psykr Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 The boot manager for Windows Vista seems to replace the MBR, so that trying to boot from the OS X partition results in "HFS+ Partition Error." I used fdisk from within OS X to rewrite the MBR, but now Vista won't boot up because osload.exe comes across some sort of error. After doing some research, it seems that the solution is to install a bootloader such as Lilo or grub. Is there any way I can do that from within OS X for Intel? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6351-dual-booting-vista-and-os-x/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 You can install Grub from windows, google wingrub or grub4dos. Grub4dos has floppy images also. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6351-dual-booting-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-39637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKaufman Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 How'd you get windows vista? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6351-dual-booting-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-39718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKaufman Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 (edited) what a question ... either he is an official beta-tester, or he got it the same way he got osx86 ... Well, happy holidays to you too jackass I was just wondering where you got the dam os, I dont spend my whole life beta testing software and eating doritos Apparently it was too much to ask Edited January 4, 2006 by DrKaufman Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6351-dual-booting-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-39885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJägermeister Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 I was just wondering where you got the dam os If you work for a company with a MSDN contract, you have probably receive a Vista DVD (beta) and a Vista driver DVD via post. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6351-dual-booting-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-40195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfo Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 my college ftp offers it for download via ms academic alliance i guess others do also... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6351-dual-booting-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-43006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebookfreak58 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I am infact trying to Dual boot vista and OSx86 too I'm using Build 5270 and x86 10.4.1(I'm getting 10.4.3 soon) But I can't seem to be able to install WinGRUb on Vista...Could someone help get it to work?? So far the only way to access both OS's is to sent one partition or another active. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6351-dual-booting-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-44178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebookfreak58 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Well got it to work, but the long and hard, way, I created a partition for SUSE Linux and configured GRUB through there, any ic an dual boot to both with out errors... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6351-dual-booting-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-45328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
a8ne Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 How'd you get windows vista? http://msdn.microsoft.com/warez/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6351-dual-booting-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-52797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franzy Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 http://msdn.microsoft.com/warez/ no offense, but i think i speak for many when i say; who wants to spend a minimum of 200 bucks just for a lil tryout copy of vista, when they expire soon after? I signed up for be an official beta tester, however, it says I have to 'await invitation to try future Vista beta releases', or something of that nature. Anyways, good old 5308 works nicely w/ a cracked activation key. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6351-dual-booting-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-102648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn8k Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 to make Vista Recognized by Acronis : What you need : - a CD of Windows XP or 2000 (xp is the fastest one for the operation !) - Vista DVD - Acronis Disk Director W/ os selector How to : 1\ start your computer like if you are installing XP (boot on the CD, and start the install) 2\ When the installer asks you for partitions, install it on your future Vista partition. format that partition. 3\ Wait for the first part of the installer to finish, and once it has rebooted, start your installation of Vista 4\ DO NOT DELETE THE PARTITION WHERE YOU PREVIOUSLY Installed the first part of XP... just install over it ! 5\ Vista Installed, install Acronis OS Selector. Vista should now be recognized by OS selector ... Why it wasn't recognized ? Vista's boot manager doesn't create anymore the boot.ini and the bootsector.bin files that are needed by OS Selector. Installing the first part of XP forces Vista to have a "compatibility" with an earlier OS ... and so it creates the files that are needed ! After all that stuff, you can modify the booting options of Vista to not show up the boot menu ... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6351-dual-booting-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-118673 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripleboot Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Beta 2 will be publicly be released next week as it was handed out on DVD at WinHec 2006. Also beta testing via membership and Microsoft Connect http://connect.microsoft.com/ as a beta tester were available at one time. There has also been special invitations via a partnership Microsoft and Culminis provided for Vista beta testing. http://microsoft.order-4.com/windowsvistabeta/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6351-dual-booting-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-118727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silhouette Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 Sn8k can you boot back into OSX with Acronis? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6351-dual-booting-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-120595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn8k Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 yes ... it's recognized as Unknown OS , but it's ok ... There's also another way of dual booting : BOOTIT NG ! it's really a great multi boot software, and fully compatible with Vista ! Maybe you should give it a try ... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6351-dual-booting-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-120920 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silhouette Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Alright, I'm getting a Winload error. . .and it's unrepairable. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6351-dual-booting-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-120955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjrf Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 How'd you get windows vista? Inglês 32 bits: http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/b...86/download.htm Inglês em 64 bits: http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/b...64/download.htm Alemão em 32 bits: http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/b...86/download.htm Alemão em 64 bits: http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/b...64/download.htm Japonês em 32 bits: http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/b...86/download.htm Japonês em 64 bits: http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/b...64/download.htm But I don't recomend it! It is a beta and XP make the job... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6351-dual-booting-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-128948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fOZf8 Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 How to :1\ start your computer like if you are installing XP (boot on the CD, and start the install) 2\ When the installer asks you for partitions, install it on your future Vista partition. format that partition. 3\ Wait for the first part of the installer to finish, and once it has rebooted, start your installation of Vista 4\ DO NOT DELETE THE PARTITION WHERE YOU PREVIOUSLY Installed the first part of XP... just install over it ! 5\ Vista Installed, install Acronis OS Selector. Thanks mate, that worked great...was real buggered when vista disappeared and osx gave me an hfs+ error after the first attempt at a dual boot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6351-dual-booting-vista-and-os-x/#findComment-137143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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