Hi all,
I've got SL running on my MacBook and it's great. Big fan. What isn't great is M-Audio's driver support for my soundcard. So for the time being at least I need to dual boot into a Windows environment to get my FireWire sound happening.
Now I've done a lot of dual or triple booting in the past but this has never involved OS X. Therefore I ask of you some tips for the best way to go about this.
Is it a case of using Boot Camp? How should I format the Windows partition (e.g. file system)? Are there any special hoops to jump thru' or is everything pretty straightforward? Will installing Windows bork my GRUB or equivalent? [Sorry: n00b alert - I've only done this in Linux environments before.] Will it be easy enough to wipe the Windows partition when M-Audio gets its act into gear re: driver support? That is, can one easily grow a HFS+ file system?
Is it possible to set up my second partition for Leopard? (M-Audio has drivers for my card all the way up to 10.5.8.) Can I install Leopard on an external HDD? How is this done?
Whilst I'm at it, I'm thinking about popping on a GNU/Linux variant too. Which file system would you recommend in this case?
Also, if there are any comprehensive guides out there I'd be keen to pointed in their direction.
If even half these questions could be answered by you gerbils I'd be eternally grateful...
Many thanks!
Pedro.