Oxtopher Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 I am installing the tiger-x86-flat.img file onto partition 2 via the following code using DD for windows: C:\tiger-x86>dd if=tiger-x86-flat.img of=\\?\Device\Harddisk0\Partition2 bs=512 skip=63 --progress It works great for about 15-20 minutes and seems to be writting to my new partition (6.6 gigs). I then gives me an error 87 code. It then says after the error 87 something like: 681793+1 records in 681793+0 records out I am guessing that it is not fully copying over since the partition 2 seems untouched after I run DD. Does anyone have any idea as to what I am doing wrong, or how I can get DD to finish without error? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5968-dd-for-windows-problem/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc_guru Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I am installing the tiger-x86-flat.img file onto partition 2 via the following code using DD for windows: C:\tiger-x86>dd if=tiger-x86-flat.img of=\\?\Device\Harddisk0\Partition2 bs=512 skip=63 --progress It works great for about 15-20 minutes and seems to be writting to my new partition (6.6 gigs). I then gives me an error 87 code. It then says after the error 87 something like: 681793+1 records in 681793+0 records out I am guessing that it is not fully copying over since the partition 2 seems untouched after I run DD. Does anyone have any idea as to what I am doing wrong, or how I can get DD to finish without error? Try this one : C:\tiger-x86>dd if=tiger-x86-flat.img of=\\?\Device\HarddiskVolume2 bs=32256 skip=1 --progress Remember : In Windows the 1st partition is numered 1 instead of 0. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5968-dd-for-windows-problem/#findComment-37695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogman546 Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 excuse my ignorance but WTF is DD ? Disk D? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5968-dd-for-windows-problem/#findComment-125972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernalzero Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 DD is a linux command for copying sort of like 'cp'. DD for windows was written by John Newbigin and basically took that command and used it in windows. Back when 10.4.1 was the current OSX build available many people used the deadmoo image tiger-x86-flat.img and basically copied a working OSx86 partition 6GB in size to a new partition. In the short, DD is the really old way of installing 10.4.1. I would suggest you get a copy of 10.4.6. It's easier to install and in many cases boots just like a windows install CD does. If that doesn't work try a VMware install. Search the forums and the wiki for tutorials Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5968-dd-for-windows-problem/#findComment-125991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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