triple booting help

[nate_nightroad]

hi i would like to triple boot with vista/freespire/mac osx...i tried to read the guide for installation but none would offer such combination,most triple booting with vista/ubuntu/mac...so is there anyone tat can help me?

 

thanks in advance and have a nice day!!!!

[coolquasar]

If u have installed Vista previously, then the work is simpler

 

Download Acronis Disk Director Suite (latest ver wich supports Vista)

 

Now install it in Vista n also Install d OS selector for the Start Menu Items

 

OS selector will now start up every time u boot up ur system, askin u to choose the OS u wanna boot up

 

Since it gets installed in C: DONT EVER FORMAT THE C:

 

Now install Freespire in a separate partition (a partition other than Vista)

 

Now OS selector may r may not have recogized d new installation.

If it has, then no problem u can strait away boot into Freespire.

 

If not use OS detection wizard to add Freespire into the list

 

Now its time to install Mac OSX

B4 installin it check for d h/w compatibilty list in wiki page n then proceed further

 

Download Jas Mac OS X 10.4.8 Intel AMD

 

Write it onto a DVD

 

Now boot up into Vista n decide upon the drive in which u want to install Mac

Now goto Disk Management in Control Panel n delete the particular partition

(Dont worry its jus for time sake)

 

Now open cmd.exe n type "diskpart"

 

 

Now type "list disk" (OR) "list disks"

it ll list all d disks in ur system

 

By disk i mean the whole of hard disk

ie if u have one hard disk only one will be displayed

 

 

Now select the disk in which u deleted that partition

 

with "select disk x"

x denotes the disk number 0,1,2...

 

Now type "create partition primary size=n id=af"

where n= size of the deleted partition. give it in terms of MB

for ex: if the deleted partition was 20 GB then it means 20*1024 MB = 20480 MB

 

so "create partition primary size=20480 id=af"

 

This command creates the 20 GB partition formatted as "Mac OS Journaled"

 

Now insert the Mac DVD n restart d system.

 

After u get the "install Menu" select continue n now click Disk Utility for the Utilities Menu n select d newly created partition n erase it in "Mac OS Journaled" format.

 

After u erase, that particular partition ll be mounted n now u can continue installation.

 

After u install ull have to re start d system now again OS selector starts up.

 

Again use the OS Detector Wizard to add the entry into the List.

 

From now u can triple boot Vista/Freespire/Mac

 

If u corrupt d Vista installation after some time then ull have to install all 3 OSes again

so be careful with Vista

 

any douts mail to coolquasar@gmail.com