annnndy Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I'm trying to follow this guide on installing osx86 to a USB drive. http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph..._USB_Hard_Drive Trying to complete step 2 where you need to link your VMDK file to the .img file, which I think you need to create a preallocated virtual drive (which creates osx.vmdk and osx-flat.vmdk) then edit osx.vmdk and point it to the osx-flat.img (which I created with buildhdd.exe) instead of osx-flat.vmdk. right? Anyway, VMware complains about the file not being a proper vmdk when booting... am I way off on this guide? is there a better one out there? What am I doing wrong! Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38986-install-osx86-to-a-usb-hdd-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
annnndy Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 Turns out that I was on the right track with editing the vmdk file to point to the .img... I had the sector size wrong though. So part of my OSx86.vmdk looks like this: # Extent description RW 16777152 FLAT "OSx86.img" 0 The 16777152 is the byte size of your .img divided by 512. Put that number in and it booted without complaining. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38986-install-osx86-to-a-usb-hdd-help/#findComment-277812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astraeus Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 how do you use buildhdd.exe? is there a guide anywhere (i couldn't find one). also, did everything work out for you, is the USB HDD working and booting properly? thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38986-install-osx86-to-a-usb-hdd-help/#findComment-289926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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