convert2apple Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Hi, now that I have my retail Snow Leopard working fantastically, I need advice for setting up EasyBCD to dual-boot Windows 7 and OS X. I have them on separate MBR and GPT disks to ease complications that could arise from having them on the same disk. Chameleon 2 RC4 does let me boot into Windows 7 as well as Snow Leopard, but that slows boot time because Windows 7 is on a solid-state disk. Therefore I want to use the Windows boot manager to choose between Windows 7 or OSX/Chameleon so that the SSD has no speed barriers when booting into Windows. (To me it makes more sense to have Windows 7 on the super-fast SSD even though Mac OSX is better because OSX is already snappy and responsive even on a regular hard drive. I also do a lot of gaming in Windows, which SSD's are perfect for.) I tried the EasyBCD 2 beta that's compatible with Win7 but can't figure out how to get the Mac OS dual-boot option to work successfully. I think I read somewhere that it works best with PC-EFI 9 which I'm not sure if Chameleon 2 RC4 uses. Can anybody please enlighten me on how to use EasyBCD to do this? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/224313-easybcd-and-chameleon-2-rc4/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Hi, now that I have my retail Snow Leopard working fantastically, I need advice for setting up EasyBCD to dual-boot Windows 7 and OS X. I have them on separate MBR and GPT disks to ease complications that could arise from having them on the same disk. Chameleon 2 RC4 does let me boot into Windows 7 as well as Snow Leopard, but that slows boot time because Windows 7 is on a solid-state disk. Therefore I want to use the Windows boot manager to choose between Windows 7 or OSX/Chameleon so that the SSD has no speed barriers when booting into Windows. (To me it makes more sense to have Windows 7 on the super-fast SSD even though Mac OSX is better because OSX is already snappy and responsive even on a regular hard drive. I also do a lot of gaming in Windows, which SSD's are perfect for.) I tried the EasyBCD 2 beta that's compatible with Win7 but can't figure out how to get the Mac OS dual-boot option to work successfully. I think I read somewhere that it works best with PC-EFI 9 which I'm not sure if Chameleon 2 RC4 uses. Can anybody please enlighten me on how to use EasyBCD to do this? Thanks Some clarification needed.........are you saying that you have set up EasyBCD 2.0 Beta (Build 105 last time I checked) in Win7 and that you can boot into OS X Snow Leopard from the Windows Boot Manager.........but cannot boot into Win7 from Chameleon 2.0 RC4 on OS X? If so, in Chameleon, select the "System Reserved" drive icon and the Win7 system should hopefully boot...... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/224313-easybcd-and-chameleon-2-rc4/#findComment-1507170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
convert2apple Posted July 8, 2010 Author Share Posted July 8, 2010 Sorry about the lack of clarification. It's actually the opposite situation: I can boot into both OSX and Win7 from Chameleon but can't seem to get Windows Boot Manager to start Snow Leopard. I would prefer the Windows boot manager because it's on a faster disk. Didn't really explain things well earlier. Sorry for that, hope this is enough information now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/224313-easybcd-and-chameleon-2-rc4/#findComment-1507374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Sorry about the lack of clarification. It's actually the opposite situation: I can boot into both OSX and Win7 from Chameleon but can't seem to get Windows Boot Manager to start Snow Leopard. I would prefer the Windows boot manager because it's on a faster disk. Didn't really explain things well earlier. Sorry for that, hope this is enough information now. I presume you have already repaired the Win7 bootmanager and set up a new entry for OS X using EasyBCD 2.0......? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/224313-easybcd-and-chameleon-2-rc4/#findComment-1509261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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