Tried Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 i was looking around the internet for a way to make a simple bootable leopard OSX on a USB drive (much like the installation DVD except on a USB instead) and insert my own diagnostics tools and application (such as idefrag and drive genius) to use on my internal leopard drive. however, my search has been in vain as some users have reported that apple has not released the necessary details to make such a thing. does anyone know of an application that might be able to help me accomplish this task? even better if someone could point me towards the right direction in finding out more. Note: i have visited the live osx part of the forum Thanks in advance guys!! Tried Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 if you already have os x, go to disk utility, and restore the leopard dmg to the usb device, it worked for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon351 Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Even though this refers to OSx86, I think it's still relevant here. I managed to restore an OSx86 ISO to a partition on an external (USB) hard disk using Disk Utility and make it bootable. For OSx86 booting, I had to copy the initial bootloader (boot1h file) to the partition boot sector and run startupfiletool, which, of course, probably isn't necessary for booting on a Mac. I can't say for sure what the Mac EFI would need in order to boot from the volume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timewise Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Format the usb drive mbr from disk utility. You have to select partition, then options to select mbr. Then restore your leo disk to the usb drive either with disk utility or super duper. Then run bootefi.sh script. This is for osx86 though. Get script here http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...ntry614798.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tried Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 thanks you guys... i know i can restore the installation dvd onto my usb drive, however, ideally thats not what i intend to do. i was hoping to make a bootable (simple) version of osx leopard with my OWN diagnostic utilities such as idefrag and drive genius on it. Furthermore, i dont have an 8gb usb flash drive, i need something protable so space is a constraint. thanks for the feedback so far!! Tried Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timewise Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 OK, read this persons guide. http://bradbergeron.com/2006/11/29/howto-i...-a-flash-drive/ Take care and good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjyetman Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Anyone tried DasBoot? http://www.subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/ind...products_id=193 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tried Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 i tried dasboot but unfortunately it doesnt work for leopard... only tiger... Tried Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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