Thread: how can i dual boot osx snow leopard 10.x.x or osx lion 10.x.x

this is my setup below! right now i am running vmware snow leopard 10.6.6 no problem but i want to be able to dual boot snow leopard or osx lion if possible i have a old amd dual core that i have setup up that dual boots osx snow leopard 10.6.2 by hazard and it runs with no problem any help or a point in the direction would be nice thanks again



motherboard

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Manufacturer: Pegatron


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Form factor: microATX - 24.4 cm (9.6 inches) x 24.4 cm (9.6 inches)


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Chipset: NVIDIA GeForce 9100


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Memory sockets: 4 x DDR3


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Front side bus speeds: 5200MT/s (5.2 GT/s)


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Processor socket: AM3


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Expansion Slots:


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1 PCI Express x16 slot for graphics card


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2 PCI Express x1 slots


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1 PCI slot


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1 PCI Express x1 minicard slot

Processor





AMD Phenom II X4 820



Figure 2: AMD Phenom II X4 logo


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Operating speed: Up to 2.8 GHz


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Number of cores: 4


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Socket: AM3/AM2+


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Bus speed: 4000 MHz HT3

Memory





8 GB



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Amount: 8 GB


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Speed: PC3-10600 MB/sec (message as PC3-8500)

Video graphics





Integrated graphics using nVidia GeForce 9100


*Integrated graphics is not available if a graphics card is installed.


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Integrated graphics using nVidia GeForce 9100


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Also supports PCI Express x16 graphics cards

Sound/Audio





Integrated Realtek ALC888S Audio


*Integrated audio is not available if a sound card is installed


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Audio CODEC: Realtek ALC888S


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High Definition 8 channel audio


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Supports one S/PDIF digital connection

Networking





LAN: 10-Base-T



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Interface: Integrated into motherboard


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Technology: Realtek RTL8201N


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Data transfer speeds: up to 10/100 Mb/s


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Transmission standards: 10-Base-T Ethernet









802.11 Wireless a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 card



Figure 3: Wireless card - side view (embedded antenna version


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Interface type: PCI


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Data transfer speeds: up to 54 Mbps


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Transmission standards: 802.11 a/b/g/n


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Supported antenna connections: 2 (2 internal posts to connect an internal or extenal antenna)


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Operating band: 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz dual band


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Supported security protocols:

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WPA


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WEP

Please read this script, its all in the guide.
http://www.osx86.net/desktops/9746-g...-10-6-amd.html
As you have running OSX in a virtual box, you might consider to use nawcom´s USB installer as well.
In any case, you will need a retail OSX DVD of Snow Leopard.
No Lion for the time being, afaik.

Dual booting with Windows is possible, though I wouldn´t recommend it.
Someone else might tell you how to make it.

i got that guide to work but i cant boot without the boot loader

I cant boot without the boot loader

is referring to the Chameleon on the nawcom Mod CD, I suppose?

If you used version 0.3.1 a bootloader should have been installed on your HDD by default.
Try the Chimera 1.7.0 package to install on HDD. Be sure to point the installer to your hard drive.
That way it always worked for me.

that worked perfect i could not have asked of anything more thank you i can now dual boot without the bood cd thanks again
also is it normal for sl to show my processor as a quad-core intel xeon or should it show its as amd phenom ii x4

one more thain i still can find a driver for my video card itsa nvidia geforce 9100

thanks for the help! i started having this problem now that when i try to open programs for example safari, firefox, office 2011, efistudio almost every program they well not open i have been looking thru the forums and cant find a solution to fix this problem also i am running 10.6.8 now

now i have everthing working pretty good i am upgraded to osx snow leopard 10.6.8 i can dual boot sl and windows 7 but for some reason in snow leopard i cant open any programs ex. safari, firefox,efi studio, word, excle, and so on it gives me a unable to open program error but if i boot snow leopard up with the nacom mod cd i can open all of my programs why would the be going on and how can i fix it