[ejk]

I am trying this method but grub won't let me boot OSX correctly. I'm only doing a dual boot of OSX and ubuntu:

1: EFI
2: OSX
3: Ubuntu
4: swap

I installed grub on (hd0,2) and wrote it to the MBR so grub comes up when I boot. I added the following lines to the /boot/grub/menu.lst

title OSX
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

When I try to select that option in grub it gives me a "Non-system disk" error. Anything I need to do to my DellEFI install to get it to work? I don't want to reinstall the chameleon bootloader because that will take control away from grub and I can't get chameleon to see my ubuntu partition (tried many, many times)

EDIT:

Duh, I figured it out. In my many attempts to get either bootloader to work I had changed around the "boot" flags on the partitions using gparted. I had to set the fat32 EFI partition's boot flag, but UNSET the boot flag on my ext3 grub partition. Then Chameleon saw the ubuntu partition and worked great.

[GlowInTheDarkNinja]

First off, thank you for the step by step. I'm such a noob hacker it's not even funny. Thanks to this forum, I've learned a TON of stuff. So, I decided to take the plunge and make my hackintosh dual boot XP. I followed the directions to the XP install. After using the text setup (so the USB wouldn't eject), the computer rebooted and all was looking great until I got a "missing or corrupt hal.dll" error. I made sure to edit boot.ini, even reformatted and reinstalled with the TXT option. Got the error again.

I'm at a loss here. This is my first experience installing windows on a computer, and it's complicated by the lack of a disk drive. Does anybody know how I can cure the hal.dll error problem?

[sylmini]

Originally Posted by GlowInTheDarkNinja

First off, thank you for the step by step. I'm such a noob hacker it's not even funny. Thanks to this forum, I've learned a TON of stuff. So, I decided to take the plunge and make my hackintosh dual boot XP. I followed the directions to the XP install. After using the text setup (so the USB wouldn't eject), the computer rebooted and all was looking great until I got a "missing or corrupt hal.dll" error. I made sure to edit boot.ini, even reformatted and reinstalled with the TXT option. Got the error again.

I'm at a loss here. This is my first experience installing windows on a computer, and it's complicated by the lack of a disk drive. Does anybody know how I can cure the hal.dll error problem?

Not sure what "text setup" means ? Which tutorial did you use ? I installed xp and osx but I don't recall having to edit the boot.ini file.

[GlowInTheDarkNinja]

Originally Posted by sylmini

Not sure what "text setup" means ? Which tutorial did you use ? I installed xp and osx but I don't recall having to edit the boot.ini file.

Installing Win XP Pro via UFD (Universal Flash Device)

That's the link provided on the first post of this thread. Since I was using a USB to install windows, I chose to do a text setup instead of GUI. The first post of the thread also says to edit the boot.ini.

[GlowInTheDarkNinja]

Okay, I think I fixed my problems. In following the step-by-step to the letter, I had set up the NTFS partition for Windows as the third one. I went back into Gparted and re partitioned the SSD with the Windows NTFS partition as the first in the list, and the install seems to now be working without a hitch.

I don't remember where it is in all the posts of various forums and blogs scattered across the interwebs, but I read that THE WINDOWS PARTITION MUST BE THE FIRST PARTITION or else the hacker needs to be a coding wizard I guess.

I'll be back if I encounter anymore problems. If not, assume the rest of the guide worked nicely.