Vista 64 on "older" Mac Pro

[dusanv]

I'm having problems putting Vista 64 Ultimate on my Mac Pro. It won't install. Anyone else manage to do it?

 

[chrisbeebops]

I don't think the driver disc has drivers for 64-bit Windows...

 

[macenforcer]

Only the latest mac pros have 64bit drivers for vista on the disc.

 

[Anonymous Freak]

Correct. Only the disc included with the current Mac Pros include 64-bit drivers.

However, most of the bits of hardware have drivers available from their manufacturers (chipset: Intel, video: nVidia or ATI, etc.)

 

[dusanv]

Wait, but the Intel 5000X chipset was around for a long while when Vista was released. You'd think Vista wouldn't need any extra drivers, at least to install.

edit: solved it, wrong partitioning type. Vista doesn't like GPT partitioning. It's installing.

 

[Kuraudo]

Wait, but the Intel 5000X chipset was around for a long while when Vista was released. You'd think Vista wouldn't need any extra drivers, at least to install.

edit: solved it, wrong partitioning type. Vista doesn't like GPT partitioning. It's installing.

What is GPT partitioning? can you spell it out?

 

[dusanv]

Use Boot Camp to partition the drive and it will work (it'll create a MBR partition, as it should). There are other tools that'll allow you to spell that out (Apple's DiskTool is one).