[kentsin]

Thanks for the help.

I can not get gparted livecd to boot. So I use xp to make the partitions. That make the install partition F:

Is it the problem?

I think i got it. XP make the extended partition. I will retry.

I got the gpart working now.

[jake624]

Did you try reinstalling XP? After reinstalling XP, use the boot132 disc to boot into OSX. Then load DellEFI, choose custom, and reinstall PCEFIV9 Bootloader. After it's done reinstalling, set your 2nd partition(OSX) as active if you haven't already done so and then restart.

I tried everything listed above with no luck. I actually wiped everything and started over from scratch, but I end up at the same point each time.

[kentsin]

Trying gparted : here is my finding.

set 1st partition to fat
set 2nd partition to unformat
set 3rd partition to fat32

if the first partiton is not fat (or fat32?) xp installation will not boot after copy cd.

Can anyone confirm this?

[mfruit]

Originally Posted by deviltaz

You can use an NTFS partition but you won't be able to alter Windows files when using OSX. You can see the Windows partition in OSX and you can access them, but you won't be able to make changes to the Windows files.

Thanks. I've dived in.

Got XP installed but now I'm running into a problem with the OSX install. I think it might be related to me using DellMiniBoot123v8.02b1.iso instead of the Boot132 ISO that the OP called for.

Which Boot132 ISO should I use? I tried googling for it but found a bunch of different ones. There's no link in the OP.

So here's a brief summary of what I did:

Mini9 with USB DVD and USB HD.

1. Booted off GParted and created 3 primary partitions (P1 - 200MB HFS+, P2 - 15GB HFS+, P3 - 13.5GB NTFS)
2. Booted off XP Install CD and installed XP on P3. Rebooted and XP seems to boot OK.
3. Went to a Mac and imaged the OSX Install DVD onto the USB HD, modified it according to the OP.
4. Booted off DellMiniBoot123v8.02b1 and pointed it to the USB HD ("device 80").
5. The installer booted and I proceeded to install OSX onto P2 but the installer gave an error ("install failed") at the end - "Unable to set "OSX" as boot disk".
6. I then removed the USB HD, booted off DellMiniBoot123v8.02b1, and pointed it to the SSD ("device 80") and gave it "-f" as a boot option.
7. The unit booted into OSX and everything looked good but when I shutdown and remove the USB DVD and powered up, I get a "Error Loading Operating System" error.

So I screwed something up but I'm not sure where.

Thanks to everyone for their help so far.

[mfruit]

I figured I was missing the DellEFI step so I went ahead and booted off the DellMiniBoot123 CD and ran DellEFI1.1 with the standard options. Now when I reboot, I get a "System config /com.apple.Boot.plist not found" error.

Am now trying to reinstall XP to see if resetting the boot sector & active partition will make any difference.

[kentsin]

Same here as mfruit

After the failure, I boot gparted The osx partition is actually set boot.

[kentsin]

Thank you.

I now have osx boot successful from SSD

Thank you. I finish it. And dual boot done.

Thanks a lot.

[mfruit]

What was the trick? I re-installed XP and then dropped back into OSX to re-run DellEFI1.1 to re-install the PCEFIV9 bootloader. Made sure that the 2nd partition (OSX) had the boot flag using GParted but still am getting a "System config /com.apple.Boot.plist not found" error.

Perhaps I should wipe and start from scratch.

Couple of questions:

1. Should I be using DellMiniBoot123v8.02b1.iso?
2. Should I use DellEFI1.1 or DellEFI1.2b5?
3. As I'm booting off DellMiniBoot123v8.02b1.iso, I noticed that the "System config /com.apple.Boot.plist not found" error pops up as well. Is there a BIOS setting or something that I need to set? I'm running A04. Do I need to downgrade or upgrade?

Thanks!

[thopkins]

hey i'm using the 8.02b1 version too and made it to the point where the os x install on the ssd partition was supposed to not fail. it failed, but i could still boot into it using the 123 disk. but when i go to mount installer.dmg from within os x it isn't on the disk. there aren't any dmgs at all. any suggestions on where to go next? does any of that make sense?

[deviltaz]

Originally Posted by thopkins

hey i'm using the 8.02b1 version too and made it to the point where the os x install on the ssd partition was supposed to not fail. it failed, but i could still boot into it using the 123 disk. but when i go to mount installer.dmg from within os x it isn't on the disk. there aren't any dmgs at all. any suggestions on where to go next? does any of that make sense?

The step with Installer.dmg is obsolete and was needed to install the old miniscript. DellEFI has replaced miniscript so that step is no longer needed.

Just use the boot132 cd to boot into OSX and then install Dell EFI and you should be done.