Carvinite Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Hello everyone, my name is ryan, and I have been surfing your forum all day, and this OSx86 project really has my intrest peaked, so much to the point that I am about to go out an buy an external hard drive and use it to boot OSx86...and I just had some questions about install and different things. Do I have to have a USB keyboard/mouse? Will vista cause alot of problems? and can you install OSx86 on just any external hard drive? Any responce will be ver much appriciated. Thanks a million, Ryan Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65728-windows-vista-and-osx86-with-external-hard-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
tehsusenoh Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 ryan i recommend using a ps/2 mouse and keyboard yes, you can install on pretty much any usb hard drive for a installing guide, use pcwiz's guide for multi-booting, go to http://wiki.osx86project.org and go to the installation guides and go to the dual-boot section Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65728-windows-vista-and-osx86-with-external-hard-drive/#findComment-465665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 My guide for installing on USB: http://######.com/software/osxusbnative.htm USB drive installs are fast as long as you have a USB 2.0 port. Well actually for mouse and keyboard I recommend USB if you can get some. My PS/2 mouse didn't work with the installer when I was installing and I had to swap it out for a USB mouse. It will do nothing to Vista and Vista has no effect on how the install will function. Thats what I like about external USB installs...no dual boot problems, bootloader problems, etc. As long as your BIOS supports booting from USB you're good to go. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65728-windows-vista-and-osx86-with-external-hard-drive/#findComment-465753 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvinite Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share Posted October 8, 2007 Yes, actually pcwiz I used your article all the way through...I have a copy of "Mac OS X 10.4.8 [JaS AMD-Intel-SSE2-SSE3 with PPF1 & PPF2]" And I actually have it installed on the maxtor external drive I bought today (you guys have a way of making a guy like me spend money just to see if I can make stuff work!) But until I resolve my BIOS problems there is no way to get it to boot....which, pardon me, but it down right blows! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65728-windows-vista-and-osx86-with-external-hard-drive/#findComment-465778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Yeah people have posted replies to that thread...follow the advice. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65728-windows-vista-and-osx86-with-external-hard-drive/#findComment-466028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvinite Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share Posted October 8, 2007 Got the advice, thanks abuch! Going to try that bootable CD now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65728-windows-vista-and-osx86-with-external-hard-drive/#findComment-466050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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