[Q] Mac OS X 10.6 + Windows 8 = FAIL

zainuintel · 6th November 2011, 12:42 PM

[Q] Mac OS X 10.6 + Windows 8 = FAIL

well i had mac os x as my main OS, right on 1 partataion with chamelion as the boot loader, then i intslled WINDOWS 8 and i doesnt show chamelion it just boots right into Windows 8... how do i get chamelion back so i can boot into both

Irrdial · 6th November 2011, 01:13 PM

Dual booting hacked OSX and Windows 8 is not possible at the moment. Chameleon is not able to boot Win8, and Win8 bootloader couldn't possibly load OSX.

If you are on a Mac, you could install them on separate partitions.
If you are on a PC, you could install them on separate drives and choose the OS by BIOS boot-up selection.

Can't see any other way right now, but check InfiniteMac for future solutions.

zainuintel · 12th November 2011, 06:55 PM

i tried it

i tried XP but that failed aswell. have i messed up the bootloader?

achmeingott · 12th November 2011, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by zainuintel

i tried XP but that failed aswell. have i messed up the bootloader?

have you tried booting into windows opening cmd, and setting the OSX partition active via diskpart? I have a successful triple boot with win 8, 10.6.8, and Ubuntu 11.10.

cp_kirkley · 14th November 2011, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by achmeingott

have you tried booting into windows opening cmd, and setting the OSX partition active via diskpart? I have a successful triple boot with win 8, 10.6.8, and Ubuntu 11.10.

He's right. I have win 8, win7, and lion on my hac pro, one one SSD. Just install chameleon loader to a usb drive, and once it displays the drive selecetion you should be able to set the the preferred boot drive to the partition which holds the bootloader. Hope that makes sense.

zainuintel · 14th November 2011, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by achmeingott

have you tried booting into windows opening cmd, and setting the OSX partition active via diskpart? I have a successful triple boot with win 8, 10.6.8, and Ubuntu 11.10.

How do i do that, im running Windows 8 Developers Preview 32BIT

hmmm

miniclip22 · 18th December 2011, 02:46 AM

Or just Google for "iboot", burn it to a CD, reboot from CD and select your Mac OS partition. Otherwise, it will go straight to windows 8.

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Javier Delgado · 18th December 2011, 09:06 PM

To sum up, you'll need a foreign bootloader from the disk or are there another method? It would be so interesting, the mac os its a great operative and Windows 8 is god.

Greetings

miniclip22 · 21st December 2011, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Javier Delgado

To sum up, you'll need a foreign bootloader from the disk or are there another method? It would be so interesting, the mac os its a great operative and Windows 8 is god.

Greetings

Yes, you do need a foreign bootloader from CD. Currently, there is no other method available. Still, it is awesome to have snow leopard/lion alongside windows 8

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