This is the first version of this install guide that has switch from the Chimera method to Clover: Use the latest version of Unibeast and your copy of El Capitan downloaded from the Mac App Store to create a OS X installation USB.Stick with Rufus’s suggested setting for your particular Windows ISO: Use Rufus to create a Windows installation flash drive.

Personally, I used the LinuxLive USB Creator method, but any method will work. You only need a 512MB flash drive for this. The link below has the download and instructions for creating a GParted Live USB.You need to create a GParted Live USB, Windows Install USB, and Mac OS X Install USB.Copy of El Capitan downloaded from Mac App Store.Three flash drives: One needs to be 512MB or larger, Two need to be 8GB or larger.i7-3770K, GIGABYTE GA-Z77N-WIFI, 2x8GB 1600MHz Team Ram, 500GB Samsung 850 EVO, 2x3TB Seagate Barracudas (RAID 0), NVidia GTX 980, Silverstone 600W SFX PSU, NCase M1.For full hardware specs are listed below: I can’t make any guarantees for Z170 or X99. It is very likely that this will work exactly the same for Z87 and Z97 systems as well. I was determined to go with a single drive because I have a SFF case and got an excellent deal on a 500GB Samsung 850 EVO.ĭisclaimer: This method worked on my personal Z77 (Ivy Bridge) system. If you ever want to do updates or restore a corrupted OS, two separate drives are always easier to work with. It should also be said that it would be a lot simpler in the long term to just use a separate physical drive for each operating system. If that is the case, this method isn’t for you, and you should keep looking for something that will work for you. Some people may not own three flash drives or may not want to deal with GParted. Note: First I wanted to say that this is the easiest method I found that works with my workflow. Thus, even though HS and BS both use APFS, they need to be in separate containers.How to Dual Boot El Capitan and Windows 10 on a single SSD *According to this reddit post, installing BS in one volume of a container will cause changes to the container as a whole, and these changes are incompatible with HS.

My question is: Are there any other issues of which I need to be aware?

The only issue I've found in my reading is that BS must be installed in a separate container (i.e., a separate partition) from HS, not merely a separate volume in the same container.* I'm thinking of upgrading the Catalina partition to Big Sur (BS). HS is my primary OS I use Catalina for programs that will no longer run on HS (e.g., Turbo Tax). I'm currently dual-booting High Sierra (HS) and Catalina on a 2014 MacBook Pro without issues.

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