Jedisinclair Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 I used the dinalmo guide on installing jas 10.4.6 with windows dual boot and it works flawlessly. I've been on the OS X "side" for two weeks and haven't booted into windows once. I was wondering: if I want to install OS X by itself with no dual-boot, no windows, just OS X... how does that work? I can't find a guide for that on here. Post a link if there is one or lend a hand? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedisinclair Posted August 27, 2006 Author Share Posted August 27, 2006 I've read a little more and it seems if you try to install it directly, OS X's disk utility does not set an erased partition as "active"... is there a special boot cd with tools to do this? I can't imagine having windows is a requirement for this to work ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XQYZ Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 fdisk should do the job (Windows-Versiosn and Linux-Versions [on Linux it is the a-Command afair). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedisinclair Posted August 27, 2006 Author Share Posted August 27, 2006 what about "ultimate boot cd" would something on there do the trick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 if I want to install OS X by itself with no dual-boot, no windows, just OS X... how does that work? I would attack it this way: Boot the OSX install DVD Go to Utilities menu -> Disk Utility (re-partition drive and format partition) On the left, select the hard drive (not any of the partitions) On the right, select Partition. Set the scheme to 1 partition, name it, set format as MacOS Extended Journaled, then select Options button. Set options to Master Boot Record, exit options, click on Partition button. On the left, click on your new partition On the right go to Erase, and format it again as MacOS Extended Journaled. Exit Disk Utility. Go to Utilities menu -> Terminal (set partition active) Do this: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=22844 except don't remove the DVD and don't reboot. Exit Terminal Continue with the installation of OSX - be sure to select packages under Customize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedisinclair Posted August 27, 2006 Author Share Posted August 27, 2006 Rammjet thanks for the input... this seems a little tricky (not too bad though) would it be just as easy to use a boot cd like Hiren's or Ultimate? Or won't they allow setting partitions as "active" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuba Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Yeah Hirens can set the Mac partition to active and it should then boot into MacOS by default. It does for me anyway...(I use the darwin bootloader to boot into Windows pretty much just for DVDShrink) I wrote an install guide on the forums somewhere here...do a search for it if you need more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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