Anybody using Lion and Bootcamp yet? The Good....the Bad.

[DonCarlos]

Thought I would ask if anyone has switched over to Lion and is running Windows under Bootcamp?

I may give it whirl......but my intent is to let this new OS sink in with users and see how it all shakes out before I commit. My SL and W7 are working working perfect.

......but remember I used the word "intent"; in the end we will see how long I hold out.


BUt I think it would be great to start a thread on Lion and Bootcamp; so feel free to add on to this with your comments and observations concerning Bootcamp and Lion.

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HD:Hitachi 7200/16MB/500GB
OS:LION 10.7/WIN-7
Apple wireless keyboard and Magic Magic mouse .
EXT. HD:Lacie D2Quadra-1TB. Firewire.
Monitors: SONY Bravia 32" and
Dell Ultrasharp 2007WFP (Dell makes something right).

[ez061111]

I don't notice any difference between Lion and Snow Leopard in regards to BootCamp (Win7 64-bit). Use it daily and there isn't anything changes that I can see. Running on MBP.
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2.0 GHz i7 Mini 8 GB RAM, OWC Merc Extreme SSD & Samsung Spinpoint
2.6 GHz i7 Mini 16 GB RAM, Samsung 830 & Hitachi
15" 2.3 GHz i7 MBP 16 GB RAM, OWC Extreme Pro 6G SSD & WD Black

[DonCarlos]

That's Great to know. So did you did you do an upgrade to from your SL to Lion or a clean install?

I am hoping that I can just do an in place upgrade and keep my Windows7 intact?

Anything you want to add is appreciated. Thanks
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'08 MacMini C2D/2.0/RAM4GB
HD:Hitachi 7200/16MB/500GB
OS:LION 10.7/WIN-7
Apple wireless keyboard and Magic Magic mouse .
EXT. HD:Lacie D2Quadra-1TB. Firewire.
Monitors: SONY Bravia 32" and
Dell Ultrasharp 2007WFP (Dell makes something right).

[ez061111]

I dl'ed the installer and grabbed the .dmg as installed it on a thumb drive with disk utility (lots of links out there, just do a google search). Didn't do a clean install, just ran the program and i was off to the races.

Nothing was really updated as far as I can tell or if it was it was pretty seamless ... honestly rather boring. But boring is better than issues
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2.0 GHz i7 Mini 8 GB RAM, OWC Merc Extreme SSD & Samsung Spinpoint
2.6 GHz i7 Mini 16 GB RAM, Samsung 830 & Hitachi
15" 2.3 GHz i7 MBP 16 GB RAM, OWC Extreme Pro 6G SSD & WD Black

[DonCarlos]

Well I did take the plunge. I sure held out a long time......


I Kept getting the same error over and over 'Error Cannot install. Recovery System Cannot be Created'

It had to do with Lion having to create a Recovery partition (2 gb) and that could not be done because it was confused by the Windows partition. At least that's what I gather.

What I tried that did not work

-Calling Apple. They claimed they had no knowledge of that error and we discussed some of the possibilities.

-Install by burned dmg Lion DVD, Failure
-Install by dmg Lion copy on USB. Failure
-Install by dmg Lion application that I had saved on desktop. Failure.


What worked

Removed Windows partition: Success

Of course I had to reinstall W7 with my install DVD and then used repair/recovery to get the original W7 image from my external. Good to make an image of your W7 if you haven't already.
***Also BTY the 4 versions I have of my Winclone saved W7 images said the same thing......Will only operate with Leopard or SL versions, hence the need to do a W7 install.

And that's about it for me. Perhaps it depends on other variables not found/or found on my Mini that required the windows partition to get dumped before OS Lion was installed.

I kept wondering was all this worth it? Actually after changing over to Lion I am greatly pleased by the improved gestures and and flow and mail and etc...those little things that make a difference in running Mac OS. I really like and glad I jumped over and glad that W7 jumped over with me.

Hope some of the above information helps someone else.

Keep posting about your Lion with Windows experiences.
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'08 MacMini C2D/2.0/RAM4GB
HD:Hitachi 7200/16MB/500GB
OS:LION 10.7/WIN-7
Apple wireless keyboard and Magic Magic mouse .
EXT. HD:Lacie D2Quadra-1TB. Firewire.
Monitors: SONY Bravia 32" and
Dell Ultrasharp 2007WFP (Dell makes something right).

[ez061111]

Yikes, that sounds like an awful experience. I honestly had no issues and was up and running quickly. I'm not a fan of the Win7 install, so I feel for you having to do it all again.
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2.0 GHz i7 Mini 8 GB RAM, OWC Merc Extreme SSD & Samsung Spinpoint
2.6 GHz i7 Mini 16 GB RAM, Samsung 830 & Hitachi
15" 2.3 GHz i7 MBP 16 GB RAM, OWC Extreme Pro 6G SSD & WD Black

[DonCarlos]