Windows Xp and Mac
One simple question (i think). I have 5 patitions: 1st primary (winxp), 3 ntfs (work, data, stuff) and 1 ntfs where i want to install mac (i have the iatkos v7 version). I need to make changes to the partitions to make the installation of…
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- @setrio Published 2010-01-04
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One simple question (i think). I have 5 patitions: 1st primary (winxp), 3 ntfs (work, data, stuff) and 1 ntfs where i want to install mac (i have the iatkos v7 version). I need to make changes to the partitions to make the installation of mac works? I dont want to loose any of the other partitions in the process.
I also want to dual boot (i need to play some games from time to time )
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I try to install but the Darwin loader keeps rebooting the system...my motherboar is a foxconn ela, is that hardware supported?
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I recommend trying over, but pick another kernel.
I had my partition existing, but not formatted. When I went to install it, I reformatted it to HFS, and continued. I didn't have to worry about existing data, but I thinks you should do backups beforehand JUST IN CASE.
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| @setrio | Primary Author | 2 | 2010-01-04 |
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