Starguard Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Hello folks, I am on a quest to try and triple boot to Vista, Windows 7 and hopefully OSx86. I have been patient in the process and I have read my "fine" manuals on this journey. I have tried iDeneb, Kalaway, JAS, and even one other that I don't quite remember. All have failed me. The first one got stuck at "still looking for root...", the second one got a tad bit further but instant restarted, the third one got EVEN farther but still rebooted, and iDeneb got me the fartherest--to the Apple logo with a nice cross-in-a-circle. I have tried -v, -s, (I couldn't get a patch to install with iDeneb) and I figured that I would come here as a last ditch effort to see if my setup will even work. Here's what I've got: Vista Intel Dual Core 3.16GHz E8500 ATI HD 4850x2 in Crossfire I have 50gb unallocated on one of my hard drives ready for an install What are your thoughts? I appreciate any help so much. It's been one hell of a ride so far! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156866-tripple-booting-vista-windows-7-osx86-desperate-need-of-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdratlif Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Hello folks, I am on a quest to try and triple boot to Vista, Windows 7 and hopefully OSx86. I have been patient in the process and I have read my "fine" manuals on this journey. I have tried iDeneb, Kalaway, JAS, and even one other that I don't quite remember. All have failed me. The first one got stuck at "still looking for root...", the second one got a tad bit further but instant restarted, the third one got EVEN farther but still rebooted, and iDeneb got me the fartherest--to the Apple logo with a nice cross-in-a-circle. I have tried -v, -s, (I couldn't get a patch to install with iDeneb) and I figured that I would come here as a last ditch effort to see if my setup will even work. Here's what I've got: Vista Intel Dual Core 3.16GHz E8500 ATI HD 4850x2 in Crossfire I have 50gb unallocated on one of my hard drives ready for an install What are your thoughts? I appreciate any help so much. It's been one hell of a ride so far! Setup looks pretty good, but it's a bit sparse in hardware info. Please post your full hardware specs. Motherboard information is critical. Are you using SATA for your DVD/HDD/both/either? The new Macs like SATA. Not sure if the various installs care. Personally, I like XxX's distro. I have no thoughts on superiority, it's simply the one that worked for me, and the only 10.4.11 disc I ever found. I was using XxX 10.5.6 Final PPF3 until I got my new machine and went retail. If all else fails, you might be able to install vmware->native. (not sure on the full method. basically you write the drive image to a partition and then try to boot. OS X should then recognize your "new" hardware). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156866-tripple-booting-vista-windows-7-osx86-desperate-need-of-help/#findComment-1102945 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starguard Posted March 10, 2009 Author Share Posted March 10, 2009 Setup looks pretty good, but it's a bit sparse in hardware info. Please post your full hardware specs. Motherboard information is critical. Are you using SATA for your DVD/HDD/both/either? The new Macs like SATA. Not sure if the various installs care. Personally, I like XxX's distro. I have no thoughts on superiority, it's simply the one that worked for me, and the only 10.4.11 disc I ever found. I was using XxX 10.5.6 Final PPF3 until I got my new machine and went retail. If all else fails, you might be able to install vmware->native. (not sure on the full method. basically you write the drive image to a partition and then try to boot. OS X should then recognize your "new" hardware). Thanks! A bit more info on what I've got (sorry for the messed up formatting; it's from Newegg): Motherboard: BIOSTAR TPower I45 LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Video Card: MSI R4850-T2D512 Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 (x2) Primary Hard Drive: Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10000 RPM SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive RAM:OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) I'll give XxX a try (I'm getting it now; I'll have it in about 45 minutes). I do like the idea of just burning the image to my unallocated space and hoping OSX will recognize this. I do this through an emulator, correct? Are there any good guides to this process? Thanks again! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156866-tripple-booting-vista-windows-7-osx86-desperate-need-of-help/#findComment-1103145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starguard Posted March 10, 2009 Author Share Posted March 10, 2009 Thanks! A bit more info on what I've got (sorry for the messed up formatting; it's from Newegg): Motherboard: BIOSTAR TPower I45 LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Video Card: MSI R4850-T2D512 Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 (x2) Primary Hard Drive: Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10000 RPM SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive RAM:OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) I'll give XxX a try (I'm getting it now; I'll have it in about 45 minutes). I do like the idea of just burning the image to my unallocated space and hoping OSX will recognize this. I do this through an emulator, correct? Are there any good guides to this process? Thanks again! Well folks, I gave XxX a try and now I have a stack of burned DVD Rs 6 high. No luck so far. I like this virtual idea. How do I go about this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156866-tripple-booting-vista-windows-7-osx86-desperate-need-of-help/#findComment-1103572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starguard Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Well folks, I gave XxX a try and now I have a stack of burned DVD Rs 6 high. No luck so far. I like this virtual idea. How do I go about this? Sorry for the triple post, but I tried vmware and none of my ISOs are responding properly. Any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156866-tripple-booting-vista-windows-7-osx86-desperate-need-of-help/#findComment-1103853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdratlif Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Well, this is a little discouraging. ICH10 is pretty new I think and I've heard that hacs have a little trouble with these right now, but there are some ICH10 drivers iirc. Vmware should boot though. What version are you using? Workstation 6.5 is the good one, but the free ones should work too. It depends how you set them up. You might need to lie and say the OS is Windows NT. FreeBSD and Intel Core 2 Duo sometimes confuses VMware with Mac. I forget why. You might need to enable or disable (not sure which) PAE and Intel VT-x. You might also want to try looking for a vmware leopard image, um, you know, somewhere. When you boot any of the dvds, what happens specifically? What are the last 20 lines it says when you boot with -v? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156866-tripple-booting-vista-windows-7-osx86-desperate-need-of-help/#findComment-1103976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starguard Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 It says that it is unable to find an operating system or a boot file in the Apple folder. I'll search for a leopard vmware. Thanks for the help again! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156866-tripple-booting-vista-windows-7-osx86-desperate-need-of-help/#findComment-1104157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdratlif Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 It says that it is unable to find an operating system or a boot file in the Apple folder. I'll search for a leopard vmware. Thanks for the help again! Is that after the install? Sometimes when you partition in the apple installer, it doesn't set the partition active if it's using MBR. You might try booting a Linux live cd and checking out the partition table. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156866-tripple-booting-vista-windows-7-osx86-desperate-need-of-help/#findComment-1104518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starguard Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Is that after the install? Sometimes when you partition in the apple installer, it doesn't set the partition active if it's using MBR. You might try booting a Linux live cd and checking out the partition table. I found a Leopard disk image and I have the 64bit version up and running as we speak. Everything runs pretty smoothly. Now how can I install this to my unallocated hard drive space and get it to tri-boot?? I still can't get VMWare to recognize (for instance, Kalyway) mounted through Power ISO on my Edrive. It tries to boot, I get a memory failure and the VM reads "Operating System Not Found." Help? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156866-tripple-booting-vista-windows-7-osx86-desperate-need-of-help/#findComment-1104628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starguard Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 Anything? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156866-tripple-booting-vista-windows-7-osx86-desperate-need-of-help/#findComment-1105160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdratlif Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Sorry, this is the end of my experience. The original method for installing os x on a pc was to use vmware and them write the image to your hard disk. Try googling deadmoo vmware (deadmoo was the name of the distribution). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156866-tripple-booting-vista-windows-7-osx86-desperate-need-of-help/#findComment-1105245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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