vinlar Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Chameleon Dual Boot for Dummies The following guide is a reasonably simple approach for setting up a dual boot system on a single hard drive. This guide is written for OS X Leopard Retail and Windows 7 RC. It may also work for Vista, XP or various flavors of Linux. This was done by simply reading InsanelyMac (no new material here folks). Step 1: Downloads {a} Boot disk that supports your motherboard The easiest route is to download a pre-built boot CD for your motherboard. Forum member Sonotone has a nice thread where boot discs are collected (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=114834). The preferred route is to build your own boot CD using Galaxy’s slimbuild tool (also at the above link) {b} EFI-Boot-i386 tool (by CoolEdit) The download link is provided in CoolEdit’s thread (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=162580&st=0). Place this file with your Chameleon file. Please be careful when selecting a target drive to install Chameleon on. You need to know which device is which or you can disconnect the drives that you don't want affected. Step 2: Partitioning Disk0 Fire up Disk Utility and partition your drive as a GUID disk (GUID is selectable under Options) with 2 or more partitions. You may want more than two for things like another operating system or a data storage partition. Make the first partition HFS+ for Mac and the second FAT for Windows. You can get to Disk Utility using numerous approaches (e.g. another OS X installation on your computer or an OS X install disc). Step 3: Install Windows 7 Boot the Windows 7 install disc and go through the entire installation and setup process. You should reformat the FAT partition as NTFS during the Windows 7 installation. Be careful in choosing the partition to format. Reboot and verify that everything is functioning normally in Win7. Step 4: Install Mac OS X Boot the disc that you built in Step 1a. Hit [esc] and swap to your retail Leopard DVD, wait for the drive to spin up, then hit [enter] (hitting enter accepts the default boot device, which is the DVD). You can now proceed with your standard Leopard installation. The post-installation reboot will move you to Step 5, so be prepared. Step 5: Install Chameleon Reboot into OS X using the boot CD created in Step 1a. Hit [enter] instead of [esc] when prompted. Copy the EFI-Boot-i386 tool to your desktop (or other destination of your choosing) and unzip it. You have 2 choices for loading custom drivers here: {a} put a slimbuild CD in the computer, or {b} copy the kext files you need to the /Extensions folder within EFI-Boot-i386. Do not do both {a} and {b} (if you do, then option {a} will prevail). Option {a} is easiest and requires the least thought. Bring up a terminal (Go -> Utilities -> Terminal). The terminal dialogue is shown below.... Username$ sudo -s bash-3.2# cd Desktop/EFI-Boot-i386/ bash-3.2# ./Make-EFI-Boot-Now.sh <a whole lot of script text goes here -- see instructions below> bash-3.2# exit Username$ exit Press any key when you are prompted with “Are you sure you want this?”. Press any key when prompted to “Choose modus operandi”. Please select your destination device carefully. A single drive system will be disk0. You’ll see a bunch of script messages fly across the screen. You should be seeing a lot of “-SUCCESSFULLY-” messages. That’s it. You’re done. It should now be ready to dual boot. No need to fix the Win7 installation. You can run the EFI-Boot-i386 tool again if you ever want to add more drivers (kext files), change the Chameleon theme, install a custom kernel, or modify the boot.plist file. Just change the files within the EFI-Boot-i386 folder and then re-run EFI-Boot-i386 as shown in Step 5. Press "C" when prompted to "Choose a modus operandi", this will update your Chameleon EFI installation. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/169182-chameleon-win7os-x-install-dual-boot-for-dummies/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolEdit Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Hi vinlar, thanx for your guide. I was these days thinking about dual boot with W7. I have the recent RC1 on my Core2 laptop and it works fine. I made new script version of EFI-Boot-i386. It's now possible to select harddisk on wich to install EFI-Boot-Partition! Load it down from http://www.mediafire.com/file/yk42vzjntmz/...oot-i386-v3.zip and look at my post http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=162580 for further information. Hope it useful for u! CoolEdit Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/169182-chameleon-win7os-x-install-dual-boot-for-dummies/#findComment-1169447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinlar Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 Hi vinlar, thanx for your guide. I was these days thinking about dual boot with W7. I have the recent RC1 on my Core2 laptop and it works fine. I made new script version of EFI-Boot-i386. It's now possible to select harddisk on wich to install EFI-Boot-Partition! Well that certainly changes things. I will update the instructions above to reflect your modified script. I'm glad you made that change. The script is now much more friendly to a wide range of systems. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/169182-chameleon-win7os-x-install-dual-boot-for-dummies/#findComment-1169732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolEdit Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Well that certainly changes things. I will update the instructions above to reflect your modified script. I'm glad you made that change. The script is now much more friendly to a wide range of systems. .. but give the new script version a try first. I made tests only in my environment (HD 1: 2 Partitions: SysOSX and Data I, HD 2: Data II, but W7 planned) and wouldn't risk to screw my Machine. Because I use it as Digital Audio Workstation with some GB of software, wich I won't install once more. But anyway: It's good idea to have Slimbuild Preboot at hands and a external (GUID) USB HD with a complete Leopard installation with working EFI-boot-partition. Have a nice day! CoolEdit Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/169182-chameleon-win7os-x-install-dual-boot-for-dummies/#findComment-1171004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GattoMorbido Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 @vinlar sorry but when i type "sudo -s" (whithout quotes) and password (mine is empty, now) i'll give my user again, no sudo user. can you tell me why, please? my cd is insert (by wingrunr21) and i boot from it. osx hd is mounted. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/169182-chameleon-win7os-x-install-dual-boot-for-dummies/#findComment-1178677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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