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Mar 5, 2008

Hack Attack : Dual Boot Leopard and Windows Vista

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Here is a complete guide to get a Dual boot setup with Windows Vista and Leopard running side by side. Please note this is a complete tutorial and if followed exactly you should be running Leopard and Vista side by side without any problems.

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Yes, this guide has taken over a month for me to write and I have tried this out every possible combination of hardware setup I could possibly test, and I can assure you that if followed correctly you can easily have Leopard and Vista in a dual boot setup.

Loads of readers have sent me emails, dropped comments on my previous guides on installing Leopard and here is the guide for all you guys who waited so long patiently.

Disclaimer : This Guide is for educational purposes only, I suggest you buy yourself a original Mac. Also please do not post links to the Torrent’s as they will be removed.

Well before we proceed with the guide, here is the stuff that you will need for a successful dual boot setup.

  • Vista Already installed on your Primary Hard Disk.
  • iATKOS v1.0 DVD. (Do not ask me where you can download this)
  • Windows Vista Boot DVD (Just incase something goes wrong)

Well now that you have everything ready, lets get started then. Please note this is going to take sometime so I suggest you have some Music playing near by and grab yourself a cup of coffee while you do this. Sit tight, here we go……….

  • Install Vista on the First Partition of your Hard Disk. I am not going to elaborate into How to install Windows, I hope everyone knows it. If you already have it installed then read on..
  • Right click on My Computer and Click on Manage. Select Disk Management. Now Create a new Volume for OSX by shrinking an existing volume. You need atleast 5GB of space and the new volume should show up as Unallocated.
  • Make sure that the partition shows up as Unallocated, else repeat the previous step.
  • Now restart the machine and boot into the Leopard DVD that you burned using the iATKOS v1.0 DVD Image.
  • Press F8 as the countdown begins and type -v at the prompt and hit enter.
  • You should see scrolling text on the screen now. If it stops anywhere then drop a comment and I’ll try to help you out.
  • After a while you should be looking at the Leopard Installer. Follow the instructions on Screen.
  • Once the Loading Bar vanishes Select Utilities -> Disk Utility .
  • Select the Volume you created previously and format it as MAC OSX Journaled Extended. Once the formatting is done the volume is ready for installation.
  • 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.
  • Now get back to the Leopard Install Screen. Choose the partition that you made in the beginning and follow the instructions on screen.

    Please don’t select any patches etc during the installation, this is normally the reason for most failed installations. Just the plain install would do.

  • Once the Install is done, reboot with the DVD in the drive. Press F8 at Darwin Boot Loader and type -s and press enter.
  • Execute the following commands :

    fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0
    flag 1
    quit
    reboot

  • Now before the PC restarts remove the DVD. At this point you should be able to boot into Vista normally.

    Note: If you are unable to log into windows, because there is an error which says “winload.exe” correupted.! Relax. Just insert the Windows VISTA boot DVD into the drive and restart. Click on “Repair computer” once you are inside the DVD and it will automatically detect if a problem exists and suggest “Repair and Restart”. Press the same, and remove the DVD once the PC is about to restart. You should now be able to log in to vista without any problem.

  • Now that we have almost everything running fine, lets proceed with the dual boot setup.
  • Boot into Vista. Copy the chain0 file from the Leopard DVD to C:
  • Open the “Command prompt” with “Elevated Admin” privileges from the Start Menu.
  • Type the following into the prompt

    bcdedit /copy {current} /d “Mac OS X”
    bcdedit /enum active
    bcdedit /set {GUID} PATH \chain0

    In the first command type {current} as it is, literally..nothing else..just {current} with the brackets. In the 3rd command however, replace the {GUID} with the alphanumeric GUID you see in the enumerated list under MAC OS X. You can see this list on your terminal as soon as you type the 2nd command above.

  • Close the Command Prompt and Restart Vista.
  • You Should now be looking at a screen with two options to boot into Mac OSX or Vista.
  • Select Mac OSX to see if you can boot into it. You should see the familiar Darwin boot Loading screen with the timer going down. If you dont do anything, then it counts to zero and again shows the menu screen with Vista and MAC OSX options. Dont panic!

    Again select MAC OS X, and now as the timer counts down, Press F8. You would see a list of partitions on your disk with their names. Select the partition with MAC OSX installed by using up/down arrows and press ENTER.

  • Voila!! your Mac should be booting up as you read this..

See it was that simple. No more HFS+ and Blinking Cursor errors. Just follow this guide step by step and you should be able to dual boot Windows Vista and Leopard in no time. If you have any questions just drop in a comment, I’ll reply at the earliest.

For Drivers and Patches I suggest you look at the InsanelyMac Forums. This guide would have been nearly impossible without :

  • Uphuck Forums
  • InsanelyMac Forums
  • OSX86 Wiki.

If you are looking to Install Leopard on an AMD based machine follow the instructions here to patch your iATKOS v1.0 Image. Special Thanks to I Am Nihilist

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630 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. Riddham

    I suggest you use iAtkos v1.0i R2 instead of iATKOS v1.0 as selecting the boot loader in v1.0i R2 is easier than v1.0.

    Mar 5th, 2008

  2. bob

    does this work with xp or just vista?

    Mar 6th, 2008

  3. Mike Ryan

    I just got my new lappy back (dont worry about Cairo, it will be yours) but I plan on following this guide.

    Mar 6th, 2008

  4. Luc

    Would this work with WinXP instead of Vista?

    Mar 6th, 2008

  5. Tyson

    Thanks for the guide. I did this awhile ago and decided that i didn’t want Leopard anymore, so I deleted the leopard partition. When I start up there is still an option to either boot into Vista or leopard. Is there anyway to delete the leopard option?

    Thanks

    Mar 6th, 2008

  6. bob

    just after running with -v, the text stops shortly after mac framework successfully initialized. any help?

    Mar 6th, 2008

  7. Karthik Kastury

    This guide was written with Vista in Mind. But it should work with XP, Only the last 5-6 Steps need to be modified for this to work with XP..

    @Bob, Could you tell me your hardware configuration

    Mar 6th, 2008

  8. bob

    sure thing. intel p4 2.8 ghz, 512 ram. windows xp sp2

    Mar 6th, 2008

  9. Mike Ryan

    Do you know if there is any iAtkos releases that fully supports AMD processors yet?

    Mar 6th, 2008

  10. Karthik Kastury

    @Bob, Please give a little more details about your configuration. For example the details of Motherboard, Hard Disk, Graphics etc… would help.

    @Mike, No I’m not aware of any iATKOS release for AMD Yet.. But there is a patch that you can use to make your install work with AMD.. I will update the post with more details on that in a moment..

    Mar 6th, 2008

  11. Mike Ryan

    Thanks Karthik! This sounds incredibly easy to use, and I cant wait to get it working ;)

    Mar 6th, 2008

  12. Karthik Kastury

    @Mike, All the very best. Hope it works for you. If you have any problems do let me know. And yeah any news about the iPhone?

    Mar 6th, 2008

  13. bob

    Its a laptop, sony VAIO pcg-k23.
    HD: 120gb WD scorpio 5400 rpm eide, GX: radeon IGP 345M 64Mb video ram, MOBO: ATI RADEON IGP 345M

    Mar 6th, 2008

  14. Infectedco

    How would you delete one of these boots if you accidently made a spelling mistake.

    Also I can seem to get mine to work it comes back with this when I try to type the GUID:
    The element data type specified is not recognized, or does not apply to the specified entry.
    Run “bcdedit /?” for command line assistance.

    Mar 6th, 2008

  15. Tyson

    Is there anyway to get rid of the Leopard boot option at startup, or at least make the Vista the default?

    Mar 6th, 2008

  16. AlbinoAsian

    Thanks so much for the awesome tutorial,
    a couple questions though,

    any problems with a tri boot? I’m thinking of getting rid of my XP install anywayz, but just wondered if there was any problems it would cause (Vista is set as primary)

    has anyone had to use the DVD to fix up there Vista boot? just want to get a feel for the likelihood of it happening.

    Mar 6th, 2008

  17. Karthik Kastury

    @Albinoasian : I don’t think there should be any problem with a tri boot setup..

    @Tyson : I’n not sure how you can do that, but I know that it is possible. Look into the OSX86 forums..

    Mar 6th, 2008

  18. Dan

    OK, I got a chance to try this out last night. Thanks for the tutorial!!!

    First I tried it out on my desktop. It started scrolling all the text and got to the part where it appeared to be looking for hard disks/partitions. Each line said something about waiting 100,000ms. This machine has a hardware SATA RAID-5 card at the moment and no regular IDE drive. I had setup an external USB drive with the unallocated space realizing that the RAID-5 card was probably not supported. I thought USB drives were supported?

    I then tried my laptop (P4 3.x Ghz), 2GB RAM, etc. This got further. It went to a baby blue background after getting through the same steps that my desktop had jsut stopped on. Then it just sits there….I could leave it there for an hour or so and it is still just a baby blue background….nothing else.

    Any ideas what I can do in either situation? I’d love to be able to run Leopard on one fo these machines.

    Thanks!

    Desktop System Specs:
    EVGA 680i SLI Motherboard
    EVGA 8800GTS x 2
    PhysX card
    3ware 4-drive SATA RAID-5 controller
    4GB RAM
    Intel Q6600

    Laptop System Specs:
    Gateway MX6650
    2GB RAM

    Mar 6th, 2008

  19. Win Vista

    I have ubuntz and xp on my laptop (ASUS G1S AS022G) I wanna keep both of them and install osx as a third os.

    Is it possible ro insrall os x on this laptop and if this is possible is it possible to make a triboot. Os x ubuntu and xp.
    if that works, what os do i have to install first? And how do i do the last fev steps on ubuntu or xp?

    Mar 6th, 2008

  20. Reg Braithwaite

    Hi, I’ve got meself a partition and SS3 processor, and can get as far as Darwin loading up - I type in “-v”, Darwin loads, comes up with about 7 lines of text, then the computer reboots rather than continuing to the leopard installation… any ideas?

    Mar 6th, 2008

  21. SmilinBob

    So far I have prepared the partition, restarted the machine and booted into the Leopard iATKOS v1.0 DVD, I have pressed F8 and typed -v at the prompt.
    My problem is that immediately after this step I see scrolling DOS style text which freezes up and never progresses. It displays the message:
    “com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform” has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components:
    use only one style.

    Mar 7th, 2008

  22. Reg Braithwaite

    Hi, I’ve got as far as Darwin loading up, but having typed in “-v”, rather than going to any further installation screen, it comes up with a list of 7 or so items, before restarting the computer. I’ve definitely got an SS3 processor and have partitioned the drive correctly (as far as i’m aware): is there anywhere else I’m likely to be going wrong?

    Mar 7th, 2008

  23. RobertCr

    Any suggestions on a tri boot system with XP Pro, Vista, and Leopard on a RAID 0 machine? I could do this if it weren’t for the RAID array.

    Mar 7th, 2008

  24. RobertCr

    ALBINOASIAN.

    I have used the Vista DVD to do a repair when I set up dual XP, Vista with Vista installed first. If you need to do it, it is a piece of cake.

    Mar 7th, 2008

  25. RobertCr

    TYSON
    DOwnload a program called EasyBCD, you should be able to select and delete the OSX option from that program.

    Mar 7th, 2008

  26. Win Vista

    i can only find iATKOS v1.0i

    is it the same thab iATKOS v1.0 with out the i ?

    Mar 7th, 2008

  27. AlbinoAsian

    robertcr: oh my laptop doesn’t have a Vista DVD, just a recovery DVD that would take it back to an original state, not really what I want.

    Mar 7th, 2008

  28. Mio

    Hi! I tried to install iATKOS v1.0i (aprox. 2.44 GB) on my Dell Inspiron 6400 notebook (Core2Duo T7200 processor).
    After the line
    localhost DirectoryService[51]: Launched Version 5.0 (v514)
    the installer stopped with no error message.

    Could you, please help me.
    Thank you!

    Mar 7th, 2008

  29. giovanni

    okay everything goes fine until i get to the grey apple screen. it freezes and after 3 mins it shows a circle with a line going across. what do i do? please help me thanks!

    Mar 7th, 2008

  30. Simon

    Thanks for the guide. I’m downloading right now, but have a question before I start installing… I have 2 hard drives in my laptop. My C drive which houses Vista and all my programs… And then a secondary D drive which is usually just for backups, images, music, etc…

    Am I able to parition part of the D drive for the OSX install and boot from there? Or must it be on the same hard drive as Vista?

    Thanks.

    Mar 7th, 2008

  31. marnix

    After I typed -v the text scrolls and then begins to repeat ‘Still waiting for root device’ many times and apparently the root doesnt show up. Any ideas?
    Thanks

    Mar 7th, 2008

  32. marnix

    Guess I should also post my computer stats:

    Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz
    4gb ram
    GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3P Rev 2.0 LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX
    Vista 32-bit

    thanks for any help in advance

    Mar 7th, 2008

  33. AlbinoAsian

    I have a question about

    bcdedit /copy {current} /d “Mac OS X”
    bcdedit /enum active
    bcdedit /set {GUID} PATH \chain0

    what does the /d relate to?

    Mar 7th, 2008

  34. AlbinoAsian

    I got it installed, now just to get ethernet etc working =)
    thanks

    Mar 7th, 2008

  35. marnix

    I would like to update that eventually I did get it to work past the ‘Still waiting for root device’ by plugging both the HD and the DVD-ROM into the same SATA (0) as master and slave, previously they had been hooked into different ones (0 and 2)

    Mar 7th, 2008

  36. Win Vista

    i cant install this. It stops when the text flow over the screen and it doesen’t continue for half an hour, what can i do?

    Mar 7th, 2008

  37. giovanni

    AHHH im at the same question again i keep getting stuck at the grey apple screen and after 3 mins. i get a circle with a line going across. please help.

    Mar 7th, 2008

  38. Peter

    I want to Dual boot Leopard and XP.
    So far I’v installed Leopard and it works, but I cant get the boot.ini to work.

    I use 1 disk and it’s called C and C got 2 partitions XP is installed on Part. 1 och Leopard on Part. 2.
    I’ve flaged part 1 so that XP works.

    I’ve googled this a lot, but I can’t get it right.

    Mar 8th, 2008

  39. Robertcr

    Simon
    You should be able to install on a partition on the separate HD. Once you set the BCD order, it will boot into where the OS was placed.

    Mar 8th, 2008

  40. Pc-kopat

    Hi all..
    when I type -v and it starts to scroll texts it stops after “mac framework succesfully initialized”, when I wait more a text appears writing “Still waiting for root device” and it repeats that. Can any one help me please?

    Mar 8th, 2008

  41. Timothy

    Everything has worked smoothly so far, and i didnt partition my drive instead, i installed my own harddrive to my computer. The mac install went fine and i created the boot loader but when i choose mac os x, it gives me “chain booting error” What do i do?

    Mar 8th, 2008

  42. John Igalsky

    Got the DVD, started it up, and the boot stops on the following message:

    “localhost DirectoryService[51]: Launched Version 5.0 (v514)”

    Any ideas? Thanks so much for your help.

    Mar 8th, 2008

  43. AlbinoAsian

    those that get past the apple and then get a circle with a line in the screen, it could be a graphics card / driver issue. My guess anyways

    Mar 8th, 2008

  44. Meep

    Hi,
    I got a DVD from my friend, but dont know its iATKOS v1.0 or not.
    whenever i try to install MAC (only for testing), the screen with the apple sign comes and after a little while, a small sign with a circle and a cross on it pop ups. after that, it just goes on like that.

    i tried pressing F8 and then -v, and may be the error i got was ” still waiting for the host file” or something like that.

    is the same iATKOS v1.0 image or some other.

    Sorry, i am a newbie and this question might seem a bit silly.

    Thanx in advance

    Meep

    Mar 8th, 2008

  45. Meep

    @AlbinoAsian

    Well, i guess it cant be any graphics issue as i am able to install that using VMware.

    Mar 8th, 2008

  46. Robertcr

    Took 2 days for the download, and I get file errors transferring the iATKOS to the DVD. Must have been a corrupt download. Oh Well. Looks like a lot of issues here in getting Leopard running on a PC. I guess if I plan on doing this, I will be buying a copy of Leopard, but researching further the woes of putting leopard on an Intel based machine. And checking elsewhere whether I can even do this in a RAID 0 set up. I might not even be able to do this at all.

    Mar 8th, 2008

  47. Dustin

    Everything is working so far but when I get to “Select the Volume you created previously and format it…” but I cant find the unallocated partition that im suppost to install leopard on? HELP!

    Mar 9th, 2008

  48. John Igalsky

    Turns out that to fix the problem above with “localhost DirectoryService[51]: Launched Version 5.0 (v514)”, I just needed to boot with these options:

    -v -legacy

    Mar 9th, 2008

  49. BB

    I’ve been searching the internet but i can’t seem to find a guide that directly addresses a dual boot system between Leopard & XP.

    You mentioned that the last few lines of your guide would have to be changed, but can you please be a bit more specific?

    Thanks.

    Mar 9th, 2008

  50. Karthik Kastury

    @BB :

    Yes you could dual boot XP and Leopard without much trouble. Instead of using the command line to enter the stuff using bcedit, all you need to do is edit the “boot.ini” file to add a new bootloader entry and then dual boot XP and Leopard.

    For more details on how to edit the “boot.ini” file please search google, meanwhile I am planning to write a guide for Windows XP as well..

    Mar 9th, 2008

  51. infectedco

    Ok I have done everything and the dual boot is perfectly running on my dell. Now the only problem is that it does not accept my laptop as a laptop but a desk top meaning I have no battery icon and no power management for a battery. Also if I use mail with google IMAP it doesn’t give me any of the options of viewing my trash. If I load the cd instead of the dual boot way I get all my options running leopard with all the features including the battery icon running.

    So my question is how do I get the boot off my computer to run the same way as the boot off the cd?

    Mar 9th, 2008

  52. marnix

    @DUSTIN

    I couldn’t find the unallocated partition either, I just created a partition with no format and used the Disk Utility to format it to Mac OSX Journaled. Make sure it is the last partition on the drive or the utility will screw up everything afterwards. Vista CD was able to repair this for me but it takes a while and is a pain.

    Mar 9th, 2008

  53. JPI

    GIOVANNI I have the same situation here, when it is starting I just get a grey screen with an apple in the middle and the circle. If I wait for more minutos it seems to be doing something else, sometimes. One time I saw the welcome but extrematly slow. It seems that the CPU or HD is freezing.

    Mar 9th, 2008

  54. Dan

    I’m having this same issue is there a fix?

    SmilinBob

    So far I have prepared the partition, restarted the machine and booted into the Leopard iATKOS v1.0 DVD, I have pressed F8 and typed -v at the prompt.
    My problem is that immediately after this step I see scrolling DOS style text which freezes up and never progresses. It displays the message:
    “com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform” has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components:
    use only one style.

    Mar 9th, 2008

  55. Abu-Dun

    Hello,

    thank you fpr your great tutorial! But i have a problem: Everytime i insert the iATKOS DVD at boot and press anykey or press “F8″ and “-v” my PC (CPU-Z log: http://tinyurl.com/2nlxnz) restarts. Where is the problem? Teh first steps works without a problem… i hope you can help me.

    bye

    Abu-Dun

    Mar 9th, 2008

  56. Peter

    @ Karthik Kastury
    Hi,
    I’ve been trying to edit the boot.ini. But I’m getting 2 error every time I try.
    1 error: “Can’t not find windows/system32/hal.dll
    2 error. “Chain0 boot error.

    I don’t get those error att the same time, I’ve to change the boot.ini.

    The XP system will run on HD 0 partition 1 and the Leopard will run on HD 0 partition 2.

    boot.ini

    [boot loader]
    timeout=30
    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
    [operating systems]
    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Windows XP Professional” /fastdetect
    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\CHAIN0=”Mac OS X” /fastdetect

    Mar 9th, 2008

  57. Eli

    Hi. I am working on a machine in which i would like to not have to make a new partition, but I do have an external USB hard drive. I know what different to to do when it asks for disk number, i would say 1 and it then wouldnt say the thing about the partition. But when it says:

    Execute the following commands :

    fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0
    flag 1
    quit
    reboot

    I noticed it sayed “disk0″. Do i need to change that? Thanks.

    Mar 9th, 2008

  58. RMcLeod

    Everything is fine up until Disk Utility which fails to see my hard drive. It’s a SATA on Intel ICH in RAID0 configuration. Any ideas?

    Mar 9th, 2008

  59. Win Vista

    can anyone answer my question from zhe 7.3.08

    Mar 9th, 2008

  60. Maz

    HI
    I tried it everything went fine, all is good, except that when i select Mac OS X at the boot i get an error message indicating chain boot error….any help would be appreciated…

    Maz

    Mar 9th, 2008

  61. Faizal

    Hi Karthik,
    I had xp installed on harddisk 1 & I installed leopard on hard disk 2
    The installation went smoothly
    but when I reboot it, instead of either asking for boot option or directly booting in xp, the screen gets an apple logo and the moving circle and it gets stuck

    pleae help as it is my main pc

    your kind help is despeartely awaited

    Thanks

    Faizal

    Mar 9th, 2008

  62. Dual XP-Vista booter

    Faizal

    repair your XP with your install CD. your boot.ini was prolly corrupted. if you dont have a cd just get a torrent one from your friend or something

    Mar 10th, 2008

  63. Morten

    Hi Thanks for great work.
    I’m using the Atkos v1.0i R2 and i cant find the darwin bootload after i’ve been Disk Utility.please help me.

    Thanks

    Morten

    Mar 10th, 2008

  64. Maddy

    Hey all,

    Did anyone of you try it with AMD Athlon XP 2000+ system.

    Yes I know it is old but it is for testing. It has 640MB RAM & 128MB Graphics Card.

    I currently have Win XP (C:\) & SUSE Installed in it.

    How to install OS X Leopard on AMD based system.

    Mar 10th, 2008

  65. Peter

    I figured that if you use the later iATKOS v1.0 DVD, r2 or something…you have to install darwin boot manually, I did this, and I just added
    c:\CHAIN0=”Mac OS X” to the boot.ini file, and now it works, before I installed darwin boot I got the “Chain boot error”, now i loads MAC OS X insteed.

    I dont know if this is the right way to do it, but it is a way that work. I will probably reinstall everything when the new Dual boot Leopard and XP guide is done.

    Now I just got all the non compatible hardware problems…But my DV2222 runs Leopard:)

    /Peter

    Mar 10th, 2008

  66. Niall

    ***Chain Booting Error***

    Excelent Tutorial, I’ve followed right down to the letter.

    I’m on my 2nd attempt at loading this on as the 1st time I ruined my Vista Partition, my bad… But using the CD in the drive Leopard booted and ran great [apard from the lack of NIC connectivity]

    I’m doing this again, and I now have both Vista and OSX installed but only Vista is Running.

    I’ve set up my boot loader and can successfully choose either MacOS or Vista.

    When I do select OSx i get

    Chain Booting Error.

    I ahve copied the Chain0 file over to the root of C: and also into c:\windows for good measure.

    Now OSX will not boot from the CD either, Using Disc Utility all health checks come back fine.

    Please Help… i’m off to trawl google!

    Niall

    Mar 10th, 2008

  67. antony

    Hi PETER can you explain step by step how you installed atkos in dual boot with xp?
    Can you copy and paste your boot.ini file?
    Thanks a lot

    Mar 10th, 2008

  68. BB

    @Peter

    Can you specify how you manually installed darwin boot in XP?

    Mar 10th, 2008

  69. Peter

    Hi,
    I did everything in the guide except the Darwin bootloader part.
    But i chosed to customize and marked “Darwin bootloader” as an optional istallation file. Followed the rest of the guide and instead of doing “BCDEDIT” thing, I changed the boot.ini file to something like this:

    [boot loader]
    timeout=30
    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
    [operating systems]
    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional” /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
    C:\chain0=”Mac OS X Leopard”

    Mar 11th, 2008

  70. Infectedco

    Wow thanks for the tutorial. I have been running leopard great before this tutorial, but now it is easy to load leopard without the cd, but I have only one problem. Loading leopard off the cd gets me laptop controls, full use of Mail and chat, while booting off just the bootloader on the comp gets me to use leopard with less advantages such as no battery icon, no bluetooth unless i use -v at start up and less privelages in mail and chat.

    So my question is how do I get the boot off my computer to run the same way as the boot off the cd?

    Mar 11th, 2008

  71. Cody

    Hi,
    So i got the file iATKOS v1.0i and I make a partition on a hard drive in my computer (its actually the whole hard drive, i have 2) and I boot the cd from startup, press f8, and then type -v. Text starts scrolling and it stops at

    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 9.1.0: Sat Nov 17 02:56:34 SCT 2007; made by ToH:xnu-1228.0.2~1/BUILD/obj/RELEASE_I386

    Mar 11th, 2008

  72. Valy

    I have Vista already installed…. I would like to try a tri or quad (!) boot with Vista-XP-Leopard-(and eventually Ubuntu 7.10). Do I ask too much? ^_^’
    For a ’simply’-tri-boot :-D must I install all WindowsS before Leopard or can I try Leopard now and add XP later?
    Thankyou!!!

    Mar 11th, 2008

  73. Josh

    What are the laptop system requirements for this dual boot

    Mar 11th, 2008

  74. Cody

    Hi,
    I have since fixed my previous problem and got to the partition part and did that fine. But when I go to Utilities Darwin is not an option. What’s wrong?

    Mar 11th, 2008

  75. Rodrigo Sieiro

    @RMCLEOD

    I had the same problem, and fixed by setting my SATA to Native in the BIOS… And in the installation, I selected all the EFI drivers.

    Everything is working perfectly, I’m using Leopard right now :D

    Oh, thanks for the great guide, Karthik!

    Mar 11th, 2008

  76. Luis

    Hey thanks for this.. but for some odd reason once the text strats to go down it stops at

    Error: FireWire unable to dertermin security-mode; deaulting to full-secure
    jettisoning kernel linker

    I am lst at this point if any one has any ideas please let me knw
    Thank you all

    Mar 11th, 2008

  77. tj

    How is the tutorial on dual booting xp and Leopard coming on…?
    It would be very helpful.

    Thanks

    Mar 11th, 2008

  78. andy

    Sliminbob and Dan - I have the same problem as you: namely,

    “com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform” has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components:
    use only one style.

    I have a Pentium C2D @ 3.0GHz, 2×250GB Seagate HDD under RAID 0. I’ve tried without the RAID and still get the same problem.

    Mar 11th, 2008

  79. CEYOS

    I too followed exactly your guide and I am stuck at the point, when I can choose between Vista and MAC OS X on boot screen.
    I get the damn “chain booting error” thingy.

    Anyone got a fix for that? (Google and search doesn’t make me happy :( )

    Mar 11th, 2008

  80. andreimg

    The only problem I have is that the Installer doesn’t recognize/see the hard-drive in the drive utilities nor the installer(SATA WD hard drive).
    Yet if I boot on a PC with a WD ATA drive, the drive is recognized as well as the partitions.

    My machine: Fujitsu-siemens laptop, Amilo Li1718, Intel dual-core 1.8, 160gb SATA WD hard drive, ati radeon 200m, 2gb Ram.

    Mar 11th, 2008

  81. Gery Vessere

    I have the “chain booting error” problem here too. The letter case for chain0 is different in the tutorial and the disk. I’ve tried changing the casing on the file renaming it from c:\CHAIN0 to c:\chain0, mac os still doesn’t boot.

    Mar 11th, 2008

  82. Johnny

    Hi, I am not trying to install a dual boot option but I am using the Kalyway 10.5.1 option. I have it burnt to disk and I get to the point where I press F8 and type -v

    very shortly afterwards the whole thing hangs..

    Abit - IP35
    Intel Q6600
    ATi x1800XT 512
    Samsung sata SH-S203 (just bought this because dvd wouldnt boot with an IDE DVD drive.

    Please help. Appreicate it if you can.

    Mar 12th, 2008

  83. ROMAN

    HI

    INSTALL GOES SMOOTHLY UNTIL I GET TO THIS STEP

    “Select the Volume you created previously and format it as MAC OSX Journaled Extended. Once the formatting is done the volume is ready for installation.”

    I CANT FIND THE UNALLOCATED VOLUME THAT I PREVIOUSLY CREATED, SO I CANT FORMAT IT. I LOGGED BACK INTO VISTA TO CHECK THE DISK MANAGER, AND IT SHOWS THAT I DO HAVE AN UNALLOCATED VOLUME THAT IS ABOUT 10 GIGS.

    CAN ANYONE HELP ME OUT?

    Mar 12th, 2008

  84. Auggie

    I would prefer to buy a copy of OS X and install in on my Core Duo SS3 machine. Does anyone know if I can just install a legit copy or does this only work with the Hacked version?

    I have 4 computers and really don’t want to spend $3,000 on a MackBook Pro. I’ve set my machine up to dual boot with various other OS, Ubuntu, Xandros, etc. OS X just looks better.

    Anyone know for sure?
    Thanks

    Mar 12th, 2008

  85. Chris

    I get to the screen when you first load up the iATKOS dvd and type -v. It runs a few lines and then my computer just restarts. Im running windows vista 64, with 2 raided harddrives, a EVGA 680i mobo, intel core2 quad q6600 processor EVGA 8800 gts 640mb and 4 gigs of ram. Any ideas? I was thinking about trying it with less ram installed.

    Mar 12th, 2008

  86. JOHN EVANS

    NOT TO BE FUNNY OR ANYTHING BUT I DONT BELIEVE THAT THIS WORKS….. THE AMOUNT OF TIMES I HAVE TRIED THIS ON DIFFERENT SYSTEMS AND HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONS AND STILL RUNNING THE BORING OLD WINDOWS VISTA. IT HAS ONLY ONCE GOT PAST THE DARWIN BOOT AND WHEN IT DID IT WAS SAYING I HAD NO MOTHERBOARD OR ANYTHING I REALISE THIS IS DUE TO COMPATABILLITY ISSUES, AND THEREFORE I WENT TO BUY ALL THE HARDWARE I NEED TO GET MY PC WITH A SPEC THAT COULD RUN MAC OS X. I WOULD LOVE TO RETRACT THIS STATEMENT IF ANYONE COULD EITHER TELL ME WHERE IM GOING WRONG OR HELP ME TO FIX THE RECCURRING PROBLEM.

    THANKS IN ADVANCE,

    JOHN EVANS

    MCSE

    Mar 12th, 2008

  87. infecetedco

    Re: Roman

    Wow guy are pretty smart. Knowing how to make unallocated space and all that. But genius, you have to create a partition from that unallocated space. Duh! That is the only way you will see a disk to format.

    Again the same question I have asked twice: does any one know why loading from chain0 on my comp disables laptop options while loading from the cd gives me full control (meaning leopard knows I am using a laptop and not desktop)? Also is there a way to fix it?

    Mar 12th, 2008

  88. Lucas

    Hi Karthik !

    After I type “-v” scrolling text stops at the line “IOAPIC: Version 0×20 Vectors 64:87″

    I’m usign a notebook Acer Aspire 5672

    Intel Duocore 1.66mhz
    2GB DDR2
    ACPI x86 - based PC
    Ati Radeon X1400

    thanks!

    Mar 12th, 2008

  89. infecetedco

    Re: John Evans

    Uhm I think that you just suck with computers or just plain retarded. I have done this countless number of times on my dell e1450 with many different configurations even tried updating to 10.5.2 which worked but I lost all my wifi, ethernet and sound.

    Try installing with no additonal patches and make sure you go to utilitie and install the bootloader

    Mar 12th, 2008

  90. Brent Arnold

    ahh, so close…
    Made all the way to the end and saw my options to boot from Mac OS X or Vista, I chose Mac OS X and it loaded vista. I am stumped. Any ideas?

    Mar 13th, 2008

  91. Brent Arnold

    I should give some more info. I think the problem may be in Windows Boot Loader… here it is…

    Windows Boot Manager
    ——————–
    identifier {bootmgr}
    device partition=C:
    description Windows Boot Manager
    locale en-US
    inherit {globalsettings}
    default {default}
    displayorder {default}
    {current}
    {fa7bd3c5-f07f-11dc-931c-0018f300b22d}
    toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
    timeout 30

    Windows Boot Loader
    ——————-
    identifier {default}
    device partition=C:
    path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
    description Microsoft Windows Vista
    locale en-US
    inherit {bootloadersettings}
    osdevice partition=C:
    systemroot \Windows
    resumeobject {46c83b94-f099-11dc-8dc4-afcbbf16b96f}
    nx OptIn

    Windows Boot Loader
    ——————-
    identifier {current}
    device partition=C:
    path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
    description Mac OS X
    locale en-US
    inherit {bootloadersettings}
    osdevice partition=C:
    systemroot \Windows
    resumeobject {46c83b94-f099-11dc-8dc4-afcbbf16b96f}
    nx OptIn

    Windows Boot Loader
    ——————-
    identifier {fa7bd3c5-f07f-11dc-931c-0018f300b22d}
    device partition=C:
    path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
    description Mac OS X
    locale en-US
    inherit {bootloadersettings}
    osdevice partition=C:
    systemroot \Windows
    resumeobject {46c83b94-f099-11dc-8dc4-afcbbf16b96f}
    nx OptIn

    Mar 13th, 2008

  92. Auggie

    OK, I’m downloading the hack copy. WOW is this slow! ETA is 8 weeks! Where are all the seeds? If no one has any help, I’m ready to go by OS X and try to install it on my machine. Maybe I just need to find out what specific hardware Apple is using so I can swap out a mini PCI card etc.

    Any ideas?

    I could buy a used Macbook on ebay and have it delivered faster!

    Mar 13th, 2008

  93. Valy

    I tried a tri-boot…. well I installed fisrt Vista then XP and I got XP running -without letting me choose (no boot menu)-. Then I restart with !ATKOS v.1.0i (I downloaded the image where I read ‘use this, the others have problems….’ at the bottom of the web page) in dvd drive but…. well…. it does not even begin countdown: what’s the problem? I have several seconds of the ‘VAIO’ screen and then XP boots. I tried to push all F[n], Canc or similar but nothing. The one that makes the bios start, if I have the DVD insert, makes the system block on a ‘push F2 to start….’ ?_?
    Any suggestion?
    My pc is a Vaio TZ21MN/N notebook. Thanks :-)

    Mar 13th, 2008

  94. Kalifax

    ROMAN

    I have the same problem, when I go to Disk Utility, it cant find anything.
    Did you find a solution?

    I have a Hitachi ATA drive.

    Answers, please!

    Mar 13th, 2008

  95. Kalifax

    ANDREIMG

    Did you get it working?

    Mar 13th, 2008

  96. Brent Arnold

    Ignore my last post (I used the wrong GUID)

    Now I am getting the same error as Timothy, Maz, Peter, Niall, Ceyos and Gery Vessere….
    CHAIN BOOTING ERROR!!!!!
    Anybody figure it out? Please share.

    Mar 14th, 2008

  97. Gery

    Arnold,
    I fixed my problem by making sure I use the “customize” button when i install using the atkos dvd. You need to make sure to select the x86 bootloader. Then following the posted instructions should get you to boot properly.

    Mar 14th, 2008

  98. kungfumaster007

    I couldn’t wait for the XP tutorial so I just went ahead and tried to install Leopard on my XP Desktop but I’m getting errors.

    I have
    Gateway GT5036J
    Windows XP Home SP2
    Intel Pentium D 930
    3GB DDR2 RAM

    I have XP installed on C: drive and installed Leopard on D: drive using iAtkos v1.0i R2.

    I copied CHAIN0 to C:\ and changed boot.ini to:

    [boot loader]
    timeout=30
    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
    [operating systems]
    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Home” /fastdetect /noexecute=optin
    C:\CHAIN0=”Mac OS X Leopard”

    and I got Chain booting error.

    Then I copied CHAIN0 to D:\ and changed boot.ini to:

    [boot loader]
    timeout=30
    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
    [operating systems]
    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Home” /fastdetect /noexecute=optin
    D:\CHAIN0=”Mac OS X Leopard”

    and I got “Cannot find windows/system32/hal.dll” error.

    What do I need to do to fix this? Please help.

    Mar 14th, 2008

  99. luigidelisi

    hi i wanted to know if this process will work on an Hp laptop pc with
    1Gb RAM, 70Gb hard disk and a intel “celeron m” processor????

    Mar 14th, 2008

  100. Johnny

    Mine hangs after pressing
    F8, -v

    says waiting for root device and just repeats that forever.

    Help?

    sata hdd
    sata dvd
    abit IP35
    q6600
    x1800xt

    kalyway 10.5.1

    Really want help

    Mar 15th, 2008

  101. Rob

    I’ve been having the same problum for a long time now with several different leopard downloads. I have XP and Vista installed on my computer with Vista as primary. I would like to do a tri boot. Here’s the problum, when ever I load up disc everything goes okay untill after the white scrolling stops and your supposed get a colored screen where normaly a little colorful circle shows up and spins. I get the colored screen but it just hangs there I dont get the little pin wheel circle thing (showing loading). Any help, much appricated.

    Mar 15th, 2008

  102. Budgeo

    I’ve installed iAtkos 1.0i R2 to an external USB Harddrive. I activate the drive, and follow the steps to get MAC OS X in to Vista’s bootloader, but when trying to boot MAC OS X I get the error ” CHAIN BOOT ERROR”. Is there some way that I must edit the bootstring so that it will acknowledge the USB harddrive.

    Mar 15th, 2008

  103. FAZE

    When I try installing OSX, I get to the Darwin Boot step, and when I enter the information, I get this error:

    hdiutil:unmount:”s2″ failed to unmount due to error 2.hdiutil:unmount failed - No such file or directorystartupfiletool: opendev(s2): No such file or directorydd: s2: Read-only file systemhdiutil:mountvol failed - No such file or directoryYou can quit the terminal.osx.Turk teamlogout[Process completed]

    The result being that Vista’s boot record get’s messed up. I fixed it from the Vista install DVD once but the second time I had to completely restore. I make a new unallocated partition in Vista that is 10 GB’s, and then mount it in Disk Utility and format it. I checked it’s “Information” after I formatted it and it says Disk 0 partition 5. When Darwin Boot asks me for the disk I enter 0, and when it asks for the partition, I enter 5. I’ve also tried the disk as disk 1, partition 5, and get the same message as above, but that time I had to totally restore my computer. What could I be doing wrong that would cause this?

    Mar 15th, 2008

  104. Priyan

    Like someone above did, i too went ahead installing Leopard with XP. I faced the same error as Faze when using Darwin Boot Step. I added the line

    C:\Chain0=”MacOSX LEO” and in next boot when in select this, it errors …

    “Chain Boot error”

    Can anybody here help on this.

    Mar 15th, 2008

  105. Antonio

    hi, i was wondering can my system install this.

    acer 8215

    - Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz (4MB L2 Cache)
    - 2 Gig RAM
    - 160 Gig 5400 RPM Drive
    - ATI x1600 Mobility 256M DDR3 Memory (512 w/Hypermemory)
    - Realtek HD Audio

    Mar 15th, 2008

  106. Philip

    @Priyan

    I encountered the same problem as you do.

    I redo the installation selecting the Darwin x86 bootloader under Customize. This solved my problem. Good luck.

    Mar 15th, 2008

  107. BP

    I am going to try using EasyBCD to solve my Chain booting error problem, I heard someone else fixed theirs that way. But if anyone wants to try this, report back please so i can try.

    Mar 16th, 2008

  108. Kevin Gould

    I am having the same problem as FAZE posted today. Is there a method of loading the darwin boot loader manually in a Vista environment?

    Mar 16th, 2008

  109. Samip

    is there any way to make the partition you make for leopard smaller after you have already installed leopard?

    Mar 16th, 2008

  110. Flutlicht

    Hi there!
    I got some problems by the bootstep…
    After pressing F8 and typing “-v” where comes 5-7 Lines…dont know what :D, after that my Laptop restarts…
    Whats wrong ?!

    NotebookStats:

    Asus F5 Series
    CoreDou 2ghz
    2048 DDR
    160HDD
    ATI x1000 Mobility

    Mar 16th, 2008

  111. FAZE

    I’m still looking for a solution. I’m afraid to try it again for fear of having to restore yet again.

    Mar 16th, 2008

  112. Antonio

    just after running with -v, the text stops shortly after mac framework successfully initialized. any help?
    i dun neo why. i tried 8 times. always hang there.
    my specification is
    acer 8215

    - Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz (4MB L2 Cache)
    - 2 Gig RAM
    - 160 Gig 5400 RPM Drive
    - ATI x1600 Mobility 256M DDR3 Memory (512 w/Hypermemory)
    - Realtek HD Audio

    Mar 16th, 2008

  113. Kelly

    I just installed my copy of iATKOS 1.0i R2 on a Asus F3JV laptop. One thing that was missing from the above steps is that just before you install, you need to add Darwin Boot Loader from the Customise screen, even though the guide told you not to change anything.

    You need this to avoid having the Chain0 error, as you will be using the Darwin boot loader instead of the windows one.

    You need to make sure when you create your unallocated space for the Leopard installation you create it as a primary partition, and set it to active. That way when your system restarts after installation it will use Darwin boot loader, which detects your windows (XP) installation on the other partition.

    Mar 16th, 2008

  114. jon

    Having this error any solution?

    Error: FireWire unable to dertermin security-mode; deaulting to full-secure

    Mar 16th, 2008

  115. Bkram1

    Hey I’m having the same problem as Luis with the firewire thing can anyone help?

    Mar 16th, 2008

  116. Nick

    Karthik,

    Everything was running perfectly until I rebooted after install. Now I am stuck at the gray apple logo screen with the spinning circle. Any ideas?

    Please help!

    Mar 17th, 2008

  117. David

    Im having the same problem as Morten posted on March 10th. Im using iATKOS 1.0i R2 and am not seeing the Darwin Boot load option under Utilities. Help with this would be greatly appreciated.

    Mar 17th, 2008

  118. Dev

    What will be the process to have tri boot (vista, xp and os x) ive installed xp and vista.. and have the both boot cd’s too, Ive just downloaded ‘iATKOS v1.0ir2′. Is there anyone here used this ‘iATKOS v1.0i r2′ and succeeded please tell me the methods about the booting part then.

    Comp Specs:

    CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E6850 @ 3.00GHz
    RAM: 3GB (1gb x 2 , 512mb x 2)
    Display Card: XFX nVidia 8600gt @ 256 mb
    HD: 320gb (6 partitions),(32mb buffer speed)
    [PS. I dont know anything about the RAID part how do i configure this ?]

    Thanx, in advance..

    Im sure you’ll not loose anything if you help a helpless.

    :)

    Mar 17th, 2008

  119. R2G

    u guys all seem to e ignoring the one ques about 5 dif ppl asked earlier………………………the installer cant read the hard drive!
    it cant read mines either an its a fijitsu also or w/e it name lol

    Mar 17th, 2008

  120. Evan Bixler

    Hey,
    when doing the Vista dual boot, it gets to the scrolling text and stops at
    “Waiting for root disk” and says it over and over. Any ideas

    Mar 17th, 2008

  121. usuf

    I foloow all the stepts but i cant find my unallocated 20gb partation that i have created in vista for the osx

    Mar 18th, 2008

  122. Rob

    I have a Compaq Persario V4125CL with XP and Vista installed.
    My problum is I’m having a problum booting from the dvd. After the white scrolling, it freezes and stays at the blue screen no matter how long I wait. I’ve had this problum with other Leopard downloads. Although I tried booting the dvd on desktop I have and the installer loaded up great. Wats wrong and is their anything I can do to fix it.

    Any help appricated

    Mar 18th, 2008

  123. SlimJim

    KARTHIK, where are you? It seems there are a lot of questions about your guide to which no body else can answer!

    Mar 18th, 2008

  124. Dan

    I am trying to do a tri-boot w/ vista xp and osx. I got osx installed using this guide, but now when I reboot without a cd all that comes up is Unable to Load Operating System. I can’t load any of them. I tried using the vista dvd to fix the startup but it said that nothings wrong. Now I can’t do anything… I really can’t afford to lose the data on any of the partitions because I have things I need for work. If anyone knows a solution please help. And if you could throw me an email about it at bartystewart@gmail.com that would be great.

    Mar 18th, 2008

  125. Dev

    Im facing the same problem as usuf.. :(

    after shrinking and repeating the process the same results r comming.. its only showing ‘free space’ not the unallocated space :(

    i tried inserting vista nd xp’s cd/dvd and unpartionising.. but still did not work.. :( please help me..

    Mar 18th, 2008

  126. Dan

    I just saw the comment left by FAZE. I had those same errors with the Darwin Boot. I really don’t want to have to wipe everything. Is there a way around that?

    Mar 18th, 2008

  127. meunier

    Hi , I’m french (sorry for my bad english) ! when i use your guide to install mac OS x , the installation stop after i typ “-v” ( i see the text scrolling and it stop), more over i haven’t got HCPI mode , is it a probleme ??
    Thank You !

    Mar 19th, 2008

  128. Dan

    Not sure why, but when i booted with an Ubuntu Live CD and erased the Partition for Mac my Vista boot is working again. My XP isn’t working and I’ve tried a repair install off of the disk, but nothing. I am now having the same problem as usuf. I created a 20g unallocated partition and when i go into the Disk Management utility all I see are the two partitions with windows. When I click on the hard drive and select partitions It can see that there is free space, but all of the options to do anything are grayed out.

    Mar 19th, 2008

  129. John

    Hey man,

    Just dropping by to ask a quick question. I know its probably been asked but, here goes…

    I know where to get the ISO img from and all, but was wondering - is this a legal thing to do? I mean, downloading it, then installing it - is it legal? please either, a) reply back here or b) email me : geekforhalo2-at-gmail[dot]com

    Many thanks!

    Mar 19th, 2008

  130. FAZE

    DAN, that’s what happens to me also; all the options are greyed out, and when I try to “mount” the partition, is says that it cannot be mounted. I don’t even have a “format” option unless I click my whole hard drive. If I just click the partition itself, I only get options to check and repair the disk. There has to be an extra step somewhere that we aren’t doing that was left out of the tutorial.

    Mar 19th, 2008

  131. Dan

    Faze,

    Is your partition showing on the left side of the disk manager?

    Mar 19th, 2008

  132. FAZE

    Dan,

    Only if I format it through Vista first. Then, it shows up in the list with my other partitions under my hard drive, but I can’t do anything with it; the only way I can see an unallocated partition is if I choose to “partition” my main hard drive, in which case it shows up unallocated, but has no option to format.

    Mar 19th, 2008

  133. Dan

    Alright well at least we are on the same page. I also tried it on a couple of computers… so maybe we are missing a step somewhere? Anyone got any ideas to help us out?

    Thanks

    Mar 19th, 2008

  134. FAZE

    I may try to find a utility that will format for Mac OS X Journaled inside of windows, so I can skip that disk utility step, and go straight to darwin boot, but I’m going to install sp1 and make an image of my computer in case I can’t boot into vista again.

    Mar 19th, 2008

  135. Dan

    What’s the best way to make an image of you computer?

    Mar 19th, 2008

  136. FAZE

    Acronis True Image (50 dollars for a license).

    Mar 19th, 2008

  137. DEV

    For all those who are having the problem of undetectable unallocated space!!

    Try using linux partition editor boot in the linux redhat or wateva cd.. then delete the desired volume you wish to load maac into.. then exit from the editor or simply reset ur machine booting in the iATKOS dvd.. now after the first few steps ull be abl;e to see ur hd in the disk utility prt,, and if u still dontsee it.. then use the iATKOS V1.0ir3 patch.. for iATKOS V1.0r2..

    AND YES AFTER DOING ALL THE STEPS IAM HAVING A ‘BOOTCHAIN ERROR’ :| im using iATKOS V1.0r3 can any one gimme the solution y..?? plzzz.. im begging.. :(

    Mar 19th, 2008

  138. DEV

    yeah im trying a triboot ihave copied the chain0 as given in the steps.. nd i did boot editing in winxp.. nd cant understnd how to edit the boot thing using boot mgr.. in vista..
    plz help!!

    Mar 19th, 2008

  139. Jay

    Hi I do everything upto the part where you type -v
    it gets like 4 lines down then restarts no many how many times i try it keeps restarting from same place

    cheers

    J

    Mar 19th, 2008

  140. crystal

    can you use the normal apple bought leopard CD instead of the iATKOS v1.0 one?

    Mar 19th, 2008

  141. DEV

    TO ALL PEOPLE HERE!!

    I THINK THIS TOPIC IS OFFICIALLY DEAD!!

    THERE IS NO POINT OF REPLYING HERE ANYMORE OR FOR ASKING HELP HERE ANYMORE!!

    IF YOU REALLY WANNA DO IT.. THE BEST TOOLS IS GOOGLE!!

    Mar 20th, 2008

  142. JoeyB

    My sound & ethernet does not work :(
    Intel Pentium D 2.80 GHz
    Ram: 1gb
    Network: Intel Pro/100 VE

    Mar 20th, 2008

  143. JoeyB

    Pls help. You can email me triggermanjoey@gmaildotcom

    Mar 20th, 2008

  144. Bengt

    dears all,

    i’m not sure doing everything right. but untill now i didn’t get it work.

    as describe in the howto after loading iaktos (not sure about my version) i used the disk utility but could not find darwin boot in the menu utilities. even though before i didn’t see the difference betwenn letting the system autoboot after pressing f8 the iaktos disk or following the howto. i always said x86 darwinboot after counting down. anyhow i did it the one or the other way the iaktos started and the installtion was easy but then nothing works out like the howto says. even after taking out the disk no system at all was found.

    meanwhile i got the computer this fare back that it accepts the iaktos again and maybe through this i will be abel to start again from vista.

    otherwise if there are some changes in the howto with a never version of iaktos i could or must say would be thankfull for some help.

    here are my system facts for notebook msi vr601ne.

    Processor & Cache: Intel® Core 2 Duo/Celeron Processors
    Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
    Chipsets:Intel® GL960+ICH8-M
    System Memory: 3GB, is more than supported but does work with vista
    LCD Display: 15.4″ TFT AVC WXGA display
    Graphics & Video Module Intel® Grpahics Media Acceleator (GMA) X3100
    Audio HD Audio, 2 speakers (1.5W)

    HDD:80GB SATA

    Optical Drive: COMBO/DVD Super Multi

    Communication Port

    Built-in Gigabit Ethernet LAN and Modem Module
    Built-in 802.11b / g WLAN Card
    Built-in Bluetooth (optional)

    PC Card Slots

    PCMCIA 2.1, Type II x 1

    Card Reader

    4-in-1 Card Reader, MMC/SD/MS/MS Pro

    Webcam

    Built-in 1.3M pixel webcam (optional)

    I/O Port

    VGA out (15-pin, D-Sub) X 1
    USB2.0 Port X 4
    Mic-in Port X 1
    Headphone/SPDIF out X 1
    Modem Port X 1
    LAN Port X 1
    S-Video Port X 1
    Line-in port X 1
    IEEE 1394 Port X 1

    Mar 21st, 2008

  145. Abs

    wow amazing guide! thanks a lot. recently though the ToH rc2 seems to be a more popular osx to download. which do you recommend? the iATKOS or the ToH version plus what are the differences? thanks alot

    Mar 22nd, 2008

  146. joker

    i cant boot in to it
    and can u descrribe what GUID is and where to find it

    Mar 22nd, 2008

  147. Keith

    Cody (and anyone else with this as the final thing you see when you install with -v):
    Darwin Kernel Version 9.1.0: Sat Nov 17 02:56:34 SCT 2007; made by ToH:xnu-1228.0.2~1/BUILD/obj/RELEASE_I386

    How did you make it go away so I can continue installation?

    Mar 23rd, 2008

  148. Samip

    i have been stuck at the message “still waiting for root device” for over 2 hours. any suggestions?

    Mar 23rd, 2008

  149. andreimg

    @Kalifax

    Nope, I’m guessing it has something to do with the laptop’s hard drive-dvd drive configuration, because if I just click next where it prompts me choose a disk, the dvd drive is the only option (again..absolutely nothing shows up in the Disk Utility).

    Hope there will be an XP version to this guide, to install on a pc where the disk is displayed correctly.

    Mar 23rd, 2008

  150. hem

    I have tried this many times but got it work just for a single time … i installed leopard got installed but can’t boot into it…

    i followed the mentioned steps but got HFS+ partition not found error.. dunno why… wasted my lots of hours

    Mar 24th, 2008

  151. Royboy303

    Hey guys im new to this! BUT im not a n00b. I have high experiance with computers and am able to do advanced stuff…

    I recently purchaced a sony vaio VGN-CR35 running windows vista.
    It just came with a “recovery partition ” which i turned into DVD’s…

    It has Ati graphics card and intel duo core 2.1 ghz chipset..

    will this work on it?
    If something goes wrong will i be able to restore my system?
    thnx!

    PLEASE HELP!
    ALSO can someone make a video tutorial? that will be Awesomeness!

    Mar 24th, 2008

  152. Anis

    hey found a solution to boot chain error in install costumizing you have to select the EFI MBR V8 option

    and your mac partition must be primary
    look to your mac partition with EditHexa utility : check wether your partition has a valid boot sector … The last two bytes should read “AA55″.
    Else, the boot sector of the partition won’t be accepted by chain0.

    it works!!!!!!!!!
    beautiful mac OSX
    made it work with amd prossessor

    Mar 24th, 2008

  153. Mercury

    When i boot DVD disk (Burned with nero) I press space when I see text. Then its starts copying etc. Darwin file. The first file, and after 3 - 5 seconds my computer restarts.
    I have Pentium D

    Mar 24th, 2008

  154. person

    can you maake a video tutorial
    that would help out a lot

    Mar 25th, 2008

  155. SlimJim

    OK, I made it past the “BOOT CHAIN0 ERROR”. I had to rename my drive to “MAC_OSX” and reinstall the OS using the “Customize” option and selecting the “EFI Bootloader” only with NONE of the other options listed with that selection. I didn’t select the x86 Bootloader either. But, all is not well. I get to the grey Apple screen with the Apple logo and the progress circle and then it hangs. I am going to reinstall with the EFI Bootloader (no options) and the x86 Bootloader and see if that makes a difference. I tried installing with ALL of the bootloader options selected and that just kept cycling through the boot process. I will post my results from my next experiment as soon as I have them.

    Mar 25th, 2008

  156. wes

    helloh.

    Im on windows xp home.

    intel celeron 2.6 GHz. about 1g of RAM

    ehh the old emachines pc. fairly decent.

    sorry but im being lazy.

    i really want to get dual boot working with xp and tiger.

    notice this is for leopard but i bet u can get tiger too. i hope.

    i have the mac os x image dvd burt its the current JaS patcher.

    i watched the vid and made a seperate partition on here with

    acronis disk director. i boot from cd and i get to the darwin bootloader part. i press f8 it goes down the list and i get to “still waiting for root device.” errrr

    i noticed you use mycomputer > manage > unallolacated for vista.

    i also noticed this was a freshly updated blog.

    pls help if you can ill check back if you need any more info. :DD

    Mar 25th, 2008

  157. james

    mine hangs at date localhost directoryservice[51] launched version 5.0 (v514). this is with iatkosv1.0
    always hangs and i cant even get the kalyway10.5.1 to boot. any suggestions? if i dont use the -v command it hangs on the white bg with grey apple symbol indefinetly. how long should that page last?

    Mar 25th, 2008

  158. Jason

    This guide seems great! Hopefully I can get it to work on XP.

    I’m using Partition Magic 8.0 to repartition my drive since I don’t have VISTA. How do I setup up the partition using this software? Specifically, I am lost at making sure the partition is ‘unallocated’.

    Mar 25th, 2008

  159. Jason

    I guess I spoke too soon, because I just figured it out. Incase anyone else is wondering (with Partition Magic 8) you need to click ‘Resize a Partition’. It will ask you which drive you want to resize, then enter the new size. (the current size minus the amount you want unallocated). The next step asks which partition to give the unused space to. This is where you have to make sure all the boxes are unchecked and then click next. The screen screen will show you unallocated partition.

    Mar 25th, 2008

  160. john

    what type of Partition magic are u using? (legal or cracked?_)

    Mar 25th, 2008

  161. Puffi

    *** BOOT CHAIN0 ERROR ***

    Hi guys, I have read all the comments and I wish to give my feedback.

    For some reason the Utility -> Darwin Boot option is missing from my installer. I got away by skipping that step and by adding the utility using the customize menu.

    The problem is that I can’t really get the dual boot working. I get the “BOOT CHAIN0 ERROR”

    I am trying to reinstalling and using different DARWIN BOOTS (EFI and x86) but still get that error. Apart from installing the tool do I need to do something like running it?

    There is any way to boot into my Mac OS X without the boot loader? There is an option I can use from the CD to load my Mac OS X installation (not the installer)?

    Mar 25th, 2008

  162. Jason

    It’s a legal copy.

    Mar 26th, 2008

  163. Bill Gates

    Now you know how I feel. Welcome to the club Jason!

    Mar 26th, 2008

  164. james

    Does it have to be vista or can it be xp?

    Mar 26th, 2008

  165. S059

    Been trying this for 2 weeks…
    I type -v then see scrolling text on the screen.
    Then it stop on

    localhost DirectoryService[51]: Launched version 5.0 (v514)

    Any idea how can the installer continue? Help!

    Mar 26th, 2008

  166. S059

    JAMES, I got the same problem too.
    For 2 week s,the installer just stops at

    localhost DirectoryService[51]: Launched version 5.0 (v514)

    and refuses to continue.

    Any idea how can the installer continue?

    Mar 26th, 2008

  167. Fredrik

    Is it possible to install leopard on a separate hard disk not a partition?

    See the same question asked, but can not fin any answers?

    Mar 27th, 2008

  168. Alain

    Hi,

    Have pressed F8 as the countdown begins and typed -v at the prompt and hit enter.
    The text was scrolling on the screen, and then it stopped.
    Thanks to help me out here.

    Kind regards
    Alain

    Mar 27th, 2008

  169. WES

    aye guys. im back and not tired. i have a way that will work for