#1
Posted 20 December 2009 - 07:36 PM
My friends mac doesnt have a DVD drive. I already was able to rip it into a DMG file. so how can i take that and make it a bootable USB?
#2
Posted 21 December 2009 - 01:16 AM
then use 'cp -a' under a linux distro in order to copy the dvd-files onto the usb pendrive.
#3
Posted 21 December 2009 - 01:25 AM
#4
Posted 23 December 2009 - 12:19 AM
#5
Posted 23 December 2009 - 02:21 AM
yea i get wat u guys r saying. it broke though. thats y i need a USB. we were gonna reinstall 10.6 so i need a way to burn the retail .dmg to my 8GB USB.
Transmac for Windows (2-week trial) can format USB drives for mac and restore .dmg files to USB drives.
Download Transmac and install in Windows
In the right-side panel of Transmac, right click on your USB Drive >> Format Disk >> Format with Disk Image (see attached screenshot)
Point to your .dmg file and click Open.
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#6
Posted 23 December 2009 - 03:53 PM
#7
Posted 23 December 2009 - 05:25 PM
Transmac for Windows (2-week trial) can format USB drives for mac and restore .dmg files to USB drives.
Download Transmac and install in Windows
In the right-side panel of Transmac, right click on your USB Drive >> Format Disk >> Format with Disk Image (see attached screenshot)
Point to your .dmg file and click Open.
Is there a trick to get it to see your USB drive? Mine won't show up in transmac.
I've managed to open up a image I created from my SD card using macdrive and I was able to edit that image. If I could just get it to see my USB stick i'd be set.
Edit - I figured it out. Had to run as admin.
#8
Posted 29 January 2010 - 01:05 PM
ok i did all that, and it said i had to expand the .dmg so i did. Now when i tried, it just said Error writing to Mac Disk.
I am getting the same error. Did u somehow fix it?
#9
Posted 29 January 2010 - 01:52 PM
I am getting the same error. Did u somehow fix it?
Guys why don't you give a try on this way!!
incase of making OSX USB Bootable Drive on WINDOWS u need few things u can google it to find
1) 8GB USB drive (atleast or more OR USB HARD)
2) Ultra ISO
3) OSX DVD Installer
4) Windows PC (xp,vista,7) with DVD ROM
And easy to get done in few steps
On Windows PC Format your USB drive in normal FAT32 format
Install Ultra ISO Run it ''As Adminitration'' if on Vista or Win7...put OSX Installer DVD in ROM go
to 'Tools' n select 'Make DVD Image' option...n save it as Standard .ISO file on desire location
Now in Ultra ISO go to 'Bootable' and choose option ''Write Disk Image...''
there you select USB Drive...brows .ISO file....choose Write Method ''USB-HDD+'' and get done in an hour may be less
hope this will help
and if you dont have DVD ROM available but u already have DMG file in system then u simply turn your file extension .DMG to .ISO n follow...
#10
Posted 29 January 2010 - 03:05 PM
and if you dont have DVD ROM available but u already have DMG file in system then u simply turn your file extension .DMG to .ISO n follow...
Thanks for replying.
How do i change it to iso? I renamed it but Its not that simple here....See the shot
#11
Posted 29 January 2010 - 03:21 PM
In explorer options, configure to show file extensions, then remove the .dmg extension.How do i change it to iso? I renamed it but Its not that simple here....See the shot
#12
Posted 29 January 2010 - 05:55 PM
ok i did all that, and it said i had to expand the .dmg so i did. Now when i tried, it just said Error writing to Mac Disk.
I am getting the same error. Did u somehow fix it?
expand ??
why should that be necessary ??
i made all my install stuff with transmac and there is no need for "expanding"!!
transmac is the fastest way to get it done
save the dvd as dmg image and the format the usb drive with that image - thats all
nothing to epand in this workflow
#13
Posted 29 January 2010 - 07:00 PM
Transmac for Windows (2-week trial) can format USB drives for mac and restore .dmg files to USB drives.
Download Transmac and install in Windows
In the right-side panel of Transmac, right click on your USB Drive >> Format Disk >> Format with Disk Image (see attached screenshot)
Point to your .dmg file and click Open.
Does that let you make a PC a Hackintosh without a Mac?
#14
Posted 29 January 2010 - 07:26 PM
Thanks for replying.
How do i change it to iso? I renamed it but Its not that simple here....See the shot
u just renames it and that won't work
go to My Computer > Organise > Folder and Search Options > View >..there u check the box Show hidden files and also uncheck the option ''Hide extensions for knows file types''
and now u can change extension DMG to ISO
#15
Posted 16 July 2010 - 09:09 PM
#16
Posted 29 September 2010 - 10:05 AM
However when i try to boot from it on my Dell 630 i get a error on boot "No boot sector on USB device" ..any ideas on how to check if it should be bootable and also make it bootable?
Thanks.
#17
Posted 04 October 2010 - 04:19 AM
I've used transmac to format and write Snow Leopard DMG (uncompressed) image to a 16GB corsair memory stick ...all went fine.
However when i try to boot from it on my Dell 630 i get a error on boot "No boot sector on USB device" ..any ideas on how to check if it should be bootable and also make it bootable?
Thanks.
Here's what I'm trying. I'll come back and let you know if it works:
Currently having TransMac make the usb boot stick. But you say it won't be bootable...
well I think we need to use a boot loader no?
Ehhhh. All the guides talk about using osx to make the usb stick.
My plan was to burn the DMG with TransMac (which failed. have 2 dvd's left to try)
and once I had the DVD, to install it on vmware after booting it with the snowy vmware files. (a boot loader for using snow leopard on vmware)...and from there, make a real USB stick from the disk utility, having installed snow leopard on the vmware...
its weird like backwards or recursive or something....kind of process.
but i have not found a way to convert DMG to ISO, which would let me then mount the ISO and see it from vmware to install i think.
Might just have to wait till I can get my friend to come over with his macbook pro someday.
edit: 11/23
haha. I saw this earlier and it helped me figure something out, so I wanted to give thanks to the author and share what I accomplished and how. Then I found out it was Me who wrote it a month and a half ago.
Well it seem to be working. Installed Snow Leopard on VMWare via a guide I found with darwin_snow. Then I use the DVD to restore to a flash drive from Disk Utility. Next step is to follow Tweak's guide here http://www.insanelym...howtopic=189052. Only difference is he is using a real osx install and I am using a vmware install.
Fingers crossed that it will work when I'm done.
#18
Posted 27 October 2010 - 11:07 AM
I was (re)installing the software on a MacBook that is compatible with OS X. I'm not sure if the same will apply to people trying to install it on hardware designed, originally, for Windows.
Thanks!
#19
Posted 27 October 2010 - 08:26 PM
Thanks, patnucci - method worked perfectly for me. I had to expand Snow Leopard as well but it wrote on to USB fine. Everything went smoothly although the installation was slower than I expected but I can only put that down to running it off of a USB stick.
I was (re)installing the software on a MacBook that is compatible with OS X. I'm not sure if the same will apply to people trying to install it on hardware designed, originally, for Windows.
Thanks!
I created a topic on using small hard drives as installers (only issue is that it would roadblock portable Hackery; the idea is pretty much desktop-only due to physical-space reasons), as there are still lots of these bigger-than-thumb-drive-but-too-small-for-regular-use hard drives (especially PATA, but some SATA) hard drives sitting on shelves.
#20
Posted 14 March 2011 - 11:12 PM
sorry for the old topic bump!I am getting the same error. Did u somehow fix it?
I was able to get it working by downloading a trial version of MacDrive for Windows and then going to modify/edit partitions and clicked on my drive. I hit 'initialize disk' and then went back to Transmac and formatted it as HSF+ then reformatted it with the expanded snow leopard image.
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