Vista - Hypothetical triple boot XP, Vista ,OS 10.5.1

**acdcfan** · 08-30-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt

Perhaps it is looking for a MAC formatted HD?

Perhaps Johngalt, perhaps....

Will format via Vista to NTFS and try it again. I have managed to boot form 3rd hdd that is controlled by SATA PCI card. Someone has told me. not sure where, that I may not be able to boot from it but I can...

**acdcfan** · 08-30-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by barman58

Hi acdcfan,

As I said in my original post sometime ago can't help with the hypothetical part of project. you probably need more specialized help. Not sure if you've looked Here but they should be able to give more help

Barman58.
I am looking for possible solutions for my hypothetical,but if everything else fails I will pull out legit version of Panther that has been given to me as " I don't want it any more'
I don't want to go down this road, but if I can not find a solution it will have to do....

**johngalt** · 08-30-2008

I should have been a bit more specific - perhaps it is not seeing the HD because it has already been formatted NTFS? Try GPartEd (or windows Disk management console) to remove the current partition and see if it works with a clean blank space. If not, I suspect that the DVD is looking for specific Mac Hardware that it cannot find.

**usmc_nam_vet** · 08-30-2008

I say mate I have vista and ubuntu 8.4 on both a laptop and a desk top. Playing around with mac os sounds interesting. Let us know how it works out.

**acdcfan** · 08-31-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by usmc_nam_vet

I say mate I have vista and ubuntu 8.4 on both a laptop and a desk top. Playing around with mac os sounds interesting. Let us know how it works out.

I am certainly will let know...I read somewhere taht kalyway installation does not like +/- RW DVDs so I will buy just +R and try....

**acdcfan** · 08-31-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt

I should have been a bit more specific - perhaps it is not seeing the HD because it has already been formatted NTFS? Try GPartEd (or windows Disk management console) to remove the current partition and see if it works with a clean blank space. If not, I suspect that the DVD is looking for specific Mac Hardware that it cannot find.

At that point my hdd drive was just unallocated space... As I said previously just before Darwin bootloader has started it detected a hard drive with hdd111 sore something. Will pay closer attention and post full message

**acdcfan** · 09-02-2008

I got an error message
"Firewire unable to deternan security code....."
"Still waiting for root device...."

Any ideas ?

08-30-2008	#41 (permalink)
acdcfan Ultimate 64 SP1 248 posts	Re: Hypothetical triple boot XP, Vista ,OS 10.5.1 Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt Perhaps it is looking for a MAC formatted HD? Perhaps Johngalt, perhaps.... Will format via Vista to NTFS and try it again. I have managed to boot form 3rd hdd that is controlled by SATA PCI card. Someone has told me. not sure where, that I may not be able to boot from it but I can...
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08-30-2008	#42 (permalink)
acdcfan Ultimate 64 SP1 248 posts	Re: Hypothetical triple boot XP, Vista ,OS 10.5.1 Quote: Originally Posted by barman58 Hi acdcfan, As I said in my original post sometime ago can't help with the hypothetical part of project. you probably need more specialized help. Not sure if you've looked Here but they should be able to give more help Barman58. I am looking for possible solutions for my hypothetical,but if everything else fails I will pull out legit version of Panther that has been given to me as " I don't want it any more' I don't want to go down this road, but if I can not find a solution it will have to do....
My System Specs

08-30-2008	#43 (permalink)
johngalt Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... 3,848 posts	Re: Hypothetical triple boot XP, Vista ,OS 10.5.1 I should have been a bit more specific - perhaps it is not seeing the HD because it has already been formatted NTFS? Try GPartEd (or windows Disk management console) to remove the current partition and see if it works with a clean blank space. If not, I suspect that the DVD is looking for specific Mac Hardware that it cannot find.
My System Specs

08-30-2008	#44 (permalink)
usmc_nam_vet vista home premium 64 oem 164 posts	Re: Hypothetical triple boot XP, Vista ,OS 10.5.1 I say mate I have vista and ubuntu 8.4 on both a laptop and a desk top. Playing around with mac os sounds interesting. Let us know how it works out.
My System Specs

08-31-2008	#45 (permalink)
acdcfan Ultimate 64 SP1 248 posts	Re: Hypothetical triple boot XP, Vista ,OS 10.5.1 Quote: Originally Posted by usmc_nam_vet I say mate I have vista and ubuntu 8.4 on both a laptop and a desk top. Playing around with mac os sounds interesting. Let us know how it works out. I am certainly will let know...I read somewhere taht kalyway installation does not like +/- RW DVDs so I will buy just +R and try....
My System Specs

08-31-2008	#46 (permalink)
acdcfan Ultimate 64 SP1 248 posts	Re: Hypothetical triple boot XP, Vista ,OS 10.5.1 Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt I should have been a bit more specific - perhaps it is not seeing the HD because it has already been formatted NTFS? Try GPartEd (or windows Disk management console) to remove the current partition and see if it works with a clean blank space. If not, I suspect that the DVD is looking for specific Mac Hardware that it cannot find. At that point my hdd drive was just unallocated space... As I said previously just before Darwin bootloader has started it detected a hard drive with hdd111 sore something. Will pay closer attention and post full message
My System Specs

09-02-2008	#47 (permalink)
acdcfan Ultimate 64 SP1 248 posts	Re: Hypothetical triple boot XP, Vista ,OS 10.5.1 I got an error message "Firewire unable to deternan security code....." "Still waiting for root device...." Any ideas ?
My System Specs

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