Partition Problem / Question

[jedi150]

On my 20" iMac i had this Partitions:

1. 200 MB FAT32 efi
2. 60 GB HFS+ System
3. 160 GB HFS+ Files
4. 14 GB FAT32 for Windows

First, i wanted install Windows on the 4. Partition with 14 GB. But this won't work. During the install the 14 GB Partition was erasing. Now i have 14 GB free Space in the Disk Utility and the 4. Partition isn't shown under Mac OS. Is there a Way, to add the 14 GB Partition again and formatting this with FAT32 under Mac OS or Windows Installer, without repartition/reformatting the whole Disk?

Why must Windows install in the second Partition with the xom.efi Patch? Is there a Way to install it on an other Partition?

[scottnic01]

i don't think it matters how many partitions. mac os won't see the FAT partition after you install mac os. but after u bless the xom file you can load the windows installer, choose the partition that you know is your fat partition, windows will have u format it (even tho it already is), and then u can install. it may take 2 installs of the first half of windows install (blue screen) to actually get u to the gui part of the install. this is because the first time u install, there's no drive letter assigned to the one partition. good luck.