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

[devilhood]

wonderful guide devilhood! but pls. help me with some of my problems. i have installed vista in an ATA-drive. then i followed ur guide but using my SATA-drive (creating partition with id=af and setting it as active). after successfully installing os x to the SATA, i rebooted my pc but both my vista & os x cannot be found. using the os x installation disc, i rebooted to the single user mode. following ur guide again, but instead of "/dev/rdisk0", i used "/dev/rdisk2" because rdisk0 is where i installed vista, then i have another ATA-drive which is the rdisk1, and the SATA-drive where i installe os x is rdisk2. but still, no OS has been found. i got the os x (SATA-drive) boot by unplugging both my ATA-drives. pls. advise.

 

another thing, i know u find it ridiculous but i just finished downloading the 10.4.6 version & it really took me one full-week (continuos) to complete the download. is there just a patch to update my os x 10.4.6 to 10.4.10?

 

Unfortunately if you have downloaded 10.4.6, you will need to download the Uphuck 10.4.9 disc because there is no reliable way of updating from such an early version due to the incredible amount of changes in the hackintosh world since that release.

If I remember correctly, the Uphuck 10.4.9 disc is smaller in size compared to a lot of the older OS X distributions (just over 1 gig), so it should take you less time to download.

The SATA problem you are experiencing could be due to a device controller priority conflict. I had the same kind of problem with one of my older i975p boards where-by I had to completely disable the IDE devices for it to boot from SATA. The only way to bypass this problem is if your BIOS allows you to map your SATA drive to one of the Primary or Secondary IDE ports.

In the end I just bought a couple extra SATA drives, took out the ATA drives and re-installed XP + OS X from scratch.

[MACinized]

Unfortunately if you have downloaded 10.4.6, you will need to download the Uphuck 10.4.9 disc because there is no reliable way of updating from such an early version due to the incredible amount of changes in the hackintosh world since that release.

If I remember correctly, the Uphuck 10.4.9 disc is smaller in size compared to a lot of the older OS X distributions (just over 1 gig), so it should take you less time to download.

The SATA problem you are experiencing could be due to a device controller priority conflict. I had the same kind of problem with one of my older i975p boards where-by I had to completely disable the IDE devices for it to boot from SATA. The only way to bypass this problem is if your BIOS allows you to map your SATA drive to one of the Primary or Secondary IDE ports.

In the end I just bought a couple extra SATA drives, took out the ATA drives and re-installed XP + OS X from scratch.

 

actually, i already got them both (vista & osx86 10.4.6) working. vista is installed in my pata-drive & osx in the sata-drive. in my motherboard's bios, i can choose which drive is primary. as of the moment, my sata-drive (osx) is the primary & in cases where i need to use vista, i enter my board's bios and choose the pata-drive to be primary.

 

the biggest frustration i have right now is spending lots of time downloading the 10.4.6 wherein it's basically useless. i can't install iWork '08, illustrator cs3, photoshop cs3, and even the latest version of iTunes. with ur suggestion, i guess i'd be better off with the Uphuck 10.4.9. but will u be kind enough to send me an invitation to demonoid so i can register? tnx a lot!

[whopie]

Hi, i need help with the initial partitioning part.

 

Currently have XP SP2 installed.

First HD is C: with windows installed.

Second HD is D: which is just used for storage.

 

I plan create a 20GB partition from D: (320GB) to install OS X.

 

When i reach the step to type "create partition primary size=100000 id=af"

I get the message "DiskPart was unable to create the specified partition."

[MACinized]

hey devilhood! luckily, i completed downloading uphuck 10.4.9 1.4i r2 just before i got my i-net at home disconnected. i was also successful in installing it and since i wanted to install iWork'08, i got my system updated to 10.4.10 with the delta update for hackintosh courtesy of netkas, Pascalw. well, i was successful w/ the update and in having iWork'08 function properly (i also installed quictime 7.2) but there seems to be some instabilities. 1st, when i shutdown my pc, it seems like it's only the OSx86 that's shut down - all the fans of my cpu are still running. 2nd, i can't run some of the apps (e.g. Total Training - Illustrator CS3, Office 2004 Mac, and perhaps there are also other apps which i haven't ran yet). 3rd and hopefully the last, i can't install UNO, Flip4Mac WMV, and most probably, there are also other apps that i won't be able to install. pls. advise. tnx in advance.

[MACinized]

Hi, i need help with the initial partitioning part.

 

Currently have XP SP2 installed.

First HD is C: with windows installed.

Second HD is D: which is just used for storage.

 

I plan create a 20GB partition from D: (320GB) to install OS X.

 

When i reach the step to type "create partition primary size=100000 id=af"

I get the message "DiskPart was unable to create the specified partition."

 

having selected the target disk (i.e. select disk 1) and u plan to use only 20GB, perhaps u did (mis)typed 100000 for the size instead of 20000. coz if ur second HD no longer has 100GB free space, then u can surely not create the partition.

[marriott]

I have my osx installed, can't boot into it, got HFS+ error message. The partition has an ID 07, so I followed instruction here, performed fdisk -> flag -> setpid -> AF -> quit

 

However, after doing that, even my XP is not accessible either, complains about "autochk" not found, and returns to the boot screen.

 

of coz, I still have HFS+ partition error left.

 

Then I changed the ID back to 07, now I can boot into XP.

 

Is this because that I put the OSx on a logical partition, I don't know how to change it into primary, please see the attached figure for my harddrive configuration. Anybody can give me a hand here?

 

 

 

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 Uphuck 10.4.9 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.

 

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.

 

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 10.4.x 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.

 

 

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 BIOS emulation 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.

 

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

 

I'd greatly appreciate it if anyone could give my band music a whirl; it's fairly eclectic and similar to Radiohead, so if you're into that sort of thing, you might like it.

 

Pawel.

[whopie]

having selected the target disk (i.e. select disk 1) and u plan to use only 20GB, perhaps u did (mis)typed 100000 for the size instead of 20000. coz if ur second HD no longer has 100GB free space, then u can surely not create the partition.

 

Nah, its not that. Was just quoting the original instructions.

In my case i did type 20000, still got that error msg

[8L@Z3]

i dont know if this has been asked b4... but i'll ask again

i'm getting an NTLDR is missing on my OSX boot drive. ( Im dual booting with 2 hard drive)

i have vista on one. i was installing PcLinuxOS and it's Grub loader messed up my OSX boot and now everytime i try to boot from my OSX Drive is says NTLDR is missing

how do i go about it to remove this message n get my OSX to boot again like normally.

 

i'm sorry if this question has been asked before.

Thanks in Advance

[MACinized]

will someone be able to help how i can install, well more importantly be able to run Office 2004 Mac in my OSX86? tnx in advance.

[devilhood]

will someone be able to help how i can install, well more importantly be able to run Office 2004 Mac in my OSX86? tnx in advance.

 

Download it, mount the disc, install.

 

Same with Windows appz!

 

It's seriously not difficult.

[MACinized]

Download it, mount the disc, install.

 

Same with Windows appz!

 

It's seriously not difficult.

 

tnx for the reply devilhood but i just don't why i don't get it.

 

which do i have to download? i already have the cd-installer of the office2004mac (i'm just not sure if it's pirated or it's a retail copy) and put it in the applications folder but i just can't run it. when i double-click the apps (word, excel, or ppt), the icon just pops-up in the dock for about a second (or even less) and then it's just gone.

 

talking about windows appz, does it mean than we can really install any windows appz in the osx86?

 

another thing (pls. bear with me), is the new apple (aluminum) keyboard be able to work in the osx86 in my pc?

 

you're expert opinion & knowledge-sharing are highly appreciated.

[devilhood]

tnx for the reply devilhood but i just don't why i don't get it.

 

which do i have to download? i already have the cd-installer of the office2004mac (i'm just not sure if it's pirated or it's a retail copy) and put it in the applications folder but i just can't run it. when i double-click the apps (word, excel, or ppt), the icon just pops-up in the dock for about a second (or even less) and then it's just gone.

 

talking about windows appz, does it mean than we can really install any windows appz in the osx86?

 

another thing (pls. bear with me), is the new apple (aluminum) keyboard be able to work in the osx86 in my pc?

 

you're expert opinion & knowledge-sharing are highly appreciated.

 

Don't drag the app from the CD, you're supposed to load the installer from the disc. Your copy of Office is most likely the Academic version that is floating around, you can get a Serial for it from the usual place.

If that doesn't work, maybe your copy is corrupt? try downloading it from the Demon place *winks*

Better yet, why don't you get hold of the new Office 2008 Beta? :censored2:

 

It's not an actual Windows app, it's an app that originated on Windows but they made a Mac version of it.

You can use CrossOver and/or Parallels to run Windows applications on the Mac though. Worth investigating!

 

Mac peripherals such as keyboards and mice work perfectly on a PC system. Just make sure that if they are Bluetooth, you have a Bluetooth controller on your computer

 

Pawel.

[guaterickie]

i need help guys. just downloaded the new uphuck release and booted it and got the apple logo with the loading thing. after a while i get a circle overlapping it and it doesnt keep going it just hangs. here are my specs

 

gigabyte ga-p35 s3l

e6550

2gb of ram

8800GTS 320MB

DVD writer

 

any help appreciated thanks

[MACinized]

Don't drag the app from the CD, you're supposed to load the installer from the disc. Your copy of Office is most likely the Academic version that is floating around, you can get a Serial for it from the usual place.

If that doesn't work, maybe your copy is corrupt? try downloading it from the Demon place *winks*

Better yet, why don't you get hold of the new Office 2008 Beta?

 

It's not an actual Windows app, it's an app that originated on Windows but they made a Mac version of it.

You can use CrossOver and/or Parallels to run Windows applications on the Mac though. Worth investigating!

 

Mac peripherals such as keyboards and mice work perfectly on a PC system. Just make sure that if they are Bluetooth, you have a Bluetooth controller on your computer

 

Pawel.

 

actually i've also already tried loading the installer and somehow completed the installation but it still just won't work. don't know about the copy being corrupt coz i've installed & using it in a macbook. i guess i just look around for the office 2008 beta.

 

since i can't use office2004 in the osx86, i've installed crossover to be able to use office2003. works fine but i just want to have ms office suite native to the system to be able to fully adopt to it (to think that the interface & other things are somehow different).

 

tnx again to your reply devilhood & more power!

[MACinized]

i already got hold of office2008mac beta (can't wait to have the full version) and had it successfully installed in my osx86. the thing is, i've also completed downloading the kalyway 10.4.10 which i'm looking forward to install when i get back home. hopefully, i can already install & make use of the total training illustrator cs3, w/c i cannot run in my current system. tnx for the guides.

[victornguyen]

Thanks for guide to me.

however, I had a problem when I put DVD and start to install...Darwin.... and then they had a message "Waiting for The Root Device"????

Can you help me to solve this problem?

I split my SATA 160GB by 2 parts (one for Vista and another 80GB for MAC OS) do I need to set up any in BIOS for Hard drive????

thanks

Victor

 

[eamon]

hi, thanx for the guide, much more simple than others that ive tried to follow. everything installed fine but when osx tries to boot it just keeps rebooting itself. any help would be appreciated.

 

i used the 10.4.10 kaylway iso to install

 

windows vista ultimate

1gbram

130gb hard drive (40 is partition for mac)

nvidea gforce 7600gt

pentium d 2.80ghz

[Megnus]

How do I do this with a Vista 64Bit OS?

 

Cause when I do the repair step on Vista 64Bit, I get an error and can choose to send a report to microsoft. And that's it. When I have installed OSX on another partition I can't even install Vista 64Bit on the partition it was installed on previous because it can't accept the disk or something.

 

Very strange . . . I think.

[Rex Necros]

How do I do this with these specs

 

Intel Quad Core 2.4 ghz

Nividia e-Geforce 8800 GTS

250 gig hard dive withg no partition

Gigabytre P35-DS3R Motherboard

2 gigs of ram

Windows Vista Home premium

 

And I don't want to wipe and would like to try to do this with leopard

 

I build this sytem so I know what is in it but I amm a newbie at this and I need someone who can sit down with me via im and walk me through the set up of what I need to do this to get it even make the boot disk so it will run

[inouekun]

Hi devilhood,

 

I've followed your step until i stuck here at partition section, i got this when trying to create partition for my MAC OSX in diskpart :

 

Regards

[GeneJin]

Hi all, this is my 1st post. I've got myself a XxX version of 10.4.10 so i'm gonna go back and try it today, will post result soon. I'm all excited about Tiger and hopefully getting Leopard to work too =)

[GeneJin]

I encounter a few problem after the installation finish installatin. I'm using Gigabyte GA-8I915P Duo, running P4 HT3.2.

 

1. It did not recognize my ps2 keyboard and usb razor mouse only after installation. Before that i'm able to use my keyboard and mouse. So practically i can even get past the registration page.

 

2. When i try to boot from Vista and XP cd, I cant see my XP partition, can some1 help?

[Drizzt]

Great tutorial... thanks

Came across a snag though, not sure why

get partition set, 2nd partition set to active

reboot into OSX 10.4.8

load disk manager

zero out partition 2

install to partition 2

after install is complete it starts to countdown to restart

in your instructions atthis point im supposed to: Once installed, load up Disk Utility again and repair permissions.

Well I didnt see a repair permissions option the first time i was in there

and this time I cant get in there, menu is fully greyed out

so it ends up rebooting

then I get the HFS+ error

I stick in vista disk and set partition1 as active and restart into vista

I Copy CHAIN0 from Mac OS X Installation Disc to the root of Vista

I installed EasyBCD v1.7

used the fix HFS+ error and added MAc to boot then fix MBR

now I reboot and get a selection screen, if I choose vista it boots right in, if I choose mac it goes to a black screen then comes back to selection screen

if I boot into vista and change partition2 back to active, I get the HFS+ error again

 

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

 

Update: Ive now tried 10.4.9 and no change

Edited November 25, 2007 by Drizzt

[jainmac]

look i downloaded that tbkresources prepatched dvd from btmon but that hangs at the grey apple. I haved dvd burnt, if somebody can help me fix that i will really appreciate that. I looked at the forums I found no fix. Now i m not sure how are other torrents. There is ToH there too. I want to know why they are 4.7 gb while the real image is 6.6 gb. Do they compromise some functions? Secondly, I wanna know if i can download the original 6.6 gb image instead of pre-patched one, can i patch it. There are like so many patches around. Can somebody post the best patch link?

 

I have Acer 5570, Core Duo 2 GHz, 1 MB RAM, 160 GB HDD, Vista 32 bit.

 

 

i tried to boot with -v. After a lot processing the final page says:

 

npvhash=4095

hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000

PAE enabled

Darwin Kernel version 9.0.0b5:Fri Aug 17 17:24:24 PDT 2007; han-solo-1182~1/RELEASE_I386

standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us

vm_page_bootstrap: 249630 free pages and 12514 wired pages

mig_table_max_disp = 79

Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPPlateform" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components: use only one style

com.apple.kpi.unsupported: Undefined in symbol set: _bsd_set_dependency_capable

ACPI CA 20060421

AppleACPIPCPU: ProcessorApicld=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled

AppleACPIPCPU: ProcessorApicld=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled

Loading security extension com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall

Loading security com.apple.security.seatbelt

calling mpo_policy_init for mb

Seatbelt MACF policy initialized

Security policy loaded: Seatbelt Policy (mb)

Loading security extension com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet

calling mpo_policy_init for TMSafetyNet

Security Policy loaded: Safety Net for Time MAchine (TMSafetyNet)

Copyright © 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993

The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

 

MAC Framework successfully initialized

using 5424 buffer headers and 4096cluster IO buffer headers

IOPIC :Version 0x20 Vectors 64:07

[NoSmokingBandit]

Epic fail.

i added the chain0 to the bootloader how the guide says and it doesnt work. I can see the OSX choice at boot, but when i choose it the screen goes blank for a second and it send me back to the screen to choose my os.