[Guide] The Fool-Proof Vista & XP / Mac OS X Dual-Boot Guide

[modis]

thank you very much for this guide

 

one question though. i followed your guide to the letter up until it says to "Put your bootable Mac OSX Tiger/Leopard installation in the drive and reboot". Upon rebooting, my computer simply says "missing operating system" after verifying DMI pool data and won't do anything.

 

any ideas?

thanks

[MrHeineken08]

if u have probs with hfs+ error while booting just put ur install dvd in select to boot from it and dont press any key to start the dvd installer and dont press f8 basically just select to boot from your optical drive and let it go. you will be booted into your hfs partition with osx installed on it running off your hd.

[GogoKodo]

I've followed this guide (and some other similar ones). I already have installed Vista and it works just fine, and now I'm trying to get OSX as a 2nd boot, this is on a single harddrive.

 

The install seemed to be fine (using iDeneb), but through the guide I'm never able to boot into OSX, everytime I choose OSX from the boot menu my computer just reboots.

[Thomas_88]

Very nice, and much appreciated. Now I can play my games and Mac it up too.

[bowlesbe]

Truly wonderful music!

[jonkap]

hey,

 

i've followed the guide so far, and managed to install osx (after bypassing the HFS error, as discribed)

when the install is succesfully finished osx asks for a reboot; but after rebooting (without changing anything to the boot sequence) the regular osx install starts all over again. when i make the pc boot from harddrive it boots in vista as normal, so i cant get into osx.

 

any ideas?

thanks

[maci01]

Great guide. I've successfully installed Mac OS 10.5.5 next to my XP partition. The only problem is when the installation disc isn't in the drive I get a black screen with the text:

"boot0: MBR

boot0: done_ "

in the upper left when booting up.

 

I want to install a boot loader that where I can select Windows XP or Leopard on boot.

 

I have two hard drives installed but one hard drive is purely for files (videos, music, games, etc) the other is for operating systems and program files.

I actually have two XP installations, one of them is faulty, the other works. So I have:

XP Faulty 0,0

XP Working 0,5

Mac OS on some partition.

 

Can anyone help me out?

[dawntodon]

thanks so much for this tutorial! unfortunately, I left my computer unattended for one minute too long and it seemed to skip past the point where I'd customize it. Now I don't have my video card and optical drive picking up in the hardware device list. Is there a way to customize after this point without having to reinstall OS X? Thanks. And I definitely hear the resemblance b/t your voice and Buckley/Yorke.

[hindiann]

hey, first of all i have a sony vaio with XP, not vista. when u say insert vista disc to boot on, does that mean xp disc for me? and i do not have an xp disc, lol is there any way i can get around this. tyvm

 

also, can i use ideneb v 10.5.5 instead of iatkos?

[OsX_NoObiE]

Hi Devilhood,

First of all thanks a lot for your guide dude. I followed it and got Mac OSx installed. But after installation of MacOSX, I loaded disk utility and did a Repair permission and rebooted the system(I took of the bootable DVD from my drive at this point). There appeared a dual boot menu on pressing F8. On selectin the MacOSX drive from the menu the system jus gets rebooted.

 

Hardware configuration:

P4 2.8Ghz (SSE2 only)

768Mb of RAM

Intel D865PERL Motherboard

Nvidia GeForce FX 5600 (128Mb) Graphic card.

 

Note that I am a total noob to this MacOSXInstallation. And i already have Windows XP SP3 on my C: drive. Installed OSX in a new partition. Followed all the steps in your guide till repairing disk permissions. After that I couldnt follow much.

 

I used iAtkos v5i installation

 

Please help me out .

 

Thanks

[gruv3n]

Thanks for the newb guide .. worked like a charm

[ThisisZAK]

Hello,

 

I have a fujitsu siemens laptop & i can't see my HDD in the disk utility, what is the solution plz?

 

Config: intel Core duo 1.73Ghz, 1 Go RAM, SIS 672 series with mirage 3+ graphics card, 120 Go HDD (SATA). But in Bios i have only a SATA -enabled/disabled- option!

 

thx! Zak

[ThisisZAK]

Up up up!!!

[manissh]

Hello guys.I need help.I have problem with HFS+ Partition Error .I have try to do the things that you have write here but i think that i do something wrong.When OSX installation is in cd every think work fine with out cd i have the partition error .I want to ask what is " OS X Installation Disc in SINGLE USER MODE" cause i have put this commands in terminal when the installation starts and how to get in SINGLE USER MODE.

I have XP64bit so is it possible the 64bit xp to make some trouble?Also i have read some where on the forum that XP or Vista must be installed on FAT partition(Is that true?) I have Asus P5KC so if it have problem with it tell me pls.ANY KIND OF HELP IS WELCOME !

I am sorry for my bad English i hope that you guys have understand me.

[imp0steur]

My LAP:

Dell XPS M1330

Intel CORE 2 DUO 2.4GHz

4GB Ram

nVidia GeForce 8400M 128 MB Card

 

Your guide is excellent .. I got iAktos 5i & vista installed .. but the problem now is ..

When osx booted for the first time .. it says Your keyboard was not recognized .. press right key to the left side shift key (something like that) .. I cannot get past this screen .. I probably missed something while customizing the install ..

 

Now when I am unable to boot with the iAktos DVD .. it says hold down the power button to shutdown ..

 

Whats the problem? will deleting the osx partition within windows allow me to boot from the dvd again?

 

Update

 

I reinstalled with PS/2 and all worked .. but still it says keyboard unidentified .. but keyboard works ..

 

How can I update to 10.5.6?

[billdlv]

I followed the guide and installed XP and created the 2nd partition as detailed in the guide using diskpart in xp.

 

When I go to erase the 2nd partition in disk utility i get a error, underlying task reported failure on exit. The info on the 2nd partition shows it has af id, bootable, and is marked active. Trying to mount the partition or use the first aid on it gives the same kind of error.

 

I'm using the boot 132 disc maker for the install cd and the retail copy I'm using is 10.5.1. Mother board is a gigabyte ga-ep45-ud3p.

 

My goal is to dual boot xp and OSX on a singe drive without using a boot cd.

 

Bill

 

Edit: I used gparted to remake the partition (500 Gb hfs+). Now I can erase it but when I go to install it says I gotta go with guid partition table. I thought that the point of the guide was to use mbr?

 

Update: I don't think this method will work with retail install

[imp0steur]

This perfectly worked for me .. but I have a different issue ..

 

I installed Windows 7 .. and I had to again do the bcdedit part ..

 

I issued the bcdedit commands to add a boot menu for leopard .. when I choose leopard from boot options I see windows vista boot screen and it directly goes into repair screen and repairs windows vista .. The strange thing is Windows Vista doesn't exist I have windows 7(Windows 7 boot screen is very different than Vista's boot screen) and Leopard 10.5.5 ..

 

So I guess my mbr still contains vista's boot file .. or something is messed up ..

 

Help me to get my boot fixed ..

I think I have to do a fdisk /mbr and recreate the boot menu .. but I need ur advice before doing anythinng

[hayden0103]

So, to make it perfectly clear, the Darwin Bootloader will allow me to dual-boot Vista and Mac OS X, if everything goes without a hitch?

 

Also, will a Pentium Dual-Core processor be recognized: A) with a Pentium DC specific driver or C) selecting a Core Duo driver?

 

Finally, are the Intel X3100 graphics natively supported, or will I need additional drivers?

 

devilhood, AWESOME GUIDE. I recommended it to a friend.

[hayden0103]

So, to make it perfectly clear, the Darwin Bootloader will allow me to dual-boot Vista and Mac OS X, if everything goes without a hitch?

 

Also, will a Pentium Dual-Core processor be recognized: A) with a Pentium DC specific driver or C) selecting a Core Duo driver?

 

Finally, are the Intel X3100 graphics natively supported, or will I need additional drivers?

 

devilhood, AWESOME GUIDE. I recommended it to a friend.

 

Scratch that. I run an Inspiron 1525 and I found a step-by-step guide on how to do it at EspressoReport. Unfortunately, it doesn't use iATKOS, instead the guide suggests the Kalyway distro. As soon as I pick up another HDD (so I can keep Windows), I'll try it with both Kalyway and iATKOS.

[wtfdude]

My only request, having put this guide together, is for anyone to kindly give my band music a whirl; it's fairly eclectic and similar to Jeff Buckley/Radiohead, so if you're into that sort of thing, you might like it.

 

Preparing for Dual-Boot:

 

First off, I'm completely aware that there is an abundance of dual-boot guides, but with mine, I have tried to keep the methodology simple, and to explain everything so that you understand what to do every step of the way.

I just want to begin by saying that this guide does NOT cover the Acronis OS Selector method, as it is an extremely unreliable method of dual-booting.

 

I would just like to also state that for people who are having problems with their hardware and/or cannot seem to install Mac OS X properly, please make sure you have downloaded the very latest iATKOS or Kalyway 10.5+ release.

 

If you still experience problems after this, please search the forums for your answer before asking questions. There is no need to turn this guide into a thread for troubleshooting your own hardware incompatibility issues if the solution already exists.

 

I cannot be held responsible for anything that goes wrong with your system as a result of following this guide.

 

Ok, let's begin.

Firstly, install Windows XP or Vista so that you are ready to prepare for Dual-Boot.

Note: Vista has a couple of snags which can cause much head-scratching, but don't worry, I covered these problems below.

 

During the Windows installation procedure, remember to create a partition to your requirements or at half the size of your total disk space.

Leave the left-over space untouched as this will be used for the Mac OS X partition.

It is highly recommended, although not necessary, for Vista users to use two separate hard-disk drives for dual-booting purposes.

For those who already have a working installation of Windows on their hard disk, I recommend using Hiren's BootCD (which includes Partition Magic as well as many other useful tools) for deleting, re-sizing and creating a new partition.

If you're using Vista and haven't got enough space left over to install Mac OS X, you can simply shrink the size of your current C:\ drive using Disk Management.

I personally use Paragon Partition Manager Professional or the GParted LiveCD for related tasks.

 

Make sure you're on the desktop of your Windows installation.

Press WIN+R to open the Run prompt, then type DISKPART and press Enter.

Now we're going to use DISKPART to create a HFS+ compatible Mac partition that we can boot off.

 

Follow these next set of commands:

 

DISKPART> list disk

Will show you a list of selectable disks

 

DISKPART> select disk n

[where n = the disk number]

This will specify which disk to create a new partition on, assuming you have already used the XP Install Disc, Partition Magic or Windows Disk Management to set aside some unformatted space. If not, and the drive you want to install Mac OS X on is empty, just follow the instructions immediately below for creating a partition.

 

DISKPART> create partition primary size=n id=af

[where n = the size in MB of the partition, however if no size is specified then the remaining space of that drive is used]

[where af = hfs+ compatible]

Will proceed to create a bootable primary partition for the Mac

 

For example: create partition primary size=100000 id=af

This will create a 100GB partition for Mac OS X.

 

DISKPART> list partition

This will show you the partitions on your selected disk

 

DISKPART> select partition n

[where n = the newly created OSX partition]

This will specify the partition

 

DISKPART> active

Will make your OS X partition the first-boot active partition

 

DISKPART> Exit

Leaves DiskPart...

 

If you screw up down the line and want to delete a partition via DISKPART, you may get a message saying that there are Temporary files in use.

To overcome this, you can either boot from the Vista Installation disc or use the XP Recovery Console to load DISKPART.

Deleting a partition follows almost the same process as above:

 

DISKPART> list disk

Will show you a list of selectable disks

 

DISKPART> select disk n

[where n = the disk number]

This will specify which disk you want to delete a partition on

 

DISKPART> list partition

Will show you a list of selectable partitions

 

DISKPART> select partition n

[where n = the partition number]

This will specify which partition you want to delete

 

DISKPART> delete partition

This will delete the partition

 

If you're using Vista, please Disable UAC (User Account Control) before installing Mac OS X.

To do so, press WIN+R to open the Run prompt, type in MSCONFIG to open the System Configuration Utility, click on the Tools tab, scroll down and select 'Disable UAC' then press Launch.

 

Put your bootable Mac OS X Tiger or Leopard Installation Disc into the DVD drive and restart your computer.

Make sure you press any key to boot off the DVD when it asks; the Darwin prompt should then appear and proceed to load the Mac OS X installation process.

 

Once it has finished loading and displays the first prompt after language select, click to the menu bar at the very top and load Disk Utility.

A list of disks should appear on the Left, using your Mouse, right click on the newly created Mac partition, click on Erase, this will allow the Mac to prepare the File System for OS X installation.

Quit Disk Utility and continue installing Mac OS X; remember to select 'customize' and specify which components you require for your system.

Once installed, load up Disk Utility again and repair permissions.

 

If you experience an HFS+ error after restarting, this is because of Vista. It can be fixed by reading the related sections further down.

 

Darwin has its own dual-boot menu which is easy to activate, just press F8 on your keyboard before the Darwin prompt and Apple boot logo.

The dual-boot menu might appear by itself depending on whether or not the install disc automatically sets the time-out period for you.

 

If you want to create a time-out that will allow you to select which OS to boot from without pressing F8, follow these instructions:

 

Firstly, load up Terminal (Applications/Utilities/) from within OS X, then type:

sudo nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

 

edit the Darwin time-out flag accordingly:

 

<key>Timeout</key>

<string>8</string>

 

Press CTRL+O and then Enter to save the file, after which you can safely close the session by pressing CTRL+X.

 

If you intend on partitioning another drive for storage via Disk Utility after your Mac is fully installed, make sure you specify it as an MBR partition.

 

If you're interested in creating a clone of your installation, please use Clonetool Hatchery.

 

Windows XP users can prioritize the standard XP Boot screen if you have installed both Operating Systems on seperate drives.

If your Windows partition isn't currently active (first-boot) or selectable via Darwin, either use the XP Recovery Console with DISKPART, or boot off your OS X Installation Disc in single user mode to use fdisk. The fdisk method can be done by pressing F8 at the disc's Darwin Prompt and typing -s.

At the single user prompt, type these commands exactly:

 

fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0

Specifies the disc that you have XP installed to

The specified location rdisk0 may of course be different if XP was installed on a different drive, e.g. rdisk1, rdisk2

 

flag 1

Marks XP as the active partition (assuming it was installed on the first partition of that particular disk)

 

quit

This will quit fdisk and take you back to the normal single user prompt

 

reboot

Your machine will restart and boot OS X as normal

 

When you have finally booted into XP, copy CHAIN0 from your Mac OS X partition or Installation Disc into the root of C:\

Edit your boot.ini to include this line of text at the bottom:

 

c:\CHAIN0="Apple Mac OS X x86"

 

When you next restart, you should be able to select Apple Mac OS X x86.

It will then either boot straight into your Mac install or show you the Darwin prompt if you have a timer set.

If you want retain Vista's Boot Loader instead of Darwin's Boot Loader:

 

Before attempting to follow the instructions to retain Vista's Boot Loader, please be aware that this method does not work for all system setups.

This usually works better if you have your Vista and Mac OS X installation on SEPERATE drives only.

It should be noted, that since using the Uphuck 10.4.9 Intel x86 Install DVD v1.4i r3 release and EasyBCD v1.7, I was able to dual-boot Vista and Mac OS X on a single drive without any problems.

Those of you who are using Vista OEM emulation loaders may need to prioritize the Vista Boot Loader in-order for it to work properly.

The Darwin Boot Loader method is a much more reliable method for dual-booting, explained above and also noted at the bottom of this guide.

 

The following instructions refer to editing the Vista Boot Loader using BCDEDIT (BCD stands for: Boot Configuration Data) via the command line, however, if you want to avoid using the command line, you can download a free program by NeoSmart Technologies called EasyBCD from: http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 which is basically BCDEDIT but with an intuitive GUI.

EasyBCD also comes with a built-in HFS+ fixer that will minimize any problems when configuring your system for dual-booting.

 

Once the Mac is fully installed, put the Vista Installation Disc into your DVD drive and restart to boot from it.

Click Repair System, press next and then select Command Prompt.

Type DISKPART and press Enter.

 

DISKPART> list disk

Will show you a list of selectable disks

 

DISKPART> select disk n

[where n = the disk number]

Select the disk which Windows Vista is installed to

 

DISKPART> list partition

This will show you the partitions on your selected disk

 

DISKPART> select partition n

[where n = the Windows Vista partition]

This will specify the partition

 

DISKPART> active

Will make your Windows Vista partition the first-boot active partition

 

DISKPART> Exit

Leaves DiskPart...

 

Reboot into Windows Vista.

Next, you can either follow the command line BCDEDIT instructions below, or use EasyBCD.

 

Copy CHAIN0 from your Mac OS X partition or Installation Disc to the root of your Vista partition C:\.

 

Make sure you have elevated privileges, press WIN+R to open Run, then type cmd to open the command prompt.

Type these commands exactly:

Note: If BCDEDIT does not work for booting OS X, skip this section as you can alternatively use Darwin's F8 Boot Loader.

 

bcdedit /copy {current} /d “Mac OS X”

Copies information from Vista to use as basis for Mac OS X Boot Loader

 

bcdedit /enum active

Enumerates the selectable OS' from Vista's Boot Loader

 

bcdedit /set {YOUR-GUID-HERE} PATH \chain0

Replace {YOUR-GUID-HERE} with the ID that is listed for Mac OS X under the enumerated list

Fix for the dreaded HFS+ Partition Error:

 

Vista's Boot Loader changes a few things which leaves the Mac's MBR (Master Boot Record) crippled.

Before reading on, you might want to check the PID (Partition Identifier) of your Mac partition first, so scroll down to the bottom section for fixing re-occuring HFS+ errors.

 

Firstly, you'll have to boot off your OS X Installation Disc in single user mode. This can be done by pressing F8 at the disc's Darwin Prompt and typing -s.

At the single user prompt, type these commands exactly:

 

fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0

Specifies the disc that you have Vista and OS X installed to

The specified location rdisk0 may of course be different if Vista or OS X was installed on a different drive, e.g. rdisk1, rdisk2

 

flag 2

Marks OS X as the active partition (or if you installed OS X 1st and Vista 2nd, change the flag to 1)

 

update

Update machine code in loaded MBR

 

write

Write loaded MBR to disk

 

quit

This will quit fdisk and take you back to the normal single user prompt

 

reboot

Your machine will restart and boot OS X as normal

 

Once you're happy that OS X has booted normally, restart back into single user prompt using the OS X Installation Disc.

Type these commands exactly:

 

fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0

Specifies the disc that you have Vista and OS X installed to

 

flag 1

Marks Vista as the active partition (or if you installed OS X 1st and Vista 2nd, change the flag to 2)

 

quit

This will quit fdisk and take you back to the normal single user prompt

 

reboot

Your machine will restart and boot Vista

 

Vista will say "\Windows\System32\winload" corrupted, don't panic! this is normal, however, to fix this problem you must now restart and boot from your Vista Installation Disc. If you only have the Vista Recovery Disc, then you must obtain an actual bootable installation disc.

 

Select your language then click 'Repair your computer' and if required, select the Vista installation you wish to repair.

Once the System Recovery Options prompt appears, click 'Repair and restart'.

This entire process has to be completed, otherwise Darwin will fail to see Vista as as bootable OS.

Check to see if everything is fine by letting it boot back into your Vista installation, or if this is not done automatically, restart the machine.

You can now proceed to add Mac OS X with EasyBCD or via the command line method, or for whatever reason, you can use DISKPART to mark Partition 2 as active again so that you can boot directly into the Mac.

 

If the Vista Boot Loader does not work at all with your Mac OS X partition, you can just simply mark Partition 2 as active and use the F8 method to select which OS to boot from.

No fancy graphics like Vista's method, but hell, it works perfectly

Follow the instructions at the top of the page if you want to edit Darwin's Boot Loader time-out.

Important note for re-occuring HFS+ problems:

 

If you have gone through all the steps above and it still produces an HFS+ error, then you will need to fix the Partition ID.

The only reasons for HFS+ errors to occur are due to a corrupt MBR, the wrong Identifier set for the Mac OS X Partition, or a disk controller problem relating to improper detection of your hard-disk, whether it is software or hardware related.

The ID problem usually occurs if you re-install Vista over itself or over XP when you have an already working OS X partition.

It will leave the Partition ID set to 07 across both partitions even when you update the machine code and re-write the MBR for OS X using fdisk.

You can check if this is the problem by typing 'print' after you have set fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0, it should show you a list of partitions with their ID's; if the Mac partition is set to 07 or anything apart from AF then read below.

 

Firstly, you'll have to boot off your OS X Installation Disc in single user mode. This can be done by pressing F8 at the disc's Darwin Prompt and typing -s.

At the single user prompt, type these commands exactly:

 

fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0

Specifies the disc that you have Vista and OS X installed to

The specified location rdisk0 may of course be different if Vista or OS X was installed on a different drive, e.g. rdisk1, rdisk2

 

flag 2

Marks OS X as the active partition (or if you installed OS X 1st and Vista 2nd, change the flag to 1)

 

setpid 2

Change the partition identifier of the given partition table entry (the number corresponds with the OS X partition)

 

AF

Sets HFS+ as the correct PID so that you can boot Mac OS X

 

quit

This will quit fdisk and take you back to the normal single user prompt

 

Now, when you restart you should have a fully bootable Mac OS X partition with Darwin working perfectly.

 

Many thanks to TopazBar, Scheissenegger, Computer Guru and everyone else involved.

 

If anyone is having a problem, feel free to PM me, but PLEASE remember to search around the forum first if it is hardware related

 

My only request, having put this guide together, is for anyone to kindly give my band music a whirl; it's fairly eclectic and similar to Jeff Buckley/Radiohead, so if you're into that sort of thing, you might like it.

 

Pawel.

[thom yorke]

hi guys.

 

devilhood, meny meny 10x for this fantastic tutorial, but i thing ive something missing.

 

i just installed Mac Os x 10.5 on my PC (intel quad core 3.2, asus maximus formula, ati radeon hd4870) and there is a problem. on the OS selector menu, at startup I choose MAC OS X, but nothing's happen. when i choose vista, everything's allr.

 

whats up, can you tell me?

 

sorry for my english, please.

[Nagug]

Million thanks devilhood..you rock!

I took a print out of your post and you know its like a bible for dual boot.

 

Folks,

Any good tutorial for updating from 10.5.2[kalyway version] upwards. Hearing a lot of yes/No reviews on updating.

 

Thanks again

Nagu

[Vertimyst]

hey,

 

i've followed the guide so far, and managed to install osx (after bypassing the HFS error, as discribed)

when the install is succesfully finished osx asks for a reboot; but after rebooting (without changing anything to the boot sequence) the regular osx install starts all over again. when i make the pc boot from harddrive it boots in vista as normal, so i cant get into osx.

 

any ideas?

thanks

 

I'm having this same problem. I'm attempting to dual-boot Windows 7 and OSX (installed using the Kalyway 10.5.2 DVD).

 

I've previously managed to boot into OSX using the chain0 method back when I was running XP, but now I'd like to get it working with Win7.

 

I've followed the guide right up until installation finishes and after it says to 'Repair permissions'. Assuming this means repair permissions on my OSX partition, that's what I did.

 

After rebooting, the guide seems to assume that by default I'll boot into OSX, but I just go straight into Windows 7.

 

Using EasyBCD, I've added a OSX entry to my Windows bootloader, but selecting this gives me an error, saying it can't find the specified application or file (that being 'NST\nst_mac.mbr). On my C:\ drive this file is located here: C:\Device\HarddiskVolume1\NST\nst_mac.mbr

 

Here are my Windows bootloader settings (from EasyBCD):

 

There are a total of 2 entries listed in the Vista Bootloader.
Bootloader Timeout: 60 seconds.
Default OS: Windows 7

Entry #1

Name:  Windows 7
BCD ID:  {current}
Drive:  C:\
Bootloader Path:  \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Windows Directory:  \Windows

Entry #2

Name:  NST Mac OS X
BCD ID:  {c7ab659f-14f6-11de-99d4-abe91cc00e37}
Drive: \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Bootloader Path:  \NST\nst_mac.mbr

 

I've made my OSX partition active. Windows 7 is installed on my laptop's local drive, and OSX is installed to my external drive.

 

Any suggestions?

[rash219]

Windows XP users can prioritize the standard XP Boot screen if you have installed both Operating Systems on seperate drives.

If your Windows partition isn't currently active (first-boot) or selectable via Darwin, either use the XP Recovery Console with DISKPART, or boot off your OS X Installation Disc in single user mode to use fdisk. The fdisk method can be done by pressing F8 at the disc's Darwin Prompt and typing -s.

At the single user prompt, type these commands exactly:

 

fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0

Specifies the disc that you have XP installed to

The specified location rdisk0 may of course be different if XP was installed on a different drive, e.g. rdisk1, rdisk2

 

flag 1

Marks XP as the active partition (assuming it was installed on the first partition of that particular disk)

 

quit

This will quit fdisk and take you back to the normal single user prompt

 

reboot

Your machine will restart and boot OS X as normal

 

When you have finally booted into XP, copy CHAIN0 from your Mac OS X partition or Installation Disc into the root of C:\

Edit your boot.ini to include this line of text at the bottom:

 

c:\CHAIN0="Apple Mac OS X x86"

 

When you next restart, you should be able to select Apple Mac OS X x86.

It will then either boot straight into your Mac install or show you the Darwin prompt if you have a timer set.

 

I currently having working XP SP3 and iPC OSx86 10.5.6 (only dmg mount error which I am about to fix) on two completely separate drives. Ones a Raptor 75G with XP and the other is WD 300G Drive with OSx86.

 

Is the above quote the only procedure to perform to get dual boot working?? or is there more...

 

Thanks,

[Fox144112]

Awsome guide but Im having a problem so I just installed the iatkos 5i cd and it installed and I used easybcd to add a the entry of the mac is x but when I boot it the darwin comes up an says starting hibernate sleep image has trash hibernate failed or something like that then it goes to a White screen with a apple in the middle and a circle loading thing under it and it stays on that screen for hours and never ends