ragu_gnana Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 hi guys i'm having two hard disks...and i want to know in which format should i format my hard disk to install kayway leopard...and need to which partition manager shall i do tat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 The install disc has it's own partition manager. Just boot from it and go to menu->DiskUtility. It will however, erase all data on the drive. Format the drive using the HFS+ file system. Cheers, hecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaGalileo Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 If i do that, will the partition table be: MBR or GUID? Whats the default? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insomnimac Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 If the disk is currently formatted in NTFS or something else and you parition and format the disk in DiskUtility it will ask you whether you want to use MBR or GUID. Pretty sure MBR is the default, I haven't formatted a ntfs disk in ages so can't quite remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 When you partition your hard drive in Disk Utility as hecker mentions, look for the Options button at the bottom left of the window. Click on that and it will give you the choice of MBR or GUID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragu_gnana Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 hey guys no destination disk appears ya....thn how to partition it...i'm asking abt kalyway in intel systems ya.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Hey, maybe you're system isn't even compatible with OSX. But, who knows, right? (get the hint, ya?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohkahn Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Hey Hecker, Be nice to us Ya? we are newbies man no pun itended. Ok, so let's say, he is successful in above case, what will happen to his windows/vista on the old partion, that is fully working. I am also dual booting vista/xp and have bought a new sata HD. (not yet installed) so if someone in our situation want to preserve the old systems, but want to install and use leopard on a new HD, but same system... do they need to install, some boot software, so they get the choice of 3 different systems, instead of the current 2? and what software will that be? Or... will leopard automatically make some kind of boot menu, thereby offering 3 choices? and the kalyway disk, has to be burned as an iso? or just normal data. thanks mates... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragu_gnana Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 hey guys but installed mac osx 10.4.11 in my vmware ya...it was slow and could experience the pleasure of mac ya...tats wy i wanted to install mac in my new hard disk ya lz help me out...and give me any solution if it is not compatable..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlbrown23 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 The easiest thing I have found for dual booting on a hackintosh is using EasyBCD. You install it on the Vista side and it will come up with a menu when you boot asking you which OS to chose. It also helped me with a lot of the flakiness around recognizing boot flags on the osx86 intsalls. Of course I now use my Vista disk for Time Machine backups, so I am not dual booting any more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Hey Hecker, Be nice to us Ya? we are newbies man no pun itended. Ok, so let's say, he is successful in above case, what will happen to his windows/vista on the old partion, that is fully working. I am also dual booting vista/xp and have bought a new sata HD. (not yet installed) so if someone in our situation want to preserve the old systems, but want to install and use leopard on a new HD, but same system... do they need to install, some boot software, so they get the choice of 3 different systems, instead of the current 2? and what software will that be? Or... will leopard automatically make some kind of boot menu, thereby offering 3 choices? and the kalyway disk, has to be burned as an iso? or just normal data. thanks mates... Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude. Just wanted him to post his specs, ya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragu_gnana Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 hey dude plz give me a suggestion or solution for it ya...i'm new for Mac ya... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohkahn Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 """The easiest thing I have found for dual booting on a hackintosh is using EasyBCD. You install it on the Vista side and it will come up with a menu when you boot asking you which OS to chose. It also helped me with a lot of the flakiness around recognizing boot flags on the osx86 intsalls. Of course I now use my Vista disk for Time Machine backups, so I am not dual booting any more...""" Jlbrown23....... Thanks, that's a big help. I will give it a try. Were you botting Vista as well as Xp, when you installed leopard? or just vista? Was getting rid of vista worth it, i mean, can u do all things with mac now? Should I install easy BCD first before jumping to install leopard? Did you burn the image as an iso? or just data dvd? Sorry for so many questions.. Thanks for the help though. _____________ """Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude. Just wanted him to post his specs, ya? """ Hecker: Don't be sorry, It was a nice joke on him. I was gonna pull it on him cos he seems to be from Zhe Zermany ya? and they have lots and lots of zhe zermans there ya?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 """The easiest thing I have found for dual booting on a hackintosh is using EasyBCD. You install it on the Vista side and it will come up with a menu when you boot asking you which OS to chose. It also helped me with a lot of the flakiness around recognizing boot flags on the osx86 intsalls. Of course I now use my Vista disk for Time Machine backups, so I am not dual booting any more...""" Jlbrown23....... Thanks, that's a big help. I will give it a try. Were you botting Vista as well as Xp, when you installed leopard? or just vista? Was getting rid of vista worth it, i mean, can u do all things with mac now? Should I install easy BCD first before jumping to install leopard? Did you burn the image as an iso? or just data dvd? Sorry for so many questions.. Thanks for the help though. _____________ """Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude. Just wanted him to post his specs, ya? """ Hecker: Don't be sorry, It was a nice joke on him. I was gonna pull it on him cos he seems to be from Zhe Zermany ya? and they have lots and lots of zhe zermans there ya?. Yeah, I crack up every time I read his "ya". It reminds me of the movie "Snatch" when Turkish mocks his friend and asks him if he's afraid that zhe germans might come. *chuckletown* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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