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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

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

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.)

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?

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

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