The Official Dual Booting Thread

ahtos · November 5, 2007

Hi there,

Some of us are getting it to work, some dont.

Heres the thing:

1- got 3 partitions in my disk:

1Windows XP

2Mac

3Data

2- downloaded Chain0 and putted in C:\

3- Edited the boot.ini with the instruction to mac os X

Far from here, everythings going fine, when i reboot the machine it shows the two option:

Microsoft Windows XP

Mac os X

Then i install Hackintosh , everythings fine, but when i reboot my machine, the supposed menu doesn't appear and it automaticaly enters in mac os X.

The dual boot menu doesn't work.

(note: inside the macosX it appeard the partition named WindowsXP and i can access the files (Read only).)

Any clue?

Thanks

coccolino_dbro · November 6, 2007

Ahtos, the system boots automatically into mac because its instalation process has overwritten the mbr. I think you can try another dual booting method (using darwin), or you can reinstall Windows (after installing MacOS), so it will rewrite the MBR.

tom150 · November 7, 2007

I Got my Dual Boot to work by Buying a Western Digital Passport (160g). Installing Mac OS 10.4.9 and turning my computers external drive boot feature on. Whenever i want to boot into Mac OS X i plug in my passport when i turn on my computer. To get to windows vista i just have to unplug it and then push the power button. The Sony VAIO FZ series external boot feature is absolutly awesome.

prototype_sx · November 7, 2007

http://rapidshare.com/files/68125755/Dualboot.zip

All you need to DualBoot Vista and Leopard!

put tboot on Vista boot partition, usually C:\

Open a command prompt and make sure itís running as administrator and type:

bcdedit /create /d "Mac OSX Leopard" /application bootsector This will retrun a {ID}

Use the command line below to add the tboot, replace the {ID} accordingly:

bcdedit /set {ID} device boot

bcdedit /set {ID} path \tboot

bcdedit /displayorder {ID} /addlast (you can put addfirst to make Leopard the default os)

Thatís all. Enjoy the new Leopard!

NOT my work, just passing the info along (I visited so many sites and tried so many things I dont even know where I got this info, sorry for not giving full creit)

eluminx · November 11, 2007

i been trying to find a solution for my problem for quite some time now. Hopefully someone can help me. Here is my config:

PATA1 master - 120 Mac OSX86

SATA1 - 120 (partition1) Fedora (partition2) Ubuntu

SATA2 - 250 Storage

I have Grub booting both linux just fine, but every time i try to boot OSX i always get an error. I have checked plenty of guides and still nothing. Any help would be greatly appreciate it.

karishbhr · November 14, 2007

Step-By-Step Guide To Dual Booting Vista & Mac OS X On A Single Hard Drive

*There is an attachment at the bottom of the page of this guide as a Word Document.

Install Vista

Boot to your Windows Vista DVD.

Select your Preferred Language, Time/Currency Format, & Keyboard Layout; then click "Next".

Click "Install Now".

Enter Your Product Key & Click "Next".

Choose The Version of Vista You Want To Install if It does Not Choose it Automatically For You & Click "Next"

Click the "I Accept The License Terms" check box & Click "Next".

Click "Custom"

Now you're at the Drive Partitioning Page. You are going to want to remove all partitions, so that all that remains is free space. Then click "New" and choose the size of the partition you want to create (For Vista I would recommend a MINIMUM of 10240 MB). Also make sure to leave adequate free space for your Mac OS X install.

Now select the newly created Partition and click "Next".

You will now get the Installing Windows screen where it shows the copying of files, extracting, installing, & completing setup. Your computer will probably restart a couple times during this process (this is normal).

Once the Install is complete you will arrive at a screen asking you to choose your username and password, along with a photo to identify your account. Once you have chosen that information click "Next".

The Select your computer name & background. Then click "Next"

Choose the setting you prefer for automatic updates.

Setup your Time & Date and click "Next".

If it asks, choose your computers network location.

Then Click "Start".

Vista is Now Installed, so go ahead and login.

Setup Partition for Mac OS X

While logged into Vista, hit the "Windows Key + R". A Run box should popup.

Type in "DISKPART" & hit "Enter".

Press Continue when you get the UAC Security Screen. DISKPART should now launch in a CMD interface.

Now type "list disk".

Then type "select disk 1"

Then type "create partition primary id=af" (This will create a new primary partition of the remaining free space in a format Mac will be able to understand).

Then type "list partition".

Then type "select partition 2".

Then type "active".

Then type "exit".

Now you can insert your Mac OS X disk and restart your computer.

Install Mac OS X

After you reboot, Darwin (the Mac OS X boot loader) should start right up and take you right to the Mac OS X install Screen.

Now you can select your preferred language and click the arrow at the bottom of the window.

Now at the top of the screen you should see a white bar with menus (if you don't, just give it a min, can take a min to load), click the "Utilities" menu and the select "Disk Utility".

A new window should popup and on the left hand side you should see your hard drive with two grayed out partitions. Click on the 2nd one down (the Mac OS X partition), then right click and choose "erase".

A new window will popup now. Choose Mac OS X (Journaled), then click "Erase". This will create the Mac OS X partition we will be using.

You can now exit Disk Utility and click the right arrow to go the next step of the installation.

Now select the Mac OS X partition we created & click the right arrow.

Now you will need to select the packages you need to install for your system and any additional features you would like (these will very from system to system).

Now the Mac OS X installer should scan your installation DVD (which can be skipped, by clicking skip) and then will begin installing.

Once done installing your system will restart and will either boot into Mac OS X or you will get a HFS+ Partition Error (if you get this error skip down to the HFS+ Partition Error section). If it boots right into Mac OS X, you're all set! If you want to load into Vista, just hit F8 on boot up before the grey apple screen shows up and select "Windows, NTFS" (If get an error saying that "\Windows\System32\winload" is corrupt skip down to step 16 in the HFS+ Partition Error Section).

HFS+ Partition Error

Insert your Mac OS X Installation Disc and reboot.

When you get to the screen asking to hit "any key" or "F8", hit "F8" and type "-s" and hit enter.

When you get to the prompt, type "fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0" and hit enter.

Then type "flag 2" and hit enter.

Then type "update" and hit enter.

Then type "write" and hit enter.

Then type "quit" and hit enter.

Then type "reboot" and hit enter. Your computer should not reboot right into Mac OS X.

Now go ahead and Insert your Mac OS X Installation Disc in and reboot to the disc and as before you are going to want to hit "F8" and type "-s" and hit enter.

Then type "fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0" and hit enter.

Then type "flag 1" and hit enter.

Then type "update" and hit enter.

Then type "write" and hit enter.

Then type "quit" and hit enter.

Then type "reboot" and hit enter. This will now tell your computer to boot to Vista.

Here you will probably get an error saying "\Windows\System32\winload" is corrupt. You are going to want to insert your Windows Vista Installation DVD and reboot to the DVD.

Your going to want to click "Next" and then choose "Repair Computer/System"

Vista should automatically locate your C:\ Install and tell you it needs to be repaired. Click the "Repair & Reboot" button. Now your system should boot right into Vista with no problem.

Insert your Mac OS X Installation Disc and reboot.

When you get to the screen asking to hit "any key" or "F8", hit "F8" and type "-s" and hit enter.

When you get to the prompt, type "fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0" and hit enter.

Then type "flag 2" and hit enter.

Then type "update" and hit enter.

Then type "write" and hit enter.

Then type "quit" and hit enter.

Then type "reboot" and hit enter. Your computer should not reboot right into Mac OS X and everything should be working, now all you have to do is if you want to boot into Vista hit "F8" at your computers boot up at the Darwin loading screen and before it reaches the grey Apple screen and you will be able to select between:

Windows, NTFS

Mac OS X

Congratulations, Your Dual Boot Installation of Vista and Mac OS X is now complete...Enjoy!

Here is a copy of this guide as a word document:

Step_By_Step_Guide_To_Dual_Booting_Vista___Mac_OS_X_On_A_Single_Hard_Drive.doc

This guide was made after my recent venture into creating a Dual boot system on my laptop with Vista Home Premium and Mac OS X. This guide was created with help from a post by DevilWood, I just wanted to create a more step-by-step guide for people just looking to fool around, but don't know a lot of how stuff works.

Thanks Again Everyone!

Any reason this wouldn't work with leopard and vista?

alexincubus · November 23, 2007

hi! I have a problem with Acronis Os selector:

i have 2 hd, one with with xp, and the second with osx;

until today all was ok but, today happens this:

i turn on the pc and after charging the bios, this words appears:

"starting acronis loader no commands for booting operating system press enter to reboot"

...i press enter but nothin' occured, and it wrote me again the same words.

How can I do?

please help me, thanks!

cordially

Alex

ntune · November 24, 2007

hi! I have a problem with Acronis Os selector:

i have 2 hd, one with with xp, and the second with osx;

until today all was ok but, today happens this:

i turn on the pc and after charging the bios, this words appears:

"starting acronis loader no commands for booting operating system press enter to reboot"

...i press enter but nothin' occured, and it wrote me again the same words.

How can I do?

please help me, thanks!

cordially

Alex

please reactivate acronis os selector

it worked in my case

fgdn17 · November 26, 2007

http://rapidshare.com/files/68125755/Dualboot.zipAll you need to DualBoot Vista and Leopard!put tboot on Vista boot partition, usually C:\Open a command prompt and make sure itís running as administrator and type:bcdedit /create /d "Mac OSX Leopard" /application bootsector This will retrun a {ID} Use the command line below to add the tboot, replace the {ID} accordingly: bcdedit /set {ID} device boot bcdedit /set {ID} path \tboot bcdedit /displayorder {ID} /addlast (you can put addfirst to make Leopard the default os)Thatís all. Enjoy the new Leopard! NOT my work, just passing the info along (I visited so many sites and tried so many things I dont even know where I got this info, sorry for not giving full creit)[/quote

this worked fine for me using easybcd v1.7 on 2 different machines...1 was 2 sata disks with leopard-x86-flat-img on one and vista ultimate/wxpsp2 on the other....the second machine was just a 100GB WD EIDE disk with vista ultimate on 1st partition and leopard-x86-flat-img on 2nd partition...both systems will boot to Leopard and/or Vista

-Q- Master · November 28, 2007

So this approach is not requiring \chain0 ?

I'm not sure why so many steps on the HFS+ Partition Error, basically I have to boot with OSX disk 3 times. Can we not do the update flag 1 and 2 in the same step ?

Do you have only 1 HDD in this approach ?

Step-By-Step Guide To Dual Booting Vista & Mac OS X On A Single Hard Drive

*There is an attachment at the bottom of the page of this guide as a Word Document.

Install Vista

Boot to your Windows Vista DVD.

Select your Preferred Language, Time/Currency Format, & Keyboard Layout; then click "Next".

Click "Install Now".

Enter Your Product Key & Click "Next".

Choose The Version of Vista You Want To Install if It does Not Choose it Automatically For You & Click "Next"

Click the "I Accept The License Terms" check box & Click "Next".

Click "Custom"

Now you're at the Drive Partitioning Page. You are going to want to remove all partitions, so that all that remains is free space. Then click "New" and choose the size of the partition you want to create (For Vista I would recommend a MINIMUM of 10240 MB). Also make sure to leave adequate free space for your Mac OS X install.

Now select the newly created Partition and click "Next".

You will now get the Installing Windows screen where it shows the copying of files, extracting, installing, & completing setup. Your computer will probably restart a couple times during this process (this is normal).

Once the Install is complete you will arrive at a screen asking you to choose your username and password, along with a photo to identify your account. Once you have chosen that information click "Next".

The Select your computer name & background. Then click "Next"

Choose the setting you prefer for automatic updates.

Setup your Time & Date and click "Next".

If it asks, choose your computers network location.

Then Click "Start".

Vista is Now Installed, so go ahead and login.

Setup Partition for Mac OS X

While logged into Vista, hit the "Windows Key + R". A Run box should popup.

Type in "DISKPART" & hit "Enter".

Press Continue when you get the UAC Security Screen. DISKPART should now launch in a CMD interface.

Now type "list disk".

Then type "select disk 1"

Then type "create partition primary id=af" (This will create a new primary partition of the remaining free space in a format Mac will be able to understand).

Then type "list partition".

Then type "select partition 2".

Then type "active".

Then type "exit".

Now you can insert your Mac OS X disk and restart your computer.

Install Mac OS X

After you reboot, Darwin (the Mac OS X boot loader) should start right up and take you right to the Mac OS X install Screen.

Now you can select your preferred language and click the arrow at the bottom of the window.

Now at the top of the screen you should see a white bar with menus (if you don't, just give it a min, can take a min to load), click the "Utilities" menu and the select "Disk Utility".

A new window should popup and on the left hand side you should see your hard drive with two grayed out partitions. Click on the 2nd one down (the Mac OS X partition), then right click and choose "erase".

A new window will popup now. Choose Mac OS X (Journaled), then click "Erase". This will create the Mac OS X partition we will be using.

You can now exit Disk Utility and click the right arrow to go the next step of the installation.

Now select the Mac OS X partition we created & click the right arrow.

Now you will need to select the packages you need to install for your system and any additional features you would like (these will very from system to system).

Now the Mac OS X installer should scan your installation DVD (which can be skipped, by clicking skip) and then will begin installing.

Once done installing your system will restart and will either boot into Mac OS X or you will get a HFS+ Partition Error (if you get this error skip down to the HFS+ Partition Error section). If it boots right into Mac OS X, you're all set! If you want to load into Vista, just hit F8 on boot up before the grey apple screen shows up and select "Windows, NTFS" (If get an error saying that "\Windows\System32\winload" is corrupt skip down to step 16 in the HFS+ Partition Error Section).

HFS+ Partition Error

Insert your Mac OS X Installation Disc and reboot.

When you get to the screen asking to hit "any key" or "F8", hit "F8" and type "-s" and hit enter.

When you get to the prompt, type "fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0" and hit enter.

Then type "flag 2" and hit enter.

Then type "update" and hit enter.

Then type "write" and hit enter.

Then type "quit" and hit enter.

Then type "reboot" and hit enter. Your computer should not reboot right into Mac OS X.

Now go ahead and Insert your Mac OS X Installation Disc in and reboot to the disc and as before you are going to want to hit "F8" and type "-s" and hit enter.

Then type "fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0" and hit enter.

Then type "flag 1" and hit enter.

Then type "update" and hit enter.

Then type "write" and hit enter.

Then type "quit" and hit enter.

Then type "reboot" and hit enter. This will now tell your computer to boot to Vista.

Here you will probably get an error saying "\Windows\System32\winload" is corrupt. You are going to want to insert your Windows Vista Installation DVD and reboot to the DVD.

Your going to want to click "Next" and then choose "Repair Computer/System"

Vista should automatically locate your C:\ Install and tell you it needs to be repaired. Click the "Repair & Reboot" button. Now your system should boot right into Vista with no problem.

Insert your Mac OS X Installation Disc and reboot.

When you get to the screen asking to hit "any key" or "F8", hit "F8" and type "-s" and hit enter.

When you get to the prompt, type "fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0" and hit enter.

Then type "flag 2" and hit enter.

Then type "update" and hit enter.

Then type "write" and hit enter.

Then type "quit" and hit enter.

Then type "reboot" and hit enter. Your computer should not reboot right into Mac OS X and everything should be working, now all you have to do is if you want to boot into Vista hit "F8" at your computers boot up at the Darwin loading screen and before it reaches the grey Apple screen and you will be able to select between:

Windows, NTFS

Mac OS X

Congratulations, Your Dual Boot Installation of Vista and Mac OS X is now complete...Enjoy!

Here is a copy of this guide as a word document:

Step_By_Step_Guide_To_Dual_Booting_Vista___Mac_OS_X_On_A_Single_Hard_Drive.doc

This guide was made after my recent venture into creating a Dual boot system on my laptop with Vista Home Premium and Mac OS X. This guide was created with help from a post by DevilWood, I just wanted to create a more step-by-step guide for people just looking to fool around, but don't know a lot of how stuff works.

Thanks Again Everyone!

sianto · December 1, 2007

Hi, Can anyone help me please...

I have troubles installing JaS Mac OS X 10.4.8 on my Laptops...

I recently bought Twinhead Laptop, with the following spec:

A.

VIA C7-M 1.8Ghz (SSE2&SSE3 Supported)

512mb DDR2 PC5300 RAM

80GB Fujitsu SATA HDD

B.

Intel Core 2 Duo T7100

1GB DDR2 PC5300 RAM

120GB Fujitsu SATA HDD

FYI, I Installed the JaS Mac OS X 10.4.8 before on my PC and it installed without any problems.

I tried to install the OSX on both of my laptops and they both didnt work.

For Machine A,

I was in the process prior to installing osx, and it got to this:

panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00197641): fpu is not FP_FXSR

Debugger called: <panic>

backtrace, format - frame : return address (4 potential args on stack)

For Machine B,

I was in the process prior to installing osx, and it got to this:

The computers keep restarting and restarting by itself, I can't see the error messages because it's too fast.

Anyone can help me how to install mac os x, especially in machine A ?

sianto · December 2, 2007

anyone could help? any comments ? any suggestion to where i can find help ?

Nico3d3 · December 3, 2007

The easiest way I found to dual boot on my computer, was to simply hold F8 button while my BIOS is loading. This brings you to a screen where you can select from which hard drive you want to boot (it work only if you have both OS on different hard drive). This way, I don't even have to change the Darwin bootloader and it add the benefits that my sister won't even know that Windows XP is installed on this pc. I wouldn't want to have her use my computer in WinXP, knowing that she can easily install {censored} software with spyware on it, I don't have that trouble in OS X. Also, I found out that VMware 1.1 will detect automatically the XP HD as a "Bootcamp Partition" which is quite nice because I can a dual boot and still be able to load Windows in a virtual machine.

jhoule · December 4, 2007

I've setup the Dual Boot by modifying the boot.ini file to include the c:\chain0 line. I've also copied the chain0 file over from the OSX install DVD I used.

Upon first boot, this process worked perfectly. I selected OSX and I was in. I then rebooted, and tried selecting XP, it also worked!

Upon rebooting again, and selecting OSX I am presented with a kernal panic. It refuses to boot OSX after it has just booted XP. After unplugging the hard drive that has XP installed on it, and setting the primary drive to my OSX drive, OSX boots without a problem.

I did some more testing, and even plugged the XP drive back in. Set it as the default again, and tried booting OSX. It again worked fine, but only because I hadn't yet booted XP.

Long story short, upon booting XP it seems as though it is writing something somewhere that messes up OSX on it's next boot.

I've searched these forums, but it doesn't seem like anyone has had this specific problem. I've read about the Darwin menu not showing up, and being stuck in a loop after booting XP, but this isn't the case here. I also read about XP rewriting the MBR, but isn't this only a problem if the operating systems are on the same physical disk?

Both hard drives are Serial ATA. In addition to the two for each operating system I have a third Serial ATA drive for storage, HFS formated.

I appreciate any and all help, this is giving me quite the headache. And as much as I love opening up my case and unplugging hard drives, there has to be a fix!

My system info is below.

NoSmokingBandit · December 4, 2007

nvm

jhoule · December 5, 2007

it seems that when shutting down, instead of restarting in either OS I no longer receive the panic. odd?

jpsiemer · December 6, 2007

I want to triple-boot Vista, XP, & iATKOS Leopard... I know there are a lot of guides out there that show how to do this same triple-boot, but I am asking anyways because I wasn't sure if the implementation of PC_EFI in iATKOS Leopard changes things. I have never installed OSX before, but I don't think it will be too much of a task for me, as I am pretty computer literate. I have done an XP-Vista dual-boot before using GParted & EasyBCD, but this time I would like to try out Acronis OS Selector because I want to use something more user-friendly.

I am pretty comfortable setting up my partitions in GParted. I have a 500GB HD that I will split into 3 equal partitions for each OS (2 NTFS & 1 HFS+). I also have a 250GB HD that I will use as my data drive for all the OS'es. I was thinking of FAT32 for the data drive -- is Leopard able to write to FAT32 with no problem? If this isn't possible I will just split my data drive into 2 paritions (1 FAT32 & 1 HFS+).

I would appreciate if somebody could steer me in the right direction to answering some of these questions and/or helping me accomplish my first OSx86 install. Thanks.

joesp · December 19, 2007

Here's my configuration of dual-booting Windows XP and Mac OS X 10.4.8 (Jas) on two different hard-disks:

1. First HDD (PATA Maxtor 40 GB 7200RPM) is set as master on primary ide (the slave drive on the same ide cable is a dvd-rw), and holds these partitions:

- WinXP (primary partition, active, NTFS) - obviusly, this is where win xp is installed

- Work (primary partition, NTFS)

2. Second HDD (PATA Maxtor 40 GB 7200RPM) is master on secondary ide (a cd-rw as slave). Partitions:

- OSX (primary partition, active, HFS) - the osx installation partition

- Multimedia (primary partition, NTFS)

I'm using the chain0 method: the chain0 file copied to the root of C drive (where win xp is installed), and the boot.ini file edited as follows:

"[boot loader]

timeout=15

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

C:\CHAIN0="Mac OS X"

"

Everything is running smoothly and without any problems.

I have a similar configuration, with xp on drive 0 (WD 40 GB, NTFS) and osx 10.4.6 on drive 1(maxtor 30GB, mac os). I get the prompt boot options, but it seems that chain0 can't find drive 1. XP boots fine, but when i select os x, I get error

"Windows could not start because the follwing file is missing or corrupt:

<windows root>\system32\hall.dll

please reinstall a copy of the above file."

When I change boot options from bios, to boot from the maxtor, I get

"_$" on my screen an everything locks up. I can boot from the DVD -

The startup disk utility on the DVD shows 2 potential startup volumes, (1) the DVD and (2) the windows volume. Apparently, the installed os is not being recognized as a startup volume.

When I run startup disk from the osx installed on the maxtor, the only volume is "network sartup" - not the windows volume, or the DVD.

Is it a problem with my install? Once it boots (through the DVD) everything runs fine

Any suggestions?

Thanks for your help!

joesp · December 19, 2007

I don't know if this helps but when I typed "mount" into terminal, I get

/dev/disk1s1 on / (local, journaled)

devfs on /dev (local)

fdesc on /dev (union)

<volfs> on /.vol

/dev/disk0s1 on /Volumes/Untitled (local, read-only)

automount -nsl [175] on /Network (automounted)

automount -fstab [197] on /automount/Servers (automounted)

automount -static [197] on /automount/static (automounted)

/dev/disk2s3 on /Volumes/Mac OS X Install Disc x86 (local, nodev, nosuid, read-only)

The disk seems ok (disk1s1) but for some reason, I can't start up from it. Can it be the Kernel was corrupted during install? If so, How would I get into the root to recopy the Kernel form the intall DVD?

Last bit of info - this may be the key

When I go into startup disk utility, the console log says -

nvram: nvram is not supported on this system.

Could not find IODeviceTree:/options

Can't access "efi-boot-device" NVRAM variable

Is this relevant?

More info ---

I saw in another topic to use the script.sh to make the drive bootable.

I don't have that script on my harddrive or my dvd

when i used the rd= as mentioned in that thread, i got a gray screen that said you need to restart your computer. That didn't help.

When i startup with dvd in and type -v get and error

localhost diskarbitrationd[33]: unable to mount /dev/disk1s1

(status code 0x00000047)

does this make sense to anyone

PetahOsiris · January 4, 2008

Hurrah, after much time spent in partition editors and disc utilities I managed to get a dual boot happening between XP and 10.4.8 (JaS) on my old Acer Travelmate 290 with it's single 120gb hdd using a combination of the Chain0 (Windows Boot Loader) and the Darwin Boot loader (yes I know that sounds strange) I set the Primary Partition to be windows, with Chain0 in place, the problem was after selecting osx it would just return to the windows boot loader menu. Using commands from http://forum.insanelymac.com/lofiversion/i...php/t20169.html I tried using the OSX boot loader to no avail (same problem as windows boot loader but this time Windows instead of osx Would not load) However on Changing the Primary partition back to the Windows Partition selecting OSX would take me to the Darwin boot loader from which I could select (successfully) OSX.

That is my Dual boot of which I am very proud

for those who are wondering where I found out what I found out here are the links

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph..._to_find_chain0 - Chain0, what it does, how to use it and where to get it

http://forum.insanelymac.com/lofiversion/i...php/t20169.html - A post by rammjet pointed me in the right direction for the Darwin Boot loader

crazybyte · January 18, 2008

I`m using now Neogrub for booting OSX & Vista, and works flawesly.

junkabroad · January 19, 2008

I was able to just use the Darwin bootloader that comes on iATKOS v1.0ir2 (which I have on my machine), Kalyway, and ToH. So I have Leopard and XP on my Dell Inspiron 9300. Here's the guide I used: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=39253

Enjoy, because I'm enjoying the dual boot!

rhyguy · January 21, 2008

does bootcamp not work in hackintosh/osX86?

macgirl · January 21, 2008

bootcamp only works on real Intel Macs

BayStCowboy · January 23, 2008

I have two 500GB hard drives with XP on one and OSX on the other. Automatically my computer will load up XP since I have that HD as my master drive. When I want to boot into OSX I find it easy to to press the F8 button while my BIOS is loading and select the OSX HD.

The good thing is that I have a third drive setup as a backup drive that both XP and OSX can use. Both my XP drives are FAT32 so OSX can recognize them. Makes it easy when I want to swap files back and forth.

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