nickll9009 Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 I tried this command - dd if=c:\Documents and Settings\UserXP\Desktop\fau\FAU.x86\Kalyway_10.5.2_DVD_Intel_Amd.iso of=\\.\PhysicalDrive1 it looks like it works, but I found out it just made a 3.65 GB partition! Does anyone know an app or command line binary, that will copy it bit-by-bit filling up the WHOLE drive? Much Appreciated, -Nick Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119746-copy-an-image-bit-by-bit-to-an-external-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickll9009 Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 Anyone? plz? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119746-copy-an-image-bit-by-bit-to-an-external-drive/#findComment-847853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOS_Scripting Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 CNet made this video on youtube on the first breath of OSx86 on Tiger 10.4.8. I tested this solution and it works as a nickel. Just follow these steps and you will be fine This video Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119746-copy-an-image-bit-by-bit-to-an-external-drive/#findComment-847854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickll9009 Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 That will work for Leopard? If so the Kalyway 10.5.2 ISO? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119746-copy-an-image-bit-by-bit-to-an-external-drive/#findComment-847858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOS_Scripting Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 No, you missed one command important. Hey, take two miutes the video and they explain which tools (softz to use ex. to determine what is the physical number of your HDD) etc. That's the right command for sure but did you know the physical adress of your external HD !? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119746-copy-an-image-bit-by-bit-to-an-external-drive/#findComment-847870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefinalprophecy Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 WTF how does this even work? He never ran the OS X installer... He just took the data from the disc and copied it to his external hard disk. Did he have a program that unpacked the whole OS from the DVD right to the hard drive or what? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119746-copy-an-image-bit-by-bit-to-an-external-drive/#findComment-849980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOS_Scripting Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Uhh, when you copied the image, you tansfer the hole disc into your HD. By this, it's also bootable. And it works, I swear! Copy data Iso to HD bit by bit Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119746-copy-an-image-bit-by-bit-to-an-external-drive/#findComment-850307 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickll9009 Posted August 10, 2008 Author Share Posted August 10, 2008 Uhh, when you copied the image, you tansfer the hole disc into your HD. By this, it's also bootable. And it works, I swear!Copy data Iso to HD bit by bit Well... tell us how! Please? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119746-copy-an-image-bit-by-bit-to-an-external-drive/#findComment-850975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOS_Scripting Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 yeah yeah... EDIT: I add the link to the free tools. 1st: That list contain tools you may have in hand to do that... 1. MacDrive (you know where to find warez ok) 2. UltraIso same too ^^ 3.Forsenic Acquisition tool HERE 4.dd.exe 5.WMI Administrative tool HERE 1.Move your Patch ISO (or in this case patched before ISO's) on your root drive ex: c:\ 2.Unpack the FAT (#3 tool) on the root of your windows drive ex: c:\. Next to your ISO (patch or not). 3.For copying the ISO onto your external HD, use the tool dd.exe. For this, you need to know which physical adress is taken by your HDD. You need to download WMI Administrative tool. 4.Install WMI and you MUST enable IE(x) as your default browser to display WMI tools. And be sure to ACTIVATE the ActiveX control on the top of the page. Fine? Then use WMI Object Browser. Then go on the submenu and click on Win32 System Partitions Part Component. Open the tree and go on any Disk32 below on the tree. And on the right tab, on the top click "Associations" and a nice graphic will show your physical drive external to your PC. 5.Call up the command prompt... Hum, need a shortcut? Windows+R and hit cmd. Enter! Then type the command "DD", the name of your ISO file =ex. c:\Kalyway 10.5.iso= and the name of your physical drive as INTEGER. =ex. \\.\physicaldrivex=. Syntax of the command is (theorically). dd.exe if=c:\kalyway 10.5.iso of=\\.\physicaldriveX --localwrt 6.After hiting Enter, your ISO is supposed to copy to your external hard drive. And I hope you ENJOY. It takes me over 1h30 to make this!!!! (Soon on Genius Bar) 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119746-copy-an-image-bit-by-bit-to-an-external-drive/#findComment-852230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickll9009 Posted August 11, 2008 Author Share Posted August 11, 2008 The above post DOES NOT work! I repeat it DOES NOT work! It creates a partition on the drive that stores the contents of the ISO file!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119746-copy-an-image-bit-by-bit-to-an-external-drive/#findComment-853111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 The above post DOES NOT work! I repeat it DOES NOT work! It creates a partition on the drive that stores the contents of the ISO file!! That's exactly right. What did you think dd does? Install the software? What he is doing is taking the ISO, taking the data bit by bit, and writing it to the external hard drive partition he made. This partition is also BOOTABLE, meaning no virtual drive software is needed, and both read and write times for the installing the data is faster. Basically, all that is being made is a bootable Install Hard Drive, just like if you stuck the DVD in the DVD-ROM drive. Set BIOS to boot from USB, and there you go. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119746-copy-an-image-bit-by-bit-to-an-external-drive/#findComment-853308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickll9009 Posted August 11, 2008 Author Share Posted August 11, 2008 Ugh, thats not what I meant. I have a Maxtor OneTouch 500GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive. I have the Kalyway 10.5.2 ISO file named "leopard.iso" in the directory "C:\leopard.iso". I have MacDrive & UltraISO installed, as well as the WMI Tools from Microsoft. I used the WMI Tools, to figure out that my External HDD is actually PhysicalDrive1 So.... I format my drive and get one 465GB FAT32 Partition. I execute the command - dd.exe if="c:\leopard.iso" of=\\.\physicaldrive1 --localwrt And get -- Now when I look at the drive in Windows Explorer, there is no files on it. I look in MacDrive to see the problem... And this is what i get-- For the heck of it I marked it as active in DiskPart and rebooted. The USB drive was the first boot option. I got a black screen and the drive started churning, but it defaulted back to the Windows XP Bootscreen. Any Help? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119746-copy-an-image-bit-by-bit-to-an-external-drive/#findComment-853394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOS_Scripting Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Fine, but the installer partition is the one you should use to boot onto your hard disk?! And what you got on startup after the boot sequence? A grey screen with the Apple logo or what?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119746-copy-an-image-bit-by-bit-to-an-external-drive/#findComment-853428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 It's possible that the fact that the ISO is actually two types of file systems, hence two partitions: One is a CD-FS partition, and another is an HFS+ partition. This could be creating an issue when you dd the image. You could try finding a way to create an HFS+ partition on the external drive, then copying the files from the HFS+ partition on the ISO to the external drive, make it bootable and boot from the external drive that way. I've never actually tried this, however. Just an idea. I just looked, you might find transmac useful, or GParted. Transmac can do HFS+ partitions, GParted can only do HFS partitions. You could use Transmac to make the partition you need (it will format the whole disk), and then copy over all the essentials as I said before. But again, I have never tried this, and I can't guarantee it will work. (I don't personally think it will, but will it hurt to try?) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119746-copy-an-image-bit-by-bit-to-an-external-drive/#findComment-853440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOS_Scripting Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 But again, I have never tried this, and I can't guarantee it will work. (I don't personally think it will, but will it hurt to try?) And mister Nick, don't forget I do that for helping you. But I'm not behind your computer to make everything! Anyway, try in that way make in bootable the first partition Installer and then, make your own tried and fails. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119746-copy-an-image-bit-by-bit-to-an-external-drive/#findComment-853446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickll9009 Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 None of the methods posted here have worked for me =\ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119746-copy-an-image-bit-by-bit-to-an-external-drive/#findComment-853619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOS_Scripting Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 {censored} !!!! If your damn DVD Rom is broken, why you don't buy it one!? I bought an LG last week IDE 35$ Anyone has a different method here?!?! :censored2: Btw, don't figured it ou VMware image to disk cause it's very touchy and I never been able to make it work properly Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119746-copy-an-image-bit-by-bit-to-an-external-drive/#findComment-853654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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