yeahwillturbo Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 So I wiped out my entire hard drive and installed 10.4.10 onto it. Now I would like a simple way of partitioning it so I could install windows or linux, and have a good os selector. Am I able to do this or is it too late? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96785-post-installation-dual-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ak890 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I think that you are able to if you have a boot loader. But dont take my word for it im still a newbie to this stuff so if some one else tels you other wise there probably right. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96785-post-installation-dual-boot/#findComment-691246 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeahwillturbo Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 All right, thanks for that info. Maybe I'll just get vmware and install linux through there? The only reason I want this is to crack wep keys, as I'm pretty sure you can't do it on a mac. If I'm wrong, please tell me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96785-post-installation-dual-boot/#findComment-691247 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurukool Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 All right, thanks for that info. Maybe I'll just get vmware and install linux through there? The only reason I want this is to crack wep keys, as I'm pretty sure you can't do it on a mac. If I'm wrong, please tell me. If you install Linux after Windows...you use the partioning tool in Linux to do the partitioning and secondly, Linux Grub loader will take care of the boot sequence by itself if you don't do any special customisation like changing the grub location....Darwin bootloader can also be used to dual boot... else you can use EasyBCD or Acronis OS selector in windows to handle the boot process. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96785-post-installation-dual-boot/#findComment-691938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeahwillturbo Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 So can I just make a new partition maybe using disk utility? Then install XP, then install Acronis os selector and everything should be okay? EDIT: I can't seem to find a way to create a new partition in Mac os x without wiping the drive. I've done this before in xp without destroying data, is it true that you can't do this in osx? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96785-post-installation-dual-boot/#findComment-694112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeahwillturbo Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 Bump. I really need to figure this out guys. Could I boot from an ubuntu cd and partition through there? Would that wipe everything out? Or what about just setting up bootcamp, or can we not do that on a hackintosh? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96785-post-installation-dual-boot/#findComment-694430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raff Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 -boot with linux cd. Partition with gparted makink 3 active partitions. -boot windows cd/dvd and install windows -boot with linux cd and install linux, and install also Grub on the root of disk : if windows : /dev/sda1 and linux: /dev/sda2 then install grub on /dev/sda. -boot with leopard dvd, and install leopard on third partitions (on MBR!) -reboot with linux cd and reinstall grub, again on /dev/sda. -Boot into linux and add all necessary entries into Grub's menu.lst. Voilà, triple boot success!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96785-post-installation-dual-boot/#findComment-694446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeahwillturbo Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 Thanks for your reply raff, but I already have osx installed, i just need a way to partition my drive so i can make a partition for windows without deleting my partition with mac osx. If I partition with linux cd, will it erase my osx partition? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96785-post-installation-dual-boot/#findComment-695121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raff Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 For this you must do the resizing in mac's disk utility, then reformat later the freed space with linux or windows. Don't forget to backup ofcourse! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96785-post-installation-dual-boot/#findComment-697236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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