macman88 Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 I want to install Leopard on my MacBook. The thing is, all my macs have combo drives. The only DVD+R DL drive I have is in my PC. Does anyone know how to burn a DMG file on XP? I was thinking either converting it using Disk Utility to ISO or using MagicISO for XP (http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-features.htm) which is supposed to suport DMG. Now, I do video editing as a hobby and when I author Double layer DVD Videos, I have to set a flag in the video stream which tells the DVD player to switch from layer 1 to layer 2. Do I need to do anything like that for a data double layer disc? p.s. I know i can always do the strip out xcode trick to make leopard fit on a single layer, but whenever I try it, my MacBook will boot the installer but once it gets to the blue background, it gives me a spinning beachball and shuts itself down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactobacillus P Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 I want to install Leopard on my MacBook. The thing is, all my macs have combo drives. The only DVD+R DL drive I have is in my PC. Does anyone know how to burn a DMG file on XP? I was thinking either converting it using Disk Utility to ISO or using MagicISO for XP (http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-features.htm) which is supposed to suport DMG. Now, I do video editing as a hobby and when I author Double layer DVD Videos, I have to set a flag in the video stream which tells the DVD player to switch from layer 1 to layer 2. Do I need to do anything like that for a data double layer disc? p.s. I know i can always do the strip out xcode trick to make leopard fit on a single layer, but whenever I try it, my MacBook will boot the installer but once it gets to the blue background, it gives me a spinning beachball and shuts itself down. This is what I did to install Tiger on a G4 that didn't have the right drive to boot from: Transfer the DMG file to your macbook and mounting it (make sure you write protect it) and then restoring it to an empty partition (a big enough USB drive for example) and then booting from that 'restored boot DVD/ installation DVD" might work for installing Leopard too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exscape Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 This is what I did to install Tiger on a G4 that didn't have the right drive to boot from:Transfer the DMG file to your macbook and mounting it (make sure you write protect it) and then restoring it to an empty partition (a big enough USB drive for example) and then booting from that 'restored boot DVD/ installation DVD" might work for installing Leopard too! Yep, that's what I did, only without any external drives or such. If your data is backed up (shouldn't be needed unless you screw up ), and you know your way around a terminal: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=421503 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sl1m4 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Help! i have leopard on my windows xp and i would likt to burn it, i have problems to open it, someone told me dat i need disk utility where i can find da disk utility to make it work!!! i already bk my files and everything im just going make a fresh install and no i do not have external hard drive or ipod... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbz Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 get yourselves a copy of MacDrive... I'm pretty sure it supports burning "Mac" discs. Not sure if it works with .dmgs but it's worth a shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sl1m4 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 To Repair Leopard Image & Burn It <Try This> 01. get leopard 02. get MacDrive 7 03. get HDD or (Virtual Drive) 04. Put Leopard on da HDD 05. open MAcDrive and select repair partion and burn to a Blank Disc And it Might work, I try myself but it requires alot of VRAM to extract to da HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cringemaster Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 if u have it on a mac currently (the .dmg) convert it to a .cdr with disk utility, and change the extension to .iso. it should then burn perfectly with nero or whatever you use to burn .isos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colticus Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 I had the same problem as you. I had the dmg on my mini. I used disk utility to convert it to cdr. Then I changed the name to iso. After that I networked the mini to my friends PC and put the iso file on his computer. Then we were able to use nero and burn the disk image to a dual layer dvd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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