Lkr Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 so, Spank me if i'm incorrect, but is it possible to install it Within Vmware, (witch i have done and it booted properly thanks to this guide ), And then Boot the REAL (the Real HD (Not within VMWare))Â !!!!! Yes. thats what it does. when you reboot, you should be able to boot into OS X natively if you followed the guide correctly. im not sure if chain0 is needed though Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-394380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUCLEaR Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 I'm installing on a second partition, which is unformatted. All that the disk utility shows in the left pane is a VMWare Virtual IDE CDROM Drive, that's 4.4GB, with the install disk listed under it. And it can't be changed to Journaled since all the options in the partition tab are disabled. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-399846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 I'm installing on a second partition, which is unformatted. All that the disk utility shows in the left pane is a VMWare Virtual IDE CDROM Drive, that's 4.4GB, with the install disk listed under it. And it can't be changed to Journaled since all the options in the partition tab are disabled. Â This is a physical partition, right? I think it has to be formatted in order for VMWare to recognise it... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-399885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUCLEaR Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 i made it with the disk manager. i'll try to format it and see what happens. depends on what i format it to though. Â update: i just tried ntfs and fat32, both individual persistent. ntfs doesn't do anything. and fat32 gives a kernel error. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-399886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUCLEaR Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Seems like it doesn't work for any of the formats. I also tried using the JaS 10.4.8, and it didn't work. The only way to do it is to use VMWare's HD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-399990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 Seems like it doesn't work for any of the formats. I also tried using the JaS 10.4.8, and it didn't work. The only way to do it is to use VMWare's HD. Â Ok, try installing it onto VMWare's HD. Then, after it's installed. add your physical partition to the configuration file. Boot OSx86 and try restoring OSx86 through Disk Utility onto your physical partition. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-400056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUCLEaR Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Ok, I'll install it to VMWare's HD, and would you care explaining the rest of your post more. All I get is install and then change the drive from VMWare's to Partition 2 (for me). Â If this requires booting into CD from my comp natively, http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=55889 Â thanks for part 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-400080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUCLEaR Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 I just installed it, and it freezes up on a cursor (not blinking) i'm pretty sure i installed all the right packages. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-400141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 Well, once you've installed it to VMWare Disk Image, there is a feature in an OS X program called "Disk Utility". It allows you to copy everything from the current OS X install to another partition (which will be your physical partition). After it has restored everything onto your physical HDD, then you will be able to boot that partition as if you installed it straight onto it. I hope you understand now. If not, just say and I'll explain it in a different way. Â Once you've installed it to your VMWare HDD, let me know and I'll run you through the next part. Â - Sabr. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-400142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUCLEaR Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Gotta fix that freezing problem now. Thanks for the explanation above though, I get it now. Back to the search form (60th time today). Â Still looking... If anyone can help me here, problem is that the installation completed, and when it restarted, the VMWare boot screen disappeared and a black screen with a single cursor appeared. I can't access the boot menu. It just skips to the cursor screen. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-400148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUCLEaR Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Damn I think it's a problem with the installation. Might have to install again. Oh well, when I come back in a week I guess. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-400213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romer Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 I've got the same problem you do Nuclear. When trying to boot up the VMWare machine (and go into the boot menu by pressing ESC) I just get a single _ that doesn't flash or do anything. I've tried doing an install on the drive without using VMWare also, when I do that I get everything installed just fine but I can't ever boot into OS X. Usually I have the problem of "chain booting error" (had this problem when trying to boot natively from VMWare install), so I thought the emulation would solve that.. now I just get a _ in VMWare, at least I get text when doing a native boot! Â Can someone help with the chain booting error? This might not be the place, but I'm running Vista and I can't exactly edit the boot.ini file like in XP. I have EasyBSD installed and I have it all set up for a Mac OS X dual boot (so I think..) because I get the choice of OS' when booting up. At least Vista still boots, haha. It's just OS X gives me the error. What gives? Any help is much appreciated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-406519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUCLEaR Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 well then romer, i guess we're gonna have to keep bumping each other till someone answers. i can't native cause of still waiting for root device, but this is something else. i should try the JaS DVD again. it worked in VMWare before. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-406991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romer Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 I just got done burning the uphuck v1.3 iso, so I'm going to see what magic that works for me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-407193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUCLEaR Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 i don't think that would make a difference. i'll start installing the JaS now and see what happens. Â update: dams it takes so long to install... update2: almost done update3: is there even a point to optimizing system performance? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-407392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUCLEaR Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 installed finally. works. now what? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-407453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romer Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 I'm wondering if mine even installed natively or from VMWare. When I tried booting off of the HDD I got an error that said something like Boot up error.. which basically tells me that no OS was installed. I don't see how that's possible.. but I'm trying a different PATA drive just in case. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-407642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUCLEaR Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 well, mine works on vmware, but that damn root device {censored} keeps me from going native. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-407644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romer Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 What kind of HDD are you using? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-407649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUCLEaR Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 my Device Manager says ST325082 0AS SCSI Disk Device Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-407720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romer Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Isn't that a SATA drive? You might be having problems because of incompatibility with SATA drives.. I'm no expert, but I couldn't even get it to find my SATA drive.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-407735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUCLEaR Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 i have no idea what kind of drive it is. probably sata since there have been myths of incompatibility around here since the middle ages. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-407760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romer Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 You might need to find a PATA drive with an IDE connection. Although that's what I use, I'm still having problems lol.. I think I'm just going to give up on this computer and try it on my laptop. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-407768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUCLEaR Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 lucky for you... you have a laptop and other comps to try on. i only have my dell dimension e521. i can't afford any HDDs. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-407773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romer Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 lol Only 1 other computer to test it out on.. and that means I'll be risking putting OS X on it.. It'll be a while. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11314-howto-from-vmware-to-native/page/22/#findComment-407774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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