THANKS A LOT!

zoharxero:
I got working bootcamp on vmware read my post above.

Sorry my bad you mean installing windows from bootcamp, not that is not posible in hackintoshes.

So far Bootcamp and Paralel Desktop are the options I’m thinking of. But I read articles that Bootcamp won’t work on hackintosh. I consider VirtualBox is similar with Parallel Desktop. I might be wrong, but I think using Parallel Desktop option gonna take lot of memory to run and decrease the performance unless we have sufficient memory to support.OK, I hope on Monday I will posting my success story installing iPC 10.5.6 on my new Dell1525 with dual boot Vista.

I got working bootcamp on vmware read my post above.

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=162689&hl=

without having to use rmbr

Regarding VirtualBox, So far Bootcamp and Paralel Desktop are the options I’m thinking of. But I read articles that Bootcamp won’t work on hackintosh. I consider VirtualBox is similar with Parallel Desktop. I might be wrong, but I think using Parallel Desktop option gonna take lot of memory to run and decrease the performance unless we have sufficient memory to support.

OK, I hope on Monday I will posting my success story installing iPC 10.5.6 on my new Dell1525 with dual boot Vista.

I am no longer dual booting, I have bought a new 500GB HD, and installed OSX on it without any Vista. For the odd program for which I need Vista, I have a virtual machine under VirtualBox, a free virtualization tool.

You do need 2 partitions/installations on your external drive as you need 1 to transfer the other to your internal HD which comes after step 5 in your summary of my explanantion.

If you plan to keep using the external HD as “home” for your OSX, then you do not need two partitions on it and I would recommend 10.5.6 of course. If you are just starting out on your hackingtosh ventures en need to experiment a lot (which I did in the beginning), a “safe haven” like a fresh/simple 10.5.2 with basic functionality can be very helpful.

Osmac: sergey:After any install, I have to make some changes, install kexts to get everything working properly.What I did under option 1b is install a 10.5.6 distribution on my second partition. As I have learned with the 1440×900 screen I have, I need to make changes to the video kexts to get anything on the screen, see also this post: http://macyourpc.com/2009/03/20/full-core-imagequartz-extreme-support-on-1440×900-screens/To do this, after the reboot at the end of the install, I do not boot into my newly installed 10.5.6, but to my “save haven” and install the necesary kexts for video but also for audio, Ethernet, SDHC speedstepping and powermanagement. I also set the prelogon SleepDisplay action.I then reboot again, but now into the freshly installed and tweaked 10.5.6Hope this was helpful. Otherwise dont hesitate to ask more detail.

Hi Osmac,
I summarize your explanation as below:
1) install 10.5.2 on partition 1
2) reboot to 10.5.2
3) install 10.5.6 on partition 2 (no tweaking)
4) reboot to 10.5.2
5) tweak 10.5.6 (partition 2)

My question on step 4 & 5:

If you boot into partition1 (Kalyway 10.5.2), after install 10.5.6 on partition 2, how did you use kext helper and perform all tweak to 10.5.6 ?
Is there any particular setting on the Kext Helper so all the kexts installed on 10.5.6 (partition 2) instead of Kalyway 10.5.2 (partition 1)?

I think by default, if we boot to 10.5.2 (partition 1), Kext Helper will install kexts also to the same partition.

Please let me know. Thanks

ffreese: Nice to have dualboot.
What about installing something like parallels to boot vista/xp within hackintoshed MaxOS?
Until now installation fails on hackintoshs…
Any hope for the future?

Some time ago i find some steps to boot my native windows xp (it should work for vista) partition on vmware as bootcamp on my hackintosh, the steps are from a post from insanelymac, cant find the post right now , is pretty old.

i dont take any credit and im not responsible for any data lose.. try a your own risk.

1) Install VMWare.

2) Open terminal and type:

sudo fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0

where 0 is the number of your hd where you have the two systems.
type:

print

here you will have a list of your partitions. Please proceed ONLY if you see the HFS+ partition flagged with the * symbol.
type:

flag X

where X is the number of the windows partition you want to use with vmware.

type:

write

type “y” and enter.

Do not exit fdisk as you will need it just in a few minutes.

3) launch vmware and you’ll be pleased to see that you now have a bootcamp boot option. Follow the program instructions.

4) When you have finished to install everything and play a bit with the new toy exit VMWare shutting the machine down.

5) Go to the open terminal window and type:

flag X
where X is the number of the partition the was flagged before you changed it (the HFS+ boot partition).

type:

write
y
exit

6) Open vmware and verify that the BootCamp boot option is still there (as it was for me).

7) Try to reboot mac os (it should be all ok!

DONE

Booting my native winxp parition on vmware work really great i have a dualcore and 3gb ram, also found a way to boot a native ubuntu partition as well… involves more steps and a working triple boot setup, if someone is interested i can post the steps, so basically can boot the 3 native partitions at time and have a nice OS nirvana .

Sorry for my bad english.

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=39253

Good luck to you.

i found an interesting pro called EasyBCD

what u folks think about it?

There is no need to make it HFS, you can do that from the installation DVD using Disk Utility.

The latest Chameleon (with graphics) works like a charm. Note that the boot parameters file (com.apple.boot.plist) is in a new location now /Extra

i downloaded i
pc 10.5.6, and i wanna dual boot with the pre-installed vista in my dell inspiron 1525

what about this?

1- resize c partition to have a decent space for my mac and making it hfs and set as active by using gparted live cd

2- set it up as u provided in guide, then download the latest chameleon to make adual boot

or using easybcd.

is this way will mess my vista and my recovery partition?

Genaro Bonilla: I didn’t write this guide but can you boot from a disc and wipe everything? Whether it be any partition disk or utility disk?

I kind of wanted to keep my RECOVERY partition intact.
Managed to get Vista re-installed, not attempting to fix my partition information.

Cannot restore vista, hard drive is not recognized.

Do not use Gpart unless you are prepared to shaft your system up in a big way.

Got a Chain Boot Error

Read plenty on the net about this error but I have no idea on how to sort it

I have Vista installed but cannot boot into OS X on my external USB drive.
I have USB emulation enabled in the bios.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Martin

I cannot boot into Vista, must have moved the OS partition. I’m going to give it another go.

What it turned out to be was I had restored my OS from the Dell restore partition but had not done an initial log in to Vista.

Thanks
Martin

I have tried to shrink my OS partition and get an error saying “An error occurred while applying the operations” I have tried to load GParted into RAM and also run from DVD.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Martin

Now that I see this article and the sweet new Chameleon boot manager, I’m once again thirsty for the triple threat.

Installing OSX changes the MBT, so if you want to install OSX without changing the MBR, you need to install it on an external HD first and then transfer or “restore” it.

To be able to get into the recovery partition, you need to start the Vista bootloader or alternatively make that partition the boot partition e.g. by using Gparted LiveCD.

Another consideration: If you also want to keep the MediaDirect partition, you have no other choice than to install OSX on a logical partition which could cause problems with Darwin/Chameleon (if versions 1.0.11 or earlier are used)

Actually, I am now considering putting a new 320GB HD in my Dell and use it exclusively for OSX. The current HD can then be used in a mobile enclosure for when I need to go back to Vista for whatever reason.
Also I am planning to make a small partition for AppleTV. As that is Tiger based, I need to find some time to figure out how to install that first.