irPhunky Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Forgive me for my ignorance but its been years since i last looked into dual booting, back when the XP beta's where released and i always remember it being a bit of a nightmare until i just installed it on a separate HDD and change the bios to boot from it when i wanted to try it. Could the same process not be used for this? Have two physical HDD's install an OS to each (maybe take the other out when installing) and then select via your BIOS which one you wish to boot from at any given time? Would that not work? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151969-simple-dual-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
irPhunky Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 Well i've now done this and can confirm it is the simplest way of getting a dual boot system going, the only arse is switching between the main booting drive - sadly my motherboard does not have a quick boot feature that some other boards have. Will look at seeing which is the simplest OS to mangle the bootloader into then go from there - but happy now got OSX 10.5.6 on one and Windows 7 on the other. Now to have a play and see which i like the best Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151969-simple-dual-boot/#findComment-1073721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cty34 Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Forgive me for my ignorance but its been years since i last looked into dual booting, back when the XP beta's where released and i always remember it being a bit of a nightmare until i just installed it on a separate HDD and change the bios to boot from it when i wanted to try it. Could the same process not be used for this? Have two physical HDD's install an OS to each (maybe take the other out when installing) and then select via your BIOS which one you wish to boot from at any given time? Would that not work? Isn't it a bit troublesome to go into BIOS every time you start up your PC ? The most simple method to dual boot XP and MaxOS is to use chain0 method. Only a few simple steps. Google them. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151969-simple-dual-boot/#findComment-1077192 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrr Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Isn't it a bit troublesome to go into BIOS every time you start up your PC ? The most simple method to dual boot XP and MaxOS is to use chain0 method. Only a few simple steps. Google them. The way I did it is as follows. Don't have to go into BIOS every time, just hit F12 and a small menu comes up and I pick drive 2. Most BIOSes have this! * 2 Hard Drives * Install OS X (I used iATKOS 5i) on the *first* drive (in BIOS). Switch to native kernel, set up EFI strings, etc if you normally do this. You want to be using the GUID (I think it's called) partition scheme on Drive 1, NOT MBR!! * Verify everything is working * Disconnect Drive 1 SATA from motherboard (or HD, just break the link) * Install Vista on Drive 2, use NTFS. * Patch, install service packs, etc. * Plug drive 1 back in A normal boot boots OS X. I used Apple Retail CDs for OS X to install some of the boot camp drivers (for my apple keyboard, etc) -- and VMWare Fusion sees it as a "boot camp" partition and lets me boot it. Good luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151969-simple-dual-boot/#findComment-1077735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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