rjones02 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 This might be useful for people with slow boot times from their dvd drives, or for people that don't have a dvd drive in the machine they are looking to install OSX. I guess also for people that find themselves reinstalling OSX frequently Requirements: * Flash Drive 4GB or larger * any of the install DVD's or ISO's (iATKOS/ideneb etc.) * OSX86 Tools 1.0 build 150 * Chameleon 1.0.11 installer * Access to a functioning Mac Format the Flash Drive ------------------------------------------- * Start Mac Disk Utility * Plug in and select the USB drive * Click the "Partition" tab * Select "1 partition" and name the drive (eg. iDeneb) * Select the format is "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" * Click the "Options" button under the partition map picture. Select MBR (Master Boot Record) and click "OK" * Click "Apply" Restore the OS files to the Flash Drive ------------------------------------------ * Mount the distribution ISO image (or use the DVD if you have a drive) * Click the "Restore" tab * Drag the program image in the DVD/ISO drive to the "Source" field (NOT the disk image itself) * Drag the Flash Drive partition you created to the "Destination" field * Click "Restore" * Wait around 20 minutes and it will be done. * Quit Disk Manager Making the Flash Drive bootable ------------------------------------ * Start OSX86 Tools * Click on the "Install EFI/Run FDISK" button * In the pop-up window in "Disk to use" select your Flash Drive * For "EFI to install" select "No EFI (Darwin bootloader)" * Click the "Install EFI" button and you should get a success message * Quit OSX86 Tools THEN * Start Chameleon 1.0.11 * When it comes time to choose where to install Chameleon, choose your Flash Drive * Continue clicking through the program and Chameleon will install on the Flash Drive * When you browse the Flash Drive there's now a file called BOOT (black screen icon with an "exe") * Eject the Flash Drive from your Mac Worked flawlessly for me. if you need to run flags at startup, start pressing a button as soon as it starts booting, because it doesn't give you the normal countdown. NOTE - obviously your BIOS must support booting from USB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wynston Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Does it work with a retail installation of Osx? (In order to not burn a DL DVD with the retail image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjones02 Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 Should work as long as the HDD is MBR and not GUID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnatree Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Thank you so much! Worked just great! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjones02 Posted February 27, 2009 Author Share Posted February 27, 2009 Does it work with a retail installation of Osx?(In order to not burn a DL DVD with the retail image did it work with the retail image? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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