Dell D430 Dual Boot Windows 7 and Mac OS X

[JASpurrier3]

Thanks to all the threads that helped me get Mac to dual boot with Windows 7. It took me about a week of troubleshooting to hammer down the details so I figured I would share. I apologize ahead of time if I leave out gaps of information for actually installing the operating systems. Thanks again.

 

Guide: Install Mac OS v10.5.7 (iAtkos version) along with Windows 7 and use the Chameleon boot loader on a Dell Latitude D430.

 

1. Install iAtkos Mac OS Leopard v10.5.7 with the following options:

 

· http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=150935

 

· Kernel - 9.7

 

· ACPI - x86 ACPI

 

· Drivers - VGA - GMA 950

 

· USB

 

· Laptop Battery

 

· NTFS

 

 

2. Install the following App:

 

· Kext Helper - helps install the KEXT

 

 

3. Install the following KEXT:

 

· AppleBCM5751Ethernet - ethernet

 

· ApplePS2Controller - keyboard and mouse

 

o http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=21952

 

· IONetworkingFamily - wireless

 

· IOSDHCIBlockDevice - SD card

 

 

4. Install the latest Mac OS updates

 

 

5. If a black screen occurs at boot, restart and boot with -s parameter (single user mode) and type the commands:

 

· http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=135576

 

· mount -uw /

 

o Mount the file system with read-write access

 

· cd /System/Library/Extensions

 

o Go to the extensions folder

 

· rm -R AppleIntelGMA*

 

o Delete the undesired kexts

 

· rm -R AppleIntelintegratedFramebuffer.kext

 

· rm -R Natit.kext

 

 

6. Install Windows 7

 

 

7. Boot to the Mac OSX DVD

 

· http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=165878

 

· Open the terminal and type:

 

o fdisk ��"e /dev/rdisk

 

§ X = HD number, usually 0

 

o flag Y

 

§ Y = the OS X partition number, usually 2

 

o update

 

o write

 

o exit

 

· Install Chameleon 2 using installer on DVD

 

o Mac OSX will now boot, but Windows 7 will not

 

· Open MacOSX terminal

 

o Type in:

 

§ fdisk -e /dev/rdiskX

 

· X = HD number, usually 0

 

§ flag Z

 

· Z = windows partition number, should NOT exceed 4 which is the Mac limit

 

§ write

 

§ exit

 

 

8. Boot to the Windows 7 DVD

 

· Repair the bootloader

 

 

9. Boot into Windows 7

 

· Open command prompt

 

· Type in:

 

o Diskpart

 

o Select disk X

 

§ X = HD number, usually 0

 

o Select partition X

 

§ X = partition number, usually 2

 

o Active

 

§ Set OSX partition as active

 

 

10. Reboot the computer

 

· You can now boot into Windows or Mac OS X through Chameleon

AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext.zip

ApplePS2Controller.kext.zip

IONetworkingFamily.kext.zip

Kext_Helper_b7.zip

PCCard.zip

[wizmaster]

Were you able to get sleep working? Can put it to sleep, can not wake up.

[bschwarz]

JASpurrier3,

 

I was able to get my original D430 XxX 10.5.6 install reconfigured to a dual-boot using your directions.

 

I just had on question as in your original post one of the steps you mention is :

4. Install the latest Mac OS updates

Did you install the 10.5.8 update with no problems. Everytime I try to update either with the 10.5.8 combined update or the standalone 10.5.7 udpate my Mac OS will not boot. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

[TurboSed]

Just discovered this forum... and I am following your guide to install a dual boot on my Dell D430 with winXP... I was wondering if D430 works with the new snow leopard to?

[bredroll]

Just discovered this forum... and I am following your guide to install a dual boot on my Dell D430 with winXP... I was wondering if D430 works with the new snow leopard to?

 

Hello, I have run out of blank DVDs but have the snow leopard image sitting on my server ready to try.

 

I've had the best success with the ideneb 10.5.8 lite DVD.

 

I have not been able to fix sleep/hibernate and cant get PCMCIA working yet. Make sure you apply the cpus=1 fix.

 

edit /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist put "cpus=1" in the kernel flags so it looks like so:-

 

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>cpus=1</string>

[MrSka]

GDay,

 

I have been trying this for days now and just cant figure out what I am doing wrong?

 

iATKOS installs fine, as does kext helper. Next I use kext helper to run/install the ApplePS2 kext, and reboot and hey presto works fine! But when do the same for the networking kexts, nothing happens, and when I run the IOSDHCIBlockDevice kext, on reboot the system hangs before I get to a desktop.

 

I am a pc man, through and through, so this is my very first try at OSX, so what am I doing wrong? The Ethernet kext runs fine according to the kext helper, and the system reboots fine as well?

 

I also did try to use the Empire EFI with a legit OSX Snow Leopard, but seems the D430 is not 64bit compatible. I also tried Epmire EFI with a legit copy of OSX Leopard, but doesnt seems to work. Only the iATKOS install using the settings you mentioned above leads me to a working install. But not getting the networking to work is very frustrating

 

Thanks for your help in advance!

[MrSka]

Looks like I have the ethernet sorted out, using a different kext, so now trialing the dual boot with Win7 now