cvgoldensun Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Ok so I am a TOTAL and obvious n00b here... and I just ordered a new Dell Inspiron 1545 with the following specs: Intel Pentium Dual Core T4400, 2.2GHz, 800MHz, 1M L2 Cache 4GB, DDR2, 800MHz 2 Dimm (I suppose this is memory) Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD 320G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Half Mini Card Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam SOOO anyways I read a few threads already on here, including http://bit.ly/bwsFtg and http://bit.ly/9SNtKY ... ----- I was wondering how to go about setting up a dual-boot for Windows 7 and Snow Leopard on this computer. Granted, I do not know what kernels or kexts or any of that stuff is, so I am really on my knees here. --- From what I gathered, I have to install iATKOS v7 or something (a clone of osx for PC's, I assume?) and then use something called Chamelon (no idea!) or something. There also appears to be Drivers i have to install (btw if I do a dual boot, will everything still work in win7 if they don't work in snowleopard? justwonderingkaythanks) -- Basically, could someone explain what I need, or maybe how I could do all this? Even an explanation of kexts and kernels would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuman74 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Ok so I am a TOTAL and obvious n00b here... and I just ordered a new Dell Inspiron 1545 with the following specs: Intel Pentium Dual Core T4400, 2.2GHz, 800MHz, 1M L2 Cache 4GB, DDR2, 800MHz 2 Dimm (I suppose this is memory) Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD 320G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Half Mini Card Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam SOOO anyways I read a few threads already on here, including http://bit.ly/bwsFtg and http://bit.ly/9SNtKY ... ----- I was wondering how to go about setting up a dual-boot for Windows 7 and Snow Leopard on this computer. Granted, I do not know what kernels or kexts or any of that stuff is, so I am really on my knees here. --- From what I gathered, I have to install iATKOS v7 or something (a clone of osx for PC's, I assume?) and then use something called Chamelon (no idea!) or something. There also appears to be Drivers i have to install (btw if I do a dual boot, will everything still work in win7 if they don't work in snowleopard? justwonderingkaythanks) -- Basically, could someone explain what I need, or maybe how I could do all this? Even an explanation of kexts and kernels would be nice. Did you ever get this to work? I have the same exact laptop (with T4500 processor though) and would ultimately like to get the exact same setup! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.B Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 to lay it all out quickly: kernel - the core of an OS kext - similar to a driver, stands for Kernel EXTension, helps the system to recoqnise hardware etc chameleon - a bootloader, we (this community) uses it to boot/multiboot OSes, an alternative (kinda) is PC EFI by netkas anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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