Windows XP and Mac OS X Dual Boot?

[brickybob]

I have a couple questions with dual booting Windows XP and Mac OS X,

I have two hard drives, do I need a boot manager if I have two hard drives?

What's a good freeware boot manager? (I spent enough money on the disc already.)

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[mrlolop]

I have two hard drives, do I need a boot manager if I have two hard drives?

I believe so, as the OSs will be on two separate partitions

[brickybob]

I believe so, as the OSs will be on two separate partitions

I meant two literal hard drives.
Not partitions.

[mrlolop]

I meant two literal hard drives.
Not partitions.

They would be on separate partitions anyway

[brickybob]

They would be on separate partitions anyway

I mean two, physical, non-connected (besides in the same computer) hard drives are partitions?

Not a smartass question, I mean really, are they?

Edit: What about a good bootloader?

[mrlolop]

I mean two, physical, non-connected (besides in the same computer) hard drives are partitions?

Not a smartass question, I mean really, are they?

You have to have two partitions. One is for Windows XP, and the other one is for Max OS X. Since you have two hard drives, you should partition each OS one hard drive.

Edit: What about a good bootloader?

I don't know. This might help.

[XaMMaX211]

bootloader?

try grub.

[Righteous One]

Operating systems create partitions for themselves anyways. I believe that the motherboard will let you choose which to boot from.

And good luck with getting OS X on a computer that isn't a Mac. Not to be rude, but if you have to ask how to do it then you shouldn't be doing it.

[TomTheGeek²]

Mac on PC = Breaking a EULA.

It is very buggy too, only runs on certain hardware.