Thread: how can i dual boot osx snow leopard on my system

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

You can dualboot partitioning your HDD and installing the two OS + use a bootloader such as Chameleon, if that's what you mean.

Lion won't work on AMD