Apr 12

Dual boot Windows Vista and Mac OS X Leopard on x86

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iPhones need to be unlocked to be used in Canada.  The best unlocking tool seems to be Pwnage currently, but it only runs on Mac.  Of course I am not giving up my Vista installation, so here’s the procedures to dual boot Windows Vista and Mac OS X Leopard the Dell 640m/E1405 system.

  1. Get a Mac OS X x86 distro.  I got the “Kalyway 10.5.2“, available from major torrent sites.
  2. Make sure the Windows Vista DVD is on hand, to fix the Master Boot Record after installation.
  3. Create a partition within the system, either a different disk or on the same disk. Format it while in Windows, so that the Mac installation will be able to see the partition.
  4. Install the Kalyway distro onto the spare partition, being careful to choose “Customize” before install, and make sure to select the Intel GMA driver under Graphics.
  5. After installation, it probably shows a HFS partition error and no OS will load.
  6. Boot up the system using Windows Vista DVD, choose Repair, then choose the command prompt.
  7. Enter the following:
    diskpart
    list disk
    select disk n  (n = disk number)
    list partition
    select partition n  (n = partition number of your VISTA)
    active
    exit

    bootrec.exe /fixmbr
    bootrec.exe /fixboot

  8. Exit the repair utilities and restart the computer.  Now Vista should load normally.
  9. Download and install EasyBCD.
  10. In EasyBCD, add an entry for Mac OS X, using automatic settings.
  11. Dual-boot menu should pop up at restart.  Choose the Mac installation, and at the next menu make sure to choose the Mac install too.
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17 Responses to “Dual boot Windows Vista and Mac OS X Leopard on x86”

  1. mondo Says:
    July 17th, 2008 at 9:13 am

    So, when I start up to the CD I get this:
    Black Screen White Letters…
    —————————————————————————————–
    Mac Framework Successfully Initialized
    \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / (Unimportant Stuff)
    Error Code: 0×00000000
    Debugger called:
    Backtrace, Format-Frame: Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
    \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / (Unimportant Stuff)
    Mac OS Version:
    Not set yet
    Darwin Kernal Version 9.2.0: Sun Mar 2 00:11:08 SCT 2008; made by ToH:xnu-1228/BUILD/obj/RELEASE_I386
    —————————————————————————————–

    After that runs, the cd stops and absolutly nothing happens..

    what do i do???

  2. webmaster Says:
    July 18th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

    Before the installation process? Try another distro

  3. ROGER Says:
    September 29th, 2008 at 10:01 pm

    I INSTALLED WINDOWS VISTA INTO MY MAC OS X, IT LOADED PROPERLY BUT I AM NOT GETTING ANY SOUND, HOW CAN I ACTIVATE MY SPEAKERS/HEADPHONES? I NOTICED A RED LIGHT EMITTING FROM THE HEADPHONE PORT, HOW CAN I FIX THIS?

  4. Anonymous Says:
    January 24th, 2009 at 7:15 pm

    never do thia

  5. Anonymous Says:
    February 3rd, 2009 at 11:08 pm

    yo, you need the drivers… and you need to partition your hard drive… duh

  6. Rajindrah Joshi Says:
    February 26th, 2009 at 2:01 am

    i repaired windows7 and installed easyBCD but Mac doesnt start how do I get boot entry from mac partion

  7. PT Says:
    March 30th, 2009 at 11:44 am

    you mention format the partition. what should i format partition as what file system.

  8. cometfish Says:
    April 2nd, 2009 at 3:46 am

    You need to format it as Mac (Journaled) /HFS.
    If you’ve already formatted it as something else, use the Disk Utility in the installer to Erase to ‘Mac (Journaled)”.
    I tried with NTFS, and it said “you cannot install mac osx on this volume” before I even got to the install part.
    Tried several times with FAT32, got about 1/4 of the way through copying files, and then it would fail with “the installer cannot install some files in /volume/…”.
    But it worked first try with Mac/HFS format :)

  9. odd Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    awesome!

    thanks for the help

  10. Something Says:
    July 5th, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    u should use iAtkos v1.0i R2

  11. sweettooth Says:
    July 8th, 2009 at 9:34 pm

    where could i get the drivers after installing mac on vista. specifically drivers for connecting to internet since there is “no airport card detected”? thanks.

  12. Nemafaisiom Says:
    July 21st, 2009 at 10:48 am

    Ich entschuldige mich, aber meiner Meinung nach lassen Sie den Fehler zu. Ich biete es an, zu besprechen. Schreiben Sie mir in PM.

  13. mubasher Says:
    October 6th, 2009 at 1:01 pm

    i have a problem.. i get error while loading to installation… white screen w/ grey apple logo…. after a while i get error sign over apple logo.. what can b the error?? i’m using p4 1gb ram 128 mb graphic card..
    it installed in my friends pc perfectly….

    in my other pc i get to installation..but i cant see any hard disk drive… so i can select partition.. how to fix tat???

    PLEASE KINDLY SOME1 HELP ME…

  14. L3B0 Says:
    November 8th, 2009 at 6:36 am

    Hey if you need some help, check out his tutrial of mine and leave a comment or two :) ….glad to help you out >> http://hubpages.com/_xu7vv63×88ht/hub/How-to-Dual-and-Triple-Boot-Windows-7-Apple-Mac-OS-X-and-Ubuntu-910 <<

  15. L3B0 Says:
    November 8th, 2009 at 6:38 am

    By the way I Dual booted Win7 and Mac OSX, but hopefully it isnt too different, i wouldnt think so :)

    http://hubpages.com/_xu7vv63×88ht/hub/How-to-Dual-and-Triple-Boot-Windows-7-Apple-Mac-OS-X-and-Ubuntu-910

  16. Bob Says:
    March 9th, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    I found this site the other day…very helpful…

    hehe, just noticed its the same as the one above :P
    FAIL

  17. sajoo Says:
    July 14th, 2010 at 11:37 am

    thanks for sharing

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