tonymacx86 Forum • View topic - Dual Boot

Blog

Chat

DSDT

Wiki

FAQ

Board index » OSx86 Help Desk » Installation

It is currently Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:56 pm
All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]

Forum rules

Purchased Retail Software Installation Methods Only. We do not support or discuss distributions on this forum.
No Discussions About or Links To Pirated Software. We do not condone piracy. Period. Any posts, links or discussion will get you banned.

http://www.tonymacx86.com/faq.php.

Dual Boot - Windows 7 First?

Page 1 of 1

[ 7 posts ]

Dual Boot - Windows 7 First?

Print view

Previous topic | Next topic

Dual Boot - Windows 7 First?

Author

Message

Germac

Post subject: Dual Boot - Windows 7 First?

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:16 pm

Noob

Joined: Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:20 am
Posts: 7
System: Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD4
CPU: Intel Core i5-760
Graphics: NVidia 8800GTS 512 DDR3

Hey Guys,

I'am working to get my first Hackintosh up and running, but some questions left.
First of all I have 2 S-ATA Hard Drives. There is nothing installed on my system right now.
In the end I want to dual-boot SL and Windows 7.

I wanted to know, which guide for dual-booting is up-to-date for 2 seperate drives.

Thanks in advance, Germac

rabbit74

Post subject: Re: Dual Boot - Windows 7 First?

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:42 pm

iGeek

Joined: Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:40 pm
Posts: 456
Location: Taiwan

Using 2 separate hard drives as you are is the best way.

I would do it like this:

Configure Bios for AHCi

Disconnect all drives except the OSX drive.

Make sure the drive is plugged into SATA0

install snow. make it bootable...

Disconnect the drive

connect your windows drive at SATA0

install win

Disconnect win

plug the OSX drive back into SATA0

Plug win 7 into SATA1

Then modify your OSX com.apple.boot.plist to select the win drive as primary
to do this you will need to run:

Code:

diskutil list

in terminal to find the number of your windows boot partition.
If you followed my instructions earlier it should be disk (1/0) or (1/1)

So com.apple.boot.plist needs to have the following string added

Code:

    <key>Default Partition</key>
    <string>hd(x,y)</string>

replace x,y with your drive numbers like this:

Code:

    <key>Default Partition</key>
    <string>hd(1,0)</string>

That's it.

rabbit

_________________
Snow 10.6.4 - GA-X58A-UD5 - i7-980x-3.33Ghz - 12G-1333Mhz - nV GTX-260 - GTX-465 - Radeon-5770 - GTX-460 - GTX-470
intel-G2-SSD 80G

Snow 10.6.4 - GA-P55A-UD3P - i7-8.75K-3.33Ghz - 4G-1333 - nVidia GT240

Germac

Post subject: Re: Dual Boot - Windows 7 First?

Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 3:08 pm

Noob

Joined: Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:20 am
Posts: 7
System: Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD4
CPU: Intel Core i5-760
Graphics: NVidia 8800GTS 512 DDR3

Sorry, I explained it a bit missunderstandable.

I wantet to know wheater I should install Win7 first.
But in the end I want SL to be my primary boot drive.
So what should I do?

Thanks

MacMan

Post subject: Re: Dual Boot - Windows 7 First?

Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:23 pm

Mod

Joined: Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:29 am
Posts: 2057
System: GA-P55-UD5-F9
CPU: Core i5-750 3.2 GHz
Graphics: PNY XLR8 GeForce 9800 GT EE 512MB

Germac wrote:

Sorry, I explained it a bit missunderstandable.

I wantet to know wheater I should install Win7 first.
But in the end I want SL to be my primary boot drive.
So what should I do?

Thanks

Install SL first, then Win 7.

_________________
MacMan's Blog for Advanced OSx86 Tips and Tricks

GA-X58A-UD3R Core i7 930 6GB OCZ DDR3-1600 Radeon HD 5770 1GB
GA-P55-UD5 Core i5 750 8GB OCZ DDR3-1600 GeForce 9800 GT 512MB
GA-H55M-S2H Core i3 530 4GB OCZ DDR3-1333 GeForce 8600 GT 512MB

melon

Post subject: Re: Dual Boot - Windows 7 First?

Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:40 am

Geek

Joined: Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:15 am
Posts: 113
Location: Philippines
System: Gigabyte GA-H55M-USB3
CPU: Intel Core i7-860 2.8 GHz
Graphics: 1gb Palit GF 9800 GT ddr3 (256bit) E-Green/Green Edition

I didn't edit the com.apple.boot.plist

but on my "diskutil list" it show this one"

Code:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:               Windows_NTFS System Reserved         104.9 MB   disk0s1
   2:               Windows_NTFS Windows 7               500.0 GB   disk0s2
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *640.1 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Snow Leopard            639.8 GB   disk1s2

Still Works...
Just during the boot-up must click any key fast to select the Windows Drive to boot up.

My only problem is the Windows shows 2 drives: "System Reserved" & "Windows NTFS"
Must select System Reserved to boot in Win7

Hmmmm... Any ideas?

Also, in running Mac OS X. The desktop shows 2 Drives too. "System Reserved" & "Untitled(The windows drive)"

I've change the "Untitled" name thru booting in Win7 and renaming the drive there, since it can't be renamed in MAC OS X.

_________________
MB:GA-H55M-USB3(F10) CPU:IntelCore i7 860 COOLER:ScytheYasha RAM:4gbDDR3-1600G.SkillRipJaw VID:1gbPalitGF9800GT CASE:InWinDragonSlayer PSU:CorsairHX650 HD1:640GbWDCCaviarGreen HD2:500GbSeagateBarracuda OPT:PioneerDVR-S18L WIFI:D-LinkDWA556

newtron

Post subject: Re: Dual Boot - Windows 7 First?

Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:34 pm

GeekInTraining

Joined: Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:18 pm
Posts: 41
System: ga-p55a-ud3 rev 1
CPU: core i5-760
Graphics: evga geforce 9800 gtx+ 512mb

Hi,

I'm also considering a Windows 7 install and really appreciate this info. However, I have a spare IDE drive laying around, so I have a couple questions:

1. would installing Windows on an IDE drive require basically the same steps?
2. will the fact that there are no OS X drivers for the IDE controller on my board (ga-p55a-ud3) cause any problems for me?

Thanks!

_________________
CASE: antec 300 illus PSU: corsair cmpsu-750tx MB: ga-p55a-ud3 rev 1 CPU: i5-760 + scythe mugen-2 rev b RAM: g.skill eco 2x2gb 1600 GFX: evga geforce 9800 gtx+ 512mb HD: samsung spinpoint f3 500gb + wd cav blue 500gb + wd cav green 500gb DVD: sony optiarc ad-7261s-0b

melon

Post subject: Re: Dual Boot - Windows 7 First?

Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:09 am

Geek

melon wrote:

I didn't edit the com.apple.boot.plist

but on my "diskutil list" it show this one"

Code:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:               Windows_NTFS System Reserved         104.9 MB   disk0s1
   2:               Windows_NTFS Windows 7               500.0 GB   disk0s2
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *640.1 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Snow Leopard            639.8 GB   disk1s2

System Reserved Drive -- GONE!! :headbang:

I've reformated my Win7 Drive but followed this instruction during installation:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/08/2 ... windows-7/

No need to edit com.apple.boot.plist

BTW,
-installed a software for Snow Leopard to be able to Read and Write on Windows7(NTFS)
-installed a software for Windows7 to be able to Read and Write on Snow Leopard(Mac OS Extended)

Dual Booting Steps: (using 2 Hard Drives)
-Configure Bios for AHCi
-Disconnect all drives except the OSX drive.
-Make sure the drive is plugged into SATA0
-install snow (http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/04/ ... -x-on.html)
-Disconnect the drive
-connect your windows drive at SATA0
-install win (http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/08/2 ... windows-7/)
-Disconnect win
-plug the OSX drive back into SATA0
-Plug win 7 into SATA1
* At Chameleon Prompt, you could automatically choose between Snow and Win...

Page 1 of 1

[ 7 posts ]

Board index » OSx86 Help Desk » Installation

It is currently Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:56 pm
All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: captcrunch24, Google [Bot], macsufo and 14 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Jump to: