Yeap it's possible with a minor text edit of one file. Instructions can be found here:
http://www.blogsdna.com/3083/how-to-upgrade-windows-7-beta-build-7000-to-windows-7-rc-build-7100.htm
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Yeap it's possible with a minor text edit of one file. Instructions can be found here:
http://www.blogsdna.com/3083/how-to-upgrade-windows-7-beta-build-7000-to-windows-7-rc-build-7100.htm
I use TransMac on x64 windows installs. Its not as nice as MacDrive, but it gets the job done.
Had a lot of trouble getting it to work but finally have build 7100 RC1 x64 working on my iMac.
I already had the x86 loaded via Boot Camp and the boot loader recognized the 7100 x64 version and let me install it.
A helluva lot of problems with drivers though. I loaded the LIMO patch which let me get x64 Boot Camp loaded. Then I downloaded the 2.1 drivers and installed those.
It showed that the coprocessor was an unknown device and sound wasn't working after the Boot Camp driver install. I manually loaded the Realtek drivers from the OS X cd and loaded the x64 Nvidia drivers for the northbridge manually and so far all of the hardware is recognized and sound works again.
Windows Experience gives this machine a healthy 6.2. I am just using the MS supplied drivers for my iMacs Radeon 4850 card for now, I might go check for an update from ATI in a few weeks though.
I already had the x86 loaded via Boot Camp and the boot loader recognized the 7100 x64 version and let me install it.
A helluva lot of problems with drivers though. I loaded the LIMO patch which let me get x64 Boot Camp loaded. Then I downloaded the 2.1 drivers and installed those.
It showed that the coprocessor was an unknown device and sound wasn't working after the Boot Camp driver install. I manually loaded the Realtek drivers from the OS X cd and loaded the x64 Nvidia drivers for the northbridge manually and so far all of the hardware is recognized and sound works again.
Windows Experience gives this machine a healthy 6.2. I am just using the MS supplied drivers for my iMacs Radeon 4850 card for now, I might go check for an update from ATI in a few weeks though.
once you're in OS X, go to system prefs, startup disk, and select your OS X partition as startup disk. then you should be good
Okay, I did that, hopefully it works. I don't see the Win7 Boot Camp partition listed there too, isn't it supposed to show up? I have a BOOTCAMP disk on the OS X desktop but nothing showing up for it in the system prefs.
That's an Apple bug. For some reason it doesn't show Vista or Windows 7 partitions in system preferences on OSX.
K thanks I will try that out.
I was able to get Macdrive to install (off of a Mod'd copy with a scripted installer) but it either had SERIOUS driver issues and caused Win7 to not start up, or it had a virus and caused it not to start up. Well, a system restore later (which works quite nicely now, I was impressed) and I was running again, but methinks I will either try Transmac or just deal with it until the Macdrive people pull their heads out of their @$$'s and offer real 64-bit support...
Yeah, I've had this bug since day of using Windows 7. Don't worry, it's not just you. I just hold "option" when starting up as a quick fix in the meantime.
For those of you running the RC (build 7100), what do you think of it stability-wise? I've been using the x64 7068 build and have found it to be pretty flawless.
i just installed 7 rc x64 last night so i havent played with it much but so far it is great, very fast, i did have some trouble with drivers and such but i got it worked out, got that silly watermark off and loaded up dvdfab and empire total war and im all set to go...
it's running great for me, but the bootcamp drivers don't seem to work for my macbook keyboard. other than that, i really like it so far
As stable as all the previous versions
I haven't had any issues at all so far. It's quicker than the previous builds though.
Finally, public release is out, downloading now. Very interested to see how my new MBP is going to handle this
Seen on the release notes that although it's valid till June 2010, it'll start shutting down every 2 hours from 1st March 2010? That's a bit sly
Seen on the release notes that although it's valid till June 2010, it'll start shutting down every 2 hours from 1st March 2010? That's a bit sly
I do. But I use it to boot vista (downloading Win 7 right now because I HATE VISTA!!! How can an OS be so buggy?)
rEFIt works flawlessly and is very handy. Give it a try if you are tempted as you can allways uninstall it easally.
Getting the release now. First time I'm letting a microsoft OS on my new machine. To be fair, I don't need it - but I am curious so I just waited for the RC.
Don't have to wait long... 10 mins to download the ISO, hitting 7MB/s +... Great servers they're hosting it on, I must say...
Don't have to wait long... 10 mins to download the ISO, hitting 7MB/s +... Great servers they're hosting it on, I must say...
Yeah this week anyway - when I finally got a connection last Thursday I could only get 300K.Don't have to wait long... 10 mins to download the ISO, hitting 7MB/s +... Great servers they're hosting it on, I must say...
I have found that burning the ISO file with Disk Utility prevents this error. Otherwise there are guides on the web for how to get around this with Nero or whatever.
Haven't tried those yet but I've been playing COD5 this weekend without any problems.
Depends. If you have a CD Mac then 32. If you have a C2D or i7 then either, but might as well give 64 bit a try as long as the apps you'll be using have 64 bit drivers.
The VMWare Fusion blog has posted an install guide here -> http://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/2009/05/windows-7-on-mac-with-vmware-fusion-a-practical-guide-revisited.html