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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/218110-dual-boot-w7sl-inspiron-1545-dell/ 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/218110-dual-boot-w7sl-inspiron-1545-dell/#findComment-1524557 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/218110-dual-boot-w7sl-inspiron-1545-dell/#findComment-1524567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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