Charlweed Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I don't have a Mac. I am trying to create bootable media for a GA-x79-UD7 in UEFI mode. My source is iATKOS ML3U dmg. I have tried using Transmac 10.5 to restore a 3.0 16gb USB stick, an ESATA hard drive, and burning a dual layer DVD. None of these boot to anything from my mobo. My BIOS version is F10. There is an F11w beta BIOS, dated 2012/11/1, but PLEASE don't tell me I have to flash to that! All three show up in the UEFI bootlist, but when I select any of these media nothing happens. I just get a still cursor. I checked the dmg MD5 checksum, and I run transmac in administrator mode. What might be wrong, and how can I proceed? Is there a way to get bootable media from iATKOS ML3U dmg in Linux? I tried Googling this and I get a lot of noise. I am much more experienced in Linux then OS X. Help most appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniac10 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 cVaD's Bootdisk Utility is the best way to create a bootable OSX USB drive from windows. Once you boot with it you can load any DVD or USB drive with the distro you choose (retail is highly recommended though) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlweed Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 Do you know if cVaD's Bootdisk Utility creates GUID Partition Table (GPT) media? I know my board will not boot in UEFI mode if the media is not GPT. At least that is what the manual says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniac10 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 That doesn't apply to USB bootable devices. My thumb drive can boot UEFI and legacy mode with a MBR partition scheme. When booting system disks in UEFI mode then indeed a ESP (EFI) is required, which is only available on GPT disks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artur_pt Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 hello see this http://olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=3101 good hack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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