luke.m Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 all source of download has been incomplete, corrupt, or something else. i downloaded mac osx install dvd, twice, and that failed to install downloaded snow leopard and converted dmg to iso, tried to install that and no good. i just am not willing to waist more dvd-dl on this. i have been downloading the sources from tpb to my windows pc laptop, i have read many posts, but with no luck, if anybody knows where i can get complete and good copies of this software from pls let me know. :P Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202145-i-give-up-with-this-unable-to-install-on-windows-partition-and-unable-to-install-on-8gb-usb/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke.m Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 it seems to be the dmg or iso's seem to have errors when installing onto pc... they install upto a certain point and then hit an error. i download SL in dmg format, comment said to convert it to iso and burn it to dvd-dl with img burn at x3, file says 7.23gb, but on disc its less than 1 gb... just dont know what to do next??? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202145-i-give-up-with-this-unable-to-install-on-windows-partition-and-unable-to-install-on-8gb-usb/#findComment-1358498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
quake Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 it seems to be the dmg or iso's seem to have errors when installing onto pc...they install upto a certain point and then hit an error. i download SL in dmg format, comment said to convert it to iso and burn it to dvd-dl with img burn at x3, file says 7.23gb, but on disc its less than 1 gb... just dont know what to do next??? You don't install it on a windows partition. You can create a partition in windows, then boot from the install dvd with -v at the prompt, use disk utility to format the partition journaled extended, then install. There are many great tutorials in how to do this. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202145-i-give-up-with-this-unable-to-install-on-windows-partition-and-unable-to-install-on-8gb-usb/#findComment-1358876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke.m Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 how do i do that, do i go into my computer and make partition there or do i use the disk utility on the install disk. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202145-i-give-up-with-this-unable-to-install-on-windows-partition-and-unable-to-install-on-8gb-usb/#findComment-1358902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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