skyliner34 Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 Hi. Whats the easiest way to install the latest build of vista on my 17" iMac?. I will want to dual boot OSX and Vista, and have OSX as the default OS. I have searched the forum and i'm confused Thanks in advance Sky Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18926-easiest-way-to-get-vista-on-imac/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 First off, what version of Vista do you have? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18926-easiest-way-to-get-vista-on-imac/#findComment-123974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyliner34 Posted June 2, 2006 Author Share Posted June 2, 2006 5384 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18926-easiest-way-to-get-vista-on-imac/#findComment-123976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 1. Use Boot Camp to create a Windows XP partition. 2. Install Vista on XP partition. EDIT: 3. Remove the EFI partion durring the install. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18926-easiest-way-to-get-vista-on-imac/#findComment-123993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeC Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 1. Use Boot Camp to create a Windows XP partition. 2. Install Vista on XP partition. Have you tried this yourself? It doesn't seem to work... Don't you have to remove EFI partition during the install? curious... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18926-easiest-way-to-get-vista-on-imac/#findComment-123998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silhouette Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 Yeah, it doesn't work. Currently a friend of mine who has some connections with intel is working on my Vista disk and says he ought to be able to bypass some security stuff to let me install it. I don't really see how that would work, but he knows more than I do about it so oh well. I'll let you know how it works when I get it back (sometime next week). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18926-easiest-way-to-get-vista-on-imac/#findComment-124054 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 That's right. You need to delete the EFI partition. From there it should work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18926-easiest-way-to-get-vista-on-imac/#findComment-124056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyliner34 Posted June 3, 2006 Author Share Posted June 3, 2006 Wow that simple . Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18926-easiest-way-to-get-vista-on-imac/#findComment-124235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silhouette Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 Don't you have to rebuild the EFI partition to update Mac OS X? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18926-easiest-way-to-get-vista-on-imac/#findComment-124241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentDoofy Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 As I understand it, the problem is that the MBR/GPT partitions don't match up - Windows is capable of reading the true GPT partition table, but the Vista bootloader isn't, and so it tries to boot from the wrong partition. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong here.) The easiest thing to do for now is to do as folks are saying and delete the EFI partition during the Vista install. Works fine for Vista, I have it on my MBP at the moment. However, deleting the EFI partition breaks the Boot Camp assistant, and potentially some updates (most likely firmware updates?) I wonder if the simplest way to get things to work without deleteing the EFI partition is to make the EFI partition visible from the MBR partition table - does rEFIt do that when you ask it to update the MBR, or does it keep it hidden? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18926-easiest-way-to-get-vista-on-imac/#findComment-124289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silhouette Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 So can I confidently remove the EFI partition without any major forseeable problems in the near future? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18926-easiest-way-to-get-vista-on-imac/#findComment-124780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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