I’ve recently created a DIY Fusion drive (240GB SSD & 1TB HDD) using the core storage commands on my mid 2012 MacBook Pro, I’ve restored from a time machine backup and everything works great. Now I’d like to install bootcamp (Windows 7) on it, but I’m afraid it messes up the Fusion Drive, any Idea on how to do it?
This is what I get when I run diskutil cs list on terminal:
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
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+-- Logical Volume Group 5514A5B9-7A26-4F41-96A7-7AD1294DD4B5
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Name: Fusion
Status: Online
Size: 1238542315520 B (1.2 TB)
Free Space: 6454693888 B (6.5 GB)
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+-< Physical Volume 37A1BA39-C697-4FDF-A32E-14F1EB0BA813
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 0
| Disk: disk0s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 239713435648 B (239.7 GB)
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+-< Physical Volume 579BA9DF-9EE6-46EC-A2D2-1312F394183B
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 1
| Disk: disk1s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 998828879872 B (998.8 GB)
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+-> Logical Volume Family 4F0EB09B-49E3-41A7-9B12-A3A54C19FD73
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Encryption Type: AES-XTS
Encryption Status: Unlocked
Conversion Status: Complete
High Level Queries: Fully Secure
| Passphrase Required
| Accepts New Users
| Has Visible Users
| Has Volume Key
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+-> Logical Volume 46534E51-D59A-4D26-A3C3-AE134E1E057C
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Disk: disk2
Status: Online
Size (Total): 1225582444544 B (1.2 TB)
Revertible: No
Revert Status: Reboot required
LV Name: Macintosh HD
Volume Name: Macintosh HD
Content Hint: Apple_HFS
LVG Type: Fusion, Sparse
Edit: FIXED I’ve tried to do it via BootCamp, I get to the Windows installer without any problem, I format the BootCamp partition but it still says that I can’t install Windows on it (error 0×80300024). How can I fix it?
EDIT: I’ve installed Windows 7, but when I try to boot from the partition I get a “no bootable device” error
New Question:
What if I just swap the drives and leave them swapped? Does the SSD get slower if put in the DVD caddy? Because if not it is probably the best and easier solution.