chasechasechase Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Hey I am about to install Leopard onto my Dell Inspiron 1501 but don't want to mess with the internal hard drive. so I was planning on just installing it to an external hard drive... Under tutorials I found this: 1. Check if your processor has SSE2 or SSE3 support (download cpu-z freeware, run it and find out) 2. Download the .iso image file Mac OS X 10.4.8 Jas SSE2 SSE3. Burn it to a DVD R. 3. Restart the pc with the DVD on the tray. The Mac installer will open 4. Go to Utilities, Disk Utilities, choose your USB HD and click the partition option 5. Make two partitions: One partition must have at least 8 gb, and the type of partition will be "Mac Journaled". Call that partition "MAC" The other partition will have the rest of the HD. The type of partition will be "MS-DOS". Call that partition "Documents" Click Ok and wait. *Warning* all data in the usb drive will be erased 6. Close the Disk Utilities, and proceed the installation. The destination will be the "MAC" partition. 7. Install the software. (30 to 60 min) 8. When the installation is done, restart the computer and take the DVD of the tray. I was wondering when I restart the computer once everything is installed, how will I choose between Mac/Windows.. does it modify the bootloader, will it still let me boot into windows? Will it only boot to mac if the hard drive is plugged in? etc? Thanks for your help guys! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135413-installing-leopard-on-external-hard-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoot Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Hi I had pretty much the same question the other day It will boot when the external hdd is connected and should generally leave you windows instalation and functionality unchanged. The bootsequence i.e.: where to boot from first [uSB, DVD/CD, Internal HDD] and in which order is set in your bios. But since i haven't fully finished installing yet - take this with the usual 'have your upto date backups handy' grain of salt. Anyone else, comments, warnings ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135413-installing-leopard-on-external-hard-drive/#findComment-959582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplatypus Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 As long as you choose the correct drive during installation the windows drive should remain intact. WHich version of Leopard are you using for the USB installation? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135413-installing-leopard-on-external-hard-drive/#findComment-960036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasechasechase Posted November 9, 2008 Author Share Posted November 9, 2008 I was thinking of using Leo4All v2... would that be okay? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135413-installing-leopard-on-external-hard-drive/#findComment-960348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplatypus Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 I was thinking of using Leo4All v2... would that be okay? I have absolutely no idea, just started researching this morning installing OSX this morning. However, I've performed a few thousand Windows/Linux/BSD installations. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135413-installing-leopard-on-external-hard-drive/#findComment-960438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightwalker12 Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 go to this site read the part on gpart works good for dual boot http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...DualBoot_10.5.2 good luck need anymore help just pm me Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135413-installing-leopard-on-external-hard-drive/#findComment-961063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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