Q: Unable to Install Windows 8 on secondary Hard Disk

Your disk1 should look something like this on the GPT and MBR side. Entry #4 on the MBR will be type '0C' rather than '07' as shown, since Windows has not yet been installed.

sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=1000555581440; sectorsize=512; blocks=1954210120

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 1954210119

       start        size  index  contents

           0           1         MBR

           1           1         Pri GPT header

           2          32         Pri GPT table

          34           6       

          40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

      409640  1452530904      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

  1452940544     1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

  1454210080         992       

  1454211072   499998720      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7

  1954209792         295       

  1954210087          32         Sec GPT table

  1954210119           1         Sec GPT header

sudo fdisk  /dev/disk0

Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 121643/255/63 [1954210120 sectors]

Signature: 0xAA55

         Starting       Ending

#: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]

------------------------------------------------------------------------

1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>

2: AF 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [    409640 - 1452530904] HFS+      

3: AB 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [1452940544 -    1269536] Darwin Boot

*4: 07 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [1454211072 -  499998720] HPFS/QNX/AUX

The disk partition on the HDD is correct. You are giving it the whole disk - without the EFI.

If you power cycle your Mac and use the Alt key to select the USB, does it bring up the Windows Installer?

Is your USB Datatravel USB3.0 or USB2.0? A USB3.0 creates issues for Windows installation, especially on older Macs.

Yes.

How much effort is it to disconnect the SATA cable from the SSD and try it again? On MacPro machines, Bootcamp is installed by removing all drives except the designated Bootcamp drive.

Also if you do not use the Alt key, does the installation continue?

calojer wrote:

 

Let me understand, if I disconnect the SSD how can I select the Windows DVD on startup?

 

Isn't the startup into the SSD where Mavericks is installed?

 

If I Do not use the Alt Key the insallation continues until the dash on the black screen appears!

 

Your OSX installation is on the SSD, and there is nothing needed from the SSD.

You can select the DVD or USB when you power up and use the Alt Key. That is how you saw the a,b,c,d entries. Without the SSD, you will not see a and b, only c and d will be visible.

The Bootmanager is on the ROM, and that is what needs to be used. For example, if your hard drive  does not work, Command+Opt+R starts Internet Recovery, so the Boot manager is what makes it work.

Looking at the output of the strings command on the BCA binary, this is what I see as supported layouts. There are additional checks for 2TB disk, and SATA and PCI connections. This is from a 15" rMBP Late 2013. (Apple EFI/ESP, AB = Apple Boot, HFS=Standard OSX configuration, PV=Physical Volume - related to CoreStorage volumes, MSReserved - Microsoft System Reserved for EFI booting of Windows, MSDOS - to be converted to NTFS during installation, WinRE - Windows Recovery Environment)  

grep "CHECKING FOR LAYOUT" /tmp/BCA.txt

CHECKING FOR LAYOUT 100=={EFI,HFS,...}

CHECKING FOR LAYOUT 101=={EFI,HFS,AB,...}

CHECKING FOR LAYOUT 102=={EFI,PV,AB,)<2t(,...}

CHECKING FOR LAYOUT 103=={EFI,PV,AB,)>2t(,...}

CHECKING FOR LAYOUT 104=={EFI,PV,AB,)=2t(,PV,AB,...}

CHECKING FOR LAYOUT 200=={EFI,HFS,MSDOS,...}

CHECKING FOR LAYOUT 201=={EFI,HFS,AB,MSDOS,...}

CHECKING FOR LAYOUT 202=={EFI,PV,AB,MSODS,...}

CHECKING FOR LAYOUT 203=={EFI,PV,AB,MSODS,PV,AB,...}

CHECKING FOR LAYOUT 204=={EFI,HFS,MSDOS, WinRE...}

CHECKING FOR LAYOUT 205=={EFI,HFS,AB,MSDOS,WinRE,...}

CHECKING FOR LAYOUT 206=={EFI,PV,AB,MSODS,WinRE...}

CHECKING FOR LAYOUT 207=={EFI,PV,AB,MSODS,PV,AB,WinRE,...}

CHECKING FOR LAYOUT 208=={EFI,HFS,MSReserved,MSDOS, ...}

CHECKING FOR LAYOUT 209=={EFI,HFS,AB,MSReserved,MSDOS,...}

CHECKING FOR LAYOUT 210=={EFI,PV,AB,MSReserved,MSODS,...}

CHECKING FOR LAYOUT 211=={EFI,PV,AB,MSReserved,MSODS,PV,AB,...}

grep -e PCI -e SATA /tmp/BCA.txt

SATA

PCI-Express

Disk %d is not SATA or PCI.

Thanks for posting back. I suspected going back to the "original" hardware layout was the safest method. I assume that now with the Toshiba HDD in the secondary slot, you can use Windows and Startup Disk shows Bootcamp correctly.