sudhakarsingh Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Hi, I am having two laptops. Lenovo N100 3000 and Fujitsu a514. I tried installing OSX but getting boot failure. I tried by burning DVD on imac and burning USB via transmac and win32imager. I am sing same Bios setup which I use to do with Windows and Linux. My DVD and usb are recognised as OSX on MAC as well as Linux. What mistake I am doing? Thanks, Sabu Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/317377-unable-to-install-osx/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Areeb Qaisar Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 How are you booting ? Using Clover ? Or something else ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/317377-unable-to-install-osx/#findComment-2312407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudhakarsingh Posted November 2, 2016 Author Share Posted November 2, 2016 My laptop are having windows. No boot loader other than what Windows had provided. One laptop I guess it is using grub. Do I need to have different bootloader? My understanding was by burning dmg on USB/DVD and setting option under BIOS to USB/DVD as first boot, it will boot in mac. Let me know if I am wrong. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/317377-unable-to-install-osx/#findComment-2312431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Areeb Qaisar Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 My laptop are having windows. No boot loader other than what Windows had provided. One laptop I guess it is using grub. Do I need to have different bootloader? My understanding was by burning dmg on USB/DVD and setting option under BIOS to USB/DVD as first boot, it will boot in mac. Let me know if I am wrong. This way it will only boot on a real Macbook. You need to use Clover to install it on x86-64 PC. Also make sure that you have a 64-bit PC and Disk Controller supports AHCI. First you need to know your hardware. Refer to this thread. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/317377-unable-to-install-osx/#findComment-2313345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudhakarsingh Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 Thanks for reply. Now my doubts are getting cleared. In past when I was having no OS on Fujitsu, I used Transmac to make usb bootable and install. But that time also I got boot failure. I installed ubuntu only for boot loader on one laptop and no success. Do I have to install boot loader on USB drive or on my PC running windows? If on PC which one grub/Clover/chameleon. I can find grub for windows. If I have to make it on USB how can I do it without Mac as I am not having Mac. If you can give me some link, pls do so as I will read and try. incase to failure or success I can post results for other novice users like me. I can boot VMware machine with one ISO but can't boot my laptop. Is there any difference in booting. I used boot disk utility to make bootable usb but it partitions usb. second partition i installed iso which boots vmware but BIOS is not accepting. I installed easybsd but its not booting from that too. Any suggestion. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/317377-unable-to-install-osx/#findComment-2313715 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Areeb Qaisar Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 You are mixing up a lot of things. Grub/Clover/EasyBCD. For now, stick to one tool. You need to prepare, a Mac OS X Installer USB, and a bootloader, preferably Clover. First tell me, which version of OS X are you going to install ? Second, which PC / Notebook do you have ? Is it UEFI Supported or BIOS-Only PC ? Third, do you have access to any other Macbook, or may be a VM running Mac OS X ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/317377-unable-to-install-osx/#findComment-2316029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageAUS Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Sounds like you were previously using a distro? like niresh? You need to forget all of that and start fresh with clover bootloader. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/317377-unable-to-install-osx/#findComment-2316032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudhakarsingh Posted November 9, 2016 Author Share Posted November 9, 2016 I don't have access to Mac. VMware image doesn't gets loaded on my computer. Virtual box image gets loaded but donot recognize USB. I can arrange mac but it will take time. I am ready to forget all boot loaders. I tried all these because I read people using these to boot. Any OSX I am ready to install, only condition it should install. I am having Lenovo N100 3000 and Fujitsu A514 life book. I guess both donot support UEFI boot. They are bridged (I read it on internet) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/317377-unable-to-install-osx/#findComment-2316050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudhakarsingh Posted November 11, 2016 Author Share Posted November 11, 2016 I got bootable from one source. I want to install it on windows. Error i am getting is "A GUID partition GPt partition scheme is required. any suggestions Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/317377-unable-to-install-osx/#findComment-2317493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Areeb Qaisar Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 If you do not have access to a Mac or Mac-inside-Vmware, you can also use Boot Disk Utility to prepare the Mavericks (or any other) Setup, while on Windows Platform. Refer to this Website. http://cvad-mac.narod.ru/index/bootdiskutility_exe/0-5 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/317377-unable-to-install-osx/#findComment-2319401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudhakarsingh Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Sorry for late reply. I got working copy of OSX but it's not booting from HDD, I have to insert OSX bootable usb. Also I can't access internet wifi/ethernet both. I had installed it on fujitsu a514. my windows bios mode is uffi Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/317377-unable-to-install-osx/#findComment-2332184 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Areeb Qaisar Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Sorry for late reply. I got working copy of OSX but it's not booting from HDD, I have to insert OSX bootable usb. Also I can't access internet wifi/ethernet both. I had installed it on fujitsu a514. my windows bios mode is uffi Okay, so you have installed a copy of OS X on your HDD right ? but you cannot boot from HDD, and can only boot from USB right ? Which version of OS X have you installed ? and which bootloader do u have on your USB ? From this information, I can guide you how to install the bootloader on HDD Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/317377-unable-to-install-osx/#findComment-2332803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudhakarsingh Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 my installed version is el captain10.11.6 (15G31). boot loader i guess is clover. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/317377-unable-to-install-osx/#findComment-2333718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Areeb Qaisar Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 my installed version is el captain10.11.6 (15G31). boot loader i guess is clover. Good, so now you need to install the Clover bootloader to the EFI partition of your internal HDD / SSD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/317377-unable-to-install-osx/#findComment-2333982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudhakarsingh Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 how can i will be able to dual boot from hdd? I tried a lot but no fruitful result. Even my ethernet/wifi not working. My display card is shown as having 4 mb ram. it flickers on chrome. many issues no solution Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/317377-unable-to-install-osx/#findComment-2334291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudhakarsingh Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 any guru who can help me? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/317377-unable-to-install-osx/#findComment-2339004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Areeb Qaisar Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 how can i will be able to dual boot from hdd? I tried a lot but no fruitful result. Even my ethernet/wifi not working. My display card is shown as having 4 mb ram. it flickers on chrome. many issues no solution In order to Dual boot, u need to have Clover installed. Install Clover first. Display Card showing 4 MB RAM, mean your Graphics Kext is not working To fix the Graphics issue, u first need to tell the version of your Intel HD Graphics. On your Microsoft Windows, right click 'This PC' -> Properties -> Device Manager -> Display Adapters -> and then check the version of Intel HD Graphics. Based on this version u will install the appropriate Kext. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/317377-unable-to-install-osx/#findComment-2365301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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