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[How To] Create bootable USB with BOOT-132 loader, Windows required
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This method useful only for already installed OSX with CD Boot.


Requirements: Windows, USB Flash Drive, BOOT-132 CD, 10 minutes of your time...
Thanks alot to: Kabyl, bumby, f41qu3 and all chameleon's... wink.gif

1) Connect you USB Drive and format it as FAT32.

2) Download syslinux from here. (Must be version 3.63)

3) Unpack zip somewhere. (Ex: c:\temp)

4) Open cmd and go to the unpacked folder\win32 directory. (Ex: c:\temp\win32)

5) Run syslinux.exe -ma <drive letter>: (Ex: syslinux.exe -ma f:)

6) Copy all files from CD to your USB Drive (mboot.c32, boot, initrd.img, isolinux.bin)

7) From folder isolinux copy isolinux.cfg to USB Drive root f:\.

8) Rename isolinux.bin to syslinux.sys and isolinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg.

9) Enjoy you bootable USB Bootloader...


The idea after this, is to leave OSX installation untouchable.
To apply all the patches at USB Drive...


After OSX boot's you can edit your initrd.img right on USB Flash, just by attaching initrd.img and drug'n'drop your files inside initd drive.

When you booting from USB Drive, your Hard Drive going to be a Secondary, you must to enter 81 not 80 to boot.

If you want your OSX to start automatically, open syslinux.cfg, right after DEFAULT.... add APPEND biosdev=<your hdd id> (Ex: APPEND biosdev=81)
So your syslinux.cfg should looks like this:

CODE
PROMPT 0
TIMEOUT 90
DEFAULT /mboot.c32 /boot --- /initrd.img
APPEND biosdev=81


USB Files: http://www.mediafire.com/?d9nzydnj3vz (You just need to add your initrd.img.)
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- STiCKpIN   [How To] Create bootable USB with BOOT-132 loader   Jul 10 2008, 06:47 PM
- - f41qu3   Good new method. Links on official topic are updat...   Jul 11 2008, 10:54 AM
- - DivXBoy   Nice! Looking for a way to add a splash screen...   Jul 11 2008, 05:36 PM
- - stickpin   DivXBoy, If you want your OSX to start automatica...   Jul 11 2008, 10:35 PM
|- - DivXBoy   QUOTE (stickpin @ Jul 12 2008, 12:35 AM) ...   Jul 12 2008, 04:27 PM
|- - nishadks   QUOTE (stickpin @ Jul 11 2008, 10:35 PM) ...   Jul 15 2008, 02:37 AM
- - mitch_de   Hi, thanks. I can boot my OS X HD1 and OS X HD2 wi...   Jul 11 2008, 11:44 PM
- - stickpin   You cant boot from DVD only from the Hard Drive......   Jul 12 2008, 06:24 AM
|- - mitch_de   QUOTE (stickpin @ Jul 12 2008, 08:24 AM) ...   Jul 12 2008, 07:02 AM
- - amantheboy   working on the splash screen will post results soo...   Jul 12 2008, 07:23 AM
- - Gorcik   When I try to boot from USB I've got message: ...   Jul 13 2008, 05:58 AM
|- - Warl0ck   QUOTE (Gorcik @ Jul 13 2008, 07:58 AM) Wh...   Jul 14 2008, 11:39 AM
- - superfaen   I got the usb boot to work. It's just great. N...   Jul 13 2008, 06:10 PM
- - DocShadow   I figured that part out this evening for my setup....   Jul 14 2008, 02:43 AM
- - boxer82003   not sure why i cant get this to work is there a bi...   Jul 14 2008, 04:07 AM
- - DocShadow   boxer82003 .... Depends on your board but I need...   Jul 14 2008, 11:40 AM
- - Warl0ck   QUOTE Could not find kernel image: linux ok.. I f...   Jul 14 2008, 11:51 AM
- - trauma23   Hy Sickpin, I have a problem when i try to boot f...   Jul 14 2008, 12:02 PM
- - macgirl   I manage to install with this method but to a smal...   Jul 14 2008, 04:31 PM
|- - f41qu3   QUOTE (macgirl @ Jul 14 2008, 01:31 PM) I...   Jul 14 2008, 04:50 PM
- - macgirl   Don't tell me that, I had the solution under m...   Jul 14 2008, 05:08 PM
|- - f41qu3   QUOTE (macgirl @ Jul 14 2008, 02:08 PM) D...   Jul 14 2008, 05:10 PM
- - macgirl   Also I will try the mod to the ACPIPlatform... QU...   Jul 14 2008, 05:37 PM
|- - DocShadow   QUOTE (macgirl @ Jul 14 2008, 01:37 PM) A...   Jul 14 2008, 05:46 PM
- - macgirl   I have 4 sata drives, does the USB should be the 5...   Jul 14 2008, 06:00 PM
- - DocShadow   Me too ... 2 XP drives and 2 OSX drives My board ...   Jul 14 2008, 06:42 PM
- - macgirl   Thanks for the link , I read it two days ago, and...   Jul 14 2008, 10:00 PM
- - stickpin   Hey to all and thanks for all your replies! Re...   Jul 15 2008, 06:54 AM
|- - nishadks   QUOTE (stickpin @ Jul 15 2008, 06:54 AM) ...   Jul 15 2008, 07:39 AM
|- - chrisHHR   QUOTE (nishadks @ Jul 15 2008, 02:39 AM) ...   Sep 11 2008, 09:17 PM
|- - chrisHHR   QUOTE (chrisHHR @ Sep 11 2008, 04:17 PM) ...   Sep 16 2008, 05:30 PM
|- - chrisHHR   QUOTE (chrisHHR @ Sep 16 2008, 12:30 PM) ...   Oct 18 2008, 03:36 AM
- - Fresh1   hello wondering if anyone can tell me why this met...   Jul 28 2008, 07:57 PM
|- - chopperreid   QUOTE (Fresh1 @ Jul 28 2008, 08:57 PM) he...   Jul 29 2008, 02:34 AM
|- - Fresh1   QUOTE (chopperreid @ Jul 29 2008, 02:34 A...   Jul 29 2008, 03:08 AM
- - lourens123   Is it possible to use this method not to boot from...   Jul 29 2008, 03:52 PM
- - quis   newbie's ask... with this method i don't ...   Jul 30 2008, 02:51 AM
- - stickpin   quis, yes you dont need any efi installed. BOOT-13...   Jul 31 2008, 04:24 AM
- - quis   Awesome! So if I wanna try this out, I...   Jul 31 2008, 05:42 AM
- - Abysmal   For all of those having boot errors --> set bi...   Jul 31 2008, 07:40 PM
- - harbri   Hi, I've also installed it to a small partiti...   Aug 3 2008, 03:07 PM
- - clockworx   I imaged the retail DVD to a USB drive, and ensure...   Aug 7 2008, 01:42 PM
- - clockworx   I don't know if anyone is still monitoring thi...   Aug 12 2008, 03:58 PM
- - Fourof4   QUOTE Should extensions from the initrd image show...   Aug 12 2008, 09:47 PM
- - alanlcarlos   Solution for who copied the AppleACPIPlatform.kext...   Aug 13 2008, 01:44 AM
- - r1shot   stickpin Just want to let you know that I am usin...   Aug 14 2008, 05:59 PM
- - MjP99   Hello all. I used this method to boot mt ECS 945GC...   Aug 23 2008, 05:48 AM
- - MACinized   QUOTE (STiCKpIN @ Jul 11 2008, 02:47 AM) ...   Sep 1 2008, 02:42 PM
- - MACinized   update: tried this method & it's really aw...   Sep 2 2008, 04:46 AM
- - stickpin   QUOTE (MACinized @ Sep 2 2008, 07:46 AM) ...   Sep 9 2008, 09:22 AM
|- - MACinized   QUOTE (stickpin @ Sep 9 2008, 05:22 PM) T...   Sep 9 2008, 09:53 AM
- - chrisHHR   I can't get this to work. Admittedly I haven...   Sep 11 2008, 04:30 AM
|- - MACinized   QUOTE (chrisHHR @ Sep 11 2008, 12:30 PM) ...   Sep 11 2008, 08:06 AM
- - JaE-V   thanks for this   Sep 17 2008, 08:53 PM
- - falconpilot   thx!   Sep 22 2008, 04:09 PM
- - Warl0ck   btw you don't need windows to do the syslinux ...   Sep 23 2008, 08:37 PM
- - Warl0ck   btw you don't need windows to do the syslinux ...   Sep 23 2008, 08:37 PM
|- - MACinized   QUOTE (Warl0ck @ Sep 24 2008, 04:37 AM) b...   Sep 23 2008, 11:07 PM
|- - overshoot   QUOTE (MACinized @ Sep 23 2008, 11:07 PM)...   Oct 16 2008, 08:12 AM
- - MikeHunt79   I got a 16gb USB stick recently... Would it be pos...   Oct 23 2008, 05:33 PM
|- - MACinized   QUOTE (MikeHunt79 @ Oct 24 2008, 01:33 AM...   Oct 24 2008, 03:03 AM
|- - MikeHunt79   QUOTE (MACinized @ Oct 24 2008, 04:03 AM)...   Oct 24 2008, 06:38 PM
- - nebuluz   Did just test this method for usb, my boot cd work...   Oct 24 2008, 05:46 PM
- - nebuluz   Does this one works with com.apple.Boot.plist, i c...   Oct 24 2008, 10:12 PM
|- - MACinized   QUOTE (nebuluz @ Oct 25 2008, 06:12 AM) D...   Oct 24 2008, 11:51 PM
|- - nebuluz   QUOTE (MACinized @ Oct 24 2008, 11:51 PM)...   Oct 25 2008, 03:24 AM
|- - MACinized   QUOTE (nebuluz @ Oct 25 2008, 11:24 AM) H...   Oct 27 2008, 11:32 AM
- - slipttees   show me "Boot Error" wtf ? PS: Windo...   Oct 27 2008, 02:49 AM
- - tomnic   It also works booting from usb to usb... one usb p...   Oct 29 2008, 05:50 PM
|- - Jazzle   QUOTE (tomnic @ Oct 29 2008, 06:50 PM) It...   Nov 7 2008, 11:19 PM
- - NOYFB   QUOTE (STiCKpIN @ Jul 10 2008, 06:47 PM) ...   Nov 10 2008, 01:40 PM
|- - MACinized   QUOTE (NOYFB @ Nov 10 2008, 09:40 PM) Q: ...   Nov 10 2008, 02:49 PM
- - NOYFB   QUOTE (STiCKpIN @ Jul 10 2008, 06:47 PM) ...   Nov 10 2008, 02:51 PM
|- - chopperreid   QUOTE (NOYFB @ Nov 10 2008, 02:51 PM) The...   Nov 10 2008, 03:04 PM
- - chrisdarl   Okay, I've read through all the comments.. I f...   Nov 18 2008, 06:45 PM
- - mytsrplx   This is a great tutorial however I just wanted to ...   Nov 22 2008, 08:27 PM
- - Exia25   At step 5, 5) Run syslinux.exe -ma <drive lett...   Nov 28 2008, 04:01 PM
- - chrisdarl   it doesn't come up with any message.. just as ...   Dec 15 2008, 07:41 PM
- - Opes   My USB drive wont boot. It just hangs at Verifying...   Jan 9 2009, 05:20 AM
|- - Colaly   QUOTE (Opes @ Jan 9 2009, 02:20 PM) My US...   Jan 9 2009, 05:56 PM
|- - Opes   QUOTE (Colaly @ Jan 9 2009, 05:56 PM) Usb...   Jan 12 2009, 11:34 AM
|- - rockstarjoe   QUOTE (Opes @ Jan 12 2009, 06:34 AM) Than...   Jan 12 2009, 06:15 PM
- - Exia25   One Question: Can e USB Boot 132 loader be used du...   Feb 3 2009, 06:40 AM
|- - MACinized   QUOTE (Exia25 @ Feb 3 2009, 02:40 PM) One...   Feb 3 2009, 11:18 AM
- - Exia25   Ok....But now I having problem with e boot loader,...   Feb 4 2009, 04:28 AM
- - Swhay   Quick question. I am currently using this method, ...   Feb 4 2009, 11:24 AM
- - brwalias   total noob here. regardign: QUOTE USB Files: ht...   Feb 6 2009, 07:29 PM
- - smidge   hey all, i could be missing something REALLY basic...   Feb 16 2009, 11:59 AM
- - alvin777   Hi Stickpin. Thank you for this and those involved...   Feb 22 2009, 10:48 PM
- - alvin777   Hi. When I boot to the USB it displays the Syslinu...   Feb 23 2009, 01:46 AM
|- - mxL   Can anyone confirm this method works on GA-965P-DS...   Feb 23 2009, 10:41 AM
- - mxL   Ok Solved My Problem, Just Formatted the damn USB ...   Feb 23 2009, 11:33 AM
- - savestheday   I've read through this entire tutorial and act...   Mar 26 2009, 01:21 PM
|- - savestheday   QUOTE (savestheday @ Mar 26 2009, 08:21 A...   Mar 30 2009, 03:49 PM
- - artofware   QUOTE (STiCKpIN @ Jul 10 2008, 10:47 AM) ...   Mar 29 2009, 03:36 PM
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- - nooor   hi guys.... i already follow steps. copy image fil...   Apr 10 2009, 01:37 AM
- - daslicht   What about using a IDE DOM (Flash) Module instead ...   Jul 20 2009, 05:57 PM
- - otros   Working great on my end (gigabyte p35-ds3l), thank...   Jul 25 2009, 08:02 AM
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