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Old 08-30-2009, 01:12 PM
blink41 blink41 is offline
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GUID only ?

Hey !
I'm on the way to install my old leo distro (ipc) in order to get some informations needed for snow, but there is something that I actually can't understand : on every tutorial I've seen, there is always the need to set the partition scheme as GUID, not MBR. The fact is that I have some files on another partition on my HD (where windows is installed), and I was wondering if setting the partition scheme to MBR could be dangerous for my files...
Also, is there any way to install snow without a usb flash drive or usb HD ? I've seen there is a way with an hidden EFI partition, but haven't understoode anything...
That's all, Thanks in advance !
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Old 08-31-2009, 03:58 AM
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You can install snow using another partition. Create a 10gb partition, restore your image there, and install from there.


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CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.6 GHz
GPU: 2x SLI Dual GTX 260 (OpenCL working)(QE+CI)
RAM: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz 7-7-7-20

AUDIO: Realtek (5.1 config)
HDD: RAID 0- 1 + 1TB HDD's | 320GB HDD
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Old 08-31-2009, 05:47 AM
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The reason everyone recommends guid for SL is because the installer won't let you install on mbr.
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Old 08-31-2009, 10:31 AM
Ianxxx Ianxxx is offline
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There is an altered OSInstall.mpkg file floating around that you can use to install on mbr



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