Easy Dual Boot

[soulless]

I used the new "Generic DVD Install Tiger". If you want dual boot Windows - Mac, this is easy way:

 

1. Boot from "Generic DVD Install Tiger".

2. When the install program start, open "Disk Utility".

3. Select your hard disk and click over "partition". Create two partition (one HFS+ and other MS-DOS). When you finish close Disk Utility.

4. Restart (WITHOUT INSTALL MAC OS X YET, NO INSTALL TIGER YET)

5. Boot used Windows XP CD and install Win in the Partition created (MS-DOS). Select the partition MS-DOS (FAT32), and then select format NTFS and install.

6. When you win install finished, boot used "Generic DVD Install Tiger" again and install Tiger in the other partition HFS+.

 

When you boot your computer press key and you can select Mac OS X Tiger or Windows XP. Good Luck.

 

Note: Backup all your data before try this.I'm not responsible for you pooching your

machine if you try this and don't know what you're doing or make a mistake. I only try write one method that I used and all work perfect.

 

Excuse my english but I'm spanish

[fischgesicht]

will windows use c: ?

[AgentOrange]

Windows should still use C:, since the HFS+ volume isn't visible to the OS and therefore not assigned it's own drive letter.

[foureight84]

Windows should still use C:, since the HFS+ volume isn't visible to the OS and therefore not assigned it's own drive letter.

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not true. hfs partition is read by windows installer as an unknown type and is assigned driver letter C:. what you need to do is create a partition with the free space, which will be assigned to E:, exit out of windows setup, then go back in and the installer will reset the letters. E will now be C and the hfs partition will be assigned with F or E.

[soulless]

not true. hfs partition is read by windows installer as an unknown type and is assigned driver letter C:. what you need to do is create a partition with the free space, which will be assigned to E:, exit out of windows setup, then go back in and the installer will reset the letters. E will now be C and the hfs partition will be assigned with F or E.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It's true, hfs partition is unknown by windows installer. Select the other partition (FAT32) and format it NTFS in the next step in the install. Good Luck

[Stern]

it's much easier to do with an already made windows installation if you put the option in the windows boot loader. just copy chain0 from /usr/standalone/i386 to C:/. then add C:/chain0="MacOSX x86" to the boot.ini file located in C:/. this allows you to dual boot mac and windows much more easily.

[xSuRgEx]

please can some one make a guide for thoes windows xp users that have only one or two hdds with windows xp installed and wish to install osx86 with dualboot mode.

 

it would be nice to see some pictures of what steps to take so people dont get confused and end up killing there xp partition.

[seanbperiod]

is there any easy way to dual boot with an existing windows partition? i run Media Center, and unfortunately I cant reinstall Windows on a partition and keep my product key and what not..

[foureight84]

for you to dual boot using this method, you need to set xp partition to active rather than having osx as default active partition. then once you install osx, copy the \usr\standalone\chain0 from the dvd to C:\ (windows partition), then edit the boot.ini and add this to the bottom of the page "C:\chain0="Mac OSX x86 Dev". If you don't know what i'm talking about and need a clearer explaination, use the search button and search for "dual boot" there are several topics on this.

[foureight84]

It's true, hfs partition is unknown by windows installer. Select the other partition (FAT32) and format it NTFS in the next step in the install. Good Luck 

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please can some one make a guide for thoes windows xp users that have only one or two hdds with windows xp installed and wish to install osx86 with dualboot mode.

 

it would be nice to see some pictures of what steps to take so people dont get confused and end up killing there xp partition.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

you can use partition magic and create a new partition and install osx on it.

[xSuRgEx]

ok so if i make a new partition with Pmagic. and set my xp partition as "active"

is there anything else i need to do with the newly created partition?

do i leave it untouched?

 

sorry for sounding stupid, but i want to get this right with out having to reinstall windows xp.

 

thanks

 

(edit)

 

would it be possable to copy over the \usr\standalone\i386\chain0

to my c:\

then edit the boot.ini

 

so it shows

 

[boot loader]

timeout=30

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

"C:\chain0="Mac OSX x86 Dev"

 

to see if the bootloader shows up?

Edited September 5, 2005 by xSuRgEx

[elisan]

For all the people that don´t wanna mess around with MBR or special

Disktools, try Smart Bootmanager (open source):

 

http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/download.html

 

It creates one bootable Floppy and overides all BIOS settings

without changing them, e.g. it is possible to boot from CDROM,

even if your BIOS doesn´t support that...

It does not install to your harddisk, it just starts from floppy drive.