How to?! Dual Boot MAC OS X and VISTA (Vista loader Preferd)

[KNARZ_COM]

So guys...

 

first of all i'm a noob in this issues!... but.. i searched and tryed a lot..

 

What i want to do is:

 

INSTALL/RUN

 

Mac OS X (JAS 10.4.8)

and

Windows Vista

 

on ONE HDD (60GB)

on my Dell D610

 

And i want a dualboot option... preferd VISTA loader (BCD)

 

To install Mac OS - no problem

...windows vista no problem at all.

 

if i first install OSX... on secoundary parition than i can't install VISTA because of the Active partition thing

if i install vista first... than only osx will be found and so on... you know

 

i read a lot of how to's but thinging was really clear...  a guide should start with the beginning... the partitionation

 

when i create 3 partitions... osx makes sometimes some trouble.. i want 20GB for Vista and OSX also 20... and the rest should be empty (FAT32).

 

.... in some guides i read that i have to run repair for vista with the dvd (to fix bootloader...) but it only starts installtion... the dvd won't find the vista partition.

 

 

please help me... write (me) a clear guide. (not how to install windows and mac os) but the partition.. (orders and formats) the installation order.. first vista or osx?

 

whats with the chain0 thing.. sould i use this.. or that boot.efi thing? please help me

 

 

greets from germany

[macgirl]

Did you see these guides:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=39253

or

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=28506

?

[KNARZ_COM]

thanks... i will try that methods...

 

 

BUT... is there one with the BCD / Vista Loader insted of the darwin / Acronis?

[msll]

Here is what I succeeded:

 

1) Install Vista, then Mac OSX (vista will not be accessible at this movement)

 

2) Under Mac OS X, copy chain0 to USB driver

 

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

add:

<key>Quiet Boot</key>

<string>No</string>

<key>Timeout</key>

<string>5</string>

3) Change Vista partition to active/bootable.

 

4) Boot into vista (you may need vista install DVD to repair something before you boot into vista, just follow the instruction on screen)

 

5) Now open Command Prompt as administrator. run:

 

bcdedit /enum all | find "{ntldr}"

 

(to make sure you see returns like "identifier {ntldr}")

 

6) Copy chain0 to c:\

 

7) run:

 

bcdedit /copy {ntldr} /d "Mac OS X"

 

bcdedit /set {YOUR-GUID-HERE} device boot

 

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

 

bcdedit /displayorder {YOUR-GUID-HERE} /addlast

 

(replace YOUR-GUID-HERE with the returns of first command /*bcdedit /copy {ntldr} /d "Mac OS X"*/

 

8) reboot and enjoy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thanks... i will try that methods...

BUT... is there one with the BCD / Vista Loader insted of the darwin / Acronis?

[KNARZ_COM]

Okay... i will try..

 

now i got it this way...

 

 

Vista loader, with boot.ini (chain0) entry

 

if i select do the chain0 entry.. darwin will run.. BUT it jumps back to the windows loader screen... i read that this has to do with the activ partition. (windows)

 

i solved the problem with F8 while slahes shown. (than i edited one file in mac os .. .com.apple.boot or something)

 

OKAY... now i can run both vista and mac...

 

but in this way i see both bootloader - and i read tha i can't edit modify the boot order of darwinloader...

 

in conclusion:

 

BCD:

 

-Vista --> will boot vista

-Mac --> runs darwin

 

 

darwin:

-hdx WIndows NTFS (default - in that case darwin jumps back to windows loader)

-hdx MacOs

-hdx empty (fat32 without an os)

 

 

so.. my question is now... how can i edit darwin or... how would it be possible to select MAC OS within Vista loader, without selecting in darwin (mac os should be default)

 

so antoher question:...

if i want the vista loader... windows partition has to be aktiv? ist that right?

(that results that darwin will mark windows as default (because of activ partition)

 

 

and where is the deifference between editing bcd or/and creating boot.ini... (i don't have to create one, okay)