Vista 64 Bit Sp1 Mac Pro Issues - Help Needed

[moneushot]

I am running Mac os X leopard and for work reasons I need to install vista 64 bit SP1, which I bought now.

My mac Pro is a 2*Quad core 3.0 Ghz Intel xeon bought in july 2007. From what I read in other topics and forums only newer Mac pros support Vista 64 bit SP1. I wonder if there is a workaround or if I am doomed to not be able to use vista 64 sp1?

whenever I try to install vista it just goes into a screen with numbers 1 and 2 and a select cd-rom boot type. Keyboard input however is inactive.

Basically it freezes and i need to restart it...

I have seen this error in other forum posts but no easy solutions. am I stuck with this new copy of vista and unable to get it to work? Do I need to update anything?

Any help appreciated...

 

[apfhex]

2006 and 2007 Mac Pros run Vista x64 SP1 just fine. There's nothing special about the 2008 Mac Pros.

I've seen the error you describe — it has something to do with SP1 specifically, being burned from an MSDN ISO file (is that what you have?), but I don't know if it's limited to that or can be an issue with other SP1 discs. There's a way to rip and re-burn the disc so that it will boot. If you Google around you should be able to find the answer, but IIRC it required Windows-only ISO creation software.

 

[NickolasSin]

hey! Had the same problem! It's a VERY COMMON PROBLEM actually.
http://www.jowie.com/post/2008/02/S...t-from-Vista-x64-DVD-burnt-from-iso-file.aspx

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1461295&tstart=0

simple fix...
or you could install a non sp1 vista 64 and update...
you call.

And you're welcome.

 

[moneushot]

thank you guys

Ill give a try to the options described and hopefully this will work...

 

[dimme]

I installed SP1 on a 2008 MacPro with no install problems. It was a OEM disk.