Comments on: Hack Attack : Dual Boot Leopard and Windows Vista

By: Carmiol

Carmiol — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:10:05 +0000

TechBug: I just have one small problem. Everything worked fine, except once in the Vista / Mac OS screen, both boot Vista. What am I doing wrong?

Mac OS is instaled in disk1s6

Windows is installed in disk1 (not on disk0), so i don't know if the "fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0" is correct.

I just had one error with your guide, after the fdisk command and rebooting, I got a "boot0: testing / error". I just repaired Windows but I honestly don't trust the fdisk command with my HDD layout (not being disk0, etc)...

Please help.

By: ganeshnag

ganeshnag — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:26:37 +0000

well now its showing something special for me well i installed everyting correctly like what you said but now when it get restart one apple loading screen will come and just like that and one stop symbol will come in the middle of the apple.

By: tberg

tberg — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:31:26 +0000

ok so, i installed Mac OSx, on a 100gb partition, but when i try to boot the Mac portion, the screen just shows the Apple, nothing else. if i type -v, it stops after telling me the MAC Framework has been initilized, and something about buffering. if i type cpus=1, it shows the Apple and the little spinning loader, and just sits there. help?!
i'm using an Asus CG

By: ganeshnag

ganeshnag — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:09:03 +0000

Hey dude i am using COMPAQ PRESARIO CQ 40 laptop and its running on windows 7 32bit edition well i downloaded iATKOS 7 and i burn it to a DVD and when i boot it its coming blank can i know why

By: Tommo

Tommo — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:22:09 +0000

i'm having the same problem as josh. no darwin. and it can't see the unallocated space on the hdd. only the partions that win 7 is using! any ideas any one?

By: joshunderhay

joshunderhay — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:15:54 +0000

Hi, I just followed your instructions to the letter, the only problem I had was

Now Close Disk Utility and Select Utilities -> Darwin Boot. Type Y at the prompt.
At the prompt when it asks for the Disk Number enter 0. For the Partition Number if your Leopard Partition is 2nd on the disk, then enter 2 and so on.
Accept the following prompts and you should see a success prompt saying that so many block of data were written successfully.

My installer doesn't have "Darwin Boot". My installer only shows Startup Disk, Reset Password, Firmware Password Utility, Disk Utility, Terminal, System Profiler, Network Utility, and Restore System from Backup.

Skipping that step, I got to the Windows Boot Loader, and I chose Mac OS X, but it boots up to Windows instead. Any tips?

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:32:27 +0000

Please help with this problem. I got it as well…

By: yashsakhlecha

yashsakhlecha — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:34:45 +0000

if i wanna dual boot with windows 7

By: deadzone126

deadzone126 — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:21:06 +0000

I got stuck.. after I type -v it stops at ERROR: FireWire unable to determine security-mode; defaulting to full-secure. Still waiting for root device. Please advice.

By: argh

argh — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:34:02 +0000

same with me…… ADMIN PLEASE HELP :S