HOWTO: Install Leopard without DVD (easy way), Install from DMG to extra partition without restart or DVD Options

[bloodniece]

What you need:
DMG of Leopard
Extra partition or external drive to install to.

• Mount the image:
• On mounted install DVD image:
• System>Installation>Packages>OSInstall.mpkg
• Run this app
• Install to new partition or external drive
• you know the rest.

Oh yeah, you still have to set it as the Startup Disk or choose during startup to boot into Leopard. But you knew that!

*****UPDATE*****
When the BSD Subsystem Installer stalls, go to Terminal, type: sudo killall temacs



peace in the middle crease.

Works on Dual 1.8 G5 running 10.4.7
I would suspect it works on Intel Macs.

[Idiotenwiese]

So we just need the easy way to create a partition on the boot volume

[Adrian Fogge]

You could always use the guide that I posted at http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=24532

That will get you a local partition for Time Machine as well as Leopard installed as your Primary OS without needing to use a single DVD. 

As well, you can also use my guide with your original installation media and an external hard drive to back up your data, partition your drive with your old install disk, restore the Leopard image to your Time Machine partition, and then install from your Time Machine partition. 

[fullOut]

Try this

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-89960.html

regards,

[bloodniece]

Oh yeah
Well I have three discs so I'm no help. lol. good luck

[UM-]

i dunno why but its saying it cant open it.

[nigelelliott394]

when i install tiger or leopard all i get is the apple screen and nothing loads from there.

[DeathChill]

I've tried this way but EVERY TIME I've tried it just lets me register and then takes me to the blue screen with the cursor and just hangs.

[ras]

If you get stuck on the blue screen, you have to startup in Safe Mode once (hold down shift when computer is starting) then it will work to start normally.

[linden]

I tried at least 3 times, but I get allways stucked in the Post-Treatment phase of the BSD installation...

Is it Ok, does it take this long (it says 2 minutes left before the end of process, but the bar doesn't progress...) or do I have a real problem ?

I try to install on a second hard disk, without any system on it...

I also tried in safe mode, I still get blocked in the final phase of the installation.

Any comment?

[fullOut]

yeah same here... in console shows Java variable...... something about language...

[linden]

Indeed, I try to install french language...

So the localization would be buggy ??? during an installation ???

[RideMotoX559]

I have a separate partition on an External Drive dedicated to running Leopard but when I try this installation method, it says that I cant boot Mac OSX on that volume...or any other volume for that matter. Help!

[TinFoil209]

I have a separate partition on an External Drive dedicated to running Leopard but when I try this installation method, it says that I cant boot Mac OSX on that volume...or any other volume for that matter. Help!

If you have it hooked up USB and you have a Power PC Mac (g3-g5) then it is correct, hook it up firewire if possible, if you have a intel mac the reverse is the same and hook it up USB.

[RideMotoX559]

Wow. Thanks alot, I diddnt think of that. I actually just got my external HD yeterday. Im new here just came over from MacRumors. They go all Gung-Ho when you talk about Leopard saying its illegal and whatnot. Anyhoo I like it here, thanks for the help.

[RideMotoX559]

Yeah mines getting stuck on the BSD Subsystem install with 6 minutes remaining,

[Blue_Dawg]

Same here, still no solution so far. Kind of a disappointment unless this is not as universal as everyone seems to think.

[Idiotenwiese]

Try this

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-89960.html

regards,

Uhh.. Thanks, that was perfect!
I used parted to shrink my hfs+ partition. It worked fine.
But how can i format this partition (and only this partion) to hfs so that I can use it? Disk Utility just shows me a unformated free space at the end of the harddisk..

Thanks for any help!

[fullOut]

select partition then erase in disk utility.

[Idiotenwiese]

Thanks for your support, fullOut!

I tried to erase that partition by using disk utility after booting my 10.4 installation DVD.
But when I want to erase the free partition it shows me, that all data on the disk (including Volume 1 Macintosh HD) will be lost.

Does this only work on intel macs with boot camp or something?

Sorry for being that stupid. But well, this was easier with partition magic on windoze..