Richard Hammond Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 1) No, running an OS even though its not meant for the hardware isnt going to fry it, it was just a coincidence that it died when it did. 2) If you want to install Leopard 10.5 yes, if you want to install Snow Leopard 10.6 no as it requires the drive to be formatted to GUID Partition Table, Leopard will install on an MBR configured drive however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Star Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 1) No, running an OS even though its not meant for the hardware isnt going to fry it, it was just a coincidence that it died when it did.2) If you want to install Leopard 10.5 yes, if you want to install Snow Leopard 10.6 no as it requires the drive to be formatted to GUID Partition Table, Leopard will install on an MBR configured drive however. 1. Thank you for the response. :) 2. So there is no way for me to have Snow Leopard AND Windows Vista on my 1TB HD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klemenko1 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I have a problem with Mac OS X Snow Leopard installation. It shows Apple logo with spinning circle and all goes fine, until about minute or two of loading my screen goes black and it shows NO SIGNAL message on my Display. But DVD is still loading something when I press ENTER key. I have already try with different monitor, different BIOS settings, VGA-DVI cable, second output on graphics card but It won't work. YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSC37RToY0g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hammond Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 2. So there is no way for me to have Snow Leopard AND Windows Vista on my 1TB HD? There isnt without having to completely blank the drive and lose all data no. If you wanted Snow Leopard on you would have to format the drive to GUID Partition Table using Snow Leopard disk into 2 partitions, then reset and install windows onto the 2nd partition then install snow leopard to the first and install chameleon bootloader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RvXtm Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 vladtmInstalling OSX on standard hardware - I'm ok with that... But how do you dual boot? There are other ways that i see the forum mates had enumerated above me, but i do it easier ... I have windows 7 on my primary HDD , win7 alone, and installed iPC 10.5.6 on a another hard drive (2 physical drives). Update from 10.5.6 to .8 is directly from the mac build in update, on vanilla kernel, it works flawlessly. And to answer the multi-boot question, i go to F12 after AHCI initialization and select the drive i wanna boot to. This way if i reinstall windows or mac ,i don't have any problems with guid-mbr and HDD0's boot sector or mess with my partitions. I have some ideas on how to get snow leppy to work with fresh retail install ,but i need some time to test things. EDIT: @Tech Star : that's why I and others prefer small drivers for os installation, fast and small. Over 300GB, i only use them as storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra.Xtreme Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 This is probably a stupid question, but I'll ask it anyway. So it's been mentioned that you can't install Snow Leopard with an existing Windows OS installed, but it is possible to install 10.5. Sooo, would it be possible to install 10.5 and then upgrade to 10.6 from there? I'm interested in this, and if I could preserve my current Windows installation, that would be prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhapimp Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 There isnt without having to completely blank the drive and lose all data no. If you wanted Snow Leopard on you would have to format the drive to GUID Partition Table using Snow Leopard disk into 2 partitions, then reset and install windows onto the 2nd partition then install snow leopard to the first and install chameleon bootloader. actually there is you just need an 8gb thumb drive, a borrowed mac, and snow leopard of course http://lifehacker.com/5360150/install-snow...acking-required Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaramonga Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Why does anyone wanna run that crap? :unsure: It's beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary2MBz Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Why does anyone wanna run that crap? :unsure: It's beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra.Xtreme Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Why does anyone wanna run that crap? :unsure: It's beyond me. *Stay away, troll. Your kind isn't welcome here...* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaramonga Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 *Stay away, troll. Your kind isn't welcome here...* I was here long before you lol ;), anywayz I'll try to 'think different' lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Why does anyone wanna run that crap? :unsure: It's beyond me. I don't know why anyone would want to run WIndows :unsure: Come on buddy stay away from the thread if you're just going to troll :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Madsen Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I've read this tutorial: http://www.taranfx.com/blog/install-snow-leopard-on-pc-easy From this tutorial I can see things to change in BIOS: http://www.taranfx.com/blog/install-snow-leopard-on-pc I've just found some of the settings on my Asus P6T Deluve v2: Main->Storage Configuration->Sata as: AHCI Advanced->CPU->C1E Support: Disabled Advanced->CPU->CPU TM Function: Disabled Power->Suspend mode: S3 only But the install crash just after startup. Where can I find the last options? Eg. CPU EIST Function? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvivi57 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Hi I'm french. Sorry for my bad English. When I ask to Psystar for install Windows Seven and Mac Os Snow Leopard on the same hard disk with Rebel EFI, They say that putting two OS on the same hard drive is not supported My computer is a laptop, and I have only one Hard Disk. Finaly, I found a solution (thank Richard Hammond!). - First boot on EFI Cd Rom and replace this CD with Mac Os Snow Leopard Install DVD - Launch Disk Utility on install environement Mac OS - Create Two partitions on HardDrive : One partition HFS+ and One partition FAT. Use GUID Disk - Quit Install MacOS - Boot On Installation DVD Seven - When Seven Ask a partition for install, click on Fat partition. Seven can not install on Fat32 partition, then just format it to NTFS - Install Seven on NTFS partition - When Seven is OK, restart the computer - Boot with EFI Cd Rom and replace this CD with Mac Os Snow Leopard Install DVD - Install MAC OS on HFS+ partition - When Mac is OK, restart the computer, boot on Mac OS - Install EFI rebel and restart the computer - On boot, EFI see three partition ; 2 HFS+ and 1 Mac - If you select the second partition HFS+, you launch Seven ! But Seven can't boot. - restart computer, boot on Seven installation DVD, use recovery tool on DVD install - Recovery tool detect error with boot sector Windows, repair It - Restart the computer - When EFI show partition select the second partition HFS+, you launch Seven and seven boot! If you select Mac partition, Mac Boot! Finaly, I can boot windows Seven or Mac OS Snow Leopard on the same disk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiefloyd_fan Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 pure awesomeness!!!silly me, thinking i should go buy a new imac... just get an asus eeebox with nvidea ion... mount it in the back of your monitor.... there you go imack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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