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Adz0rd
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Hello

 

im a complete noob at this and i want to know if its possible to dual boot iAkatos v7 on my pc and if possible a detailed tut on how to do so

 

System:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz 1333FSB Socket 775 L2 4MB cache

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP41-UD3L iG41 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX

Ram: Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory CL5 1.9V

Graphics Card: PNY nVidia GTS250 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PhysX and Cuda ready PCI-E

Disk Drive: LiteOn 20x DVD±RW Dual Layer & Ram + Lightscribe IDE Black Bare Drive

Hard Drive: Samsung HD502HI 500GB Hard Drive SATAII

 

any other info u need please ask for it

 

Thanks Adz

 

Problems after install -

 

1.mysterious new operating shows up called system reserved is tehere any way to make this hidden

2. the problem with my scrolling i know i have to use nvidia inject but can i pelas ehave a tut on how to install

3. mic is not working yet sound is

4. mac isnot shutting down when i press either shut down or restart the only succesful way is to shut down via the main button

5. anyway to lock teh computer

6. atm chameleon likes to boot into mac automatically is there anyway to change the deafult boot - fixed

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mikewill57
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If you can install Leo you can dual boot. iAtkos is a good distro with a decent set of customizations, so there should be something there for you. Check the wiki on what systems it's been successfully installed on, if you see yours (or one that's super similar) you should be okay. Main things that need to be compatible are the disk (or mobo or whatever) and the graphics card. You're rocking intel so there's something out there that'll work. If you don't find what you want on iAtkos check iPC or Ideneb or Leo4All (though I think the latest update of that is mine @ 10.5.4), one of them will have what you need. As for dual-booting, there are plenty of guides on that, it all depends on how you want it set-up. I posted yesterday in the official dual-boot thread the way that worked best for me, check it if you want or try one of the other various methods. Good luck.

Adz0rd
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Hi, im not sure what u mean at the start "if u can install leo, u can dualboot" what d o umean by this and also can i have a link to your thread

 

Thanks

 

Edit: ok so i found out that my mobo works with 10.6.0 (http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.6.0#Gigabyte)

and i found my gfx card which works with 10.5.8 (http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.5.8#NVIDIA)

so what do i download and stuff and then what tut do i follow

Willg89
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Click here has full instructions for installing leopard and setting up dual booting, which was very helpful, though n.b. I used iAtkos v 1.0i.

 

I had to do a bit of fixing once the install was done, in order to get my ethernet card/graphics card/sound to work properly, but these are easily found in this forum!

Willg89
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kk thanks and could i install it via a virtual machiene? also do u recomend anything else accept for iAkatos v7 such as iPc cause i want to get the best

 

v7 is probably the best option than the one I used, because it installs Leopard version 10.5.7 rather than 10.5.1 which doesn't support some more recent software (e.g. Skype), and it's a total pain to upgrade from 10.5.1. Your best bet is to start off with the most recent version which will support everything!

 

As for whether you should use a different installer, like iPC, I can't say as I've only used iAtkos. But I found iAtkos very successful!

 

Also, I'm not sure what you mean by using a virtual machine, but probably the best option is to follow the guide exactly. Just print the guide off in advance/write it out :(!

Adz0rd
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Hi guys

 

got a huge problem after installing iAkatos v7 i started having majour problems:

 

1. could no longer boot into windows via Chameleon boot loader ("Missing BOOTMGR" tried using the windows 7 install disc but it cant detect my hard drive operating system even though in mac i can access all my files via the Finder)

 

2. problem with scrolling up and down seems like the writing is overlapping

 

3. mac doesnt shut down, when pressing restart or shut down etc it goes to a screen with a loading circle and either crashes and doesnt shut down or the circle goes on forever and doesnt shut down

 

Specs:

 

RAM - Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 CL5 1.9V

PROCESSOR - Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz 1333FSB Socket 775 L2 4MB cache OEM

MOTHERBOARD - Gigabyte GA-EP41-UD3L iG41 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX

GRAPHICS CARD - PNY GTS250 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PhysX and Cuda ready PCI-E

DRIVE - LiteOn 20x DVD±RW Dual Layer & Ram + Lightscribe IDE

HARD DRIVE - Samsung HD502HI 500GB Hard Drive SATAII

 

if u need any other information please ask

 

Thanks Adz

bastisk8
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1. could no longer boot into windows via Chameleon boot loader ("Missing BOOTMGR" tried using the windows 7 install disc but it cant detect my hard drive operating system even though in mac i can access all my files via the Finder)

 

You can try setting the bootflag back to your windows partition with Gparted. After this you should be able to repair your windows bootmanager using the Windows DVD and the dvd recognizes the faulty bootmgr. When you are finished and able to boot into windows, set the bootflag back to your OSX Partition and you will be able too boot both windows and osx

bastisk8
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Gparted is also available as UBB version, see:

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/liveusb.php

 

Though, the usb version didn't boot on my machine, that's why i recommended the CD-Version.

 

Please report your success when your dual boot works. It will help others with the same problem.

 

Edit: You should actually even be able to burn the Gparted CD in OSX as you can already boot this

bastisk8
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Try Burn http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html or the disk utility that comes with Leopard

 

Problem 2 seems like Quartz extreme and Core Image aren't running yet. You`ll probably need a new kext for your graphics card. Not sure which one, NVInject seems to be a good choice in most cases, though.

 

I recommend getting dual boot to work properly first as you'll need another OS to access OSX in case you screw something with a wrong kext...

Adz0rd
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ok new problem now i cant boot into the usb when i try to via the boot menu it just loads into chameolon with a new thing saying no name and when i try to boot from that nothing happens and what do i even boot from USB CDROM, USB HDD, USB FDD, USB ZIP

 

Edit: doesnt work, when trying to do this method yes i boot into to gparted select my windows partion as the boot and after booting into the installation dvd and repaired windows when i then restart windows and before it goes into chamelon i get this

"boot0

BOOTMGR not found

press Ctrl+alt+del to restart"

so this doesnt work, then i again go in to gparted to see when switching it over to mac osx which i do and then i do get into chamelon but windows does not work again

bastisk8
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Hm...don't really understand what went wrong.

If the bootflag is back on windows and the windows partition ist set active, the Install DVD should fix the windows bootloader and you should be able to boot into windows.

 

Did you set the windows partition as active with Gparted?

 

If you set the bootflag back to OSX after you fixed the windows bootloader, Chameleon is able to boot both OS

 

 

Edit: Ok, this should be the proper workaround for you:

 

Boot Gparted, go to your windows Partition and set ist active. Exit Gparted.

Boot your Windows installation DVD and let the DVD repair the bootloader. Boot Windows once.

Boot Gparted again and set your OSX partition as active. Exit Gparted.

Boot your Harddrive, Chameleon should load up, both OS should be able to boot.

Adz0rd
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it fixes it but then i cant boot into either and get a bootmgr error then i try to set it back to osx and i get then iget into the loader but when i try to boot into windows i get the same error

 

Edit 1: ill try again manually instead of it doing it auto

Edit 2: ok good news first i re did the boot fix and it worked i am not in windows now to try and boot back into mac brb

Edit 3: Fully working i can now switch between bot of my operating systems (THANK GOD)

 

thanks for all your help guys, now to takle the other problems

 

1.mysterious new operating shows up called system reserved is tehere any way to make this hidden

2. the problem with my scrolling i know i have to use nvidia inject but can i pelas ehave a tut on how to install

3. mic is not working yet sound is

4. mac isnot shutting down when i press either shut down or restart the only succesful way is to shut down via the main button

5. anyway to lock teh computer

6. atm chameleon likes to boot into mac automatically is there anyway to change the deafult boot - fixed

bastisk8
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How did you manage to repair windows now? Did you do it manually or automatically via dvd?

 

 

Problem 1:

To prevent automount you can use fstab. Go to disk util and view the UUID from this partition.

then write to /etc/fstab like this

 

UUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX none ntfs ro,noauto

 

Problem 6:

You can change the first boot device easily with Lizard:

http://darwinx86.org/software/darwinx86_software.html

Adz0rd
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hi umm wat i mean as manual is that instead of windows dvd saying at the start we ahve found ure os and now wants to repair etc (something on those lines) i clicked no and then did it from the next page which seemed to work and i have no clue as in what ure talking about automounting and i dont know what disk r u talking about for fstab

 

Edit 1: i now know what to do but can u please help me out with the commands and i type them into termianl right?

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