3 partition bootcamp setup before I jump into it.

[jorpe]

macbook 1,1 500gb seagate drive.

3 partitions via disk utility

300gb osx (current OS)
100gb FAT partition
200gb FAT partition

Bootcamp says I cant do it like that. Can I just reboot holding down option and install windows to one of those partitions?

 

[balamw]

macbook 1,1 500gb seagate drive.

3 partitions via disk utility

300gb osx (current OS)
100gb FAT partition
200gb FAT partition

Bootcamp says I cant do it like that. Can I just reboot holding down option and install windows to one of those partitions?

That's odd. You're getting 600 GB (300+200+100) from a 500 GB drive? ;-)

You need to be careful if you are installing anything but 64 bit W7, you need to worry about how the real GPT partitions are seen as MBR by the BIOS emulation required to boot Windows.

I was just saying on another thread that I didn't recommend a 3 partition setup, it's just not worth it IMHO.

B

 

[vistadude]

Yes you can certainly do this, but with a little tweaking. You still need the bootcamp bootloader so that option works after the installation, otherwise it will only boot to mac os x.

macbook 1,1 500gb seagate drive.

3 partitions via disk utility

300gb osx (current OS)
100gb FAT partition
200gb FAT partition

Bootcamp says I cant do it like that. Can I just reboot holding down option and install windows to one of those partitions?