coolquasar Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Guys am really happy after i have successfully installed Mac OS X86 in my PC. This guide is for PCs where XP n Vista are already installed. Before startin be sure ur hardware is compatible with Mac (chk d wiki page) Step 1: Download Jas Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 10.4.8 Edition from any servr Step 2: Download Acronis Disk Director Suite 10 n above (actually 2160 build) which supports Vista Note: The version u download shud support Vista Step 3: Now install Acronis in Vista Step 4: Now install OS Selector from Acronis DDS Step 5: Now decide upon d Partition were u want to Install Mac OSx Step 6: Now goto "Disk Management" n Delete that partition Note: Before that backup d stuff in dat particular drive n deleting d partition does not cause any harm n don worry Step 7:Now open cmd.exe n then type "diskpart" Step 8: Type d command "list disk" r "list disks" Step 9: Now select d disk in which d partition was deleted Step 10: Now type d command below "create partition primay size=xxxxxx id=af" n press enter Note: xxxxxx = size of that deleted partition, id=af indicates that d partition shud be Mac OS Jounaled Now we have created d partition for installin Mac OS Step 11: Now restart d system n check whether "Acronis OS Selector" starts at boot. Step 12: Now insert d Mac OSX DVD n reboot d sys n chng d BIOS to boot from DVD Step 13: Let d mac boot up n select d language n then in d next menu click "Continue" Step 14: There will be no destination disks displayed Step 15: Open "Disk Utility" from "Utilites" Menu n select partition that we converted to MAC OS in Vista n then click Erase Step 16: It will erase the partition n mounts d partition Step 17: Now select d partition n click continue Step 18: In d install Menu on right side few chk boxes would be listed, Check d components u would like to install Note: If u have AMD chk "AMD" n don chk intel If u have Intel chk "Intel" n don chk AMD If ur hardware is not listed in d menu don chk as it may give prblems later Step 19: Now go about installin, it may take about nearly 20 mins Step 20: Then restart d system n remove d DVD Step 21: Now Acronis OS selector does not list Mac now boot into Vista n open Acronis OS Selector Step 22: Now goto OS detection wizard n select d partition in which Mac is installed. Step 23: It woud add "Unknown Operating System" Entry Step 24: Now reboot n in d OS selector Menu ull have "Unknown Operating System" entry, click on that n Mac boots Follow these steps carefully, then ull be able to successfully install Mac in ur x86 System. Now am using XP/Vista/Mac Triple boot with Acronis OS selector My system configuration Intel 2.6Ghz HT Intel D865GBF Motherboard Seagate Hard disk 250 GB part into 50 <-- XP partition 20 <-- Mac OS Partition 20 20 20 20 40 <-- Vista Partition 42 1264 MB RAM If u need help feel free to PM me or reply to this topic I am posting this topic from my Mac System Thanx guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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