rollcage Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 I want to try installing Longhorn build 4074 with Bootcamp, does anyone know if it will work? I want to see what MS was making before they made the stupid decision of scrapping the longhorn project. I know with some of the early Vista builds, people had problems with Vista ruining their OSX partitions. Will longhorn do the same thing? I have a feeling that this is gonna be a long and painful process, but I'm determined to get this working... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45504-longhorn-on-bootcamp/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuka Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 I dont think it will work unless you do that delete EFI paritition thing, its too much trouble to even try, just got with vista...or better yet, stick to OS X Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45504-longhorn-on-bootcamp/#findComment-325573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 I tried running 4074 with Boot Camp on my MacBook. The CD boots up to where it says "Windows: Code Name Longhorn" and shows the boot progress bar. Then it just freezes and i end up having to do a cold reboot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45504-longhorn-on-bootcamp/#findComment-325626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted March 17, 2007 Author Share Posted March 17, 2007 I tried running 4074 with Boot Camp on my MacBook. The CD boots up to where it says "Windows: Code Name Longhorn" and shows the boot progress bar. Then it just freezes and i end up having to do a cold reboot. :censored2: Crud Well, do you think I could at least get it going in a VM? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45504-longhorn-on-bootcamp/#findComment-325634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted March 17, 2007 Author Share Posted March 17, 2007 (edited) Well my build 4074 image was corrupted, so that didn't work at all. I downloaded build 4053 and started the installation in Parallels. The install goes ok, it reboots and does the hardware check; then the desktop background and mouse cursor pop up, and nothing happens after that (even after 3 hours). Anyone have any input? Thanks edit: Decided to redownload 4074 and got a working image. The installation went fine, but now at startup I have 4-bit color and a really crappy resolution. The driver that has installed itself won't allow for any other settings. I'm gonna try using the drivers Apple gives you for Bootcamp. Since Longhorn was based off of XP, I'm hoping this will work... (edit)^2: Bootcamp driver CD didn't work, maybe I can just use the display driver, or find one somewhere else. I think I remember that there was a certain driver that worked with basically all graphics cards (Realtek if I'm thinking clearly). (edit)^3: I think Parallels is the cause of the trouble here. I think I'm just gonna try using Bootcamp. If it deletes the EFI partition, oh well I have a full backup. Wish me luck! Oh yeah, the problem with the install freezing at the bootscreen; forgot that was gonna happen... Edited March 18, 2007 by rollcage Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45504-longhorn-on-bootcamp/#findComment-326183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 LOL I'm still trying to find a working driver, but I just came across one of the best error messages ever. I tried to copy a file into my documents, and an error box came up that said "Error, cannot complete action: the file exists". Almost as good as "Error: the action completed successfully". Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45504-longhorn-on-bootcamp/#findComment-326534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmab2k6 Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 lol , i tried doing 4074 on my macbook , it hated it .. was like a baby just cried all the time lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45504-longhorn-on-bootcamp/#findComment-326760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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