Does bootcamp work?

[xx66stangxx]

Will bootcamp work on Zephyroth's 10.5.2?

[Firewalk]

not for amd users..yet all things seem to be possible, with time..

[WinLinMac01]

Unfortunately, no, =(

[Adrian]

Um, what are you talking about?

Bootcamp is
a) a firmware update that provides bios emulation for apple computers
b) a tool that helps you partition your harddrive
c) a set of drivers for windows to use all the apple hardware

since your talking about Zephyroth's, which is basically used for non-apple computers
a) most should have a bios anyway or then you should check with your board's manufacturer
b) partitioning is probably better done with a more capable tool
c) you don't need the drivers since you have other hardware anyway

... or are you talking about running virtualization like Parallels or VMWare?
Though they don't have anything directly to do with Bootcamp.

[roisoft]

unfortunately? I donīt understand because you can run windows natively

WinLinMac01:Unfortunately, no, =(

[crawle]

The only "cool" thing about Boot Camp for us is holding ALT on startup and a menu appears. That's all ;-)

[Adrian]

Again, Boot Camp is not a single software but a marketing term to describe intel mac's ability to run windows.
This aspect is based on the hardware, firmware and drivers of intel macs and has little to do with OSX.

If you want to get a prompt at bootup to choose the OS, look at the different tutorials to set up a bootloader. They don't only come in the text-only fashion but there are also ones with a pretty UI.

[crawle]

@Adrian: Can you suggest me a nice bootloader for XP/OSx86 with a customizable UI? (I don't want to install Linux for Grub)

[WinLinMac01]

Lol, that makes sense. Use EasyBCD, that's all there is to it.

roisoft:unfortunately? I donīt understand because you can run windows natively

WinLinMac01:Unfortunately, no, =(

[crawle]

Okay, I experienced, that I've got no chance for a Bootloader with my GUID-HDD ... ;-)

[WinLinMac01]

Cool, ;)

crawle:Okay, I experienced, that I've got no chance for a Bootloader with my GUID-HDD ... ;-)

[romefolks]

i was just about to ask this same question. I wanted to know if bootcamp worked so that you can format a single HDD as GUID partition table. Run OSX, XP and ubuntu all from the same drive(different partitions)? is that possible without boot camp? I know its possible if the drive is fromatted as MRB..but not GUID table format.

[gipo]

In example... if Bootcamp is working you can run your real Windows partition inside a virtualization sofware like Parallels or Fusion, and this is very nice and usefull!!!

[Voyn1x]

romefolks:i was just about to ask this same question. I wanted to know if bootcamp worked so that you can format a single HDD as GUID partition table. Run OSX, XP and ubuntu all from the same drive(different partitions)? is that possible without boot camp? I know its possible if the drive is fromatted as MRB..but not GUID table format.

From what i understand, windows xp won't run on guid. Vista will but only if your computer has a proper EFI... ie. not emulated. But since you can't buy pc motherboards with efi yet (i think) it's a bit useless at the mo. If you want to run them all from the same drive mbr is your only option.

True bootcamp eg. being able to change startup disk via the control panel etc doesn't work, but then that's what your bootloaders/bios for ;)

[romefolks]

thanks all..MRB it is..

[WinLinMac01]

You mean MBR, =p