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    Bootcamp for Lion

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by SP Forsythe, Jul 11, 2011.

  1. SP Forsythe

    SP Forsythe Notebook Evangelist

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    Does anyone know, or have suspicion whether Lion can be installed as a second OS under Bootcamp?

    I understand that Lion will have new relaxed restrictions on having multiple instances, such as running two installs, one being on a VM. But can one run Lion alongside Snow Leopard, using bootcamp?

    I ask this, because I have several PowerPC apps that won't be updated to run without Rosetta.
     
    SP Forsythe, Jul 11, 2011
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  2. HLdan

    HLdan Notebook Virtuoso

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    Bootcamp is a utility that allows you to install Windows on a separate partition due to the EFI boot loader. There's no need to use Bootcamp to install Lion on a Mac and maintain Snow Leopard. Just create new boot partition on the drive and install Lion to that partition, that's it.
     
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  3. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    You've always been able to dual boot Mac OS X with other versions of itself... no Bootcamp required.
     
    doh123, Jul 11, 2011
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    xDC, Jul 11, 2011
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