Comments on: Dual Boot OS X Leopard Tiger (10.5 10.4) Installation

By: MacGuy

MacGuy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:11:23 +0000

Thank you! When I originally installed 10.5 my older software would not work on it (specifically Qmaster) so I thought I was going to be out a couple of hundred dollars upgrading to FCS, but I tried this and now have 10.5 and 10.3.9 running on my single core, 1.8 ghz, late 2005 model PowerMac G5. When I want to edit video, I boot in 10.3.9 and when I want to surf the web (I couldn’t upgrade to Flash 9 in 10.3.9) I boot in 10.5
I followed your instructions to the letter and it worked great!
Thanks again!

By: Rio671

Rio671 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:09:34 +0000

I have Leopard and Tiger installed in two separate partitions an external Hard Drive. It seems that every time I boot from Leopard, it does a check on the Tiger partition and tries to repair it. I’m not sure if it is related, but now I have to redo the Tiger partition altogether. Could the Leopard “system check” trying to repair the Tiger partition actually damage it?

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:59:02 +0000

ugh, so just saw the comment above fr Mac Genius…disregard previous question

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:57:04 +0000

Can this be done the other way around? (I’m assuming yes)

My wife got a new MacBook pro w/ Leopard pre-installed, but needs 10.4 to run Photoshop 7.

Thanks!

By: Owen

Owen — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:59:28 +0000

Hi,

to all those who have successfully done this. Is it all working out OK?
I am hoping to do this, but a worker in a computer (mac) store said that they didn’t advise it and that they could corrupt each other???!!! I don’t see how but am no expert and now he has planted a seed of doubt in my mind.

I need to keep Tiger for running Pro Tools software, but want Leopard for most other things.

For people that have been using this dual boot method for a while now, have your experiences been good?

Or is there any potential problems lurking down the line??

Thanks

By: Christian

Christian — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:32:08 +0000

michael,

You’re missing the part where retail Tiger disks don’t contain Intel code; only the model-specific DVDs that came with the respective computers contain the Tiger code needed to install on those machines.

So Mac Geinus appears to be correct; I will have to look at my retail copy of Tiger at home myself to confirm.

-Christian

By: Troy

Troy — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:35:57 +0000

Do you have to make the partiton using the install disc or can you just go into disc utility and make the partition in there, i am currently running OSX Leopard and want to install OSX Tiger on a Partition. I understood the process, but i think i would be easier to just make the partiton in disc utility on the currently running OS and then install the 2nd OS From there. But i might be wrong im just wondering … lol

By: michael

michael — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:05:47 +0000

and P.S to the so called mac genius
thats because its not a retail disk, it was a disk designed for that particular type of mac…hence it being shipped with that mac, goose.
if you got you hands on a GENUINE RETAIL disk, i very very much doubt you would have the same problem, moron
!!!!!!

GOOSE!!!!

By: michael

michael — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:02:54 +0000

I get the whole install both leopard and tiger thing, for me thats a no-brainer but what about using boot camp with tiger, how would i go about not deleting the tiger partition
??

By: Mac Geinus (Not his job!!)

Mac Geinus (Not his job!!) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:37:01 +0000

EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO INSTALL TIGER ON THEIR LEOPARD MACHINES:

Mac OS X 10.4 will NOT install on ANY machines that shipped with Leopard.
The drivers will not run the hardware sufficiently. Tiger does NOT have the drivers for the specific graphic card, processor core, etc. that is not the EXACT same model. If I used the Tiger install disk that came with this PowerBook, for example, it would not install on any other model of Mac, even a PowerBook G4, of a different generation. That being said, the same applies to your iMacs and MacBooks, etc. They are too new to run Tiger! So just sell the copy of whatever program it is you need to run, and wait for the Leopard compatible version. Remember, eBay is a click away!