Rossww Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Firstly, Hi Ive never used a mac before so naturaly i want to see what all the fuss is about ive got a pc that from what ive read, should be rather compatable what i would like to do is tripple boot the newest osx + windows 7 + some kind of linux, though id settle with osx +w7 if its easiest ive read some of the guides on the wiki, but they all used different methods, with differnt loaders or whatever, and im confused by what would be the easiest solution if somone could recomend, what in their opinion, would be the easiest method for me, i would aprechiate it. i will do the reasearch myself if someone points me in the right direction specs E6700 C2D @ 3.3GHz Gigabyte EP45-UD3P HD4870 4gb (2x2gb) ddr2 running at about ddr2 900MHz and a ASUS Xoner sound card which i hear is no good so..... whos method should i follow? i should probably state i dont have a large USB stick Thanks Ross Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275094-new-to-all-this-dont-know-where-to-start/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooSee Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Information is required ! ... without you'll waste Time ! you should use a second HD only for OSX. try Kakewalk ! http://www.kakewalk.se/compatibility/ you can try installing OSX on VirtualBox without messing up W7 https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads. good luck ! CooSee ' Ya Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275094-new-to-all-this-dont-know-where-to-start/#findComment-1789568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxic Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 DO NOT TRY KAKEWALK OR ANY OTHER DISTRO The reason I say this is because they just complicate matters. A retail install is the simplest way. Your hardware is perfectly compatible for a retail install. There is a really good triple boot guide here on how to install all 3 to 1 HD: http://francisbyrne....d-ubuntu-10-04/ Though like with many installs, you may have to pick and mix techniques from various guides to find a suitable install method for your hardware. The easiest way to triple boot is to use 1 HD for OS X and 1 for windows and linux (as previously stated.) The reason for this is that OS X prefers a GUID partition table, windows needs an MBR, the only way to install both to 1 HD is to use a GUID/MBR hybrid partition table and these can be fragile. Not what you want! Start of by getting snow leopard running using a 10.6.3 retail disk and Nawcoms ModCD. You can then upgrade this to Lion (the latest and greatest) Look into Chameleon 2.1, this is the boot loader that will boot OS X for you. It wil need to be installed to your hard drive after you have installed OS X. You will need to install kexts (drivers) for your natively un-supported hardware. Patching your DSDT can be a real help, though this is something to think about once you have a decent install. It tends to get some things working without the need for extra kexts. I hope this helps, I remember how cryptic everything seems when you first start, but in reality it's pretty simple. (As an example I did my first build just over a year ago, since then I've not found a PC I couldn't install OS X on.) Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275094-new-to-all-this-dont-know-where-to-start/#findComment-1789572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossww Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 ok, this should be enough to get me started. might have to dig out my old 120gb hd then Many thanks guys Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275094-new-to-all-this-dont-know-where-to-start/#findComment-1789578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxic Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Make sure you use S-ATA not P-ATA drives Open BIOS and set SATA to AHCI mode (use RAID if AHCI is not an option, this automatically enables AHCI) Set Sleep to S3 Set HPET to 64bit Enable USB legacy Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275094-new-to-all-this-dont-know-where-to-start/#findComment-1789580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossww Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Make sure you use S-ATA not P-ATA drives Open BIOS and set SATA to AHCI mode (use RAID if AHCI is not an option, this automatically enables AHCI) Set Sleep to S3 Set HPET to 64bit Enable USB legacy ok will do thanks edit if i format one drive to the format that osx likes, and the other to the one windows likes, will they both be able to read files on each others drives? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275094-new-to-all-this-dont-know-where-to-start/#findComment-1789582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxic Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 OS X will see windows Windows will need macdrive or transmac to see the OS X partition. Linux will of course see everything but nothing will see Linux as nothing but Linux supports ext3 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275094-new-to-all-this-dont-know-where-to-start/#findComment-1789589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Besides Transmac and Macdrive (which I personally find clumsy and annoying) there is also Apple's HFS+ Bootcamp driver. Someone extracted it from the whole Bootcamp installer and made it available for download somewhere. I don't remember where I saw that though. You could install all of bootcamp on Windows and it would work, but then you'll get a crapload of stuff that you don't need. If you need full R/W access the safest and most reliable way is to share your files over a local network. Another way to have R/W access across OS X and Windows is to keep a storage hard drive or partition formatted with exFAT. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT (FAT32 will work too but consider the limitations first, read and make up your own mind) NTFS write support on OS X can be enabled but it is not reliable and if there's a problem with the NTFS filesystem, OS X will tell you about it in the system logs, but you will not be able to fix it with OS X based tools. Disk Utility can repair FAT32 and exFAT though. RPGs, tech and pot noodles! lol Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275094-new-to-all-this-dont-know-where-to-start/#findComment-1789979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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