For a the n00bs that want to install OS X

[Lowcash]

Xeijin Hd Prep.

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=24490

Preparing the Hard Drive for OS X

 

1. Make sure the Hard Drive has been wiped clean (just format it).

 

2. Give the Hard Drive a Label (In My Computer, Right Click > Rename). This is so we can easily distinguish it from any other hard drives on your computer. Make sure any partitioning software, like PartitionMagic or Acronis Disk Director is closed.

 

3. Open up Control Panel, switch to the Classic View on the menu on the left (if you aren't already in classic view) and double click on 'Administrative Tools' then double click on 'Computer Management' when it appears.

 

4. In the Computer Management window, Click the '+' next to Storage in the left-hand pane and click on 'Disk Management'.

 

5. You will now see a list of all the drives on your computer. Find the one which matches the label you gave it in Step 2. Note which Disk number it has (e.g. Disk 1 etc.) then close the Computer Management Window. (Be ABSOLUTELY SURE you have the right one, otherwise you could end up wiping the wrong disk!)

 

6. Now Click on Start > Run and type 'DiskPart' into the dropdown box then click 'OK'.

 

7. An MS-DOS Prompt should appear with 'DISKPART>'.

 

8. Type in

CODE

select disk x

(where 'x' is the number of the disk, you noted down in step 5) and hit return. You will receive confirmation that the disk has been selected.

 

9. Type in

CODE

select partition 1

and hit return. You will receive confirmation that partition 1 has been selected.

 

10. Type in

CODE

delete partition

you will receive confirmation that the partition has been deleted.

 

11. Type

CODE

select disk x

('x' is the same as in Step 5)

 

12. Now Type in:

CODE

create partition primary id=af

Disk Part will confirm that it has created the partition.

 

13. Now type

CODE

exit

and the DOS prompt will close, your all set to install Mac OS X!

 

Now Boot up with your copy of OS X, I had a copy of Mac.OS.X.Tiger.10.4.6.X86-HOTiSO. I think I got this from a torrent spot, but not sure.

 

http://www.nedprod.com/Niall_stuff/MacOS%20X/index.html

Once you have OS X booted up you need to format your install partition as HFS. Run Utilities=>Disc Utility. Choose the partition with the Journalled MacOS type. Choose the Erase tab

 

Install instrutions from Xeijin

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=24490

13. Disk Utility will format the drive, once the loading bar disappears close disk utility and setup should now reappear, along with your newly selectable drive. Click on it then continue to the next screen.

 

14. Now this screen is where you'll need to use a bit of common sense, first of all you'll want to click 'Customize' in the left hand corner and you'll be presented with a list of optional extras to install. Now things like updates you should leave as they have probably been modified by the ISO distributor to work with x86. However there are things you may or may not need.

 

If you plan to use English as the only language then deselect all of the language options, otherwise choose the language(s) you want and deselect the others.

 

With Printer Drivers, select the company which makes your printer (note works with only USB printers) deselect the others or deselect all if your printer is not mentioned.

 

Another important update is the SSE3/2 one, depending on your distribution you will see once of these, as previously mentioned before choose the one that applies to your CPU. I.e. if your CPU hass SSE3 the *ONLY* select SSE3 _not_ SSE2. The same goes for SSE2 CPUs *ONLY* SSE2 I can't stress this enough.

 

You will also see a few other miscellaneous looking updates, this is where you'll need to pick and choose. If you see any of your hardware listed in these then go ahead and select them. The problem with OS X x86 is that since it was meant to run on things like MacBooks it only has very specific drivers. If you have an option for '10.4.3 USB Kexts' I suggest you select it as 9/10 it works for most people.

 

15. Once that's all done and you've selected updates that correspond to your hardware, proceed with the installation, sit back and relax. For some people this takes a mammoth amount of time (hours) for others (like me) it took about 15 mins.

 

16. Once the installation process completes, your computer should restart and you should boot into the welcome wizard of OS X!! If you've had no problems up until now then your generally pretty safe, if you've had any problems then see the end of the guide.

 

17. Follow the on-screen instructions picking the necessary options, when it comes to creating a .mac account simply proceed with all field blank.

 

18. Once the wizard finishes you will boot into the Mac OS desktop, congratulations!

 

If you have gotten this far and have successfully booted to OS X without the DVD…..SWEET.

Now if you have not and are getting an error, reboot with the DVD and activate the partition (below)

 

This is Rammjet’s Activation of Primary Partition

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...=22844&st=0

 

There are a lot of people who experience a b0 error on their first boot up after installation. Or the bootloader immediately takes them back to the Windows installation (on dual boot).

These people probably forgot to set the MacOSX partition "Active"

A common mantra provided here to newbies for setting up for installation is:

• Make the partition Primary

• Make the partition ID=AF (signifies an HFS partition)

• Make the partition Active

There is a built-in Unix utility in MacOSX that can be used to set your partition "Active". It is called Fdisk

Setting Your Partition "Active" Using Fdisk

Words in bold below are things you must type (followed by Enter).

1. Boot your Mac OS X install dvd

2. Once the installer is running, go to the Utilities menu and open Terminal

3. Determine which disk your MacOSX partition is on

 

Type diskutil list

Verify which disk number holds your partition (disk0, disk1, etc.)

4. Start using Fdisk

Assuming the MacOSX disk is the first disk ("disk0"), then

type fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 <== use "rdisk" with your disk number here !!

Ignore the error "fdisk: could not open MBR file ..."

5. Determine which partition for MacOSX needs to be set "Active"

Type p

Verify which partition is for MacOSX (1, 2, 3, etc.)

 

6. Set the partition "Active"

Assuming it is partition 1, then

type f 1 <== use your partition number here !!

7. Save and exit

Type write

Type y (yes you are sure)

Type exit (to quit)

 

 

8. Remove the install DVD and reboot

 

The reason I put all this together is, I was out of work sick and bored. It took me several attempts to get this to work, but after long periods of searching and reading( half a day) I was able to get this to work. So all you n00bs like myself that want to do this, I hope what I have written will help out.

SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO RAMMJET, and XEIJIN

These guys ROCK! ! ! and I hope that they continue to do so…………………

 

ps. If i made any mistakes typing, i am still sick.

Edited December 29, 2006 by Lowcash

[nylock10]

Nice tutorial, great job this will be useful