I'm betting it doesn't boot due to some sort of driver issues.

I don't think Windows can boot from a USB/Firewire drive. I'm almost certain XP can't, maybe they've added this to Vista?

Quote: Originally Posted by jasong I don't think Windows can boot from a USB/Firewire drive. I'm almost certain XP can't, maybe they've added this to Vista? Windows XP (and…

Holding down the C key at boot will hopefully boot you into the vista installer. Don't forget to take some pics!

I've got an Intel iMac and a copy of build 5270 of Vista, and I haven't figured out a way to boot yet. None of the typical ways of dealing with selecting a boot volume work: holdin…

reindeer, try holding D when the Vista disc is in the drive while the computer is booting up and see if anything happens.

Quote: Originally Posted by xDOUGHNUTx reindeer, try holding D when the Vista disc is in the drive while the computer is booting up and see if anything happens. Doesn't the…

Quote: Originally Posted by ravenz Doesn't the D key force startup from the hard drive? Aha! (From the iMac manual..."D" key is used. I will try this today on some differe…

Do you really think that Apple staff will be happy with you meddling with their display machines and trying to get one of them to run a competing OS?

Quote: Originally Posted by ravenz Aha! (From the iMac manual..."D" key is used. I will try this today on some different OS installer CDs, although I don't have Vista with EFI …

Not entirely sure about this being 100% genuine yet, btu have a look at: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=6933 sounds interesting.

Quote: Originally Posted by jestera Not entirely sure about this being 100% genuine yet, btu have a look at: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=6933 sounds inte…

from developer technical q&a HW35 comes this tip: Quote: COMMAND-OPTION-SHIFT-DELETE Attempt to force boot from any device other than from the device specified by …

Quote: Originally Posted by jestera Not entirely sure about this being 100% genuine yet, btu have a look at: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=6933 sounds inte…

Supermegatron posted this over at the osx86 project web site: Quote: our computer guy at school has xp running on his new imac he said you need to mac a partition on y…

Well the worst case scenario is they need to reinstall the software- which they do everynight anyway, but of course.. the store closed before I was able to go. I'll try again toda…

Quote: Originally Posted by mrplow Well the worst case scenario is they need to reinstall the software- which they do everynight anyway, but of course.. the store closed before …

Quote: Originally Posted by mrplow but as stated above someone already tried Vista on iMac, so perhaps it's not worth my time--- the previous tester did not have a version…

Quote: Originally Posted by Reindeer Flotilla I've got an Intel iMac and a copy of build 5270 of Vista, and I haven't figured out a way to boot yet. None of the typical ways of …

Quote: Originally Posted by jestera Not entirely sure about this being 100% genuine yet, btu have a look at: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=6933 sounds inte…

Quote: Originally Posted by mrplow any chance you can post a working link, or elaborate upon what that link was supposed to be? I'm going crazy trying to figure out if Windows …

"our computer guy at school has xp running on his new imac he said you need to mac a partition on your imac's drive clone over the freedos install cd then mac another then in osx s…

Like the goggles, the D key does nothing. The iMac made some sounds like it was contemplating trying to boot from the Vista DVD, but then decided it wasn't worthwhile and booted m…

Quote: Originally Posted by Reindeer Flotilla Like the goggles, the D key does nothing. The iMac made some sounds like it was contemplating trying to boot from the Vista DVD, b…

Quote: Originally Posted by Reindeer Flotilla Like the goggles, the D key does nothing. The iMac made some sounds like it was contemplating trying to boot from the Vista DVD, b…