JoQ Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I have some trouble, i have been using OSX for the last 5 months so i already have 4 harddrives. When i ordered a new motherboard today and was about to install a retailcopy of OSX i got stuck on having to use GUID Partition Table on the HDD. All my discs are MBR, and i would like to use this, but with a retail copy. So i found out that you can use OSInstall.mpkg that are modified for allowing MBR. The problem is i can't burn a new disc and i havnt got any other Mac to do this on. So can i in some way put the OSInstall.mpkg that's modified on a USB Memory and load it when i booted the retail DVD? If so, how do i do? And what OSInstall.mpkg should i use, i got 10.5.0 (please provide link)? Thanks in advance! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/178070-retail-install-on-mbr-without-modifying-disc/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
usr-sse2 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I have some trouble, i have been using OSX for the last 5 months so i already have 4 harddrives. When i ordered a new motherboard today and was about to install a retailcopy of OSX i got stuck on having to use GUID Partition Table on the HDD. All my discs are MBR, and i would like to use this, but with a retail copy. So i found out that you can use OSInstall.mpkg that are modified for allowing MBR.The problem is i can't burn a new disc and i havnt got any other Mac to do this on. So can i in some way put the OSInstall.mpkg that's modified on a USB Memory and load it when i booted the retail DVD? If so, how do i do? And what OSInstall.mpkg should i use, i got 10.5.0 (please provide link)? Thanks in advance! Way Number One: in disk utility from the dvd reformat disk to guid. Way Number Two: using terminal copy the folder /System/Tnstallation/Packages to the usb stick, then copy OSInstall.mpkg on the place of old one on teh stick, and type open osinstall.mpkg but unsure if it works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/178070-retail-install-on-mbr-without-modifying-disc/#findComment-1216544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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