Need Help Cant Install SL on Dell 1525 Dual Boot Win 7

[Kleany]

Hey, im new to this all, dont really know exactly what im doing, but ive just been following a lotta tutorials online.

 

I can get SL to install fine by itself.

 

The problem is, when i try to DUAL BOOT it, i cant get it to install.

 

I have 1 Hard Drive, with 2 Partitions, i want to install Win 7 on one, and SL on the 2nd.

 

I go thru the process did a fresh install and make 2 partitions thru Win 7.

 

Once i finish i boot into SL installer, but it does not list a hard drive for me to install it to.

 

So i go into the Disk Utility and select the 2nd Partition, i try to erase it, and set it to Mac (Journal) and i change the partition name to Macintosh HD and click Erase.

 

It never completes and gives me an error.

 

Now i know SL you can only install on GPT, well i got the fix and patched the SL so that it can now be installed on MBR.

 

So im stuck here, i have no idea whats wrong, and what the issue is.

 

Oh if it matters, the 2nd Partition says its formatted MS-Dos. Is that Why? How can i change it.

[l3osx]

Now i know SL you can only install on GPT, well i got the fix and patched the SL so that it can now be installed on MBR.

 

So im stuck here, i have no idea whats wrong, and what the issue is.

 

Oh if it matters, the 2nd Partition says its formatted MS-Dos. Is that Why? How can i change it.

 

SL can also install to a GPT/MBR hybrid scheme without requiring any patches. Here's what you do to get a GPT/MBR hybrid (don't use Win 7 to partition because Win 7 cannot accomplish this):

 

1. While booting the SL DVD to install, before you click on "Continue" to start the install, run Disk Utility to format your hard drive with 2 partitions, one as Mac OS Extended Journaled and the other as FAT.

 

2. Install SL into the Mac partition (I recommend also installing Chameleon if you're not doing it already) and make sure everything is OK.

 

3. Reboot with Win 7 DVD and install into the FAT partition, which you have to reformat to NTFS by clicking on Drive Options during the Win 7 install process. Afterwards, you can then boot into Win 7, download and install EasyBCD 1.7.2 and use this to add a Mac entry (Generic x86 PC) to the Win 7 bootloader. Now you should be able to boot into either one via the Win 7 bootloader.

 

An alternative method is to install SL to a GPT partition, then using Disk Utility to Copy this partition to a Mac OS Extended Journaled partition on an MBR hard drive (again no patches required). Windows 7 of course have no problem with MBR hard drive.

 

I've done it both ways. My current configuration is a triple boot with Snow Leopard, Win 7 and Linux Mint.