vind Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Hi guys, I'm a beginner and am trying to build my very first dual boot hackintosh. I installed Windows 7 Pro and OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.4 on two different hard drives. I wish to make my Windows drive as my main hdd and Windows as my main OS. So I installed EasyBCD but no success in booting OSX thru it. I installed Chameleon wizard on OSX, but that too is not booting independently. In the process I even managed to corrupt my Windows MBR, finally I had to restore it thru Windows installer disc's repair option. Kindly help me guy, to get out of this hitch. Thanks in advance. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/292535-help-me-dual-boot-problem/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
artur_pt Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 hello try to install chameleon with chameleon wizard option boot0md good hack 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/292535-help-me-dual-boot-problem/#findComment-1952419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vind Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 Thanks artur-pt, Your quick response highly appreciated. I've already installed chameleon wizard with the option boot0md, as you suggested. But no luck so far. Any clue...? Thanks again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/292535-help-me-dual-boot-problem/#findComment-1952560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiethemorris Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Are you saying that chameleon doesn't recognize your windows drive, or are you only trying to use EasyBCD as your boot manager? Chameleon should recognize the drive automatically and allow you to boot to it. You can set the default drive to the windows drive in Chameleon's org.chameleon.boot.plist. and of course you can use your BIOS as a boot menu as well, that's what I prefer to do. 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/292535-help-me-dual-boot-problem/#findComment-1952640 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vind Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 Thanks jamiethemorris, I appreciate your input. Yes, I know chameleon should recognise the win hd. But unfortunately, its not doing so, neither easybcd is recognising mac hd. Both hds and OSs are running well independently (need to boot mac with usb installer), But not working as dual boot pc. I don't know what mess I'm in... I guess, I need to start from scratch again.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/292535-help-me-dual-boot-problem/#findComment-1953252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneck Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Mac has to be the primary HD. You may be able change in Bios. I use Maverick the most so I set boot preference with Chameleonlist. At boot Hit f8 to boot to Windows. EasyBCD hasn't worked for me after Lion Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/292535-help-me-dual-boot-problem/#findComment-1953262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiethemorris Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Vind, make sure you've installed chameleon to the osx drive first of all. I'm not sure why it's not recognizing windows though. Is your windows an MBR install or uefi? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/292535-help-me-dual-boot-problem/#findComment-1953301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vind Posted October 11, 2013 Author Share Posted October 11, 2013 Hi guys, thanks for your concern and kind responses. Update - i reinstalled both OSs. Now good thing is - if i make mac hd as primary hd, then mac is booting well and is allowing to boot into win as well. But if i make win hd primary, then no dual boot. EasyBCD is not recognising mac osx. And I strongly need to make my win hd as primary, as my all main working softwares are win based. What am I missing exactly...??? Edit : Yes. My windows is an MBR install. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/292535-help-me-dual-boot-problem/#findComment-1953629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
everdone Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Forget EasyBCD. You have two ways to go: Set Mac HD as primary. At bootup when the Chameleon icon appears, tap a keyboard key (I use spacebar) and you will be presented with icons for Mac and Windows (WindowsReserve) where you can select which OS to boot. Set Windows HD as primary. Will always boot into Windows unless you take action. If you wish to boot Mac in this scenario, tap the appropriate 'F' key at MB splash icon to choose a temporary boot drive. At the menu select the Mac HD, tap return and proceed to boot into Mac. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/292535-help-me-dual-boot-problem/#findComment-1953688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiethemorris Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 vind, you can set your Mac drive as the primary hard drive but still have it automatically boot into windows by default. Just use this boot option in your org.chameleon.boot.plist: Default Partition hd(x,y) in your case it would most likely be hd(1,1). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/292535-help-me-dual-boot-problem/#findComment-1953754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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