Kibito87 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Well I am extremely new to OSX so knowing what i'm doing is a little on the down side but anyways, I have an xp installation on C. I have another free hdd with the drive letter D. I'm using D to install osx with the atkos v7 dvd. I added a line into my boot.ini so that I may have the MAC OS entry in my boot loader. I also added the chain0 file to the root of my C drive. So what i've tried is setting the partition map on D as MBR and also GUID. I've gotten as far as getting the Chameleon v1 Darwin loader to come up with both my xp and OSX installations showing. When it loads up osx, the screen turns black and my pc reboots. I tried Chameleon v2 and the same thing happens. Here is my setup. Dell Dimension E510 ATI RADEON HD 400 or 4000 can't remember 2 SATA HDD's. 2 External HDD's. INTEL® PRO/100 VE Network Connection 2 Pentium D CPU 2.80GHz 4gb of RAM If you need more information i'll be more than happy to give it. I have many things on my xp installation that i'd rather not get rid of so if it's possible to not format this hdd that would be best. Is there something i'm missing or is leaving all the extra installs alone not helping...i'm not sure. I even installed drivers for my ATI card within the installer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189648-multi-boot-xp-and-osx-via-atkos-v7/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
chokia Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 remove drive C from your pc (Pull out the cable) now try making OSX to boot. if cant, then go to installation forum and learn. Multiboot will be easier after that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189648-multi-boot-xp-and-osx-via-atkos-v7/#findComment-1285341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kibito87 Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 Tried that. Still the same thing. I've learned all I can without some kind of social interaction with somebody that has done this before. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189648-multi-boot-xp-and-osx-via-atkos-v7/#findComment-1289869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kibito87 Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 Bump* Anybody else that can help? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189648-multi-boot-xp-and-osx-via-atkos-v7/#findComment-1299039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ID_Tech Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Hey Kibito87, I'm in a same boat with you, - I've learned everything from point '0' to having a functioning installation of OS X on one HDD and Win XP on the other. Same thing - some programs I'm not willing to re-learn just yet, and they don't have MAC version. I did try pretty much everything (boot.ini; chain0 method, MBR, etc.), however most of cases reviewed on this forum are about dual-booting from the same HDD. In my research I came to conclusion that unless you're willing to switch from Win XP to Vista and use FreeBCD, there isn't much you can do. That is, without digging yourself into Linux bootloaders like "lilo" or GRUB! I've also installed Parallels, but it doesn't want to work on my single core. At some point I just got tired of looking for solution and I'm just switching my HD boot sequience in BIOS. Yes, one does have to press extra keys at the start (F1, arrow, arrow, arrow, Enter, arrow, Enter, F10, Enter), but it works, and for now it will do for me.... At some point I'll re-new my efforts, but not now... So there you have it,- my "two-pence" of acquired wizdom. P.S. Check this thread out: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=168500 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189648-multi-boot-xp-and-osx-via-atkos-v7/#findComment-1299337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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