franky_402 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 So im following another users guide for installing sl to a dv7t and i got as far as downloading the image, burning to disk and booting up to the installer. I format a 18gb section of my drive with hfs+ journaled and proceed to the installer however it tells me that i need to partition the entire drive as a guid instead of mbr. That sucks, anyway to get around this??? when i tried installing 10.5.2 last week it would let me install that way but just kept getting kernel panics so im trying this sure thing method. Specs on my laptop are as follows HP DV7T-3300 Intel i7 quad 720qm Nvidea geforce 320m 6gb ddr3 320gb hdd Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215676-install-1062-to-a-mbr-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf206 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Il te faut : - le DVD retail de SL - une clé usb de 8 Go (dans mon cas) ou un disque dur USB - un mec qui a un mac ou un hackintosh car l'opération doit se faire sur un mac via l'utilitaire de disque Mettre le DVD retail de SL dans une machine faisant tournée MacOS Mettre la clé usb sur la même machine lancer l'utilitaire de disque dur Sélectionner la clé USB et formater là en HFS journalisé avec GUID Cliquer ensuite sur restaurer. faire un glisser déposer de l'icone du dvd retail de SL dans la fenetre de l'utilitaire de disque sur la ligne source et glisser l'icone de la clé USB dans l'icone destination et cliquer sur aplliquer. Cela copie l'intégralité du DVD de SL sur la clé USB. Une fois terminé, fermer l'utilitaire de disque . Dé-zipper sur le bureau le fichier OSInstall.zip et copier le fichier OSInstall sur la clé USB dans ce repertoire : /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Frameworks/OSInstall.framework/Versions/A/ Ensuite faire un get info (via clic droit sur la clé USB et dans les propriétés cliquer sur le cadenas et décoché la case qui est tout en bas et faites appliquer. La clé usb est préte. Boot sur le CD Empire EFI puis une fois chargé , se déplacer avec les fléches du clavier sur la clé usb contenant une copie du DVD retail modifiée (du coup) pour ne pas être embêter par la présence du MBR Voilou. Je pars je suis en retard. So im following another users guide for installing sl to a dv7t and i got as far as downloading the image, burning to disk and booting up to the installer. I format a 18gb section of my drive with hfs+ journaled and proceed to the installer however it tells me that i need to partition the entire drive as a guid instead of mbr. That sucks, anyway to get around this??? when i tried installing 10.5.2 last week it would let me install that way but just kept getting kernel panics so im trying this sure thing method. Specs on my laptop are as follows HP DV7T-3300 Intel i7 quad 720qm Nvidea geforce 320m 6gb ddr3 320gb hdd Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215676-install-1062-to-a-mbr-drive/#findComment-1449591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph0en1xs Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 hi you have to customize your dvd to install on mbr harddrives http://rapidshare.com/files/283416474/OSInstall_SLeo.zip copy files OSInstall.mpkg to /System/Installation/Packages/ OSInstall to /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Frameworks/OSInstall.framework/Versions/A/ then it should be possible to install on mbr Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215676-install-1062-to-a-mbr-drive/#findComment-1449650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky_402 Posted April 16, 2010 Author Share Posted April 16, 2010 i downloaded the file above but when i open the iso with a virtual drive those folders do not show up, ive enabled windows to show all hidden files and folders as well but nothing.??? Any suggestions! i downloaded HFS explorer which will let me see all these files now but i cant add anything now? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215676-install-1062-to-a-mbr-drive/#findComment-1449892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
srs5694 Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 There are three methods you can use: Install to another disk (say, a USB flash drive or a spare hard disk) using a GUID Partition Table (GPT) and then use Carbon Copy Cloner or some other tool to copy the installation to the target disk. (You may also need to manually install your boot loader on the target disk.) Use a modified installer, as ph0en1xs suggests. (Sorry, I can't suggest workarounds to the problems you've encountered, since I've never used this method with a retail install.) Convert your MBR disk to GPT using GPT fdisk, gptgen, or some other tool and then, if you're running Windows, create a hybrid MBR for the Windows partition(s) using GPT fdisk, gptsync, or some other tool. I've listed these in order of my own personal preference. Although an install-then-copy (option #1) is awkward, it seems to be the least trouble-prone. Both options #1 and #2 produce a pure-MBR configuration, which is preferable to a hybrid MBR for the reasons detailed on my hybrid MBR page, to which I've linked earlier. Nonetheless, in practice a hybrid MBR is often the easiest way to get things working, so hybrid MBRs are fairly common. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215676-install-1062-to-a-mbr-drive/#findComment-1451046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky_402 Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 I ended up biting the bullet and wipijg my win7 install clean and reformatted the entire drive with osx and installed 7 back ontto it's own partition it didn't complain so neither am i Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215676-install-1062-to-a-mbr-drive/#findComment-1451228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick7 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Hmmm.. I managed to install Snow on MBR partition (with Vista on it too) using Hazard install. Works without problem Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215676-install-1062-to-a-mbr-drive/#findComment-1451417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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