jhonizzle Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 can someone please spell it out for me. i have burned 2 Dual Layer DVD's (of the same DVD) and neither one work the files are all there. it shows up when i hit the option key at startup....it pretends like it's going to load. and then i get the Non-Smoking symbol minus the cigarette. i have a MacBook Pro 2.0Ghz 2GB of RAM 100GB hard drive internal with 40GB free and an External 100GB FW drive.... please HELP!! i feel so stupid not so stupid any more.... figured it out if you have the disk image and an external hard drive take this path 1.open the DVD 2.System Folder 3.Installation 4.Packages 5.launch OSInstall.mpkg 6.and install (make sure you have your drive formatted properly as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loiphin Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I had exactly the same problem on my Macbook! I copied the preview release .dmg file onto my Mac, used hdiutil to convert it to an ISO, and then copied the ISO back to my PC for burning on a DL DVD (Macbook cant do DL discs). When I booted up with leopard preview release, I get the "no entry sign", which I believe is a kernel panic. Besides booting off an external drive, has anyone had success with booting the DVD, and specifically on a Macbook? loi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazor Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 probably you should use transmac or something similar. sounds like the bootable part of the dvd is lost while converting to iso... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 When I booted up with leopard preview release, I get the "no entry sign", which I believe is a kernel panic. This means "Waiting for root device" which basically means it can't find your hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhonizzle Posted August 14, 2006 Author Share Posted August 14, 2006 well what happened with the external is i would get the intro to OS X (the Welcome and account setup) i would finish the account setup, it would pretend it would start loading OS X...and then it would just keep reving up the drive and do nothing. so i gave up on the external after about 3 installs. i have now done an install on my internal using boot camp to create the partition. same method as with the external. with the same results... anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macxpnux Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 > and then copied the ISO back to my PC How ? > probably you should use transmac or something similar Neither transmac or ultraiso work with this dmg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loiphin Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 macxpnux, I am currently running 10.4.7 on my Macbook. So I converted the leopard .dmg into an .iso using hdiutil, and then copied it back to my pc, having connected the macbook to my local LAN. I created a network share on my windows box and copied it into there. I then burnt the .iso using Nero on DL blank media. Still, it didnt work :censored2: loi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zampano Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I tried it another way that I haven't seen mentioned in these threads anywhere, so maybe it's extremely stupid, but I can't find a prolem with it, apart from not working when trying to actally install... ;-) That's what I did: - mount the dmg in the finder - drag + drop the mounted volume on Toast to burn "as is" - remove xcode tools from the toast file list to reduce file size - burn on a single layer DVD, yay !! Clever, huh...? Or not...? And if so, why not...? The resulting DVD mounts like a regular installation disc, and also shows up as a bootable startup volume in system preferences, but when trying to install or boot from this disc, my Mac just boots up in normal Tiger mode...!! Also, when holding the alt key at startup, the DVD does not show up, although it shows up in the startup volume preferences ?!? Installing from the mounted dmg also didn't work, the farthest I got was the grey "no smoking" symbol... (I have a free 40 GB HFS+ partition on PPC Dual G5) What am I doing wrong...??? Heeeeeeeeeeeeelp Pleeeeeease ! Thanks in advance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Hadley Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I unstuffed the files using an RAR unstuffer. Then I opened Disk Utility (Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility). Drag the dmg file to the left side of Disk Utility. From the Menu Bar pull down "Convert". Convert the dmg to a DVD/CD Master. It will add "cdr" to the end. Once it is a cdr, you can burn it using the yellow burn button in the upper left hand corner of Disk Utility. Note: The file size is slightly bigger than will fit on a single sided DVD. I had to use a Dual-Layer. It worked. Double click on your nex installer disk. Your mac restarts and installs Leopard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duransnipes Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 I unstuffed the files using an RAR unstuffer. Then I opened Disk Utility (Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility). Drag the dmg file to the left side of Disk Utility. From the Menu Bar pull down "Convert". Convert the dmg to a DVD/CD Master. It will add "cdr" to the end. Once it is a cdr, you can burn it using the yellow burn button in the upper left hand corner of Disk Utility. Note: The file size is slightly bigger than will fit on a single sided DVD. I had to use a Dual-Layer. It worked. Double click on your nex installer disk. Your mac restarts and installs Leopard. I can confirm this works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdhflaksdhgfk Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 I can confirm this works! I can also confirm this works. Reassurance never hurt, especially when those DL disks cost so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tricky1 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Another for the conversion method working, and Safari Seems to run loads faster than it did in Tiger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duransnipes Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Yeah Safari really is much faster than in tiger. Its almost instant like as if you were browsing a local site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkart Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I use magiciso to convert dmg to iso image. It works fine. You may try it out with their tutorial. http://www.magiciso.com/FAQ/FAQ0011.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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