neurack Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I'm testing the solution- it works! I'm now posting this from my dual-booting MacBook Pro. Time to go on the driver hunt now... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac tosh Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 OOOO - YA! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFNITE Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 another thing, if you guys get the video driver to work, don't forget to run 3DMark to test for 3d graphics performance Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefsalami Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 LOL... I don't think I can contain myself any longer! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
samslaves Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Stop the movie at the partition screen and read: F: Partition (EFI) [FAT32] 200MB http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=13965 http://www.osxbook.com/book/bonus/misc/legacyboot/ Uhm... I think it's not a fake. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathur999 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 AirmanPika and neurack Can either of you that may be testing the dual boot provide any more info or insight on the process, speed results etc.... Thanks in advance... mathur999 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pu7o Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Stop the movie at the partition screen and read: F: Partition (EFI) [FAT32] 200MB http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=13965 http://www.osxbook.com/book/bonus/misc/legacyboot/ Uhm... I think it's not a fake. We've moved way past it being a fake. This is 100% Genuine Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevermind1331 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 sssshhh, i think i just heard a whole bunch of people from cupertino all go f^&k at the same time Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
morffius Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 sssshhh, i think i just heard a whole bunch of people from cupertino all go f^&k at the same time They went f$%k yea! Because they have been wanting to play games on their macs too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteUD Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Wondering what the install process will be like. Will I have to wipe my comp clean to install 2 partitions (HFS+ and FAT32)? I hope it's not too complex Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathChill Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Well, the 200 MB FAT32 partition is for the EFI stuff, which is already present on the Intel Mac's. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirmanPika Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I know I know I'm being a mean evil {censored} but....at least its not blurry Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFNITE Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Pika, if you get a chance, can you take a picture of the boot selector? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac tosh Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 How long does Colin want it to run before he is satisfied it's stable? I imagine he requested a loose gag. ( a whole lot of moola is at stake) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
morffius Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I know I know I'm being a mean evil {censored} but....at least its not blurry Did you have to format your old OSX partition to make room? I hope I dont have to backup everything and reinstall both. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slantyyz Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Wow. Things are finally starting to look promising. I was going to wait for a temp solution like this (not a big fan of dual booting) before I got a macbook pro for work. Dual boot would tide me over until a VM solution shows up. The timing, however, is fantastic. Given that there is a slim chance that Apple will announce a 17" Macbook on their 30th anniversary, maybe it's worth waiting a couple more weeks to decide on a notebook for work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
morffius Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I know I know I'm being a mean evil {censored} but....at least its not blurry Im not sure whats more evil: the picture of the installation, or the 2 lines of the procedure on the paper next to it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefsalami Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I know I know I'm being a mean evil {censored} but....at least its not blurry awesome... if you would please take a look at and comment about the drivers. It has been discussed that the ethernet and ATI drivers are available online, but what about airport, bluetooth, etc.? It would be beautiful if you guys can confirm that there are drivers available to get these things working. I asked to be a tester, but was not chosen. Therefore I am extremely antsy! Im not sure whats more evil: the picture of the installation, or the 2 lines of the procedure on the paper next to it. LOL... at least the first line is the standard command for getting into Intel's EFI implentation on the iMac. So nothing revealed there... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drcreek Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Pika you are a tease!!! POST MORE!!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76486 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pucky Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Any pictures of booting XP on a MacBook Pro? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirmanPika Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Actually thats not the instructions. Thats just the old instructions I wrote down to get the EFI menu up back when the menu was first discovered. Sorry I'm trying to provide all I can right now without giving away any bits that will give away the solution at this time. Anyway a few more pics The First two show the boot selector. PC Boots up, you get the apple logo, press the down arrow key, get the windows logo, press enter, off you go into windows bliss (or something like that). The other two pics are self explanatory... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76489 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drcreek Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 still a very odd place to keep chop sticks....... I'm wearing my f5 button out.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathChill Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I'd also like to hear how the driver issue is once you get it up and running. What's the exact Marvell Yukon ethernet controller being used anyway? As well, try the x1600XT driver floating around and see if it works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFNITE Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 another thing, is the procedure generic enough to allow for installation of lets say Windows Vista if you want to? or is it customized only for XP? Could you potentially upgrade XP to Vista? That is an awesome boot selector interface! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac86 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I am interested what the performance is like so far. Is the system peppy? Do I spy an entry for the front row remote in there?? HID-Compliant Consumer Control Device Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11731-xp-on-an-imac-up-and-booting-no-joke-this-time/page/6/#findComment-76508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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