Tri-booting Windows/Ubuntu/Mac OS X
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:32 am
Alright.
After trying Ubuntu for a while I've decided to stick with Windows as my main operating system. This is because I cannot play my wma's in Ubuntu at full quality, and I have about 400 wma's, and I still can't find a decent program to quickly convert them to mp3 (on Windows). I also struggled to find an add-on/plug-in for XMMS which lets me minimise to task bar/notification area (meaning I have to maximise the program everytime I want to skip a track). Another obvious gripe is gaming support.
Anyways, I liked my jouney with Ubuntu, and I'll keep it installed just incase. Getting onto the topic now...
I read a guide on how to natively run Mac OS X Panther on a PC. I was never really bothered about trying OS X (because I'd have to buy a Mac), but this means I can try it for free (yeah, it's most probably illegal).
So, I think I'm going to buy a new HDD so that I have 3. Put Windows on the new one, leave Ubuntu on my 80gb one in it's 40gb partition, make the remaining 40gb partition into a FAT32 so I can interchange files between Ubuntu and Windows, and try install OS X on my remaining (currently) Windows 40gb HDD.
Couple of things I wouldn't mind some feedback on:
- Does anyone think this is possible? If so, he mentions you have to go into safe mode each time you boot, but doesn't think it causes any visibile restrictions, is he right? Is this actually worth me attempting to do any of this?
- Has anyone had any past experiences with a HDD ghosting application? I'll need to ghost my existing Windows HDD onto my new HDD and then dramatically increase the partition size (40gb -> 250gb). Also, the HDD interface will change from IDE to SATA2, will this cause any problems (in Windows/in general)? I've decided to obtain Norton Ghost (as it's the only one I've heard of before), is it any good?
That's basically it. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
PS. The torrent he mentions in the guide actually exists, I'm downloading it now (28%, but only ~20kb/s), but it's not 6gb, it's only 1.28gb.
PPS. I haven't posted the guide link because it might be seen as warez, as it indrectly links to the torrent needed.
After trying Ubuntu for a while I've decided to stick with Windows as my main operating system. This is because I cannot play my wma's in Ubuntu at full quality, and I have about 400 wma's, and I still can't find a decent program to quickly convert them to mp3 (on Windows). I also struggled to find an add-on/plug-in for XMMS which lets me minimise to task bar/notification area (meaning I have to maximise the program everytime I want to skip a track). Another obvious gripe is gaming support.
Anyways, I liked my jouney with Ubuntu, and I'll keep it installed just incase. Getting onto the topic now...
I read a guide on how to natively run Mac OS X Panther on a PC. I was never really bothered about trying OS X (because I'd have to buy a Mac), but this means I can try it for free (yeah, it's most probably illegal).
So, I think I'm going to buy a new HDD so that I have 3. Put Windows on the new one, leave Ubuntu on my 80gb one in it's 40gb partition, make the remaining 40gb partition into a FAT32 so I can interchange files between Ubuntu and Windows, and try install OS X on my remaining (currently) Windows 40gb HDD.
Couple of things I wouldn't mind some feedback on:
- Does anyone think this is possible? If so, he mentions you have to go into safe mode each time you boot, but doesn't think it causes any visibile restrictions, is he right? Is this actually worth me attempting to do any of this?
- Has anyone had any past experiences with a HDD ghosting application? I'll need to ghost my existing Windows HDD onto my new HDD and then dramatically increase the partition size (40gb -> 250gb). Also, the HDD interface will change from IDE to SATA2, will this cause any problems (in Windows/in general)? I've decided to obtain Norton Ghost (as it's the only one I've heard of before), is it any good?
That's basically it. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
PS. The torrent he mentions in the guide actually exists, I'm downloading it now (28%, but only ~20kb/s), but it's not 6gb, it's only 1.28gb.
PPS. I haven't posted the guide link because it might be seen as warez, as it indrectly links to the torrent needed.