Chimera does not boot Windows 8

[TheAppleFreak]

So I decided to get back into Hackintoshing not long ago, and I figured I would install it on my PC. I obtained a hard drive for OS X, installed it via Unibeast/Multibeast, and put the drive in the computer. Chimera successfully sees and boots my OS X installation and the Windows 7 installation on the other drive in the system. No problems there.

Things got messy when I tried installing Windows 8, though. I partitioned about 160 GB off of my Windows 7 drive and installed Windows 8 on there through a Powershell script (it would install Windows 8 to a VHD or a partition directly from the ISO, no rebooting required). I then ran bcdboot.exe on the Windows 8 partition, and shut down. Chimera sees the Windows 8 partition alongside my other partitions, but when I try booting it it hangs at a black screen and eventually reboots. I can still start into OS X and Windows 7.

How can I get Chimera to boot Windows 8? Should I install another version of Chameleon over Chimera?

 

[ksurowiec23]

well since windows 8 isnt fully developed yet, it might only to be booted singlely, and ik this sounds to simple but it probaly just isnt ready to be dual booted.

 

[plexi]

You can dual boot with Lion and Win 8, using Chimera.

Install Lion
Run MB/add DSDT, etc
Make another partition as Fat 32
Install Win 8 reformatting the Fat 32 partition to NTFS from the Win 8 installer
Boot back into Lion using Rboot or another HDD with Lion/Chimera on it (make sure that HDD is plugged into the first SATA)
Re-install Chimera
Set plist for instant menu
Enjoy....

 

[ainsoph]

Plexi, does this process work the same if I have 2 HDs, one for each OS?

 

[plexi]

Good question!
I've only tried em both on the same HDD.

Works fine with one HDD.

On another note, DSDT Editor works fine on Win 8 once Java has been installed, so you can extract a true vanilla dsl to edit a DSDT for OSX

 

[AppleAcolyte]

I had 1 helluva time dual booting Lion and Windows 8. What ended up working was:

1: Use Disk utility in OS X to create MSDOS Fat partition of the size you desire and name it Windows 8 or whatever you want.

2: Boot into Windows 8 installer, format Fat (Windows 8) partition to NTFS and install. Let it reboot and complete installation.

3: Install EasyBCD from within Windows.
(I installed an OS X entry but it refused to work so I deleted it)

4: Run repair tools from within EasyBCD

5: Boot from you rBoot disk and get into your Lion partition.

6: Run Multibeast and select all your usual options (DSDT, Audio etc...) then reboot.

7: When you reboot, Chimera should allow you to either boot into Lion or the Windows (EasyBCD) BootLoader...

Hope this helps...

 

[wormyrocks]

Bump bump!

So after partitioning my SSD - using Boot Camp Utility - and booting to my Windows partition - which worked - I was greeted with this error message, even after formatting the partition with the Windows 8 installer.



Anyone else getting this?

Edit: after consulting the internet, I tried to fix the GPT from the Windows command line using the bootrec /fixmbr and bootrec /fixboot command. Those didn't work. Just thought I'd share.

 

[jhomer_iori619]

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^ I experienced it too.. I tried to install Windows 7 first then custom install Windows 8, it worked but Chimera doesn't show Windows 8.

 

[dojrude]

Reinstalled entire system today the same as I did with Windows 7, only this time with Windows 8.

Partitioned the drive in disk utility, installed Windows 8 to Partition 3, then installed Mountain Lion to Partition 2.

Now when booting, I no longer have an option to select Windows. Strangely though, my external disk, formatted through Windows 7 is available as a selection.

Has the version/format of NTFS changed with Windows 8?

Thanks.

 

[smolderas]

What kind of version does your bootloader have?