The Hackintosh Guide, Part 9. Dualbooting the Hackintosh. 1/2

Part 9 of my Hackintosh guide.

Dualbooting the Hackintosh, part 1/2.

In these two videos I will go through the challenges/problems of getting Windows XP running on the Hackintosh.

First:
I recommend using 2 separate HDDs for your dualboot.
Windows requires (as far as I know) a MBR partition table.
OSX requires a GUID partition table.
There are ways to modify OSX so that it can be installed on a HDD that uses MBR partition table.
But if you have a desktop, the easiest way to dualboot is to have 2 HHDs.

XP is probably the hardest Windows-version to dualboot with OSX.
XP doesn't have native support for AHCI.
And we run the Intel SATA-controller in AHCI-mode, because SL requires it.

Gigabyte provides 3rd party drivers to give XP support for the Intel SATA-controller in AHCI-mode.
But the drivers provided by Gigabyte, both on the CD that came with the motherboard and the support site did not work, at least not for me.
I've been in contact with Gigabyte, trying to see if it is just me, or if it is the drivers that creates problems.
And you need a Floppy drive to use those drivers when installing Windows XP.
Not sure if you need them with Windows Vista or Windows 7.
From what I've read, Windows 7 has support for AHCI.
But I am not sure about Vista.

Luckily, the Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 (and UD3) has a 2nd SATA-controller.
So you can have the OSX HDD on the Intel SATA-controller (with the optical drive) and have the Windows HDD on the 2nd SATA-controller.

Unfortunately i stumbled over another problem.
If you have Windows XP installed on a HDD that isn't the HDD that boots up, you won't get XP to boot.

See this thread:

You'll find many similar thread if you do this Google search:

There are several ways to go around this:
- Install Chameleon on a small partition of your Windows HDD.
- Use EasyBCD to create a boot menu in Vista and/or W7
- Use the motherboards boot menu
And there are probably other ways to do it as well.

Windows 7, 64-bit should work just fine with Chameleon.
Basically, you just have to try, and then figure out what works for your Windows version.

PS:
If you have problem installing ANY Windows version, try setting the DVD-ROM on the 2nd SATA-controller, and set the controller in IDE-mode.
You may be experiencing the same problem as I did.
The DVD-ROM may not work correctly if it is on a SATA-controller that is in AHCI-mode.
After the installation you can put it back on to the Intel SATA-controller.

By setting up your system like I did, you will not be able to see the Windows HDD in OSX.
The 2nd SATA-controller is made by JMicron, and OSX needs kexts (if there are any) to see drives connected to that controller.
So drives you want to use in OSX MUST be connected to one of the 6 SATA-ports on the Intel SATA-controller, unless you find kexts that makes the JMicron controller work in OSX.

[snle]

@SpikezHackz:
Hehe.
Well, believe it or not, sometimes I need it.
I work with systems that only has software for Windows.
So I have to run it either virtually or natively.
In this video I installed it on my desktop to show others that it can be done on the hackintosh and how you do it.
I don't have Windows installed on my desktop, but I use Windows on my Thinkpad at work. :)

[snle]

@R0CKET2MARS:
You should be able to follow the same principals with Linux.
Install on a separate HDD and either use the bootmenu of Chameleon, or the motherboards F12 menu to choose which HDD to boot from.

[snle]

@wweibird:
I don't think it works.
Besides, bootcamp is a tool to help a Mac user run Windows on a computer that uses EFI instead of BIOS.
A PC has BIOS, so theres no need for Bootcamp.

[snle]

@shenghaikid:
I have not tested this myself, so what I say is only based on what I've read.

OSX needs the partition table to be GUID, and Windows needs the partition table to be MBR.

But there are ways to make OSX run on a disk using MBR, and there are ways to make Windows Vista or Windows 7 run on a disk using GUID.
However, it is a bit complicated.

On a desktop you would usually just have 2 HDD's.
But on a laptop, you only have one.
It is possible, just not easy.

[BYvarJohnson]

Hey, thanks to all the help your videos provided I was able to get my i7 hack up and running. I'm trying to dual boot and have an IDE HDD that I want to use to put windows xp onto. How do I set up the second SATA controller for my ex-58-ud5 mobo?

[lindseyhenson]

Weird question I used to have a great friend from Belarus and you sound just like him and he used to run a similar setup. His name was Dennis. We both worked together in franklin.

[wweibird]

Can't you just use bootcamp to install XP ?

[pharath]

I can't not run windows mac osx on the Pc intel core 2 quad 2.66 ram 4g vga 1g
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