Dual boot Leopard & Vista by MediaDirect/Power button

[pjpcGUNNER]

@kotorivn can uou send me a message saying how to choose power buttens, because i really want to do that.

[kotorivn]

@pjpcGUNNER please look at the video description, all info are there.

[PAINTuRED]

Hey kotorivn, do you know if there's a way to do load Ubuntu Linux with the MediaDirect button?

[kotorivn]

@PAINTuRED I think it will work with ubuntu, if I recall correctly, some guy at insanelymac has done it

[polcrendszer]

Seriously people help me I see you could do it, I dont have a clue whats wrong with my system. Could that be win7 presently running on the machine? I have a well-working bootloader so that shouldnt be a problem. What shall I do?

[polcrendszer]

I own an xps m1330( 2.2 ghz c2d; intel wifi; 3g ram; 250gb hdd) and want a dual boot with win7. I tried iAtkos v7; iAtkos 5i; iPC 10.5.6, Deneb . Non of them worked. Some of them wont run through the installation, or manages to finish it but freezes during the first boot. It never got to the OSX welcome page. I tried to turn AHCI to SATA mode, tried all the kernels(vanilla too).

[kiback]

Wow, amazing, good job ! *Would like his parents to buy him a Dell with MediaDirect* :D

[RichisRichis]

Damn!! It´s great, i want to do this with my XPS!!!

[mrvenezuela007]

is posible do the same that you did, but instead of Windows Vista, Windows 7 RC?

P.D: great job..

u r just showing off XD

[kotorivn]

ya, I guess say it's possible :)

[tutorialsandhacks]

awesome video!!!

Thank you so much!!!

5 stars and subscribed!!!

[xxcybercrashxx]

hi there i hv a xps 1530 as well and wanna hav it done just as u did, the link for me to follow the instruction is it the ont at the end of the video?? if it is i only found the forum to have some guides, but nothing spcific for 1530, but is it there? also would i be able to enable also the fingerprint logon to my leopard 10.5 just as u did? thank you very much in advance,

[kotorivn]

look at my video info, all links needed are there

good luck

[mrvenezuela007]

3. When you installed the Leopard, how did you do in the instalation, for the OS recognize the hard drive? did you formated it in SFH + format?

4. Wish O.S you installed first?

[kotorivn]

1. It's leo4all V3, you can get a newer version on the net.

2.3.4 look at my video description, all necessary information is there

[mrvenezuela007]

Ok, thanks for replyaing.. I'll check it out.

[mrvenezuela007]

1. Wish version of the Leopard is it? (leo4all, ipc etc) and where can I downloaded?

2. How did you do to configurate de Grub to boot with each botton? and what program did you use to do that?

[mrvenezuela007]

Hello, first than all let me say congratulations to you for that grate job, that you have done with your M1530. I would like to do the same with mine, but I don't know how to it. So, if you could please answer me those questions:

[Sasacaras]

people i have problem when I instal IPC

the screen come blue and instalation stop :(

can some one help

[tocattayfuga]

thanks, kotorivn! I think that my problem suceed because I did the 3 partitions first in ubuntu and leave the last one in fat32 and I don't loggued as an administrator to execute de command dell 2 3,in some days I would try to do it as you said to me, because now i am finishing some works, and I can´t lose time and I will tell you if I can resolve my problem, Thanks for your time, I send you a huge from the bottom of America.

[kotorivn]

You're welcome :)

[tocattayfuga]

Hi, I have a dell vostro 1500 with the same boot (md for osx, pb for xp) but when i start with te md button, appears "ntdlr is missing, press a key to restart", when i press any key the leopard start, but i see that you don`t have this problem.But if I boot first with Xp and then with osx the alert don't appear, only appears when i start at the first time with the md button, Did you have that problem? (excuse me, if you don't understand something, because I am from Argentina), Greetings!

[kotorivn]

have you edited OSX partition after hacking the MD button? You need to use a partition editor to do that, only change a number (74 to 75) and you're good to go. Take a look at my video description all necessary sources is there.

Good luck

btw, your English is very good :D

[tocattayfuga]

HI kotorivn,I'm happy because you understand me :D, yes I've edited the partition with the acronis disk editor, like said in the post of lenka penka, But this appear when I start for first time macosx, I don't know why it is, but I think that may be bacause I have the md 3.3 or but I have 3 partitions, ntfs for win, hfs+ for osx, fat32 for shared docs.When the message appear, I have a new parttion named media direct with the letter (G:), but i haven't if the message doesn't appears too.Thanks!

[Burninglancer]

can you help me with this i went ahead and download the torrent but when i burn it to a dvd it only burns 768kb it does'nt burn the whole 4.3gb if anyone can help me i would greatly appricate it thank you

[johnathon124]

dont worry about that, the same thing happend to me, but it still installed on my pc. if you get an error

/System/Preferences/com.apple.­Boot.plist not found

or something like that, then set a boot password. and at the bootloader, press F8, then type -v and hit enter, this boots the disc in verbose, so if it freezes you can see what goes wrong.

[gringo99721]

You mentioned that shut down does not work, what about sleep?  Does sleep not work after you install the nVidia driver?

[johnathon124]

Sleep does not work on any Hackintosh because the Vanilla Kernel hangs when you put it to sleep. I dont know about shut down though, mine shuts down with no problem.

[darrenc12pdg123]

wtfeth

[teammo4]

What is the song playing in this video?

[bigtittys1234]

Hi Guys, Which OS do you think will be best for gaming out of UBUNTU LINUX, WINDOWS VISTA and LEOPARD?

And would you recommend dual booting?

BTW. I have the xpsm1530:)

[antwonavenger]

vista because of its vast library of games..

[johnathon124]

Mac is out of the picture in that case, most games are compiled for Windows (but Mac has the Best speed). Do not use Windows Vista, it has some big ass kernel, and everything gets slow. use windows 7 instead. if you think you want linux, the use WINE to run windows apps.

[GlukkonPies]

This is a really cool way of dualbooting. Thanks for the vid as I would have never thought of it.

[xDayan]

Thanks, I was looking for the new mac osx, its been awhile, I guess i'm gonna get that new HDD,

[howlettnick15]

this is soooo awesome! i cant wait to try it! I just hope i dont screw anything up...very much a noob at this lol.

[kotorivn]

try it with another hard drive, so if things go wrong, you won't be screwed :D

[antwonavenger]

you can just fresh install if you screw up

[rafucho24]

do you have like a tutorial to do this??

I've got two partitions, vista, data, and ubuntu, I want to delete the partition for ubuntu and install MacOSX... PM me please

[kotorivn]

check out the video info, I've included all the necessary sources.

[whorecube]

This is excellent to see. I just ordered a M1530 this afternoon and hoped that OS X would run on it flawlessly. Whilst not quite flawlessly, I have hope to get it running to a degree in which I'm happy :)

I especially like the MediaDirect button hack. What is the alternative way of choosing which OS to boot? A boot menu or an actual keypress like on the Macbooks?

[kotorivn]

boot menu :)

[themacgenius89]

i wish people would stop putting overplayed linkin park tracks in videos.

[Optimango]

this is fucking sweet! ii had no idea you could do that with mediadirect! i know what i'm doing in september.

How did you get the wifi to work? i have intel agn, they are not supported...

Do you have shutdown? when i shutdown via powerbutton the HDD makes an ugly noise.

Grtz

[kotorivn]

thanks, my Wi-fi works, I have the dell 1505 draft N wireless card. There is no driver for intel card yet.

Shutdown and restart don't work after nvidia driver is installed :(

[Optimango]

does your Hard drive make a weird noise when you turn the computer off by pushing the powerbutton?

[kotorivn]

ya, the original hard drive did make that weird sound, but I replaced it with a new 250GB toshiba. Don't worry about that noise, it's not gonna harm your hard drive. Now, I use that hard drive as an external hd and it makes that noise every time I unplug it :(

[awsome12111]

This is very cool. I have to ask one question. I have heard that the internet doesnt work when u start MAC OS X. Does this mean that ur internet doesn work for vista and MAC?

[kotorivn]

WIFI works on both Vista and Leopard :)

[mark150988]

what size is ur hdd and how much is dediated to each os??

[kotorivn]

my hdd is 250GB, I made 3 partitions: 1st 40GB NTFS for Vista, 2nd 180GB FAT32 for data, 3rd 30GB HFS+ for Leopard ^_^

[donthate08ter]

how did you get leopard to boot up so fast? it takes about 1:30 for me to get from Darwin to the desktop, and I am using BrazilMac patched retail DVD and PC EFI v8. Nice video.

[kotorivn]

the actual boot time is 39s (push MD button to the desktop).

thanks for your comment! ^_^

[sanson06]

thats what i been trying to get. I have an m1330 and i want to do the same thing you did. I been doing some reading on several forums and have try to download several versions like [ToH] and iATKOS. Which version did you use? i need help please desperately pm me thanks

[kotorivn]

PMed!

[MrGeForce8800]

i am sorry but i rally haven´t understnad this point: I typed in command line in Win XP: E:\dellkit\rmbr.exe DELL 2 1

is command line = run??

and why E:\

i havenßt got an E:\

THX FOR HELP!!!

[kotorivn]

Start/All program/Accessories/Command Prompt

E: indicate Optical drive, it doesn't have to be E:, like mine is D:

[MrGeForce8800]

ok sorry but i have a second question!

why did you choose leo4all is that version better vor the xps m1530 or is really kalyway the best?

thank you for your help!

[kotorivn]

when I did this video, Leo4allV3 was the best hackintosh version for XPS M1530. There's a new version of iAtkos v4i 10.5.4 on Demonoid, I haven't tried it yet, cause I'm happy with my setup leo4allv3 10.5.2 + Jas combo upgrade 10.5.3 + 10.5.4 update straight from apple :)

[Zalariz]

Is the hack method works on dell notebooks only? cause i have HP Notebook:

HD: 140 GB

Processor: intel(R) core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz 2.00Ghz

RAM: 1GB

video Card: nvidia Goforce 7400

and i hope it works!!!???

[kotorivn]

you can dual boot Vista/Leopard on your HP laptop, but you can't hack to boot Leopard by MediaDirect button cause there's no MD button on HP laptop. Hacking MD button is for Dell laptop only!

[MrGeForce8800]

hi i have just 1 question (sorry) does the MD work in windows vista??? or is it alle the time disabeld??? when yes what does the computer when you push the md button in vista?

THX for your time!

[kotorivn]

MD feature is disabled, if you push the MD button in Vista it does nothing.

[RockoDesvan]

Can you tell me how to do the MediaDirect button hack? :D Thanks!!

[kotorivn]

look at the video info and follow the instruction in those thread :)

[Coldjonny]

nice, the fingerprint drivers work in leopard!

[kotorivn]

ya it works flawlessly

[thewiseyoda]

I have tried both kalyway and iatkos OSX versions.

Neither of them gets the ethernet or the wifi working.

What did you download for ethernet to work? Or does it work at all for you?

[kotorivn]

I used leo4allv3, ethernet doesn't work, wifi works out of the box as an Airport.

the question is what wireless adapter do you have? mine is Dell 1550 wireless N draft,

you should check out 3 links I've included on my video info, you might find some driver you need there!

[thewiseyoda]

I have intel 4965agn wifi adapter i believe.

I have looked at the forums. The experimental drivers dont really work

[kotorivn]

then you might need to buy a Dell Truemobile 1390 card on ebay for $15 shipped to replace the intel card, or get a Dell Wireless 1505 Draft n 802.11n WLAN Mini Card for $50 shipped

these 2 cards can work w/o driver on leopard as an Airport,

[hmzzy]

hello good work mate i have been trying to get osx for over a year seriously i have been a big fan of xps i got the xps desktop last year and no luck with osx until 2 weeks ago i saw osx on m1530 so i got one but now no luck can you PLEASE help me what version of install did u use and kerts how did you get it to work mine instal apple logo then just keeps saying you need to restart then nothing help you can pm me

[kotorivn]

check your inbox :)

[Crash900s]

That is impressive how quickly your computer boots.

[kotorivn]

for some reason, leopard boots a bit faster than vista, 30-40s vs 50s-1min :)

[kotorivn]

vista now boots within 39s

msconfig/boot/Advance option => maximize the number of processors :) because by default windows boots with only 1 processor

[masteranza]

well, he cutted some frames actually :)

[zak7khan]

Hey uh kotorivn. I have the m1530 as well and uh my laptops doesn't keyboard isn't recognised by os x and windows repair doesn't recognise my disk. Anyways I can always redo as I did it on a spare hd, but could you help me with the keyboard thing and how did you get the fingerprint to work? You could refer me to any oother sites if you wan't

[kotorivn]

you need to install several drivers to fix those problems, your drivers can be found on the link which I just update in the video info!

[PlayaWithHeart]

Hi! Great work! I just get my m1330, but cant get it working...(os x and vista):S I did everything on that link, but I only managed to boot Vista, no OS X :( Please help! What u did it AFTER installing both OS? (bootloader shit and stuff...) Thnx and GREAT WORK!

[kotorivn]

install Vista first, then OSx,after OS x is installed, use Vista installation CD to repair, then it will reboot and boot to vista as normal. Now, you have to set OSx partition as active!

on Vista press Windows + R

Follow these next set of commands:

DISKPART> list disk

Will show you a list of selectable disks

DISKPART> select disk n

[where n = the disk number]

DISKPART> list partition

This will show you the partitions on your selected disk

[kotorivn]

DISKPART> select partition n

[where n = OSX partition]

This will specify the partition

DISKPART> active

Will make your OS X partition the first-boot active partition

DISKPART> Exit

Leaves DiskPart...

DONE, restart then it will boot by OS X, use F8 to choose Vista or OSX or it will boot into OSx automatically.

Now, it's time to do the MediaDirect button hack.

hope it helps!

[zak7khan]

Soo is media direct is gone yeah? Cause it's a waste of space to me and I really don't need another partition.

[zak7khan]

I meant media direct is a waste of space, not the leopard install :)

[kotorivn]

if you do this hack then MediaDirect would be gone! if you just want to get rid of the MD, you could remove all partition in the windows installation process! or you could use Partition Magic to remove MD partition without reinstall windows!

[conzymaher]

Thanks for the links ;)

[conzymaher]

Pretty cool, Link to topic?

Im sure it can be donw with Vista / Ubuntu or Vista / XP too :)

[kotorivn]

ya, as long as you have 2 OS on 2 partitions :)

[seanie15]

how do you do that. wheres the topic link

[kotorivn]

updated topic link