DarkCarnival Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Hello I currently have OSX and Linux on my laptop which is set up with Bootcamp. But I'm completely at a loss as to what I can do with OSX (really, for my needs it was a mistake). So.. My question is: Can I pop in a Windows Install disc, remove the OSX partitions and install Windows there and still have my Linux install ? In short, I wish to make a dual-boot setup with Windows and Linux only - no OSX what so ever - (although the bootcamp partition is ok, if it makes things easier). Preferably, I'd like to accomplish this without having to reinstall Linux. I hope someone can help me and I look forward to any answers I might get Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64380-dualboot-between-windows-and-linux/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Hello I currently have OSX and Linux on my laptop which is set up with Bootcamp. But I'm completely at a loss as to what I can do with OSX (really, for my needs it was a mistake). So.. My question is: Can I pop in a Windows Install disc, remove the OSX partitions and install Windows there and still have my Linux install ? In short, I wish to make a dual-boot setup with Windows and Linux only - no OSX what so ever - (although the bootcamp partition is ok, if it makes things easier). Preferably, I'd like to accomplish this without having to reinstall Linux. I hope someone can help me and I look forward to any answers I might get you should just be able to reformat the os x partition and just install windows on that partition Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64380-dualboot-between-windows-and-linux/#findComment-455876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkCarnival Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 I'm feeling reckless so I'm going to try it XD Anyway. For the sake of helping people who searched for solutions: If you have Linux or somesuch installed already, boot camp won't run and thus you can't get the drivers.. or can you ? Sure, hold CTRL then click the "boot camp assistant" icon (located in Applications -> Utilities) and choose "show package contents". Then navigate through: Contents => Resources. Here you'll find DiskImage.dmg. If you know how to burn it, congrats to you. If you don't, plug in a USB-disk (or pen of 385mb or greater), double-click the dmg which will open it and manually transfer the driver folder to the USB-pen. There you go, now you have the drivers on hand Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64380-dualboot-between-windows-and-linux/#findComment-456004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waradmin Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Why fork out so much money for a mac system and then remove OS X? Why not just get a inexpensive $450 compaq? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64380-dualboot-between-windows-and-linux/#findComment-456036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkCarnival Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 Well, let's say I was curious as to the source of the Mac OS X praise. However, I tried the OS and frankly, it sucks. Some may say I just might be wanting something different.. But.. I can do everything (save running Photoshop CS3) on Linux, and quite a lot more (programming for multiple OS's, gui-kits etc). - Linux is faster for me, Windows runs a few apps neither OS X or Linux has and.. Well.. I can't even use OS X to play the few (VERY few) media files that won't play right on Linux. So.. having OSX is really useless to me, and I deeply regret having purchased a macbook now as well... (!!) Anyway!! I boot some 20 times because it's rare for it to accept keyboard input when using the terminal (either windows or linux).. Then I installed XP - 4 times from a completely clean CD.. Just burned (I broke the original discs in my schoolbag, but I still have the license stickers for my PRO's!).. Anyway... WHen I boot, I seem to be missing Hal.dll no matter how often I reinstall.. I see some people say that I must re-open boot camp, which means reinstalling OSX... I __HATE__ this thing.. I should've just watched Itunes on windows and though: No way I'll get something APPLE makes.. But .. My mistake... Anyway.. Any advices here ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64380-dualboot-between-windows-and-linux/#findComment-456235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkCarnival Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 BUMP In summary, installed refit (have boot camp too) whenever I attempt to boot WinXP (freshly installed, tried several times) i get a "missing hal.dll" error.. Ive checked diskutils and my layout is like so: disk0: 0: GUID_PARTITION_scheme *149.1GB 1: EFI 200.0MB 2: Apple_HFS osx 21.0GB 3: Microsoft Basic Data Untitled 50.0GB 4: Microsoft Basic Data Untitled 77.0GB disk0s2 = OSX disk0s3 = Windows XP disk0s4 = Where Linux will be I can't boot windows due to this hal.dll bogus, I see multiple posts all over the net and no happy endings. Is there NO ONE who has ever fixed this ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64380-dualboot-between-windows-and-linux/#findComment-456794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waradmin Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 I cant help you regarding XP because my boot camp is running Vista Ultimate however I would guess you have a damaged disk (bad burned image). I have been doing PC stuff for years, never ran into that issue. As far as OS X not being your cup of tea, I understand that to an extent. However you can install Flip-4-Mac (allows playing of .wmv files in Quicktime), and then hit up www.getmiro.com to play any other types of media you may have. I just got my macbook last week, and as a Computer programmer (CS Major in college right now) I can say that programming in X-Code is a blast. I do enjoy using the Linux environments as well, but X-Code has a nice all-around C++ compiler, and its free unlike Visual Studio (I know express is free, but thats lame). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64380-dualboot-between-windows-and-linux/#findComment-458714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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