GOLSnip Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Hey all is it possible to install SL on a USB drive and keep compatibility between Mac and PC - ie make it bootable from both Mac and PC? Also, can I do that from my Mac, provided I have a backup copy of SL and a second partition from which to boot the installer? And should I format the drive in HFS+? Or it's not necessary? I understand this is not easy, but is it possible? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.B Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 technically yes, it would be possible, however if you want to do this to be able to have a copy of OSX for you to boot on ANY machine (mac or PC) then it is almost impossible (if not impossible) because each machines hardware is different , it will require different kexts (to say the least), which defeats the point. go for a linux live USB if you want something like that (use unetbootin) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLSnip Posted September 6, 2010 Author Share Posted September 6, 2010 technically yes, it would be possible, however if you want to do this to be able to have a copy of OSX for you to boot on ANY machine (mac or PC) then it is almost impossible (if not impossible) because each machines hardware is different , it will require different kexts (to say the least), which defeats the point. go for a linux live USB if you want something like that (use unetbootin) Thanks for the reply. Well, the idea was to have like a backup in case something happens to the Mac, but as it's impossible to keep boot compatibility, keeping it bootable from Windows seems just fine. Using unetbootin will solve this? I mean, proceeding like a regular hackintosh (though I have not idea yet, will read the tutorials on the wiki) will work? Let me know if there could be any problem, as I haven't seen something like this anywere. Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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