Multiple OSX Versions + Bootcamp + PD9 + PD10?

I presently run PD9 to access Bootcamp from either OSX 10.6.8 or OSX 10.9.5 (Multiple Partitions). Everything plays nicely.

I purchased PD10 at the beginning of September before realizing that PD10 will not run under OSX 10.6.8. So... here's the question:

Will it be okay to keep my Snow Leopard + PD9 running on one partition... and have Mavericks + PD10 running on another partition... and have BOTH access my bootcamp without any "parallel tools conflicts"? In other words... can I do the following:

[ OSX 10.6.8 + PD9 ] <----> EXACT SAME BOOTCAMP PARTITION <----> [ OSX 10.9.5 + PD10]

Thanks in advance!
Jay

 

Hi,
Interesting set up Sir.
Are you getting any issues with this kind of setup?
Parallels Tools conflict can rise. As the same components are installed in the same places BUT the versions are different of course.
Did you try anything to do already? like booting under PD9 and rebooting under PD 10?
As far as I know, Tools should not ask for reinstallation as this mechanism is activated when Parallels Desktop version currently running is compared with the tools version.
You may post any info regarding this setup in this thread.
Very tricky set up.

 

Sigh. I have not yet tried the PD10 upgrade onto the Mavericks partition
because I didn't want to contaminate my BootCamp partition with PD10 tools...
IF... they would interfere with my presently running PD9 from both Snow-Leopard & Mavericks
partitions (in fact, I've previously accessed BootCamp with partitions 10.7 & 10.8 & PD9 before).

I realize that there are a million combinations of things for Parallels Desktop to account for...
and in TOTAL honesty... my dual-access of BOOTCAMP from both 10.6.8 and 10.9.5
has worked flawlessly and incredibly. I'm a *very* old man yet going back to school
where Windows 7 must work with a wide variety of Microsoft software (Office, SQL server, etc.)
and Java/Netbeans and Web Development tools. EVERYTHING has been working
flawlessly ... even with an EFI-boot modified GTX480, 48GB RAM, multiple SDD MacPro 4,1 Quad.
I have this setup because I need to access legacy stuff in Snow-Leopard (like FreeHand!)...
and I have non-OS partition where all my Adobe CS5.5/CS6 and Cinema4D and "stuff"
lives where BOTH Snow-Leopard&Mavericks can play with it... just like they play with BootCamp/PD9!

I use "SuperDuper" almost daily for Macintosh clone backups... and WinClone for BootCamp/Windows
backups... but I'm pretty busy with midterms until 18 October. I ~may~
consider testing PD10 with 10.9.5 on the Mavericks partition; however, I'm not too
enthusiastic about having to rollback the installation of both Windows7/Bootcamp -AND- OSx10.9.5
at the same time if PD10 tools screw up BootCamp access from 10.6.8/PD9 partition.

That's why I was hoping that somebody has already tried this here! (grin)
Thanks for the feedback... I'll be back!
-jay

 

Sigh; okay... here's what I've learned so far:

FIRST - I wanted to ensure that my WinClone backups were working... so I simulated a disaster ... and took a Windows 7 Image and stuck-it-on a completely new drive; everything worked WELL... including Parallel's access (obviously previous Parallels set-ups are not recognized because it was a new drive/partition; easy fix).
SECOND - I used a backup 2TB drive that had copies of every partition to test this stuff; specifically, I had one partition that had 10.6.8; another that had 10.9.5; and other partitions.... including a hard-drive that was wholly WINDOWS 7 Ultimate (step "FIRST" above)
THIRD - I booted onto my Mavericks backup... and then INSTALLED Parallels version 10 onto that MAC drive (from .dmg). It took awhile to update/load the "Parallels tools" ... perhaps because my backup drive is so terribly slow.
FOURTH - I ensured that Mavericks+Parallels10 could access the "re-constituted" Windows-7-Ultimate partition just fine.
FIFTH - I re-booted from my 10.6.8 backup drive... connected to the SAME Windows Partition that was used in the steps above; observed the message "Tools are outdated; wait for automatic upgrade to complete or upgrade manually"... BUT AFTER UPDATING the TOOLS... 10.6.8+Parallels9 threw one-or-two exceptions (see attached files) ... but then seemed to work PERFECTLY FINE!

IN SUMMARY... IT ~APPEARS~, with LIMITED testing, that THERE'S *NO* PROBLEM with using [10.6.8+Parallels9] to access the EXACT SAME WINDOWS BOOTCAMP VOLUMES as using [10.9.5+Parallels10]. I haven't tested this rigorously... but ALL my applications under Windows 7 Ultimate (including OFFICE, SQL-Server 2012, NetBeans, FireFox/Explorer/Chrome You-name-it... all seemed to work FINE.

It was kind of weird that the Parallel Tools were updated (apparently for the second time) when booting OS-X 10.6.8.... but my limited testing showed "no-problemo".