Running Boot Camp - The First Step-by-Step Install Guide
Geeky May 9th, 2006
Though I do not have a Mac, as of today atleast, I was surfing the web for my friend looking for more info on Boot Camp, as he wants to switch to Intel Mac from his older G4. He asked me to explain him wheather he will be able to launch Windows XP on it, and I said yes, using Boot Camp - which he didn’t understand. So, while gathering information, later to explain him how it exactly works, I found that there was a new publication by O’Reilly which intends to guide users with Boot Camping. I gotta say that all this Boot Camp technology is quite new, as far as I know, and here is already a book on it - kudos to the publisher and the authors.
In the Mac world, the once unthinkable, is about to become commonplace–owning an Intel-powered Mac running Windows. When Apple first announced the news about a switch to Intel processors, there were gasps of wonder and some derisive groaning, shortly followed by eye-popping amazement at the possibility of running Windows XP and Mac OS X Tiger on a Mac. Once the idea of owning a powerhouse Mactel fermented, the demand for “when and how” boiled over. On April 4, Apple met the challenge and responded with Boot Camp–a beta utility that helps users configure their Intel Macs so they can install and run Windows XP and Mac OS X on the same machine.
While the install of Boot Camp is relatively painless, there are pitfalls users need to avoid. “Running Boot Camp” (Toporek, O’Reilly, $7.99) is an easy-to-follow guide that steps the user through the install and configuration process.
“Many PC users want to use a Mac but would hate to lose the investment in PC software they’ve made over the years,” says Chuck Toporek, best-selling author and senior editor with O’Reilly Media. “With Boot Camp and an Intel Mac, users can have the best of both worlds.”
The “Running Boot Camp” PDF download walks users through each install
step including:
- What You’ll Need
- Updating the Firmware
- Running Boot Camp
- Partitioning the Hard Drive
- Installing Windows XP
- Installing the Macintosh Drivers
- Troubleshooting Boot Camp’s Obstacles
- Switching Between Mac OS X and Windows XP
For more information about the download, including table of contents, and author bio, see offical site.
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May 10th, 2006 at 5:31 am
Great first article easy, cant wait to see more of your stuff.
Maybe you can help me out with installing ubuntu on my RAID 0
May 10th, 2006 at 7:46 am
Though I haven’t setup RAID in linux, as far as I know hardware RAID will not work - lack of drivers (as usual). You will need to creat a software RAID in the Ubuntu set-up. Another issue, again as far as I know, Grub and Lilo have problem when setup on RAID0 partition. So here is what I want to say. Let’s presume you have 2 100GB drives.
1. Create ~30-50MB RAID1 partition as /boot (where your Grub/Lilo will stay) … Grub is better of course
2. The start creating RAID0 partitions. Maybe something like:
a. ~1GB = swap (presuming you have 512-1GB)
b. ~5 - 10GB = / (where you Ubunutu OS is installed)
c. The rest, ~90GB = /home (where all your settings and all your files reside)
Always a good idea to have /home partition separately, so that you can re-install/upgrade/format your OS partition without loosing all other data, especailly personal settings.
Few links that might help for now. Hope this will give you some idea:
i) http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=86219&highlight=raid0
ii) http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gentoo_Install_on_Software_RAID_mirror_and_LVM2_on_top_of_RAID
May 10th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
Its not too easy then, I assumed that when i had a go a few weeks ago, its hard enough doing it with XP, (floppys needed) and onboard raid controllers seem a bit all over the place as well.
I think the best thing would be to get myself a forth HDD for linux.