hanZen Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 I'm about to install OSX86 onto my PC. At this moment I'm running RAID on two 160GB harddrives! Would it be better not to run RAID and then have an OS on each harddrive instead of just creating a partition with partition magic and install it on that!? By the way, the filesystem has to be FAT32 for osx86 right!? Thanks...... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20751-osx86-on-a-partition-or-a-seperate-harddrive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwprod12 Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 I'd suggest using a seperate hard drive. Also, you may want to use a drive that doesnt have important stuff on it. It sucks when someone gets all excited about OS X, deletes everything they have set up, and then finds out it's not gonna work for them. Plan ahead. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20751-osx86-on-a-partition-or-a-seperate-harddrive/#findComment-137270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 By the way, the filesystem has to be FAT32 for osx86 right!? No. The filesystem has to be HFS+. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20751-osx86-on-a-partition-or-a-seperate-harddrive/#findComment-137273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanZen Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 Where do I set the filesystem to HFS+ in Partition Magic? Can't seem to find it anywhere!? Do I need to use another program to make a HFS+ partition!? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20751-osx86-on-a-partition-or-a-seperate-harddrive/#findComment-137296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwprod12 Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Set it to fat32. You had it right to begin with. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20751-osx86-on-a-partition-or-a-seperate-harddrive/#findComment-137297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanZen Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 Ok! Do I need to reformat it to HFS+ in the installation program?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20751-osx86-on-a-partition-or-a-seperate-harddrive/#findComment-137299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwprod12 Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 yup Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20751-osx86-on-a-partition-or-a-seperate-harddrive/#findComment-137301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanZen Posted June 30, 2006 Author Share Posted June 30, 2006 Will OSX86 work with RAID? I mean will I be able to install OSX86 on a partition, when running RAID on two 160GB harddrives???? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20751-osx86-on-a-partition-or-a-seperate-harddrive/#findComment-137483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeSuKuN Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 only hardware raid are bootable and hardware raid depends on the support of your raid controller Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20751-osx86-on-a-partition-or-a-seperate-harddrive/#findComment-137487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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