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30-06-2007, 08:51 PM
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Resident Pirate
Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney Metropolitan
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OS X dual boot... with OS X?
Is it possible to dual boot Mac OS X with a different version of Mac OS X?
I ask this as I want to install Leopard onto my new MacBook when I get it, but I will be using it as my main machine, and I do not want to be limited to using beta software for my day-to-day tasks.
I would like to show off some of Leopard's features to my friends (I am very pesky that they become switchers) but I am not sure if it is possible to dual boot OS X with another *legitimate* version of OS X (And I don't plan on installing OSx86 as a BIOS-using system).
Or should I just wait until October and get the real thing and move properly over to Leopard?
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Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4, Still can't quicklook volume icons of greater than 128*128 when icon was pasted from picture.
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30-06-2007, 08:53 PM
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Super
Group: Regulars
Location: Somewhere Slaying Vampires
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yep you can do it. Just create 2 partitions and install one version on each
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30-06-2007, 08:54 PM
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Resident Pirate
Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney Metropolitan
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Will it work in the BootCamp style, or will I have to select startup disc in system prefs?
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Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4, Still can't quicklook volume icons of greater than 128*128 when icon was pasted from picture.
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30-06-2007, 08:55 PM
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Super
Group: Regulars
Location: Somewhere Slaying Vampires
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yep you can choose which one to use by holding down the option key at boot or use sys prefs to select the boot drive
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30-06-2007, 09:01 PM
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Resident Pirate
Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney Metropolitan
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Wonderful. Thank you very much. Good to know also for when I update system as a whole... can keep more stable version instead of having a Mac go all PC on me.
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Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4, Still can't quicklook volume icons of greater than 128*128 when icon was pasted from picture.
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30-06-2007, 09:04 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Adelaide, SA
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But you can't create a partition unless the entire disk is erased right?
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30-06-2007, 09:09 PM
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Resident Pirate
Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney Metropolitan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mechcon
But you can't create a partition unless the entire disk is erased right?
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I take it you have not used Boot Camp then? 
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Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4, Still can't quicklook volume icons of greater than 128*128 when icon was pasted from picture.
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05-07-2007, 10:52 AM
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Member
Group: Registered Users
Location: Sydney
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Backing up your data before repartitioning would always be highly recommended.
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05-07-2007, 11:04 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Adelaide, SA
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you can install OSX on a bootcamp partition? :O
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05-07-2007, 11:18 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney
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I'd say you could use the BootCamp partition resizing utility to create an XP partition, then use Disk Utility to reformat that partition to HFS+ (Mac OS Extended).
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05-07-2007, 11:21 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Is it possible to boot off an external drive?
I might be easier to go and pick up a small one, load Leopard on there, and retain your files on your internal HDD.
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05-07-2007, 11:41 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Brisbane
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Quote:
Originally Posted by melted.marsbar
Is it possible to boot off an external drive?
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Yes, it is possible.
Some Macs can't boot of USB drives though. Use FW to be sure
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05-07-2007, 12:00 PM
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Group: Regulars
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i have 2 intel macs, imac & macbook'
both can boot off a usb2 external lacie
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05-07-2007, 12:02 PM
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Resident Pirate
Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney Metropolitan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by timwallG5
I'd say you could use the BootCamp partition resizing utility to create an XP partition, then use Disk Utility to reformat that partition to HFS+ (Mac OS Extended).
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Actually... I created a partition in Boot Camp and Disk Utility wouldn't let me do anything with it until after I had installed Windows. That was from using Boot Camp 1.2
Makes you wonder if you should install something like Puppy Linux or something and then boot back into OS X.
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Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4, Still can't quicklook volume icons of greater than 128*128 when icon was pasted from picture.
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05-07-2007, 12:15 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iPirate
Actually... I created a partition in Boot Camp and Disk Utility wouldn't let me do anything with it until after I had installed Windows. That was from using Boot Camp 1.2
Makes you wonder if you should install something like Puppy Linux or something and then boot back into OS X.
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You've gotta use Disk Utility off an installation CD. Your existing OS X install wont touch it otherwise.
I did this to install the WWDC preview of Leopard. Made a Bot Camp partition, booted the Leopard DVD, used Disk Utility to format the Boot Camp partition, installed as normal.
Too easy 
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