Thread: DualBoot Vista/XP + OSX86

EASY DUALBOOT/TRIPLEBOOT WITH VISTA/XP/OSX86
(Not very detailed, but if necessary i will expand with screenshots and more detailed steps)

Requirements:
·Kalyway 10.5.2 Intel SSE2 and SSE3 ISO
·Acronis Disk Director
·Clean Harddrive (Atleast 40GB for Dualboot and 60GB for Tripleboot)
·PC With Intel Processor that Supports SSE2 or SSE3 (SSE2 doesn’t always work)

WARNING!!!! BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS, BACKUP EVERYTHING!! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DATA LOSS OR ANY OTHER MALFUNCTION THAT MIGHT HAPPEN AFTER FOLLOWING THIS TUTORIAL. IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHAT YOU ARE DOING, CONTACT ME OR SOMEONE ELSE THAT CAN HELP YOU!


PHASE1: INSTALLING WINDOWS XP

Steps:
1.Install Windows XP or Vista And during the installation create two Partitions (one where you will install XP on and the second will be left empty to install OSX86 on.


Assuming everyone knows how to install Windows XP , the steps are not specified here. If you are having difficulties installing XP , just let me know and there will be a tutorial for that.

2.When XP is installed, Install Acronis Disk Director and when you have installed it, Activate OS Selector and create a Rescue CD or Bootdisk (USB) with it.

3.When that’s done, Go to the next PHASE:


PHASE 2: INSTALLING OSX86


Steps:
1) Reboot your computer with the Kalyway disk in the drive.
2) Press any key to boot from the CD.
Note: If your computer boots into XP, you must restart and hold down DEL until you enter BIOS setup. Find the section where it lists your first second and third boot devices. This is usually inside the first link on the main menu. Use PGUP/PGDN to change the first boot device to CD, then the second to HDD. Press F10 to save settings (type Y in the box that pops up) and then exit setup. If you need further BIOS help, search for it on another site.
3) When it says "Starting Mac OS X Installer", press F8.
4) Type -v and press enter.
5)This part takes a while to load. If it doesn’t try steps 1 till 4 again.
6) When all that text has gone, you should have come to a language selection screen. Click the arrow to use English as the primary language.
7) When the welcome box pops up, don't click Continue. Click Utilities in the menu bar, then Disk Utility. 8) Select the Mac partition. You should easily be able to tell which one it is by clicking a partition in the sidebar, then looking at the size down the bottom. DO NOT SELECT YOUR WINDOWS PARTITION. Select the other partition. Note: Even if you have checked this, make doubly sure!.
9) With the correct partition selected, click the Erase tab.
10) Open the drop-down menu and select Mac OS X (Journaled).
11) Enter a name and keep it simple. Some examples are "mac", "leopard" and "osx" (without quotes). DO NOT USE A SPACE OR A SPECIAL CHARACTER LIKE ! OR & IN THE NAME!
12) Click Erase and then Erase again in the box that comes up.
13) This shouldn't take long at all, and then you'll find the partition you selected to erase is now called whatever name you gave it. Exit Disk Utility by clicking the red button in the corner. You're now back at the Welcome screen.
14) Click Continue and then click agree.
15) In the Installation Destination screen, click the partition that has the name you just gave it. Then click continue.
16) In the next screen, click Customize. As long as you are using the 10.5.2 disk, you should have not much to worry about. You don't need to select MBR like in the previous release. Don't select a different kernel unless you know what you are doing, the default one is good. There should be a section called Applications, which has some great apps you can have installed by default, eg Adium (an amazing instant messaging client) VLC (one of the best media players) and much more.
17) Once you're finished click Done. Then click install.
Note: The media check will begin after you have finished the install. This ensures that the disk has all the necessary files to install OS X. If you REALLY want to, you can skip the check, however, checking the media is the best way to ensure a safe install.
18) The media check takes a fair while and depending on the amount of RAM, so will the install. If you have 1GB, then the actual install should complete in about 15 min.
FINAL PHASE:

When this is done, you probably wont be able to get into XP because it will boot OSX right away. Now you have to put in your rescue disc from Acronis OS Selector that you made and with that you can boot into XP. When in xp, you can start Acronis Disk Director and then OS Selector. There you have an option to Repair the OS Selector so that it will again become you Bootloader. When that’s done, reboot and try again. If it still doesn’t work, you need to go back into XP again using the Rescue CD and there, in Acronis Disk Director, You need to change the Active Partition.



If you want, you can also have a triple boot or a quad boot. I have a quad boot right now with XP, Vista, Opensuse 11, and Leopard 10.5, but that will make things a little bit more difficult/interesting!

For more information or Help you can contact me.

Sources:
Main Page - OSx86
InsanelyMac
Me

If This Helped you and you are feeling generous, you can always help my Rep up. Thanks!

Thanks for the info because I'm thinking of dual/triple booting soon.

Just a note - Kalyway doesnt work for everyone.

There are waaaay to many to list, such as iDeneb and JaS (I run JaS on my PC)

The BEST BEST BEST place to find out which version is best is a forum called insanelymac. The best person to ask in IRC is a guy called realityiswhere, he used to be a unix/linux proggrammer, and OSX is based on unix but obviously with modified code and a different GUI.

Either way, just remember that it will almost never work as well as a real mac. At best, everything will work except for updates. If you update it thru the updater, youve screwed up your hackint0sh lol =)