NoSmokingBandit Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 Ok, so i want to install osx86 10.4.6 on my pc, but im kinda nervous about killing my xp partition. Would it be possible to pop in a 30gb drive, install tiger on that, then copy that installation over to my hd with the xp partition? I assume i would have to use the tiger installation cd to format the new drive to hfs anyway, but it would keep the installation from erasing any xp files, right? Or am i just being too paranoid? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60560-copy-an-existing-x86-install-to-different-hd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris512 Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 I installed onto a seperate hard drive and use my motherboard boot manager to choose which OS to boot into. If your Motherboard doesn't have this feature there are boot managers available on the web. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60560-copy-an-existing-x86-install-to-different-hd/#findComment-430326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSmokingBandit Posted August 18, 2007 Author Share Posted August 18, 2007 i would install to a 2nd drive and leave it in there, but i already use 2 drives, one for storage of random {censored} and the other for os's. My plan is then to pull out the storage drive, pop in an old 30gb i have laying around, install to that and move the installation over to the os drive so i can still have my os/storage drive setup. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60560-copy-an-existing-x86-install-to-different-hd/#findComment-430330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davejb Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 First off, a general rule of thumb, never, ever install 2 different operating systems on the same partition, the same drive on different partitions is ok, but not the same partition. Second, I will 2nd (or 3rd I guess) the suggestions to keep osx86 on it's own drive, you'll probable end up doing more than one install after screwing things up and this will be much easier if you don't have to deal with a dual boot issue. When you start installing it, simply disconnect your XP drive, then there's no chance of screwing that up, once you have osx up and running, reconnect the XP drive and use your motherboards boot options to select which OS you want to run. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60560-copy-an-existing-x86-install-to-different-hd/#findComment-430754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSmokingBandit Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 I know not to install 2 os's on the same partition, thats pretty basic, and impossible seeing as osx and xp require hfs and ntfs respectively. I can't run osx on a completely different hard drive unless i get rid of my storage drive, which i am not willing to do. I suppose i could move my storage partition over to my xp drive then format the 2nd hd to use osx. That seems like alot of work for an os that may or may not work at all. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60560-copy-an-existing-x86-install-to-different-hd/#findComment-430899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davejb Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Just making sure , XP does not require NTFS, it can be installed on a FAT32 partition, which (I think) osx can read and write to (don't think it can be installed on it, but I'm an osx noob). Stranger things have been attempted/suggested. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60560-copy-an-existing-x86-install-to-different-hd/#findComment-430963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSmokingBandit Posted August 20, 2007 Author Share Posted August 20, 2007 I installed on a different drive just for testing purposes and it installed great. Osx can only read from ntfs, but im sure there is a way to fix that, seeing as linux has ntfs drivers. Now i just need to get my hardware to work. Thanks for the help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60560-copy-an-existing-x86-install-to-different-hd/#findComment-431550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxxdigital Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 Just making sure , XP does not require NTFS, it can be installed on a FAT32 partition, which (I think) osx can read and write to (don't think it can be installed on it, but I'm an osx noob). Stranger things have been attempted/suggested. No it doesn't, but it will loose performance and it will be more unstable under FAT32. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60560-copy-an-existing-x86-install-to-different-hd/#findComment-431732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davejb Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 I can't say I agree with that, but I'm not going to get into a FAT32 vs. NTFS debate, would be off topic for this thread. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60560-copy-an-existing-x86-install-to-different-hd/#findComment-431801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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