anakin908 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 well, i know lots about hacking ipods, but not much about macs or installing osx. i had vista pre-installed on this PC, but installled windows 7 as a dual-boot. so right now i have both vista and windows 7. what i want to do is install osx on my partition that currently has vista. i already downloaded the 10.4.8 iso and checked it out, but didnt know what to do after that. i asked on another forum, but they said to ask here and not to install over my vista partition. it would mess up my bootloaders. i really dont know that much about this stuff. not even about bootloaders. i know lots more about ipod stuff (lol im obsessed with iphone and ipod) anyone know what to do? thanks. update: computer specs ram: 3 gb 32 bit OS processor: amd athlon 64 X2 dual core processor 4200+ 2.20 (tell me if i need to put anything else) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/153452-dual-boot-windows-7-and-osx-windows-7-and-vista-already-installed/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightalon Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 well, i know lots about hacking ipods, but not much about macs or installing osx. i had vista pre-installed on this PC, but installled windows 7 as a dual-boot. so right now i have both vista and windows 7. what i want to do is install osx on my partition that currently has vista. i already downloaded the 10.4.8 iso and checked it out, but didnt know what to do after that. i asked on another forum, but they said to ask here and not to install over my vista partition. it would mess up my bootloaders. i really dont know that much about this stuff. not even about bootloaders. i know lots more about ipod stuff (lol im obsessed with iphone and ipod) anyone know what to do? thanks. update: computer specs ram: 3 gb 32 bit OS processor: amd athlon 64 X2 dual core processor 4200+ 2.20 (tell me if i need to put anything else) H'OK, so. I've only done this with Vista, technically, so if you want a really dry reference bit, check out sites.google.com/sites/ultimatetablet I'm not sure if you'll be able to run a "vanilla" install, since you have AMD and not Intel. I'm not discriminating, but Apple is. Personally, my goal was to have an install that was as close as possible to a real Mac. Search this forum to see if the BOOT-132 method is possible: this involves booting from a USB key, and then installing the real retail OS CD. I recommend installing MacOS first, whether you choose to do the BOOT-132 method, a hacked distribution, or installing the retail disc on a different partition from within the hacked install. (that is how I did it since BOOT-132 would not work on my system) You should also consider whether you are going to install Leopard on an MBR (Windows-style) or GUID (Mac-style) partition. Note that MBR is only possible with a hacked install. I also recommend making an NTFS storage partition accessible from both Windows 7 and MacOS. Alternatively you can use an HFS+ partition, but it will only be accessible in Windows via MacDrive, and I doubt MacDrive supports Windows 7 yet. After you've made your storage partition and are successfully booting MacOS, (note that the non-hacked route requires a bootloader such as EFI V9 or Chameleon {outdated}) you can go ahead and install Windows 7 on the NTFS partition you set out for it. (this will, of course, be smaller than the total size of your disk, and you may or may not be able to see your storage partition at this point) After installation, Google "inihilist leopard" to figure out how to add your brand new MacOS install to the Windows 7 bootloader. It should work as in Vista. If any terms were unclear in this guide, Google and Wikipedia are your friends. And of course InsanelyMac as well. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/153452-dual-boot-windows-7-and-osx-windows-7-and-vista-already-installed/#findComment-1082868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChimSane Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 the boot information is stored in the MBR (master boot record), depending on the bootloader that your OSX installer comes with, it will be overwritten no matter what partition you install OS X to. There are several ways of getting multiboot, depending on th eprder in which you install the systems: - existing Vista, install OS X: Chameleon will allow to choose between Win and OS X - install OS X first: EasyBCD lets you modify the Windows Boot Manager where you can add OS X's HFS partition. Windows 7 has the bootloader on a partition of its own which is why Chameleon would not work so I went for the EasyBCD option. Simples Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/153452-dual-boot-windows-7-and-osx-windows-7-and-vista-already-installed/#findComment-1082877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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