I bought my iMac 24" months ago and upgraded 4 Gb RAM immediately after bought. But I was using XP 32bit in the past months, the reason is simple. First, Apple does not officially support VISTA b4. The result is that you cannot install Boot Camp without a little trick. Secondly, 4 Gb RAM can still be used under 32bit system by using PAE (Physical Address Extension). I really dont want to risk my hours to re-install OS.
Recently I get more and more interesting in WCF TCP binding in IIS, I have no choice to get VISTA on my machine. (Well, VMWARE is pain to use during development) It gives me a chance to think should I get 64 bit VISTA instead 32bit. No matter which one, I will need to spend hours on it, nothing to lose. ^_^.
Right, back to my story. Trying to install VISTA 64 on my iMac last week, Boot Camp wizard, partition, reboot to install, everything Apple done is smooth, beautiful and easy.
After machine rebooted, load disc, stop!!!!!
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Select CD-ROM Boot Type :
This first message VISTA 64 gave me. As explained by Microsoft:
This problem occurs because the ETFSBOOT.COM program does not handle file versions according to the International Standards Organization (ISO) 9660 specification.
Note The ETFSBOOT.COM program creates the CD boot sector.
The ISO 9660 specification instructs that a name for a file record should consist of the file name that is followed by the file version. Also, the specification instructs that you must separate the file name and the file version by a semicolon. For example, the following file record is valid:
FileName;1
The Windows PE file system driver handles the file version as an option. However, the ETFSBOOT.COM program cannot locate the Setupldr.bin/Bootmgr file if you use a file version.
Google the answer, you may find a quite complex solution from Jowie
Or a much more simple solution by Sergio, I used Sergio's way,because I am using a DVD instead of image, my procedure is a little easier.
1. Download oscdimg (external link) and put it in a easy access path, such as c:\
2. Check the space on your hard disk, make sure there is 3.6G at lease space on one of your disk partition.
3. Open a command console and run
oscdimg -n -m -be:\boot\etfsboot.com e:\ c:\vista64.iso
e: is DVD drive
After it finishes (around 5 minutes on my computer), just burn it to disk as normal, and you should be able to boot into VISTA installation wizard now.
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