Need help installing hackintosh!

[xllcoreyxll]

Hi guys, i have been searching the net for the past couple of days looking for a guide on how to install OS X on my netbook. Ive been getting quite confused and am in search for a simple guide.

 

If you guys could give me a link to the appropriate guide, or post a guide on here that would be great.

Here are my specs:

 

Acer Emachine EM250

160GB HDD

1GB ram

Atom N270 processor

No DVD drive

 

I have two 4GB USBs and two 500GB external hard drives I can use. I don't have access a mac so I cant prepare a bootable USB using Disk Utility. I also dont own a USB DVD drive.

 

Please tell me how to do this as it it really frustrating me

Thanks alot, your answers are appreciated.

[sirbow2]

not many guides.

here has some info: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=241127

the last reply in that topic the person got it all working excewpt wifi and webcam, so you should PM him.

 

i would use the hazard distribution. but since that is a DVD release, you would have to get a 8Gb flash drive or use on of your 500GB's HDDs and "burn" the iso to the Hdd.

 

but here is a guide for a em250 which is pretty similar, will help with the install basics.

[xllcoreyxll]

Thanks for the reply sirbow,

I have infact found this guide:

Are you able to have a quick look and see if it'll work?

Thanks in advance

[sirbow2]

wow nice:) i could never find a windows utility to do that good find, it will work.

 

oops and heres the link for my last post: http://atomic-station.blogspot.com/2010/07...hines-e250.html

[xllcoreyxll]

Thanks alot, you've been great help

[sirbow2]

whoever removed that, it wasnt warez, it was a utility to write iso to a USB in windows!

 

i request that link back please

 

oh well heres the relevant info from the tutorial.

 

 

"OSX & Windows 7 USB bootable flash drive tutorial & Easy DUALBOOT tutorial

USB bootable flash drive for OSX - need to do this on a windows OS

1. Format your usb flash drive using HP format utility in windows choose quick format and FAT32 you can download HP format utility http://www.eocfiles.com/bdc86eb1ed2989c30d...sks/SP27608.exe

 

2.....cut....

 

3. Download leopard HD helper from http://download510.mediafire.com/h0vw9f0my...helper+v0.3.zip

 

4. Open the file ddmac and choose your ideneb iso on the top.

 

5. On the next section large drop down select your flash drive in the image below it shows up as e: but before you select your flash drive make sure to uncheck the ?? checked box by the ??! button.

 

6. Select your flash drive and then recheck the ??

 

7. Make sure the last drop down is your windows drive in the image you see that as c:[].

Now click the ??! button and once the process is finished you have a bootable iDeneb flash drive.

 

 

 

USB flash drive for Windows 7 (Tutorial was taken from Here) This is done on a Windows OS

 

1. Open up command promt or type cmd in run

Type the following:

diskpart

LIST DISK

SELECT DISK 1 (select your usb flash drive)

CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

SELECT PARTITION

ACTIVE

FORMAT FS=NTFS

 

3. then load win 7 into your dvd or load the iso image

 

4. Now go back to cmd if you left it open type exit or reopen a new cmd.

Type the following:

 

D: (whatever letter your windows directory is locate in)

D: CD BOOT

BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H: (D = where my win7 cd is & H = usb flash drive in this case)

 

 

Now simply transfer all of the files from the Iso or DVD onto the flash disk and you will be able to install windows vista / 7 on a bootable flash drive.

 

 

 

Dualboot setup:

 

If you want OSX and Windows as a dual boot.

 

1. Load OSX and go into disk utility set your HD partition up however you want to make it easier make it 2 separate partitions. Set your 2nd partition as mac extended journaled and your 1st partition as fat (so windows can recognize it)

install osx on the 2nd partition then restart and you will be able to boot into OSX.

2. Restart and load your windows cd / dvd vista or windows 7. Go to custom and select to format your 1st partition and install windows on that partition. Remember to not delete the 200MB partition that OSX creates during installation.You will then be able to boot into windows upon restart but not OSX. Next boot into windows without cd/dvd and download Easy BCD Here

go into add/remove entry click on the Mac tab and go to generic x86 PC and add entry restart and you will be able to choose either osx or windows to boot into. Again remember to not delete the 200MB partition that OSX creates during installation when installing windows. I learned it the hard way and ended up installing everything twice.

 

 

In case you cant boot into OSX for whatever reason load using your install dvd and type (from pohuty msi wind forums)

 

1. -s

2. print

3. flag * (* is your HFS+ partition)

4. update

5. write

6. exit

7. reboot

 

you can now boot into OSX but not windows

load into windows using the dvd install go to repair and startup repair

you can then load into windows and check your EasyBCD and redo the boot process"

[Gringo Vermelho]

whoever removed that, it wasnt warez, it was a utility to write iso to a USB in windows!

There was a link to a torrent of an OS X distro on that page.

 

Microsoft offers a free utility that you can use to restore a Windows 7 install DVD .iso to a flash drive:

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstor..._usbdvd_dwnTool

Much more convenient than the intowindows.com guide.