Medivv Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I've been looking through various guides around here and it seems that most of them requires a working OS X installation in order to create the bootable disk/usb. The problem is I haven't got access to one at the moment. I'm trying to setup a dual boot hackintosh on my Asus UL30v (got Windows 7 already installed) and since it lacks a dvd drive I need to setup a bootable usb. I've already got the OS X iso, planning to use iAKTOS S3 (other people seemed to have installed it successfully on an asus ul30) I've had some success formatting my usb as HFS+ using MacDrive, and then extracting the files in the .iso using UltraIso (although with some errors), but I still haven't found a way to make the usb bootable. So for my question, is it possible to setup a bootable OS X usb on a pc (using Windows)? And if so how? Any help is appreciated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/225703-creating-a-bootable-os-x-usb-on-windows-possible/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medivv Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 Alright, an update... I tried using the leopard hd install helper v0.3 and actually managed to create a bootable usb. Problem is, it doesn't get me far, gives me a "HFS+ partition error" on boot. I'm guessing the leopard hd install helper doesn't support iAKTOS... It sure looks like it's close to impossible to create a working bootable OSX usb unless you do it from within OSX... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/225703-creating-a-bootable-os-x-usb-on-windows-possible/#findComment-1514598 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medivv Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 Another update, tried creating a bootable usb using the tool mentioned here: http://greyhead.co.uk/wiki/Create_OSX86_US...n_drive_on_a_PC But I'm getting a "Missing operating system" error on boot Edit: Maybe should clarify, I'm getting the error when booting from the usb, not booting after installation or something Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/225703-creating-a-bootable-os-x-usb-on-windows-possible/#findComment-1515176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangten Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Scroll down and read You should get it going hopefully soon. Try http://www.kexts.com/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/225703-creating-a-bootable-os-x-usb-on-windows-possible/#findComment-1515191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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