SpecialShane Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 For the whole day i have been trying to install mac on this computer and so far everything has been going bad for me, I have managed to get mac working on a Virtual Machine so that much i can do sort of successfully The problems come when i try to make a bootable usb for osx, I've been using TransMac to mount the .iso and every time i try to boot from the usb i get a solid white line flashing, I know enough to know that this is bad so i boot back into windows and get the same message every time which is "You need to format this drive ect..." Im guessing that there is something wrong with partition on the usb itself? Ive formatted this usb severial times and then put mac on it again but always get the same result.. :c I only have 1 usb big enough aswell so... :c If anyone knows how to solve this simple bu very frustrating problem then please try and do so Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styrian Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 You should try to make your installer inside your Vmware image of Mac OSX. You have to install the extensions for getting usb recognized. No need to use transmac, if you have a working Vmware image. If you have time, you could read this: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/280756-guide-the-all-in-one-guide-to-vanilla-os-x-including-chameleon-dsdt-for-beginners-updated-for-mavericks/ and try to use this tool: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/files/file/11-pandoraapp/ It is very hard, to give you further tips, because you are telling no details of the hardware, on which you want to install OSX. Please put your hardware in signature like many others have done it here. It is easier for you getting well supported. Have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcai777 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 you need to have transmac format the usb drive as mac hfs+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styrian Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 @ dcal77 Does diskutility of an VMware image of OSX not work anymore to format an usb stick HFS+ journaled? Some times ago I have made the installer of my Edge E320 in this way because of having no access to my desktop pc. Have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialShane Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 I followed your advice and tried to make the usb in mac iteslf but ive got a different problem now, When i format the usb to hsf+, create 1 partition and set it to master or whatever it is it then goes through and completes but the mac then says "you need to reboot this vm" i reboot but the mesage comes back eveytime but when i remove the usb it boots fine, Im going to try it again on a new vm Getting this everytime i format the usb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcai777 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 then just temperarily format it as hfs+ with transmac then make the usb in your vmware image... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialShane Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 ok some more progress, I tried what dcai777 suggested but that didn't work for me so i gave pandora a try, I got my Mavericks onto a USB and have managed to boot into pandora but now its kernal panicking or at least i think it is Specs: CPU: i5 2500k Mobo: Z68x-ud4-b3 Ram:Corsair Vengeance 8Gb @1600Mhz GPU: Gigabyte Windforce 7950 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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