Experimenting: Boot Camp (Windows) on SSD with Fusion Drive

[adb1973]

Hi,

Just a (prosumer) question has someone tried/is someone using Windows on his SSD while using a DIY Fusion Drive Setup:

Example:
SSD: EFI, {CoreStorage HFS+ part1}, NTFS Boot
HDD: EFI, {CoreStorage HFS+, part2}, Recovery Partition, NTFS Data

If yes: what are your experiences
If not anymore: why did you ditch it?

 

[hfg]

Yes, it works fine having a Windows partition on the SSD along with the Fusion OS X portion. Just specify the disk#s# when building the Fusion array.

-howard

 

[adb1973]

Yes, it works fine having a Windows partition on the SSD along with the Fusion OS X portion. Just specify the disk#s# when building the Fusion array.

-howard

Thanks Howard, could you specify what partition-setup you've chosen?
Is recovery-mode working?
Do you have one or two startupdisks while holding the option key? (Because of Boot OS X)

 

[hfg]

Thanks Howard, could you specify what partition-setup you've chosen?
Is recovery-mode working?
Do you have one or two startupdisks while holding the option key? (Because of Boot OS X)

If you have a recovery partition already on your SSD from a standalone OS X installation, you may leave it there as well, just use the OS X partition when building the Fusion array.

Your [option] key boot manager will display a drive icon for each physical drive you use with the array. You can even Fusion link RAID-0 SSDs with your hard disk(s), although there is a small error message issue with a clean installation of that, however it works great and fast!

There are several posts I made in the Mac Pro forums regarding these installations.


-howard