)...i need the @ and i can't do it

[phlip555]

i get a "could not read partition map" error when i try to erase my OSX partition to Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

 

this is using VMWARE

 

i didn't even get that far installing it normally

 

when i booted from an actual DVD the apple bootsplash came up (right after the black darwin screen) it sat there for a while but then a (/) sign came up, like the ones on no smoking the circle with a dash.

 

i dont have time to read through all this thread i seareched with the search function but could not find anything im attending school and should be studying at this moment.

[ACC0RD22]

hi!!!i got mac os x run in a toshiba L20-101

 

-intel pentium M 1.73ghz

-intel 915gma

-515 of mem

-audio intel ich6

-jas mac os x iso

 

...but i got 2 errors...itunes after update won't start (error:it says there isn't not enough memory)

and i can't use my keybord in italian map...yes i am italian ;-)...i need the @ and i can't do it

 

 

SSE2 processors do not run iTunes 7 naitively.

 

The fix for it is in this thread. 3rd or 4th page, I think.

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=27441

[rn777]

Worked like a dream, no problems installing.

 

I used the myz.iso

Intel Celeron 3.0ghz (but says 4ghz?)

512mb ram

 

audio: works

usb: works

firewire: works

cd/dvd drives: works

keyboard/mouse: works

 

most of the programs works execpt

 

chess (error message)

ichat (error message)

safari (well it works but when i go on youtube or a website with flash it comes up with error message)

 

[matchicken]

hi there i used ur method and was used an iso called 10.4.8 everything was installed fine until the last step which is step 8 i use the os selector and choose boot from Mac OSX and then i come back to the big apple logo and like a loading stuff then my screen go blink i didn't come out with the crazy letter and i can't get into OSX T.T

my spec

Intel Pentium 4 540 LGA775 3.20ghz with HT

Motherboard :Asus P5p800

display card Ati radaeon 9600

can anyone help please and i am still on my way with that combo iso 10.4.7 amd intel iso repack hope that one will work

[ACC0RD22]

1) are you on a laptop?

 

if yes,

2) does it go a light shade of blue with no mouse or anything?

 

if yes,

3) look in the first post in this thread towards the bottom, there should be something that adresses this. you need an external monitor connected to the VGA port. (the trapezoidal blue one, I think its VGA). you can either do that, or use 2 wires to connect the two things that need to be connected to fix it.

 

good luck.

[matchicken]

nope actually it was a desktop i gonna to try it to use the second method which is use the logical partition the turn it back later on primary i gonna to try it now if it doesn't work i will try not even install the patch in my dvd which is 10.4.8 that one actually one of the option in my customize if i could install even if i trun from logical to primary(step7 ) i will non tick this patch and see hows it go and will report it later ~~thz guys who were helping ^^

[matchicken]

one more question is that important to choose english as the default language cause i chosen chinese(traditional)one is that the problem causing??

[Razer(x)]

sorry another problem...i have an i915...so....blue screen....how to resolve this?

[Rammjet]

As it says in the troubleshooting section of the first post, to fix the blue screen on a laptop, you must attach something to the VGA port - a monitor, a VGA dongle, the 2-wire trick or the 1-wire trick