Free Qaz Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Hey Guys, good to see that everyone has adapted to 10.6 and hackintosh-ified their rigs even with Apple's hate. I'm just coming back into the scene, been here a few times around though! Anyway, I've been doing my research on creating a netbook install of 10.5.6 (Maybe 10.6, but I here apple's kernel blacklists Atom hardware). So far I've had no success with creating a flash drive to boot from. I have no external DVD so my install experience is limited to getting onto my 16gb USB. Methods I've tried. Guide: DD an ISO image to the drive Guide: Disk Utility 'Restore' to the drive Guide: Disk Utility + NetbookBootMaker Guide: Disk Utility + Chameleon Installer I've got a VMWare install of 10.5.5 and a Windows 7/XP install on another computer that I've been working from. I've been using the iAtkos i7 to do my work, but I have iPC 10.5.6, iDeneb 1.4... and many more. Tl;dr: How do you get an install from a USB drive onto a netbook? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/213111-usb-booting-a-netbook/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krishna21 Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Requirments: -VMWare OS X Machine with working USB. -Chameleon 2.0 RC2 installer. I. Drag the Chameleon isntaller onto your flash drive in WINDOWS. II. Start up the OS X Machine. Connect your USB Drive from the device tray, and mount the iDeneb ISO. III. Head into Disk Utility. Click on your FLASH DRIVE. Not the partitions on your flash drive. After clicking on it, click the "Partition" tab and select "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)", "Master Boot Record", and ONE Partition. Name it. For ease, we'll name it "Mac OS Install" Apply the changes. IV. Now, run the chameleon 2.0 installer. before installing. When it says the destination screen click "Change destination" and select your flash drive. Install. V. Now, head back into disk utility. VI. Click on your Installer PARTITION on your flash drive. Click the Restore Tab. VIII. Drag "Mac OS Install" into "Target" and the iDeneb DVD (It's listed below the DVD drive on the device list to the left) into Source. 8 (Idk the roman numeral ). Click Restore. Reboot, select your USB Drive from the boot menu, chameleon should show up, and type whatever you need like -v, it'll show up on the bottom left hand corner, push enter when you're done typing, just make sure the apple logo is selected ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/213111-usb-booting-a-netbook/#findComment-1430062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Qaz Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 I've done that, but I did the restore before I did Chameleon, thus leaving me in an infinite 'Installing Core' I'll post back when I try your steps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/213111-usb-booting-a-netbook/#findComment-1430065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krishna21 Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Same..I learned the hard way you're supposed to install Chameleon BEFORE, and when you restore the ISO, in the restore box, YOU MUST LEAVE "ERASE DESTINATION" BLANK! So if it asks to preserve current files and continue, CONTINUE ON ! I've done that, but I did the restore before I did Chameleon, thus leaving me in an infinite 'Installing Core' I'll post back when I try your steps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/213111-usb-booting-a-netbook/#findComment-1430072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Qaz Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 Alright, I've tried this with your method. Got this error: (I've tried cpus=0 and normal boot) screenshots: http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=mnqmtvjzwgi http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=f2nnmmzqnon Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/213111-usb-booting-a-netbook/#findComment-1430143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krishna21 Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Hey Bro. Sorry to hear that. Give me the exact model number of your netbook. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/213111-usb-booting-a-netbook/#findComment-1430580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns1902 Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 have you ever tried looking into the iPortable Snow distribution. I know it's not leopard like you want, but its a though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/213111-usb-booting-a-netbook/#findComment-1430647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Qaz Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 It's an Acer Aspire One AOA 150-1864 Basic netbook specs, n270... all that fun. It's the Acer with the left-right click buttons mounted to the sides of the trackpad *puke* Still unable to get it to work... iAtkos and iDeneb. Grr! I get a kernel panic on boot. Any boot flags? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/213111-usb-booting-a-netbook/#findComment-1433322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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