naplo Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Hi, I want to install OSX Lion 10.7 on a clean 500GB Samsung HDD. My System components are: CPU: Intel E7200 Graphic: Nvidia 8600 GT Mainboard: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 RAM: 4GB OCZ DDR1066 Do you already know if my hardware is compatible with the retail version of 10.7? Will I need any fixes? And what is the best way of installing OSX? I thought about getting the bootable .dmg and burn it on a DVD. I hope you can give me some advice. Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikingblack Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Hi, I want to install OSX Lion 10.7 on a clean 500GB Samsung HDD. My System components are: CPU: Intel E7200 Graphic: Nvidia 8600 GT Mainboard: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 RAM: 4GB OCZ DDR1066 Do you already know if my hardware is compatible with the retail version of 10.7? Will I need any fixes? And what is the best way of installing OSX? I thought about getting the bootable .dmg and burn it on a DVD. I hope you can give me some advice. Thanks a lot! Well, first off, I think your hardware is very compatible. I'm not 100% positive, but pretty sure you can install. And I think you should use a USB to install. It's much much faster. There are countless guides out there. Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naplo Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 Ok, I will try this guide: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=256729 I never booted from a USB Stick before. Is my Gigabyte Board capable of doing so or do I have to use a DVD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naplo Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 I just tried to install OSX. The USB Boot worked fine. I could choose to boot from USB or any of my NTFS partitions on my HDD in Camelion Bootloader. I choose the installer from the USB but during the install the NTFS partitions from my Windows HDD are not recognised. Do I have to format the differently? How am I supposed to do that if I dont have an OSX PC here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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