supergnu Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Hi! I had a fully working OS X 10.5.6 and had to use my harddisk for some other purpose. therefore i created with Disk utility a dmg backup of my os x partition. to restore it, i started up with the Kalyway 10.5.2 install DVD and started the disk utility there. I partitioned the Disk from scratch with three partitions: Journaled - Journaled - FAT (I think by doing so, it created a GPT-MBR hybrid) - then i used disk utility to write back my dmg backup to the first partition. however - it's not booting now. Probably because there is no bootcode in the bootsector of the disk? So - how can I make my backup boot? I have a working Vista installation on a second disk Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156732-how-to-make-backup-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sim888 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 hi supergnu... By no means am i an expert, and i was mostly flyin by the seat of my pantst...but before i upped to 10.5.6 (from 10.5.4 - kalyway, P35-DS3P) i wanted a working bootable clone just in case...here's roughly what i did, and i hope i'm not forgetting anything - Ill refer to HDone as orig, and HDoneBU as the backup drive, both are 500GB seagates... I enabled root, then logged into root -this may or may not be needed, i dont know used disk utility to partition HDoneBU (1 partition) and in options selected guid used rsyncx and the settings here: http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/f181/25.htm Now, when the cloning of 10.5.4 HDone was done, i used DSDT Patcher GUI to patch HDoneBU - you may not need to do this, i mightn't have either? lol then used UInstaller to apply pc_efi v9 chameleon and efi string for graphics card to HDoneBU - this is what makes it bootable i guess booted from HDoneBU with -v -f for the first time, then rebooted normally - i then updated to 10.5.6 and all's been well so far, will use the same method minus the dsdt path, to cloe my now working 10.5.6 drive.. anyways, give it a go, no harm could be done i guess, as i used a separate drive for backup.. if anyone has input on an easier way though, i'm all ears too good luck Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156732-how-to-make-backup-boot/#findComment-1102235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergnu Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 Hello and thanks for the reply The problem is, that I already have the backup! it was done using Disk Utility (not from the started OS, but from a booted installation disk) by creating a dmg Image of the OS partition. The harddisk is empty now - so no way to create a new backup. Now i need to get this backup working again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156732-how-to-make-backup-boot/#findComment-1102387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzywasaduck2 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 It's very useful in these situations to have another install of leopard - a lot of people use kalyway, I use leo4all - they're used because they're easy to install I had your very same problem the other day. This is how I fixed it.... You're right, when you restore from an image, the boot part disapears I put it back on using the chameleon installer (it does EFI and the boot part) I booted up using my leo4all install from another HD then installed chameleon onto the restored HD Then you can boot into the restored HD Sorry, if this doesn't help - if you don't have another drive to use as a "Help me" install of leopard then this won't help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156732-how-to-make-backup-boot/#findComment-1102399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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