Vexel Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Okay folks, :Edit: Make sure your USB key is formatted as "Mac OS Extended Journaled" first! (Otherwise, it can't clone.) It took me a while to figure this out.. so, I thought I would share with everyone. First, create your custom .ISO with the Slimbuild Application from ~Galaxy - Slimbuild Then, mount it. Clone it with Disk Utility to your USB Key. You do this by dragging the mounted images to the source/destination lines in Disk Utility's Restore section. Choose "Erase Destination." Then, Restore. Disk Utility will do its thing, then, you should see your USB Key pop up as a complete clone of your custom .ISO. Now, in order to make it bootable, you must download Chameleon. Run Chameleon and choose your USB key as your destination! Voila, completely bootable custom USB key made with OS X! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vexel Posted October 13, 2008 Author Share Posted October 13, 2008 Now what I'm working on is creating a clone of my Leo Install Disk and installing it to an External Drive. This way, I can use the USB Key and the clone of my Leo disk to do an install on my internal drive. I'll report how this goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmacintosh Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Hey vexel, that's what I like - nice and easy does it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haroldc Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Yes very good indeed. Thank you Although creating one with syslinux at least once is very useful for learning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipttees Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 oow thx, very big easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeHunt79 Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Nice, I've been looking to try and do this for a while. I picked up a 16gb sandisk cruzer, but I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to boot OSX from it! Do oyu also have osx itself on the USB stick? I've been trying to get it down to less than 6gb... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Québécois Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Nice tutorial ! Is the osx is modified to doesn't write and erase some tempory files on the USB ? Because the usb KEY have a limited write possiblity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuebeker Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 I keep getting: System config file '/com.apple.boot.s/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist' not found Any clues / solutions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josephien Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 i had the same thing, i just copied my systems com.apple.boot.plist to the location specified on the usb stick (just remove the plist thing in front of your warning for the location) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuebeker Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Okay folks, :Edit: Make sure your USB key is formatted as "Mac OS Extended Journaled" first! (Otherwise, it can't clone.) It took me a while to figure this out.. so, I thought I would share with everyone. First, create your custom .ISO with the Slimbuild Application from ~Galaxy - Slimbuild Then, mount it. Clone it with Disk Utility to your USB Key. You do this by dragging the mounted images to the source/destination lines in Disk Utility's Restore section. Choose "Erase Destination." Then, Restore. Disk Utility will do its thing, then, you should see your USB Key pop up as a complete clone of your custom .ISO. Now, in order to make it bootable, you must download Chameleon. Run Chameleon and choose your USB key as your destination! Voila, completely bootable custom USB key made with OS X! Has any one got this method to work? Dual boot? i had the same thing, i just copied my systems com.apple.boot.plist to the location specified on the usb stick (just remove the plist thing in front of your warning for the location) Thanks for the hint. I tried it but now it's complaining about not being able to find a kernel. Do you have to modify the com.apple.Boot.plist? Maybe add the available HD's or partitions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizzord Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Hi, I get the same error when starting from the CD. And how do you make the PC start from the USB-stick? I made one both with the tool by chameleon and by cloning a boot-cd that works on my PC and couldn't get either one to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightalon Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 One thing that helped me was hitting F8, then Esc, then switching discs, then waiting the drive lamp to go off, then hitting Enter. Seriously, knowing this would have saved me several hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stradfred Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I keep getting:System config file '/com.apple.boot.s/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist' not found Any clues / solutions? I have the same problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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